UNBUTTONED
By Mizuki
Part One of Two
Buttonless
Female whining had to be the most annoying sound in the world.
'Kiritani-kuun!'
'Please, please, please, can I have your button?'
'Is there someone you are giving it to, Kiritani-kun?'
'Let it be me! Give it to me! I know you don't have a girlfriend!'
'It would make me so happy!'
Shuuji's classmates, gathered around him like a pack of wild hyenas around a dead antelope, were giving him a massive headache. It was Graduation Day and there was only one last school girl silliness for him to endure – the frenzy around the infamous second button.
'I'm sorry, but I'm not going to give my button to anyone,' he said eventually, straining for politeness. A collective sigh of disappointment attacked him from all sides. One of them sounded distinctly… male? What the…?!
A heavy head landed on his shoulder. Oh. Him.
'Geroff!' he muttered, more out of habit than of actual irritation. Akira ignored him.
'What about me, Shuuji-kun?' he asked. Big watery eyes stared up at him when he looked down and then immediately recoiled.
'Baka,' he swatted away a wandering hand that was reaching for the button in question. 'I said no one.'
Akira pouted, but changed positions. This time it was his arm around Shuuji's shoulders. 'You're going to regret it, Shuuji-kun!' he said in sing-song voice. 'Giving the button to someone you love is a most precious memory!'
Shuuji snorted. 'Yeah, right, you haven't given yours eith - ' he stopped in mid-word, noticing that there was something wrong with Akira's face. The other boy was grinning. 'No way.'
His eyes travelled southward, down the front of Akira's jacket. The second button – the one supposedly closest to the heart – was curiously missing.
Akira giggled.
Shuuji blinked at him in confusion. 'You've got to be kidding me. You gave it to someone? Really?'
'Really,' said Akira, still giggling.
'Who?' was the most reasonable question. Shuuji had troubles imagining the girl that would accept Akira's button – yes, the girls thought he was kind of cute and everyone who arrived at school in a helicopter was considered extremely cool, but...come on. The guy was a complete basketcase and besides, he didn't really hang out with anyone except Shuuji. How could he fall in love with someone without Shuuji noticing?
Akira's grin was sheepish. 'Not telling.'
'What?' cried Shuuji in good-natured outrage. Did the idiot really think he would just leave it be? Fat chance!
He tackled the other boy and started tickling him, not caring what others were thinking. In the end, though, after a couple of minutes of wrestling, Akira decided he'd had enough and effortlessly shrugged him off.
'Sorry, Shuuji-kun,' he said seriously, grasping the front of his jacket. 'If I told you it would no longer be romantic, ne?'
He shot him another mischievous grin and walked off with a happy whistle.
'Aaah,' said one of the girls. 'Who would have thought that Kusano-kun was so cool?'
'It's a shame that he already gave his button!' cried another.
'I'dkill to get it!'
'Yeah, totally!'
Shuuji sighed and proceeded to use this opportunity for a swift escape. After all, it was no use dwelling on the subject if Akira refused to elaborate. One thing he knew, though, was that whoever it was, the girl had no idea how precious a gift she had been given.
A/N: It's my second attempt at a fluffy Akira/Nobuta :) This time it's two parts - it just worked better this way. The second part will soon follow...Don't fret :D
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