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It was Toji who saw him lurking right in front of the alcoholic beverages area, staring so intently at it as if his life were to flash right before his eyes. He was on his way to buy a couple of takoyaki at the convenience store when he saw it happening.
Toji stared at him for a while, amused by him. Once in a while, he would look around restlessly as his hand firmly gripped on the handle. Toji was amused at this kid. He never saw someone so worried to buy a couple of drinks.
“ Must be his first time.” Toji chuckled.
Getou murmured complaints as his head was spinning at all the choices of beer and other foreign alcoholic drinks right in front of him. He was baffled. There were beer brands that he knows for sure and some that he has never heard of.
“ Satoru, you idiot. I know this is just one of your stupid impulses but…. Oh my God, this is so stupid.”
A couple of days earlier.
Getou looked around for his friend, only to see him hanging around reading a magazine in one of the empty classrooms.
“ Oi.”
“ Mn, what?” Gojou said, eyes glued to the magazine.
“ Satoru, did you really drink it?”
Gojou looked at him, his dark round glasses were at the bridge of his nose. He turned a little to face Getou.
“ Ya really wanna know, Suguru?”
“Of course I do! You didn't invite me when you did it.” Getou crossed his arms.
“ Well, it was when I was out on an undercover mission. I didn't really think about it until after I drank it. I swear I didn't.”
There was a short silence between them before Getou whispers.
“ So, did it taste good?”
Gojou smirked.
“ Why don't you try it out for yourself?” Gojou suggested.
“ Only crazy people like you will say that. It's impossible, plus I don't wanna waltz in there wearing this.” Getou pointed at his uniform.
“ Then, wear something casual,” Gojou added.
“ What if they asked for my ID?”
“ Suguru, you worry too much. Live life a little. It's just like eliminating a curse. It's easy peasy. ”
“ Yeah right, you're blessed with six eyes and you're born powerful. ”
“ Oh, c'mon Suguru. That doesn't have to do anything about drinking beer.”
Getou sighed, he took a seat next to Gojou and rested his arm on the table.
“ Should I? Is it even worth it?”
“ C'mon, you only live once. It's not going to affect your ability anyways. You've got nothing to lose, Suguru. I suggest you leave at midnight tomorrow. We don't have anything to do the day after. Consider this a once in a lifetime opportunity.”
“ Wait, you're not coming with me?”
“ I did it alone, so should you.”
“ You suck at being a friend, do you know that?” Getou glared at him.
“ I know you love me. You can't resist me, Suguru.” Gojou chuckled.
“ I hate your guts, Satoru. I really do.” He said.
“ I dare you.”
“ To hate your guts?”
“ No, idiot. To drink it. Send me a picture of you drinking it.”
“ This is stupid.”
“ Don't be such a sissy, Suguru.”
“ You're an asshole, Satoru.”
“ I'll do your homework for a week.”
Getou thinks. The offer isn't half bad but it wasn't enough.
“ Two weeks and clean my room. ”
“ Suguru, I can't even clean my room.”
Getou thinks again. Point taken. Plus his room isn't as messy as Gojou's.
“ Fine. Two weeks' worth of homework and one curse technique. Teach me one curse technique and I'll seal the deal.”
“ Deal.”
“ Just so you know, I still hate your guts.”
Gojou smirked, focusing on his magazine again.
“ Tell me about your experience later on. Don't miss out on any details.”
“ Whatever. I'm leaving.”
Gojou winked at him as his friend stood at the door with a sour expression on his face.
“Good luck!” He managed to shout right after Getou left.
Present.
Toji decided to have some fun with the boy and approached him, trying to be careful not to startle him before he plans to.
“ Excuse me, I'm grabbing a couple. Would you mind moving away a little bit?” He said.
Getou silently apologized and moved back. Toji took two cans and looked at Getou. “ Aren't you a little bit young to be buying these?”
“ I am perfectly old enough to be buying these.”
“ What's holding you back? Can't choose a favorite?”
“ Yeah, sorta.”
“ Oh fuck, please go away.” Getou thought.
“ Oh fuck, this is fun.” Toji thought.
“ Well, good luck with picking a favorite,” Toji said as he walked away. He knows that the boy will go after him soon enough.
3,
2,
1,
“ Um, hey.”
“ What’s up?” Toji tried not to look so amused.
“ It’s, I…I'm sorry, I lied. This is my first time buying this. I really don't know which one to pick, and I didn't know it was as expensive. ”
“Gotcha.”
“ It's alright. What about you share this with me? We can get some snacks too.” Toji said. They approached the counter and Toji ordered takoyaki and chicken skewers for Getou.
“ I'll pay for the food. It's all I can do.” Getou said as Toji shrugged, agreeing.
They sat outside on the chairs and lay the food on the table. Toji gave him a can and opened his own. The sharp, loud sound of the beer can opening and the fizzy sound of the bubbles was all too clear for Getou. He was doing it. He was really going to do it. The same loud pop and the same fizzy sound of the bubbles as the drink spilled a little from the can.
“ Give it a try,” Toji said, already sipping his.
Getou looked at the older man and looked at his can. He could see the drink but somehow as he was bringing it closer to his lips, just a couple centimeters away, he placed it down on the table.
“ I'm gonna eat the skewers first.” He said, pulling out one of the skewers and started eating it.
“ Don't finish it, wash it down with the beer. I assure you, it's very satisfying.” Toji said, picking up one of his takoyaki and popping it into his mouth.
Getou did as Toji told him to, this time thinking less about the consequences and taking big gulps of the beer. He coughed because he was drinking too fast and the taste is, well….
“ Bitter!”
“ You'll get used to it, kid.”
“ How do you even drink this?” Getou asked, taking big bites of his second skewer.
“ It's rather refreshing really, drinking a cold beer after a long day at work.” Toji chuckled, drinking his own cold beer. “ Hits the spot, every time.” Toji looked at him, his source of entertainment.
“Try sipping a little bit of it first. Don’t let the bitterness bother you. Just enjoy the drink.”
“ Well….” Getou said, giving the beer another sip. This time he could get what the older guy meant. The bitterness was rather bearable. “Not that bad, I guess,” Getou said under his breath. Toji continued to drink his can.
“ So, what else do you wanna do?” Toji asked.
“ What do you mean?”
“ I'm showing you how to be a proper adult.” He smirked.
“ How?”
“ We'll do all the things adults do, of course. ”
“ Like what?” Getou asked. He rarely does anything rebellious or acts as spontaneous as Gojou does and probably this is his only chance to try it out. Like Gojou once said to him, he should live life a little. If he can't surpass Gojou in using curse techniques, he might surpass Gojou in being an adult. It sounds stupid, but Getou didn’t think much about it with the alcohol getting to his head.
“ You'll see.” Toji smiled, but it wasn't the nice kind. It was a malicious, sinister one. “ Set a time for our secret little rendezvous. How about twice every week?”
“ If I’m not busy with sch- I mean work,” Getou said.
“ Sure. Here, I’ll give you my phone number. Call me after midnight on the day you’re free. I’ll be meeting you here.” Toji ate another takoyaki.
“ Oh, um, okay,” Getou said. He didn’t know whether it’s the alcohol or the newly found rebellious phase but he couldn’t believe he just agreed to meet up with a stranger to do odd things at odd hours like this.
“ Maybe it’s not so bad,” Getou told himself.
“ What?”
“ Oh, nothing.”
*
That morning, Gojou decided to visit Getou’s room. He hadn't heard anything from Getou that night and went to check on him. He knocked on the door several times until Getou opened.
“ Hey, Suguru! Where’s the picture?” Gojou asked him. “ Are you alright? You look tired.”
“ What do you mean? I’m alright. Oh, yeah. Shit. I didn’t bring my phone at that time.” Getou told him. “ Looks like I have to do it again, huh?”
“ Well, if you say so. I ain’t doing your deal for free.” Gojou told him. “ When are you going there again?”
“ I dunno, tonight?”
“ Whoa, Suguru. What’s the rush? Can’t wait to learn that new technique aren’t you?”
“ Of course, I want to be stronger. I need to learn as much as I can.”
“ You’re so boring, Suguru. Life is more than just eliminating curses.”
“ I just want to be better, that’s all,” Getou said. He didn’t want to tell his secret to Gojou, worrying that Gojou would worry for him and the stranger. Gojou is his best friend, but this was his first time doing things without Gojou around. He doesn’t need him to know everything, does he?
“ You want me to come with you, don’t you?” Gojou smirked.
“ I can do it alone.”
“ Alright, alright. Just don’t forget the picture.” Gojou said, leaving him alone in his room.
Getou waited outside the convenience store, he called the number but no one answered. He called again a couple of minutes later but there was no answer.
“ Is this number fake?” he whispered.
“ No, I just don’t answer my phone often,” Toji answered, wiggling two cans of beer in front of Getou.
“ Holy shit, I didn’t even see him coming. Fuck is wrong with this guy? How did he creep up on me like that?”
“ You startled me.” Getou cursed under his breath. “ Maybe this guy is bad news after all.” He thought.
“ Good. The first step to being an adult, expect all kinds of shit to be thrown at you at the most unexpected times.” Toji said. “ C’mon let’s drink.”
“ Didn’t we do this yesterday?”
“ Of course. You’ll have to get used to this.”
“ So we aren’t going to do something new today?”
“ We are.”
Toji sat down and opened his beer. Then, he slid a lighter across the table. “ We’re gonna smoke some cigarettes today. You’re buying them,” he said.
“ Aren’t you going to buy them?”
“ You’re a proper adult. Go buy them on your own. Ah, maybe you really are just a kid.” Toji looked at him. Getou stood immediately, his face flushed red. “ I’m not a kid.” Getou went inside the convenience store, standing bravely in front of the counter and randomly pointed at one of the packs.
“ Um, yes?”
“ I want those.”
“Oh, the reds?”
“ Yes.”
“ That would be all?” The cashier said, scanning the pack of cigarettes lazily.
“ Yeah.” Getou placed the money on the counter and snatched the pack, ready to head outside.
“ Wait.”
Getou stopped, he was too nervous to turn around. He hasn’t felt like this when he’s fighting curses but guess this was more nerve-wracking than what he usually does.
“ You forgot your change.”
“ Oh, sorry.” He walked back and grabbed his change, again apologizing and went outside. Toji was already halfway done with his beer.
“ So, were you flustered?”
“ Not at all.” Getou huffed. Toji could already read him even without asking him. “ Open them.”
Getou unwrapped the pack, his hands slightly shaking both from excitement and nervousness. Toji watched as he opened the pack of cigarettes and grabbed one. It was in his hands. It wasn’t the first time Getou saw it but it was the first that he touched it. He brought it to his mouth and placed it between his lips.
“ Allow me,” Toji said, lighting it up.
Getou could feel that the smoke was filling his lungs as he inhaled, coughing it out as he exhaled. “ How’s your first taste?” Toji questioned. “ No different than the beer.” Getou coughed. “ Weren’t you going to teach me about this?” He said, bringing the smoke to his hand.
Warm.
“ I said I would show you. I didn’t say I’ll help.” Toji took the cigarette from Getou's hand to his and to placed it subtly between his lips, casually taking a drag. He could see that Getou's face was flushed red. Must be new for him to share a cigarette. He grabbed Getou’s face and exhaled. “ Or should I show you something better?” Getou coughed, looking away from Toji. “ What the fuck?”
Toji grabbed his face again, this time pausing for a bit. He grabbed Getou’s hair tie and undid it.
“ You’re pretty for a guy.” He said as he touched Getou’s hair.
“ What are you trying to do?”
“ What adults do.”
Getou has no clue at all. He was ready for anything. If a fist comes flying to his face, he might be able to dodge it or maybe it’ll be nothing at all. The next thing that happened was way out of his expectations. Instead of a fist, he was greeted with a kiss instead. Toji was staring back into those wide-eyed, blushing boy right in front of him. He slid his tongue inside, exploring Getou’s mouth. It was bitter from the smoke and slightly sweet too. Getou pushed him away and wiped his mouth.
“ What the fuck was that?” He shouted.
“ A kiss, duh,” Toji said. “ You didn’t even bite me when you pushed away. Maybe you liked it?”
Getou rubbed his temples. His first kiss, with a total stranger. He didn’t even know his name.
“ What makes you think I will like that?” Getou asked, his cheeks still red.
“ Didn’t I say I’ll show you something better?”
“ That wasn’t better.”
“ Don’t be such a virgin. Oh, oh wait. Maybe you are one.” Toji laughed, taking another drag of the cigarette.
“ Shut it!” Getou said.
“ It wasn’t that bad was it?”
“ It was.”
“ Want to do it again?”
“ No. Why would I?”
“ I was just asking. You look like you could use a second one anyways.” Toji said as he put out the cigarette on the ground. Getou looked at him, then he sighed. Now that his first kiss is gone, the second or third wouldn’t even matter anymore. “ Oh what the fuck, I’ve got nothing to lose.” Getou thought. “ No tongue.”
“ Then, even children can do it.”
“ Do you have to?”
“ It’s not that bad,” Toji said. Getou felt a shiver run down his spine as Toji held his face, this time gently as he softly pulled him closer. “ Close your eyes,” He whispered, his lips hovering so closely to Getou he could feel it against his skin. The kiss was slow, their lips crashing into each other as their tongues tasted each other. It grew hotter inside Getou’s mouth like there was fire lit inside him. Getou took a peek, he can see that Toji is looking straight at him with his piercing eyes. His body felt hot, his hands gripping tightly on Toji’s shirt. Toji tasted bitter, but it was arousing him.
He wanted to dominate the kiss but Toji was way too skillful, swirling his tongue. He nipped Getou’s lower lips, sucking it and licking it all over. He placed his tongue into Getou’s mouth again, wanting to taste him more and more. Getou was getting dizzy. He was worried if people would see them but he’s more worried about Toji’s arms as they moved from his head, exploring lower and lower. When he felt Toji’s arms snaked on his waist, Getou immediately pushed away.
“ Hey, just kissing.” He said. Toji snickered, planting a quick kiss on his mouth.
“ What-”
“ Bonus, cuz you’re so cute. Who knows, maybe I could eat up a highschool boy for a change.” He said, standing up. “ Well, I’ll see you later.”
“ It’s Getou. Getou Suguru.”
“ I can’t promise I’ll remember that. I’m Toji. See ya around, kid. You’ll be late for school if we stay out longer.”
“ What?!”
“ Eh, I can guess you’re a kid,” Toji smirked as he left.
Getou was ready to throw his can of beer, realizing he would be wasting it later on. He took out his phone, taking a picture of him and the beer. he quickly sent it to Gojou. He stretched, looking around for people. He brushed his pants and drank the beer all in one go. He threw it in the trash and made his way back.
“ I’m never fucking around with strangers again.”