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“Ah, fuck !”
“Kaoru ! You okay ?”
The green haired teen skated over to his friend, who had just driven over a small rock that had made him loose his balance. (Is that a correct sentence ? I literally don’t know, I’m not native byeeee)
“Kaoru ? Say something, idiot.”
The pink haired teen simply stared at his ankle.
“O-Ow.” he stated.
“What happened ?” Kojiro asked. “I heard you fall. Everything alright ?”
Kaoru just nodded. With Kojiro’s help, he lifted himself up again, however painfully flinching as he stood on his left ankle.
“Ngh..” made he. “That shit hurts.”
Kojiro shot a worried look at it. “That doesn’t sound healthy. Let’s go to a doctor or something.”
Kaoru just frowned. “No, no, it’s fine. My parents would just get mad if they knew I spent money on treatment for an injury I wasn’t even supposed to have. You know what they think of me skating.”
Kojiro sighed. “Well, too late, moron. You’re injured now and I’m taking you to a hospital.”
Without any more conversation, he picked his friend up and carried him bridal style, all the way to his motor bike.
“H-Hey, idiot ! Put me down, I can walk by myself ! And I am not going to that goddamn hospital, if I do that and my parents find out I’m fucking screwed !”
Kojiro ignored him. He simply put his helmet onto Kaoru’s head and ordered him to hold his waist tightly.
About fifteen minutes later, Kojiro was carrying Kaoru to the emergency room. “Wait here,” he said, putting him down onto a chair in a waiting room, and went to talk to the receptionist.
Only a few minutes later, he came back with some paper that he gave to Kaoru to fill it out. “This is extremely embarrassing.” the pink head simply said. “My parents will kill me.”. Kojiro sighed at that. “We’ll just find a way to avoid telling them. You don’t even have to see them often, since you stay in the dorm most of the time. And if they ask to see you, just say you fell during PE. They can’t say shit against that, ‘kay ?” Kaoru nodded, but his annoyance wasn’t gone.
After some procedure of scanning his ankle, analyzing stuff and preparing a cast, Kaoru stopped dismissing the pain it caused and ignored his pride, letting tears run over his cheeks slowly. Kojiro squatted down and smiled at him. “You’re lucky it’s not broken, but fractured. I can imagine that I still hurts, though. But you’ll be fine soon, okay ? Do you want me to ask for painkillers ?” Kaoru nodded quietly.
A few moments later, he was handed a pill and some water, which he swallowed after some struggling. Kojiro approached him, smiled softly and hugged him. “I’m so happy it’s not that bad. I couldn’t imagine having to skate without you for any longer than 3 weeks.” “Oh shut up,” Kaoru scoffed. “It’s not like I am dying or something.” Kojiro simply laughed.
At a pharmacy, they got Kaoru some crutches he could borrow for a few weeks until he could walk normally, without the cast.
“Get up, stupid.” Kojiro said, gesturing to his motorbike. “I’m taking you somewhere, before we go back to the dorm.” Kaoru sighed but obeyed. Having the crutches on his lap, between himself and Kojiro’s back, he rode on the backseat of the bike to a direction he barely knew.
When they arrived, the sun was setting. Thanks to Kojiro’s huge upper body, Kaoru had barely even seen where they had gone. He had thought, maybe he would show him a new skate park, outside of town, or another village in the surroundings. But his expectations had been surpassed.
They were on top of a hill, with a view of their hometown. You could see their high school, the dorm next to it, the pools, even the neighborhood where Kojiro’s family’s house was. That house was emotionally important for both of them, because every time things would not work out at Kaoru’s home, he would always go see Kojiro’s. (Read my other fanfic, hehe)
“So ? What do you think ?” Kojiro grinned, leaning against a tree. “I-It’s beautiful...” Kaoru stuttered. “How come I’ve never been here before ?” Kojiro chuckled and smiled at his friend. “My mom used to take me to hiking trips up here, and not a lot of people know this place. I wanted to take you here for a long time, but I was waiting for the right day. Today seemed like a good option ; I thought you needed something to cheer you up.”
Kaoru nodded, not saying a thing, simply staring into the distance.
“Y’know, Kaoru,” Kojiro started. “I’ve waited some years to tell you, by now, but I don’t want to do that any longer. I should be honest with you.”
The pink haired teen turned his head to his friend, a confused expression on his slightly freckled face.
“I’ve known you for 14 years now. In 6th grade, I got a crush on you, Kaoru.” The pinkette opened his mouth to say something, but Kojiro cut him off. “And that crush turned into something more in 9th grade.”
He put his hand Kaoru’s and the boy flushed red. “I love you, dumbass.”
Kaoru’s eyes widened as he felt soft lips on his own. Slowly, he leaned in, enjoying the feeling of Kojiro’s gentle hand in his hair. As they separated, both of them were bright red, but it didn’t seem awkward.
“I’m sorry.” Kojiro said. “I couldn’t control myself.” “Don’t be.” Kaoru answered, looking at the ground. “You don’t have to be sorry. I… It’s been a few months since I realized that I didn’t see your stupid ass as just a friend. I was wondering what it was, but, well… I guess we feel the same, huh ?”
Kojiro stared at his friend, slowly tearing up. He hugged him tight, putting his chin on his head, tears falling down his face. “I love you.”, he said. “Me too.” was the answer. “I love you too.”