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"C'mon dude! I know you like him too but that cockblock was unnecessary!" Leon huffed, shaking his head.
"Did ya really think I'm gonna let ya get him that easily?"
Leon was incredibly bored. He found himself stuck in detention at Hope Peak's for the day, something he never thought that would happen to him. He was a troublemaker, but the thing was that he never actually showed up to these detentions, so this was one of those few rare times he actually did. This time he had a reason for showing up: being able to see Kiyotaka Ishimaru.
The baseball player couldn't believe it either, but he had an extreme crush on the moral committee member. When they first met, they absolutely despised each other in the way that Kiyotaka was hellbent on following all the rules while the redhead was determined to break them. Leon was also a guy who believed that some people were simply just born with their talents when Kiyotaka held the opinion that if you try hard enough, you'll eventually obtain that dream. It was truly a mystery that Leon somehow found himself harboring feelings for the other.
Maybe it was the way Kiyotaka treated others. The raven was known to treat everyone with the same status regardless of their status. Hell, while he clashed with Mondo a lot at first he still viewed the gang leader as an equal. Leon's respect for the man didn't stop there either, the way he was super willing to help others in academic fields was remarkable. He never bickered at anyone who didn't get the material even if it was super easy for the moral compass. In fact, Kiyotaka's motto (which Leon found cute) was "Everyone learns at different rates, all that matters is that you put in the work to learn!" Even Leon agreed about it too.
The thing Leon loved the most about Kiyotaka, however, was how compassionate he was about certain things. You can mention politics to Kiyotaka once and he'll completely ramble about what he would do if he was elected as prime minister. It was hard as hell to understand him and keep up with the conversation whenever this happened, but as long as Leon got to hear his beautiful voice everything was okay. Kiyotaka was also very compassionate about others' interests too even if they were "immoral", such as asking Mondo if anything new was happening in his gang. He even listened to Leon talked about his dreams to become a musician while being fully supportive! There was simply so much to love about this nerd.
"That's enough gay thoughts for now, damnit!" Leon thought. He should be focusing on thinking about what to say to Kiyotaka once he walks through the door to take attendance.
Speaking of the devil, after Leon finished that thought the raven ran inside the classroom, a couple minutes late albeit Leon didn't really care about that.
"I'm so sorry for not coming on time, miss!" Of course the first things that came out of his mouth was an apology for being late.
"It's quite alright Kiyotaka, just get onto the attendance as soon as possible though."
"Of course!"
Everything seemed to be going to plan for Leon until another person walked in.
"But Chihiro, I'm just so fucking nervous! What am I supposed to say to 'im?"
"It's a detention, Mondo! Just tell him hello and you'll be fine, don't overthink it."
"But what if he thinks I'm ignoring him?"
"Like I said, it's a detention. You're not supposed to talk to people anyways."
"I suppose that's true, but what if he wants to?"
"Then he'll talk to you after class. No biggie."
"Ugh!" He groaned, "If I didn't act on my emotions I wouldn't even be having this damn conversation..."
Well, he did it again. He got himself into another fight, but instead of it being with the gang it was at school.
"Mondo!" Kiyotaka yelled, blush appearing on his face. For some reason, whenever Kiyotaka got mad or flustered he would blush. This time though it was for anger.
"Listen!" Mondo yelled back, "I just couldn't take them talkin' shit about ya, alright?" Mondo could clearly remember the way these two reserve course students were talking negatively about Kiyotaka. They had no right to speak about him that way when he was an ultimate while these two definitely had mommy and daddy bribe their ways to even be admitted into this school!
"While I do appreciate the sentiment, that doesn't mean you get to beat them to a pulp!" Kiyotaka said back. "It's unnecessary and immature."
"What am I supposed to do then? Take this shit from 'em?"
"Yes." God, why was he so unselfish?
"I'm sorry Kiyotaka, but I-I just can't stand hearin' that stuff." He sighed.
"If it makes you feel any better Mondo, I'm pretty much already used to this kind of stuff..." Kiyotaka replied, trailing off at the end.
"That just makes me beatin' the shit out of them more deserving then." Plus you're my best friend and crush! Of course I ain't gonna let that shit slide by.
"Mondo!" The raven blushed even harder after hearing that, ultimately making Mondo blush too. The biker wished that he could see his face like this more often, it was just so cute and charming. God, I'm definitely head over heels for this guy.
Kiyotaka, feeling Mondo's intense stare at him, decided to quickly change the topic.
"Anyways though Mondo, I'm sorry but I'm going to have to give you detention for today. I know you did it in good faith but it's very harmful to our image as ultimates to treat the reserve course students like that."
"...Alright." Mondo said, thinking that seeing Kiyotaka's blush was enough as compensation for this detention. Man, was Kiyotaka cute when angry.
Before Mondo left to head back to class, he heard one last thing from the raven.
"I don't want you getting hurt because of me, okay?" Kiyotaka said, his face wrinkled with tears forming.
It seemed almost immediately after Mondo walked in the room, his eyes locked on Leon and vice versa.
Goddamnit. Of fucking course the guy who had the biggest, most obvious crush on Kiyotaka also had detention!
"What the hell are you doing here?" Leon mouthed, glaring at Mondo. However, before the other could answer he was interrupted by the raven.
"Mondo! Why were you late to class!?"
"Ah, uh, I jus' lost control of time and I..."
"That still doesn't excuse it!"
"Look, let's just talk about this later, aight?" Mondo could feel all eyes on him and Kiyotaka, making him a bit self conscious.
"Fine! Just nothing like this ever again, promise?"
"Promise."
"Anyways, the only seat we have left is right by Leon! So please sit over there while I'll go over attendance."
"Psst." *No answer, huh?*
"Psssstt... Earth to Mondo.."
"...The fuck is it, Leon?"
"What the hell did ya do to get in detention?"
"Minor scuffle. That's it." Mondo felt bad for cutting it short, but he was too angry about how dejected Kiyotaka was when he had give Mondo a lecture about fighting in school grounds.
"Why do you look so down dude? Did he give you one of his lectures?" Leon grinned, ready for what was coming next.
"Mhm."
"Dude! That's crazy, tell me all about it."
"It was nothin' special really, he just told me to stop getting into fights because of him."
"Aww~" Leon cooed, "You're so in love with him that you're even getting into brawls for him?"
Love? Did Leon know about his feelings or something?
"How the fuck did ya know?" Mondo stammered.
"Well for starters it's super obvious~! You stare at him all the time whenever you get a chance, whenever he asks if you want to hang out you always say yes even if you had plans that day, and other kinda shit like that. Plus literally everyone knows about it except for you and your crush~."
"H-Huh?" Mondo at this point was absolutely shocked. Was he such an open book to others?
"I think you should give up though. He obviously just sees you as a friend, you dig what I'm saying?"
"What the fuck Leon?" Mondo said a bit too loud, getting a shush from Kiyotaka on the other side of the classroom.
"Well, you're his first friend and you're definitely too far in the friendzone. Plus he wouldn't wanna be dating a gang leader, you can probably figure that dating a soon-to-be musician will be way better for his reputation!"
"Like he'll date someone like you who has never worked hard once in your life."
"Yeah but I changed because of him! Hell, I've been taking my grades more seriously and I've been actually been going to baseball practice although I fucking despise it."
"I've taking my grades seriously too, ya ain't special. Plus you're too immature to be with someone like Kiyotaka."
"I don't think someone who got into a fight can decide whenever or not someone's immature~."
"Shut up!"
After an awkward silence between the two, detention time finally ended. As everyone but Mondo left the class, who stayed to have a talk with Kiyotaka about the reason why he was late, Leon decided to stay behind too.
"Leon?" Kiyotaka said.
"Yes, darling?"
"U-Um," Kiyotaka stammered, not expecting the pet name, "I was wondering why you are still here? Detention is over."
"I was wondering if I could talk to you about something~."
"Oh!" Kiyotaka clasped his hands together. "That's perfectly fine then, I need to talk to Mondo about something first though."
"Sounds fine to me."
Turning around, Kiyotaka began to head to the desk Mondo was at.
"Mondo, can you tell me why you were late? Be honest too please." Kiyotaka said, trying to give his best puppy face. It looked more angry than cute to Mondo though.
"Shit- I just, uh, don't really know..."
"Yes, you do Mondo."
"..."
"I'll be waiting." Kiyotaka flashed a smile, immediately making Mondo's heart skip a beat.
"...I was just scared you'll be mad at me for getting a detention and shit..."
Kiyotaka tilted his head. *Did he not get what I meant? Mondo pondered.*
After a moment of silence, Kiyotaka finally spoke again.
"Mondo, I would never be angry at you!" Kiyotaka huffed, pretending to be offended. "I'm just simply worried about you. You could've been hurt bad by that fight... And I wouldn't want that."
"...Really?"
"Of course. It would be silly of me to lie about such a thing." Kiyotaka grinned, grabbing Mondo's hands and holding them up.
"I don't want your pretty hands to be bruised bad either." What the fuck did he just say? Pretty hands? Pretty?
Mondo started to blush intensely, forcing Kiyotaka to think about what he just said before both of them became blushing messes.
"Ah! I mean it in like, a manly way!" Kiyotaka stuttered, only digging his hole deeper.
Fortunately for the both of them, Leon broke it up by calling out to the representative.
"Hey! You almost done with your lecture?" Leon yelled, getting impatient.
"It wasn't a lecture Leon, but yes, I am."
"Now that's what I wanna hear!"
"So Leon, what's your question?" Kiyotaka asked.
"I was wondering about if you wanted to like," Leon paused for a moment to grin at Mondo standing awkwardly in the back.
"Like?"
"If you wanted to go to a cat cafe and shi- stuff?"
"Leon!" Kiyotaka smiled. "Of course I would love to! Cats are my favorite domestic animals, after all." Of course only Kiyotaka would say 'domestic animal' instead of 'animal'.
"I was thinking it could be thanks for tutoring me after all..." Leon's grin started to become more visible. "Plus, it'll be like a bonding experience."
"I would love to bond with you, Leon!" Holy shit should Kiyotaka word his sentences better.
"Alright! It's a date then-"
"Ya think I could come too, Leon?" Mondo asked, knowing that this would completely piss off Leon.
"I was thinking of it being between just Kiyotaka and-"
"That sounds like a great idea!" Kiyotaka beamed. The fuck it isn't!
Although Leon's body was telling him to say no, he knew Kiyotaka would be absolutely devastated. So, he did something that Mondo wasn't even expecting.
"That's alright."
"That's a wrap then!" Kiyotaka laughed, his smile illuminating the room. At least he got to see Kiyotaka's adorable smile out of this, Leon thought.
Before the others could say anything else, Kiyotaka looked at his watch and gasped.
"Ah! I'm gonna be late for making dinner!" Kiyotaka bowed. "I'm so sorry but please excuse me, I'll text you guys on the 'smartphones' later!" After that, Kiyotaka dashed away.
"Mondo, you goddamn bastard."
"Sorry Leon, but I'm not gonna back down that easily." The gang leader smiled.