EAR
"Damn."
The one word rang throughout the almost empty room, being the first word that either occupant had spoken in the past two hours. Akira was sitting cross-legged on his bed, glaring down at his notebook; Katsurō was typing up an essay on his laptop at his desk. He glanced up when Akira swore aloud.
"Yes, Akira?" Katsurō took the opportunity for a break, and shook out his fingers, which were stiff from typing. He then ran his hands through his orange-brown hair, which was already sticking up due to the many times that Katsurō had performed this action throughout the course of the afternoon.
A dark crimson blush tinged Akira's cheeks, but his voice remained steady and defiant when he replied. "I'm drawing you from the side in my notebook, from what I can see from this position, but I can't get your ear right." He paused, and the blush that was staining his normally pale face intensified a hundredfold.
Katsurō, unperturbed as always, smiled wanly. "You can always come sit down over here and take a closer look. I don't mind." He sighed, and gave the essay on his computer screen a malevolent look. "This paper's going nowhere fast, anyway."
Akira nodded wordlessly. He picked up his notebook and set it on the seat of his desk chair, and then dragged the chair over to where Katsurō sat in his own chair. He sat down quickly, and then reached out a hesitant hand and fingered Katsurō's ear.
Katsurō gave him a nod, looking amused.
Akira proceeded to trace every part of the outside of Katsurō's ear with his thin fingers. When he was done, he placed his pencil on the paper and drew Katsurō's ear faultlessly, as though he had memorized its shape.
Katsurō leaned over and examined the sketch; his expression changed from polite curiosity to genuine interest and finally to grudging admiration. "You're a good artist."
"Thanks," Akira muttered, ducking his head to hide the new blushed that was dancing up his cheekbones once more.
Katsurō gave the drawing another appraising look before returning to his essay. Most of it was out of proportion and misshapen due to distance—except for the ear. The ear was perfect.