a/n: It's the last day of Fictober! I'm actually caught up on tumblr, lol, but I didn't feel like posting multiple chapters a day just to be caught up here. So I'm going to spill into November. But eh. That's fine. Thanks for reading!

Fictober Day 28: "Enough! I heard enough."

Rin glanced up at the sound of humming. Shima had just walked into the classroom, and he was bobbing his head to the tune of something Rin could only vaguely make out. The big headphones resting on his head was a dead give away—he had music playing.

"Hey," Rin said immediately, standing from his desk. "Whatcha listenin' to?"

Shima glanced at him for a moment before taking out what of his earbuds. "Oh. This band I like came out with a new single. Wanna hear it?"

Rin grinned. "Sure!"

Shima mimicked the gesture and didn't hesitate to slide his headphones off so Rin could listen. He flinched at the loud volume, deciding only to use one cuff. Shima said, "Here. I'll start it over. The opening instrumental is really good."

Rin nodded in acknowledgment, waiting for it to play. Soon, he realized that Shima was right—the opening sequence really was amazing. It wasn't long before he was nodding his head to the music, seeing Shima smirk out of the corner of his eye.

"Good, right?"

"It's awesome."

He listened as the first verse played, eyes widening when the beat dropped. Sick. Then came the chorus. The instruments blended flawlessly with the vocals. Then the notes became softer. Crisper. It was lovely.

The second verse followed. Rin listened to the lyrics, still nodding along occasionally. Really listened. The vocalist was singing about kissing his—

Wait.

Kissing.

Kissing was... when two people...

"Enough," Rin cried suddenly, yanking the headphones off as a blush crept onto his cheeks. "I heard enough."

Shima blinked, startled. "What? You don't like it?"

"N-no! It's good!" His blush darkened as he stubbornly looked away. "I was just... caught off guard by that line."

"What line?"

"You know. That one line."

"Actually, I don't know. You're going to have to tell me."

Rin could have crawled under a bridge and stayed there for the remainder of the week. Was Shima really going to make him say it? Out loud? "You know..." he repeated, fidgeting slightly. "About... him kissing... his partner... like. On the lips."

"Oh." Shima blinked again before a shit-eating grin took over his face. "What's the big deal? It's just kissing."

Rin promptly hid his face as if that would make it cool down faster. "I-it's a big deal, ok? You have to be really intimate with someone to do that, right? It's—"

He trailed off into incoherent mumbles, too flustered to continue. It went from bad to worse when Shima started cracking up.

"Shut up," Rin muttered. "Don't laugh at me."

"S-sorry." (Rin was sure he wasn't.) "I just... I didn't expect you to get so flustered, so easily." He patted Rin's shoulder as his laughter died down to quiet giggles. "Oh, my dear Okumura-kun. You have a lot to learn."

Rin let his head slam down on his desk. Didn't answer Shiemi when she came in asking what was wrong.