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From A Different Perspective
Yuma had snuck over to his own home to have dinner with his brothers and Shu, and somehow they had gotten onto the topic of whether or not they should tell Karlheinz about Yuma's and Shu's body switch. "I don't see why you are so against telling him, Shu" Ruki said irritably "Its the practical thing to do", Kou playfully waved his fork at him, "Mmh~ don't be so mad Ruki~ I don't think it's enough of a big deal to tell him", Ruki glared at Kou, "They're in each other's body's, that is 'a big deal', especially since we are almost completely incapable of switching them back ourselves", Shu sighed "Just don't tell him for now, I would prefer it if we handled this problem ourselves", Ruki glared a little at Shu, before turning toward Yuma, "And what about you?", Yuma shrugged, "I don't give a shit for now, but if we don't get fixed soon we should tell him". Yui looked between them them, unsure they were talking about, no one had bothered to tell her about anything and she was hopelessly confused.
Ruki crossed his arms, "He can help you switch back faster than I ever can", Shu raised an eyebrow "That is the precise reason we don't have to tell him", Ruki and Yuma gave him a bemused look, "You said it yourself Ruki, 'faster than I ever can', which means we can still switch back without his help, just not as fast", Ruki wasn't convinced, "And why would you not want to switch back sooner rather than later?", "Because he doesn't need to know" Shu said firmly. Ruki glared but didn't say anything else, sensing that Shu was done with the conversation. In an attempt to change the subject, Kou leered at Yuma and purred "On that note~ we better start trying a little harder, we haven't gotten hardly anywhere recently, especially Yuma, it's mostly Yuma's fault", Yuma whirled towards Kou, "Oi! It ain't my fault! I haven't had the chance to do anything yet!", Kou dramatically rolled his eyes, "Oh, we're sure Yuma, it couldn't have had anything to do with the fact that you never read~ or use your brain~", "Fuck off!" Spat Yuma "You don't ever read either!".
After dinner Yuma and Shu sat in Yuma's garden in comfortable silence, while Yuma lazily ate sugar cubes and Shu gazed thoughtfully at the sky. They hadn't discussed much about their past yet, but it was something Shu had wanted to talk about with Yuma, but he didn't know how to bring it up unfortunately, Shu looked from the sky and down to Yuma, he opened his mouth then closed it again, Shu gritted his teeth and tried again, "Are you sure you should be here so long? My brothers might be suspicious", Shu mentally smacked himself, that was not at all what he had wanted to say, Yuma glanced at him, "No offense, but I'd rather risk makin'em suspicious than being with them", Shu chuckled slightly, "Understandable", Yuma huffed "Especially that four eyed ass, and while we're on the subject, yer albino brother was starin at me the other day, weirded me out", Shu raised an eyebrow, and asked curiously "Really? Where were you?", "The gardens".
The curious look vanished, "Subaru is usually in the gardens, he takes care of the roses, he was most likely surprised to see you-me- in the gardens", Yuma didn't really think that was the reason, but he didn't argue, Shu was quiet for a moment before continuing "Did you bring my headphones with you?", Yuma crunched another sugar cube, "No, I didn't, I don't like using em", Shu leaned back to look at the sky again, "Well, next time bring them, I've missed using them", Yuma made a sound of verification and there was a short silence before Yuma suddenly said "I can't remember what happened to that puppy I gave ya", Shu gave a small lurch, then hastily composed himself and managed to causally choke out "What?", Yuma glanced at him then hastily averted his eyes, "Ya know, that puppy, when we were kids, I still haven't remembered what happened to it", Shu stared for a moment, unsure what to say, then shifted uncomfortably, "It was taken by my mother".
Yuma blinked, "Oh", he looked away again, "I couldn't remember, and it was botherin me a lot, so thanks", Shu awkwardly scratched the back of his neck, "You're welcome" there was a pause, "So have you been remembering more lately?" Shu continued, Yuma shook his head, "Not really, just a few small things". Yuma looked sideways at Shu, "Well, it jus- it feels, ya know, recently we've got along better, but now that I've got my memories back I feel like..., I was startin to like ya after we switched and now that my memories are back I definitely like...ya, and that's confusing", Shu fiddled with his hands, feeling awkward but flattered as well, "Well, I like you too" he said, sounding more confident than he felt, in a desperate attempt to change the awkward subject, Yuma asked "So you remember every thing from back then?", "Mostly, but I didn't recognize you for a long while" Shu said carefully, recalling how Yuma had been angry at him before for not telling him anything.
Yuma nodded, "I've changed a lot," he looked Shu up and down, "But probably not as much as you" he continued amused. Shu raised an inquiring eyebrow, Yuma grinned, "You were cheerful, active and cute when you were little, now you're a dormant sloth who ain't as attractive as ya think", Shu rolled his eyes, "You aren't much to look at yourself", "I'm more athletic", "I've been more active, and I don't think athletic is the word you're looking for, it makes you sound more graceful than you are", Shu defended himself, Yuma crossed his arms, "I'm plenty graceful", Shu stood up and brushed himself off, laughing a little, "Aright", he turned helped Yuma to his feet, "You should probably go back now", "Aish! I don't want to" Yuma complained, Shu and Yuma walked towards the door, "Unfortunately you have to", Shu chuckled. Neither of them noticed a figure that had been watching them, slip away.
To be continued