"…" spoken
'…' thoughts
Chapter 6: Conflicting Feelings
'Now what?'
He asked himself as he walked home.
'Baka Hanamichi, getting yourself involved in such a stupid mess! Now what?!'
He remembered his earlier conversation with Kaede.
[Well I don't exactly remember what happened, do you?]
[No.]
[So we're not really sure if anything happened between the two of us right?]
[Yeah.]
"Crap." He said as he kicked a small pebble on the road. 'Nothing happened in that stupid room. So there's nothing to remember.'
But he remembered how Kaede's body looked as he undressed him in Akagi's room.
*FLASHBACK*
"NOW EVERYONE'S IN FOR A BIG SURPRISE TOMORROW!" He said as he closed the door.
Hanamichi looked at Kaede's sleeping form on top of Akagi's bed. 'Now what am I going to do with you Kitsune?'
"AHA!"
He jumped on the bed and began to undress Kaede. He lifted Kaede's upper body and slowly took off his slightly damp shirt. He was careful not to wake Kaede up and ruin his entire plan.
"Yosh. Shirt is off!" He said triumphantly when he pulled the shirt off Kaede without waking him up. Then he gently put the body down.
Hanamichi looked at the shirt. He could smell Kaede's scent in this piece of clothing. It smelled of strong cologne mixed with the distinct smell of Kaede's perspiration. It doesn't smell bad. Not at all. The truth is, for Hanamichi the shirt smelled so…
'Manly.'
"Hmmm…"
Hanamichi jumped at the sudden movement beside him. For a while he thought that Kaede had woken up but he realized that the boy was just shifting his position. Now Kaede was lying on his back his body sprawled unceremoniously on the bed. His arms were extended on top of his head and one of his legs hung on the side of the bed.
But despite this, Kaede looked so…
"Beautiful…"
Hanamichi realized what he was doing and he mentally knocked himself.
He looked at the shirt one last time and sighed. 'I wonder what cologne he uses. It suits him.'
"GAAAHHHH!!!" He said as he shook his head at the thought.
'Now where do I put it?' Oh well… we're supposed to be in a hurry. So…'
He tossed Kaede's shirt on top of Akagi's study table.
"YOSH! Next is the…"
Hanamichi gulped when he realized the next piece of clothing he was going to remove. Kaede was wearing tight-fit jeans that hugged every contour of his muscled hips and legs.
"I'm gonna have a hard time removing this…"
Hanamichi breathed in and began to unzip Kaede's pants. He was very, very careful not to brush either one of his fingers on Kaede's crotch.
But Kaede suddenly straightened the leg that was hanging at the edge of the bed and Hanamichi suddenly brushed Kaede's crotch with his thumbs.
"EEEPPPP!!!" He said as he immediately retrieved his hands.
'What the hell is your goddam problem?!' He said to himself. 'It's not like you don't have one like that!'
Reluctantly, he brought his hands back to Kaede's zipper and continued to unzip it, now being successful.
He carefully slid it off Kaede's legs and tossed on the far side of the room.
Then he looked at the last piece of Kaede's clothing that he was going to remove. It barely covered Kaede's member.
'I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M DOING THIS!!!'
And enjoying it.
He wondered how Kaede would behave if he was awake.
'STOP IT!!!'
He turned his eyes away, and with one swift motion, he had removed Kaede's underwear, thrown it off somewhere, and covered Kaede with the sheets.
"WHEW!"
Then he undressed himself and slid in the sheets beside Kaede.
He turned his back away from Kaede and slept sideways.
Then Kaede turned to his direction, snuggled close to him and wrapped an arm around his waist.
Hanamichi was helpless. He could feel Kaede's warm breath against his ear.
Or better yet, he could feel Kaede's warm body against his.
'What'd you get yourself into Hanamichi?!' He said to himself.
But actually, it felt…
'So nice…'
And he, too, fell asleep.
*END FLASHBACK*
[If that's the case we also might have enjoyed whatever that took place in that room, right?]
'I enjoyed it, Kaede. Very much. The feel of your warm body against mine, your warm breath in my ear. And mostly, I enjoyed your…'
[But there's one thing I'm sure of…]
[I enjoyed our kiss…]
[Didn't you?]
'YOUR KISS.'
"GAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!" What the fuck is happening with me?!"
He looked for the nearest wall and banged his head on it.
*BAM!*
But that couldn't remove those thoughts.
[You know what it means, Kaede…]
He remembered the look in Kaede's face when he called him by his first name.
'He looked confused, and yet I noticed a small, faint smile form in his lips. Did he actually enjoy being called by his first name? By… me?'
"Oh, cut it out!"
[You know what it means?]
[Yes… that maybe, just maybe… we're feeling something special towards each other.]
He reached his house and opened the gate.
'Is this still a game for you Hanamichi? 'Coz in games like this the very first rule that you should know is never to fall-in-love.'
"Ch…"
He unlocked the door and went straight to his room.
'Are you falling-in-love with Kaede? Huh, Hanamichi?'
The first thing that caught his eye was Haruko's junior high picture.
He had made up his mind.
"NO."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
*Ring!* *Ring!*
Caeli-chan: Moshimoshi… Oh Hana-chan…
Kaede: (snatches the phone from Caeli-chan) Hanamichi?
Hanamichi: Kitsune?
Kaede: Yokatta! Where are you? I was so worried about you!!! Hey, sorry about teasing you with Haruko…
Hanamichi: Iya, it's okay. Listen, did Akira call there? I was supposed to meet him today.
Kaede: *piku!* Sendoh?!
Hanamichi: Yeah. Did he call?
Kaede: NO.
Hanamichi: Sou ka…
Voice: (from the phone) Oi Hanamichi!
Hanamichi: Oi Akira! There you are!
Akira: Sorry I'm late…
Hanamichi: Iie, betsuni. Saa, ikimasho?
Akira: Hai.
Hanamichi: Nee Rukawa, he's here already. Thanks anyways. Oh and by the way, Akira invited me in his house for dinner so don't wait for me okay! And tell Caeli-chan to finish the fic fast okay? Ja ne!
*Toot!* *Toot!* *Toot!*
Caeli-chan: Nee Kaede-chan… what did Hana-chan want?
Kaede: (steam coming out of his head) …
Caeli-chan: Kaede-chan…
Kaede: …
Caeli-chan: Oi, Kaede-cha…
Kaede: THAT'S IT! I'M OUT OF THIS HOUSE!!!
Caeli-chan: Waaaaahhhhhhhh!!! Kaede-chan matte!!! (desperately holds onto Kaede's waist)
Kaede: Let go…
Caeli-chan: Iya da!
Kaede: Let go…
Caeli-chan: Iya da!
Kaede: I said… (grabs Caeli-chan's shirt) …LET GO!!! (throws Caeli- chan)
Caeli-chan: (flies across the room) WAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
'…' thoughts
Chapter 6: Conflicting Feelings
'Now what?'
He asked himself as he walked home.
'Baka Hanamichi, getting yourself involved in such a stupid mess! Now what?!'
He remembered his earlier conversation with Kaede.
[Well I don't exactly remember what happened, do you?]
[No.]
[So we're not really sure if anything happened between the two of us right?]
[Yeah.]
"Crap." He said as he kicked a small pebble on the road. 'Nothing happened in that stupid room. So there's nothing to remember.'
But he remembered how Kaede's body looked as he undressed him in Akagi's room.
*FLASHBACK*
"NOW EVERYONE'S IN FOR A BIG SURPRISE TOMORROW!" He said as he closed the door.
Hanamichi looked at Kaede's sleeping form on top of Akagi's bed. 'Now what am I going to do with you Kitsune?'
"AHA!"
He jumped on the bed and began to undress Kaede. He lifted Kaede's upper body and slowly took off his slightly damp shirt. He was careful not to wake Kaede up and ruin his entire plan.
"Yosh. Shirt is off!" He said triumphantly when he pulled the shirt off Kaede without waking him up. Then he gently put the body down.
Hanamichi looked at the shirt. He could smell Kaede's scent in this piece of clothing. It smelled of strong cologne mixed with the distinct smell of Kaede's perspiration. It doesn't smell bad. Not at all. The truth is, for Hanamichi the shirt smelled so…
'Manly.'
"Hmmm…"
Hanamichi jumped at the sudden movement beside him. For a while he thought that Kaede had woken up but he realized that the boy was just shifting his position. Now Kaede was lying on his back his body sprawled unceremoniously on the bed. His arms were extended on top of his head and one of his legs hung on the side of the bed.
But despite this, Kaede looked so…
"Beautiful…"
Hanamichi realized what he was doing and he mentally knocked himself.
He looked at the shirt one last time and sighed. 'I wonder what cologne he uses. It suits him.'
"GAAAHHHH!!!" He said as he shook his head at the thought.
'Now where do I put it?' Oh well… we're supposed to be in a hurry. So…'
He tossed Kaede's shirt on top of Akagi's study table.
"YOSH! Next is the…"
Hanamichi gulped when he realized the next piece of clothing he was going to remove. Kaede was wearing tight-fit jeans that hugged every contour of his muscled hips and legs.
"I'm gonna have a hard time removing this…"
Hanamichi breathed in and began to unzip Kaede's pants. He was very, very careful not to brush either one of his fingers on Kaede's crotch.
But Kaede suddenly straightened the leg that was hanging at the edge of the bed and Hanamichi suddenly brushed Kaede's crotch with his thumbs.
"EEEPPPP!!!" He said as he immediately retrieved his hands.
'What the hell is your goddam problem?!' He said to himself. 'It's not like you don't have one like that!'
Reluctantly, he brought his hands back to Kaede's zipper and continued to unzip it, now being successful.
He carefully slid it off Kaede's legs and tossed on the far side of the room.
Then he looked at the last piece of Kaede's clothing that he was going to remove. It barely covered Kaede's member.
'I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M DOING THIS!!!'
And enjoying it.
He wondered how Kaede would behave if he was awake.
'STOP IT!!!'
He turned his eyes away, and with one swift motion, he had removed Kaede's underwear, thrown it off somewhere, and covered Kaede with the sheets.
"WHEW!"
Then he undressed himself and slid in the sheets beside Kaede.
He turned his back away from Kaede and slept sideways.
Then Kaede turned to his direction, snuggled close to him and wrapped an arm around his waist.
Hanamichi was helpless. He could feel Kaede's warm breath against his ear.
Or better yet, he could feel Kaede's warm body against his.
'What'd you get yourself into Hanamichi?!' He said to himself.
But actually, it felt…
'So nice…'
And he, too, fell asleep.
*END FLASHBACK*
[If that's the case we also might have enjoyed whatever that took place in that room, right?]
'I enjoyed it, Kaede. Very much. The feel of your warm body against mine, your warm breath in my ear. And mostly, I enjoyed your…'
[But there's one thing I'm sure of…]
[I enjoyed our kiss…]
[Didn't you?]
'YOUR KISS.'
"GAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!" What the fuck is happening with me?!"
He looked for the nearest wall and banged his head on it.
*BAM!*
But that couldn't remove those thoughts.
[You know what it means, Kaede…]
He remembered the look in Kaede's face when he called him by his first name.
'He looked confused, and yet I noticed a small, faint smile form in his lips. Did he actually enjoy being called by his first name? By… me?'
"Oh, cut it out!"
[You know what it means?]
[Yes… that maybe, just maybe… we're feeling something special towards each other.]
He reached his house and opened the gate.
'Is this still a game for you Hanamichi? 'Coz in games like this the very first rule that you should know is never to fall-in-love.'
"Ch…"
He unlocked the door and went straight to his room.
'Are you falling-in-love with Kaede? Huh, Hanamichi?'
The first thing that caught his eye was Haruko's junior high picture.
He had made up his mind.
"NO."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
*Ring!* *Ring!*
Caeli-chan: Moshimoshi… Oh Hana-chan…
Kaede: (snatches the phone from Caeli-chan) Hanamichi?
Hanamichi: Kitsune?
Kaede: Yokatta! Where are you? I was so worried about you!!! Hey, sorry about teasing you with Haruko…
Hanamichi: Iya, it's okay. Listen, did Akira call there? I was supposed to meet him today.
Kaede: *piku!* Sendoh?!
Hanamichi: Yeah. Did he call?
Kaede: NO.
Hanamichi: Sou ka…
Voice: (from the phone) Oi Hanamichi!
Hanamichi: Oi Akira! There you are!
Akira: Sorry I'm late…
Hanamichi: Iie, betsuni. Saa, ikimasho?
Akira: Hai.
Hanamichi: Nee Rukawa, he's here already. Thanks anyways. Oh and by the way, Akira invited me in his house for dinner so don't wait for me okay! And tell Caeli-chan to finish the fic fast okay? Ja ne!
*Toot!* *Toot!* *Toot!*
Caeli-chan: Nee Kaede-chan… what did Hana-chan want?
Kaede: (steam coming out of his head) …
Caeli-chan: Kaede-chan…
Kaede: …
Caeli-chan: Oi, Kaede-cha…
Kaede: THAT'S IT! I'M OUT OF THIS HOUSE!!!
Caeli-chan: Waaaaahhhhhhhh!!! Kaede-chan matte!!! (desperately holds onto Kaede's waist)
Kaede: Let go…
Caeli-chan: Iya da!
Kaede: Let go…
Caeli-chan: Iya da!
Kaede: I said… (grabs Caeli-chan's shirt) …LET GO!!! (throws Caeli- chan)
Caeli-chan: (flies across the room) WAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!