Chapter 54
Saturday
Ryuu yawns going downstairs seeing his siblings "Morning…"
Rukia looks back at him "Morning? Ryuu… Ryuu it's noon?"
He looks at his phone "Mm… guess I slept in…"
Tadashi sighs attempting to do Senna's hair "Idiot."
Ryuu crosses his arms still half asleep "Give me a break. I was up late."
Senna giggles "Talking to Rin-chan?"
"No. Just… had a lot on my mind… Is there still breakfast left?"
"Check the microwave."
"Thanks."
Ryuu heats up the leftover breakfast when his phone rings
"Hello?"
"Hey Chiba you busy?"
Ryuu "Mimura? Not really. Why?"
Mimura "Great! I'm outside open the door."
Ryuu chokes "You couldn't have giving me a warning?"
Mimura laughs through the phone "Just open the door."
Ryuu groans "Coming." He hangs up and sighs "Damn you Mimura…"
He goes to the door and opens it annoyed "Mimura… you couldn't have given me a warning."
Mimura looks at him being caught off guard by his appearance and mostly the half shown red eyes 'Does he realize it? Just ignore for now'
Mimura shrugs coming inside "I texted you saying I was coming over then called when I got outside. At least I didn't break directly into your room like a heathen."
Ryuu yawns "Still."
Rukia "Ryuu who's here?"
Tadashi "Probably Rinka."
Senna "Rin-chan!!"
Ryuu sighs and looks at Mimura "I'm pretty sure this's NOT Rin?"
Mimura laughs "It's Mimura."
Rukia "Show up unannounced again?"
Mimura leans on the couch behind her "I told him I'd be coming. Chiba, being the amazing friend he is, forgot."
Ryuu grabs him "Didn't forget. I just woke up like 10 minutes ago."
Mimura looks him up and down and smirks "I can tell. You look like a mess."
Ryuu blushes annoyed and drags Mimura to the kitchen
Mimura "Nice place. Couldn't really look last time."
"Thanks. Also one word about how I look and I'm stabbing your eye with this fork."
Mimura puts his hands up "Okay okay. I was gonna say you look like an idiot."
Ryuu rolls his eyes "You don't look that hot either."
Mimura "You're an actual mess right now Chiba…"
Ryuu looks at him "Can I just… Can't I have breakfast? I swear I'll teach you but first let me become a functional human."
Mimura nods "Valid."
Ryuu continues his breakfast "You can head up to my room if you want."
Mimura "Ehh. I wanna annoy you."
Ryuu runs his hand through his hair "You bastard."
Mimura's eyes widen "Okay Chiba for real. Are you even trying to hide your eyes?"
Ryuu shrugs "I woke up late and wasn't expecting you yet. Plus after I… slipped up… the other day… I can't really deny the color. And yes I did know my eyes were partly exposed when I opened the door."
Mimura's taken aback "But… why…? Why would you…?"
Ryuu smiles slightly finishing his breakfast and turning to the sink "Simply put? I trust you. Plus I'd prefer to show you willing than have you move my bangs while recording."
Mimura looks at him. Ryuu's back to him guard down completely exposed.
Mimura "What makes you think I'm not gonna immediately tell the class or Sugaya and Okajima?"
"One. If you do, you know I'll tell them why you're here. And two. Sugaya… Sugaya's seen my eyes. Okajima was here when I slipped up and definitely figured it out."
"Don't tell them why I'm here. And wait a second… Sugaya's seen them?!"
Ryuu nods still with his back to him "Yeah he still draws my eyes in a lot of different styles to tick me off though."
Mimura laughs lightly "Sounds like him."
Ryuu glances back at him turning off the water "Yeah? So why do you really want me to teach you?"
Mimura bites his lip and mumbles "I wanna impress someone."
Ryuu smirks "Hm~ C'mon my rooms upstairs."
Mimura follows him and catches a glimpse of Rukia smiling proudly leaning on the other side of the kitchen wall.
Rukia 'So Ryuu's really started trusting people. Good.'
Ryuu opens his door "It's kinda a mess right now. Ignore my bed in general."
Mimura smirks "You're a mess in general right now."
"I'm not perfect."
"I've noticed."
Ryuu shakes his head opening his closet looking around halting talking to himself "Where is it? Did that brat take it? I should really clean this sometime… Ah! Here it is."
He pulls out a guitar case "What do you actually want to learn? Notes or chords?"
Mimura looks at him lost "…Uh?"
Ryuu opens the case and pulls out a black acoustic guitar "Also did you wanna learn acoustic or bass?"
Mimura looks even more lost "Er… this one is fine?"
Ryuu "…You don't know what I'm talking about do you?"
"Not really."
Ryuu hides his smile "This one's an acoustic. It's what I started with. My other ones a bass. It's kinda the same but can be amplified louder, has four strings, and is deeper. I'm fairly decent at both so it doesn't matter to me."
Mimura rubs his neck "If you were trying to impress someone which would you use…?"
Ryuu thinks for a moment "Well considering you're reactions I'm assuming you want to impress your crush?"
Mimura blushes "Huh?! What- I- I don't!"
Ryuu snorts coverings his laughs "Now I somewhat understand why you'd laugh when I got flustered over Rin?"
Mimura sinks a little "Just- either guitar is fine…"
Ryuu nods and pulls the acoustic out of its case "This ones already out and I don't wanna go back in that closet."
Mimura laughs lightly "You gonna come out yet?"
Ryuu looks him dead in the eye "Will you?"
Mimura looks to the side "Mmm…"
Ryuu raises an eyebrow "Wait… are you…?"
Mimura bites his lip "Not necessary gay… not necessarily straight though…"
"Bi?"
"Close. Pan… actually…"
Ryuu nods and smirks "No wonder when we went to the store you pointed to a pan and said 'same'?"
Mimura flinches "You heard that?!"
"Sugaya and Okajima didn't seem to notices. I was standing beside you though."
"…don't tell Sugaya."
Ryuu nods and looks at the guitar tuning it "I'm assuming he's the one you're trying to impress?"
Mimura flushes "Wha?! I don't like Sugaya! I just- I don't like anyone! Chiba get that smirk off your face!!"
Ryuu attempts to hide his laugh shaking "You… now I see your guys point? It is funny watching a friend get flustered over a crush." He starts laughing
Mimura pouts for a moment then laughs with him "Idiot."
Ryuu shakes his head and grabs a hair tie off his desk and ties his hair up with his bangs completely out of his face "I admit it is easier to see like this."
Mimura gasps slightly "Holy shit…"
Ryuu looks at him confused "What?"
"You look way better with your back."
"Go fuck yourself."
"Ryuu watch your language!"
Ryuu tenses "Nee-san stop eavesdropping!"
Rukia laughs "Your room is on the way to mine. I'm going to the store need anything?"
Ryuu thinks for a moment "Get more of those chips. Tadashi finished them."
"Alright. I'm taking Senna. Tadashi's in his room. Be back later."
"Okay."
"Don't burn the house down."
Ryuu's vain pops "That's you!! Not me!!!"
There's laughter as she leaves
Mimura "Burn the house down?"
Ryuu sighs "Nee-san has managed to catch the toaster on fire while making cereal…"
"How does…"
"I don't know… I… I really… have no idea how she does that…"
"No wonder you're able to deal with us at school?"
He nods and looks back at the guitar "Yeah. So chords or notes?"
"I don't know what that means…"
Ryuu thinks for a moment "I'm a little rusty so bare with me okay?"
Mimura nods and Ryuu closes his eyes putting one finger on one string playing it before switch to different notes playing a song.
Mimura stares in awe 'Is he doing it by memory? He's good?? What the hell????'
Ryuu stops and opens his eyes "I don't fully remember the song so I was hoping for muscle memory…"
"That… that was awesome!!"
Ryuu blushes very faintly at the praise "Ah… thanks… Those are notes. This's the same song but as chords."
He takes a breathe before closing his eyes again and positioning different fingers on different notes and strumming all the strings.
'Since when is Chiba this cool…?'
Ryuu finishes to the same spot and stops "Why are you looking at me like that?"
"Because you're not supposed to be this cool! You're literally still in your pajamas with your hair tied in a stupid ponytail sitting on the floor! How do you still manage to look cool?!"
Ryuu laughs slightly "Eyes and guitar make a difference. Plus the song."
Mimura sighs "Show off…"
"You're the one who wanted me to teach you? I kinda need you to choose which type you wanna learn. Chords or notes?"
"Um… chords sounded cooler."
Ryuu nods "Alright… lets see… err… should start with the basics. Sting names."
Mimura nods
Ryuu "So from thinnest to thickest. E, B, G, D, A, E. Each fret it simple. This one the first fret and it just goes in order. Fingers are the same."
Ryuu rest the guitar on his lap and looks at Mimura
"I don't know what you're necessarily trying to learn so I can't really teach you too much. All I really know are some songs I like."
Mimura shrugs "Maybe one of them?"
Ryuu sighs "Mimura you do know the kind of music I like right…?"
"Oh yeah… emo shit."
Ryuu nods playing part "But if you don't know that and just hear the guitar part it's not all that bad. Sugaya liked it anyway~"
Mimura mumbles "Teach me that one then…"
Ryuu smirks passing him the guitar "Here. Sorry if this's weird it's the easiest way to show teach you though."
Mimura nods having Ryuu adjust his position "You know? Shouldn't you be doing this stuff with your girlfriend?"
"She doesn't know I still play and she's not gonna know. Got it."
Mimura smirks and turns his head slightly "Embarrassed? How cute~"
Ryuu frowns glaring at him "Just don't tell her about this."
"I don't think either of us really want her to know?"
"Mm. Ah you're fingers need to all move up a fret."
Ryuu moves Mimura's hand into the correct position and notices him tense
Mimura blinks "I'm not used to you being this close."
Ryuu's ears turn slightly pink "Ah… Sorry…"
Mimura shakes his head "Don't be. It's just surprising seeing this side of you."
"Wha- ugh… just… just strum."
Mimura's lips twitch up slightly then nods strumming it.
Both boys cringe at the noise
Ryuu "well that's… a start…"
Mimura bites his lip "Why'd it sound like that…"
Ryuu looks at his fingering then readjust them slightly "Try again."
Mimura nods and strums again and it sounds pretty good.
Ryuu hides his smile "There. You aren't absolute shit."
Mimura bites his lip with a slight smile "Cool!"
Ryuu snorts covering his mouth "You act like a puppy!"
"…just continue please…"
Slowly but surely Mimura starts to get the hang off it.
Later.
Ryuu gets a call "Just keep practicing imma take this."
Mimura nods "Okay. Say hi to your girlfriend for me."
"How'd you?!"
"Your voice."
Ryuu sighs stepping out of the room answering "Hey Rin?"
Rio "It's Rio."
He raises and eyebrow confused going downstairs out of earshot of anyone "…why do you have Rin's phone?"
"She forget it at my house. I'm taking it to her now. Anyway Chiba random question?"
"Okay…?"
"When will you tell Rinka you love her?"
Ryuu turns completely red "What- I- Nakamura!!!"
Rio sighs "Chiba. I'm not asking you this to tease either of you. I'm asking because I'm worried for you both. Rinka was telling me how neither of you have said it. You need to man up and just admit it Chiba!"
Ryuu's quiet for a moment "I can't okay…"
"Look. I know you're terrible with words. But it's Rinka we're talking about. Chiba we've all seen the way you smile at her. You talk a lot more with her. You know you're in love. Why don't you just tell her that…"
"I have my reasons okay! Nakamura this doesn't concern you!"
"Chiba I'm about ready to find out where you live and beat the shit out of you if you don't give me a reason!"
"Nakamura… you know what happened to Rin the past… She's finally starting to get used to having emotions. I just… I don't want to make her feel trapped okay…"
Rio sighs heavily "Chiba Ryūnosuke. If you don't fucken tell her soon I'll tell her things from your past. You know with the help of Karma and Ritsu I can dig up anything on anyone"
"I'll tell her okay… Just… just lay off will ya… that goes for you too Ritsu. I know you're always listening in."
Ritsu "Chiba-kun you really should just confess your true true feelings for Hayami-san. You confessed that you like her and have romantic feelings towards her. You really should just admit you're in love."
He's silent again "I gotta go…"
Both girls "Chiba Wait!"
He hangs up and sighs talking to himself "I can't just tell Rin I love her… she'd freak…"
From the doorway Mimura and Tadashi both sigh
Mimura "He always like this?"
Tadashi nods "Anytime we mention he's in love with Rinka and it's not just like he gets all weird."
Ryuu fires his nerf gun between them "I can hear you!!!"
Tadashi runs back upstairs and Mimura follows him
Mimura goes into Ryuu's room and locks the door.
Ryuu pulls the handle "You piece of shit!"
It's silent for a moment then the window opens and Ryuu climbs in clearly ticked off.
Mimura gulps looking at him "Hi…"
Ryuu sighs and collapses on his bed covering his eyes with his arm "How long were you listening…"
"Since you mentioned Ritsu."
"And you could only hear my side right?"
"Yeah."
Ryuu nods "Good…"
Mimura side eyes him "So when are you gonna say 'I love you'?"
"Mimura you won't even admit you have a crush on Sugaya. You don't get to tell me this."
Mimura freezes "Chiba! I don't have a crush on Sugaya!"
Ryuu moves his arm a little and glances at him "Mimura I see the way you look at him when you think no one's watching." He covers his eyes again and sighs "It's the same way I look at Rin."
Mimura sulks "That's cheating… I can't tell where you're looking or how you look at someone…"
"Part of the point. Just continue with the guitar or whatever. I gotta think…"
Mimura smiles "You said you needed to get Hayami something for Christmas? Want help?"
Ryuu sits up and looks at himself "…means I need to become functional."
Mimura laughs slightly "Go shower and become not a mess."
Ryuu sighs standing up "Fine… give me 10-20 minutes."
Mimura nods and Ryuu grabs some clothes
He leaves and Mimura looks around his room
Mimura 'I wonder where that picture book from the other day went?'
He sighs and lays down on Ryuu's bed 'Shit he's bed is actually pretty comfortable…'
Mimura plays on his phone waiting for him to return.
After about 15 minutes Ryuu comes back in towel drying his hair
Mimura looks over "Ah you're back."
"It is my room after all?"
"True. So you ready?"
Ryuu nods fixing his bangs to cover his eyes "Yeah yeah. Just needs cover my eyes."
Mimura sighs "You look way better with your eyes…"
"That's nice. I'm not showing my eyes in public."
He shakes his head and they leave walking to the store.
End chapter
Next chapter will be Ryuu and Mimura trying to find Rinka a gift. What should they get her?? Ryuu did buy the pin she liked but what else? Also ideas for what Rinka gets him??
S/o to @lumigo akvo9504 @Frostfur12345 for voting!! Gender fluid Isogai it is! I have a few ideas for that but feel free to give suggestions for that.
@lumigo akvo9504 Thanks!!!
@Frosrfur12345 I personally ship IsogaiXMaehara but I respect your decision to ship Isogai with Kataoka
