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Reki balanced his skateboard on his foot as he waited for Langa to show up. It was finally time for them to hold their own beef. Just as they promised each other would in the back of Cherry’s car.
This beef would be different from the others they had participated in. This beef was special.
There would be no spectators, no cheering fans, no two out of three S founders standing on the sidelines like proud siblings to critique their techniques. No Shadow to goat them or Miya to act distant and uninterested. It was just him and Langa.
The sound of skate wheels rolling against the pavement pulled Reki’s attention away from his board. He looked up to see Langa and a wide smile formed on his face. “You ready to go?” he asked, holding his hand up to start their dap.
“I’ve been looking forward to this all day, of course I’m ready,” Langa laughed, slapping his hand against Reki’s before fist bumping him and ending their dap with the infinity symbol.
Reki joined in on his laughter before kicking his skateboard up into his hand.
“The stakes?” Langa asked, tilting his head to the side. It made Reki think of the puppy videos where they’d tilt their head side to side to hear better.
Tapping his finger against his chin, Reki looked up to the sky for a moment before snapping his fingers as he thought of the perfect reward, “How about, loser has to pay for our date on Friday,” he grinned. It was a fair deal, in his mind. They were going to the school festival, which meant there would be games, food and fun. Which also meant either a chance to be spoiled by or to spoil Langa.
It was a win-win in his book.
Langa nodded, “Okay, sounds good. Bottom of the hill is the finish line?” he asked.
“Yup!” Reki confirmed before going to the start line. Langa stood next to him and they set their marks and after they counted down to three together, they ran and hopped on their skateboards.
The only sound Reki could hear was the whooshing of air past his ears and the sound of the wheels of their skateboards. His hair whipped against his face due to his momentum and as he passed Langa, he lowered himself on his board to give him more speed.
Since the hill was just straight down, they decided extravagant tricks weren’t required to prevent as many injuries as they could. Neither of them wanted to call Kojiro or Kaoru to take them to the hospital nor did they want to face the wrath that was a lecture from Kaoru afterwards.
So they stuck with kickflips, ollies and tried to go as fast as they could to surpass the other, their only goal to get to the finish line as quickly as possible.
As they both got closer to the finish line, Langa passed Reki in a blur of white black and blue, but Reki was astonished as Langa got in front of him only to do a perfect 180 and slammed the nose of his board down to keep the momentum going uphill.
Reki’s heart was pounding in his chest. What was Langa doing? This was the exact kind of trick they agreed not to do! He didn’t want to get yelled out, nor did he want another trip to the hospital. “A love hug? Langa what are you doing?” Reki exclaimed, stopping his own skateboard and stumbling forward. Langa just kept skating towards Reki, slowing down once he was in front of him.
Reki had put his arms out waiting for impact, but when he realized it never came, he slowly lowered his hands. Giving Langa a confused look, he tilted his head to the side, “What was tha--,” his sentence was cut off as Langa grabbed the sides of his hoodie and pulled into a kiss.
Grabbing onto Langa’s biceps to steady himself, Reki relaxed into a kiss, moving his hands down to wrap his arms around Langa’s waist as he kissed back. Langa smiled against Reki’s mouth, kissing him again as he let go of his hoodie. He rested his forearms on his shoulders and ran his fingers through the curls at the nape of Reki’s neck.
After a few more kisses were exchanged, Reki pulled away as a look of betrayal fell over his face as realization dawned on him, “You cheated!” he exclaimed.
Langa’s eyes went wide at the accusation, but then threw his head back with a boisterous laugh. When his laugh settled he pulled Reki into another kiss. When he pulled away, he bumped his forehead against Reki’s gently, “I did. And as punishment, I’ll pay for our date on Friday.”