Hey Guys! Chapter 2 is up!
Um I really don't have much to say. So yeah have fun reading.
"Rise and shine! It is 7:00! Let's make today a great day!" Naegi hated that that is what he had to wake up to everyday, but couldn't help but be happy due to the conversation he had yesterday with Chihiro. It was definitely a lot different than the conversations Fujisaki and Naegi had had before.
Naegi had made it a point to at least attempt to get to know the others a little since they would be stuck there, possibly forever. After the first week, Naegi had made it a note to talk a little bit with Fujisaki each day because he was quiet and nice, and that was something that Naegi liked. It also stemmed a little from how cute Naegi thought that Fujisaki was from the start. Naegi's feelings definitely grew from all those talks, but he couldn't help but feel that there were some emotions from a past time. For some reason he couldn't remember Fujisaki from before entering the school, though.
Naegi walked down to the cafeteria and sat down in his normal seat, like usual he was the 5th or 6th person to show up. Not too far behind him was Fujisaki, who had a sweet sincere smile. As Fujisaki sat down he looked over to Naegi and made direct eye-contact as if to say "I am so happy, thank you!" Naegi gave him a warm smile and a quick nod. Naegi thought that those gestures were small and unnoticed but he was sorely mistaken. After Naegi got back to his room and took a quick shower he was lying on his bed trying to let his mind drift a little. There was a knock on the door and Naegi got up. The average boy went to open the door expecting to see Fujisaki. Instead, he got the door shoved into his face as Oowada barged into the room. He threw the door closed behind him and looked down at Naegi with an angry expression on his face.
"What's up, little man?" He said with a scowl.
"Nothing much," Naegi replied in a small voice, "what's up with you?"
"I saw the way you and Fujisaki were eying each other this morning! What's that about?"
"Oh, that, yeah well, Fujisaki wasn't feeling too well so I tried to cheer her up yesterday. (Naegi didn't think that Oowada knew about Fujisaki's secret, so he tried to act like everything was normal)."
"Oh ok," he seemed to calm down a little. In a serious tone he continued, "I warn you though, if you even so much as hurt a single hair on her head, I will be happy to take the next punishment." And with that he stormed out of my room.
Fujisaki was walking down the hall to Naegi's room, clutching onto his skirt. He knew it was his turn to pick the activity to do, but he still had no idea. Having stayed up late working on his programming, and then totally blacking out for two hours, he was tired and upset for having forgotten his promise. He was a few steps from Naegi's door when he saw it burst open. Fujisaki took a step back, surprised by the sudden door opening. He stepped back to the wall, and pressed himself up against it, not wanting to bring attention to himself. He watched as Oowada burst out of the room, and stormed down the hall past him. "...?" He watched the man walk past him without noticing him. Though curious on what got the man he looked up to so upset, he decided against it, not knowing what would happen if he did. Instead, he got back on his previous path and walked down to Naegi's room. He took a deep breath and raised a shaking hand, ready to knock on the door.
The knock was quiet and Naegi almost missed it. After Oowada burst out the door, Naegi sat on his bed and let out a huge sigh. "Great," he thought to himself, "now Oowada is chomping at the bit to come to Fujisaki's help should anything happen" Naegi walked over to the door and opened it cautiously. Standing in the door was a shy and scared Fujisaki. He must have seen Oowada stomping out of Naegi's room and got a little shaken. In his softest and sweetest voice Naegi welcomed Fujisaki, "Hey, how are you doing?"
Fujisaki grabbed onto the fabric of his skirt again, giving the other a nervous smile. "I-I'm good. How about you, Naegi?"
"Oh come on, you don't have to act shy around me. You wanna come inside for a little bit?" Naegi asked while opening the door and bowing slightly.
Fujisaki hesitated for a bit, before slowly nodding. He stepped inside the room and looked around. It looked just like his room, just without the messy computer space.
"Sorry that it is kind of a bore, Monokuma made my room about as interesting as me." Naegi could feel that Fujisaki felt bad about something but couldn't make out what it was. As he was looking around Naegi's room the average boy walked up behind Fujisaki and put his hands on the programmer's shoulders very softly. "You seem a little, well, quiet and reserved, what's the matter?"
Fujisaki jumped a bit at the sudden contact. "A-ah..." He blushed a bit, being embarrassed for being so surprised by the little thing. "I j-just..." His voice trailed off as he muttered something that wasn't understandable.
"Just what?" Naegi turned the shy boy towards him and tried to look into his eyes. He was avoiding eye contact. Naegi grabbed his chin lightly and forced Fujisaki to look into Naegi's eyes. "You know you can trust me with anything."
Fujisaki bit his lip again, chewing on it lightly. He avoided eye contact yet again, looking over at the wall. His cheeks had a light pink tint to them. "..."
"Well, if you aren't going to just talk to me, I guess I will have to tickle it out of you?" Naegi said bringing his hands back ready to "attack" the cute boy
Chihiro's eyes widened, he grabbed the other boy's hands to stop them. "N-No thank you!"
"Huh, ok." Naegi saw the look in his eyes. He was scared to say what he wanted but it was hard for him to keep it in his heart and mind. "Ok, well why don't we go do something until you feel comfortable."
"A-alright..." Fujisaki mumbled, letting go of Naegi's hands. He kept quiet, hoping Naegi wouldn't ask for the activity he was supposed to come up with.
"You know, you promised to come up with the activity for today." Naegi said with a sly smile, it was mean but he felt that the young boy needed to break out of his shell if this relationship was to go anywhere
Fujisaki bit onto his lip again, biting down harder on it. He let out a muffled giggle, and started to avoid eye contact again. He let go of his lip, and gave the other one a small smile. "Aha... about that..." Small tears started to form in his eyes, and he tried to blink them away.
"You forgot. Its ok," Naegi wiped the tears from the smaller boy's eyes, "you don't need to cry. I hate it when you cry." Fujisaki was starting to shake slowly. "Come on Fujisaki, please don't cry. You have to have at least one good idea in that beautiful head of yours." Naegi said while lightly tapping the programmer's forehead.
"I-I'm sorry..." He sighed, trying to stop his shaking shoulders. "I...I would recommend swimming, b-but..."
"I understand. I don't want you to feel uncomfortable." Naegi sat Fujisaki down on the bed and sat next to him. "There has got to be something you want to do."
"Well, I still really want to find some internet connection..." He let out a small laugh, covering his mouth with his hand. "Sorry, I-I'll try to think of something."
"Hmm, maybe we could check out the library?" Naegi wondered what the cute laugh was about but it wasn't a top priority right now, he needed to get Fujisaki to open up a little
"Sure, that sounds fun. The library is always a nice place." Fujisaki replied, smiling a bit. He took his hand away from his mouth. "But, we may not be alone in there. Togami likes to hang around a-and read all day."
"It's alright, he usually sits right in the front, and we could probably find a table towards the back of the library to hang out." The couple got up and exited the room. Naegi made sure that Fujisaki was ok and they made our way to the library. The walk in silence gave Naegi time to think. He wondered, "what on earth could Fujisaki want to say so bad, but was too shy to do so?"
Fujisaki ran his finger along his lip while the two were walking to the library. He was silently regretting biting on it, since now some of his lip gloss was gone. He let out a silent sigh, knowing that was the least of his worries, however. He still needed to think of an activity. He thought about showing Naegi Alter Ego, but thought of it too risky, since it was still in the early stages of being done, and Monokuma would see through the cameras. He didn't want to get punished for breaking the rules. ...Even though the rules never stated that making an Artificial Intelligence to help anyone escape was against them.
They arrived at the library door; Naegi saw a concerned look on Fujisaki's face while he looked down at his finger. "After you." He said in a cheerful voice hopefully cheering up the shy boy. As they walked in, Naegi saw that Togami was missing from his usual post at the front desk. The pair walked towards the back of the library. Fujisaki sat down at the table and Naegi was about to when something caught his eye. The boy walked over to the bookshelf and pulled out a book titled "Super Strategy Encyclopedia". He carried it over to the table. "Would this book interest you?"
Fujisaki looked up from staring at the table, noticing the book in the other's hands. "Oh!" He said, perking up. "I used to read that book all the time!"
"Really?" Naegi said hoping to spark something in Fujisaki
"Yeah! Before dad found out I was messing with his computers, whenever he was home I used to camp out in a corner with it." Fujisaki smiled, giggling at the old memory. "Though I never understood all of it, I did pick up a few things from it. Of course, I wouldn't be able to repeat any. It's been so long..."
"Oh, well, could you help teach me a little?"
"I would... b-but as said, I'm a bit rusty on everything." He gave him a sad smile. "S-sorry."
"Really, come on, you spend most of your time working on that computer, you can't teach me anything?
"I could teach you a bit of programming ... But I doubt you'd find it very interesting." Fujisaki sighed, "not many do."
Naegi could see that Fujisaki was getting upset; Naegi couldn't see him cry again. "Nononono! Programming has always been an interest to me; I just never got the chance to try it"
"Oh?" Fujisaki looked at Naegi, giving him his full attention now. "Have you looked into it? Are you interested in a certain language? C/C++ is my favorite, but others call it a bit challenging. I don't see why though ..." Fujisaki went off blabbering about programming, not checking to see if Naegi was keeping up with him.
Naegi was having some trouble keeping up with Fujisaki but sat watching him. It was nice that Naegi found a way to make him open up. When he heard a stop in the rant Naegi gave Fujisaki a sincere smile, "That was really interesting."
Chihiro smiled, clearly very happy. "Aha! I'm glad you find it interesting, Naegi!"
"So, do you feel more comfortable now?"
"Mhm, I do."
"So do you want to say that thing you were thinking about earlier" Naegi said while grabbing Fujisaki's hands and rubbed the back of them.
"Earlier?" Fujisaki raked through his brain, trying to figure out what he meant by 'earlier'. Earlier today? Yesterday? Just a couple minutes ago? Endless possibilities ran through.
"You were talking about something when you walked into my room this morning. You kept mumbling something but you never actually spoke up."
"O-oh, that..." Fujisaki gave an embarrassed laugh, before looking down at the table. "I was just..." He sighed. "I-I wasn't able to come up with an activity, even though I promised to think of one ... I-I'm sorry..."
"Hmm," Naegi didn't fully trust what he was saying, "what about that information last night, after you told me your secret?"
"O-oh." Fujisaki turned his head, hiding a blush that was spreading across his face like a wild fire. "T-that's..."
"Oh come on, please!"
"I-I..." he trailed off yet again, mumbling.
Naegi moved towards the shy boy, pulled him close and hugged him. Naegi whispered, "You don't have to say it out loud, just whisper it in my ear."
Fujisaki sighed, trying to gather up the courage. He closed his eyes, and said what he wanted to say quietly, and quickly. "I-IthinkIloveyoutoonaegi"
Naegi squeezed him tight. "You think?" Naegi whispered in his ear. He changed to a more seductive tone and said, "Do you want me to make you sure of yourself?"
Fujisaki's cheeks turned a shade darker at the sudden change of Naegi's voice. It was unexpected, to say at least. "O-oh?"
Naegi wrapped his arms around the smaller boy's waist and gave him a kiss on the cheek
Fujisaki put his hand to his cheek, clearly surprised.
"How do you feel now?"
"Um..." Fujisaki searched for the right word to say. 'Embarrassed' kept on popping up into his head, but he doubted that was what Naegi was expecting.
"Speechless? I didn't think I was that extra-ordinary." Naegi pulled away from Fujisaki a bit and saw the blush that was filling his face, "oh, you are embarrassed that you have feelings for me?"
Fujisaki bit his lip, looking down at the ground. "I-I'm sorry..." He said quietly. "I've just... never felt like this towards someone else... I-I'm unsure of what to say or how to act..." He looked up at Naegi, peeking through his eyelashes. "It's new territory for me."
Naegi gave Fujisaki a reassuring smile. "Then let's work through it together." Naegi moved towards Fujisaki and put his arm around the programmer's waist, "It's my first time feeling this way too."
Fujisaki gave him a shy smile, feeling glad that he wasn't the only one experiencing this for the first time.
Still with his arm around Fujisaki's waist, Naegi grabbed Fujisaki's chin lightly and caressed it. "How do you feel?"
"I-I feel... good?" Fujisaki replied, really unsure of how to.
Now or never right? Naegi saw the chances as Fujisaki looked back up. He leaned in and kissed Fujisaki on the lips.
Fujisaki tensed up, his eyes widening. The light pink blush turned into a full red one. Unsure of what to do, he stood there for a second, unmoving. Then finally, he wrapped his shaky arms around Naegi's neck, and began to return the kiss, closing his eyes.
What Naegi did not expect was Fujisaki's reaction to the kiss. He expected him to immediately pull back, but instead of that, he made the kiss more passionate and the shaky arms started to slowly become steady. They broke apart the kiss and Naegi smiled to Fujisaki. "Thank you."
Fujisaki returned the smile. "Y-you're welcome... and, uh, thank you, too."
The pair started to get up. Naegi put his arm around Fujisaki's waist and started walking him towards the door. Then he remembered something "shoot, what if Togami sees us?" Naegi asked in a hushed tone.
"I-I thought he wasn't here?" Fujisaki replied, his voice shaking.
"Let me check." Naegi poked his head around a bookshelf and looked at the desk. Togami was there but he was turned the other way.
Fujisaki stood behind Naegi, trying to stand on his tip toes to see. "Is he there?" He asked in a very quiet voice.
"Yeah," Naegi replied in a whisper, "but we should be able to sneak out, he isn't paying attention."
"Good, good." Fujisaki replied, nodding. "You can lead the way."
Fujisaki and Naegi started to sneak out when a voice came from behind them, "I promise to keep your little secret to myself, but if you ever do something so disgusting again, I will not hesitate to tell the others" It was Togami's voice.
Fujisaki froze, afraid to turn his head back. Surely Togami was lying; it was so out of place for him to do that. He stood there and waited for the black mailing to come, since it seemed like Togami was one to do that. There surely had to be a price?
"Listen I don't care at all that you two are dating, but it disgusts me when I hear to people making out like you two just did. If you guys are going to kiss, do not do it in my earshot." At first, Naegi thought that Togami was talking about Fujisaki being male, but it seemed he just meant the relationship.
Fujisaki nodded, still refusing to face the other. "I-I'm sorry."
The pair exited the library and Naegi turned toward Fujisaki. "Sorry about that, I got a little careless."
"It's fine... To be honest, I'd rather Togami catch that, than Oowada-kun."
"Did he confront you too?" Naegi asked as he took Fujisaki's waist and started walking with him back to the dorms
Fujisaki shook his head. "He has not, but I did see him come out of your room early this day. He was storming pretty hard."
"Yeah, he obviously took our smiles this morning as something sinister or whatever. He said that if I as much hurt a single strand of hair on your head he would be happy to take the next punishment." Naegi looked to see Fujisaki's reaction to that information
Fujisaki frowned a bit. "I-I apologize for him. I... that's something different. ehe."
"Oh really?" Naegi looked at Fujisaki, up and down, "he seems like a loose cannon. Sorry if I am distrusting, but if anything starts to happen, run right to me. Of all the people in this place, you are the last person I want to lose. Please keep yourself safe." Naegi gave him a kiss on the cheek as they approached their rooms
Fujisaki blushed, looking down at the floor. "A-alright."
The bell rang and Monokuma made his nightly announcement. "It looks like it's almost time for bed." Naegi grabbed Fujisaki's hand and pulled it close to his heart. "Listen, Fujisaki, I don't want you to change. I love you like this. You may think that you are weak, but you are the strongest one here. If you feel insecure, remember I am always here."
Fujisaki teared up a bit. He opened his mouth to say something, but instead only nodded.
Naegi leaned in close and gave Fujisaki a good night kiss, "Tomorrow, for real, it's your turn to pick our activity." With that the couple turned towards their respective rooms and before entering gave each other one last glance.
