A/N: As always, I have no clue how to write, so I'm sorry. If you made it to chapter two, I'm shocked xD I don't know how to write chapter stories well, but I'll keep trying. This might be progressing too fast, I hope not, but if it is, let me know and I'll see if I can add in some stuff. Chapter 2: Confabulation
"You don't remember anything?" Yukiteru asked, blinking at the boy. "Mm.." Akise shook his head and sighed. "Not very much. I can remember my name, at least, but everything else is a blur to me."
"Do you remember your dream?" Hinata asked.
"My dream..?"
"You wanted to be a detective. The most famous detective in the world, and you always liked solving mysteries. You even skip school the majority of the time to investigate or help with the police department." She said with a small smile.
"Hm..." He mused in thought. "So I want to be a detective?"
"You were also pretty gay." Kousaka stated bluntly, earning a harsh kick from Mao. Yukiteru gave a confused look and Hinata pursed her lips. "Don't mention anything about that to him!" Hinata hissed in a whisper, so Yukiteru and Akise couldn't hear. Akise gave a surprised blink. "..I was gay?" He asked.
Mao stifled a giggle as Hinata pinched the bridge of her nose. "No, no you weren't. Kousaka's just messing." At least it was true. Akise was never actually gay, but everyone but Yukiteru knew why everyone thought he was, ironically.
"I think you can remember us all just a little better if we did a sleepover. It would be fun. You wouldn't mind if we stayed at your place, would you, Amano-kun?" Hinata asked. Yukiteru blinked in surprise but gave a small smile. "No, I don't mind. My mom wouldn't mind having company." "Y-You wouldn't mind that, Yuno?" Yukiteru asked. He was surprised when she smiled brightly and gave a nod. "I wouldn't mind at all~!" "That's great." Yukiteru smiled, although he was a little nervous. 'She's acting more cheerful than usual around them. She's probably thinking of something.'
As the others walked off to start packing, Yuno sat by happily next to Yukiteru and hummed. "Are...Are you starting to get along with the others, Yuno?" He asked. "No, not really." She frowned as she looked down at her feet and moved them around. "I'm just glad Akise doesn't remember anything." She said happily. 'Now he can't be a hindrance between us.' "Oh." Yukiteru gave a smile. "You're actually...happy that he doesn't have his memories? That's good. I talked to Hinata earlier, and she was thinking it would be best if the two of you could sort of start a new relationship. If Akise doesn't remember anything previously between you two, you could become friends. If you also were willing to put everything else behind, that is." Yukiteru said.
Yuno glared at the ground. "I'd never befriend him. Even if he's lost his memories, there's no way I could like him."
Yukiteru blinked, tilting his head slightly. "Why not?"
Yuno pursed her lips together, unsure of what to say. What other reason did she have to hate him if he was no longer an obstacle between her and Yukiteru?
"It's... I just..." She stumbled on her words, trying to find the right things to say. "I can't forgive him for what he's done in the past. He was always cruel—" "But that can change, right? If you let go of the past, you two can start over. As long as his memories of you don't return. I'd like it if you could befriend everyone Yuno, it would make me happy." He smiled.
Yuno blinked at him and blushed. "Y-Yukki... But..." "It's actually nice having friends. They won't try and ruin our relationship or anything. They actually want to befriend you."
"I can't trust them."
"Hopefully, you can get along with everyone just a little more at the sleepover. But I was wondering... What exactly happened between you two at the observatory dock? That made you hate him so much?" Yukiteru asked curiously.
'He was pathetic enough to think that he was in love with you. He used your name with such familiarity when he didn't even know you. He was trying to separate us. He had no reason for thinking he was in love with you.' A list of reasons went on in her head but she answered with a vague response. "He was already a jerk to me to begin with, when I didn't even hate him yet. I just mistrusted him because he had your life at stake. He always got on my nerves and was always just rude." She said angrily.
"Really? I always thought of Akise-kun as being polite towards everyone." "Not me." 'Jealous bastard.' Yuno thought bitterly.
"At least try and open up to everyone? And please don't act hostile towards Akise-kun...He'd only be confused, and all of us has agreed that it's best that he doesn't remember the relationship between you two before. It might lead him to remembering which would be bad, if he thinks of it too much. I'd like it if we could all be friends. It'd be nice." Yukiteru smiled. 'Even if Yuno does act hostile towards Akise-kun, she couldn't go too far since we're at my mother's place. I know she wants to stay accepted by her so any violent behavior has to be at minimum. It really is a good idea to keep the two in the same place under supervision, so she can't harm anyone and so she can't make a bad impression to my mom.'
"Okay." Yuno smiled. "Anything for you, Yukki."
"So these are your friends, Yukiteru-kun? You've never brought them over before? Other than Miss Gasai?" Rea scolded, placing her hands on her hips and pouting at him. Yukiteru ducked down and fidgeted. "S-Sorry." He said embarrassingly.
"Honestly." Rea chuckled. "So who might you guys be?"
His friends introduced themselves. "I'm Rea Amano, Yukiteru's mother. I'm pleased to meet you all."
"Our friend here has been suffering from a type of amnesia, so we're trying to get him to remember things." "Really? I'm so sorry to hear that."
"It's only supposed to be temporary, although it's possible I'll lose parts completely or confuse part of it." Akise said.
Hinata looked over to see Yuno staring at Akise intently. 'I wonder if she'll just let their past go.' She furrowed her eyebrows in worry. Akise seemed to sense her stare and glanced over at her, blinking in curiosity. Yuno frowned and looked away, leaving Akise intrigued. 'Why was she staring at me like that?' He thought.
'Oh great.' Yukiteru thought, looking between the two nervously. 'If she starts acting out of place around him..' Yukiteru's thoughts were interrupted when his mother called him. "Yukiteru-kun! Why don't you go and help your friends get comfortable while I start dinner? Miss Gasai has offered to assist me, so why don't you put on a movie or something while we start preparing?" "Uh, yeah, okay!" Yukiteru smiled and walked out, leading his friends out towards the living room area.
Yukiteru sighed, pinching his forehead. "I told her not to act like that around him, she might provoke his memories of her..." He mumbled quietly to himself.
The group conversed for a while, bringing up different kinds of stories and telling them things about themselves to try to get Akise to remember something until dinner was ready. "Does anything sound familiar?" Hinata asked. "Mm..." Akise furrowed his eyebrows, trying to concentrate. "Nothing is really coming clear to me, but I definitely feel like this all may have happened before." He smiled.
"That's great! I think you'll start to gain your memories back in no time." She grinned. Yuno peeked her head out of the kitchen doorway. "Dinner's ready!" She called.
Yuno finished placing the plates on the table, which consisted of curry rice and gyoza. "Yuno is such a talented cook, she knows the best recipes." Rea smiled. Yuno giggled and gave a soft smile. "Thank you."
After saying their "itadakimasu", they started to eat their food. "This is really good." Yukiteru said, causing Yuno to look down bashfully and blush, batting her eyes. "T-Thank you, Yukki."
"You have to teach me some of your skills." Hinata said. Yuno just scratched her head. "I just used a lot of recipe books and spent a lot of time learning to cook, since my parents were usually busy." "Let me borrow them sometime, then!" Yuno giggled. "Okay." Yukiteru sighed in relief, glad that she was getting along with the others. Or at least putting up a realistic act while she was staying at his place with his mother.
Mao and Kousaka practically inhaled their food, getting their seconds while everyone else ate their meal at a normal pace.
"Show some manners, you two." Hinata scrunched up her face. Rea gave a laugh. "It's alright. Yuno's cooking is just too good to resist." Yuno looked away and scratched her face. "I'm not the only one who made it." She pouted. "It's still your recipe. And you prepared most of it." Rea smiled.
After their meal, Yuno started to clean the dishes while Rea cleaned the table. "That one boy was looking at you, you know." Rea giggled. Yuno turned around and looked at her confused. "Hm?" "Akise. He kept glancing up at you, it was adorable. But you and Yukiteru-kun are already together, right?"
Yuno nearly dropped the plate in her hand, staying silent for a moment as the sound of Rea humming and the water running were the only other noises. She continued to wash the plates and furrowed her eyebrows. "Yes, me and Yukki are already together."
Rea chuckled. "He looked so interested in you. I think he must like you or something." She said as she finished cleaning up the table. "Your friends put on a movie, I'll go make them popcorn."
Yuno's hands shook as she gripped the plate and she nearly smashed the plate in her hands.
Akise looked at the screen uninterested, resting his face against the palm of his hand while his mind wandered elsewhere. He was curious as to why Yuno was looking at him like that earlier. He couldn't read her expression either. He shut his eyes as he thought. It must be something important that he doesn't remember.
He felt something strange when he looked at her.
Yuno returned to the living room, quietly sitting on the floor with the others. Yuno sat close to Yukiteru, and Akise tilted his head as he looked at her, trying to understand what he was feeling. For some reason, she didn't seem to like him, or maybe she was angry at something he did before he lost his memories. Maybe it was both. He decided to speak with her, getting up from his spot to sit beside her, giving her a soft smile. Her eyes widened in what seemed to be shock, but she quickly narrowed her eyes and waited for him to say something. "Did I do something wrong? You seem upset with me." He spoke quietly, not wanting to interrupt the movie. She frowned and looked away. "It's nothing." She said bitterly, causing Akise to blink in surprise at her tone.
Yuno cursed silently to herself, trying to control her anger. 'I can't let him remember. He'll be an obstacle to Yukki again.' "No, it's nothing." She said again, this time more lighter. "I'm sorry. It's just..." She trailed off, not really sure what to say. He looked at her curiously for a moment before he smiled. "It's alright." She had forced a smile back at him before turning away and looking at the screen. 'Playing nice to him is harder than I thought.' Akise felt his heartbeat quicken when she smiled at him. Maybe he had feelings for her before and he was just starting to realize it. Were they together before and she was upset that he had forgotten something so important? No matter the reason he definitely felt his insides flutter and he smiled at her adoringly.
When everyone went to sleep Yuno was still awake and she grabbed a drink before going to bed. She almost choked when she walked back to see Akise's futon next to hers. "I hope you don't mind, Yuno." He smiled.
Yuno. Not "Gasai-san". She looked away. "N-No, I don't mind." She sat down in hers and he seemed pleased. 'What the hell is going on here?' Yuno thought.
His next words made her face go pale before he fell asleep.
"I think I'm in love with you, Yuno."
A/N: Thank you for reading~! So how was it? Bad? xD Let me know what you think in the review, please. I'll try to update every week or two, if not I am suffering from very extreme writer's block or I'm too busy with something else to have time to try and write. Akise remembers being in love but doesn't remember having feelings for Yukiteru, so he believes he is in love with Yuno. I had it as rated M earlier because I wasn't really sure if I was going to have anything really violent but I'm changing it to T. (No, it wasn't rated M for sexual content later! XD I sincerely hope no one was looking forward to that xD)
Never listen to "Good, or Don't Be" on repeat when trying to draw Akise x Yuno
I just drew Kaworu and Yuno instead and I didn't even realize it until half way through
I'M SO SORRY SHINJI AND AKISE