Ch.5 The Last Laugh
"Mou…" Omi looked at the two men with a puzzled expression that hid well his hurt inside. "…what do you mean it was just a joke?" Ken winced at the way Omi repeated the off hand comment that Yoji had thrown in way of explanation about what had happened this morning and why both he and Ken had been waiting for Omi and Aya to return… together.
"What he means… bakayarou…" Ken hissed at Yoji. "…is that we both knew that you liked him but you were too shy and so we decided to give you a slight push…"
"A joke?" Omi shook his head and started laughing softly. "Me being too shy?" The blue eyes closed and with them the laughter left as well. "You guys are twisted." The boy snapped. He walked out of the room leaving the two completely baffled.
"Nani…Omi?" Yoji called after the blond haired boy. "Wait…"
"Leave him be Yoji." Ken muttered. "It was a dumb idea that we had… so…don't make the situation any worse."
"What do you mean, it was a bad idea? It was a great idea!" Yoji snapped. "If Aya didn't have that stick up his ass half the time than this plan would have worked perfectly." His sunglasses went back on his nose. "And I still now for a fact that Aya is gay!"
"Oh drop it." Ken muttered. He shoved a hand through his hair and wished that he could erase the past few hours. Things had definitely not turned out as planned. 'Well there goes my future career as cupid.' He thought wistfully. He sighed and started fidgeting. "Do you think Omi will be okay? Maybe we should go see him after all…" Yoji glared at him.
"You just told me not to bother him!" Maa… what a long day this was turning out to be.
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Omi sighed as he sat down and began typing away at his computer, wishing to erase the total humiliation that was now burning within him. Of all things to happen… of all things… this was truly the most pathetic of occurrences. He closed his eyes.
'What if it tore the group apart? What if Aya-kun left?' It would all be his fault. He clenched his fingers into a fist, stopping the soft tapping sound of him typing. How could he all make this right again…How?
"Stupid. Stupid!" He hissed the words out, hoping silently that they would stop echoing inside his head if they were let loose in the open.
They didn't and so he let his head fall forward to rest on his hands, trying to let the burning tears not get passed his closed eyes. He never heard the exclamations of surprise that were going on yesterday or the doors swinging open and closed. He never heard it at all, if he had he would have heard some cursing, some threatening in Aya style and some peacemaking that was a bit clumsily done by Ken-kun, until someone had come up from behind him… and poked him.
And not just poked him, they were tickling him! He yelped, sitting up and out, the chair spilling behind him. Out of his mouth came curses tumbling out. He turned around ready to punch Yoji in the stomach for bothering him further today when a voice quietly muttered something that made him freeze in one spot.
"Yoji must be rubbing off on you. What a frightful idea."
"…Aya-kun?"
"Hn…"
"What are you doing here?" Omi asked, afraid it was a trick being played on him by his mind. His arm went to his side protectively as if afraid that he was going to be tickled again. Aya's violet eyes saw the movement and the man smiled slightly, startling the boy further.
"I prefer it when you're smiling." The man stated simply, ignoring Omi's previous question. The younger boy's mouth opened slightly and stayed that way for awhile until Aya tapped it shut. "Insanity must be catching."
"Especially on a boring, rainy day…" Omi quipped without thinking. It had to be a dream after all… had to be. None of this could be real. He smiled tentatively and looked at the redhead shyly. "Are you mad at me?"
"Iie…" He poked the boy in the sides again and gave a soft chuckle when Omi sidestepped while making another sound of distress. "I've had my revenge already." The smile that gifted the man's lips now made Omi respond with one of his own, a bit worried for Yoji's and Ken's health but not too much. "Lets go somewhere sane…" He muttered, gently taking Omi's hand in his and walking back out into the rainy day. "Raincoat…don't forget it."
What a way to end the day, Ken thought as he watched them go wistfully from the window. What a wonderful way to end this day… now if only Yoji would stop whining over his black eye. Everything would be just perfect. Ken grinned at that and then moved away from the window.
"Hey Yoji! What the hell did you have on Aya anyway?"
"NOT TELLING YOU… YOU …YOU…" Ken laughed out loud and shook his head. He didn't really want to now after all.
The end.
Sorry it took so long for me to finish this story… I hope you guys who liked it in the beginning still like it now!!!!