Chapter 1. Karaoke

Kurosaki lifted his baseball cap and looked at his best friend with pleading eyes. It was after practice, and Kizami Yuuya, the boy next to him, accompanied him home after watching him. It was something he did everyday, whether Kizami sat through the smaller boy's practice or not. So naturally, walking home with him would be the best time to bring things up.

"No."

"No?!" Kurosaki repeated almost immediately, as if he had been expecting his friend to say that from the start. Still, he was pretty bummed out. He averted his eyes until Kizami sighed.

"You know I'm not… a fan of going out with everyone…. I don't know. I'm just tired." Kizami spoke indifferently, he wasn't tired, just uninterested.

Kurosaki was, after all, the class mood maker, and that meant he was normally invited out to hang outs after school. It just so happened that Tohko Kirisaki brought up going out to Karaoke, but Kurosaki really knew that what she wanted was for Kizami to attend. After all, the invite sorta interfered with his baseball practice. It made sense because the two boys were a pair that stuck "like glue" according to the rest of their classmates (some would say the entire school thought that too). So, knowing that, Tohko must've assumed Kizami would have went in his stead. Though… that was a long shot in the dark.

Kurosaki would be a wingman if he had to be, and he personally thought it'd be best for his best friend to socialize with some girls a little. After all, he only really spoke to him. "Ahhhh… Kiiiiizaaamiiii…." Kurosaki whined, taking off his cap and ruffling his hair momentarily before putting it back on again. "I didn't think i'd make it myself… but you know what, i'll think i'll be going." Kizami merely glanced at the boy next to him. He had a very cool personality after all.

"Fine." Surprise filled Kurosaki's expression. Did he really mean that? What changed his mind so fast? "Wow! Is it cause i'm going?" Violet eyes searched for an answer.

Kizami clicked his tongue. "Isn't it obvious? Did you think i'd go by myself or something?" He looked down at Kurosaki with a slightly annoyed expression.

Kurosaki found himself recoiling a bit. "..." Then he looked away from Kizami and couldn't help but grin. His taller companion must've guessed he did, because his tone did not change.

"Oi. Don't look away from me. That's rude. ...Why are you grinning like that?" He may have realized he was speaking too fast, and cleared his throat when Kurosaki innocently looked up at him.

"I'm just glad you decided to go is all…" he trailed off, cooling his expression before he grinned widely and poked Kizami's cheek. Teasingly, he said "And that it's 'cause of me.~" He was only being playful, and he knew teasing didn't ever really get a rise out of Kizami. Still, he could of sworn in that moment that Kizami's face flushed a little bit. Quickly after, he felt his hand be grabbed and lowered, but gently. "I don't know why that makes you happy, but whatever. It's just normal to me." Kizami looked away from him this time, and they walked in silence towards the Kurosaki household.