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Ran casually placed one of his long legs over the other and elegantly crossed his arms on his narrow chest. This whole situation was just ridiculous. His brother had almost locked him in the living room of their shared apartment and set up a flip chart in front of the coffee table. The topic: 4 good reasons why Ran Haitani urgently needs glasses. The older brother rolled his eyes again and spoke in his melodious voice: “Brother, I really appreciate your ambitions when it comes to improve my health, but I think your reaction at this moment is a bit exaggerated, to say the least." The younger man symbolically adjusted his own glasses and almost shook his head in disappointment. He asked in frustration: “Exaggerated? After everything that’s happened in the last two weeks?”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” Ran countered with an amused smile. This statement infuriated his little brother even more. Rindou balled his fingers into a fist and snapped louder than before at his sibling: “You’ve been hit by a car almost eight times in the last two weeks! If I hadn't pulled you back by the shoulder that one time, you would have flown into the middle of a windshield at the speed of that bloody car!"
That sounded more dramatic than it actually was.
“Oh, come on, brother. That's not worth mentioning. We live in Roppongi after all; I don't expect a single driver to follow the usual traffic rules in our area. Such dangerous situations are the order of the day for all residents in the red-light district.” A vein on the younger man’s forehead began to pulsate more strongly than before. He was fuming. The delinquent huffed loudly and hissed angrily: “And what about the incident 10 days ago? You started a fucking fight with a streetlight because you thought some guy was intentionally getting in your way! You only noticed your mistake when the slim body was harder than rock!”
A truly humiliating memory.
Ran looked at the coffee table for a brief moment to escape his brother's purple eyes. The confrontation with the lantern was certainly one of the lowest points of his entire life. The older teenager looked up again and shrugged slightly before explaining: "In my defense, I was drunker than usual that evening. And the lighting conditions on the streets really aren't the best." Rindou's jaw sagged a little bit after this explanation. Was his own brother kidding him right now? The younger delinquent bit his lower lip briefly and replied loudly: “Ran, you asked me in the bar last night if I was up for a fling, since you couldn’t find your sweet little brother and needed a beautiful replacement!”
That was definitely not a brilliant performance of him yesterday.
The flamboyant teenager cheeks blushed slightly. All the doors of escape that he had painfully tried to fight for were slowly closing one after another. Ran cleared his throat softly and purred playfully: “Now don’t be like that, Rindou. You could also interpret this as a special compliment from your other half - you are so seductive that I would try to get you into bed again and again. In my eyes, you see it as far too negative.” Rindou snorted loudly and opened the cap of the pen. “You’re not going to talk your way out of this today, Ran,” said the younger man, audibly angry, “Either we honestly discuss the advantages and disadvantages of glasses or we sit here until tomorrow morning. Your decision."
Great.
The two brothers looked at each other for a few seconds before the elegant delinquent replied with a fake smile: “Of course, brother. If it makes you happy, we'll discuss it together. However, I will admit I hardly see any advantages for visual aids.” Rindou could no longer believe his ears. He tried not to be provoked any further and wrote several points on the paper.
- You see where you are going and no longer need me to guide you around.
- You don't have to keep borrowing my glasses every time you want to go to the cinema.
- You can read things yourself and don't have to constantly bother me to read everything to you.
- You no longer confuse people and finally stop beating up the wrong guys.
Rindou turned to his brother and handed him the pen, muttering under his breath: "Those are four damn good reasons why you need glasses. And no, I'm not reading them out loud to you now. Move your ass to the chart and read them yourself - then you can also present your counterarguments if you even have some.” What a torture. Ran got up with a groan and moved very close to the flip chart, shaking his head slowly while reading each point. He blinked hard as he wrote down 4 reasons not to wear glasses on the paper.
- Glasses are fucking ugly.
- Glasses are fucking ugly.
- Glasses are fucking ugly.
- Glasses are fucking ugly.
The older of the Haitani brothers put the pen in the flip chart holder and gave his brother a small kiss on the cheek, whispering in his ear: “I see this as a clear draw. We should therefore postpone the decision until you can give further reasons for using seeing aids. But I thank you for your honest concern and the suggested discussi-" Ran didn't get any further at that moment. His brother had already thrown himself at his neck and was choking him with all his strength.