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December 31, 07:09 P.M.
“Hey, get off my bed!” Kaidou yelled as Nendou made himself comfortable in his sheets. Both of them looked to be in the same state right now, eyebags, yawning and so on. The only difference was that Nendou’s body was almost melting into Kaidou’s bed while Kaidou’s body was tense and shaking from anger.
“Ah sorry, I’m just so tired, I stayed up all night gaming. But I'll stay up till tomorrow morning right after this nap!” Nendou turned to face the wall and closed his eyes.
Yare yare, this is going to be a long night. Yes it’s me again. And I hope you’ve been reading this all in my voice. These idiots have been going at it ever since I got to his bedroom, which was about 3 minutes ago. Not a problem, I would escape as soon as they all fell asleep.
Kaidou was just about to yell again, but he quickly calmed down when the doorbell rang. He sprang to the door and was already hunched over, hands on knees and gasping for air when he arrived. After gasping and whining for another couple of moments he finally went to open the door, but struggled to do that too. Not entirely because he was weak this time, but because Kuboyasu was almost asleep leaning against the door on the other side. Kaidou would have no chance to open the door now without the help of my physic powers.
The door almost slammed open… whoops. Kaidou stepped out and saw the other, head resting against the wall as he got moved when the door opened. Kaidou immediately got back to his loud ways again. “Hey! You’re almost asleep too!” I can definitely see how a chihuahua was his protective spirit, he looked like one of them barking at a bigger dog.
“Ahh… sorry I had to… fix something last night, didn’t get any sleep.” Kuboyasu answered, still resting his cheek against the wall, on the edge of sleep. “Don’t worry, I can stay awake for midnight.” He moved his head away from the wall and gave a weak thumbs up in an attempt to look more awake. I could tell Kaidou wanted to yell again, but decided not to because he’d gotten too fond of the other. Yare yare, I’ll never understand love.
“Hey buddy, you’re doing the eye thing again!” Oh right, I was still in the bedroom. It seems I got too busy with my spying, I forgot about Nendou. Not like he really matters, he could just go back to sleep. Yare yare, I should probably get him off the bed before Kaidou comes back.
Soon after Kaidou and Kuboyasu appeared in the doorway, arms around each other's shoulders for fan service for the reader. Yes I can still see you. Leave a kudos.
“Hey what’s Nendou doing on the floor?” Kuboyasu’s finger points to Nendou’s sleeping figure contently sleeping on the wood.
“He fell off the bed.” It wasn’t completely a lie. His fall was just planned.
“Must have jumped in his sleep when he heard you yell, Shun.” Kuboyasu jams the other with his hip because his elbow was occupied. Kaidou again wanted to yell at Kuboyasu but couldn’t. This time because the hip against hip movement got him too flustered so only mumbling left his mouth.
“Y-Yeah… ma–ma-ma-maybe.” Yare yare, he’s stuttering like a cheap anime girl in love with the main character in a crappy romance series. Now that I think about it, the only difference is that Kuboyasu is a side character.
Kuboyasu detached himself from the other to walk into the room more easily. Kaidou reached out his arms, but quickly retracted them before Kuboyasu could notice his neediness. Kuboyasu, just like Nendou, laid down on the bed. And as you'd expect from the pattern, Kaidou didn’t yell at him, only muttering a complaint to the floor as his face flushed completely red.
I would tell you what he was thinking right now that got him so red, but I’m wearing my thought-canceling ring. Use your imagination…
… Alright fine but you better leave a kudos after this. If you don’t want to leave a kudos you don’t get to read this next paragraph, thief. You see, for every kudos this gets, I get one coffee jelly. So unless you hate me like I hate Tom, you better feed me.
He’s laying on my bed. Since when did he look just this good? Not that I’ve ever cared about looks of course but… he’s not wearing his glasses… he looks so casual. Iwonderhowitwouldfeeltolayinhisarms… Wait what. No, not again. I need to stop thinking like this. I can only think like this if he says yes. Wait, maybe I could use this as an excuse to lay with him? We both haven’t slept so well, so sharing a bed could help us both… Yes, The Jet Black Wings shall strike! I’ll ask if we can sleep together- NOTLIKETHATOFCOURSEHAHASILLYSHUN b-but cuddle as friends- lay in the same bed together as friends, b-because of the lack of beds! (Also you should definitely leave a kudos)
Yare yare, he’s even stuttering in his head. Well I hope you give the author that kudos. No this is not the author trying to manipulate you through your favorite character- hey you still got to read this in the Saiki voice.
I put my ring back on as Kaidou's train of thoughts crashes.
“H-Hey Aren… d-d-d-d–do…” (is he trying to rap Baby Shark? I guess the Jet black Wings has more fears then the dark, heights, insects (understandable), social situation P.E...) “DoyouwanttosharethebedImeanit’sgoingtogetcoldandthatwaywe’llbothgetabed!” (Do you want to share the bed? I mean it’s going to get cold and that way we’ll both get a bed!). Unfortunately for The Jet Black Wings, Kuboyasu had already fallen asleep. …What happened to the staying awake part...
Well not like I was planning to stay awake myself anyways. While Kaidou was distracted by his thoughts I walk past him, making sure to give him a "reassuring pat” on the shoulder-
He’s burning hot!
Ah well not my problem. I could just teleport from here but Kaidou was still pretty close. I’d have to at least walk to the bathroom first.
“Hey wait, where are you going?” Ah great he came back to life. What do I tell him? I can’t tell him I’m leaving. He'll go into chihuahua mode again, but if I say I’m just going to the bathroom and then teleport away.
“I’m going to the bathroom.”
“Uh okay. Don’t take too long.”
Finally peace and quiet… I’m finally alone. I teleport home and flop down onto my bed. It was so soft.. Almost as soft as jelly coffee. And the sheets smelled heavily, almost like jelly coffee. And the blankets were creamy, like the cream on top of a jelly coffee… Before I knew it I was in a whole world filled with coffee jelly… ah this the dream... well, a dream.
The door creaked open, pulling me out of my heaven. Must be my dad looking for that cat. I’ll just throw him out- “Kusuo Saiki… Weren’t you supposed to be with your friends?” Ah shit. Wait no I mean Yare yare…. Wait, this is a fanfic I can curse. Fuck!…. No that doesn't sound right. Good grief? Wait, I’m in trouble-!
“Your friends are wondering where you are and you’ll only get to experience this once a year,” actually I’ve already experienced this three-four times but sure, “So go have fun with your friends.” She said the last thing with a more gleeful tone, but the intent behind it was clear. I might have psychic powers, but mom has powers that go beyond that. Above all else, it would be better for me if I teleported back. Luckily I fell asleep for a little under 3 minutes on the bed so I could teleport back right away.
“Hey, you spent a long time in the bathroom. Fell asleep or something?”
“….” Yare yare…
“Don’t worry I won’t tell. The others have fallen asleep already. Not to worry, The Jet Black Wings shall stay awake!”
Not even five seconds later he fell asleep standing…
Perfect opportunity for me to leave and take a walk outside for six hours. But only after four steps Kaidou seemed to be awakened again with a yelp. He must have had a nightmare and woken himself up…. “Wait! Weren’t you just in the bathroom? Where ya going this time huh? Home? Ha! Scaredy cat.” Says the one who speaks to floors instead of humans… He had a confident look on his face, a tell tale sign he was actually nervous or hiding something, or lying, although he often deceives himself more than anyone else. He put a finger on his lips, suddenly looking like he was deep in thought. “Or wait maybe,” he took a pause for dramatic effect, “you’re up to look for Hairo! He was supposed to be here thirtyish minutes ago. Don’t worry I’ll help you look.”
Guess there’s no escaping it this time. I knew where Hairo was, at the front door, also asleep. Just like in the anime. Heh.
When we reach the front door and open it, Kaidou again starts getting mad, noticing the sleeping Hairo in front of him. “Idiot! You too!? Wake up before I-” Yare yare, I think the chihuahua has gotten rabies. He was yelling so loud this time, he would surely wake up the others.
“Hey what’s going on here?” A voice down the hall called out. It was Kuboyasu. Kaidou quickly ceased his yelling, looking more like a quilty puppy now.
“A-Aren… I’m just uh trying to help Saiki wake up Hairo.”
“Oh? Don’t worry, I'll help.”
Yare yare, great. Now everybody was awake again. Kuboyasu also yelled, causing Nendou to wake up too. We were all back in the bedroom, around a table Kaidou had moved into the room for the "party". Nendou and Hairo sitting oddly close to each other on the carpet along with Kaidou and Kuboyasu who were sitting on the couch. I was also sitting on the couch, just farther away from the pair. It was about five hours to midnight. We were all trying to stay awake.
“Ugh, I’m tired…” Nendou yawned, proving his statement.
“No! You can’t fall asleep now, we must stay awake!” Kaidou predictably said, despite also having fallen asleep before this evening.
Hairo put a hand on Nendou’s shoulder. “Yeah, stay awake Nendou! We need you!” Need him for what?
“Let’s play a card game then, to hold ourselves awake!” He pulled out a deck of cards from… somewhere and slammed it on the table.
“Yeah, that’s the spirit!”
“Heh, card games are for children.” Kaidou proudly states in a rather childish tone.
“What do you suggest then?” Kuboyasu asks.
Kaidou pretends to think for a second before raising his finger. “A game of truth or dare, of course. It’s a classic and simple enough for you guys to understand.”
“Isn’t that even more childish?” Nendou said. I’m still not quite sure if he was asking because he was curious, or because he wanted to make fun of Kaidou.
“Yeah, the last time I played it was back in first grade.” Hairo adds.
“I never had time for fun games when I was younger...” Kuboyasu looked down at the table as soft piano notes started to play in the background. If someone doesn’t speak in the next paragraph we’re going to have to read his flashback-
“N-No it’s not! A-Adults play it too!” Thank you Kaidou, “You guys clearly are just too scared to play…” He tried to sound confident, even when his red face was a clear contradiction to that.
“No, I just find it boring.”
“I think we should give it a try.” Kuboyasu said, wanting to help his best friend.
07:39 P.M
“Well we have two for and two against… I guess that leaves the decision in your hand, Saiki.” Yare yare, right I’m still here. Well I don’t really care what we play but truth or dare is childish.
I look up from the table.
“See? He nodded. That’s a yes!” Yare yare, you’re really desperate. “Okay I’ll start! Aren truth or dare?”
“Dare.”
“I dare you to um… uh… eh… ” Crap, I didn’t think this far. I can’t ask if he likes someone with a dare! And I can’t dare him to tell a truth, I would sound to desprate… Wait, I got it! “I dare you too… k-k…. Uh…” Damnit I can’t do it! That’s right I took off my ring again. If you’re wondering, his dare was supposed to be “I dare you to kiss the person you like the most in this room.”
The room goes quiet as Kaidou tries to build up courage. Everybody was looking at him, which just made it all worse.
“Hah! Kaidou is blushing like a girl!” Nendou laughs, breaking the silence and ruining Kaidou’s progress.
“Shut up!”
“Just ask the question already!”
“Yeah Kaidou, you can do it!” Hairo gives him a thumbs up.
“I was getting to it! J-Just everybody shut up and let me think””
Another awkward silence fills the room as we again wait for Kaidou, who was staring directly at the table.
…
“I uh… I can’t think of a dare.”
“You should have just said so! Don’t worry, we'll help!” Hairo said, holding up his fist in determination. “Kuboyasu, I dare you to do one hundred push-ups!” Of course.
“Well if you say so.” He backs away from the table slightly before getting in position. “Shun, could you count for me?”
Kaidou gulped. “Y-Yeah… sure.” He did not look like he was in the state to count, as he seemed more interested in the person doing the pushups than the actual pushups. Yare yare.
When he reached 90, which was actually 95 because Kaidou couldn’t multitask, Hairo stopped Kuboyasu . “This is too easy for you! We’ll have to crank up the difficulty!”
“But you can’t change the dare!” Kaidou whines.
Kuboyasu only smirks. “Heh, don’t worry I can take it. Shun, get on.”
“Eh? G-get on where?”
“My back.”
“Wow, great idea Kuboyasu! You really have a strong mindset!” Hairo unnecessarily yells.
Kaidou awkwardly climbs onto the other’s back. He was now laying on Kuboyasu, chest against his back and his arms around his chest, clinging on tightly. “W-wait you’re going too fast I’m going to fall off!” He whines.
“Calm down, I haven’t even started yet!”
“O-Oh right…”
The next ten pushups still seemed to have no effects on Kuboyasu. Kaidou on the other hand was trying to hide his face, which looked both scared for his life and flustered from Nendou and Hairo in the nape in front of him.
When he finished, Kaidou fell off the other with a soft thud, laying comfortably on the floor like Nendou did a while ago. If you looked closely you could see water pouring out of his eyes.
“Didn’t know you were so strong Kuboyasu! Maybe you could be my new partner-”
“Two training partners is a bit too much, don’t you think Nendou?” Huh, Hairo saying something being too much, never thought I’d see the day.
08:05 P.M
The game continues as normal. Or, as normal as you can get with this friend group. Kaidou was quieter than usual, but no one except for me noticed.
Luckily for me, there were no questions about crushes or love. That was until.
“Kuboyasu, truth or dare?” Nendou asked.
“Mhh, truth.”
“Who do you like the most?”
Yare yare, fortunately it wasn’t directly about love, nor was it directed at me. But still if they got the idea to start asking about crushes…
“Shun, of course, he’s my best friend.” He looked down at Kaidou with a look of pure admiration on his face.
Now you would expect Kaidou to start blushing and stuttering, but he had actually fallen asleep a couple moments ago, and was now resting contently on Kuboyasu’s shoulder.
“Hairo, truth or dare?”
“Dare, give me something tough!”
Kuboyasu stood up, which Hairo did too. Kaidou, as result, fell on the floor and woke up. “I dare you to… fight me!” He said with a smirk on his face, the lighting making his face seem just as same it did when he was a delinquent.
Kaidou rubbed his eyes. “Huh what’s going on-”
“You’re on!”
Yare yare… at least we’re off the topic of admiration… Guess it was time to stop them…
“W-Wait guys, don’t fight!” Kaidou suddenly stood up too, clinging himself to Kuboyasu’s arm. His eyes turned hyper detailed like something out of a romance anime. They looked like a badly written couple.
“Don’t worry Shun, it’s just a dare.” His face said otherwise. His pupils were smaller than a grain of sand and his mouth was twitching unnaturally high. You could see lines of blood vessels scattered all over his face, all close to popping. Finally… a worthy opponent.
“Fight! Fight! Fight!” Nendou yelled, as usual not helping at all.
Yare yare, and Hario seemed ready to fight back to… Looks like I would have to step in-
Kaidou tightened his grip on his arm even more, trying to pull him out of his bloodthirsty state. “A-Aren, please… you promised no more fighting.” His voice had so many voicecracks it must have been a world record. Yare yare, as long as I don’t have to use my powers
“You’re right… I’m sorry Hairo, I can’t fight you.” I can’t believe it, Kaidou has saved me two times this night.
“Fight Nendou instead.” Ah… nevermind.
08:39
Thankfully, the fighting stopped when Nendou immediately slammed Hairo down easily. This loss seemed to demotivate the other from playing more truth or dare. “Let’s play something else! Nendou you still have those cards?”
“Oh those? No, I threw them out for that one dare.” For your information reader, Kaidou told Nendou to “THROW THOSE DAMN CARDS OUT ALREADY.”, which resulted in him throwing it out the window. It was not a dare, but Nendou doesn’t need to know that.
“Well what do we do now? I’m getting kinda tired.” Kuboyasu says.
Kaidou shrugs, “I don’t know, talk or something.” Talking… a completely normal activity… I’m in.
“That’s boring!” Nendou and Hairo respond together. “Let’s do some simple training to stay awake!” Hairo suggests, already starting to do some exercise that was so absurd I’m not even going to try explaining it. Nendou joins him soon after he begins, doing an even more wackier… thing.
“I think I’ll pass…” Kaidou says with a traumatized look on his face. “I’m going to go get something…” He stands up.
Kuboyasu stands up too, following the other out the door. “I’ll join.”
Yare yare, great I’m stuck with these idiots. Guess there’s only one thing to do… clairvoyance!
“Are you sure we shouldn’t tell them we’re heading out?” Kuboyasu asks, already dressed in shoes, a scarf and a jacket, all with suspicious flecks of red.
“Relaxe it’s just a quick trip to the store.” Kaidou said, putting on a rather thin and ripped black jacket paired with a scarf that even when wrapped around Kaidou still reached the floor. “C’mon let’s go.”
The front door opens for however many times this day and they both head out.
“It’s uh… rather dark outside isn’t it?” Kaidou shuffled so their shoulders were almost touching.
“You afraid of the dark?”
“N-No it’s just… it’s hard to see.”
Kuboyasu put an arm around Kaidou’s shoulder, pulling him closer so his face was in his scarf. “Don’t worry, I’ll protect you.”
Kaidou let him pull him closer. “I said I’m not afraid…” Kaidou mumbled, his voice muffled because of the scarf.
“Mmh.. did you say something?”
Kaidou doesn’t respond. Instead he leaned in closer against the other, “ It’s cold too…” He said, louder so the other could hear him. Yare yare, how can you be cold with that scarf?
“Is that why you’re burning up?”
“I’m not!”
Kuboyasu laughed, using his hand around Kaidou to ruffle his hair.
“Buddy! You gotta do some too!” Nendou said, again pulling me out of my… viewing.
Yare yare. I’m not doing whatever these gymrodents were doing. I should have just gone out with Kuboyasu and Kaidou, but then I would be third wheeling… Not like I’m third wheeling any less with them.
“I’ll pass.”
“Don’t give up so easily, Saiki! I’m sure you’ll be able to do it if you just believe in yourself!”
Yare yare, this is bad. If I leave they’ll think of me as weak, but if I do they will find out how good I am. Unless I perform perfectly average… What would Satou do…
Procrastinate doing it? Wait, that's it. Kaidou and Kuboyasu would take a while, sure, but with my powers I’m sure I could postpone it long enough. I’d just have to make a distraction with my powers.
08:45 P.M
“Wow look, the cards came back! We can play card games now! Oh wow since when did the queen have such boobies?” Heh, you’re too easy, Nendou.
“Yeah let’s play! Saiki, come join!” Yare yare, at least it’s not exercise. Card games I can handle-
“Loser does pushups!”
….
Luckily I have psychic powers.
A couple minutes go by, then some more. They’re taking too long… I guess I could check if they are okay. I hold the cards I was holding over my face, pretending to think. But in reality, clairvoyance!
Kuboyasu, no longer in his scarf or jacket, stood in front of a shelf, each level filled with energy drinks. “Which flavours do you like?” He turns to ask Kaidou, who was wearing Kuboyasu’s missing clothing articles (including the scarf, he was wearing two scarfs) and was carefully deciding on snacks.
“Huh?” Kaidou turns around, “Oh uh… I’m not allowed to drink energy drinks.”
“Wait seriously?”
“Yeah…”
“Do you want to be a little rebellious then? It’s only to help you stay awake till’ midnight.”
“No thanks…” Kaidou goes back to looking at the many sweets.
Kuboyasu picks out two drinks and turns to fully face the other. “Need help picking?”
“Buddy, it’s your turn.” Give me a second Nendou I just got to send a little message…
“We’re back!” Kaidou announced as he walked into the room, Kuboyasu right behind him with a small bag.
“And we bought some snacks.” He put the bag on the table. I immediately went to open it, knowing exactly what was inside.
“I don’t know why but I was suddenly really craving some coffee jelly…”
10:20
It seems like they’ve finally started to calm down. They should all go to bed soon… But I’m not going to leave. It would be rude after I used Kaidou to buy me jelly coffee.
Hairo was fast asleep on the floor, having fallen asleep mid push-up. The rest of us were sitting on the couch, watching a random movie, none of us really paying attention for different reasons. Kuboyasu and Kaidou were not paying attention for obvious reasons, Nendou because he was Nendou, and me because I’m fake sleeping.
I hear the sound of fabric besides me, and notice Kaidou inching closer to Kuboyasu. He looked at his face, then his lips, but quickly turned away when Kuboyasu turned his head to look at him. Kuboyasu also looked at the other in the same manner… They’ve been doing this the entire move. I could tell they were holding hands under the blanket too. Yare yare…
The movie finally finishes and Kaidou slowly and awkwardly moves away from Kuboyasu. “My mom said we couldn’t pull an all-nighter… We should probably discuss the sleeping plan… ”
“Hah! We were going to be awake all night! I don’t need to sleep!” Nendou proudly declares, landing himself a spot on the floor.
“W-Well I’m taking my bed, obviously. That leaves the sofa… ”
“I’ll let you have the sofa Saiki… I’m used to sleeping in tough conditions.” Kuboyasu crosses his arms.
“Y-You’re probably already stiff from the push-ups though… I… I think my bed could be big enough for two…” Yare yare, just sleep on the floor then and let Kuboyasu sleep alone on the bed if being stiff is really that much of a big deal.
“Yeah, I mean there’s two pillows on it. We could make it work.”
Yare yare…
“So uh… What do we do now? There’s a little under two hours left before midnight.”
“Whatever holds me awake…”
“Have the rest of my Red Bull? I bought extra just in case.”
“Thanks but I can’t-”
“I’ll have it!” Nendou ever the stupid says.
Kaidou straightens up his back. “I’ll take it.” He leans over and grabs the bag on the table, picking out the only thing left in it, the Red Bull. He opens the tab with a “pop” sound before starting to chug the drink, some of the liquid missing his mouth and pouring down his chin.
Kuboyasu just lovingly stared at the other, his elbow on the couch arm while his head rested in the palm of his hand.
“Chug chug chug!” Nendou chants as Kaidou continues to gulp the drink. Yare yare…
“You didn’t have to drink it all in one go.” Kuboyasu says in a teasing tone, but there was a hint of concern underneath it.
Kaidou sluggishly wiped away on his chin, barely getting any of it off as most of the liquid was spilled on his shirt. “Ughh… ” His head drops down to Kuboyasu’s lap.
“Hah! He fell asleep!” Yare yare, the energy drink had the opposite effect. Kuboyasu didn’t seem to have much of an external reaction, but I could see a red tint fade in on his cheeks.
11:00 P.M
Kuboyasu sat still, treating Kaidou almost like a cat on his lap. While Nendou was trying to get us to do random stuff because he was bored, and getting increasingly more annoyed as we all overlooked him. Luckily he fell asleep soon after, giving us all some quiet.
That peace lasted about five minutes.
“Mnngh…” Kaidou groggily lifted his head, looking straight ahead. He put a hand on Kuboyasu’s thigh to try to lift himself up.
…
Wait, since when did the couch get so stiff?
…
Kaidou’s body shoots right up, his face going as red as his bandages. “AA-” His voice was in the same pitch you would expect from a middle school girl. He was now sitting on his knees beside Kuboyasu as he desperately tried to form words.
Kuboyasu’s face got red too, but not as much. He averted his gaze, before suddenly starting to laugh.
Kaidou started to throw punches at the other, not really doing as much as he hoped he would do. “S-Shut up! It’s not funny!” He gave up on the hitting, and instead opted to cover his face.
Yare yare, you’re going to sleep in the same bed as this guy and you can’t handle that little? Don’t bite more than you can chew you idiot.
Kuboyasu tried to calm down his laughs. “Sorry sorry… ”
Kaidou peeked through his fingers, his brows furrowed. Kuboyasu tried to pull a hand away but failed before he even touched the hand as another fit of cackles came. He was now hunching over in glee, slapping his knee as the belly laughs continued.
Kaidou’s hands flew off his face. “You’re not sorry at all!” Yare yare, great deduction Herlock.
“Oh hey what’s going on? I heard a girl scream.” Great now Nendou’s awake too.
Kaidou looked away from Kuboyasu with a huff, trying to fix his hair, not really doing much with the messy shapes.
“Oi, why are you guys so quiet now.” Just shut up.
“Hey calm down Shun, stop pouting.”
Kaidou hurled around, jamming a finger into Kuboyasu’s chest. His other hand went back to his thigh to support him leaning closer, getting all up in his face. “IT’S HARD NOT TO WHEN YOU’RE LAUGH-” He paused as his face got red again. “…… ing….at me…” Yare yare, the new record for voice cracks just got beaten.
Kuboyasu freezed. His eyes darted down to his lips before quickly looking back into his eyes. “Uh…”
“What are you guys whispering about?”
Kaidou carefully dragged himself off Kuboyasu and flopped back to his spot on the couch. “J-Just… uh… the weather?” His voice cracked. Again
“It’s dark, how could you even see the weather?”
Yare yare.
11:18 P.M
“Shun, is everything alright? You’ve been in there for a long time now.” Kuboyasu banged on the bathroom door.
“I-I’m fine!”
Yare yare, he’s not. I can see it through the wall. He’s desperately splashing water on his red face while chanting something about The Dark Reunion to himself.
He had run into the bathroom quickly after what had happened and locked himself in there. And after the minutes went Kuboyasu knew something was definitely up. Why he asked me to join him I don’t know.
“Listen I’m sorry, I didn’t know you’d get this upset.”
“It’s not about that!”
“Then why are you sulking?”
“I’m not! I just… Give me a minute okay?”
The shadow of a Nendou fades into my sight from the hallway, something that would surely scare any kid or adult… “Hey why did you guys leave me? Buddy?” Go back to sleep, Nendou.
Yare yare, I’m not dealing with this.
“I think I just heard Hairo wake up.”
“Wait really?” He sprints away, while I walk back at normal pace. “No, he's still asleep!” Yes I can see that. He was still in push-up form too. Just what is it with these guys?
11:40 P.M
Twenty minutes till midnight. Kuboyasu enters the room, Kaidou not by his side. I was laying on the couch, my face right in my pillow to hide the face that I’m using my clairvoyance. Before anyone comments, (which would be surprising because this is Ao3,) this is not spying. I'm just making sure they are okay, it would cause me problems if not.
“I can’t do it… No, I have to be strong! I’m tired of being seen as a coward! I’ll ask him out like I planned midnight and get my New years kiss! But would he even like me back? I mean he did agree to share a bed, but was it because of the bed or me? All I’ve done this night is act weird, I’ve probably weirded him out… Wait, I don’t even have anything to give him. I can’t ask him out empty handed! Goddammit! He'll never say yes!”
Yare yare, stop hiding in the bathroom, you're concerning him more than anything. I guess I would have to give him a little push.
Shun… I like you too.
“Huh? What was that? Why did I hear his voice? Was it my power? Did I see into the future? No my powers aren’t really real… unless.”
Kaidou gripped the grip, his knuckles turned white as he stared at himself in the mirror with an intense gaze.
“You can do this. You’re The Jet Black wings, this shouldn’t be a big deal for you.”
He turned around, looking at the toilet paper.
“Now I just need a gift…”
He ripped out a piece before sliding out of the bathroom, careful to not make any sound. He snuck his way to his brother’s room, stealing his pack of crayons.
11:55 P.M
“Hey Shun, it’s five minutes till midnight!” Kuboyasu stood outside the bathroom door again, wanting to check on him. “Shun? You’re acting like a child… I’m sorry, but could you just come out? You’re missing out on all the fun.” No response. Not a surprise for me, nor you, as we both know he’s no longer in the bathroom. “I’ll be waiting outside until you come out.” Oh he’ll come out plenty tonight Kuboyasu. What no, that sounded wrong, yare yare now this is going to get age restricted. Wait, this is Ao3, nevermind.
Meanwhile, Kaidou was hiding in the kitchen, the crayons on the counter along with the toilet paper. “Five minutes… Okay I got to lock in.”
Meanwhile… “Buddy, buddy, buddy, buddy, buddy-”
11:59, exactly sixty seconds until midnight.
“Shun, one more minute. Are you sure you don’t want to come out?” Kuboyasu sat down in front of the door, with a YouTube video showing a countdown on his phone.
Kaidou almost slammed the door open to his bedroom open, his eyes looking for the other.“Aren there’s something I need to-” He completely stiffened. “Where is he? Did he not want to share a bed and left? I mean I totally understand if-”
“He’s outside the bathroom.” With how many pushes I’ve given this idiot you’d think he’s giving birth. Why the fuck did I say that… next scene please.
“Man… less than thirty seconds, just where is he-”
“AAAAAREN” Kaidou yelled as he ran down the hall. Kuboyasu quickly stood up, opening his arms as the other ran into them.
“You weren’t in the bathroom, just where were you-” He gets cut off by Kaidou shoving the piece of toilet paper in his face. He grabbed the paper with the hand he wasn’t holding the phone in.
“...Read it.” Kaidou forced himself to look at the other. He was fidgeting with his hands as sweat visibly rolled down his face.
“I… ” Kuboyasu looked down at the paper. In stick figure form, Kaidou was protecting Kuboyasu from some mysterious cloaked figure, which we all knew who worked for. Underneath the drawing, in a wobbly handwriting stood “do u want 2 defeat The Dark Reunion together as more than sworn friends?” Kaidou, the real one, not the badly drawn one looked ready to run away if the silence continued.
“We’re not already dating?” Another awkward silence filled the room as he stuffed the paper in his pocket.
“E-Eh? No? We’ve never he… held hands! Or… K… k… You know what I’m talking about!”
“Every time I tried to, you always pulled away, I thought you didn’t want to.” Kuboyasu took one final look at his phone, remembering the “3” before tossing it on the floor, taking a step closer to Kaidou.
Kaidou flinched, but his feet still found their way forward.
2
Kuboyasu’s hands claimed a spot on Kaidou’s waist, pulling him closer..
1
In response, Kaidou’s hand found rest on the front of his shirt, getting on his tippy toes as his mouth nervously opened.
0
Kuboyasu leaned down, closing the gap.
“Happy new years!” His phone flashed in big bold letters as the sound of fireworks and cheering played, but it was completely ignored by them. Kaidou’s hand clenched the fabric as the kiss deepened. Kuboyasu squeezed the other’s waist, but his rough hands were too hard on Kaidou’s small waist.
“YA- ow ow ow ow ow…. ” Kaidou’s hands straightened, trying to push himself off the other. Kuboyasu noticed and loosened his grip, unintentionally making Kaidou fall backwards.
“You’re so weak…” Kuboyasu reached out a hand.
“Hmph…” Kaidou took his hand as Kuboyasu pulled him up.
Kuboyasu remained silent. His features rested softly on his face as he looked at the other. Yare yare, he looked absolutely love sick. I guess he was.
I’ve never gotten love. Not that I’m above it, but I’ve never been in love. Never had crushes. Never felt butterflies in my stomach. But I guess that’s just a me thing, perhaps the results of my powers.
“Saiki, you going Z Z?!” Oh right, Nendou exists.
I lay completely still. If I just pretend he’ll surely give up and leave me alone.
“Buddy?” Nendou started to jam his finger into my side. “C’mon buddy wake up sleepyhead!” As long as he doesn’t see that I’m awake I should be fine. I’ll use an illusion on myself to make myself look even more asleep.
“Oh he died.” Seriously? That would be his reaction if I died? I need better friends. He's not even my friend... I move my body ever so slightly, just so his stupid brain could realize I didn’t randomly get a heart attack and die. But that didn’t seem to work so I only had one option, wake up and talk to him.
“Oh thank god buddy! I was so afraid you died!” No you weren’t, “Anyways, wanna get ramen?” AT THIS HOUR?! Back to dying. And if he ever suggests something like that again I might actually die.
00:10 A.m
It was finally quiet… Hairo and Nendou were sleeping on the floor. I had changed into more sleep-appropriate clothing using my powers, pajamas with patterns of coffee jelly on it (because of course).
Not long after, Kuboyasu and Kaidou entered the room. Kaidou and Kuboyasu seemed to also have changed. Kaidou was wearing a t-shirt with a badly drawn logo of “The Jet Black wings”, accompanied by skulls. He was still wearing his bandages. Kuboyasu was wearing a t-shirt, and basic loose black pants, which would seem simple if it wasn’t for the blatant blood-stains.
They walked up to the bed, staring at it together. Kaidou took a deep breath, before carefully crawling onto the bed and under the covers. He pushed himself all the way until his back hit the wall while laying sideways. Kuboyasu joined the bed right after, he laid on his back and took up all the unused space with his limbs. Kaidou looked shocked for a second, and slightly irritated that the other would dare to take up all the space, but he quickly calmed down when he got pulled into a side hug.
Finally, now everybody was asleep. I guess that just leads me. I take off my glasses, making sure to put them close by on the table before closing my eyes. Yare yare, why am I smiling?