Three
Jiroh didn't know what to do. He knew better then to argue with Atobe but he was becoming restless. Why was he going out with someone he couldn't get along with? Mizuki Hajime was nice person, but Atobe and him we're too much alike and that relationship was just bound for trouble.
Not to mention Atobe had never been so cold against Jiroh. Ever. On the phone he talked to him but seemed annoyed now. At practice he'd have to run laps for sleeping. Usually Atobe would shrug it off but now he was being completely cruel! Jiroh couldn't sleep, so he decided to get up from his bed and read some manga. His dorm room was full of it. Along with Pocky in the cabinets.
Jiroh was a very fun loving person, when he wasn't asleep, he was hyper. He'd be amazed by the world around him because he slept in most of the day, that and when he was younger he didn't get out much. But for the past couple weeks his hyper-ness had drained completely. Because he had a crush on Atobe and never got to tell him, and probably never would get to now that his buchou was going out with the tennis team manager of Saint Rudolph.
He flipped through the pages of "Hana to Yume" boredly as he had read the shojo manga about five times I the last month. Oshitari's fault for getting him into shojo manga by the way. Maybe He realized that Atobe no matter how arrogant and cold he was, that he might have a romantic side like the person in one of those shojo mangas. The only thing that cheered Jiroh up was tomorrow. Tomorrow they were practicing with Saint Rudolph at their tennis courts which meant they'd get to have a road trip in one of Atobe's limousines which were always fun, and two it meant he'd get to play Yuuta Fuji again. Fuji Syusuke's little brother. Even though Jiroh had beaten Yuuta, he still found Yuuta to be an awesome person.
Maybe he'd get to talk to him, maybe they could become friends and understand eachother. Jiroh would like that because he had lost Atobe and nobody at Hyoutei had the time for him anymore. It made him feel lonely. And being lonely sucked. Jiroh knew from first hand experience because everyone thought he had problems when he was younger because he'd always be asleep or hyper. So people stayed away from him not knowing what to expect until Jiroh transferred to Hyoutei for middle school instead of going to school inYokohama.
People had accepted him for who he was and got used to his behavior of sleeping and being the way he was. Atobe admired it a lot or at least that what he made it seem like. He always wake Jiroh up to take him places that Jiroh and maybe not even a normal person would be able to go. Atobe had once mentioned taking Jiroh to America for a while and it made Jiroh leap in joy, but it seemed like they'd never get to do it now. It was like his primary school days were coming back. He once again, being ignored.
Mizuki fumbled with the keys on his key ring to find the one to his dorm room. Finally he found the right key and entered in the dark room with Yuuta following behind him. He turned on a dim lamp from the living room part of the dorm and a kitchen light. Yuuta had a room similar, Mizuki's was a little bigger and his was theme purple and white. Just like him to have a room like that…Everything was neatly in place; everything made and placed in perfection.
"Yuuta-kun come here," said Mizuki.
Yuuta went over to the mini-kitchen and stood beside Mizuki who was looking at food.
"You like ramen right?" he asked.
"I had enough dinner," answered Yuuta.
Mizuki rolled his eyes and looked darkly over at the younger boy.
"Liar. You only ate carrot salad and that was three bites ne? You're a horrible liar. You need to take care of yourself more. Now do you want ramen or do you want something else because I have ziti and some other things in the fridge over there," he said.
Yuuta sighed in defeat.
"Ramen I guess," he said.
Mizuki smirked. See? He'd always win. Nobody could beat him because he had two older sisters back home and learnt from them! So ha!
"Good boy. Now sit at the table while I heat the water up," he said. Yuuta obeyed grumbling about being treated like a child. It took a couple minutes for water to broil and Mizuki at the cup of ramen on the table, he also sat some berry flavored tea down on the table as well.
"You'll eat every bite and if you're good you eat green tea ice cream or some strawberries if you want them," said Mizuki.
Yuuta rolled his eyes at Mizuki's prodding and said, "Itadakimasu."
Believe it or not the instant ramen tasted good. He hadn't eaten a hot meal in weeks so eating this was like heaven.
"Speaking of eating habits, something has been bothering you as well Yuuta-kun. And don't try to deny it, something is keeping you down lately and you need to tell me," said Mizuki.
Yuuta glanced up from the ramen he was eating.
"That's why you invited me? Psh, I knew it wasn't from the goodness of your heart," he said.
Mizuki gritted his teeth. Yuuta could be so ungrateful sometimes…
"It was so out of the goodness of my heart! You should be happy you have a senpai who's so concerned!" he exclaimed.
"Fine. The headmistress is thinking of taking me out of Saint Rudolph's because of the scholarship… I'm in highschool now and the scholarship was for Junior High and me paying half of the tuition is becoming a problem because winter has started and my father's business has went down completely. It's hard enough to keep Yumiko in college," explained Yuuta.
Mizuki rested his chin on his hands taking in what Yuuta had revealed to him.
"I was planning to tell her tomorrow that next week I would be leaving and would be attending Seigaku High. I don't want Yumiko out of college, she's worked too hard studying fashion to be have to fly back from Paris," said Yuuta.
"You should've told me Yuuta-kun. You're so ridiculous sometimes. I can get you back in if you wish to stay. Did you forget I'm the one with connections? We still need you on the tennis team and don't worry about tuition I can get you in for free if you'll let me help you. It might take a little more studying in academics but I can help you with that," Mizuki said.
Yuuta looked shocked.
"You'd do that? Even though you have a boyfriend?" he asked.
Mizuki chuckled.
"Just because Atobe is my boyfriend doesn't mean I'm going to ignore you. I'm here to help you always. You're staying here until you graduate, I'll make sure of it," he answered.
Yuuta smiled. Maybe everything would be okay after all.
(A/N: Chapter three. o.o' Ano; thanks for the reviews I have so far. Anyway, this storyline is a little weird at first. It's not very interesting at first until way later and that's when it gets darker.I must dash! Until next chapter!)