"Let's do it." Junpei brought his fist down against his palm with determination.

Akihiko was busy practicing and didn't bother to turn around. "Do what?"

"It."

" 'It' what?"

Junpei sighed. "You can be dense sometimes, you know that?"

"Uh huh." Akihiko was only half listening.

"Sex."

"What?" Now Akihiko turned around.

Junpei nodded. "Yeah, you heard me."

Akihiko frowned. "Out of the question."

"Aw. …why?"

"Well for one thing, do you even know how?"

" 'Course I do!" Junpei was indignant. "You just…"

Akihiko cut him short. "With a guy."

Junpei stretched his legs over the side of the bed. "Well…how different can it be?"

"This conversation's over." Akihiko went back to practicing.

Junpei glared at the back of Akihiko's T-shirt for awhile but that didn't accomplish anything, so he got up and left. After he was gone Akihiko took a deep breath and let it out.

Down in the lobby, Junpei looked around and then went over to the computer. No one used it much these days anyway, so it shouldn't be any big deal if he did a little research on it. He surfed around until he found what he was looking for. First he went pale, then he turned red. Well, he thought, that's pretty…straightforward. He jumped when he heard the door and quickly closed everything out.

After that he went back up to his room. The main challenge was going to be talking Akihiko into it. It would have been hard to do anyway, but after the incident at the movie theatre Akihiko was more on his guard than ever. Junpei was determined not to give up, though.

It was several days later in the lobby when Fuuka went over to the computer to check something out. She couldn't remember the site offhand, so she clicked the "History" button. The next thing everyone heard was a blood-curdling shriek.

Mitsuru ran over to her to see what was the matter. When she saw the screen, her face darkened. "Who has been using the dorm computer in such a manner?!"

Junpei did a quick fade before she swung around. Everyone else blinked at her, including Akihiko. But in his mind, a terrible suspicion was forming. After things settled down in the lounge again, he snuck up after Junpei.

He looked around Junpei's empty room, confused. Then he heard a faint rustling. Akihiko sighed and said, "It's safe. You can come out of the closet, now."

"Shit, did you see that? I almost did." Junpei poked his head out and then the rest of him followed it a moment later. "…but she doesn't know it was me, huh?"

Akihiko shook his head and then said, "So you…um…looked it up?"

"Found out all about it," Junpei said coolly.

Akihiko waited. Then he waited some more. Finally, he said, "Well?"

"It's just like with a girl, except you gotta turn around."

Akihiko looked at him warily. "That doesn't even make sense."

Junpei grinned. "I could always show you."

"No thanks."

"Aw come on. I'll do everything."

"If you're going to do everything anyway, you obviously don't need me." Akihiko walked back towards the door.

Junpei looked down. "…if you let me do it, I'll study harder."

"Bullshit."

"Come on, Senpai! My academic future is in your hands!" Junpei's voice was pleading.

Akihiko frowned. "If you swear not only to study harder, but to not bug me about it anymore either."

"Oh yeah, I'll ignore you all you want after you put out."

Akihiko looked at him suspiciously, but Junpei only grinned. "Uh…fine, then."

"Whoa, really?"

"Make it quick." Akihiko took his shirt off and then looked doubtfully around for a place to set it down.

"You're no fun." But even as he complained Junpei was fumbling with his buttons.

Akihiko sat on the bed. At least, he was pretty sure it was the bed. "Shut up. You're lucky I'm even doing this."

"Well…that's true. I guess you're a pretty decent guy, really." Junpei put a hand on Akihiko's shoulder and eased him back.

"Thank you." Akihiko said it with dignity. "…what are you doing?"

"Cool it for a second. I gotta concentrate." Junpei had worked his way through both pairs of pants and seemed to be contemplating his next course of action.

Akihiko ignored him. "I thought you said you knew how to do this."

"I do! Pretty much."

"You know what? Forget it. I don't care anymore if you fail your… … …oh."

"Found it."

"Shut up."

Junpei did actually shut up after that, but it was probably just because his mouth was busy. Akihiko didn't tell him to hurry anymore either. Somewhere in the middle of it all things became deadly serious, and as Junpei panted and stared down at Akihiko he knew there was no way he was going to be able to keep the second half of his promise.

Akihiko watched the ceiling flicker past Junpei's shoulder as if he were seeing it through heat distortion. He felt himself moving, and as someone who trusted his body, he obeyed its impulses. He knew that Junpei hadn't expected him to react this much, but he told himself that it was okay because they weren't going to do it again. Then Junpei's teeth brushed up against his chest and Akihiko stopped worrying about how he should react.

About a week later, Akihiko looked up from his textbook. Junpei was to all appearances studying hard, but just to be sure, Akihiko leaned down and took a look in his notebook. When he saw what was in it, he sighed.

"…That's a real nice sketch of a giant robot you have there."

Junpei looked up guiltily. "I was just taking a study break. You know, to recharge my…uh…faculties."

"Your giant robot drawing faculties."

"You don't know, man! I've studied harder this week than I ever have in my life!" Junpei paused and looked down miserably. "…and it sucks."

Akihiko's expression lost a little bit of its severity. "Well…I guess a study break isn't a bad idea."

"Cool, can we do it again?"

After Junpei sustained some minor blunt-force trauma, they did it again.