The Intimacy Institution
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Chapter 3
Blue hair, yellow eyes, and a crazy grin taped to his face.
"Hello, oniisan," he said to Ren as he stood next to the table. He was wearing normal clothes, not the uniform, and it was a jacket in cold colors and with headphones around his neck. Ren didn't look happy about the situation, even less so when his brother spoke again.
"We always sit together, brother. Aren't you gonna introduce me to your new friends?" he asked, and Ren pointed to Aoba and Koujaku and introduced them. Koujaku was out of words; he didn't know the guy, and he seemed really creepy. Aoba lifted his hand to the new person and smiled.
"Nice to meet you. So you're Ren's brother?"
"I am. Sly Blue, but just call me Sly," he said and winked at Aoba, who blushed a bit at the awkward gesture.
"Just sit down already, Sly, or you'll make a scene," Ren said impatiently and pulled Sly down in a chair next to Koujaku. Sly sat sloppily down and started eating his food, rice and dry meatballs, very slowly, using his fingers. Ren sighed loudly and was obviously embarrassed by his brother. All Aoba thought about was how they looked almost nothing alike. Ren had black-ish blue hair that almost reached his shoulders and a mild face that looked like he was thinking hard about something all the time. Sly however…
"Uhm…" Aoba was brought out of his thoughts when he heard Koujaku stutter awkwardly while looking hard at Sly.
"What? Did the cat steal your tongue?" Sly asked and grinned mockingly.
"You and Aoba… You really look a lot alike," he finally said, and Sly took a long glance at Aoba and then giggled again.
"Yeah, you're right. Oi, Aoba. I get that I'm cool, but you don't have to pretend to be me to get some of this," Sly said, and as Aoba turned his head towards Sly, he'd gotten up to Aoba's seat, bent down and…
"Eh?!" Aoba burst out when he felt Sly lick his cheek. "What the hell are you doing?!"
"Hahahahahahaha!" Sly laughed so he couldn't even breathe and sat down in his seat again, still giggling.
"You..!" Koujaku said, and looked like he was about to get really angry, but then Ren came in between them and bowed deeply.
"I'm very sorry on my brother's behalf! If there's any way I can make up for it…" he began, but Aoba, who was still a bit surprised at the whole scenario, stopped him.
"I'm okay, it's okay, Ren," he said, and Ren relaxed a bit. Sly still laughed, and Koujaku looked like he was a second away from shoving him, but Aoba sent him a look that said 'Don't', so he didn't. Apart from Sly's laughter, the rest of the meal went on in silence with stares from the other tables.
"I swear, next time I see that bastard he's really gonna get it!" Koujaku cussed to himself after they'd left the cafeteria, but Aoba elbowed him in the side.
"Don't, I'm alright. I just feel bad for Ren, he looked so embarrassed by his brother earlier," Aoba said and thought about how Sly had embarrassed them during breakfast. Ren had looked as if he wanted to dig a hole and hide in there forever.
"Yeah, you're right… Is it just me or was he staring a lot at me during breakfast? Like, was he coming on to me?" Koujaku asked with a weird tone.
"No he wasn't. Just because he's gay doesn't mean he wants to get into everybody's pants, you know," Aoba said annoyed.
"No, I know, but he's still a bit… you know," Koujaku said.
"Oh, don't be a homophobe, Koujaku. You'd still be friends with me if I were gay, right? Not that I am, but hypothetically," Aoba quickly added.
"Y-yeah, you're right. Sorry," Koujaku said, and just as Aoba was about to answer, they heard someone call behind them.
"Aoba, Koujaku!" the deep voice called, and they turned around to see Ren come running towards them. The white jacket with the homosexual route's green stripes on it was expanding and contracting fast; Ren had run fast.
"Again, I'm terribly sorry for my brother, he's nuts," Ren said worried while trying to catch his breath. "If there's anything I can do to make up for it, just the least, please tell me. It's just that we've always been together, mostly me trying to hold him under control, but also for him to scold me for being too serious," he explained.
"Really, Ren, it's fine. I was just surprised, I guess," Aoba said scratching his neck. It had been extremely awkward before, but now he just wanted to calm down a bit. "If you want, later me and Koujaku are going to find our friend Mizuki and do something, so you're welcome to join," he said smiling, earning raised eyebrows from Koujaku, whom he stabbed back with his eyes.
"I'd love to join. I'll make sure to keep Sly away this time," Ren said and bowed.
"Yes, that would probably be best," Koujaku added, but Aoba broke in.
"No, he's welcome too if he wants. If he can act nicely that is?" Aoba said the last like a question for Ren meaning: 'can he act nicely later?' and Ren nodded again and bowed even deeper.
"Thanks, I'll do my best. I'll see you then," he said and smiled at them, and Koujaku and Aoba turned around to walk away.
"See?" Koujaku hissed.
"What? What is it now?" Aoba asked irritated.
"He's totally looking at my butt, that little faggot..!" he said, and Aoba was getting pretty pissed with him now, when Ren called out to them.
"Uhm, Koujaku?" he asked cautiously.
"What is it? If you want a date, then look somewhere else. I've got the straight badge, see? You know 'straight'?" he said and pointed to his badge on the white set of clothes.
"It's not that, Koujaku. You have something on your pants, I think you sat on something," he said. Aoba bent down to look at the back of Koujaku's pants and it had a dark red stain on them.
"He's right, you've sat on some jam from the cafeteria," Aoba concluded and sent Koujaku a mean look. 'Apologize!'
"Oh…" Koujaku blushed deeply. "I-I'm sorry, Ren-san," he stammered, but Ren smiled and held up his hand.
"It's fine. I know you're on the straight route, Koujaku, so I know you're way out of my league," he said sarcastically and winked at Aoba, who was struggling to contain his laughter. Then he walked up the stairs towards the homosexual route's rooms and disappeared.
"Hahahahahaha, Koujaku!" Aoba laughed, and Koujaku, who looked like he'd been terribly burnt, just pouted on their way to his room.
"I couldn't possibly have known he was the prince of sass, now could I, A-o-ba?" Koujaku said pissed while Aoba sat on his bed and laughed his ass off.
"Haha… But you gotta admit: it was a pretty cool comeback," Aoba said, drying some of the tears of laughter from his eyes. Koujaku was not amused and Aoba who was now calming down walked over to Koujaku who stood by the open window and smoked a cigarette. As he breathed the smoke out, he spoke:
"Ahh, my only vice…" Aoba hugged his shoulders from behind and leaned on him.
"One of many," he said and giggled. Koujaku decided not to take it as an insult and leaned back a bit into Aoba's embrace.
"We've known each other for a pretty long time, huh?" Koujaku said and took a deep breath of the cigarette.
"We sure have. Since we were both small and cute," Aoba laughed and let go of Koujaku to join him leaning over the edge of the window.
"I didn't know you were coming here where I've been for a year already. I'm glad to have known you for such a long time," he spoke sincerely and looked at Aoba who was now blushing a bit.
"Uhm, you too, Koujaku. Hey don't go all gay for me, will ya'?" he said after a short break and pushed Koujaku lightly while laughing. He went back inside the giant room and threw himself back onto Koujaku's bed.
"No, that's not what I meant," Koujaku stammered and followed Aoba, sitting himself down on a chair next to the bed. "I know," Aoba says just to clear up, but Koujaku knows.
"I still can't believe we go to the same institution. I didn't think it was for you?" Koujaku asked.
"I was offered an all-inclusive stay, so I thought: 'why not?'. And it might be good for me, to meet new people, maybe even 'the one'. Not to sound cheesy or anything," he added, because it would almost be too good to be true if he met his soul mate at some weird institution.
"Yeah, maybe. Now that you are on the bisexual team, you might meet a male version of 'the one' though," Koujaku smirked, and Aoba shoved him.
"You'd like that wouldn't you? Not going to happen," Aoba shook his head and Koujaku laughed.
"Maybe we should get going? Ren and Sly are waiting for us to pick them up and go to Mizuki's," Aoba then said and ignored the forced look from his friend.
"Come on, they might be cool to hang out with, you know. And if you're not careful you might end up falling for Ren," Aoba giggled and winked at Koujaku who was now blushing deeply again.
"Let's just go," he said and pushed Aoba off the bed and out of the door.
"Hey Copycat and Cow-jackass! Over here!" Sly called out to Koujaku and Aoba when they were in the main hall where they said they'd meet up. Koujaku already tensed up, but Aoba seemed to be handling it fine. Sly stood in the obligatory uniform with red stripes instead of Aoba's blue and a badge with a big red cross on it. So the asexual/pansexual/transsexual route, huh? But he stood alone.
"Hello, Sly. Where's Ren?" Aoba asked him, and surprisingly Sly's mood dropped a bit.
"My brother's not feeling well, he has a heart condition, you see, so he won't make it," Sly replied seriously, and Aoba suddenly felt very guilty for thinking bad about Sly because he seemed so reckless, and also for making Ren run after then earlier, which probably sparked it.
"Will he be okay?" Koujaku asked before Aoba could.
"Yeah, he just has to rest in his room," Sly answered and then gave them a smirk. "Guess we're gonna have all the fun without him," Aaaaand that's Sly again.
They decided to go to Mizuki's room to pick him up for lunch soon. Aoba showed them the way; he'd already been there after all. That is gonna be a funny story to tell someday.
Suddenly Aoba stopped again and listened carefully. Was that..?
"Sway, sway, swaying in between the waves," There it was again!
"Shh, listen, guys!" Aoba said determined and the others kept silent.
"What… is that?" Koujaku stammered, and Aoba jumped 10 feet when he felt something on his shoulder.
"AHH, WHO'S THERE?!" he shouted and turned around to see a big scary gas mask stare back at him. "WHAT THE HELL?!"
"Ah, Master! I heard your voice, so I came," he gasmask said with a happy voice, and Aoba felt like he was going to faint.
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