Chapter 5. Strangers
Ayame
He's weird. I'm not going to lie. Or at least he was at first. Ikuto wouldn't stop fidgeting once Ren left so I sighed softly and turned to pick up a cup of tea I had made myself earlier and handed it to my guest. He wasn't very close so I had to take a few steps towards him and practically shove him into a chair while I took the one beside him and just decided to begin the conversation.
"So you're from here?" I asked softly as he took a sip of tea with a shaking hand. His sip was a loud one but I didn't mind, he was nervous and I had to try and get him to loosen up. Ren wanted us to be friends and I would do anything for Ren.
"Y-yeah….how'd you know that?" he asked with some little bit of shining hope shining in his beautiful eyes…WAIT! did I just say BEAUTIFUL?! I shook the thought out of my head and remembered REN's eyes. Everything about Ren.
"Uhh…" I said stupidly as I tried to focus back on Ikuto. "I don't know. Maybe Ren told me?" I said watching him carefully set his tea down on the coffee table in front of us. He stared at me for a moment then eagerly began questioning me.
"So, what instrument do you play? Ren told me you're very talented in the music department." he said smiling softly down at me. I chuckled and pulled my knees up to my chest, allowing my cheek to rest on my knee.
"Nothing but my vocal cords and acoustic guitar." I said chuckling softly. It wasn't anything special, not like how Ikuto played the most beautiful music on his gorgeous violin. "It's not like you with your violin…" I said rocking a little bit.
I saw Ikuto's eyes widen a moment later and looked at his eyes. "W-what is it? are you all right?" I asked setting my legs down. Ikuto stuttered out words for a few seconds and then took a deep breath before speaking.
"I don't think Ren told you that." Ikuto said standing up quickly. I didn't understand. If Ikuto or Ren didn't tell me…then how did I know? As I started to question myself more and more my head began to throb and I knew a migraine was coming up. I had gotten them often ever since I could remember, but it was only when…I was starting to remember something from my past!
"Why not? Ren tells me a lot…" I said backing up a couple of steps but Ikuto stepped forward with me as well.
"Because…" Ikuto said stepping closer as I stepped farther until I finally bumped into onii-sama's desk. Ikuto kept moving closer and closer until he was only a few centimeters away from my body, his face inching closer to mine until his eyes stared into mine with such passion, that it stunned me.
"B-because why?" I stutter this time, trying not to drool over such a beautiful boy.
"Because," Ikuto said brushing apiece of hair out of my face carfully and then continuing. "I haven't played the violin in two years…" he said closing the gap between our bodies and now the space between our lips was only a breath away when the door was thrown open.
Ikuto didn't move, but I certainly did. When I looked around Ikuto's body I fully expected Ren to be standing there waiting to kill Ikuto or yell at me with fury raging in his eyes but instead it was…onii-sama with a cat in his arms and a stupid little grin on his lips.