The consequences for talking back to the Corporal were rough. I wanted to hold him, to touch him, to feel how soft his hair was. But most of all, I wanted those eyes to be on me, and only me. Anything else just made me angry. So obviously, when the Corporal started talking to someone else it made me quite a bit more than a little jealous. It was because of that reason that I went to talk to the Corporal afterwards, when he was done with his little friend. Still, no matter how much I liked the Corporal, it was still a little nerve wracking to go up and initiate the conversation.
"C-corporal, may I speak with you?"
"What do you want brat?" He asked, obviously too busy to be talking with a kid like me. But I wanted to know.
"Uhm.. I, uh.."
"Spit it out already." He snapped, moving his gaze from the paper in his hands to look me dead in the eye.
"I like you! So I don't want anybody else to have you! Or look at you at all and-"
Just like that I was on the ground with a pain slowly becoming self-aware in my stomach.
"He punched me." My eyes, were wide. Staring at the Corporal like he just killed someone.
"C-corporal!"
That earned me another kick to the stomach. I laid there with my forehead on the ground and my arms holding my stomach until small, but strong hands lifted me up by my collar.
"So, you like me huh?"
I could barely look him in the eye let alone answer, but I answered nonetheless.
"Yes..I..I like you Heichou."
He looked away. A small "Tch." Escaping from his lips.
The Coporal's grip on my collar tightened as he looked back at me, meeting my eyes. I looked away.
"Eyes to me, Jaeger." He demanded. So I hesitantly looked up at his face.
I saw him look me up and down, and suddenly I became very self aware.
"You stink." Were the only words that left those perfect lips. I looked down, a little disappointed and more than a little embarrassed, positive that he obviously didn't feel the same way. "We are both men after all.." I jumped when I felt cold fingers on my chin. Realizing they were the Corporals I felt my face grow hot. His fingers pulled my chin upwards, forcing our eyes to lock on to each others. "He's so close."
As the distance between our lips closed, I screwed my eyes shut, not being able to deal with being so close to the man I loved. Before our lips met I felt Corporal's warm breath on my lips and a little whisper.
"You stink at confessing."