In the room, Zero started arguing with himself. Arguing whether to open the door and knock on Hiead's door or to just stay in his room and just get some rest.
'I am not going to knock on his door. Not not not!!!' Zero thought to himself.
"I want to, but still can't. If I do, I'd end up as a stuck-up loser. I should just leave Hiead alone for him to realize that he can never learn how to love cause he's such a hopeless case."
'Wait a minute...' Zero snapped and stood up. 'A hopeless case can still become hopeful.'
The candidate delivered a light punch on his head. "Wait!!! What am I saying?!"
'That you're giving Hiead a chance?' One of his inner senses answered for the confused boy.
'One wrong move and you'll end up crying again.' Another one said.
"That's right! I won't let him do that to me again!"
'But you want him to, right?'
"Yeah but... He'll hurt me."
'Hurt him then.'
"Huh?" Zero shook his head. "I can't..."
'Just show him that you can never be manipulated by him again.'
"Yeah. But... How do I do that?" Zero scratched his head. "Arggghh.."
'Make him fall for you then leave him.'
"He's not gonna fall for me. He thinks I'm a loser."
'If a hopeless case can become hopeful, what more can a loser become?'
Zero smiled and slowly went towards the door.
As he opened the door, Hiead revealed himself to Zero.
"Hiead!" Zero said in surprise.
"So you finally decided, huh?" Hiead said with a sudden kindness in his tone, which he couldn't explain.
Zero closed his eyes and simply leaned his head over Hiead's chest. "I couldn't help it..."
"So you're taking the chance I am giving you?" Hiead reached his left arm to pull Zero closer to him.
"Unn..."
Hiead looked up. "That's... great."
Hiead slowly set his gaze upon the other boy. Zero looked up at him and their eyes met.
"Could you..." Hiead was nervous. Zero could tell by just looking at his partner's eyes.
"What?"
"Kiss me?"
Zero blushed. He didn't have to say 'yes.' All he did was draw himself close to him and kissed him. To Zero, it was his first real kiss from Hiead. He was satisfied of just being able to make Hiead kiss him back. Hiead shyly wrapped his arms around Zero.
As their lips parted, Zero smiled "I won't forget to lock the room this time." He reminded.
"Is it time to inseminate already?" Hiead shrugged.
"You and your sex-infested mind." Zero turned his back at Hiead, crossed his arms and gave a few taps on the floor with his foot.
"Kidding." Hiead hugged Zero from behind. The other candidate blushed.
"Bah."
"Too sensitive aren't we? I guess I'm just going to reserve stuff for tomorrow then." Hiead let his lover go and unlocked the door.
"Where are you going?"
"I'm gonna tell them that—"
Zero blushed brighter. "YOU CAN'T!!!!"
"Let me finish first. I'm going to tell Mr. Azuma that I want to go back to my original room." Hiead smiled. It was also Zero's first time to actually see Hiead smile.
He stared at Hiead for a long time.
"What?" Hiead questioned.
"That smile suits you."
Hiead shrugged. "I never smiled before and I don't plan to see myself doing it. I think it's crazy."
"It's not! Trust me! It's cute. Smiling is a good thing!" Zero bounced over to his lover and gave him a cutey-cutey wink.
"I don't have to."
At this, Zero pouted, "Can't you trust at least one person?"
"And you said smiling was a good thing..." Hiead playfully gave a few pats over Zero's head.
As an initial reaction to Hiead's statement, Zero smiled.
"Now that's what I call cute."
"Am I?" Zero wanted to hear it straightly from Hiead.
"No."
"Hmph!"
"Cause you're beautiful."
Pink brushed over Zero's face. He heard it from him all right.
"Well, I'll be going to the instructor's room. Ja!"
"Ja ne!"
With that, Hiead left Zero alone in his room.
'Don't get a hang of it. You should remember that you are to leave him soon...'
"Do I have to fool him?" Zero asked himself as he stared at Hiead's fading shadow.
Tbc.
Please don't ask me what a cutey-cutey wink is. ;