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~Seven Days~
Chapter four: Thursday
As Ikuto and Tadase backed away each other from the kiss, Tadase's hand was placed on his mouth and he blushed brightly. Ikuto thought that Tadase didn't like the kiss he received and looked quite upset.
Tadase didn't realize.
'What Amu told me about Ikuto…? Was it a lie?'
Tadase looked uneasy and Ikuto was worried. "What's wrong?" He asked desperately, wanting to know.
Tadase nodded sideways to hide his face. He looked like something bad has happened and Ikuto began to worry more. "It's nothing… Never mind." Before Ikuto could ask him anymore questions…, he suddenly woke up from his bed with a jolt.
Ikuto looked sad when he woke up. He then hid his face under the blanket. 'I don't want to get up…
~oXXo~
Ikuto was now at the train station waiting for Tadase to come. He was still thinking and still worried.
'What kind of expression should I wear when I see him today? I haven't felt like this in such a long time…
What if Tadase's attitude changes…?'
Ikuto looked down at the floor. He bit his lip.
'My feelings for him are…'
A small figure from behind tapped on his hand and Ikuto jolted a little. "Good morning." Said Tadase. Ikuto turned to see and looked upset but he replied, "Morning."
Tadase looked deeply in that expression. "What's wrong with you? I mean your face?"
Ikuto looked at him. "Huh? Is it weird…?"
Tadase sighed. "You were acting normal yesterday so why are you quiet now?"
He giggled and Ikuto's heart jumped. "You're so weird…"
And seconds later Tadase blushed and said softly, enough for Ikuto to hear, "And you better not give me a morning kiss or anything because it won't work. Yesterday was just an accident. I'm sorry."
Ikuto looked at the small boy's cute figure. Ikuto chuckled. Tadase looked. "Wha- What? What is it?"
LUNCHTIME
Finding a perfect spot to be alone and having to share a bento box together, Tadase urged himself to realize that he was in love with Ikuto but never admitted it.
Ikuto yawned for a second. Tadase could tell he looked tired. "Why don't you get some sleep? There is some time until fifth period."
Ikuto smiled slyly. "Then… Can I use your lap as my pillow…?"
Tadase blushed. "HAAA?"
"NO! WHAT ARE YOU-?" Ignoring Tadase's words, Ikuto just lay on Tadase's lap and said, "Oyasumi." Tadase is all flustered with all of this. Quietly he said, "B-Baka…"
A few moments later Ikuto shut his eyes and Tadase is still embarrassed with this. "You… I'm not a girl."
"I know that. But this is enough for me."
Tadase kept blushing. 'Alright for you! But for me… It's a bit…' Tadase eyes widened. "Oh… Hey. Um… There's a girl in my class you used to date… Um… Hinamori Amu. Remember her?"
Ikuto's eyes were wide open by now and he just kept lying there thinking. But he didn't forget her face. "The one with pink hair and honey coated eyes?"
"Yes. That's the one!"
"What's wrong then?"
"Oh nothing! I mean, Amu-chan's personality is cool and adorable and everything (and she is a good friend).
Do you guys meet up?" Tadase asked.
Ikuto didn't reply for a while and when he did, his answer was, "No. I don't stay contact with the person I've dated. "
Ikuto sat up away from Tadase's lap now and Tadase just stared at him. "But some of them… Some of them still contact you… Don't they…?" Tadase's voice is shaking now.
"I don't answer phone numbers that are unknown."
Tadase looked scared. He clenched his fist tightly. He hid his face as well. "You… You deleted their phone numbers and mail addresses, didn't you?"
"Just like that? No more contact? Isn't that cruel?" Ikuto looked at him. "Well, could you stand it if the person you were dating kept getting calls from someone they didn't know?"
Tadase swallowed his saliva. "Well I guess so…" It was silent and Tadase's eyes grew sadder and hurt.
"That means… Next week… You'll delete my phone number as well, right?"
Ikuto's eyes looked shocked.
Tadase saw Ikuto struggling to find an answer and Tadase bit his lip tightly.
'That's not up to me…' Tadase thought.
"That's right… We're… Not really like that so it's OK…
"It's not like… We're actually dating…" Ikuto looked angry for a bit. Tadase did love him but he thought Ikuto never had retrieve back his feelings for him. Ikuto wanted to say something but was disturb from his phone that was vibrating in his pocket. Ikuto looked away and Tadase somehow saw a cold side of Ikuto.
"I guess so…" Tadase eyes widened and he felt hurt more. "Sorry. I have to take this…"
Tadase eyes grew sadder as he watched Ikuto answering the phone call. "Hello…-?"
"UGH! YOUR BIG ONII-CHAN IS A JERK! I ENDED UP CALLING HIM BUT HE WAS STILL MAD AT ME! What do you think about that?"
Ikuto sighed. "Did you try apologizing to him…?"
"WHAT? APOLOGIZE? WHY SHOULD I? ARE YOU ON HIS SIDE NOW!"
"It's not that I'm on your side… It's because you cheated on him, Hotori…"
Tadase looked shocked after hearing that name.
'Hotori… Hotori…'
"There was a woman who I used to like and her name was Hotori."
'Hotori was the name he used to date with!'
"THAT'S NOT MY FAULT!" Cried the booming lady from Ikuto's phone. Ikuto heard a footstep approaching from behind him. He looked back and Tadase just took the phone away from him. Tadase then canceled the conversation and Ikuto just stared at him while Tadase had his head down.
"Hotori…" He said softly. Ikuto looked surprised. Tadase then chucked the phone at Ikuto's face. "So you can delete anyone's phone numbers like it was nothing, but you still have the phone number for the girl you used to love? That's not fair…"
Ikuto looked at him.
"Why are you so angry then…?"
"Why? Because I'm the one dating you right now! Why shouldn't I be angry?" Tears came running down his cheek all of a sudden and that shocked Ikuto. "Tadase…"
Tadase refused to hear Ikuto calling his name and ran away as far as he could from him, wiping his tears away. Ikuto though, just stood there and looked at him ran from behind. He looked at his phone and dialed back Hotori's phone number.
He could hear her crying. "Are you crying…?"
She didn't reply.
"Why don't you just try to forgive him? He's only cheated you once and that was a year ago. Haven't you had your revenge?"
Her voice was shaking when she tried to reply.
"It doesn't have anything to do with how many times. Once, ten times, it's all the same… -sniff-."
"Yeah. I guess it is hard. Because you love my brother more than anyone Hotori. I envied him sometimes before. To be so important to you…"
"… Ikuto… You must be some kind of masochist... –sniff-."
"I'm not…"
She started to cry more and to her, it felt like Ikuto's voice could comfort her now. "Ikuto I love you… I love you…" She began to cry more, and she kept repeating herself.
Ikuto from the other line just smiled. "Yeah. I love you too."
~oXXo~
Ikuto didn't saw Tadase so far at school. Everyone had left. He began to worry a little bit. 'Never mind. I'll see him tomorrow anyway.' But when he got out from the school entrance he saw him. When everyone had left for the day, the little boy was sitting on the side of the road, maybe, waiting for him. Ikuto smiled.
He walked towards Tadase and he could see the boy covering his face with both of his hands. Ikuto looked upset. Maybe he had hurt Tadase? He didn't know. But all he wanted to hear right now, is Tadase's voice.
He patted the boy's head. "Hey." Tadase blushed and he quickly wiped his eyes. 'Was he crying again?' Tadase turned to Ikuto's face. "Hi." Tadase forced a smile and Ikuto could see that.
They walked together to get back home. There were silence between them, but Tadase broke it.
"I'm… I'm sorry about what happened at lunch." Ikuto looked at him. Tadase was clenching his fist tightly and his eyes looked tired and upset.
"I shouldn't really throw a tantrum at you, I guess. Even I don't really get it."
Ikuto sighed. "Well there's no point of talking about this right now. We need to get home."
Tadase looked at him and nodded.
When they got to the train station, Ikuto and Tadase kept close because there were more people expected here than usual. Ikuto held Tadase's hand tightly so they both don't get lost. Tadase blushed.
'These feelings I have for Ikuto are too strong. But whatever happens… If Ikuto doesn't love me...' Tadase blushed. Ikuto looked at Tadase to make sure he was alright. Tadase looked at Ikuto. The older boy looked at him and smiled. The smile melted the young boy's heart and Tadase smiled back.
'I don't want to stop~.'
Tadase enjoyed the ride on the train on Ikuto. Luckily, not one person was around them and he could rest his head on Ikuto's shoulders. Ikuto smiled and kept patting on Tadase's head when he felt like it.
But when they got out from the train they got on, Ikuto held Tadase's hand tightly and gave him a warm smile. "See you tomorrow."
It made Tadase blushed and his heart jumped. He knew he had fell in love. But he just couldn't say it.
"OK…" He said softly.
When they parted ways, Tadase can't wait to see him the next day.
~oXXo~
Hotori had her head on the table looking upset more than ever. What Ikuto just told her was something she did want to hear and what she didn't want to as well.
"I love you too. But, Hotori, I'm not going to answer your phone calls anymore. Just like how you always put my brother first, I also… Now… Have someone important to me than Hotori is. Someone I love from the depths of my heart."
Hotori heard someone knocking on her door. A man came in. She got up and started crying.
"Akita…"
END OF CHAPTER 4: THURSDAY
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