Teh Queen: A simple, pretty clique shounen-ai fic. Takouji. Don't like boy love? Don't read.

Teh Slave: I won't. Too dull for my taste. The AU involves the characters being older and in high school, as if the whole digital world thing never happened.

Teh Queen: None the less, R&R!

-One-

((Takuya POV))

I never really liked school much. I mean, seeing friends was great, and I had to admit being in the soccer club had its advantages. But the only real thing that brought me there each day, I couldn't have.

"Kouji! Ball!"I yelled the cobalt haired boy, who blinked up at me from his novel, and then to the soccer ball a few metres away before standing, throwing it back in, and casually returned to reading under the tree like we hadn't communicated at all. At this point I was glad to be in the middle of a game, the guys wouldn't question me for turning red. All he did was blink at me, and my stomach had butterflies.

I had long since given up trying to understand why I felt this way about the boy Kouji Minamoto, but for some reason just seeing him made my whole day worth wild. I of course couldn't express this to anyone. Maybe if I was 10, it would be 'cute', but no, when you're 16, talking about your feelings for the silent, often moody, too cool for school sorta guy, just isn't socially accepted. Maybe that's what attracted me to him, he was the one everyone wanted to talk to, the guy all the girls wanted, yet he always declined with an air of perfect politeness that made it seem like he had not just told you to 'leave him alone'.

Our game finished. School had since finished for this afternoon, but lots of people hung around for clubs, and the social affair really. Kouji was still alone under the tree, his blue eyes darting back and fourth across the page he was reading, select strands of long dark hair falling on his comparatively pale face. Oh dear, my heart was racing again. I decided to actually make and attempt to talk with him more. I was pretty proud of my achievements thus far, according to my sources, the only person he talked to more than me were the family no one knew about, and that's saying something.

"Hey Kouji, what's got you here so late this fine afternoon?"
Keep it cool Takuya.

"Not much." Kouji blinked up at me for a few seconds before hastily returning to his book. To a normal person, this would be an indication that the encounter was over, but not for me.

"Oh? Are you waiting for someone? Or did you just feel like staying?" I was a nosy one, I'll admit it.

"If you must know, I'm waiting for my brother, he's coming into town today, and said he would meet me outside the school." Kouji tucked his novel back into his messenger bag before standing and slinging it over his shoulder.
I was still in shock, that had to be the longest sentence I had heard him say. I now also found out he had a brother. My butterflies grew stronger, he's so adorable... That sounded strange.

"Your brother? Did he move out for Uni or something?" Nosy. So very very nosy.

"No. We're twins. We never lived together. I should get going." And with that Kouji nodded a goodbye before walking towards the gate. Watching his loose ponytail move as he walked was hypnotic. Argh! There I go again, being... weird.

I managed to catch a glimpse of Kouji leaving (I wasn't following him, I swear it!) with someone I could only assume to be his brother, same hight, same eyes, same hair colour, but different styles. But what amazed me most, was that for the first time ever, I saw Kouji laugh. The only thing that could have made me more content was if he were laughing with me.

((Kouji POV))

Class study novels are boring, but it was just a distraction as not to reveal the real reason I was there. Sure, I was going to meet up with Kouichi for the first time in ages, I was quite looking forwards to it too, but the reason I sat under that tree then was so I could spectate a certain someone play soccer.

Takuya Kanbara. He was interesting. Unlike everyone else in this school, he made a genuine effort to talk with me. I don't really like to get close to people, comes from living in my family, but I do have to admit, I like having him around, a lot... that was weird. Oh, he's coming over, look busy.

"Hey Kouji, what's got you here so late this fine afternoon?" He was so cheerful.

"Not much." I wanted to say more, but being sociable wasn't something I had learned to do yet. The way he was looking at me make my stomach jump, I had to divert my eyes back to the book before me.

"Oh? Are you waiting for someone? Or did you just feel like staying?" Whether or not he realised it, he tilted his head to the side slightly when he asked. Dare I say... it was cute. Yes, cute, whatever.

"If you must know, I'm waiting for my brother, he's coming into town today, and said he would meet me outside the school."
I had almost forgotten myself, I did indeed have to meet Kouichi any minute now. I started to put away my things.

"Your brother? Did he move out for Uni or something?" I loved how he pursued conversation, I'd never act like it, and sometimes... alright, most of the time, I don't want to talk to people, but just this little bit of conversation a day was like an outlet.

"No. We're twins. We never lived together. I should get going." Kouichi would be upset if I kept him waiting, I felt bad leaving the brunette boy behind under the tree. I wanted to talk with him more.

I met up with Kouichi at the gate, and I suddenly felt that much more comfortable.

"Long time no see." I smiled at my twin as casually as I could. I felt slightly out of place, me being in my school uniform, him being in casual cloths. He went to a private school a few towns over, their holidays were set at different times to ours.

"It really has been, mum says she misses you and wishes she could come see you too." Kouichi smiled back, I sighed a laugh. Mum was too caring for her own good. I somewhat wished dad could be like that too, he was all about work, and I didn't really like my step-mother much, she tended to get drunk a lot. At that moment I couldn't help but feel eyes on the back of my head as Kouichi and I made our way towards my house, the feeling soon vanished.

"So, um, do you know when you have to leave?" Making conversation was hard.

"Not for a week or so, but probably no longer, I always feel bad whenever I leave mum home alone." Kouichi scratched the back of his head. "But how are you going? How's school? How come you were late meeting me?"

"Schools fine. Boring as ever really. And I wasn't that late, I suppose you could say I got caught up in conversation." I said shortly, I wanted to tell him more about Takuya, but that wasn't really my style, however, asking about it was Kouichi's style.

"Conversation? I have to say I'm proud, who with? A friend? Or other?" The way he said 'other' sounded suggestive.

"I suppose he's my friend, yeah." For some reason, thinking about Takuya again made my insides jump, and I found myself looking at my feet.

"Are you blushing Kouji?" Kouichi leaned down to get a better look at my face. If I wasn't blushing before, I was now with the embarrassment of being caught blushing. But I wasn't! Was I?

"Whatever Kouichi." I bent even lower in hope my bangs would cover my face. Kouichi was smiling at me in a knowing way. I didn't like it.