Tohru Higashii looked away first.
There had been a long pause of silence in which the two boys just stared at each other across their distances.
"Tohru?" Kurama said again.
The other boy wasn't even looking at him. The crosswalk light was red. He said something softly and his cheeks blushed. Kurama watched as he gnashed his teeth and clenched his fists and repeated, louder this time. "Do you want to walk to school?"
Kurama didn't answer until the light changed again. A small crowd had gathered, waiting to cross the street. Kurama walked across the street with them, but stopped before his classmate on the other side. People streamed around them. "We should go,then, or we'll be late." he said.
"Yeah." Tohru said neutrally, barely looking at Kurama, and fell into step beside him.
They walked in silence, Tohru with his head down. Time to time Kurama caught him stealing glances his way.
"Higashii..." Kurama began as they stopped in front of the school. The yard was empty. They were both so early....Kurama knew why he was early-he had wanted to avoid running into his fan-club. He hadn't expected that Tohru would be there and waiting for him. And he had been waiting, and from the bags under his eyes, he had been there for a while. "We need to talk..." Higashii didn't look up. "Higashii..." Kurama pressed.
However.
Instead of answering, Higashii suddenly looked up and Kurama had a moment to catch the determine look on his face before he found himself suddenly pulled forward and his mouth pressed against the boy's.
"Tohru!" Kurama managed as he was finally released, but the other boy was gone.
Kurama stared after him, then sat down in the middle of the school yard. "Tohru...." he whispered.
...to be continued...