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After "Battle against the Sea God," Kanata became incredibly intrusive, he was literally like a stray cat who followed his friend wherever he went. And not that it scared Chiaki away, not at all, he was glad that Shinkai was next to him, because he was his precious comrade. Chiaki wanted to be a friend to him. He wanted to be there and help him, he didn't want anything bad to happen to a boy like Kanata again. He needed human warmth nearby.
Over time, some of the strange things of a new friend were revealed to Morisawa. For example, Kanata didn't eat with a fork at all. He finally knew about this cutlery, but never tried to hold it in his hands.
"Chiaki~ I don't understand how to "hold" a fork properly..."
This scene in the house of the Morisawa family made the boy laugh. Kanata tried to stick the noodles on the fork holding the device with all his fingers, tilting the plate with his second hand. He didn't succeed. Complete failure and sad eyes right at Chiaki, who sat opposite and giggled quietly.
"Come on, here..."
For some reason, there were absolutely no sticks for guests at home, and although Chiaki offered his own as a possible option, Kanata refused to insist on a fork.
Morisawa got up from the table and approached his friend from behind gently taking his right hand to correct the position of the fork.
"That's it, it's almost like holding a pen." Chiaki correctly placed the boy's cold fingers and scoopped the noodles on the fork without letting go of his hand.
"Thank you, to be honest, I've never had such forks at home, but there were spoons." Kanata looked from the bottom up at his "teacher" with full eyes of delight. Chiaki loved this look, he liked this Shinkai facial expressions when he discovered something new. It really made Morisawa smile.
He didn't let go of his hand.
Kanata rode the train for the first time. Again, these eyes are full of delight. He climbed his feet on the chair to look at the flickering view of the sea outside the window. Like a little puppy, he stuck to the window while a light wind confused his overgrown hair. His wet school jacket was lying next to him on the seat and his shoes and bag were under the supervision of his partner.
Chiaki couldn't take his eyes off the sun's rays on Kanata's wet face...
Ryuseitai has only two weak and faint participants. Due to Kanata's current absent-mindedness, Chiaki takes on his shoulders all the work on the unit (although he does not doubt the talent of his friend at all). Even now, when Kiryu asked to buy fabrics from the store for new costumes, Chiaki took care of it without any questions.
Leaving school, he noticed a familiar pile of blue hair in the fountain.
"Kanata, just don't say you spent time here instead of studying..." Chiaki squatted near the fountain.
He caught his Shinkai from the fountain and took his towel out of his basketball bag and handed it to a friend.
"Sorry... I'm "trying" not to miss my studies, but sometimes I don't want to "appear" there." Morisawa doesn't want to argue. He knows the reasons why the boy doesn't want to appear at school on the contrary. He shares this resentment. He understands the interlocutor from a half-word. "Chiaki would be "not bad" if we went for a walk again, like yesterday..."
"Sorry, I have to go here, Kiryu promised to make you and me branded suits, so I have to make it before closing." the guy finished wiping the interlocutor's hair dry.
Kanata quickly grabbed his friend's hand and made this cute inflated face, Morisawa noticed that he always does it when he wants something from his partner.
"Chiaki~ why don't you "take" me with you for "fabrics," I can help!"
The guy had no reason to refuse. He liked spending time with him.
Morisawa was again fascinated by the look of this boy, he saw these stars in his eyes. Kanata was so happy when he felt such trifles as a seemingly train trip. He still couldn't take his eyes off this soft smile and such warm rays falling on the Kanata. He is ready to swear that he sees a god in front of him.
He squeezed the bag with fabrics harder.
"I want a hot bun... Hmm..." delving into the scarf even more, Chiaki looked at the food counter. "Kanata, choose something for yourself too."
The boy was looking at slowly falling snowflakes. Morisawa was actually surprised how he was not lost in all this hum of the New Year, because Shinkai often said that he did not like it very much in noisy and crowded places, and then he seemed to abstract from the noise of streets and fireworks over his heads. He looked charming in this kimono and Chiaki's red scarf.
You might think that the foggy glasses hid Morisawa's gaze.
For seconds, Chiaki tried to catch the boy's gaze but caught only a weak but so soulful smile that somewhere in the chest area he felt the warmth spreading.
"Well, let me "bite" at least a little..." Kanata was already reaching for a friend's bought bun.
"Kanata, i told you to buy a bun for yourself while we were in line." Chiaki looked at his hungry comrade with distrust, but still, unable to resist his sweet eyes, he held out his hand with a warm bun to bite.
"From Chiaki's hands "always" tastier." Sincereny admitted Shinkai when he was already biting off the second and third pieces of a friend's food.
Chiaki was happy. For the first time in so much time, his chest was so free and his head was not heavy because of his work and thoughts about the past. Maybe this year won't be that bad...?
He carefully brushes the crumbs off the red scarf.
Sometimes it was harder to wake up than basketball training. Chiaki felt tired every day when he woke up as if his body was made of concrete, it was morally unbearable to tear himself off the pillow and look at his room, he wanted to forget this place. But as soon as he left the room and saw mom and dad, the boy's strong front took over the guy. He can't tell them how hard it is for him, after everything that happened to him, it seemed like a trifle. The smile was without a sun, it was drizzling outside.
"Your mother is the "kindest" woman I've ever seen~ You're incredibly "lucky" Chiaki!" A familiar soft voice sounded somewhere near the door to the room.
"Yes... she's really amazing, wait and she didn't give you a futon?"
Kanata just shook his head.
"I said I would "sleep" on your bed." the guy mischievously jumped on the unstained bed lifting everything that lay on it into the air "I have a futon in my "room" always "wanted" to sleep on the mattress." He looked at Chiaki upside down with a more gentle smile but still with mischief in his eyes.
Morisawa just smiled back and continued to tuck the blanket into the duvet cover while the guy on the bed was watching his hands.
"Chiaki~"
"M...?"
"Please "tell" who is depicted on this poster." Kanata pointed his finger towards the worker place, looking stealthily at Morisawa.
"Oh, this is Spider-Man! This is an American cult hero, I was lucky to get this poster when I was in elementary school." these words caused some pride and blush Chiaki, he loved his merch and was really happy to talk about it.
"He also had glasses? Just like Chiaki's." Kanata was still looking upside down hugging one of the pillows lying next to him.
"Ha... well, yes, but after biting a radioactive spider, he no longer needed to wear glasses, because his eyesight became super duper cool, and in addition, he became strong and dexterous, and he also had a web and the same spider flair..." he could not be stopped, someone asked for the first time about some poster in his room. He saw "this" look at him. "But you know, "with great force comes a great responsibility!" Haha that's one of the useful cla-" Kanata slightly pulled him by the edge of the T-shirt, forcing the guy to stop and look back at the interlocutor.
Shinkai finally sat down in the usual position pulling Chiaki harder on himself so that he could fall to the edge of the bed.
"I "think" if this hero no longer "doesn't need" glasses..." Kanata gently and carefully raises his glasses on his forehead of his Morisawa "...then you can take them off too..." he smiled as usual, Chiaki no longer feels the weight on the nose bridge.
Sometimes it's very difficult to talk to Kanata, because he looks unprecedentedly in the eyes, he seems to look directly into the soul, trying to find something in other people's eyes. Chiaki is difficult to put up with it, it is difficult for him to look into the eyes of others, lenses with glasses are his salvation, so now he looks away until he feels cold palms on his cheeks. Very nice...
"I can't "look" your shine in your eyes because of them! Chiaki~ I want to "see" your eyes..." Shinkai tilts his head a little to catch the boy's gaze.
It must have been the first time Morisawa has heard something like this about him. Now while he maintains eye contact with his comrade, it seems to him that he sees all Chiaki's experiences and thoughts, all his dreams and past, all the failures and downs...
Kanata has such a persistent and unshakable look...
Tears involuntarily accumulated in the corners of the eyes.
Where is my strong front...
He knew that the guy opposite also didn't have the brightest thoughts in his head. It was very hard for both of them. But the Chiaki continued to gently stroke on the back and quietly whisper words of calm. Chiaki was ready to swear that he was lulled by the ocean itself. He will definitely return everything to him, he will definitely dispel all the experiences of this ocean.
The ocean smiled tenderly.
This morning he was happy to open his eyes and feel a warm hand in his palm.
Perhaps lunch breaks were a favorite part of the day for Chiaki. He liked to eat in the company of Kaoru and Izumi or go out on the summer terrace, and sometimes Kanata called him to the roof.
"Kanata, please try at least a piece!"
Shinkai is very whimsical in food. Sometimes Chiaki thinks that this princess doesn't eat anything at all. He doesn't take bento from home and doesn't even buy food at the supermarket. The only time he has lunch at school is on a fish day. And when his friend offers to divide his lunch for two, he just turns away and gets into a pose.
Morisawa is very embarrassing to eat in his presence, and although Kanata does not watch him eat, Chiaki still unpleasantly reduces his stomach because of the situation. He literally hears the hungry grumbling of someone else's belly.
"No! I "will not" eat your food, otherwise you will "reve" hungry!" He made this inflated face again and menacingly reduced his eyebrows to the nose bridge.
In addition to everything, Kanata was also terribly stubborn. He was ready to stand up with a pillar just not to do what he didn't like.
"I promise I won't stay hungry, I'll be very glad if my unitmate has lunch with me!"
Shinkai always brought Chiaki to the roof, away from the rest they sat on the floor to be covered by the shadow. At such moments, Kanata enjoyed the nearby boundless ocean and the distant sound of the waves, and Chiaki tried to suppress his embarrassment because he eats alone.
Morisawa gently moved to his friend so that their knees would meet. From this touch, Kanata turned back to the interlocutor.
"I made this omelette myself! Please help yourself." Chiaki hooked a piece of omelette on the sticks so that the boy could try it nearby.
Instead, Kanata mischievously pulled his hands to the face of his precious comrade and carelessly took off his glasses. Chiaki was not one of those people who forbade touching glasses on his face, at least for Kanata it was always allowed. He loved touching cold fingers on his face.
"My name is Chiaki Morisawa, I'm a ryuseitai red, and I'm ready to become the father of for all of you Ha-Ha-Ha." Shinkai put glasses on the tip of his nose and smiled in all his teeth imitating his behavior of "Chiaki Morisawa."
"Hey, do you think it's funny?!" Now it's time for Chiaki to inflate his cheeks and pretend to be offended.
"Fu fu fu, I "consider" you cute, Chiaki~" it made the boy's cheeks turn red, and Kanata move a little closer "I don't mind "biting" your omelette."
Morisawa did not immediately realize that he wanted him to feed him from his hands. This made him a little taken a little worried again, but he still brought sticks with a piece of food to his friend's mouth. With a soft sound of "yum" he began to chew a piece of food. Chiaki with the hope that he would like the omelette waited for him to open his eyes to see his reaction.
"Mmmmm~ Chiaki is "really" very tasty!" Kanata opened his eyes full of delight and a cute smile appeared on his lips. Just the one he loves so much...
Morisawa smiled back. It seemed that the sun looked into their dark corner and warmed the boys' faces.
At the moment, Shinkai snatched the sticks from the hands of their owner and scoped up another piece of food on them.
"Let me treat you~" a piece of omelette was already near Chiaki's lips, it was another heart attack before him, but not because he is fed from his hands, but because the guy in front of him looks so innocent and funny, from the outside they looked like children playing the family.
Trying to hide his embarrassment, he still opened his mouth for a treat.
A new smile blossomed on Kanata's face...
If we talk about Comrade Chiaki's stubbornness, then he will remember their joint training.
"Chiaki~ I'm tired, I "need" to replenish the water balance." and he faints at the nearby sofa.
In such cases, Chiaki has no choice but to measure himself. He can't go against his friend. Perhaps he certainly overdoes the training of the week, but still he tries for the benefit of his unit, he does not want it all to be wasted. After all, it's Chiaki to learn from Kanata, not vice versa, so it's fair to give Shinkai as much rest as he wants.
Morisawa exhales and sits on the floor next to the sofa. Before he has time to put on his favorite glasses, he hears his favorite voice.
"Chiaki~ you've recently begun to "wear" less glasses." Kanata looked at him in a new way, he hasn't seen "this" look yet. He was too interested, maybe even cunning...? It bothers the boy a little.
Morisawa really stopped wearing glasses always, only when he's in class. After all, as soon as they were put on in everyday life, Kanata confiscated them for use and did not give them until farewell. Chiaki smiled at his friend's childishness (Canata liked what Chiaki looked like with glasses).
"It makes me very “happy”, now I see your “sparks” in my eyes much more often!" Sometimes Kanata did not think about picking up words that hit Chiaki's tender feelings. Shinkai was too straightforward in his bright feelings. He completely turned his face on the interlocutor. "Wall you "let" me see your sparks much more often?"
"Do you want me to take off my glasses?" This dialogue not only kept Chiaki's face in red color, but it was also strange even for such an eccentric as Kanata.
"Chiaki you're "silly", I'm talking about something else!" this face of Kanata did when someone tried to explain to him what he already knows. He was incredibly nicely angry with his friend. "I don't "think" that I'm strong in human feelings, but it seems to me that you are the first person who "causes" warmth on my face..." as proof, he put his fingers to his cheek and thought a little looking somewhere aside.
It also made Chiaki embarrassed and look away.
There was silence in the room. It was not awkward, it was never awkward with Kanata, sometimes it was mandatory in their relationship, during walks, lunches, or silence before going to sleep, when they could look into each other's eyes. It seemed that all this had to be accompanied by the silence of the two.
There was a sound from the couch, Shinkai got down from the incubated place and sat down right in front of a friend.
"When I “was” little, an outcast with his mom and dad "came" to our house..." Chiaki saw a weak half-smile on his comrade's face. He did not look Chiaki's eyes, his gaze was aimed at reflecting his comrade in the mirror "In addition to the reasoning about "wish" we still played in the family, I was always "was" a wife who sits at home and he "was" a husband who came valiantly with magazines and flowers..." they giggled at the same time, "He told me that he "loves" me as a wife, it was part of the game, and I didn't understand... I don't know this feeling, or rather I "think" I didn't know..." he took his eyes off the mirror for the first time during the dialogue and looked at the interlocutor "Chiaki... I think I "love" you." there was not a drop of doubt on his words on his face, as if it had been a long-considered decision.
Morisawa was fascinated by these green eyes full of endless tenderness. He saw this eye color for the first time, it was really fascinating. Looking into these eyes, he would not refuse to join the Kanata cult. He was first looked at like this, especially as if he was the last person on earth. Chiaki was hard to believe that he was able to cause such a reaction in this beautiful man.
"I..." he didn't know it was worth answering. It was a confession of quite strong feelings... it's a huge responsibility... There were so many thoughts in his head and he can't grasp any of them. Does he feel the same thing? Yes, of course, maybe even more. Does he want to say that? Yes. But his body was numb with flooding feelings, if only he could convey his full range of emotions through touch, he would have already squeezed Kanata so hard that his eternally cold hands would finally become normal temperature. He would like to keep his bony hands in his own forever. He wouldn't mind feeding him a curry bun at every festival they went to. How he would like to feel his warm breath on his neck again.
"Chiaki~" he was pulled away from sweet dreams and he felt this cold hand touching his arm "Will you "let" me kiss you?" Kanata moved so closer that his knees were already resting on Morisawa's hips. And the lights of naughtiness in his eyes were directed directly at him.
Without thinking for a second, Chiaki shook his head approvingly. An embarrassed and sweetest smile blossomed on two faces. They were both waiting for it.
Shinkai completely moved to Chiaki's hips and took his face in his palms, gently stroking his cheeks. Morisawa actually had no idea where to put his hands. There was a real incessant alarming siren in his head. His gaze caught on Kanata's overgrown bangs, so he pulled his hand to remove it by the ear. At that moment, he realized that he had never touched his lover's face before. His cheeks were unusually soft, such that he wanted to touch them more and more. He didn't dare to get his hand off his face.
For a while, Kanata looked into the eyes of his beloved, he was definitely looking for something there, but this time Chiaki was ready to show him everything he had in his heart. Kanata's cold fingers were the most pleasant feeling of the whole day, Chiaki closed his eyes with pleasure. He's ready to swear he missed it. Finally, having found something special in his brown eyes, Kanata leaned even lower and was already literally breathing on Morisawa's lips. The touch was not long in coming. Shinkai's lips were wet, unlike Chiaki's lips. It embarrassed Morisawa a little, because how could he forget to lick his lips.
As soon as Chiaki felt the touch of his soft lips to his own, he completely closed his eyes and slightly strained his hand on his lover's waist. Kanata reacted, he crushed Chiaki's upper lip a little stronger.
He would never have thought that his beloved friend kisses so well. He didn't want it to end. For the first time in a long time, he is ready to say that his heart has lit up with a new flame.
Kanata tore the kiss, and Morisawa lost the warm touches that he liked so much. Instead of another kiss, the lover gently rubbed his nose against Chiaki's nose and gently stroked his hair with his fingertips.
Chiaki wanted to do the same. He wanted to take the first step. But he was so brazenly ahead of him that now he is glued to be the brightest and most harassing sun for Kanata.
"Kanata, I think I feel like a hero again, thanks to you."
It made them laugh.
It seems that Shinkai heard the real laughter of his lover for the first time in a long time, which he likes so much.