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Fuyune walked over to the door and pushed it open.
Ah, there he is…
Her angel, her king. Aki.
…And that stupid bastard he calls a partner.
“Shinonome-kun, Aoyagi-kun! Come on in!” She said. She can’t let the act fall now.
Aki flashed her a smile and walked in, while Aoyagi simply nodded. God, what an idiot. Never learned how to fake a smile.
Just a little bit longer. Then she’ll be Aki’s savior. It doesn’t matter the cost, they’ll run away and leave all these people who aren’t good enough for him.
They were so late too, everyone else was already here. She can’t believe that Aoyagi kept him that long.
They curled up on the couch, and Fuyune joined them. They’d invited a few more people this time around, namely the Vivids and Aoyagi’s… siblings. Horrible, he can’t stand his own family so he inconveniences another.
Aoyagi tried to curl up, but it was clear that he was uncomfortable.
“Partner, what are you waiting for?” Aki asked. Always the gentleman.
“Hm?”
“Why haven’t you kicked your legs over my lap yet?”
Aoyagi affixes Aki with a jealous glare.
“Oh, I’m allowed to do that now? I thought Shimizu took priority over me.” He whispers, low enough that she wouldn’t have heard if she wasn’t so attuned to his every move.
Aki rolls his eyes and sighs.
“Look, you clearly want to do it. You look so uncomfortable right now.”
“I’m fine.”
Aki sighs and shakes his head, before turning to Fuyune.
“Well, you wanna take me up on that offer?”
Hell yes! God, Aki was so sweet!
“I-If you don’t mind…”
“‘Course not.”
She kicks her legs into Aki’s lap, and she sees Aoyagi affix her with a jealous glare.
His… sister, Saki lets out a “Hmph!” and she whispers something in Aoyagi’s ear.
Next thing she knows, he’s kicked his legs into Saki’s lap and buried his face in Aki’s shoulder.
Aki rolls his eyes again and flicks him in the forehead.
That’s right, don’t take any of his bullshit, Aki!
She suddenly feels a fiery glare on her that isn’t from Aoyagi.
Shit, Chi-chan!
She turns back and gives her a comforting smile, and her hackles lower. Hehe, she’s so sweet.
…She’s going to miss her when all this is done.
But it’s all worth it. Aki will see how amazing she is, and they’ll run off into the sunset together. Far away from all those people who want to hurt him.
They all pick the first game, and of course it’s a goddamn rhythm game. Just give Aoyagi everything, why don’t they?
He obviously takes the first turn, and he, of course, has his ego-boosting mod that takes the form of Kagamine Len. Len didn’t deserve this. He was too damn cute.
He gets through the song, being totally perfect as always and managing to get a full combo. What a bitch.
He looks up at Aki expectantly, and relaxes almost instantly when Aki ruffles his hair and tells him he did a good job.
Such an attention whore. The way he relaxes under Akito’s touch, but he never gives that same relaxation to his so-called partner.
Normally, she was very pro gay rights. She was bisexual herself, after all! But Aoyagi… god, he made her homophobic. How disgusting he was.
Everyone else had a try, and as expected, no one else did as good as he did. Because he’s just so fucking perfect.
“A-Amazing! How did you do so well, Toya-kun?” Kohane asked, and Tenma laughed brightly.
“Ha ha ha! That’s my little brother for you! The best gamer around!”
“It’s really quite simple. Just pay attention to the interval between the notes and the song.” Aoyagi said, directing his attention to Kohane.
“I-I see…”
What a pretentious dick.
Well, time to put her plan in motion.
“I have a surprise for you, Aoyagi-kun! It’s a game I think you’ll like!”
Aoyagi turned to her, an interested glimmer in his eyes.
Perfect.
“A surprise?”
“Yes! Now, everyone close your eyes! No peeking! Not even you, Chi-chan!”
Chi-chan pouted a little at that, but she closed her eyes.
She selected the game from her screen, and it loaded up.
PIANISTA. A piano-based rhythm game.
“Okay, you can all open your eyes now!”
The game loaded, and they were all instantly assaulted with a classical piece.
She turns to Aoyagi, and he’s shaking. Keep going, weakling.
Aki grabs the controller out of her hands and clicks out of the game to stop the music.
“Shimizu, what the hell?!”
“I-I’m sorry, I didn’t… I thought he played the piano, and I knew he loved rhythm games!”
Aki’s eyes soften, but he turns away from her and grabs Aoyagi’s face gently.
“Toya! Snap out of it!”
Aoyagi’s clearly not seeing him at all, so Tenma takes action.
“To-ya~ My favorite little brother~ My dear #2 fan~”
Tenma’s sing-songy voice seems to snap him out of whatever trance he’s in.
“Tsu…kasa-nii…?”
“Yep! I’m right here! Now, why don’t you go take a walk with Akito?”
“Akito…?”
Aoyagi turns back to Akito, and he grips onto his sleeve.
“Akito…”
“Yeah, let’s take a walk. Uh, Shimizu, do you mind?”
Oh, she very much minds. But unlike Aoyagi, she won’t disrespect Aki’s wishes.
“O-Of course not! I’m so sorry!”
She moves her legs off of Aki’s lap, and he helps Aoyagi up and takes him outside for some air.
God, what an attention whore! She doesn’t start shaking and crying every time she nears a bow!
Why does he get everything?! He’s so pathetic! He just wants to use everyone to make himself feel better!
Aki was so naive. So sweet. Just because Aoyagi’s talented, he thinks he can use Aki.
She’ll save him.
Shiraishi shook her head and turned to Fuyune.
“You don’t know, do you?”
“I-I… I don’t know what happened…”
“Toya’s really traumatized by classical music. He’s been getting better recently, but when it gets inflicted on him with no warning he gets… like that.”
“O-Oh my god! I’m so sorry!”
She’s not sorry in the slightest! Everyone lavishes attention on him when he can’t even listen to classical music without freaking out! She even saw him faint like a Victorian ingenue when Bach played unexpectedly! So delicate and dainty, no one actually faints like that! He just faked it so Aki would hold him close until he miraculously woke up!
A sweet, pretty angel who can do absolutely no wrong. Every day, day in and day out, she has to hear girls at Miyajou go on and on about how pretty he is and how much they want to date him.
She wanted to snap and scream at all of them. He’s a liar! He’s abusive!
Her sweet sugar maple didn’t deserve this! Didn’t deserve to spend all his energy day in and day out on a partner that doesn’t worship him like he deserves!
After a few minutes, Aki returns with a much less panicked Aoyagi.
“Aoyagi-kun, are you alright?!” She yells with an internal sigh. She almost wished he would be too stressed to stay and go home.
Aoyagi turns to Aki with a dead-eyed look. Oh, now he’s so hurt he’s gone numb?! What a weakling!
Aki shakes his head at her and sighs.
“I know you didn’t mean it, but you messed up Toya pretty bad.” He turns to Tenma. “Senpai, could you take him home when things are over? Dad’s really busy and I can’t take him tonight.”
Tenma’s eyes turn concerned.
“Toya, do you even want to stay? We can go home right now if you want.”
Aoyagi shakes his head. Oh, what a sacrifice ! He’s staying with them because it’s a blessing to be in his presence!
Aki puts his hand around Aoyagi’s waist and pulls him to the couch softly, pulling him into his lap and running his fingers through his hair.
“God, I’m sorry.” He whispered. “I wish I could take you home with me. Why tonight, of all nights?”
“‘S fine, Akito.” Aoyagi mumbles.
Aoyagi doesn’t react after that, and Aki’s attention doesn’t leave him for a second.
“…Are you sure you don’t want to go home?” Tenma finally asks, and Aoyagi takes a breath.
“…No. No, I’m fine.”
He pulls himself up and slides out of Aki’s lap, but his legs remain tangled with Aki’s.
Kohane reaches over and squeezes Aoyagi’s hand, and he gives her a grateful smile.
Tenma gives one of his trademark sunny smiles and pinches Aoyagi’s cheeks.
“There’s one of my favorite smiles! Now, no more tears, okay? We’re here to have fun!”
Aoyagi lets out a slight chuckle, and Tenma pats him on the head.
“When did you get so tall? Stop growing so fast! I can’t keep up!”
He lets out another chuckle, and even Aki’s smiling at Tenma.
“Thanks.” He mouths at Tenma, and Tenma just shakes his head. No thanks are needed, apparently.
Now that they’ve satisfied the attention whore, Aki shakes his head at Fuyune.
“No more surprises, okay?” He says brightly. “Toya, you wanna play that or should we swap to something else?”
“…Let’s come back to it later. I’m not opposed to trying it out, but… not right now. I-I hope that doesn’t sound ungrateful of me, I really appreciate how you tried to surprise me, and I probably ruined the entire get-toge-” Aoyagi starts, before Tenma cuts him off.
“No apologies are needed! You were just stressed out! I’m sure Shimizu doesn’t mind, right?”
Tenma affixes her with a glare that might have actually been able to cow Chi-chan.
“O-Of course not! Oh my god, what can I do to repay you? And I even bought you a copy, I…”
Fuyune waves the receipt with the code on it, and Aoyagi shakes his head.
“I-I appreciate the thought…”
She puts the folded-up receipt into his hand, and he instantly shoves it into his hoodie pocket, as if the thought of it was enough to send him spiraling again.
He can’t deny it if he wants to keep pretending to be so nice and sweet.
“I can’t believe I made such a horrible mistake! I’m so sorry, Aoyagi-kun!”
“It’s fine, Shimizu-san.”
Aki put a hand on Aoyagi’s leg, which was still in his lap, and gave it a comforting squeeze.
He’s so considerate! Why did he have to lavish his love on someone who didn’t deserve it?!
He just kept his attention on Aoyagi as he calmed down and returned to his normal, expressionless face.
“Thanks, Akito. You too, Tsukasa-ni-” Aoyagi starts, before cutting himself off. “- senpai .”
“No worries! What kind of star am I if I can’t even cheer up my #2 fan in the entire world?” Tenma chimes in, while Aki just gives Aoyagi’s leg another squeeze.
Ugh, it’s disgusting! They don’t even talk!
“Let’s get back to playing.” Aoyagi finally says, and he motions to Fuyune. “You should select the game, your last selection didn’t end up getting played, after all.”
…Fucker. She wants to pick a shooter just to screw with him, but it’ll be too obvious.
“A-Are you sure?”
He flashes her a smile. God, she’d love to slap it off his face.
“I’m sure. Just… please warn me if we’re going to play a classical music based game, alright?”
“O-Okay! Once again, I can’t apologize enough.”
Tenma chuckles slightly.
“You guys really are similar! Toya has the habit of apologizing too much as well!”
How dare he! God, she should just kill him where he stands.
“Ahaha! Maybe we are!”
Kohane tilts her head slightly.
“You even look kind of similar! The purple hair! If you had some light hair and grey eyes, you could even be twins!”
She actually once thought Kohane was an acceptable friend for Aki, but then she almost got him killed!
…She could just snap Aoyagi’s neck now, run off with Aki, and be done with it all. No need to bother with complexities, run before anyone can find them.
Discipline. She is disciplined. She won’t let her plan go to hell now. She has to let him endure a bit longer so that he’ll never get taken back to them.
Fuyune faked another giggle and then sat back on the couch.
“Hmm… how about a racing game?”
Everyone agreed with that, and Fuyune got the game ready.
What she didn’t expect was Tenma to absolutely annihilate everyone else.
“Ha ha ha!”
“Ah! Tenma-kun, how are you so good?” Fuyune asked.
Tenma just winks at her.
“It’s my little secret!”
Oh, she sees it now. That’s why they like Aoyagi so much. They’re all attention whores.
Eventually, Aoyagi stuttered out that he wanted to try PIANISTA. Oh, he just loves to pretend to be so nice and sweet.
“Are you sure?”
“Yes. I’m sure. I-I can do this.”
She clicks into the game, and Aoyagi flinches for a second before steeling himself.
She pokes through the features, and Aki snaps up at one of them.
“Duet? There’s a co-op mode?”
“Seems like it, why?” Fuyune replies.
“…I’ve got an idea. Toya, how about you play with me?”
Aoyagi perks up at that.
“Really?”
“Yeah, come on. Let’s do it.”
Aki takes one of the Joy-cons and hands the other to Aoyagi. Aoyagi gets the red one and Aki gets the blue one.
Ugh. Taking each other’s signature colors.
Aki practically purrs and nuzzles his face into Aoyagi’s neck once they’re done, and it’s sickening! Aoyagi needs constant attention from Aki or he’ll get upset! And Aki’s so nice that even though deep down he hates Aoyagi, he’ll still give it to him!
He’s so sweet and considerate!
“A-Akito, that tickles—!” Aoyagi gasps out, with a couple of delicate giggles.
Aki laughs and slips his hands under Aoyagi’s shirt before actually tickling him.
“Agh! Heh, stop!” Aoyagi says, with a gentle laugh. Like bells ringing.
What a pretentious prick.
“Mm, but I like hearing you laugh.” Aki says. How cute! Too bad it’s wasted on Aoyagi.
“Akito, p-please! We’re in publ— Haha!”
“Hey, An wanted to know what made you laugh out loud, right? I’m just showing her!“
Aoyagi’s practically shaking with laughter. There’s no way he’s that ticklish, he’s just faking it!
Chi-chan slumps onto Fuyune’s shoulder with a sigh.
“They’re such losers.” She mumbles, and Fuyune can’t help but internally agree.
Fuyune just gives Chi-chan a couple of headpats before turning back to Aki and Aoyagi.
“I-I didn’t know that Toya-kun was so ticklish!” Kohane says. Right, she’s besties with Aoyagi now or something. Bitch.
“He’s always been like this!” Tenma says.
“Yeah! It was the only way he ever smiled!” Saki chimes in.
“Oh god, please stop! I’m embarrassed enough!” Aoyagi adds.
Aki finally stops and gives him a smirk, while Aoyagi tries to catch his breath and slumps onto Aki completely. Bitch.
An alarm goes off on Fuyune’s phone.
“Oh, I’m sorry! Looks like we’ve lost track of time! My father has a meeting in a few minutes, I hate to ask you to leave, but…”
Everyone grumbles a bit, but Tenma lights up with an idea.
“Let’s have a sleepover at my house!” He says. “Our parents won’t mind!”
Everyone cheers at that, but Fuyune sees that Chi-chan’s social battery is dead and she doesn’t want to deal with them any longer either.
“I don’t think we’ll be able to join. I’m sorry!”
“That’s alright! We can play multiplayer online if you’d like!” Tenma says.
“That sounds fun! Thanks!”
Everyone files out, and Fuyune isn’t sad to see any of them go.
Except Aki, of course. She hates to see him go, but loves to watch him walk away.