A/N: Next shot. First intentional try at mild shonen-ai.

Prompt: 002 – Translucent
Characters: Hint of ToumaxSeiji
Word Count: 550
Notes: Because I like this pairing.

'I never could fully understand why he covered up those beautiful lavender eyes. It wasn't that the golden blond hair he placed in front of them was a problem, no, not at all. It was just that they were so…vivid, that was the word. Such a shade I had never encountered before, until I met him.

I'm sure he told me why once, but I won't remember. It isn't terribly important. What is important is I fell in love with those eyes, I suppose. I wonder if he ever noticed me staring at those eyes, horribly obvious if I might add. I'm sure the others noticed almost immediately. I must have looked rather silly.

I'm rambling, aren't I?'

The blue-haired youth paced back and forth beside his bed patiently. He wasn't waiting for anything particular, but glanced at the window or bookshelf occasionally. After another half-hour of pacing and thoughts that led to nowhere, he laid on his bed, placing his arms behind his head. He closed his eyes, dozing a little.

When Seiji had arrived back at the mansion and had seen Touma nowhere in sight he decided to sneak a small rest. He pushed open the door to the room Touma shared with him to find the boy asleep. The blond smiled and strode across the room. He stopped next the sleeping form of his friend, carefully sitting on the edge. Moments later, he stirred again, opening bleary sapphire eyes.

"Good afternoon." Seiji spoke. Touma yawned a little and greeted him back.

"What're you doing back?" He asked, watching those lavender eyes again.

"I was supposed to be back about an hour ago. Don't you remember?" Seiji glanced to a clock set on the bedside table, "Or were you still sleeping?" Touma scratched the back of his head sheepishly. He hadn't meant to sleep for that long.

"Oh. Right."

"Anyway, I'm a little tired myself. If you don't mind, I'm going to sleep for a little while too." He stood up from the bed and walked to his own. Touma nodded.

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A couple hours later, Seiji awoke to the soft chatter of the others downstairs. He sat up, absentmindedly brushing his hair over one of his eyes. As he was about to get up and leave the room he noticed Touma sitting near the window pane, watching a bird twitter among a few branches.

"Seiji?" The voice startled him until he realized that it was the blue-haired teen speaking. "Tell me again why you hide your eyes like that?" He had continued on without waiting for reply. Seiji would have been startled again, had he not remembered that by now Touma would know his routine well enough without watching. He walked over to stand beside him instead of leaving.

"Well; because my-" He cut short when the other teen had stood up and faced him. Touma reached out a hand, brushing the blond bangs aside to reveal two vivid lavender eyes.

"You look…better with them showing…" He said, almost unsurely. His fingers rested gently against Seiji's temple, the hair brushed against his hand.

Touma knew why Seiji had hid those eyes. Those beautiful eyes. They made him feel translucent, a thin veil hiding an obvious truth. Because he knew Seiji could see everything he was trying to hide.