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Akito was sitting in his room as he drew on paper. He was bored, yet it was spring break. He wasn't sure what to do over the break, so he practiced drawing.
His older sister, Ena, told him it was a good way of letting your thoughts out. She was 100% right. He felt better after drawing sometimes, so he decided to get into it. His feelings needed to be drawn out since he wasn't good at expressing them through his words.
Other times it was just him drawing out his thoughts. His thoughts being Tsukasa Tenma.
Yes, THE Tsukasa Tenma. The one that was overly loud, and full of himself, in a good way. He meant everything he did to please others, and Akito admired that.
He also admired the boy's looks. Tsukasa's fluffy blondish-redish hair, his sharp and bright orange eyes, and his charming yet adorably dopey smile. He adored all of it.
Of course.. Akito didn't love his senpai. That's stupid, and he just admires his senpai.
..And also wants to kiss him. Akito has a huge urge to just kiss Tsukasa on his soft looking lips, and just spit out everything he loves about Tsukasa. ..But that doesn't make him in love with his senpai, no no no.
Being in love was an understatement.
Akito sighed to himself as he thought about his senpai before his phone buzzed. He yelped quickly, and picked up his phone to check what it was. It was a call from his friend, Toya. He sighed, and picked up the phone.
"Yo, what's up Toya?"
"Tsukasa's sick." was all Toya said. Akito froze, and his eyes widened. Tsukasa was.. sick? Toya stopped the boy's thoughts as he continued, "..And Saki and I have a project with other friends of ours that we can't miss. So, I'm asking if you'd–"
Toya didn't even get to finish his sentence, "I will. Give me a second, I'll be there." Akito said.
"Thank you, Akito." Toya said, a smile being visibly heard.
"Yeah, see ya later." Akito hung up, and immediately got up. He began searching for medicines Ena would give him when he was sick, soups with special ingredients that he enjoyed, and a few stuffed animals to keep Tsukasa company. Of course, the last thing wasn't needed, but he just felt like it would make Tsukasa happy.
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When Akito was in front of the Tenma house, he was greeted by Saki and Toya. They both waved at the other, and gestured for him to come inside.
Akito quickly followed, and took off his shoes at the front door. Saki nervously cleared her throat, "Thank you for making it today..! Me and Toya can't miss this project, so." she bowed, "Thank you for willing to take care of big brother! It's very appreciated." she smiled.
Akito nervously rubbed the back of his neck, "It's nothing.. I'm his junior, after all. It's the least that I could do." he mumbled, and the others smiled.
"That's so kind of you, Shinomone. Uhm, if you excuse us, then we'll be going now." Saki said.
"Yeah, bye Akito."
"See ya."
He watched as the two put on their shoes, and walked out the front door with bags in hand. There was small chatter outside of the door, but Akito was already dashing up the stairs. He nearly tripped as he got to the top.
He quickly walked to Tsukasa's room, and opened the door, "Yo, I'm here Tsukasa." he announced. He stopped himself as he saw Tsukasa bedridden. The star looked at Akito, and immediately straightened himself up.
"K-kouhai! It's so nice–" a cough, "to see you..! Please… please come over here." Tsukasa said, and Akito obeyed.
Akito sat on Tsukasa's bed, and stared, "Geez.. what hit you this time?" he asked.
"A fever.. I'll be okay though." Tsukasa coughed again, and put his head back onto his pillow.
His hair is all frizzy, Akito thought. He scooted closer, and patted the boy's head. It's so soft!!!! He cleared his throat, "Hopefully. Have you taken any medicine?" the boy asked, and Tsukasa nodded, and Akito nodded back. He looked at Tsukasa's TV, "You a Tangled fan, eh?"
Tsukasa looked at the TV that was playing Tangled, and giggled a bit, "Of course. Only a true–" another cough, "..star would like Tangled."
Akito's lips twitched into a small smile, "I see. I was more of a Hercules kid, I guess." he said as he looked back at Tsukasa. His orange eyes were staring at Akito, "Ehh? Is something wron.." Tsukasa shook his head before he could finish, and sighed.
"Everything hurts.. I'm going to lay back down." Tsukasa placed his head back onto his pillow.
Akito nervously got up, and touched Tsukasa's forehead, `"Damn. You really are burning. Do you want some.. oh, I only have soup. Damnit, sorry Senpai." he gritted his teeth.
"N-no, don't feel bad.. My kouhai is trying his best, and I'm glad. You know.. there's–" he coughed, "ice cream in the fridge downstairs.. It's sherbet. My favorite.." Tsukasa weakly smiled.
"Okay okay, I'll go get you ice cream. Just try to relax, okay Senpai?" Akito leaned over, and patted Tsukasa's head again. Tsukasa only nodded, and closed his eyes.
Akito exited the room, and quickly walked down the stairs, and headed towards the kitchen. He approached the freezer and opened it. It was filled with frozen meats, but mostly frozen treats, "Don't mind if I do." Akito smirked to himself as he grabbed two cups of sherbet ice cream, and spoons. Huh, Tsukasa liked sherbet ice cream. It was orange like his eyes.. Akito shook his head, and headed towards the stairs.
He walked up the stairs, and into Tsukasa's bedroom, "Oi, senpai.. I got you your favorite.." he said in a playful tone, and he watched as Tsukasa quickly sat up. So adorable. He walked over to Tsukasa, and gave him the ice cream and spoon, "You're welcome, senpai~." he said in a teasing tone, and sat down on the bed. He looked over to see Tsukasa digging into the ice cream, and Akito snorted.
"What are you laughing at, Kouhai?? I'm hungry.." Tsukasa pouted, and Akito quickly looked away. Damn, too cute. Tsukasa tilted his head, "Hmph, so rude to your senpai.. I might be sick, but–" cough, "I can still be your senpai, so you must treat me with respect. I am a future world star after all!" he giggled.
Akito smiled, "True.. I guess you're right. I'm sorry, senpai. It's good to see you a little happier though. You look better when.." he fell silent, "y-you look better when you're happier as a future world star..! That's.. it." his face heated up a bit.
Tsukasa smiled, his eyes being soft, "Hehe, thank you, Akito-kun. You look better when you're all soft like this. It's like I'm not even talking to THE Akito Shinomone! Ahahaha!" he proudly laughed before coughing harshly, "Ehh– I'm okay.."
Akito snorted, "Eh, I'm only being soft 'cuz you're sick, that's all.." he fell silent, "I like ya when you’re not being.. annoying, like now. Even then I like it when you're annoying too."`
"Mmm, I guess you really don't hate me. You just act like it. Are you trying to hide something, kouhai??" Tsukasa teased.
Akito's eyes widened, "Of course not! I ain't got anything to hide, senpai. I'll tell ya everything right now even." he smirked, and put a fist to his own chest.
"Okay.. hm.. what's your favorite song then? That isn't from your unit."` the blonde asked, and Akito raised a brow? He thought for a second.
"It's an English song, but it's Supermassive Black Hole by Muse. I like its vocals, and stuff." Akito said, and looked at Tsukasa. The blonde seemed to be staring at him in awe.
"Th.. that's cool! Really–" cough, "cool..! I.. I personally don't know the song, but since you're my kouhai I'll listen to it! Ahahah!" Tsukasa proudly laughed.
"I think you'll like it. Now tell me your favorite song, senpai." Akito said, softly.
Tsukasa looked down as his face heated up. He nervously cleared his throat, "It's uh.. Like or Like Like by Miniature Tigers.. it's also an English song.. uhm.. I can play it right now if you'd like." he mumbled.
"Sure, show me." Akito said. The blonde grabbed his phone, and began typing on it. After the second he turned up the volume and put the phone on the pet.
They both listened in silence.
"I was dressed for winter, even though it was the middle of June.. I watched you get undressed, I must've turned bright red cuz I couldn't stand to face you. I like what I saw, maybe we should just stay friends.. Tell me how you feel about me. Do you like or like like me..? …" the song continued and Tsukasa was silent, yet had a small smile on his face.
Akito watched him smile, and nervously cleared his throat, "Uh.. do you like this song because you.. like someone?" he asked.
The blonde was silent for a second before his face turned bright red, "W-well..! That's.. true. It is because I like someone. I-I.. he makes me nervous.." he mumbled.
Akito stared, "Eh??? He??" he asked. Tsukasa liked a BOY?? It could be any boy!! He could get anyone he wanted!! Akito was mentally banging his head on a wall.
"Y-yeah.. he.. uhm.. I-I'm not gonna say anything else. Ahaha..!" he nervously laughed before going into a coughing fit.
Akito patted Tsukasa's back, "Noo, don't change the subject. Why does he make you nervous? Maybe.. I can help."
Tsukasa immediately perked up, "Y-you can't help..! Seriously it's.. nothing.. I just get nervous around him because he's always so close.." the blonde mumbled. Akito made a simple 'eh?' noise before thinking.
"Hrm.. okay then. I hope he likes you back, I guess. I'll be cheering you on, 'kay Senpai?"
The blonde fell silent, and leaned forward. His head hit Akito's shoulder, "I'm supposed to be doing that, Kouhai. I'm supposed to cheer you on."
Akito's breath hitched as his face turned bright red, "That's.. I mean yeah, but– I wanna support you too." he mumbled as he nervously touched Tsukasa's head, and patted it. Tsukasa didn't say anything, "Eh? Tsukasa?" No response.
Akito softly lifted Tsukasa's head by the chin. The blonde had fallen asleep right on him. His face became a darker shade of red as he placed the boy's head back on his own shoulder.
The ginger softly messed with Tsukasa's hair. He looked down to see the blonde snuggled up against him.
Oh.
Akitk felt steam coming out of his ears. 'He's just sleeping. Don't panic. Don't panic.' He took a deep breath, and softly put his head on top of Tsukasa's.
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"Big brother! Akito-kun! We're back!" Saki chirped as she opened the door. Toya followed behind. There was no response, and the two looked at each other, "Hmm.. weird. Let's go check on them, Toya!" she said as she grabbed Toya by the arm and dragged him. The split haired boy nervously agreed and followed.
The two climbed up the stairs, and headed towards Tsukasa's room. They quickly entered, and both of them stopped in shock.
Tsukasa was cuddled up on Akito as he softly snored, and Akito was peacefully sleeping as his hand was on Tsukasa's head.
The two stared in silence before the girl took out her phone slowly.
"What are you doing?" Toya whispered.
"Taking a picture, so that I can tease big brother." the girl grinned.
"Hmm, I guess this kind of makes sense now." the boy hummed, and Saki looked at Toya with a confused look, "Akito told me that he liked Tsukasa one time, and I guess I forgot it when I asked him to take care of Tsukasa for us." he stated.
Saki gasped as she took the picture, "No way..! Big brother told me that he liked Akito.." the two fell silent as they stared at each other before giggling, "Eheh, this is going to be great."
Toya just smiled.
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"Hey, isn't Tsukasa-Senpai supposed to be back today?" Akito asked, and his partner hummed.
"Yeah. I got a surprise for you guys too. It's from Saki."
"Eh? You aren't usually a 'surprise' type of person."
"You'll like it." was all Toya said. After a moment the blonde slammed open the door to their classroom.
"THE WORLD FUTURE STAR IS BACK! AHAHAH!" Tsukasa proudly chuckled.
Akito looked away, pretending to be annoyed, "Ah, speak of the devil." he mumbled.
Toya got up from his seat, and greeted the boy, "Hello Tsukasa-senpai. Are you feeling better?" the split haired boy smiled.
The blonde eagerly nodded, "Mhm mhm! I must thank Akito-kun though! Without him, I don't think I would've recovered!!" he dramatically sighed, and Akito raised a brow. He didn't say anything.
"Well.. Tsukasa-senpai, I have a surprise for you and Akito." Toya said as he pulled out his cell phone.
"OH OH! SHOW ME!" Tsukasa cheered.
Toya took a moment to scroll on his phone before he pulled up an image. He flashed it at Tsukasa. The blonde was silent for a second before his face went bright red.
"UWAHHHHHHHH! WHERE DID YOU GET THIS?!" Tsukasa quickly snatched his phone, and quickly ran over to Akito, "AKITO AKITO! This is–" he secretly showed the photo of them laying together.
Akito's face reddened. He took the phone, and stared, "HUH?? TOYA? WHAT THE HELL? WHO–"
"Saki took the picture. She thought it would be a nice present."
Both of the boys stared at Toya, then at each other. Tsukasa cleared his throat, "W-well you got the wrong idea– th-this is out of context..!" he stammered.
"..."
"A-Akito?" Tsukasa stared.
"This is so stupid.." was all the ginger said.
"It's not, actually. Saki also told me to tell you both something. I think Tsukasa knows what it is too."
Akito looked at Tsukasa, and the blonde's face was more flushed than his, "S-SAKI TOLD YOU?! NO NOT YET!! I-I'M NOT READY–" he nervously waved his arms around. Toya teasingly opened his mouth to seem like he was about to speak, and Tsukasa just screamed, "NOOOOOO–" he quickly ran out, and left the classroom.
Toya snickered, and Akito stared, "Jeez, didn't know you were some menace."
"Mmm, you'll like what I'll tell you." Toya hummed. He walked closer to Akito, and whispered the secret into his ear.
Akito squeaked, "Seriously?! Y-you're not toying with me, right?" he quickly stood up.
Toya shook his head, snickering even more, "I'm not toying with you." he said. He watched as Akito covered his mouth with his hand.
"Shit shit I gotta tell him–" the ginger quickly stood up, and ran out the classroom.
Toya just shook his head with a faint smile.
As Akito ran down the halls he almost tripped, and quickly ran up the stairs to the roof. He huffed as he ran up the stairs, and when he made it up the stairs he panted.
He saw Tsukasa looking at him with a flustered look, "WAAAH– PLEASE NO– I'M NOT READY!!!" he screeched.
"Oi, shut up for a second! Geez.." Akito panted as he wiped his forehead. He softly sighed, and cleared his throat, "You're lucky that I like you too, dumbass! If I didn't, then I would've totally gotten mad about you screeching like that!" he pointed, and looked away.
Both of them fell silent as Tsukasa was frozen in the pose he was. He looked like he was about to stomp on an insect that was near him, but was too scared to because he didn't want to ruin his shoes.
"...And I'm not messing with you, senpai. It's the honest truth." the ginger had said after a moment.
"...Can I scream–"
"No."
"Okay."
They both fell silent, and Akito took a step forward. The blonde yelped, "W-what are you doing?!"
"I'm getting the hard part over with, so come kiss me already." Akito confidently said with a small smirk present on his face.
"WHAAA????" Tsukasa questioned. Akito just shook his head, and walked closer, "WAIT WAIT WAIT! I'M NOT READY! I'M NOT PREPARED!! DON'T THIS TO ME, TSUKASA TENMA. THE NEXT WORLD FUTURE STAR!!" he screeched again. Akito was silent until he was right in front of the blonde. Tsukasa slowly got out of the frozen pose he was in, and nervously shook his head.
Akito just chuckled as he grabbed Tsukasa's hands, and guided them to his chest, "You'll be okay, senpai." he whispered as he pressed their foreheads together. Tsukasa stammered, and glanced down at his own hands. Akito chuckled, "I can hear your heartbeat."
Tsukasa squeaked, and nervously looked back up at the smirking Akito, "Gah, you see why I was nervous?" the blonde pouted, and Akito nodded.
"Of course, it's adorable." Akito smirked even more, and Tsukasa's eyes quickly darted away.
"Shush, and just kiss me already, kouhai."
"What if I don't?" the ginger teased.
Tsukasa just pouted as he cupped Akito's face, and kissed him. The ginger's eyes widened as he put his hand on Tsukasa's waist. The kiss lasted for a long moment before Tsukasa parted from the kiss. He stared at Akito with a completely red face.
Akito snorted, "God, stop being so adorable." he teased, and went back to kissing the blonde. Tsukasa pouted, and kissed back. They kissed for another long second before Akito was the one to part this time, "So."
"So.."
"Are you mine now? Like.. are we dating." the ginger asked.
Tsukasa grinned, "Of course. You're lucky to have the future world star as your new boyfriend, y'know."
Akito just shook his head with a smile as he let go of his new boyfriend, "Yeah yeah. Let's get to class now before we're late. I don't want a hall monitor to be on our ass."
The blonde squeaked, "Oh–! Yes! I'll see you later, kouhai!" the boy quickly walked behind Akito, and waved.
The ginger waved back, "See ya, sweetheart. Make sure to call me later." he winked, and Tsukasa just yelped before running away into the stairway.
He just chuckled, looking up at the sky. The sky was so much brighter than before in his eyes. The ginger's eyes softened. He really was in love with Tsukasa Tenma.