It was rather obvious, now that he thought about it.
The fleeting touches, the occasional stare and uncountable glances, the seemingly by chance method of how they always ended up teamed together. Really, how he hadn't discovered the crush before simply baffled him. Wasn't he observant? He must not be, if he had failed to catch the blushes, the stutters, the coy flutter of long eyelashes.
Part of the reason could be explained by the fact that they were best friends. Twins, even. Bound closer together than normal siblings.
This was wrong. Oh so wrong.
Wrong, wrong, wrong.
So why was he in this situation? His aniki was attractive - there was no denying that. They were similar, but not overtly so. It still did not explain his aniki's crush, nor his slowly developing feelings.
Why was this happening?
It shouldn't. Something had to be wrong with him. This wasn't natural. This wasn't supposed to happen.
Wasn't his aniki straight? He knew of his porn magazines hidden rather poorly under his bed. He knew of the scantily - if at all - clad women that the pages revealed. So why was his sibling lusting after him?
Shiemi would make a better focal point. She was nice and kind, a little shy, but her heart was always in the right place. She would make a spectacular crush. After all, a relationship could develop between the two.
Unlike their situation.
He wouldn't allow it to happen.
Even if his feelings grew and consumed him, he wouldn't allow his aniki to taint himself like he wished to. He wasn't thinking straight. That must be it. Why would his brother choose him of all people, after all?
He couldn't allow anything to happen.
His internal thoughts were interrupted by the door of their shared room opening. There he was, a light blush on his cheeks and a six pack of beer dangling from his slim fingers. "Otouto~ look what I got!"
There was the coy eyelash flutter and damn if he couldn't hold back a nervous gulp. They were damned. They both were damned.
No, he wouldn't allow this to happen. He wouldn't let this to happen.
He wouldn't contaminate his aniki's soul anymore than it already was.