A/N: I JUST FOUND A RYURIN FAMILY FANART RIGHT AS I WAS GOING TO UPLOAD THIS CHAPTER ADJAHHXDHADFFKUFHFSJDHGFJHIMOPMDCFQTZX
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Eyes
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What were his eyes like?
Hayami Rinka wondered as she sat next to her sniping partner, Chiba Ryunosuke. Today it was going to be another assassination attempt to kill their sensei-target, and like many times before, the two snipers were tasked with delivering the finishing blow. Thus the two serious students were currently hidden among the trees on a hill, waiting till the rest of the class finished the preparations below to get the octopus into a position were they had a high chance of getting him.
But why the sudden question about eyes you ask? Well, it had just suddenly come to her. She had simply taken a glance at the boy next to her while he was staring through his gun's scope and caught a glimpse of his eyes from behind the black hair. And from there, the question just popped into her head.
What were his eyes like?
Rinka had caught similar glimpses in the past, and from what she could tell, his eye color was red…ish? Admittedly, there were a few other times she'd been curious about them. But being the kind of girl she was, she had never really tried to see them, or asked Chiba about them for the matter. Though, regularly being his partner in shooting and all, she was probably the one from Class-E who'd seen the most of his eyes. Because, as far as she knew, Chiba actually took precautions to not let anyone around see his eyes. Though, that just raises more questions…
Rinka mentally shook her head. Now was not the time for this. Looking through her scope, she saw Korosensei along with some of her classmates. They were taking advantage of several of his weaknesses at once to reduce his speed and getting him into a proper shooting position, just like how they'd done at the island.
The orange haired sniper placed her finger at the trigger, the boy next to her doing the same. Intently looking through the scopes, the two focused all of their concentration on their target. He was almost in position. A bead of sweat rolled down Rinka's forehead and Chiba released a light breath. Almost…..Almost…..There!
They pulled the trigger and the bullets flew.
Chiba and Rinka watched through the scopes, holding their breaths. They saw it all, the flying bullets, meeting their target, the yellow goop and a ripped off tentacle. But alas, the end result was the same as usual.
The two snipers sighed, they'd failed once again. This time however, they'd taken out one of sensei's main 'arm' tentacles and scratched his head. There weren't sure whether this would be considered a better or worse result than the island attempt, since back then, they'd forced him into his ultimate defense form.
Nevertheless, they pulled their guns back as the other students handled things below. They had no chance of getting him on this attempt anymore. Might as well pack their things and go down.
Though, for Rinka, she wanted to do one more thing while they were still up there alone.
"Hey, Chiba,"
The boy looked at her, "Yes?"
"Can you show me your eyes?"
Chiba blinked at the abrupt request. Though, his surprise soon disappeared, as the straightforwardness was so like Rinka. Still…
"Why the sudden interest in my eyes?" The boy casually asked.
"It's not sudden…I've always wondered about them," Rinka admitted, further surprising Chiba. "But that's not the point. Can't you just show them to me?"
"Well, I usually like to avoid anyone seeing them. But if it's you, I guess I could do it," Chiba said.
A strange pleasant warmth spread through Rinka's chest at the last sentence. Though, a question also rose up, "Why exactly do you try to avoid anyone seeing them?"
Chiba paused. Indeed, why did he? He knew that he didn't want people to see behind the hair covering his upper face, but the reason…?
"…I'm not sure, really… I guess you could call it some sort of a habit. I've had this hair style for as long as I can remember, and it seems I grew accustomed to people not seeing my eyes. So much so that, I ended up actually making an effort to keep them hidden. Now that I think about it, it feels kind of odd,"
Rinka stared at the boy who now had his head bowed, seemingly thinking more about the topic. She had believed she knew a lot about her shooting mate already, but now it was apparent that there was a lot she still didn't know. After all, if just a question about his eyes generated that response, there were sure to be much more to the boy called Chiba Ryunosuke. A smile formed on her lips.
"Then, can you show them to me?"
Chiba looked up at the girl's softly repeated question, before he also smiled. "Sure," He said and pushed up his hair with his right hand.
And the way he did it made Rinka's heart flutter. It looked like a hero of a romantic movie brushing up his hair against the wind in a breathtaking scene meant to make him look hot…
A shudder ran down her spine. Ok, that did not suit her at all. Take two:
It looked like a (dashing) sniper assassin positioned on a building, adjusting his hair to get a proper view of his target. Yeah, that was more like it.
Anyway, back to the real issue, Chiba's eyes were now completely visible to her. And she couldn't help but be ever so slightly mesmerized by them.
The color was more or less what she'd thought; reddish-brown, somewhat intimidating yet kind of appealing to her. And the sharpness in his eyes made the color stand out even more. They seemed like two polished gems fitted into his eye sockets.
"They're beautiful," Rinka mumbled as a hand unconsciously reached towards the boy's face. Chiba withdrew an inch at the approach, but no more than that. He stayed in place and let Rinka's fingers lightly brush the skin below his eye.
They stayed like that for several seconds, their eyes locked at each other through the entire time. After almost half a minute, Rinka finally retreated back, letting Chiba relax. Why did he get so tense all of a sudden?
"They really are nice." Rinka complimented again. "You should show them off actually. They're really cool."
"…Even if I got around my… habit, I can't do that." Chiba said. "You already know that the hair covering my eyes helps my marksmanship. And in the situation we're in, I need to be ready to shoot at any time. So I can't change this style."
Rinka showed a somewhat disappointed smile, "I guess it can't be helped." She said before turning her attention back to her gun. "Well, we should get going now. The rest would be waiting for us by now."
"You're right," Chiba agreed and went back to packing his own stuff. Soon enough, the duo were done. They stood up and started walking, heading down the cliff by the back path.
During their downward stride together, Rinka remembered the bit about knowing more about the boy beside her. She really wanted to know more about Chiba. A clear look at his eyes made her desire to deepen her familiarity with him grow. And those desires lead her to speak again,
"Hey Chiba," The boy turned his head towards her in response. "Are you doing anything after school today?"
"Nothing in particular, why?"
"Can we meet up after school?"
One of Chiba's hidden eyebrows went up, "Meet up? Do you mean like a-"
"Don't get the wrong idea. When I say 'meet up', I simply mean it in the way of friends hanging out, nothing more. So can we or not?"
This time Chiba was amused by the girl's quickly worded response. It was a rare sight to see Rinka flustered, even if just a little. Nonetheless, he answered her question,
"Sure, I guess. When and where will we meet?"
"I'll inform you of that before school ends." Rinka said and suddenly sped up, quickly going ahead of Chiba.
'Odd,' the boy thought. But he had to admit, he was looking forward to this. After all, he liked spending time with Rinka.
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A/N: I thought Chiba's eyes looked really cool when he shot the gun licking assassin, both in the anime and manga. So this shot features those glorious eyes. Have a RyuRin filled night! Morning! Afternoon! Or whatever time it is at your place! -Plus Ultra Bye!