I am so sorry it has taken me so long to update this! Coursework and other stuff has tied me up!
Once I'd gotten into this chapter, I really enjoyed writing it. So I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it!
A Spanner in the Works
It was happening again, his heart rate was quickening, and his breath came heavy, his body was shaking. Another attack. Shou sat up in bed covering his mouth starting to cough. He looked to his blond friend lying in the bed next to him and noticed his back was turned to him, 'no point waking him,' Shou thought quickly getting out bed and running to the bathroom, locking the door as soon as it was shut. he coughed more, and quickly took his hand away noticing blood in his palm. This time it was more serious than others, he hadn't been coughing up a lot of blood lately, but in the more severe attacks he'd suffered they had rushed him into hospital because of it. Shou rested his hands against the counter and tried to control his breathing through the coughing fits. He was scared. He wanted Otoya to come and save him from these horrible feeling in his chest. But why was he thinking about him at a time like this? He just couldn't stop thinking about him, but for some reason, it was easing the pain, making him calmer, and before long he was breathing slowly again, the coughing had receded as well. The blonde leaned back against the wall and let himself slide down until he was sitting on the ground. 'why?' Shou thought covering his eyes as he began to sob, ' why can't I stop thinking about him?!' he was confused, could Natsuki of been right? Could Shou actually be in love? He shook his head quickly, 'no,' he began, 'it's wrong, there is absolutely no way he could be in love with Otoya' he thought, not quite believing what he was saying. Deep in his heart, something wanted it to be true, but his family had taught him against it, could he really go against them. time would only tell.
An alarm sounded in the shared room of Tokiya and Otoya, making the redhead groan and sit up rubbing his eyes. He quickly hit the clock on his bedside table and looked around lazily. No sign of his room mate, he must of left early to talk to namami about his new song. He was drawn back to the night before, how close he and his blonde friend Shou had grown in just a couple of hours, and his heart skipped a beat. Then he was drawn to what Tokiya had said and done, it sent a shiver down his spine. Why would Tokiya be so mean to him like that? it wasn't right. Shaking the thoughts from his mind he quickly got out of bed and dressed in his school uniform before glancing in the mirror to make sure his hair wasn't messy...well...any more messy than usual. As he walked out, locking the door behind him, he took his from his pocket and began texting his blond friend, just to make sure he was alright. The reply he got back worried him.
"Hey Otoya. I'm not that good, do you think you could come by my dorm later? I don't feel well so I'm not going to class today."
Otoya felt his heart skip another beat and quickly typed back;
"I'll be there at dinner time!"
Something inside him made his entire body ache with excitement, he would be seeing Shou alone again. Surely that wasn't right, he liked Natsuki as well, but the thought of being alone with the younger blonde sent waves of excitement coursing through his veins like it was adrenaline or something.
The day dragged. And dragged, and dragged a little more. and it had only been about 2 hours since Otoya had texted him telling him he would come around at dinner. the time was now 11am, but it felt like he had been sitting there reading for days. 'One more hour, just one more hour then he'll be here!' Shou thought, and that alone was enough to cheer him up. He had thought about maybe telling his friend about these feelings, but didn't Otoya have feelings for Nanami? and besides, telling Otoya about these feelings for him might just ruin their friendship entirely, he couldn't bare to lose him, not now. No, he'd leave it, think about it some more, and then when he had a better understanding about the feelings, only then would he maybe think about telling Otoya. Of course that would be the logical thing to do, but when had things like this ever gone to plan. He'd watched enough TV programs to know things never planned out the way people wanted them to. He let out a defeated groan and looked down at the teddy bear he was holding in his hands and smiled lightly. It was a present from his brother Kaoru. It had the letter 'S' sown into it's belly and had a black hat with pink lining around the edges, which represented his signature hat. Kaoru had one similar, but with the letter 'K' on it, and blue on the edges of the hat. His brother always did know how to cheer him up.
'This is so even when we're apart, we'll never be completely apart.'At least that's what his brother had said. Shou had always been close with Kaoru, so having something like this did take away the pain of being without him. The blonde quickly shook his head, he'd been spacing out. He looked at his clock and saw it was already 11:30. 'Maybe I should get dressed' Shou thought giggling to himself as he quickly got out of bed, singing to himself as he did so.
The dinner time bell went, causing a swarm of students to flood the main corridor. Otoya looked at the flood from the classroom door, the rest of the class had already fled from the room.
"Come on..." the redhead mumbled quietly to himself in an annoyed tone. He was getting impatient. Suddenly, he felt a vibration in his pocket and quickly took out his phone.
'meet me in the boys restroom in 5 minutes - Tokiya'
His heartbeat quickened as his mind flashed back to the night before, he hadn't seen Tokiya since last night, and right now he didn't want to either. But he couldn't just leave him hanging there. 'Maybe he just wants to apologise...yeah that's it!' Otoya nodded and left the classroom, joining the flood of people.
When he'd made it to the restroom, he quickly entered and glanced around, seeing tokiya leaning against the sinks.
"T-tokiya..." quickly, the older boy turned his head and stood up straight looking the redheaded boy in the eyes. Otoya fidgeted in discomfort.
"Otoya I...I wanted to apologise, for last night, I was out of order" He slowly walked towards his friend, putting his hands on his shorter friends shoulders. "But, there is something I need you to know," Otoya looked up into Tokiya's clear blue eyes, trying to hide the fact he was shaking, but he couldn't understand why. Then out of nowhere, a warm sensation filled his body. Their lips touched in a long kiss. neither of them moving. The younger boy's eyes widened in a mixture of fear, shock and something else that couldn't be placed. Slowly, Tokiya pulled away, watching Otoya's facial expression carefully. He just stared into space, so he leaned in against Otoya's face and whispered gently down his ear; "I love you Otoya...have done for ages" with that, Tokiya moved past him, and left, leaving his friend in a shocked mess.
'W...what the hell just happened...' was all that went through the redhead's mind. Quickly he ran into a stall, and locked the door covering his mouth. 'H-has Tokiya just...Kissed me?! On top of that, he told me he loved me!" He leaned against the door. Confusion, fear, shock, It was all going on in his brain, like fireworks going off inside his head. He slowly slid to the ground. Then he thought; 'T...Tokiya is in love with me' He didn't know how he would be able to face his friend anymore.
Oh snap! What will Otoya do next?!
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