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Baji stretched his hands out, flexing them gently from where the bright sun reached his fingers; a contrast against his skin compared to the cool shade that hung over the bus stop bench he was leisurely perched on.
He let his head fall back over the backrest, huffing and spreading his legs further as he relaxed even more into his seat. Chifuyu and this damn bus were taking too long; the blond boy insisted that they get something called a ‘honeydripper,’ one of his new discoveries. And since it was an early release from school, he thought it would be perfect for Baji to try for the first time.
So here the brunet was; sitting here with a dry ass throat as Chifuyu was some feet away talking to the seller of these so-called honeydrippers up the road.
But almost as if it was on cue, Baji heard footsteps padding their way towards him on his right. He lifted his head up and perked up immediately at the sight of Chifuyu with two red icy solo-cups and spoons in his hands.
“Finally, now give it here. I’m tryna see if you’re right about somethin’,” he made grabby hands for the cup and the blond obliged, handing it over as he sat down to join the brunet on the old bench. “Wait, what flavor is this?” Baji probed. He examined the contents of the cup; eyeing the shiny gaze that glistened over ice-cold blue. “Is it blueberry?”
“Correct a mundo,” Chifuyu hummed, scooping a bit of his to plop in his mouth; a bit more liberally compared to Baji, who began to greedily shovel the sweet ice into his own. And he had to admit, Chifuyu was right一these are really good. He almost moaned at the sugary chill of the berry taste.
But he paused in his munching to nod his head at Chifuyu, trying to get a glance at what was in his cup. The blond understood the silent request and tilted it a little to show it off, “I got black cherry一the better and superior flavor, by the way.”
That implication made Baji put everything on pause, lowering his cup down to his lap, squinting at the blond. “I’ll be the judge of that. Gimme some, I wanna try it.” He leaned forward just as Chifuyu was about to scoop some more into his mouth, but he froze and his blue eyes widened.
“What?”
“I said give me some," Baji cooly replied. “Let me try yours.”
Chifuyu sputtered for a few seconds, but deeply exhaled through his nose and settled for extending out the spoonful of black cherry, “Fine, here. Just take it and be gone.” His pale cheeks were beginning to light up with a tinge of pink that he really hoped Baji hadn't noticed.
The brunet wrapped lips around the cool metal and hummed at the sweetness and savored the taste. Chifuyu hurriedly pulled the spoon from the confines of his mouth and Baji leaned back, like it was nothing. He only zoned in on his own cup and began to eat again; oblivious to the younger blond’s crisis.
But he did feel eyes boring into the side of his face, so he looked over to find Chifuyu; just staring at him, the light pink from moments ago blossoming into a full blush, along with a very lax grip around the spoon's handle.
“Huh? What're you lookin’ at?” Baji frowned. “Oh, do you wanna try some of mine, too?” He was planning on holding out a generous scoop for Chifuyu but the blond was quicker, shaking his head vigorously, wisps flying in the air. “No! No, I’m fine. It’s just一y’know一um,” the words came stumbling out as he hard tried to deflect the attention off of himself, but his flustering got the best of him.
“Hey, look, the bus is coming! We should hurry up and eat. Yeah. That's right.” Then Chifuyu shoved a heaping of the frozen treat into his mouth to halt any further conversation. His cheeks were a bright cherry color, and Baji thought it was all too fitting.
He smiled smugly to himself as he continued to eat, feeling giddy.