Chapter 2
After wringing the water out of the cloth, Gen gasped just loud enough for the other to hear. He couldn't help staring at the 2 finger-sized wounds in Senku's left shoulder.
Just as Gen had started to carefully clean the wound, Senku winced and spoke. "The way you're doing that, this process could take all night."
"Well," Gen said, hesitantly, while looking up at Senku's ruby-red eyes, "I don't want to hurt you…"
Senku scoffed. "You? Hurt me? That kind of sounds like you care about me."
Gen spoke up quickly, trying to remain unfazed, "Of course~ The whole Kingdom of Science cares about you, Senku-chan~"
"You may be right, mentalist, but aren't you the only one who thought to come over and help me out with this…?" Senku asked with an accusing tone while gesturing to the wound with his head.
Gen finished cleaning the wound and grabbed the bottle of peroxide. Then, he gently took Senku's hand so he could maneuver his arm into position. This caused Senku to involuntarily flinch a bit at the touch, making Gen smirk again upon replying.
"Yes, but you could have refused my help."
Senku shrugged. "You were just the first person to show up."
"How errible-tay of you, my dear Senku~ I think I'm doing an excellent job~"
Gen dabbed the antiseptic onto the wound gently with another piece of cloth.
"Lay down on your back for me Senku-chan. Easier for me to wrap up your shoulder that way~" Gen instructed.
Senku rolled his eyes and complied.
"So bossy. I would give up on your dream of being a doctor," Senku said sarcastically.
Gen giggled as he took out the bandages.
"Almost done~" Gen replied in a sing-song voice while he leaned over Senku.
He then began to slowly but steadily wrap the other boy's arm. At this point, Senku was becoming overly aware of every slight touch from Gen.
'I'm not cringing or feeling disgusted by his touch like I did with all those girls before,' thought Senku. 'This is odd. Maybe even the opposite.'
Gen caught the scientist looking at him with a strange inquisitive look.
"Um, is there something on my face? Or am I just too beautiful for words?" Gen asked without expecting an answer.
"Something I can't put my finger on… maybe that's it… no… hmmm," Senku mumbled incoherently.
"Hmm? Are you starting to fall for me, Senku-chan?" he finished in a sickeningly sweet whisper right next to Senku's ear.
Surprised, Senku's ears ears flushed with a slight pink. He recovered just a bit to retaliate back.
"Well, I definitely didn't fall for your wannabe doctor skills," smirked Senku.
Gen leaned closer to Senku upon finishing his bandages and whispered, "Are you saying you fell for me for a different reason, then?" He smiled mischievously.
At this point they were so close that their noses were almost touching. Senku's eyes wandered from Gen's eyes to his lips and back, contemplating whether he should take this chance and experiment on his earlier unfinished hypothesis. Gen noticed the scientist's thoughtful gaze and took the opportunity instead to close the gap, himself, with a kiss, placing his hands flat on the bed to either side of Senku. The scientist's eyes widened in surprise at the sudden contact.
After a few seconds, Senku decided to give in and close his eyes as well. When Gen felt a small amount of force pushing back against his lips, he took that to mean it was okay to continue. He then slowly inched his tongue forward to touch Senku's lips mid-kiss. He then teased the other's lips with his tongue. At this point, what Gen didn't expect was that Senku had finally had enough of the mentalist's teasing and broke through with his own tongue into Asagiri's mouth. Gen was shocked, but far from displeased as he gave in to Senku's clumsy tongue-play.
Of course, neither of them had any prior experience in these sorts of things, and they were just being swept away by each other.