"Hello brother! How was your day~~?"
Kasamatsu threw his bag to the floor and sighed heavily. He turned to look at his sister who was watching TV, it seemed like she was recording some kind of program.
"...exhausting, to say the least. What are you watching?" Kasamatsu walked to the living room and peeked at the TV.
"I'm recording Kiseki no Sedai's interviews. I'm sooo torn, I can't decide who I like most, Kise-sama or Aomine-sama. Kise is like dream prince who takes you somewhere far where your dreams come true, but Aomine is like a hot thief who will steal your heart and body away~" Kyoko said while blushing.
Kasamatsu just stared at her with uninterested eyes. He then turned his attention back to the TV where Kise was being asked questions about his hopes for the future.
"What would think your other half would be like?"
Kise looked like he was thinking about that question for a while before answering with that annoying cheerful voice.
"Well most likely she would be kind, supporting, someone who wouldn't tie me down. Someone who would always be on my side, like an angel. She would most likely be very cute and sweet, cook bentous for me in the mornings, a girl like that is most probably the best type for me."
"Kyyaah, that's just like me~" Kyoko shouted with her overly excited voice.
"Not..." Kasamatsu thought to himself while staring at the screen and then he just snorted before walking off.
"Don't you want to see more? Brother?"
Kasamatsu walked up the stairs to his room and closed the door behind him without answering his sister. He practically threw himself to the bed and closed his eyes.
"What the hell...that's like a total opposite of me." Kasamatsu muttered to himself. Not that it mattered, the kid was most likely confused and probably didn't even mean half of what he said. Kasamatsu probably wouldn't see him again. He hugged his pillow and tried to relax. Damn, he had acted all cool about it but being confessed out of the blue..it wasn't something he was used to. A slight blush was showing on his face.
"I'll make you fall in love with me, huh…? Idiot."
Next morning Kasamatsu woke up to his alarm ringing loudly to his ears. He reluctantly shut it down and then sat up. Seemed like he had really been tired, then again he had gotten home quite late because of the club activities. Yawning, Kasamatsu got up and walked to the bathroom to brush his teeth.
"Hey are you going to eat breakfast?" His mother asked when Kasamatsu lifted his bag and guitar case to his shoulders.
"Not this time, I'll eat at school." That said, Kasamatsu left the house and started walking towards the school.
"Morning Yukio!" Kasamatsu turned his attention to his old friend who was one of the few outside his family that was allowed to call him by his first name.
"Hello.." Kasamatsu greeted him with a tired tone. His friend just chuckled a bit.
"Did you not sleep well? That's not like you."
Kasamatsu glanced at him and then he remembered what made it almost impossible for him to fall asleep.
"No, it's just… I met one annoying freshman… what about you Kobori?"
Kobori looked at Kasamatsu for a while and then he sighed.
"Well, I think I might have met the one, you know… my half. I'm not 100% certain though.." Kasamatsu gave his friend a slight smile.
"Well, just thinking about it won't get you anywhere, you should try asking her out and see for yourself." Kasamatsu said in order to give his friend some courage. Kobori smiled a bit shyly but nodded in the end.
Kasamatsu was slightly surprised when Kobori, who usually didn't talk much, talked the whole way to school about his destined meeting with the half of his heart. Falling in love with the one you were destined to was really something.
Later on Kasamatsu was playing with his pen, somehow he couldn't focus on studying, that was a problem he didn't usually have.
"Prepare yourself!"
Kasamatsu opened his eyes in surprise, why was it that this one annoying blonde freshman was constantly appearing in his thoughts?
Kasamatsu lifted his hand to wave at the imaginary Kise above his head.
"Kasamatsu Yukio?" Kasamatsu noticed teacher looking at him like he was waiting for an answer. Ah, he must have thought Kasamatsu was rising his hand to ask something.
"Um, nothing I was just stretching."
The teacher simply nodded and then resumed his lesson. Kasamatsu sighed heavily and leaned against his hand. This was going to take forever, all he really wanted was to go to the rooftop and play his guitar.
Kasamatsu decided to do so when the class ended.
Soon the teacher told everyone to bow before they could leave the class and Kasamatsu was the first one to leave the classroom. What he didn't expect was to run into the exact same person who had been invading his thoughts during class. Kise gave him a flashy smile.
"Good morning Kasamatsu-senpai! It took a while but I finally found your class. For some reason none of the girls recognized your name." Kise said cheerfully. Kasamatsu just stared at him in disbelief.
"No, just no!" Kasamatsu suddenly shouted and moved past Kise quickly.
Why was that guy here!?
Soon he noticed that the blonde was actually following him.
"Where are you heading to?"
"To the roof with you of course." Kise answered quickly and Kasamatsu turned around.
"You don't want to go?"
Kasamatsu sighed and turned his attention back to the annoying freshman.
"I wasn't going to the roof anyway! You shouldn't follow me." Kasamatsu said angrily. Kise simply chuckled.
"You're being so dishonest, after all. Isn't the roof the only place where you can be alone and play that." Kise said while pointing at Kasamatsu's Guitar Case.
Kasamatsu couldn't deny it, but he didn't like this noisy and overly cheerful blonde accompanying him. He was about to say something but Kise simply grabbed his hand and pulled him with him.
"And I like to hear you play! Moreover it's the only place where I can eat without worrying about girls fighting over feeding me!"
"...Oh I can so feel your pain." Kasamatsu sighed and pulled his hand away.
"Fine! You can come with me, but keep your mouth shut, I don't like being distracted!"
Kise smiled cheerfully his victorious smile and it annoyed Kasamatsu so he gave a light punch on Kise's stomach before walking ahead of him.
Kise reminded him of an annoying dog who was in need of attention all the time. Expect that the dogs were cuter.
When they arrived to the roof, Kasamatsu was surprised to see that Kise actually went to sit on the bench to eat his lunch, quietly. The older boy sighed and then took out his guitar. He tuned it a bit before actually playing. Once he started playing Kise recognized the melody, it was the same song he played when they met yesterday, it was a fine song to listen to. Was it his creation? For a while Kise didn't say anything until he finally remembered something.
"Why aren't you singing?" Kasamatsu stopped playing and turned his head to look at curious freshman.
"Huh?"
"You sang yesterday, during this part. I was just wondering why you aren't now." Kise explained.
Kasamatsu turned to look at the guitar.
"This doesn't exactly have any lyrics yet, I was simply trying something out...wait how long were you listening anyways!? Hey-!"
Kasamatsu started but was surprised when Kise walked over to him and took a good look at his guitar.
"Hey this is the same mark Aominecchi uses!" Kise said cheerfully.
"Aominecchi? Oh yeah, that tanned one? Kiseki no Sedai's guitarist? Ah, now that you mentioned...his playing was really nice." Kise looked at Kasamatsu for a while until he snorted, confusing Kasamatsu.
"Well, that's cool and all but he isn't good enough for you Kasamatsu-senpai!" Kise said quickly and Kasamatsu was looking at him even more confused.
"I thought we were talking about guitars and playing them…." Kasamatsu said leaning his hand against his leg.
"Well my biggest goal is to capture your heart so of course I wouldn't like you complimenting other men. Especially my friends." Kise said stubbornly. Kasamatsu blushed and then turned his eyes elsewhere.
This guy, seriously.
"You know, I'm saying this for your own good. You should stop chasing after me, you could get anyone so…"
"If I can get anyone, then why are you still rejecting me?"
Kasamatsu looked at him surprised.
"I don't want just 'anyone' Kasamatsu-senpai. I want you, you're the one meant for me."
"You're being really stubborn you know."
"Only when I'm serious about something, or in this case someone."
Kasamatsu sighed and turned to look at his guitar. This guy, was he really serious about it? Kasamatsu clenched his fist slightly. Even if he were…
"I'm still saying you should forget about me, seriously. You're wasting your time with me." Kasamatsu said without turning to look at the blonde who kept his golden eyes locked on the older guy.
"Is it alright if I keep wasting my time with you then?" Kasamatsu turned to look at Kise with confused eyes.
"You see Kasamatsu-senpai, I'm not the type to give up on my dreams."
"You only met me yesterday!" Kasamatsu protested with an angry tone.
"No, I met you day before that. When our eyes met in the concert. You remember that right? From all those people, I felt you. I just don't understand why you can't feel me."
"Again with this. Fine, our eyes met but I didn't feel it. I didn't feel like you would have my half of the heart. No, I think it's a good thing if you don't have it." Kasamatsu muttered the last line so quietly that Kise had trouble hearing it.
When Kise asked him to repeat it, Kasamatsu just shook his head.
"No, it's nothing important. By the way, what happened to you being quiet?"
Kise looked at him slightly surprised, then he started to laugh and apologized loudly. Kasamatsu simply gave a small smile which Kise noticed and somehow it made him so happy.
"What are you being so cheerful about? ...ah." Kasamatsu lifted his eyes to the sky when he felt small water drop fall on his hand. It was starting to rain.
Kasamatsu sighed and put his guitar back to it's case. When Kasamatsu started to leave, Kise got a small idea.
"Kasamatsu-senpai!"
Kasamatsu turned to look at the vocalist with a bored look.
"What is it?" Kasamatsu asked and waited until Kise got to his side before moving again.
"I was wondering, are you free after school?" Kise asked as they left the rooftop. Kasamatsu turned to look at him with annoyed look at the stairs.
"I'm not asking you out on a date! I just, think it would be nice to hang out, like in a 'friendly way.'"
Kasamatsu was quiet, really quiet. Kise felt somehow slightly nervous, maybe Kasamatsu wouldn't buy his 'just friends' act.
"To where exactly?" Kasamatsu finally asked and Kise sighed in relief.
"Well, you like guitars right? And I happen to know this special guitar shop. It belongs to Aominecchi's father so I go there from time to time. But he's very good at what he does, so maybe you'd like to visit there or something…?"
Kasamatsu seemed to lighten up somehow. Kise knew it, Kasamatsu really liked guitars. Kise smiled a bit when Kasamatsu turned to look away to hide his excitement.
"Alright since you're so persistent. After the school. I still have my p.e and math class but after that I'm free." Kasamatsu said without looking at Kise.
Kise smiled victoriously and nodded happily.
"I'll see you then! In front of the school right?" Kise confirmed and Kasamatsu simply nodded his head before leaving. Kise cheered himself inside his head. Well it was only in a friendly way, but Kise was sure things would get better between them after this.
Kasamatsu was leaning against the schoolgate quietly. He checked the watch, he had been waiting here for over an hour now. Kasamatsu sighed. Just five more minutes, then he would leave. And when he was just about to leave, he heard Kise shouting in the distance.
"Where have you been! You're a hour late!" Kasamatsu shouted angrily and tried to kick the younger boy but Kise dodged it quickly before grabbing Kasamatsu's hand.
"Sorry! My fangirls were dragging me everywhere and I couldn't get out of there until now." Kise said. "But I'm so glad, I was certain you would have left by now."
Kasamatsu was quiet, truth to be told he wasn't sure why he had waited this long. Any normal person would have left already.
"I was just about to leave though and fangirls or not, you shouldn't be late from the meeting that you prepared!" Kasamatsu said with an annoyed tone before pulling his hand free from Kise's hold.
"I'm so sorry Kasamatsu-senpai, please don't leave!" Kise said with a desperate look. Kasamatsu just sighed and facepalmed. He turned to look at Kise and suddenly gave a slight hit on his stomach.
"I haven't left yet have I? I'm still here, but if you keep dragging this along I won't be. Let's go", Kasamatsu said and put his hands to his pockets. Kise looked so cheerful it almost made Kasamatsu blush, he wasn't sure why though. But once again he had to admit, this overly cheerful blonde reminded him of a dog.
When they finally reached the guitar shop Kise talked about, Kasamatsu was ready to do anything just to silence Kise for at least a second.
"...And then they just told me that anyone would be lucky to have my side of the heart." Kise said and gave Kasamatsu a charismatic look that the older man ignored much to his annoyance.
"Senpai have you ever dated anyone?"
Kasamatsu turned to glance at him and before he could answer Kise stopped walking.
"We're here!"
Kise opened the door to small shop that had many guitars on display. Though small, Kasamatsu could already tell that it was full of quality guitars.
Kise turned to glance at his 'date' and he saw those grayish blue eyes shine with excitement. Kise felt his heart skip a beat and at the same time he couldn't deny feeling slightly jealous of the guitars that got his senpai to show such an expression.
"Hello is there something you need?"
Kasamatsu turned to face the shopkeeper. He was an old man with a sympathetic face. Although Kasamatsu had just met him, it already felt like he was a person that could be trusted.
"No umm...I'm just looking around a little." Kasamatsu answered with a flustered expression.
"I see, any friend of music is a friend of mine. Please, call me if you need anything." The man said with a gentle expression before walking back to his chores.
"That's Georgecchi, he's apparently from America. Aominecchi met him a couple years ago when his father introduced them on his birthday, as a present Aominecchi got a very good guitar from Georgecchi that day and since then he has been preferring to use only his guitars." Kise explained quietly. Kasamatsu just nodded and turned his gaze on George's back and the shelf he was cleaning.
Kasamatsu was looking around at the shop and though he really wanted to touch them, he did not dare to. After all there was a change that he might break them or something.
Then he noticed this beautiful guitar next to him, it really looked nice.
Kise noticed Kasamatsu's long gaze and traced it on the blue guitar that leaned against the wall while George cleaned.
It would look really good on stage... Maybe his senpai wished to play his guitar on the stage.
"He seemed like a nice person."
Kise turned to look at the old shopkeeper. Kasamatsu had already left and Kise had stayed behind on purpose.
"Your friend I mean, seemed like he really loved guitars."
"Yeah, he's actually not just a friend but more like… my boyfriend~" George looked at him slightly surprised but it barely showed on his expression.
"Anyway, he left his address right? When he ordered strings for his old guitar?"
"Yes… why?" George asked with a confused voice.
"Well you see, I want to buy a present for him but I don't remember his address and he would guess what I'm planning. So I was thinking..."
"Kise, you know I can't give my clients information to anyone, they're private." George interrupted and shook his head.
"Georgecchi please, just this once. And I'm not asking for just anyone's address but my boyfriend's." Kise plead with a small smile. George gave him a suspecting look but in the end he sighed and walked to his counter to get the address.
A week had passed since the visit to the guitar shop. Kise had been strangely cheerful, asking if George had sent his guitar strings to him already. Well, other than that there had been no changes and Kise was still desperate on spending time with him much to Kasamatsu's confusion. It was rather ridiculous.
Kasamatsu was tuning his guitar on his bed with his new guitar strings when he heard a knock on the door.
"What is it?" Kasamatsu asked and put his guitar to the side when his sister opened the door.
"There was a package delivered to you today. But since you weren't home yet I had to sign it, so I'm expecting you to help me with my homework as a thank you." Kyoko asked while leaning against the doorframe.
Kasamatsu looked confused, a package?
"Where did it come from?" Kasamatsu asked and stood up.
"I don't know, but it was pretty big and it had a card with it too." Kyoko answered with a bored tone. "And you ignored my question about the homework."
"Later." Kasamatsu gave a short answer before getting downstairs. What awaited him downstairs was something he had not expected. However, he could already guess who had sent this to him. Kasamatsu lifted the card on his hands and read it.
"To my dear beloved senpai, I hope you think of me while you use it~3 With love, your Kise."
Kasamatsu threw the card in the trash can with an anger. He turned his attention to the unknown item. He thought about throwing it away too but that wouldn't be like him. It was a gift after all. Though he still would throw it away if it was anything indecent.
When he lifted it, the item felt too familiar in his arms. He quickly unwrapped the package to reveal a guitar case. After placing it on the ground he slowly opened it just to see the blue guitar, the very same he admired in the shop.
"This was really expensive! What the hell was that idiot thinking!?" Kasamatsu shouted.
"Wow, who bought that to you?" Kyoko asked with a curious voice. Kasamatsu sweated slightly.
"K-Kobori."
"Liar."
"What does it matter, I'm gonna return this anyway!" Kasamatsu shouted and closed the case quickly.
While he was walking past the trash can, he turned to gaze at the card in there. Kasamatsu made sure his sister wasn't looking, and then he grabbed it and quickly walked upstairs. Luckily his parents were working late today. This guitar would make them ask questions Kasamatsu didn't feel like answering.
"I'll return it tomorrow..." Kasamatsu lied to himself there. He didn't see it himself but there was faint blush on his face.
