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All day every day, Kaido was alert and prepared for the Dark Reunion if they ever planned on a sneak attack, except on this early monday morning. Originally, he was strolling along, backpack slung haphazardly on his shoulder and he rubbed his eyes sleepily. He stayed up late last night studying new moves he could use, definitely not watching anime. It was an informative animated action series led by his favorite hero, Maruto, and his friends Nasuke and Takura. But on this day of unusual inattentiveness, he was caught off guard.
In one moment he went from upright to sprawled on the concrete, hands aching from catching his fall. There was grit all over his clothes and when he got up and turned around, some unfamiliar students had joined his morning commute. They shared an awful condescending smile, and their leader, a muscular delinquent, had a hand outstretched. Kaidou tried reaching out to the hand to help himself up, but it was slapped away quickly.
"I'm not here to help you up you lame-ass, I'm asking for money." His croonies snickered, all three crowding around him as Kaidou sat on the ground. "I heard you have a fortune, and I need you to pay for what you've done to me."
Eyebrows furrowed, Kaidou inquired, "What have I done to you?"
One of his croonies pushed him lower to the sidewalk with his foot as their leader said, "You made me waste my time looking at your face!" They laugh as if it was some clever joke, but Kaidou hated it. They were trying to exhort money from the sole savior of the earth against the Dark Reunion, as if they didn't know. He was ready to go off and tell them exactly who they were messing with until-
"Is that Kuboyasu?"
Kaido asked himself as he saw his friend near a corner. The transfer student was rather unassuming, but had potential, and Kaido saw him as a valuable asset if the Dark Reunion tried to start another war. However, he was in a vulnerable position now, and he couldn't let a fellow hero be disappointed in his performance.
Kaidou pushed himself upwards into a standing position, arms raised as if ready to punch. The delinquents looked at him, undermining his strength. If he decided to use 100% of his power, they'd all be dead meat, but he was holding back. Kuboyasu was getting closer, now more aware of their standoff.
"I won't give you money, you villian!" His heart raced as he threw a weak punch, hardly hitting the largest of the group. Not a moment later he was mercilessly kicked in the side by one of them as they laugh at his poor attempt.
The leader spoke up, "Is that all you've got? Nobody's here to help you, you freak-"
Kaido heard a gasp as he lay clutching his left side. He looked up to see the muscular one lifted into the air by none other than Kuboyasu.
He was dangling, and then he was thrown to the side by Kuboyasu, who wiped his hands afterwards.
Kuboyasu looked at the others with a fire in his eyes as he commanded, "Get out of here if you don't want to end up broken. How dare you test my patience so early on the morning by picking on my friends, I'm trying to maintain a solid reputation!" He grabbed two by the collar and knocked their heads together. The third scurried off immediately at the sight, grabbing his bag and exiting the scene.
Kuboyasu looked at him finally. He stood there, his violet haired hero of the morning. The Dark Reunion would be lucky to have him, his strength unparalleled and his fury ignited. He offered an actual hand to help him up and placed another on his aching waist where they had kicked him.
"Kuboyasu, you're incredible!" Kaidou's excitement rose as he began thanking him, "You took them all down in one go! Thanks, I was having a malfunction with my powers so I was only defenseless for an eighth of a second, but you really saved me-"
"Don't mention it," Kadou hushed as Kuboyasu patted him on the head. He held him and took a good look, brushing off excess dirt and straightening his tie.
Kaidou obediently stood in his glaze, and Kuboyasu nonchalantly muttered, "You'll be fine. Handsome boys heal quickly," and then went to gather his things he dropped to the side.
Kaidou stood in stunned silence as he tried to take it in. No one had really called him handsome like that before, and it feel really gratifying. But he too had a image to keep up, so he grabbed his backpack and carried it loosely. Kuboyasu started walking ahead of him already and he jogged to catch up.
"Kuboyasu! You mind if the coolest savior against the Dark Reunion walks next to you?"
Kuboyasu raised and eyebrow but shrugged uncaringly. Kaidou fell in step next to him, glancing at him once in a while. It was not that far of a walk, and so their brief commute was coming to an end. They went into their classroom and Kuboyasu sat in their respective seat while Kaido migrated towards Saiki.
Saiki, ever the unfortunate one, had to listen to Kaidou's troubling thoughts all day long. From the very beginning, he kept repeating what Kuboyasu had said to him earlier that morning, explaining that healing quickly was another one of his powers all the while blushing profusely. At some point Saiki had left his body to go wander off somewhere with Kaidou still gushing about the events.
At the end of class that day, Kaidou decided to follow Kuboyasu secretly after school. After all, there must be some sort of secret power source that he derived all that monstrous energy from. Or he really was a delinquent beforehand, but really he was just curious about him.
On the first day, he tried his best to follow the purple haired teen from behind buildings but would lose him halfway. He wasn't going to give up so easily though, and decided to try again the next day, but again losing him. After a couple weeks of sporadically trying, he finally saw that Aren ducked into a motorcycle shop, greeting someone that looked like his father. He stopped to write it all down until a hand grabbed his shoulder.
"Kaidou?" The other male raised an eyebrow at his appearance. The blue haired boy grew flushed at seeing his newfound hero so close, and his mouth opened but nothing came out.
"Oh! Are you interested in motorcycles perhaps?" Kuboyasu smiled at him, and Kaidou simply nodded. He was taken by the hand into the shop and was bombarded with information about all the vehicles, Aren's favorites, yet his hand was still gripped by the other. He really admired the boy at first for his strength but the knowledge and excitement fueled his good mood too. Another friend!
"As I was saying... Kaidou?" Kuboyasu leaned in closer when he noticed how red Kaidou's face was.
"I'm fine I'm fine!" He took a step back and slightly dragged back the other teen. He rubbed the back of his neck and looked away, too intimidated by the piercing gaze.
Kaidou was given a questioning look, which brightened up after Kuboyasu asked, "You wanna ride?"
Eye wide, Kaidou trembled nervously but said, "Sure!" enthusiastically. He was tossed a red helmet while his friend put on a black one. Kuboyasu gracefully seated himself on a sleek bike, and extended a hair to his nervous companion. Kaido climbed on and placed his hands on the boy's shoulders, but Kuboyasu grabbed them and wrapped them around his midsection. Kaidou was glad he was wearing a helmet or else he would have looked like a tomato, flushed at the newfound intimacy. He calmed down though, thinking about how it was just for safety purposes, then sighed.
"Are you ready Kaido? Hold onto me-" The engine revved and they picked speed as they raced through the streets, wind whipping past them. It was already late afternoon, but the wind cooled them off. They traveled all around town, passing by friends going home and Saiki exiting a convience store with a full bag of coffee jelly. Kaidou whooped as they sped down a hill, adrenaline rising in him as well as joy. He had never ridden a motorcycle before and hugged Kuboyasu tighter for offering.
"How's the ride Kaidou-kun? I'll take you home, where do you live?" Kuboyasu asked loudly. Heart sinking, he told him the directions to get there and the violet haired boy picked up speed. Within a few moments they were greeted by Kaidou's front gate, sun sinking in the distance.
Kaidou unsteadily got off, almost toppling over before Kuboyasu turned and held his waist to steady him. They stared at each other, helmets obscuring their expressions. The blue haired boy quickly took off the helmet and passed it to the other, face turned in the opposite direction.
"Thank you... Kuboyasu-kun. That was really fun, you sure know a lot about motorbikes! And you can- uh- call me Shun if you'd like," Kaidou looked down and dug his toe in the dirt, suddenly feeling skittish although he just held onto his friend so tightly a moment ago.
Kuboyasu took off his helmet and tussled his hair, turning to him to say, "Call me Aren. We're friends right?" He gave him a small smile and Kaidou could feel his heart leap at it. Kaidou smiled widely back, and took his phone out.
"What's your number?" After Aren took it, he puffed up his chest in pride, happy that he was able to ask. After getting his phone back, he checked the contact name. "Aren <3" it said, and he laughed. But it faded quickly after noticing all the commotion behind him inside the house and the darkening evening.
"Uh, Aren-kun! Before you go... thanks again for saving me before! I'm all better now, I would have been worse off if you hadn't intervened," Kaidou admitted quietly. Kuboyasu cocked his head to the side, and smirked.
"You're a handsome boy indeed then right?" And quickly put on his helmet again and turned on the engine, but not before Kaidou could see the color rising in his face. Not only was his hero strong enough to be his sidekick, but he was very attractive as well. He waved goodbye and sped off into the distance, Kaidou left covering his face in embarrassment with a stupid smile on his face.