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the bustling cafe that was weekend garage had slowed down in customers, people starting to exit as others began wrapping up their meals. a blue haired girl sighed, turning towards her friends. "what a night! this was more than usual."
"definitely! it was super packed tonight, i wonder why..?" kohane hummed, staring up into the ceiling. an grinned, wrapping an arm around her, watching as she squeaked in surprise. "it's because of us! we're definitely a hit here, aren't we?"
akito rolled his eyes, picking at his pancakes. "we get it, you're dating, you two lovebirds have to get a room." he sighed, sticking the fork into his mouth.
"someone's in a bad mood." an grumbled loudly, before her pout turned into a grin. "is it 'cause you don't have a lover?"
the ginger's eyes widen, choking on the pancake that he was chewing on. "why would that be the case?!" akito snapped, realizing his tone sounded a bit too defensive than he would've liked. that was enough for an to start howling with laughter, however.
"just admit it, you're lonely!" an cackled whilst she slapped her hand down onto the counter, drawing the stares of others.
"wh- what!?" akito splutters staring at his squad. "i'm not! i'm with-"
akito paled, his friends' eyes widening as his head lowered with shame.
"oh?" an smirked, leaning towards akito. "who is it that you're with? i better hear a name!" an taunted, humming out her words.
akito's face turned a bright red as he swiftly turned away from the girl, shifting away from her. "no one! absolutely no one."
"you're a terrible liar!" an giggled, clutching at her stomach as she watched the tips of akito's ears turn more and more red.
"shut up! don't you have some serving to do?!"
"an-chan, he's right!" kohane said, tugging at her sleeve. akito would love to thank kohane for stepping in, but he can see the mischief in her eyes as she attempted to hide her laughter behind a small smile. "your dad is calling for you."
an gasped with air, trying to calm herself down as she stood up wobbly. "i'm so not letting you live this down."
and with that, an spares akito, running over to her dad.
however, that left two other members, who slowly turned to akito.
"..akito, what you said.." toya trailed off. was akito really dating someone? toya can admit that he felt a little saddened, how come he never told his group yet? not even him? it had to have been someone he knows.. considering akito has been so secretive the past couple of days. "is this true?'
well.. now that he thought about it.. akito has been staring at his phone more often, smiling and what not. it was so obvious, even kohane got a little suspicious.
the younger boy groaned, slinking down into his seat. his ears were still a bright red, his pancakes left forgotten as he sat there, wallowing with embarrassment. "don't mention it." he didn't really deny his words, now did he?
toya and kohane looked up, a small smile tracing their lips as they made eye contact.
they'll probably mention this later, one way or another.
ena groaned, stretching out her back as she heard multiple pops from behind. it's been a while since she's buckled down on a project like this. she hasn't even gone downstairs for a quick snack yet.
her stomach grumbled, remembering the urge for food. she sighed, setting down her pencil as she cracked her knuckles, the pops resounding around the room. she grabbed her headphones, quickly unmuting herself.
"hey guys, i'm going to get a snack." she piped in, hearing everyone else unmute to give their murmur of agreement as she set down her headphones, quickly running downstairs to grab an apple and a glass of water.
she slowed down in her steps, a muffled voice coming out of akito's room. god, was he really practicing this late? he better keep it down, or else she won't be able to focus.
ena clicked her tongue in annoyance, grabbing an apple out of the fruit bowl, before filling a glass cup with water.
she hurried her way upstairs, taking a large bite out of her apple as she passed by akito's room once more.
"fine, fine. i love you."
ena's eyes widened as she stopped in her tracks, glass of water in hand. that was clearly akito's voice, and there is no way..
she pressed her head against the door. wait, what the hell was she even doing!? she was supposed to be working, not.. whatever she's doing right now!
"yes, do i have to say it again? i love you." akito said once more, and her eyes widened more.
..okay, maybe she can eavesdrop a bit more, what akito's been saying has piqued her interest.
"..mm, maybe we can go to the mall?" akito hummed in agreement. ena's apple and glass was now left disregarded on either side of her, she needed to listen to this. akito, having a lover? there was no such thing.
"the park? but what if someone sees us?" ena could hear some shuffling from the otherside of the room. so he was trying to hide this from her. well, he failed. he really can't have a quieter voice, could he?
"alright, then it's a date." akito said, sealing the deal.
"a date!?"
her eyes widened, realizing what she said out loud. she heard a large 'thump' from akito's room, as ena herself scrambled to pick up her apple and water glass. she stood upright as akito emerged from the door, glaring at her.
"..were you eavesdropping?!" akito immediately declared, his eyes furrowing as ena began to shuffle between her feet.
"what!? no! why would i want to?" ena quickly lied. but seeing as akito's brow only rose with her statement, she knew that he didn't believe her.
ena held her ground, before slowly crumbling.
"okay.. maaaybeee i happened to hear a couple of things." ena said, watching as akito's cheeks turned pink. "so, who is it? a girl? a boy? i won't judge if it's a boy."
akito frowned, scoffing. "you're literally dating akiyama, why would you care?"
ena spluttered, how the hell!? "how did you-"
akito smirked. "maybe if you stop making those kissy noises at night, i'd go to sleep."
ena's eyes widened at his statement. she quickly grabbed akito's doorknob, slamming it in his face.
"fine! i didn't want to know about your date anyway." ena yelled at the door, walking to her own room.
she wasn't bothered, not at all.
...okay! she lied! she was definitely bothered, who was this secret mysterious lover he had? akito had never talked about romance in any way!
"sorry, i'm back." she said, unmuting her mic again.
"soooo!" mizuki's voice fills ena's headphones, their mischievous tone searching for trouble. "it sounded like otouto-kun has a date?"
ena could see the smirk mizuki had on their face as her own face turned pale.
"i didn't mute!?"
both ena's snack and her project went forgotten, as the four (mainly mizuki and ena) began to discuss akito's secret love interest.
"hey, lil' bro~!" mizuki's voice rang throughout the halls. great, they just had to come today. why didn't they just stay home..? akito grunted, turning to see the pink-haired person, batting their eyelashes like some cartoon character.
"soooo.." mizuki trailed off, leaning towards the ginger. "a little birdie told me that you had a date this saturday!"
akito deadpanned, staring at the shorter person. "..god. ena told you, huh?"
mizuki giggled at his response, winking. "hey, if my lil' bro has a significant other, who am i to judge?" mizuki pretended to look side to side, seeing if anyone else was listening into their conversation.
"i'm not going to tell you who." akito bluntly stated, watching as mizuki pouted. "oh come on! it's not like i'd tell anyone!"
"you tell everyone everything. not to mention, you're friends with an, too." akito crossed his arms, turning his head away from them. "don't want any more blackmail material."
mizuki furrowed their brows, grinning from ear to ear. "is someone embarrassed? your ears are turning red!" mizuki pointed out, beginning to giggle at their observations.
"wh- shut it!" akito grumbled, swatting mizuki's hand away from his head, turning around to stalk off.
"have fun with your little date~!" mizuki called out from the other side of the hall. the ginger gritted his teeth, before stomping upstairs.
thank god it was break, it probably didn't have the effort to go another class after that encounter, he just wanted a nice chat with his..
"akito! akito! is this true!?" an said, bursting in the classroom, toya tailing behind her. "you're going on a date!? with who?!"
akito groaned out loud, pushing his head against the classroom's desk. "oh my god, yes, i am. are you happy?" akito grunted out. an crossed her arms. "not until you tell me who you're going out with!"
"no, and that's final, he wanted to keep it on the down low." akito explained, watching as an's excitement died down slightly.
"ahhh, so that's why you got so sad after admitting you had someone." an reminisced, grinning at akito's glare. "oh come on! it's not my fault i thought you'd be alone forever!"
toya placed a hand on his chin. so that's why akito never said anything. i guess he couldn't get sad, it was his lover's wishes, and akito goes above and beyond with someone who he's closest to.
"where did you even hear about the date?" akito tilted his head, his eyes widening before he grumbles. "fucking mizuki."
an laughed at the nickname, before clicking her tongue. "correct!"
"we hope your date goes well." toya pipes in, nodding his head.
akito sighed in relief. "thank you, toya. at least someone-" he snaps his gaze onto an. "knows how to congratulate me."
an scoffs, jutting her chin upwards. "you could've told me! then i would've congratulated you!"
"the only 'congratulations' i would've gotten was teasing!"
"maybe if you weren't so easy to tease, i wouldn't be doing this!"
the bell rings, and the two first years continue bickering on.
"class is starting soon, let's go." the blue haired boy said, staring fondly at the two.
"finee, finee." an grumbled, sliding the door open for toya to exit out of. "this isn't over, loverboy!"
"what did you just call me-" an slammed the door shut, leaving with the last word.
akito fidgeted with the cuffs of his sleeves, did he look good? did he look okay, at least?
he sighed, walking away from the mirror. his heavy footsteps resounded around the house, akito turned to look over his shoulder as he called out
"i'm going out!" he yelled from behind his back, quickly opening the door and running out before ena could get in a response.
"this better be worth it.." ena grumbled, she had set around twelve alarms just to wake up early, akito just left the house, which meant it was time for operation ASL. ("doesn't that stand for american sign language..?" kanade pointed out. "it means 'akito's secret lover' in this context!" mizuki proudly stated.")
the park, hm? akito thought, walking along the sidewalk he quickly made his way towards the small local park, his eyes trailing around the playground, spotting a familiar blond boy, perched on a bench,
"yo, tsukasa!" he called out, waving his hand. the boy perked up, turning his head at the voice. "ah, akito!"
akito walked over, watching as tsukasa scooted over to the side to make room for him. "i was thinking about going to the mall!"
"why didn't we meet at the mall, though?" akito asked, sliding closer to the taller boy.
"w-well.." tsukasa spluttered, feeling akito's arm drape across his shoulders. "i thought we could hang out before then!"
akito laughed at tsukasa's embarrassment, tsukasa shoving his head in the crook of akito's neck. "i'm not laughing at you, babe."
"don't call me babe!" tsukasa shot his head out of the crook of his neck, his face turning red. "we-we're in public, akito!"
"you'll survive." akito chuckled at tsukasa's red face. "you wanna get some snacks? i haven't eaten anything yet."
the red from tsukasa's face drained, as his eyes widened. "you haven't eaten yet?! akito, it's almost two o'clock!"
"i'll just eat with you, y'know? it's better that way." akito reassured the older boy, watching as the pink returned to his cheeks.
"s..still! you have to eat something." tsukasa said, his eyes wandering around the park.
"ah! an ice cream stand." tsukasa pointed out, watching as akito jolted up immediately.
"akito?" the blond boy tilted his head, looking at akito stiffen up. "what's wrong?"
akito's shoulders relaxed as he turned over to tsukasa. "nothing, babe. i'll go buy the ice cream for us." akito deflected, watching as tsukasa began to splutter once more.
"what flavor do you want?" he asked, tilting his head.
"i'll.. i'll take vanilla." tsukasa said, and akito nodded, walking- no, stomping over to the ice cream stand.
akito inhaled sharply, a familiar shade of light blue coming into his vision.
"the mask and sunglasses don't really disguise you, hinomori-san." akito pointed out. in the corner of his eye, he swore he saw a flash of brown and pink.
"whatever do you mean, sir?" not-shizuku said, coughing between her words, although her soft voice was unmistakable. if they wanted to spy on akito so badly, they probably shouldn't have made shizuku the ice cream person.
he turned, watching as the brown and pink slid behind a tree. akito sighed out loud, fishing out his wallet from his pockets.
"i'll get a vanilla cone and a chocolate cone, please." akito said, pulling out his yen.
it was a bit amusing, watching as shizuku attempted to make the ice cream for him and tsukasa. the blue haired girl formed the balls, successfully placing them on their separate cone.
"two ice cream cones! for you, sir." she said, handing akito the ice cream. "have a good date-" a loud cough from behind a nearby tree cut the ice cream girl off as she began to stumble over her words. "a good day!"
"..you too." akito slid over the yen, quickly hurrying back to tsukasa.
"sorry, babe, there wasn't a lot of vanilla left, so it took a while." akito lied, handing tsukasa his cone.
"no worries, akito! i'm always happy to wait for you." tsukasa beamed, taking a bite out of his ice cream.
akito's heart soared, and he hid his grin behind another bite of ice cream.
"try not to make a mess." akito reminded, watching as tsukasa grinned.
"of course not! stars never make messes!"
"..tsukasa, your ice cream is dripping."
("quick! the ice cream man is back!" airi whisper yelled, quickly dragging shizuku behind the said tree her and ena were hiding behind. "can't believe akito went to buy ice cream, and not his lover!" airi slumped against the bark of the tree in disappointment, as ena began to hum out loud. "i feel like i've seen that blond boy before, actually.. can't place where, though..")
"hold my hand, babe." akito said, reaching out for tsukasa's hand.
he quickly jerked away, heat rushing to his cheeks. "hand holding!?"
akito faltered slightly with tsukasa's reaction, quickly building back up. "yeah, hand holding. are you five?" he rose a brow, gesturing to his open hand.
"..o..okay." he said, shyly taking akito's hand in his own, intertwining their hands.
"don't wanna lose you in this crowd, is all." akito defended himself, if tsukasa made an effort to look up at the crowd, he'd realize that akito was definitely lying about said crowd.
the two began to wander around, stopping by a few shops every once in a while.
"look, akito!" tsukasa said, pointing out a random shopping stand. "aren't these cute?"
tsukasa showed him the accessories, one bracelet and one necklace, yet both were matching.
"don't tell me you want to buy these." akito said, staring at the matching items. a key bracelet and a lock necklace, how poetic, akito would've said out loud.
the blond boy's eyes shined looking at the accessories, and akito couldn't withstand tsukasa's eyes. hell, he didn't even know if tsukasa was doing that intentionally or not.
"..fine, i'll buy em." akito said, turning away before his ears could start heating up.
"really!?" tsukasa gasped, grinning from ear to ear. "thank you, akito!"
"of course i'd buy it, it's for you, babe."
they stared at one another, before they both flushed pink.
"..okay! let's buy this now!" tsukasa said, quickly pushing akito to the front register.
("no way he's that bold!" mizuki said, leaning into the monitor. an, however, shoved them away. "move it! i'm trying to watch the screen!"
mizuki scoffed, rolling their eyes. "rui made this spying drone for me, not for you, so you move!" mizuki countered, swatting an's hands away from the screen.
"you should've told him to make the screen bigger, then!"
"why don't we all share the screen?" toya suggested, watching the two other students stop arguing, now intensely focusing on the screen.)
akito adjusted the necklace, staring at the bronze padlock.
"it looks good on you." tsukasa commented, playing with the bracelet it came with. "how does it look?"
the ginger smiled, taking tsukasa's wrist in his hands. "it's nice, it suits you."
tsukasa blushed, turning away from him. "you can be honest, you know!"
"i'm being serious, it really does." akito said, noticing a small drone flying around the two from the corner of his eye, his hand still holding onto tsukasa's wrist.
if they're so keen on watching us...
akito wrapped an arm around tsukasa's waist, pulling him closer, their bodies flushed against one another.
then i'll give them a show.
without warning, akito pressed his lips against tsukasa's, everyone else seeming nonexistent for a moment as they both pulled back, the heat of the moment quickly coming to a close.
"..a.." tsukasa stuttered out, before placing his head in his hands. "a-akito!! you.. you tease!"
akito laughed at his reaction, wrapping an arm around tsukasa's shoulders.
distantly, he could hear a couple other people yell out his name in disbelief as well. he'll lead tsukasa away from them, of course. even with their eavesdropping, akito wants tsukasa to have an amazing time.