Energy Wasting Drabbles From Here And There
Disclaimer: I do not own Hyouka! If I did, I would've fluffed it up to the extreme! ;)
I would be lying if I say that this is my first time writing adulterated stuff, but it's my first time posting it in the public! I would have to perform penance if this one goes beyond the T line. Already I feel like going "poof" out of embarrassment! Anyways, let's get on with it...
{PS: IHATED THE PREVIOUS ONE SO I AM REPLACING IT }
#Drabble 9
Am I doing the right thing?
Houtarou Oreki wondered for the umpteenth time as he pondered over Eru's words over and over again. And each time he recalled them, he felt like going up in smoke.
Is Eru that dense or just plain demented?!
The eighteen-year-old tried hard to keep his head. However, it was hopeless considering Eru's 'curious' question this time.
No, this is really crossing the line this time! You fool, why the hell are you even thinking about it? Just refuse it!
However, refusing Eru was something that had long been taken away from ever since he had come across her.
But this?
Houtarou felt the need to drown himself in the hot spring again, have a heat stroke and end up laying in with fever- the most feasible excuse to bypass that. For the time being.
Yep, that would do it.
He sat up again, pushed the sliding doors aside, and marched and plonked into the hot spring so suddenly that Satoshi yelped.
Okay, now all I need to do is to stay underwater for five minutes and skadoosh! I'll have a heatstroke alright!
He only hoped that that darn Satoshi wouldn't pull him out again.
"Ah, nothing like a good dip in a hot spring..ahhhh-"
"Did I make Oreki-san mad again?" Eru said, mournfully.
"Or should I put it as: He did something stupid and you are blaming yourself for it?" Mayaka said rather lazily, relaxing in the hot waters.
"No! No, of course not!" Eru said indignantly, her purple eyes wide.
"That slug even knows how to be mad?"
"Mayaka-san!"
"Okay okay, don't get so worked up, girlfriend." She smiled as she swam towards the flustered purple eyed girl. Eru just sat dejectedly, her head covered by the bath towel.
"What happened? A misunderstanding?"
"N-no."
Mayaka thought deeply for a while before answering rather loudly : "That slug is cheating on you for another girl!"
Eru, naturally sweet tempered, yet she would have loved to hit her friend on the head, hard.
"MAYAKA-SAN!?"
"Then? Chi-chan, if you don't spit it out now, I will have to live on my assumptions, you know."
"Ah! Umm..ano…" Eru turned red as she turned away. "It's..it's about something…that I asked him…."
She struggled to keep her head.
"And that is?"
She crumpled out of embarrassment. "I came across that in one of the mangas that Mayaka-san had given me… it made me very curious…so I..I asked Oreki-san about…It…."
"And 'It' is what?" Mayaka wondered about what could have made her friend curious and stupid enough to ask That Slug about shoujo manga contents.
"It is…"
Mayaka didn't know whether to laugh or be shocked when she heard Eru's answer.
"Really, Houtarou, what the hell's wrong with you, man?! You have been acting all stupid ever since the day we came here!"
"Leave me alone," Houtarou muttered.
"That too, you have stopped speaking with Chitanda-san!"
"None of your concern," He said off-handedly.
"Oh, really? Houtarou, I may not be as brilliant as you are when it comes to solving mysteries. However, you are a complete duffus when it comes to these matters, and don't you bother not admitting that. "
The brown haired-green eyed scowled.
"And besides, don't make the mistake of thinking that I don't know what went between you and Chitanda-san back then."
Satoshi Fukube's voice was so creepy and menacing, that Houtarou had to look up at him, horribly confused.
Wait…does that mean….
"So so so, Oreki Houtarou, you never told me things had gone…this far… " Satoshi narrowed his eyes as he smiled evilly, baring all his teeth.
Satoshi Heard Everything!?
Oreki, after he had confessed everything to Satoshi unwillingly like a criminal on a hearing made his way unsteadily to the balcony.
Chitanda, overloaded with Mayaka's advices, pondered while making her way towards the balcony.
Bam!
"Ah! Ano, g-go men na sa-"
"E-Eru?"
The duo stared at each other as if either of them were the scariest thing that they had ever seen.
"Err..um..well I um..huh…..See ya later, Oreki-san!" Eru whirled around, preparing to flee.
I CAN'T FACE HIM LIKE THIS!
"Matteo, Eru!"
She stood, petrified, her back on him.
"We…need to talk…" he trailed off, trying to keep his head.
She turned around slowly and fearfully, her amethyst orbs meeting his green eyes. "Nanio?"
"Umm..I need to talk to you, Eru." He said.
"Oreki..san…"
The cherry blossom branches moved gently in the summer breeze as silence reigned in.
His room was thankfully empty, but whether Satoshi had purposefully left it or not, he couldn't guess.
Eru stared ruefully at the two futons lying at one corner of the room.
He followed her line of sight, before remarking, "Satoshi should come back in a little while(suddenly he remembered seeing him drag a sake-drunk Mayaka into Eru's room), although that depends on whether Ibarra allows him to come back or not…"
Eru, in spite of her nervousness, managed to laugh.
The duo stood face-to-face, refusing to look into each other's eyes. Eru fumbled with her hands while Houtarou scratched the back of his head.
"So umm..what did you want to talk about?" She gulped.
"Well..its.."
Damn it! What's there to talk about in the first place?!
"It's umm..it's about what you..had asked me…" he tried his level best not to freak out.
"W-what…"
"About how we should…." he feebly tried to keep his calm as he picked out his words, his entire body burning as if someone had set fire on him.
This will be the death of me!
"We..we should…?" her voice was a little louder, and curious.
Say it, or tell her it's nothing and say goodnight!
He heaved a mighty sigh before he breathed out:
"Try making love!"
That was so abruptly said that neither Eru nor he could find their voices immediately. Her eyes widened as stood there gaping out of shock, unable to believe her ears.
And Houtarou was still wondering whether he was alive or not.
"Eh..EHHHHHHHHHH?!" she exclaimed, her face turning blood red.
Okay, I said it! I SAID IT!
However, what will I say next?
"A-ano, Oreki-s-san…n-nande..koto…"
"Eh…Eru…"
A few unnerving moments of silence flew past.
"Listen..Eru..I wanted to…."
"Gomen ne."
"Sorry, what?"
"Gomen na sai, Oreki-san." Her voice shook, as her lowered face darkened.
"Huh? Whatever for?"
"I made you mad by asking such a silly question…" And before the flabbergasted Houtarou could say anything, Eru covered her face and cried. "That's why you did not speak to me ever since then, isn't it?" she said between muffled moans.
What..The…
"Honestly?" He sighed in disbelief, marveling at his girlfriend's naivety.
Eru found her head being patted heavily. "You cute dimbo…"
Eru looked up from her hands and saw his face twisted in disbelief. He sighed as he continued, "You thought I was mad at you..for this?"
"Oreki-" "Okay, honestly speaking, you did freak me out back then by asking that out of the blue," He shrugged. "For a moment I wasn't sure what to answer you…well yeah, to some extent I was mad at you for asking something as embarrassing that…but not now…rather…"
"Rather?" she urged softly.
"I was seriously thinking you were mad at me, Eru…for being such a useless boyfriend…"
Eru giggled as at his red face. "Not that useless…" she playfully pinched his cheeks.
They both laughed slightly, before Houtarou held her hand. "But, in faith, do you want to..do it…that badly?"
Her smile disappeared and her purple orbs widened. "Eh?"
"Neh, Eru, do..do you really..want to try…"
You bastard, what the hell are you asking?!
Overcome with embarrassment, she hid her red face in her boyfriend's chest.
Will it be okay for me to say yes? She wondered.
"E-eru.."
"What..what about you…." She said faintly.
Houtarou contemplated between his mind and heart. His mind told him that he was being nothing but a shameless perverted bastard, while his heart told him that there was no harm in trying- they were both adults anyway.
He was mystified about both of them seeing each other stark naked, rather, seeing Eru like that- he wondered if he was signing his death warrant with this.
"I…I don't know how it's done…." He said, breathlessly, burying her face in her hair.
"Umm, how about we follow what was there in the manga…."
His heart crashed against his ribs like wild animal, his hormones and blood coursing wildly through his body and his common sense slowly fading away.
"Okay, let's do it."
I don't think this memory will ever fade away…
(…to be continued..)