I Hate You
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Chapter 4
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"Ryuuji...." Ryuuji's eyes widened at the use of his first name.
"Hai..?"
"Why do your arms around me...why do they feel so familiar..?"
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Ryuuji smiled before thinking for a moment. He didn't know how to answer the younger boy. He didn't have an answer. It was an odd question, after all. Not many people would expect to know the answer to such things. He sighed, and ran a hand through Noa's hair soothingly as he whispered back to him, "I don't know."
The smaller boy shifted a bit, before getting off the other boy and giving him a questioning look. "Can I sit in your lap, Ryuuji?" he asked quietly. Ryuuji blushed slightly, before nodding. Noa smiled, taking a seat on Ryuuji and making himself comfortable before leaning his head back on Ryuuji's shoulder and taking a deep breath. He closed his eyes slowly, folding his hands in his lap.
"Comfy?" Ryuuji asked with a small smile, before leaning his own head onto the smaller boy's tiredly. Noa mumbled a sound in reply, eyes still closed, until they heard a noise nearby and he was forced to look up in curiousity. Ryuuji had done the same, eyeing the area where the noise had come from. Soon, they heard a loud male voice yelling from around the corner. It was Honda.
"OTOGI!! OTOGI!!!" Ryuuji winced slightly, before looking over to Noa and giving him a saddened look. Noa stood up from his spot in Ryuuji's lap, helping the taller boy up from the ground just in time for Honda to round the corner and come running up to Ryuuji.
"There you are!!" He cried, not even noticing the smaller boy beside the ebony-haired teen. Honda put his hands on his hips and glared playfully. "Why did you go off on your own?" He asked.
"Like you would have cared if I were with you or not..." Ryuuji muttered, turning to the side and glaring at the wall. Honda gave him a puzzled look, before putting a hand on the other boy's shoulder.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Honda asked, grin fading somewhat. Ryuuji just glared back at him.
"Where's Shizuka, ne? You said you'd find her!! All on your -own-, remember...?" The black-haired boy shot back. Honda stepped back slightly at the tone in Ryuuji's voice.
"I - I couldn't find her. But that's not the point. Why are you mad at me?" He asked, clearly oblivious. Ryuuji just shook his head.
"Forget it."
Noa watched the two with interest, bickering back and forth like that. He'd never seen two friends fight with each other before. But then he thought back to earlier, when Ryuuji had told him that Honda wasn't really his friend. He wondered what Honda really was to Ryuuji, then. If they were fighting. And who's this 'Shizuka' girl they're looking for? Could she be one of their...lovers? A sad feeling crossed over him at the thought of Ryuuji being with some girl he didn't know. He shook it out of his head and continued to watch the two until Honda turned and noticed him.
"I'm not going to -- Who's this?" He asked, looking down at Noa. Noa glared at him. If Ryuuji didn't like this boy, neither did Noa. Ryuuji looked over to where Honda's gaze was, and suddenly remembered that Noa was still there.
"Oh." He started, before walking over to Noa, as if in a motion to protect him from Honda. "This is Noa-chan." He said with a smile, before coughing lightly and starting again. "Noa-san, I mean. Yes." Noa looked up to Ryuuji and gave him an odd look, before looking back to Honda. Honda raised an eyebrow at the shorter boy with interest.
"Wait...isn't he -- HEY!!" Honda burst, pointing at Noa fiercly. Noa stepped back, grabbing Ryuuji's hand from behind him without even noticing and clutching to the other boy. Ryuuji blushed at Noa's movement before retaliating.
"Honda, leave him alone."
"But he's -- "
"He's my friend." Ryuuji stated protectively, wrapping his arms around Noa from behind and pulling the boy towards him. Noa blushed, smiling. 'I'm...his friend..?'
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Chapter 4
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"Ryuuji...." Ryuuji's eyes widened at the use of his first name.
"Hai..?"
"Why do your arms around me...why do they feel so familiar..?"
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Ryuuji smiled before thinking for a moment. He didn't know how to answer the younger boy. He didn't have an answer. It was an odd question, after all. Not many people would expect to know the answer to such things. He sighed, and ran a hand through Noa's hair soothingly as he whispered back to him, "I don't know."
The smaller boy shifted a bit, before getting off the other boy and giving him a questioning look. "Can I sit in your lap, Ryuuji?" he asked quietly. Ryuuji blushed slightly, before nodding. Noa smiled, taking a seat on Ryuuji and making himself comfortable before leaning his head back on Ryuuji's shoulder and taking a deep breath. He closed his eyes slowly, folding his hands in his lap.
"Comfy?" Ryuuji asked with a small smile, before leaning his own head onto the smaller boy's tiredly. Noa mumbled a sound in reply, eyes still closed, until they heard a noise nearby and he was forced to look up in curiousity. Ryuuji had done the same, eyeing the area where the noise had come from. Soon, they heard a loud male voice yelling from around the corner. It was Honda.
"OTOGI!! OTOGI!!!" Ryuuji winced slightly, before looking over to Noa and giving him a saddened look. Noa stood up from his spot in Ryuuji's lap, helping the taller boy up from the ground just in time for Honda to round the corner and come running up to Ryuuji.
"There you are!!" He cried, not even noticing the smaller boy beside the ebony-haired teen. Honda put his hands on his hips and glared playfully. "Why did you go off on your own?" He asked.
"Like you would have cared if I were with you or not..." Ryuuji muttered, turning to the side and glaring at the wall. Honda gave him a puzzled look, before putting a hand on the other boy's shoulder.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Honda asked, grin fading somewhat. Ryuuji just glared back at him.
"Where's Shizuka, ne? You said you'd find her!! All on your -own-, remember...?" The black-haired boy shot back. Honda stepped back slightly at the tone in Ryuuji's voice.
"I - I couldn't find her. But that's not the point. Why are you mad at me?" He asked, clearly oblivious. Ryuuji just shook his head.
"Forget it."
Noa watched the two with interest, bickering back and forth like that. He'd never seen two friends fight with each other before. But then he thought back to earlier, when Ryuuji had told him that Honda wasn't really his friend. He wondered what Honda really was to Ryuuji, then. If they were fighting. And who's this 'Shizuka' girl they're looking for? Could she be one of their...lovers? A sad feeling crossed over him at the thought of Ryuuji being with some girl he didn't know. He shook it out of his head and continued to watch the two until Honda turned and noticed him.
"I'm not going to -- Who's this?" He asked, looking down at Noa. Noa glared at him. If Ryuuji didn't like this boy, neither did Noa. Ryuuji looked over to where Honda's gaze was, and suddenly remembered that Noa was still there.
"Oh." He started, before walking over to Noa, as if in a motion to protect him from Honda. "This is Noa-chan." He said with a smile, before coughing lightly and starting again. "Noa-san, I mean. Yes." Noa looked up to Ryuuji and gave him an odd look, before looking back to Honda. Honda raised an eyebrow at the shorter boy with interest.
"Wait...isn't he -- HEY!!" Honda burst, pointing at Noa fiercly. Noa stepped back, grabbing Ryuuji's hand from behind him without even noticing and clutching to the other boy. Ryuuji blushed at Noa's movement before retaliating.
"Honda, leave him alone."
"But he's -- "
"He's my friend." Ryuuji stated protectively, wrapping his arms around Noa from behind and pulling the boy towards him. Noa blushed, smiling. 'I'm...his friend..?'
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