Drabble Notes – Juudai/Manjoume, not set at any specific point but with the pairing already established.
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Manjoume wondered why he tolerated Juudai on most days.
To be honest he didn't really like him. The only reason he'd got together with him was because everyone else had wanted Juudai and if he was with Juudai then no one else could be. He still found a slight form of amusement in irritating others even now. Some habits don't die.
Or that was most of the reason anyway. There was another reason, though he didn't like to admit it. It was all too much to do with Asuka. And not to spite her about getting to Juudai before she could either. Manjoume still wanted Asuka to be with him and didn't intentionally try to spite her through dating Juudai.
But that was the whole reason: she didn't like him. And she didn't want to give him a chance. And for a while that had hurt him badly, despite that he'd tried to hide it with his egoistical attitude. But now Juudai liked him, and he didn't like Juudai. But he was sure he wasn't going to make Juudai feel the same way as he'd felt when Asuka had rejected him. He liked kicking the puppy as much as the next guy but there was such a thing as kicking it too hard.
Though he wasn't prepared to admit that to anyone, often including himself. All the others needed to think was that he had beaten them to Juudai. Though even that brought some doubt into his mind. They knew a lot of great people. People who would have been much better suited to Juudai then he was. So why out of everyone they knew had Juudai chosen him?
That was a question he still could not answer, and would keep him puzzling for a long while to come.