Nezumi was sure something was bothering Shion. He was probably angry because of Nezumi's stupid behavior earlier in the marketplace and he was probably still confused because of the woman and the kiss she'd forced on him, but for some reason Nezumi felt like there was more. Shion got up every five minutes and changed the book he wanted to read. Then he sat back down and tried to look focused, but he was turning pages way too often. There were wrinkles between his eyebrows and his fingers were moving compulsively.

Shion got up again. He closed the book in his hands and places it back to the shelf. His eyes checked the books that were near the one he'd just read, but then he sighed and moved a bit to the left. He raised his hand to take one, but he apparently changed his mind and let his hand drop down again. He was probably really aware of that fact Nezumi was staring at him over his own book. It was weird, because usually Shion didn't get that distracted.

"What's up?" Nezumi tried to sound casual.

Shion startled and dropped a book. He turned to see Nezumi, forced a weird smile and shook his shoulders. Nezumi raised his eyebrows.

"It's nothing."

"Don't lie."

Shion crossed his arms and his expression turned angry.

"Why did you kiss that woman?" he asked.

Nezumi waited for blush or embarrassment, but all Shion looked was angry. A bit disappointed too, maybe?

"I don't know. She kissed you, I kissed her. It's not a big deal. She learned her lesson, right? Now she knows she can't just assume every man she kisses pays for it."

"It's not funny", Shion raised his voice a little.

"I'm not trying to be funny."

"But you sure think the whole situation was funny!"

Nezumi closed his book and got up. He walked closer so he was standing face to face with Shion.

"Everything isn't a problem, you know. You don't have to make everything into one. It's starting to piss me off and it's for your own good if you stop. Now. I'm tired of hearing stupid stuff like that."

Nezumi poked Shion's chest and turned around, but Shion grabbed his arm and turned him back. The white-haired boy was grinning for some reason.

"Okay, I'll be honest. I just wanted to hear you say it, but it was foolish to even except something like that", Shion laughed slightly and let go of Nezumi's arm.

"I'm getting pissed off your mood swings too."

"I think you were jealous."

Nezumi blinked and tried to hide a cough behind a strange laugh.

"What? Yeah, I was really jealous because you got a kiss from a whore."

"You were jealous because you saw someone kissing me."

Nezumi blushed, crossed his arms and looked away. He hated those stupid things that smart kid got into his head.

"Now you're just way too full of yourself."

Shion smiled and this time he grabbed both of Nezumi's arms. He leaned closer, so Nezumi could feel his breathe, and he opened his mouth for a small laugh. Again.

"You can just kiss me if you want to. It doesn't always have to be me kissing first. Besides, I was awake last night and I know you kissed me because you couldn't sleep. Sounds familiar?"

"I didn't! Why would I kiss you? I have no need for that."

"But you're surely enjoying when I'm kissing you. You always kiss back and you never push me away."

"And you're asking why I treated you like crap earlier in the marketplace? It's your punishment for sexually harassing me."

Shion smiled and kissed Nezumi before he could protest more and Nezumi kissed back before he noticed it. He enjoyed sharing kisses with Shion, but wasn't going to say that aloud. Never.