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Completely self-indulgent poetry, inspired by an idea sierrafujoshiakut sent me.
setting: street courts. filth and despair
racket thwacks and cheering claps || jeers and catchphrases
leading to physical contact || and loss of inhibition, so here we have
two sweaty boys kissing behind the water taps, pressedasone.
licking each othe r 's tongues and h ol din g faces lik e
treasu re s
love, love, love (but one does not know)
one has a seigaku shirt on. sullying, you are, sir! the name of seishun gakuen, the name of echizen, committing debauchery in public
do you not feel the repulsion of mixing sweat? of closely twined legs?
answer: but have you felt the ache, the warmth of desire
no? then madaMADA dane
"Hey,
Monkey - mm - King
i see you, i love you - no, i said nothing;
hey, wanna have a match? i'll beat you." the prodigy in
a sea of prodigies challenged
the inimitable, regal
King. (Monkey)
brat
cocky brat
brat
sipping his Ponta disgusting grape flavour, no class, really
stupid smirk on his face tooclose
something has to be said
for the ease with which
one gets tooclose
surrounded by
the dirt of
commonalty; what an Atobe word.
the King accepted
without a smile
sorry that the kisses had to stop
they emerged from behind the water taps and claimed a court
red lips, guilty faces, the works
everyone knew, sly sly glances and lewd gestures
up.
but the game began and shut every one
the King was smiling when the match ended.
smiling like
the
world
was
now
his
(it
had
always
been
his.)
like
ryoma's stars soared
into his mouth with the smile.
atobe
left without a word at the loss
eyes
downcast,
shy
.
(applause)
"hey, monkey king. look at me?
look at me. look at me.
why won't you
look at me?
you
know
,
i lovelove
you.
i
know
,
you don't
think i do
but i do.
please. please tell me it wasn't a one time thing"
ple ase
do tell me, somebody
does he, does keigo notice?
does he pretend not to?
why is he pretending
no, i a m sure
that he
is
ignorant.
of what i feel.
look at my heart, atobe. look into it.
but he doesn't!
...you're
tired.
"mada mada dane
this isn't, you're not worth pursuing. monkey king
baka!"
but still your eyes seek him out
in all his oblivious glory
still the thought of him
is what drives you to win.
still you love him and behave as if you do not.
silly boy.