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Title: Present
Universe: Eyeshield 21
Theme/Topic: third theme of five from the challenges Shiroro gave me. Still trying to find an Eyeshield voice… and failing, probably. O.o
Rating: PG-13
Character/Pairing/s: lightly JyuuxSena
Warnings/Spoilers: OOCness and LAME.
Word Count: 574
Time: 25 mins approximately.
Summary: follow up to "Sports Drink"- Sena returns the favor.
Dedication: idiosyn- hope my link spammage didn't kill your comp the other night. O.o
A/N: LAME.
Disclaimer: Not mine, though I wish constantly. Not mine, though I wish constantly. Also, the five themes aren't mine either, so if you wanna use them, please contact kshi first.
Distribution: Just lemme know.

He blinks, not knowing what to do exactly, when he finds Sena suddenly in front of him, the shrimp holding out a Yakisoba pan he bought towards the blonde and looking tentative and sheepish as he offers it to him.

Jyuumonji stares down at it and doesn't say anything for a while.

"Ah… you um, you don't want it, then?" the smaller boy asks after a moment of the two of them just standing there like that. The runningback tries not to appear as disappointed as he is that the lineman doesn't seem to want his gift and offers an understanding smile instead. "Well um, you probably ate already then, right?" he says, dropping his eyes down to the ground and lowering his hand to withdraw the present. "I just thought you maybe liked yakisoba pan, since, you know, on the first day of school…and I saw that they weren't sold out yet today when I passed by, so…"

Before he can draw back the bread completely though, Jyuumonji's big hand suddenly clamps down around the brown-haired boy's wrist, and blinking, Sena forgets his words, eyes darting back up abruptly. "Jyuumonji-san…?"

"Er… I'm hungry," Kazuki says awkwardly, face tinged ever so slightly pink. "So…" He moves his eyes away from Sena's then, and turns them towards the bread in the smaller boy's hand instead. "Yeah. Thanks."

Sena smiles. "Ah, you are hungry then?"

"Tch. I just said so, didn't I?"

"Ahaha, yeah… sorry. I…"

"Er, it's fine," the blonde interrupts, feeling stupid for snapping at the runt so suddenly. "I uh… I… Che. Just hand it over, will ya?"

"O-of course!"

Jyuumonji swallows and manages to make his hand follow the same path as his eyes, letting go of Sena's wrist and snatching the runt's gift from him.

Another awkward silence.

And then, chuckling sheepishly, the smaller boy rubs at the back of his neck. "It's a thank you," he says, by way of explanation. "For yesterday."

Jyuumonji blinks. "Huuh?"

"The uh… the sports drink," Sena responds. Then, "I uh, I better go. So, thank you again!" the brown haired boy says, sounding hasty and embarrassed. "See you at practice!"

And then he bows and darts off, leaving Jyuumonji to stare after him, Yakisoba pan in hand.

The blonde watches Sena go--at least until he can't see the runt anymore-- and then turns back to the bread he's holding, suddenly realizing that half of him doesn't want to eat the thing so much as just…keep it for a while. Weird.

"Er…"

Then he thinks Sena might ask him something like, "How was the bread?" later, because the shrimp seems to be the type of person who would ask that sort of thing even if it's dumb and pointless, and for some reason (equally dumb and pointless, probably), Jyuumonji wants to be able to answer Sena with something other than, "I didn't eat it yet" when the runt does ask.

Sighing, he reluctantly takes the bread out from the plastic wrapping and bites into it.

As he eats, he can't help but think to himself that he's an idiot, even as he folds up the bread's wrapper and puts it in his pocket.

He's hopeless for doing something so absolutely ridiculous, but a part of him is secretly glad that he does, because this way, even if the bread is gone, at least he'll get to keep the wrapper for a while afterwards instead.

END