Disclaimer : The Takumi-kun Series belongs to Shinobu Gotoh and Kazumi Ohya.. I'd very much like to thank them for this wonderful BL series.
Note : Here I pictured Hamao Kyousuke as Takumi and Daisuke Watanabe as Gii, not their manga counterparts.
That includes Takiguchi Yukihiro as Syozo (XD), Baba Ryoma as Misu Arata (XDD), etc.
Tsuki no Namida : Tears of the Moon
Chapter 2
Easing himself into room 270, the room he shared with Misu-kun, Takumi shut the door behind himself quietly, and glanced around the room. Lit only by the lonesome streak of moonlight flickering through the window, the room seemed more unfamiliar than ever before because of the lack of a certain person's presence - Takumi concluded, as he noted that the bed by his own was already occupied. Misu-kun must have gone ahead to rest early again tonight, thought the slender boy as a sad, little smile lifted up the corners of his lips.
The was no need for him to wake his sleeping room mate, then.
As he strolled towards his bed, Takumi casually left his bag by his desk, and flopped right onto his bed still in his jacket and all. The thin layer of dust that sat on his sheets were unsettled by his sudden movements, and rose into the air, almost causing the slender boy to sneeze. Takumi wriggled under his sheets, and sighed as he rested his head against his pillow.
Considering from the last time he made his bed, it had been 2 nights since he had slept in it. After he made up with Gii, Takumi found himself frequently spending nights over in the other boy's room. Not that they were actually doing something every night; it was more for the fact that each other's presence helped to calm the other down, and that now that they were back together, they were unwilling to spend too much time apart during their own free time.
However, it was improper for him to stay there every night. Not only did they risk getting caught, there was also the possibility that the other students would find out - Of course, Misu-kun wouldn't possibly mind it, but it would be bad if others, apart from Misu-kun, found out that he was not in his room after lights out.
Also, it'll be bad if the others found out about the depth of his relationship with Gii..
This train of thoughts brought Gii's image straight into his head. Blushing as he pictured Gii's gentle smile and kiss on his forehead before he left the older boy's room, Takumi threw his sheets above his head, and fell quickly into sleep with lethargy.
From the bed by his side, the sheets rustled softly, and were pulled back to reveal a taller boy than Takumi himself. Misu sat up to lean against the head rest of his own bed, and threw a glance at the bed beside his own. After confirming the long strands of hazel hair that were revealed from beneath the pulled-up sheets indeed belonged to Takumi, Misu heaved a sigh of relief, and raised his arms to the back of his head.
Why he was doing something so troublesome, for someone he never really liked, Misu didn't know. It just felt like he had a certain sense of responsibility when it involves Hayama, Saki or no Saki around, but this was something he did not want to admit.
Saki, you owe me a big one for this, groaned Misu as he eased himself back into his bed to sleep.
When Takumi exited his room to make his way to his first class in the morning, he was surprised to see Akaike-kun leaning against the frame of his room door, a dull look spread across his features as he stared at the ground. In his hand he was playing with a toy of some sort, tossing it up and down carelessly as though he wasn't pay any attention to it at all.
"Eh? Akaike-kun, good morning!"
Akaike-kun jumped, and almost dropped the toy he was fiddling with as he stared at Takumi.
"Good morning, Hayama. You surprised me," the other boy said as he firmly caught the toy in his outstretched hand. Takumi's gaze landed on that toy, and recognised it as his own; the one Akaike-kun had been playing with, and had accidentally taken with him when he first visited Takumi's new room at the start of this year.
"Oh, this," Akaike-kun noticed his own line of vision, and spared the toy he held a brief glance as well. "I came to return this," he answered Takumi's silent question, not hesitating to shoot Takumi a smile before tossing the toy to the slender boy.
"Eh?" replied Takumi simply catching the toy almost clumsily. Glancing from the toy, to Akaike-kun's face, then back to the toy, he somehow felt as though there was something Akaike-kun had been trying to keep hidden within his smile, but he could not pin-point it at this point.
Noting how Takumi had sank into deep thoughts, Syozo closed his eyes quickly to clear his thoughts, then focused his gaze upon Takumi once more.
"Shouldn't you return, and leave that in your room?" Akaike-kun's suggestion broke through his trance-like state, and Takumi hurriedly glanced at Akaike-kun before dropping his head.
"Eh?"
"Would you rather carry it around?"
"No, it's just.. Misu-kun should be changing inside now, so.."
"Oh. Then, let's head to the classroom together, Hayama,"
"Eh? .. Okay.."
Takumi replied hastily, and slipped the toy into a pocket of his pants. As they strolled towards the classroom blocks, Akaike-kun engaged him in a conversation about class work, something he has never done before; their conversational topics always revolved around Gii. It was then did Takumi finally managed to single out a certain weird point in Akaike-kun's behaviour this morning -
Akaike-kun has never been one to walk with someone to classes and such, before.
Takumi never wanted to think about the kind of influence Gii and his family had on the school and its committee, but it was apparent without even him questioning, now that he had Gii sitting by his side once again in Literature, Biology and several other classes. Of course, it was already quite some time into the year, so Gii was unable to change all of his classes to accommodate to Takumi's; but he had done more than enough, and the message had been driven through to most of the student population.
Saki Giichi had decided that, even distance between himself and everyone else didn't matter anymore.
"That's the guy, Hayama Takumi?"
"He doesn't look much, but his face is cute. Maybe Saki-senpai is with him for his pretty face."
"For the fun of it?"
"Heh? But Saki-senpai wouldn't have a use for a guy like him.."
Everywhere he went, even if he was always surrounded by Gii, Akaike-kun, Toshihisa, Misu-kun and, or Shingyoji-kun, the whispering followed. Sometimes, rumours and insults louder than sniggers reached their ears, but they could do nothing about them. Even with his companion's comforting presence, Gii's threatening glares, or Takumi's own forced obliviousness, the talks wouldn't stop. It was going from bad to worse, because inside, Takumi knew that he was starting to feel more and more powerless against block those verbal attacks.
His border-less imagination was his greatest weakness, and it seemed almost like the people against him being with Gii were making use of it. Word of Saki Giichi being Gay for a poorer-than-average boy from a family of no social standing must have been spread beyond the borders of the school - this was agreed by everyone, then confirmed by Akaike-kun. Even though they knew not yet the implications this has on Gii, his family or his father's company, the results were imaginable.
"They say he's being taken care of personally by Saki-senpai."
"Look at the way he dogs after Saki-senpai!"
"They've definitely done That before."
"That's ridiculous!"
"That guy probably forced himself onto Saki-senpai."
"- probably only for the money-"
"You've got to be kidding-"
"Don't listen."
Takumi felt as though he was drowning in those insults he was unable to repel, and they were dragging him further and further into a pit of deep regret. Gii had warned him not to worry about any of this; that his only concern was Takumi's own well-being, but in light of the news they constantly receive from outside of Shidou Academy..
What if this mess.. What if I end up sabotaging Gii's work, his family, his future..
"Don't listen, Hayama."
"Hey Takumi, come back!"
Abruptly, Takumi felt a soft touch on either sides of his face, and he was jerked out of his thoughts by a pair of hands that cupped his ears with an action so fast, yet gentle. Now, he was returning to his room with Toshihisa and Misu-kun, and it was none other than Toshihisa who had pulled him out of the storm, albeit only temporarily. Glancing at his first year room mate, then at his current room mate, Takumi mumbled a small, "I wasn't listening," shrugged out of Toshihisa's comforting hold, and walked ahead of his company.
Behind his back, Toshihisa shot a startled glance at Misu-kun, who returned but a look of deep thoughts. Unable to do anything but to shrug it off at the moment, the both of them rushed up to keep with Takumi's pace as they headed towards room 270.
Gii had left shortly after class, and would be away again this whole afternoon, together with Akaike-kun. "To settle something," he had said with a big smile like he always did, while pulling Takumi into a hug. Even though he knew it was useless to go searching for Gii, Takumi still could not help but to feel restless ever since Gii had left them.
Recently, Gii had been taking off-days from school, disappearing every few days and returning only on few other days. Sometimes Akaike-kun would disappear together with him, but mostly he tried to handled things alone. Had this happened during last year, Takumi might have been able to shrug it off; but Gii frequent absence was emphasized by Takumi's gradually being surrounded by everyone - or at least, someone - on a daily basis.
It felt as though they've worked out a sechdule, and was keeping check of him in shifts.
They left him with no space for arguments.. Although Takumi felt that even if he could, he might not argue against it.
"Speaking of which, Misu, haven't Shingyoji-kun been making trying to make advances again?"
Takumi raised his head, his hand pausing on his paperwork. He hadn't been actively keeping track of the conversation, since Misu-kun and Toshihisa kept changing topics, but this one caught his interest.
"Not really," replied Misu-kun in a bored voice, his brows furrowing only slightly as he studied his work.
"Come on, doesn't hurt to share!"
"No matter how he feels, I'm not in love with him."
Throwing a quick glance at Misu-kun, Takumi dropped his head and tried to focus once again on his work. That sentence sounded very familiar - almost exactly how Misu-kun had put it to him, the first day they met in this room. Takumi bit his lips; hearing this made him feel a little sorry for Shingyoji-kun.
Toshihisa didn't seem to want to give up just yet.
"But-"
"We're not going out, and I don't ever see myself together with Shingyoji."
"Surely you-"
"I don't feel anything for someone like him."
Takumi winced, unable to concentrate on his work anymore. Thank goodness Shingyoji-kun isn't around, Takumi thought.
The sound of heavy objects dropping onto the floor sounded from just outside their room door, and caught everyone's attention. Toshihisa, who was seated nearest to the door, jumped up at once and wrenched the door open. There standing at the door was a stunned Shingyoji-kun, his arms still outstretched, a pile of books surrounding his feet.
He was staring straight into the room without seeing, his eyes moist with tears.
Abruptly realising that he was being stared at by everyone in the room, Shingyoji jumped, and almost stumbled on the books he had dropped. Toshihisa had stepped away backwards as well, his hands at his mouth, shocked by Shingyoji being at the door.
Even with the distance between them, Takumi could see the shivers wrecking through Shingyoji-kun's body. A strange, awkward silence held the 4 teenagers stationary. Then, Takumi watched as Shingyoji-kun turned his head mechanically, and threw a heartbroken look in Misu-kun's direction, before dashing away from the room.
Misu-kun stood up with a sharp scraping sound of the chair's legs against the floor. In the next moment he was gone, his chasing footsteps echoing through the corridors and stairway until he had left the dormitory building. Startled, as though not knowing what to do, Toshihisa ran out of the room as well, leaving Takumi still sitting at his desk alone in the room.
I should follow as well. Help find Shingyoji-kun, or comfort him, or-
His confused thoughts were cut off abruptly when he felt something collide heavily with his head.
As he found himself falling onto his desk, everything went black.
