A/N: First Yowapedal fic inspired by some head cannons a friend and I were throwing around about how Maki got Toudou's necklace. Hope you all enjoy it!

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Hypothesis 1

Makishima wasn't sure how Toudou ended up in his house. How the Hakone rider and he ended up in his room, sitting across from each other and he certainly didn't know how they ended up on this particular topic.

"Do you like me Maki-chan?" Toudou asked without any hesitation in his voice. The climber's eyes fixed on the green-haired boy in front of him, his expression serious.

The Souhoku cyclist had only seen his rival serious a handful of times but never when talking about anything other than racing. He was at a loss at how to answer the others question.

Met with only silence and Makishima's distraught expression, the brunet continued, "Because I like everything about you, Maki-Chan. I like how you climb, I like your really long hair, I like your reserved personality and I like racing against you more than almost anything. But sometimes I think you don't like me at all Maki-chan! I call and text you every day and you barely answer me. When you do answer you sound like you don't want to talk to me. So tell it to me straight Maki-chan, what do you like about me?" The look in Toudou's violet-blue eyes was so intense Makishima could hardly keep eye-contact.

"I…uh…I like…" Makishima's eyes shifted between his rival and the familiar room around him, trying to find a response to the other climber's question. He knew he had to give Toudou an answer, or he would never again have peace in his life, but he just didn't know what to say. He casually looked at the the violet haired boy's ridiculous headband, his nose – avoiding his eyes – his chin and then finally at the gaudy gold chain around his neck. With his nerves on edge and his inability to handle these types of situations, he ungracefully blurted out, "…Your necklace."

After Makishima's answer was given, silence enveloped the room until the shorter of the two cyclists ventured to break it with an unintelligible reply of, "…what?"

The Hakone climber was far too bewildered for any other sort of reply to slip from his lips.

Makishima blushed, "I like your necklace…" He repeated. His voice awkwardly breaking at the end in his embarrassment, for it was too late to retract his statement.

Toudou said nothing for a moment. Then, without warning, he erupted into a fit of giggles.

"Hahahahahha – Ma– hahahaha – ki-chan – hahahaha…" The Hakone climber held unto his sides as he convulsed in laughter.

"Stop laughing, idiot!" Makishima yelled as he blushed even deeper, words devoid of any real venom. When the brunet's laughter did not cease, he simply looked away and tried to cover his face from the others view.

"Ah…you really are something Maki-chan." Toudou said as he wiped a tear from his eye, finally having stopped laughing.

Makishima still hadn't removed his hand from his face and refused to look up until he was sure his face was no longer red.

Toudou smiled fondly at his rival, "But that personality of yours is one of the many things I like about you after all."

Not knowing how to reply to that either the taller climber, still refusing to reestablish eye contact with the other boy, only heard some rustling and the faint clinking sound of metal touching metal before he felt a cool object being placed around his neck.

He hesitantly looked up, "Uh…what are you doing?"

Toudou grinned widely before responding, having swiftly placed the gold chain around Makishima's neck. "You said you liked it didn't you?" He asked.

"Yes, but-" Before Makishima could fumble around with his words any further, the other climber cut him off.

"I want you to have it Maki-chan." The other said sincerely. Upon hearing his reply, Makishima just couldn't find it within himself to refuse his rival, or even tell him that he thought the necklace was far too flashy.

He sighed. "Thanks…" was his defeated reply, which was apparently enough to satisfy the cheerful Hakone cyclist.

Toudou cheered in victory as he stood, having an idiotic grin plastered on his face.

Exasperated with the violet haired boy, Makishima sighed once more and softly smacked his palm into his forehead. His rival was definitely exhausting at times but perhaps, Makishima thought, that could be one of the boy's good points.

Not a moment later they were at Makishima's door with Toudou saying he had a long ride back to Hakone and since he had settled the matter he came to resolve it was time for him to go home.

As he was about to walk out the door he turned around, struck his signature pointing pose and said, "Make sure you think of me every time you see that necklace, Maki-chan! I expect a long list of things you like about me the next time we meet! I doubt it'll to be too difficult." Toudou's smug grin slightly irritated Makishima but he was far more amused by the others outrageous antics than annoyed.

The Souhoku climber smirked at his rival as he replied, "You'll be lucky if I come up with one."

Toudou's grin fell immediately and he let out a childish whine, "Don't be so mean, Maki-chaaan," dragging out the final vowel for a very affective complaint.

Makishima covered his ears after the shrill cry and said, "Weren't you supposed to be going home?"

He only received another affronted reply of, "Maki-chaaaan!"

And so things returned to normal, Toudou finally left Makishima's home, after much effort on the latter's part, and he resumed his daily text updates and calls. Nothing particularly changed after their exchange that afternoon except, of course, Makishima had a new accessory that he wore every day.

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A/N: And that's all she wrote. =P See you all for the next theory of how the boyfriend necklace came to be!