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BANG!

The classroom door was opened harshly. "Hirano!" Sasaki stormed his way to Hirano's desk with panic on his face.

"What the heck, Sasaki?"

"I was scolded by a teacher in the hallway and he told us to dye our hair black again!"

"Us? Why am I included?" Hirano furrowed his brows.

"I kind of dragged you...," Sasaki answered with an awkward smile.

"You punk!" he was about to smack Sasaki's head but he quickly crouched.

"A-April Fools! It's a joke!!" he said hysterically while avoiding the punches that kept on coming towards his head.

"That just makes me want to punch  you more!!"

"Hirano-senpai, do you think you're  uke or seme?"

Hirano let out a harsh sigh. "Before it was Sasaki, now you..."

He already went through this question a lot of times. But Miyano always says that he's the so-called "uke" whenever he's around Kagiura. "Whatever I said you'll still insist that I'm uke right!"

Miyano closed his eyes, thinking about something. "Can you please make your boyfriend stop asking me that question?" he glanced at Sasaki who was standing behind Miyano.

Sasaki just shrugged. "Why is he even thinking about it so seriously when he's not me?"

"Why not? I mean he looks cute right now," Sasaki answered as he grinned.

"Sometimes I regret being friends with you."

"Hmm... But I think Hirano-senpai can be a seme. Yes, yes, that time when you did the Yankee cafe definitely gave you seme vibes," Miyano finally spoke as he nodded his head.

Somehow finally being recognised as seme kind of made him happy. Why would he even be uke? He always thought, it's not like I'm cute or small.

"See! I told-"

"April Fools~ Hirano-senpai will always be uke if he's with his roommate," Miyano said with an innocent smile.

His expression changed real quick and clenched his fists.

"Mya-chan, we should run away quickly," Sasaki whispered and gently pulled Miyano away from Hirano.

"Get back here you brat!!"

Hirano stomped his way towards the toilet. Why does April Fools have to exist? What's so fun in pranking someone anyway? He kept on grumbling.

Maybe I should try it to understand. But who would I do it to? And what should I do?

Being lost in thought, Hirano didn't pay attention to the front, which made him bump into someone's back.

"Woah!"

Oh, a familiar voice.

"Sorry, I wasn't paying attention...," Hirano touched his nose as he looked up.

"Kagi-kun!"

"Hirano-san!" he called the other's name with a big smile.

"Are you okay?" he asked as he noticed Hirano pinching the bridge of his nose.

Hirano pretended to be in pain, "I think I broke my nose, your back is so hard."

Kagiura gently took away Hirano's hand that was pinching his nose and examined it slowly. Hirano could feel his face getting warmer. Sometimes he wonders if Kagiura didn't think before he acts. Right now he bent down slightly to get a better look at his face, not to mention while holding his hand. Any girl would fall in love if they were in his position.

"It's just a little red, does it hurt that much?" Kagiura's question made Hirano come back to reality.

He grunted, "You know I'm joking."

Kagiura let out a small laugh because of his senpai's cute behaviour. "I gotta go, see you in the dorm later, Hirano-san!" he waved at Hirano and the other waved back at him.

'Why the heck am I feeling embarrassed for? Ugh, why am I like this when he's the one who likes me.'

'I'm going to make him pay for it.'

Kagiura it is.

"Hirano-san, I'm back!"

"Yo, Kagi-kun. I'm gonna go somewhere," he said as he put on his jacket.

Kagiura whined. "Where are you going? And right after I came back!"

"Just feeling like going for a walk."

"Then I'll co-"

"No. You just came back, rest," Hirano stated before Kagiura could finish.

"I'll be back before 7 PM," he added and closed the door, leaving his roommate alone.

Hirano lied, he was just going to spend his day in the library. He walked away humming.

Why am I thinking about him? It should be the other way around.

It was almost 6.30 pm and there was still no sign of Hirano going back. Kagiura already messaged him and he said he was going back, but it was 30 minutes ago. It made him feel restless, so he decided to give him a call.

Click!

"Ah, Hira-"

"You've been connected to voice mail-"

Kagiura sighed. 'Did something happen on the way back? Maybe I should wait for him outside.'

He passed Hanzawa while he was walking towards the dorm entrance. "Oh, Hanzawa-san, have you seen Hirano-san?"

Hanzawa blinked a few times. "Hmm, I think I saw him with his old roommate."

Kagiura felt his heart drop to the floor. Hanzawa slightly grinned, "I saw them talking happily outside. You got something to tell Hirano?"

He shook his head. "Thank you, Hanzawa-san."

Hanzawa just smiled and went back to do his things. Kagiura clenched his fist, what is the point?

Hirano actually was on his way back when Kagiura texted him, but he went to a convenience store to buy something for him. Well, he feels kind of guilty for leaving him. While he was there, he coincidentally met his roommate before Kagiura, Ichinose.

"Oh, Ichinose-san."

The person turned around and greeted him with a smile. "Fancy seeing you here! Out to buy some snacks?"

"You can say that. I'm buying snacks for my roommate," he replied while taking 3 packs of sweet breads.

"What a caring Senpai~ Why weren't you like this when we were roommates," he said in a joking tone.

Hirano let out a small laugh. "I'm buying it because I did something that probably makes him sad."

"Bad boy Hirano-san!"

Hirano paid for his things and they walked to the dorm together while chatting about school stuff. "Kagiura was it? What is it being a roommate with him?"

"He is a big basketball head but he's not good at studying, so I have been tutoring him from time to time. Seeing him doing his best made me want to study harder too," he admitted.

Ichinose glanced at Hirano who was smiling so tenderly, he probably doesn't realise the expression he's making right now. "You say a lot of nice things about him, what about me? What do you think of me as a roommate?"

Hirano furrowed his brow as he thinks. "Come on, you blurted out about him right after I asked!" Ichinose nudges his arm.

"You were nice, ...I guess?"

"That's the only thing you can think of?!" Ichinose glared at him.

"Ah, looks like we arrived, see you at school," he waved and walked away.

"Hey! You ungrateful kouhai!"

Hirano chuckled, he could still hear Ichinose's grumble even after he entered the dorm. At least something that's not a prank happened to him today and it lifted his mood.

'I wonder what Kagi-kun is doing right now.'

Getting closer to his room, he could see Kagi leaning against the wall with crossed arms. Hirano was about to surprise him but Kagiura caught him first and approached him.

"Hey, Kagi- Woah, why are you pulling me!"

Before he could say anything, Kagiura dragged him by his wrist. It was not the same touch that he did before, he gripped so tightly Hirano could feel his wrist throbbing. He was brought to their room, Kagiura closed the door and pushed Hirano to the door, his back making loud contact with it.

"What is wrong with you-"

"Did you have fun with Ichinose-san?" he asked.

Hirano quickly looked up, eyes widened as he saw Kagiura's sour expression. He's definitely jealous but there was more to it. He was about to grab Kagiura's arm when the plastic bag made a rustling sound which made Kagiura glance at it.

"I see, you were having a nice chat while eating snacks. Seems like you had a really fun talk with him to the point that you didn't pick up my call?" he snapped, grabbing Hirano's shoulder.

Hirano hissed, this guy really doesn't know his own strength.

"Kagi-kun!" he shouted.

He jumped when he heard his name called loudly. His eyes widened, his mouth opened, but no words came out. His grip loosened, it seemed he had come to his senses.

"H-Hirano-san," his voice trembled.

"Geez, what's gotten into you?"

Kagiura pulled Hirano to his arms, burying his face to crook of the older's neck. Hirano could feel the other body trembling. "I'm sorry, Hirano-san. I was worried because it's been 30 minutes since you replied and you didn't pick up my call. But Hanzawa-san said you were talking happily with Ichinose-san, I... I unconsciously-"

Kagiura stopped when Hirano hugged him back. His hand caressed Kagiura's back, making soothing gestures. "Calm down," he whispered.

"Sorry, Hirano-san, sorry," he kept on pleading.

"No, I'm sorry. I feel like a big part of this is my fault."

"No, it's not-"

"Yes it is! I purposely left you alone as soon as you came home. At first I did it as a joke, if I had known it would be like this, I wouldn't have done it from the start," he admitted.

"H-huh?" Kagiura stared at him dumbfounded.

"It's a payback for what you did in the hallway," Hirano said, half mumbling.

"... In the hallway? When you bumped into me? Did it hurt badly?"

"It's not about my nose! It's about what you did!" he blushed and averted his gaze from Kagiura.

Kagiura was still confused. "What I did..?"

"The way you grabbed my hand and stared at me got me feeling some kind of way, damn it!" he finally blurted out.

Kagiura's eyes widened and he could feel his face getting red, probably as red as a tomato. He wanted to touch him more as he looked that Hirano had the same expression as him. Holding his hands, hugging him, and even kissing him.

"And here, this was meant for you," Hirano handed the plastic bag while looking at the ground. Kagiura took it and peeked at the inside.

A big smile appeared on his face. He looked back at Hirano who was still looking down. "Thank you, Hirano-san! It's all of my favourites."

Hirano looked up with a relieved smile. "I could totally kiss you right now!" That quickly made him blush again.

Kagiura leaned closer, and the closer he got the more Hirano's body tensed up. "Y-you're joking, right, Kagi-kun?"

"Yes, I am joking." Despite what he said, Kagiura kept on leaning closer. Out of all the things he could do, Hirano chose to close his eyes. His body twitched when he felt a lips giving his neck a quick peck. Hirano opened his eyes and covered the place Kagiura had just kissed.