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Suddenly, Akihiro's massive body jerked to the left, pulled from his neck. His hands flew to the arm that choked him and was ready to tear it off until a loud and cheerful voice boomed in his ear, "Yo, Akihiro! How's pretty Lafter?" Shino tugged at his friend again. He is a lot smaller but with his impressive balanced build, he could still pack a punch. Or a pull, in this case.
As for his comment, it wasn't the first time that Akihiro heard it. The first few times were annoying though. But, as Lafter said it, "Shino? He's too loud. And he flirts with almost ANYTHING. Quiet guys are my type. Especially, big, brawny guys... with intimidating aura..." she'd end it with a wink that would calm Akihiro from his raging territorial tendencies everytime.
"Hey, are you even listening?"
The same boisterous person was still clinging onto him.
"As I was saying, do you think you can make Lafter introduce me to some of her friends?"
"Unbelievable..." Akihiro grumbled. Yet Shino's determined smile shone bright, almost blinding him. He knew that there was no way out of it since this was Shino blabbing about girls and getting to know them. More of, he prayed that may there be a way out of it.
"So, what do you say?" Shino's tone was almost begging. Maybe if the brunnette had the same enthusiasm with his academics, he wouldn't have to plow through all-nighters and make-up classes.
"Ask her." Then Akihiro ducked out of the hold on his neck and made his way back to the classroom.
Still, Shino chased him. "Oh, come on man! We're not THAT close." Then he winked. Mischievously.
But the bigger lad wouldn't have any of it. "Go back to your class, Shino."
"Aww..."
He thought he could escape, that it would be forgotten come end of the day. But boy, AKihiro has never been so wrong. Before it was only Shino who was pestering him. Now, there's Eugene, too. The two had arms slung over and they were slowly bearing their weight on him.
Akihiro could only hiss, "What the hell, guys?"
"Well," Eugene started, "Unlike you Mister I-have-a-hot-girlfriend, we're sexually frustrated." Again, the passing comment on how desirable Lafter was rung in Akihiro's ears. They were friends and he'd let it pass but sometimes it makes his blood boil knowing that his friends look lustfully at his girl.
"You're just going to ask Lafter to hook us up with somebody. It's not like we're trying to get Lafter from you!" Shino seconded.
"Then go fucking ask Lafter!" Akihiro wrenched himself away. He faced them, already pissed off at their stupid request. But he didn't know that somebody was behind him.
"Ask me what?" Sweet, green eyes stared at him with all the love in the world. Everything up to that point was washed away.
"Lafter, what are you doing here?" asked Shino. "You're conveniently here."
The blond girl crossed her arms underneath her ample breasts. "I was supposed to meet Azee but I ran into you, duh. So what were you going to ask me?" She looked at Shino, then eyed Eugene, but the two boys did not say a word. She shifted to Akihiro who rolled his eyes. "Well? Ain't no one going to tell me? 'Cause I have to meet Azee and the girls."
"Stop wasting your time here and get going," spoke Akihiro.
"No, wait!" Shino stopped the girl from leaving, earning a glare from the bulky boy. "Uh, can you introduce us to your friends... or something?"
"Like a mixer?"
"Yeah, like that!" Eugene happily chimed in.
"I guess it wouldn't be a problem." Lafter then chuckled, "I'd actually want to party. Akihiro, can I come along?" Then she shook her head, "Should WE come along?"
Akihiro wasn't into the idea of being in the same room with strangers, females no less. He shook his head. He didn't want to be a killjoy while being in the party; he'd rather be a killjoy for not going. "How come I'm being dragged into this?"
Shino then agreed, "Yeah, how come? He's gonna ruin our chances!"
"What do you mean ruin your chances!? He's already MY boyfriend! Why would my friends even..." Once livid, it was like fire being doused with water. Lafter's angry expression soon faded away. "On second thought, I think we should stay home. Right, Akihiro?"
"Yeah," her big guy of a boyfriend concurred. With a huge grin, Lafter waved goodbye to the boys to meet Azee.
Eugene was the one to continue the conversation after seeing the other two wordless, "Wow, she's just as territorial as you, Akihiro. Damn, I wish I had a girlfriend like that. I wouldn't mind an overly-attached girlfriend."
Again, Shino held on to Akihiro in sheer envy. His hands grabbed onto the shirt and with growling voice, the brunette stated his frustration at how lucky his friend was. "Why was it you!? Why wasn't it me!? DAMMIT! Why is fate cruel!?" Shino shook whatever he held with great strength borne of jealousy. "Damn it! Damn it all!" A few moments later, he lost all the will to go on and what has been an angry hold turned into a desperate clutch.
Eugene and Akihiro could only silently look at each other, 'Maybe if you turned gay, it wouldn't be so hard. Yamagi's always been waiting for you.'
"But that would be too much to ask, huh?" asked Akihiro.
Eugene had a solemn look. "Yeah."
Later, Shino could be found in the arcades with Eugene, obviously happy that the other girls accepted the invite.
"I'm surprised you humored them," said Akihiro.
Lafter had a smile on her lips as she pocketed her phone. "You don't look surprised at all." She had told Shino that the girls agreed to get to know them. They were, after all, good looking guys, also members of the prestigious Tekkadan club. She then waved upon seeing her little brother waiting by the shed. "Aston!"
The boy had the slightest of smiles, a sharp contrast from his energetic sister. He nodded in acknowledgement of Akihiro's presence. Aston then looked at his sister, "What will we have for dinner?" and was suddenly exhausted the very moment she opened her mouth.
Akihiro watched the siblings argue over what's for dinner when ultimately the three of them will eat at his residence after arriving at the point that there's no longer any common ground as to what the two of them wanted. He smiled as Lafter glared at Aston's smart-ass nature. Then he prodded the two to continue walking on home as he listened to them talk, passively hearing each word, providing a yes or no once in a while. Akihiro's mind was nowhere as he walked, only noting that Lafter had wrapped her arm in his on their way.
"Who do you think you're talking to? I am Iok Kujan."
"You gonna stay at our house, Akihiro?" asked Aston. A few seconds passed yet he didn't get an answer. So he looked to his side and saw shock. "Hey, are you okay?"
"What?" Hearing the question, Lafter looked at Akihiro as well. "Akihiro?" Then she shook him until he regained consciousness.
With a smirk, Aston teased the older boy, "There you go again. Dreaming wide-eyed. You'll get kicked in the face someday." Then he chuckled as he got a few steps away. Luckily for him, Akihiro was still dazed. The green-eyed boy might have treated the event as something miniscule but for his sister, it was something that should be paid concern.
Lafter hit her boyfriend on the chest. "Hey, this isn't funny anymore." Whatever cheerfulness she had a while ago was gone. She hit him once more. "Hey, say something! Did you hurt your head and you didn't tell me? And now you're having... some... some kind of after effect!?" She slapped Akihiro at least three more times on his arms until he caught her hands and stopped her attack.
"Hey! That actually hurt."
Relieved, the blond girl fisted her hands in his. "I was worried, idiot! You weren't reacting!"
"I wasn't?"
"You weren't," Aston backed Lafter up. He'd been a few meters away but he quickly closed the distance when he heard his sister's distressed tone. "What happened?"
"Yeah, what happened?"
Confused and disoriented with the sudden concern of the persons with him, Akihiro could barely comprehend what was happening and what had happened. He was shut down for a few minutes by a peculiar memory. But he could no longer remember. The bulky boy simply looked at the horizon mired by building silhouettes, with "I don't know" drawling off his lips.
Aston laughed it off. "It's funny how you remember something and then it slips away just as fast." Then he went back on his path. "It's like finding yourself in front of the fridge but you don't know why you're there."
Lafter still wasn't satisfied with how things are being hand-waved. "What was that?"
"He's fine," yet Aston had a skewed smile.
Akihiro agreed and followed, "Yeah, I'm fine." So far.
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