Numai Tu
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Chapter Ten: Never
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"What happened?"
"Are you injured Azuma-san?"
The girls' worried cries erupted as soon as two warm-handed artisans entered the suite. For in all actuality, the two were quite a remarkable sight. Shigeru came in the room, carrying slightly flushing Kazuma in his arms, bridal style.
Shigeru gently dropped Kazuma off at the nearest bed, which belonged to Manager Ken, and laid back on the mattress closing his eyes as he tried to catch his breath.
Kazuma couldn't help but see the exhausted expression on the pink-haired teen's face, he sighed. "I told you, Kanmuri… You didn't have to carry me all the way through… I can walk just fine…" the brunet's words were kind of reprimanding but he still wore a smile.
"Azuma-san, what happened to you? Would either of you mind telling us what happened?" Tsukino asked reproachfully upon seeing Kazuma's swelling toe.
"Kazuma got 'pinched' by a hermit crab down at the beach…" Shigeru explained as he opened one eye to look at the querying brunette.
"Oh…"
"Does it hurt Azuma-san?" Mayumi joined in quite… enthralled at the 'development' that she was seeing between the two teenage boys…
"It did earlier, but now it doesn't hurt as much… Which is why I kept on telling Kanmuri that he didn't have to exhaust himself in carrying me all the way here when I could walk perfectly fine by myself…" Kazuma replied, putting emphasis on certain words as his caramel orbs sought the pink-haired artisan from the corner of his eyes.
"But either way, thanks Kanmuri…" Kazuma added after a short pause wherein nobody seemed to want to make a statement. A fully appreciative mien replaced the brunet's previous bantering look, which Shigeru returned with a contented smile.
Mayumi watched the small exchange with a feeling of pride. All her work was paying off but why was something telling her that she wasn't exactly happy at the way all of this was turning out...
"Hey! I thought we were going out to eat already?" Manager Ken interjected as he felt his stomach grumble.
"Oh, right! Ahaha, we seemed to have forgotten that…" Tsukino stated with a little laugh. "Anyway, we've decided to go for some Mexican food for tonight guys, would that be okay with you?" She asked pertaining to Kazuma and Shigeru who were both absent during the time that they were discussing the matters of dinner.
"Sure."
"I'm fine with that."
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Hours later…
A raven-haired girl tossed and turned about in her bed. She faced her side, but not more than a minute later, she was rolling over to her other side. She tried covering up her face with her pillow, still it didn't work.
'Well, darn it!'
With her fuse finally exhausted, Shinichirou Mayumi sat up from her bed, her layered hair all tangled up from the much twisting and turning around that she had been previously doing. It was way past 11 but still, the girl found it almost impossible for herself to sleep.
Checking on her roommate, Mayumi saw that Tsukino wasn't having the same problems as her. 'Good for her,' she thought.
Pulling the covers around herself, Mayumi sat back against the bed's headboard, focusing on the thing that had been bothering her.
Was she doing the right thing? Ever since dinner, she's been feeling albeit… weird. Surely by now, she had already made good friends with the Pantasia crew but that wasn't her problem. See, the moment Shigeru walked in with Kazuma in his arms earlier, that sort of have been a turning point for her.
One, the plan seemed to be working just fine. Kazuma seemed to have been 'closer' to Shigeru than before, and the two seemed to have tightened their almost loosening bond.
Second, it was the only time that she had seen Shigeru so happy. These past few days, Shigeru was not quite being himself; she could feel it despite Shigeru's honest attempts at hiding it from everyone. She was greatly worried of her cousin's well-being, and never wanted to see him sad, which was her very reason for joining in at Shigeru's proposed strategy many days before.
And three, even though she denied it many times from herself, she didn't want to lose Shigeru's attention. Lately (meaning ever since Kazuma and Shigeru have returned from the beach), things seemed to have changed between her and her cousin. She felt… left out… She knew that it was bound to happen anyway since Kazuma was Shigeru's top concern over anything. But now that the two artisans had melted away the tension between them, and they could speak without hesitations, Mayumi felt a tad bit disregarded.
She recalled her memories from years ago, when Shigeru just came to America. She was his first friend there. She had been the one to guide that Japanese about everything. She was the one who encouraged him to do his best at Harvard. And wasn't it her that helped to bring through this plan of her cousin's. She at least deserved a little more 'thanks'.
But then again… A smirk quickly appeared on the girl's lips as her mind came to her plan; her own plan, her plan that Shigeru had no idea about… The stage was already set tomorrow and everything was already prepared, she had Erhard arrange it all day, which was why her guardian was not around for the day. The others didn't seem to notice much about it though… She knew she could count on Erhard and she had no doubts that the man did the best of everything, so Mayumi was confident in letting him take charge of the preparations.
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"Wow!" came Kazuma's awed voice as he looked up at the bright gleaming sea vessel that stood at the port before them.
"This… This is just awesome!" Tsukino agreed, almost dropping her bags at the sight.
"It's great isn't it?" Mayumi asked happily, her smile almost blinding. "I had Erhard prepare it for us yesterday…"
"Mayumi… don't you think this is kind of… too much?" Shigeru asked uncertainly as his eyes scanned the length of the yacht.
"Whaaaat? You don't like it Kanmuri?" Mayumi exclaimed, exaggerating her actions as she pouted and pretended to cry.
"Tsk, tsk… Kanmuri, learn to appreciate your girlfriend's efforts a bit more…" Manager reprimanded with a shake of his head.
Kanmuri raised and eyebrow at the afro-haired man's comment before realizing that he was supposed to act as his cousin's boyfriend. 'Oh shit.' he thought before instantly apologized to the raven-haired girl.
Mayumi just smiled at him and told him it was alright and nothing was wrong. She was just testing out her acting skills, she excused.
Kazuma did his best to put up a smile as he watched the exchange between Mayumi and Shigeru. However, deep inside he felt an unusual aching upon seeing the two. He knew that Mayumi is Shigeru's girlfriend and quite frankly, they do look good together but somehow, he couldn't find it in himself to be all that 'euphoric'. He sighed. He'll get over it, he thought to himself. Mayumi's a really nice girl, no wonder Shigeru had fallen for her; look at all the things that she'd done for them these past few days… He just wished that he'd find that kind of person for him as well…
"Azuma-san? What are you waiting for?"
Tsukino's call brought Kazuma back to reality and he quickly noticed that everyone was now boarding the yacht and he was being left behind.
"Wait for me, guys!" he called as he made his way towards the rest of his companions.
Upon finally getting everyone on board, the yacht's captain, a dark haired man who appeared to be in his early thirties, explained some rules.
Firstly, no one was to trash the place. Secondly, everyone should be careful not to lean out to much from the railings and risk falling into the lake's deep waters. Thirdly, their dinner is already provided and would be served at 7:30 pm sharp, breakfast tomorrow was scheduled at 8 am and lunch was at 12 noon.
Upon hearing that they'd be having dinner there (as well as their breakfast and lunch for tomorrow), Tsukino automatically questioned Mayumi. "Mayumi-chan, how long would we be staying here…?"
"Well, I've had Erhard rent the yacht as our main transport to go back to Tokyo… meaning when we leave the yacht, we're already at Tokyo, thus we can just go home instantly…" Mayumi explained.
"You rented this yacht for a whole day?!" Kazuma could hardly believe his ears. He had always wanted to spend a whole day on board a ship (in this case it was a yacht but it was close enough)! "Cool!"
Mayumi smiled at the brunet, "Of course. I imagined that our last day vacationing should be exciting, so I had Erhard prepare this all day yesterday. And he did a marvelous job of it, thanks a bunch Erhard!" She said the last part, turning towards the hazel-brown haired man.
The man gave a nod, "It was my pleasure, young mistress."
"Well what do we do now? It's barely one-thirty in the afternoon…" Kageto commented as the yacht's engine begun stirring and not a moment too soon, the yacht was making it's way across the wide lake.
"I say we fix our things first…" Manager Ken stated as the gym bag that he brought was almost thrown overboard when the yacht suddenly started to move. He managed to hold onto it though, keeping his grip on it tight.
"Then, let me show you the way," Erhard offered politely as he walked towards the yacht's rather large cabin.
The cabin was three steps down from the yacht's deck and once you got inside the first thing you'd see was a hallway with eight doors on each side and a staircase heading upwards and downwards at the end. Upwards, it lead to the control room where the captain and those who controlled the ship's movement were. Whilst downward, it lead to the kitchens. The first door on their right was had a television set in it with many cushions for where the guests would be sitting. The first door on the left had a small table in the middle, cushions aligned around all sides, and there was a small refrigerator on the far corner. It was obviously the dining room. Both rooms were quite large enough for all of them to fit in all the same time. The remaining six doors were all bedrooms with double deck beds in each, the first four were for the guests and the last two were for the ship's crew. The bathroom was situated in a separate room outside at the back of the cabin.
Everyone had agreed that they'd just room with the same person in the inn. After leaving behind their bags in their respective rooms, they decided to meet up in the TV room.
Hours later, Shigeru finally got bored of watching the show on TV and decided to have a snack in the other room, like Manager Ken and Mayumi were doing at the moment.
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Dinner had long since gone; everyone was now residing at the TV room, lazing around after having their stomachs filled with scrumptious delicacies. Everyone, that is, except Mayumi… Tsukino scanned the room once more; the raven-haired girl had been away for quite a while now. Mayumi had excused herself from the group a couple of minutes ago, saying that she was going to prepare 'something special' for the group and asked them to stay together in a single room. Nevertheless, what could've taken her so long?
However, just when Tsukino was about to stand up and look for the girl, Mayumi came bursting in through the cabin's door with Erhard carrying a tray that appeared to contain several small glasses and… was that a bottle of red wine?!
Mayumi had everyone form a circle and asked Erhard to place the tray down at the center. Once everything had been fixed, Erhard took the chance to query his charge.
"Young mistress, I have done as you ordered, I believe that you now owe me and explanation…" the butler stated.
Mayumi just smiled, "Okay then, I'll explain this to everyone as well… As our 'recreational' activity for tonight, I've prepared a little game for us all. Do you guys know the game 'I Have Never'?" the girl paused as she waited for a response from her companions. However, she was kind of disappointed when the others all shook their heads. "I'll explain the rules then… First, we need to form a circle, as we've done already… Next, each one would then take turns saying factual stuff about themselves starting with 'I have never...'. For example, I'd say 'I have never slept in the house of a complete stranger.' and then those who've done the opposite of what I've said, meaning they've slept in the house of a complete stranger, would have to finish up a shot glass of wine… How 'bout it everyone?"
Tsukino exchanged glances with Kazuma who shrugged. Shigeru was almost gaping at his cousin, what in the world could that girl be thinking of? However the grown-ups seemed to be disapproving…
"Young mistress! I am completely against this, most of you are plain minors. This is quite absurd, if I had known it would end up like this, I wouldn't have agreed to help you…" Erhard reprimanded.
"I agree with the guy." Manager voiced out. "Besides, I'd rather not have this mushroom head drunk…" The afro-haired man added, referring to Kageto who was sitting a few feet away from him giving the wine bottle an unusual look.
"Don't worry, Erhard, we can take care of ourselves… Right guys?" Mayumi said, looking at Tsukino, Kazuma and Shigeru for reinforcement. "It's a challenge after all."
The word 'challenge' seemed to ignite something within Kazuma, he'd never back down from any challenge. "I accept that challenge, Mayumi-chan," the brunet announced with fervor.
"Well, if Azuma-san's joining, I guess I'm in too…" Tsukino said in agreement.
Shigeru sighed, he'd really rather not join the game but a nagging feeling tells him that he shouldn't leave the brunet anywhere near Mayumi without proper guidance. He knew he was going to regret this later on but nonetheless, he presented himself to join in the game.
"Now wait a minute here, don't think that just because you guys want to play we'll allow you… I still disapprove of this." Manager Ken said in a firm tone.
"Aww, come on, Manager… We never get to have this much fun back in Tokyo… it's our last day of vacation anyway…" Tsukino appealed.
"Yeah, I promise we won't screw anything up." Mayumi added, looking pleadingly at Erhard.
The hazel-haired man just shook his head. "Fine. But don't blame me if all of you get nasty hang-overs tomorrow morning. I'd be resting now, see you in the morning then, young mistress…" and with a final bow, Erhard exited the room.
"Hmph! Well, whatever, do what you want… But I'll take no excuses if you guys get sloppy when we get back to work…" Manager Ken threatened before picking up and carrying a tantrum-throwing Kageto.
With the door finally closed, Mayumi turned to her three companions, a different smile on her face. "Now we get the game started…"
The teens then re-form the circle around the laden tray. Mayumi then began to pour wine into four of the small shot glasses that occupied the tray. She then placed one in front of each of them before saying. "You guys remember the rules right? A drink for every deviation…"
Going back to her place in the circle, with Tsukino on her right, Kazuma directly opposite her and Shigeru on her left. "I'll start then… Let's see… I have never kissed someone that wasn't a relative…" the raven-haired girl began with a wide grin her cerulean orbs scanning the faces of her companions.
"Seriously?" came Tsukino's surprised voice.
"Of course. As I've explained, we need facts here…" Mayumi answered with a smug look about her.
"Eugh…" came a voice.
The two girls instantly turned to its source who was surprisingly Kazuma. The brunet had a grimace on his face as he placed down the empty shot glass in front of him.
"That tasted awful…" Kazuma stated, the wine's taste still tingling in his mouth.
"You can say that again…" Shigeru remarked as he downed his own shot glass. He knew he could've plainly denied having kissed a person who wasn't his relative but his conscience wouldn't let him be.
"Oooh.." Tsukino gushed out like a child. "Both Kanmuri-san and Azuma-san… Wow…"
Mayumi snickered, "Let's take it clock-wise then… Kanmuri, would you do the honors..?" the girl said as she poured wine to refill the artisans' now empty shot glasses.
"Fine," Shigeru said as he thought of a proper comeback at his cousin, thoughts of the previous days flew by his mind until he found an idea. "I have never… splurged on shopping."
The pink-haired artisan couldn't help the grin from spreading on his face as Mayumi and Tsukino both shot him a disgruntled look; both being guilty of deviating.
"It doesn't taste that bad, you guys…" Tsukino commented as she finished her shot glass of wine. "I actually kind of like it…"
"Don't worry, Tsukino-chan. That's their problem not yours… For your information, Kanmuri and Azuma-san, this wine is imported…" Mayumi stated matter-of-factly.
"My turn then!" Kazuma announced excitedly, almost bouncing on his seat as Mayumi refilled the empty shot glasses once more. "I have never…"
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Many rounds of the game and shot glass downing later…
Tsukino giggled as her turn came, her face was flushed from all the wine that had gotten into her system, but then again, all of them were red from drinking wine. She tapped her finger on her cheek, thinking of what she'd say next…
"I have never… watched porn." Tsukino said with a giggle.
The others just looked incredulously at the brunette. Kazuma's eyes were wide in surprise at what the girl said; it was official, Tsukino was down right drunk right now. Shigeru had quite a disturbed expression as Kazuma began to laugh beside him.
"Ahaha.. Tsukinoooo's druuuunk… Really, reeeeaaaally drunk!! Ahahahaha!!" Kazuma exclaimed, as he clutched his guts, almost rolling on the floor laughing aloud.
"No way, Tsukino-chan!" Mayumi said after putting down her shot glass; yes, apparently she had watched porn before. "You've been missing out!"
"Eugh… You watch p-p-po-porn, Mayumi?" Shigeru asked in a disgruntled tone not quite being used to even saying the word, his mind was swirling around a bit but the artisan didn't mind. It'd wear off eventually, he told himself.
"What was it liiiiiiiike?" Tsukino interjected slurring in her words, her eyes half-lidded and smiling albeit too wide.
"Hn. It was…" Mayumi began but even before she could finish a loud 'THUMP!' echoed in the room.
Three pairs of eyes looked at the heap of a person that was Tsukino, lying on the carpeted floor. Her eyes were shut tight but she still wore a smile on her face, she had probably exhausted herself; not to mention having gotten herself drunk, courtesy of the game...
"Tsukino-chan..." Poke. "Oiii, Tsukino-chaaan…" Poke again. "TSUKINO-CH-"
"Mayumi, I think she's had enough for the night." Shigeru cut in quickly before the raven-haired girl could revert to shaking up the now slumbering brunette.
Mayumi looked quite put off. "Well what do we do now?"
"I take it we call it quits for tonight…" Shigeru said as he moved the wine bottle and shot glasses back on the tray before moving the tray outside the circle and then returning to his previous seat.
"Aww.. Alreeaaadyyy?" Kazuma said, pouting from his position of lying on the floor upon hearing the pink-haired artisan's words.
Mayumi sighed, her face showing none but displeasure. "Kanmuri…" the girl began in a reprimanding tone but she stopped midway, as though she had changed her mind. "…There's nothing I can say that can make you change your mind, is there? Well, fine… If you say so… I'll be taking Tsukino to our room now… G'night, guys…"
Mayumi then placed one of Tsukino's arms around her neck, and used her body to support the brunette's weight as she stood up. Shigeru laid back for a moment, shutting his eyelids and using a hand to massage his temples. When he finally heard the cabin's door close and ultimately missing the soft sound of the lock closing them in, he opened his eyes and knelt as he begun standing up. He had no idea what the exact time was but he could sure as hell guess that it was nearing midnight.
"Azuma-san, let's go… We'd better have some shut-eye, I'm sure tomorrow would be-" Shigeru halted in his statement when he noticed that the brunet had his eyes closed as though he was asleep. Shigeru then shifted closer to Kazuma, placing a hand on the brunet's shoulder and giving it a light squeeze, he stated in a quiet voice. "Azuma-san, let's go… You can't sleep here… C'mon, let's get you back to our room…"
Kazuma cracked open one eye upon hearing Shigeru's soothing tone, "Kanmuriii… I'm tiiired… Let me –yawn- sleeeep here…"
"If I let you sleep here, Azuma-kun, you're drunk and when you wake up tomorrow you'd most probably have a killer headache and add sleeping here then you'll have more body aches to worry about…" Shigeru reasoned. "Oh come on, Azuma-san…"
"I don't wanna mooove…" came the brunet's almost whining reply.
"I'll support you as we go along…" Shigeru said as he mirrored his cousin's works from a while back and, in not more than a few seconds, had the warm-handed brunet pulled up against his side. After rechecking that Kazuma was securely in place, Shigeru slowly made his way across the room to the door, heading towards their shared bedroom.
Kazuma was gingerly walking along; the alcohol sure had taken its toll on him. Not much was going about in the brunet's mind at the moment, for he felt utterly ethereal. At peace… He blankly wondered if it had anything to do with-
"Azuma-kun!"
The sudden call of his name brought the warm-handed artisan to reality. Surprise flooded through him as he felt himself being held close to a warm body and then…
THUD!
He felt his back collide with the hard surface of the room's carpeted floor, his back hurt a lot but then again, he realized that it shouldn't be himself whom he should be worrying about. A hand supported his head as an arm was wrapped around his body, protecting him from any casualties that the fall might cause.
"K-Kanmuri…" Kazuma voiced out quietly, his tone albeit scared as his caramel orbs were faced with the shadows of his fellow artisan's garment. He felt unusually light and his thoughts were in quite a blur… One of his arms was still around the pink-haired teen's neck, whilst the other was in between his and Shigeru's chest his hand clutching at the taller artisan's clothes.
Shigeru gently pulled away from Kazuma, his pink-hair falling from either side of his head. He quickly scanned the brunet underneath him for any damages. Darn. If only he had been more careful earlier. What kind of stupid excuse was 'that he fell because he slipped'? He was fully aware of his drunken state and yet he was not able to show the appropriate attentiveness needed... He was such a fool!
"Kanmuri? Are you alright?" Kazuma queried as his half-lidded caramel orbs stared at the artisan's face, which appeared to be contorted in… was it pain…? He couldn't quite register things clearly at the moment. His hand, which had been previously clutching at the artisan's clothes, moved to cup the teen's cheek.
Unusual but pleasant shivers went down the pink-haired artisan's body as the tanned hand cupped his cheek. His amethystine orbs met with caramel and he felt his throat run dry. "I'm alright Azuma-kun…" he replied in an earnest attempt to break his eye contact with the teen.
"Kanmuri… Why do you look so pale…" the brunet continued, never releasing his hold.
"I-ah…" Shigeru found himself running out of words to say.
"And why's it so warm in here…" the tanned teen asked once more. He seemed to be pleasantly unaware of his companions…'dilemma'.
Shigeru, however, had just recently realized their position. He was kneeling over the brunet who had an arm wrapped around his neck, one of his own arms were wrapped around the artisan's waist and his other hand supported the teen's head, if anybody walked in on them right now… well, it'd be easier to say that a LOT of explaining was due. "Azuma-kun, I think it'd be best if we got up now and went back to our room…"
An unreadable expression came over the brunet, which effectively held the pale-skinned artisan in place, rendering him unable to move. "Kanmuri… why do you keep avoiding me..?" the brunet's quiet voice broke the ringing silence in the room.
Shigeru studied the brunet for a moment. Kazuma's face was flushed, indicating that the wine they've drunk earlier probably influenced him but his eyes… they spoke of volumes… Shigeru gulped as Kazuma ministered soft caresses on his cheek…
"Why Kanmuri?" Kazuma's quiet tone was ringing in Shigeru's ears. "Tell me…"
"I-It'd be better if you didn't know, Azuma-kun…" Shigeru replied, finding it quite hard to produce a coherent sentence with the brunet staring up at him like that.
"Was it my fault? Tell me, had I done something bad to you?" concern was laced in every word that the brunet uttered. He looked as though he was about to cry.
"No, no… it's nothing like that, Azuma-kun…" Shigeru quickly stated, he definitely did not want to make the brunet cry. "It's not your fault… The problem… is me."
Confusion washed over the Kazuma's features. The two of them became silent after that, Shigeru kept thinking on how he could explain it properly but another question from the brunet seemed to bring his world crashing down…
"Don't you love me…?"
Shigeru's mouth went dry and his heartbeats seemed to stop completely. Kazuma's stare at him seemed to intensify as each moment passed.
"Please, Kanmuri… Answer me…" Kazuma's tone was pleading… almost begging for an answer from the pale-skinned artisan hovering above him. His eyes widening as he stared up at the teen.
Bangs obscured Kazuma's view of the pink-haired artisan's face. Deep inside, Shigeru was at war with himself.
Yes. He loved Kazuma as much as (and possibly even more than) he loved himself. He loved him with his whole being. He felt utterly incomplete with even just a day of not seeing the teen. Every time that the brunet would smile, he felt happier than anyone else did, and when the brunet was in tears, he could feel his very own world being torn apart. He couldn't stand seeing the brunet wallowing in melancholy. He always hoped that he would be the one to bring happiness to the brunet but lately he had begun to question himself…
Can he really make the brunet happy? Memories of Kazuma and Kawachi's recent break-up crept into his mind… Would he be able to stand by Kazuma through everything that might come against them? Can he protect Kazuma from anything and everything that might bring him grief? He was just a human after all… He was prone to mistakes… Sometimes, he wished he could be the one for the brunet but he realized that he was not the only person in this world who could make Kazuma happy…
Kazuma was jolly around everyone that he met, who was he to consider himself as 'the' one for the brunet? He could never truly secure that he could keep Kazuma happy for eternity… He was too darned weak for that…
"Kanmuri…"
Another call from Kazuma and Shigeru found himself leaning down on the brunet, pressing their foreheads together. His amethyst orbs stared back to Kazuma's caramel ones.
"Azuma-kun…" Shigeru started with all the confidence that he had. "I don't know if this is the right situation for me to say such things but… Always, Azuma-kun… I've loved you… Ever since the beginning, I knew. I could never feel the same way that I feel for you towards anyone else." Shigeru breathed, finally having said the thing that had been plaguing his chest for the longest time. He just looked back at the brunet, waiting for what the artisan's reaction would be.
For a few moments, Kazuma's expression remained unchanged... Then, a smile appeared on the brunet's lips, his eyelids sliding halfway down his eyes.
"That's good to hear…" Kazuma remarked quietly as he resumed caressing Shigeru's cheek causing it to flare a bit.
"A-Azuma-kun… I-I don't understand…" came the shocked words from the pink-haired artisan.
"Hmmm?" Kazuma slightly tilted his head to the side, causing the tips of their noses to 'bump' against each other's.
Oh god… what had he gotten himself into? Shigeru's heartbeats quickened up once more, he had been 'trapped'. His hands were both underneath the brunet, meaning that unless Kazuma raised his body from the ground, he was hopelessly immobile. Mere inches separated their faces, and having Kazuma's arm around his neck didn't help a bit. He couldn't say that he didn't like it when shivers of thrill were constantly traveling through his body… The thing that concerns him was that they were drunk. Kazuma probably didn't know what he was doing and would probably regret everything when he had cleared his mind in the morning. And he didn't want to be that cause of that regret…
"Azuma-kun… we shouldn't-" Shigeru's statement ended as he suddenly hitched his breath. Kazuma's hand had made its way to his jaw line and resumed his ministrations there. Shigeru's breaths became uneven, he felt himself become weak. His mind was clouding, his thoughts seemed to be light-years away…
"Kanmuri…?" Kazuma's heated breath came at Shigeru's lips.
"Hmm…?" was all that Shigeru could muster to reply.
"Do you… That is… If it's alright…" Kazuma began to stutter in his words as well, his pulse was racing, his breaths were quickening as well. "Would you…" However, the brunet never got to finish his request as Shigeru asked his question for him…
"Can I kiss you, Azuma-kun?" This was it. Shigeru knew he could hold back no longer, he heart still ached for the brunet no matter how many questions he had thrown at himself.
"…Please…" the brunet replied with a wide smile.
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A/N: First of all thanks to everyone who shared their ideas for this fanfic. All your help are greatly appreciated… Also thanks to all who supported this fic so far… On other news, I had Mayumi-chan Mary-Sue tested and she gained the score of 19… haha, that's quite proper enough… Anyway, the end is just around the corner now… See you guys there!!