Moonlit Destiny
Author's Note: Wrote this eighteen years ago. It's full of cringe and OOC moments, but I'm preserving it for posterity. Enjoy the story and R&R.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to or of the Rockman EXE series.
Pairing: Pre-slash Netto x Tohru.
Summary:
Dark Chip Syndicate Nebula begins production on a reality-altering weapon. Amidst the chaos, Hikari Netto and his friends must battle countless Darkloids and creatures of another world to save their own.
Chapter 2: Icy Treat
The end of the school day finally came. Everyone had gone home to get what he or she needed, and met up in front of the bus stop.
"Man, the bus is so late!" Yaito complained. "Remind me to sue the owner of the bus company after this is all over!"
"Why didn't we take your limo?" Dekao chuckled.
The loud arrival of the bus made Yaito's words inaudible.
"Let's get on!" Meiru urged the rest of the group.
The bus doors closed behind them and they got into their seats. Coincidentally, Netto was sitting next to Tohru. He tried to hide the patch of crimson that appeared on his face by staring out the window.
"You okay? You look a bit sick," Tohru asked in concern.
Netto tilted his head in Tohru's direction, still hiding the redness on his face. "Y-yeah, I'm okay! I'll be fine!"
Tohru gave him a deranged look and laughed. The bus came to a screeching halt, causing everyone on the bus to jerk. They had arrived at the water park, but not in the best position; at least, not in Netto's eyes. He alone had gone sideways. Onto Tohru.
"S-sorry," Netto apologized.
"No harm done," Tohru assured.
Netto felt a sharp blow to his heart. He loved hearing Tohru's voice so much.
"Netto-kun!" Tohru yelled from the front of the bus.
Apparently, Netto had been so busy daydreaming, he forgot all about the water park.
The water park was huge. Water slides encircled the entire area, and the pools were designed based on famous NetNavis.
Everyone changed and dove in or lined up for the water slides. Netto, however, didn't feel like going on a water slide immediately. He was getting hungry.
"Here, Netto-kun! Meiru-chan told me you were hungry!"
Netto turned around from his small portion of the pool and came face to face with Tohru. He was holding two blueberry ice pops, one stopping a few inches short of Netto's face.
"Thank you!" Netto smiled. He stared at his ice pop for a moment before looking back at Tohru, who was already licking his own frozen treat.
Tohru made his way to a trash can and threw his popsicle stick away once he was done, returning to see Netto in an awkward situation. Netto had started eating his frozen delight, but the ice that formed on the blue surface had latched on to his tongue.
"A lettle halp!" he pleaded.
Tohru giggled and leaned over the side of the pool. He made sure no one was looking, then unrolled his tongue between the ice pop and Netto's tongue.
Netto gasped and tried to back away, but his tongue was still trapped in its icy prison. Tohru moved his tongue around the frosty bar until Netto's tongue was free.
Netto was blushing, murmuring things. That soon changed when Tohru pressed his lips to his friend's, arms draping over the older boy's shoulders.
Netto wanted to say something, but just shut his mouth and savoured the shock.
"Wow! Where did you learn to kiss like that?" he asked when they separated.
"I don't know. It's just something I know how to do, I guess."
"Tohru-kun?"
"Yeah, Netto-kun? You can tell me."
"Thank you."
Thank you?
"Do you want to go see a movie together? I have time on Saturday."
Tohru smiled and replied with a simple "Okay."
