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Psyche sat, idly drawing in his art notebook while the professor recited the next assignment. From what he could tell, the man seemed to say one thing in about a thousand words. Psyche generally listened earnestly, but for the past few days, he had been distracted. Not a great way to start off the academic year, but hey.

Psyche's pencil drifted over the page, endless incomplete sketches of a man that resembled Delic in appearance having taken residence there. He didn't know why, but ever since that brief glimpse in the hallway about a week ago, Psyche couldn't get the blue-eyed man off his mind! He hadn't seen Delic to ask about him, either, so he was left to his imagination. That was to say, he imagined. A lot.

"And so for this next assignment, I want you all to use your creativity with only one restraint: your piece must contain only one color. You have free choice of media—this is just an introductory assignment, so..."

Psyche missed the rest of the lecture as he flipped to a new page in his sketchbook, already knowing what color would be guiding /his/ assignment: blue.

Tsugaru knocked on Delic's door around eleven that morning and yelled for him to get up before going back to whatever he had been doing. Delic half sat up and ran a hand through his hair, smirk on his face.

Tsugaru had long since given up the habit of entering Delic's room in the morning...he guessed that seeing your cousin doing naughty things with or without others present enough times would deter anyone.

Around ten minutes later Delic strolled into the kitchen leisurely, wearing only some gray sweats he had pulled on as he pored himself a cup of tea. Tsugaru looked down at him as Delic sat at the low table.

"Nice to see you up before noon."

"What can I say? I need my beauty sleep." Delic flashed his teeth as Tsugaru shook his head, now coming to sit down at the table on the floor with his cousin.

"So, what've you got planned today?" Tsugaru asked Delic. Delic raised an eyebrow. Tsugaru was always polite, and the two talked often, but today he seemed...slightly off. In a good way, that was. More relaxed, somehow.

"Well, I don't have work until tonight, so I'll probably go shopping today. Figure I'll help you out, for once." he winked and Tsugaru let out a short chuckle. Delic grinned, thinking back to a few nights before. "Did you know about this whole Shizuo and Izaya thing?" at this Tsugaru blinked and raised an eyebrow.

"What do you mean?"

"Oh, come on. Those two have something/ going on. Don't tell me you don't know what I'm talking about!" Tsugaru set down his tea and waved a hand.

"They'll come to realize it eventually."

"Hah! So you did know!"

"I may be the eldest here, but only by a few months—I'm not blind, and with the amount of tension they have going on, I could be blind and still know." Tsugaru was being awfully loose-tongued today. Usually he was more polite. What could it be?

"What's up with you, man? You're so chill in a non-stick-shoved-up-the-ass way. What gives? Or should I say, who gave?" blue eyes widened and disappeared rapidly as he blinked, his face meanwhile turning a shade of rose. So Delic had hit the mark! "Spill. Who is it? What's he like? Is he hot?" Delic leaned in, getting excited—it wasn't every day your seemingly forever alone cousin found a possible lover!

"Well, I'm not sure, to be honest." Delic narrowed his eyes. Tsugaru definitely did not fit the type who would hook up without getting a name.

"What do you mean?" his tone was slightly guarded, if still light. The other man's eyebrows knit together and he looked downward slightly.

"We're not—I mean, I haven't met him. Not officially. I just feel—"

"Wait. Lemme get this straight. You've fallen for someone whom you've never met? Deep, man. Deep." at this a thought dawned on Delic: Tsugaru had no experience in this field. What if...what if Delic were to help him out?

"One could hardly call it that. It seems more like a fruitless infatuation. Still..."

Delic grinned and leaned across the table, getting very close to the blue-eyed man. "How about," he half-whispered, "we level the playing field?"

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