Title: Keep a secret
Author: exwaiz
Pairings: NakatsuxKayashima, SanoxMizuki
Disclaimer: Characters not mine.
S.e.c.r.e.t
Mizuki was trying to decide whether or not the cloud that she was staring at looked more like a smiling Hara-san or a kitty cat. Lying on her back on the grass near where the boys of the soccer team were practicing, she had gotten bored at watching them run around the tracks and had instead been busy daydreaming.
"Pink."
The familiar voice startled her out of her thoughts, sitting up and staring at Kayashima, who seemed to have appeared out of thin air. Nakatsu's roommate was busy staring intensely at the field, where Nakatsu and his teammates were finally kicking the soccer ball around, but Mizuki knew that whatever Kayashima had said was directed at her.
"What?"
"Pink." Kayashima repeated, gaze moving slowly towards Mizuki, though in Mizuki's mind it would see as if Kayashima's gaze was reluctant to part with the image of a swiftly moving Nakatsu. "Your aura, I mean."
"What does that mean?"
"You're in love."
Mizuki couldn't quite banish the blush that immediately reddened her cheeks, choosing instead to shake her head and stammering. She tended to forget about this side of Kayashima, though others would find it hard to forget—it wasn't as if everyone had a friend who was able to see ghosts and auras and other things that ordinary people would not be able to see.
"It's only an observation." Kayashima said slowly. "It could easily mean that you are content with your life at the moment." He shrugged. "I chose to interpret it differently, that's all."
"But why on earth would you say that I'm in love anyway?" Mizuki asked, silently thinking to herself, In love with who?
"No reason." Kayashima said, gaze shifting to the side, to where Sano was standing. Mizuki followed his gaze and then she began to blush an even darker hue. She ducked her head to hide her face.
When she finally was ready to look up, she saw that Kayashima was staring at Nakatsu once more. She stared at him in wonder for a moment and then smiled, lying back down on the grass.
"Well then I can tell what color your aura is right now." Mizuki said, staring once more at the sky. Kayashima's gaze drifted down to her, puzzled.
"It's pink too." Mizuki answered the unspoken question. Kayashima blinked at her for several moments, too surprised to notice the two boys approaching them both.
"Kayashima, can I have my water now?" Nakatsu asked.
"What are you doing, sleeping in public?" Sano asked at the same time.
Both Kayashima and Mizuki looked up at the two boys standing over them, looking down.
In Mizuki's eyes, seeing both Sano and Nakatsu above her with the perfect blue sky in the background, was enough to complete the picture of a wonderful summer day.
"Can't you see that we're sharing the same aura?" Mizuki asked with a smile, pointing to Kayashima and herself.
Nakatsu and Sano looked at each other and then back at the grinning Mizuki and the blushing Kayashima, not quite understanding Mizuki's words. But it didn't matter to Mizuki, because Kayashima understood her and it would be their little secret. And the sky, of course. Because it was so blue that it seemed to be winking at her. She could almost kiss it.
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