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Ai sat nervously in the corner of Nagisa's room, deeply regretting agreeing to this sleepover. He knew he'd have multiple texts and missed calls from his parents but he was too embarrassed to call them back. He'd already made a fool of himself once today, boasting about how in love he and Rin were only to be laughed at when they reunited, he didn't need to do it twice.
How long had they all known, he wondered. Waiting for the right moment to surprise Rin. And he had been surprised, didn't expect his pathetic little summer secret to reappear.
"Drink?" Nagisa asked, waving a bottle of Jack Daniels in Ai's face.
"No, I'm fine." He shook his head.
"Course." Sousuke smirked. "Innocent little Ai never drinks."
"Yeah I do." He denied, even it were just a glass or two of wine in the company of his family.
"Then what's the problem?" Sousuke asked, turning towards him.
"Nothing." He attempted to shrug casually before grabbing the bottle.
"That's the spirit Ai-chan!" Nagisa cheered, Ai wincing slightly as the whisky hit the back of his throat.
"Anyone else?" He coughed, hoping to pass the bottle off quickly.
"Sure." Makoto smiled, taking more than a sip.
"Hey! Don't hog it!" Sousuke jeered, fighting the other boy for the bottle.
"Ai-chan! Do you know what you'd look great with?" Nagisa beamed.
"No, what?" He frowned, curling up to avoid getting caught up in the play fight.
"An earring!" He shouted.
"What?" Ai exclaimed.
"Sure he would." Sousuke snorted, finally having claimed the bottle.
"It would make you look edgy, show Rin you don't need him." Nagisa said excitedly. "I'll do it."
"Is it safe?" He frowned.
"Sure!" He grinned.
Ai watched helplessly as Nagisa ran around his room, grabbing supplies for a piercing he wasn't even sure he wanted.
"Here." Sousuke held out a joint. "It will help you relax."
"Oh… No thanks." He smiled.
"Let me guess, never smoked before either?" He grinned.
"No." He shook his head, blushing slightly.
Sousuke lit up and held it out to Ai. The boy knew he shouldn't take it, drugs weren't exactly what he wanted to get mixed up in but the condescending look he was getting prompted him to reach out and take it.
He choked right away, coughing out the smoke almost as soon as it entered his mouth.
"Oh, I should have told you not to inhale unless you're used to it." Sousuke fake apologised.
Nagisa took the joint from Ai's hands – and didn't take a drag himself much to the boy's relief – and handed it back to Sousuke.
"Ready?" He asked Ai.
"Not really." He shook his head, Nagisa rubbing his ear with an antiseptic wipe.
"It will only hurt for a minute." He dismissed, grabbing a needle.
"I just don't think it's a good idea." He babbled. "My father won't like it and… Ah!"
He screamed as soon as the needle touched his skin, Nagisa paling suddenly.
"Maybe we should do this in the bathroom, my parents will freak if I get blood everywhere." Nagisa said with a nervous wobble in his voice.
"Blood?" He blanched, reaching up to his ear to feel a needle half way through his lobe.
"Only a little." He reassured, grabbing his arm and pulling him out the room.
Sousuke waited until he heard the bathroom door slam shut before he walked over to Makoto, grabbing his phone right out his hands.
"Hey!" He complained, only to be ignored by Sousuke.
"How long are going to hang around with Mr Goody Goody?" He asked.
"He's not that bad." Makoto laughed. "I quite like him, and Nagisa adores him."
"Come on, he's nothing like us." He complained. "He doesn't drink, or swear, he'll probably get ill from one little smoke."
"It takes all sorts to make a world." He shrugged.
"I suppose." He rolled his eyes. "Do you ever wonder how Rin lost his heart to Doris Day out there?"
"A little bit." Makoto admitted. "We all know what men like Rin wanna do."
"Not with Ai surely." He gasped in fake shock. "He won't go to bed til he's legally wed."
"Maybe Rin liked the challenge." He shrugged.
"Or maybe it was the beauty spot." He laughed.
Sousuke reached over Makoto to grab a kohl pencil off the bedside and drew a crude spot under his eye.
"Try and keep your cool." He purred, pressing down onto the other boy. "You're starting to drool."
"You're an idiot." He rolled his eyes, attempting to push Sousuke off, only to be rolled over on top of him.
"Mako!" He cried, scandalised. "Let me be! Keep that body far from me!"
Before Makoto could utter a response a voice cleared his throat by the door, the pair turning to see a grinning Nagisa and a frowning Ai.
"Are you making fun of me Sousuke?" Ai asked.
"Some people are so touchy." He shook his head, smearing the spot across his face.
Ai sat down with a frown, a bag of frozen peas against his ear. A broken heart and a hole in his ear was not how he expected to end his evening.
"Hey, you alright?" Makoto asked, climbing off Sousuke.
"Yeah." He nodded.
"It gets easier to say no to Nagisa." He reassured.
"I doubt it." He pouted.
"Last month Nagisa tried to convince me it would be a good idea to get my belly button pierced and look." He smiled, lifting up his shirt. "Nothing there."
"Let's see the damage." Sousuke said, crawling over to him, Makoto finally getting back his phone that was being held hostage.
Reluctantly, Ai removed his ice pack and showed his swollen ear, a sparkling stud almost getting swallowed by the pink skin.
"Remind me never to let you near me." Sousuke winced.
"You'll be sorry." Nagisa said smugly. "I've been accepted in Iwatobi Beauty School."
"You're dropping out of Samezuka?" He asked.
"I don't see it as dropping out." He shrugged. "I see it as more of a transfer."
"Your parents are letting you leave?" He questioned dubiously.
"As long as I pass all my classes they'll be happy." He nodded.
"Who you texting?" Ai asked Makoto, the boy having barely glanced up from his phone since he'd got it back.
"Just some friends." He shrugged.
"Makoto is the biggest cock tease there is." Nagisa joked, lying on the bed beside the boy.
"No I'm not!" Makoto cried out, completely outraged.
"How many guys you speaking to?" Sousuke asked.
"About five or six." He reluctantly admitted.
"And how many are you sleeping with?" Nagisa asked.
"None of them!" He denied.
"My point exactly." Nagisa grinned.
"Oh stop it! There's nothing wrong with having a close friendship." He poked his tongue out.
"Tell that to Haru, poor boy has had blue balls since middle school." Sousuke teased.
"Haru is a very good friend, don't taint it with your need to sexualise everything." He frowned, he'd known Haru since they were babies, their relationship was deeper than sex.
"Sure, if you want to believe that." Nagisa laughed.
"Leave me alone." Makoto whined.
"I think I'm going to head home." Ai muttered, forcing himself to stand up.
"Are you sure?" Nagisa asked with a frown.
"Yeah, I kind of want to be alone." He shrugged.
"Okay." He reluctantly agreed as he watched Ai leave.
Once outside Ai sat down on the steps, listening to the sound of the boys' rowdy laughter seeping out the open window. He knew they all meant their best and were trying to distract him and cheer him up but all he could think about was Rin.
He wished he could just get over it, it was not the first time anyone had had their heart broken, it wasn't the first time someone had cried. He probably wasn't the first to know there was no getting over Rin.
He felt like such a fool, willing to sit around and wait for him. But now their love had pushed aside, forgotten and never to reborn. His head told him to forget Rin but his heart told him to never let go.
But despite everything that had happened he was still hopelessly devoted to Rin.
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Rin cringed slightly as Haru pulled his car up in front of Nagisa's house, he wasn't sure how his friends managed to talk him into it. He was hoping that Ai wasn't here or would at least refuse to see him so they could leave.
As soon as Haru switched off the engine Momo was on his feet, cupping his hands around his mouth.
"Ai!" He shouted. "Where for art thou Ai?"
"Shut up!" Rin scolded, forcing Momo back into his seat.
He panicked slightly as he watched the curtains twitch, only to reveal Nagisa and Makoto, if Ai was there he was in no mood to play.
"What do you want?" Nagisa asked after he opened the window.
"We're here for Rin's love." Momo yelled back.
"Well he doesn't want to see you!" He replied, shooting Rin a harsh glare, a look not suited for the blonde's usually cheerful face.
"Come on! All Rin is asking for is one more night." Momo laughed.
"Forget this." Rin complained, jumping out the car and walking away.
"Come on Rin!" Momo yelled after him. "I was only joking."
But Rin didn't stop, he couldn't stand around as his friends teased Ai. Joked about their relationship as if it were nothing more than a meaningless fling. They didn't understand what had really happened, what feelings were really there.
And why should they? When Rin had put on such an act why would they know it was anything more than physical?
Nagisa smiled in triumph as Rin walked away, he would never be getting near their Ai again. Not after how he treated him.
He jumped slightly when he felt Sousuke behind him, dressed and ready to go.
"You coming?" He asked the others as he stuck his leg out the window.
"No, I think I'll stay." Makoto shook his head, giving a pointed look to his shoulder. "And you should too."
"I'll be fine." He rolled his eyes, climbing the rest of the way and shimmying down the trellis.
"Hey Sousuke." Momo greeted nervously, getting out the car.
"Hi." He smiled.
Sousuke wasn't stupid, he knew Momo liked him but had never made a move because he was intimidated by Sousuke, and a little bit afraid of Rin. But he didn't have to worry about that anymore because Sousuke was coming for him, after a month long dry spell he was after some undivided attention.
"Rei-chan!" Nagisa sung when the other two boys stepped out the car, practically hanging out his window.
"Yes?" He replied.
"You could come up if you wanted, keep me company." He smiled innocently, but everyone heard the implication of his words.
"What about your parents?" He asked nervously, last time he'd had a run in with Nagisa's dad and he really didn't want a repeat.
"They're out." He answered.
"See you guys later." He smirked to his friends, heading towards the door as Nagisa eagerly ran from the window.
When they had first got together Nagisa had been completely smitten with the other boy and given Rei the easy lay he wanted straight away. But the blonde had been persistent and never let Rei go even after their first encounter until soon the other boy was quite smitten too. Not that he would ever admit it.
Haru rolled his eyes slightly, both his friends having paired off and leaving him as a spare wheel.
"Haru-chan!" Nagisa shouted after he detached himself from Rei's lips.
"What?" He groaned, glancing at the boy.
"I think Makoto would like some company too." He smirked.
Haru pretended to consider this offer for a moment before heading over towards the door, even if it wasn't the same action Rei would be getting it was still better than nothing.
"Hey!" Momo shouted after him. "What about the car?"
"Keep it for the night." Haru shrugged, tossing him the keys. "Just clean it when you're done."
Momo was confused at the comment but Haru recognised the look Sousuke was giving him, granted it was usually directed at Rin but it was familiar all the same. Momo was in for an interesting evening.
"Do you want to go for a drive?" Momo asked.
"Sure." Sousuke smirked.
…
When Momo had suggested they go for a drive he didn't expect Sousuke to direct him to the nearest car park and pull him into the backseat as soon as he parked up.
But with Sousuke's lips against his neck and his hands down his trousers he found he really couldn't care less.
"Oh god." Momo moaned, arching up into the touch.
"Do you like that?" Sousuke grinned.
"Yes." He gasped.
"Has anyone touched you here before?" He asked.
"Course." He snorted, crying out as the hand around him squeezed.
"Really? I'm not sure I believe you." He smirked.
"No." He admitted. "You're the first."
Sousuke smiled at the confession before kissing Momo again, enjoying how responsive and eager the boy was.
They pulled apart with a start when the whole car shook, Momo's eyes wide.
"Is that supposed to happen?" He asked.
"Not yet." He laughed, sitting up to see what had caused the bump.
"Ikuya?" Momo asked as he followed suit. "Asahi?"
"I'm guessing Haru isn't with you both." Ikuya grinned.
"No, just me." He swallowed, not feeling as cocky without his friends.
"So this is this piece of scrap metal he was bragging about?" He asked.
"He'll beat you!" He defended. "Just you wait."
"I'll believe that when I see it." He joked.
"Just get out of here." Sousuke rolled his eyes.
"Rin's sloppy seconds?" Asahi mocked. "Is that the best you can do?"
Ikuya revved his car at the comment and slammed into the bumper, watching with satisfaction as it fell to the ground.
"Hey! You're gonna pay for that." Momo shouted.
Asahi reached into his pocket and grabbed a dime, throwing it in the general direction of the car.
"That should cover the damage." He shouted as Ikuya sped off.
"Haru is going to kill me." Momo complained, dropping back into his seat.
"It's not that bad." Sousuke shrugged. "Just one more thing to fix, there's already a lot."
"I guess." He groaned. "I better take the car to him."
"Yeah." He nodded, kissing Momo's neck again. "Or we can go after."
"After." He moaned. "After's good."
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Still not sure if I'm happy with this continuation :/ I think every new chapter is overkill