Puppy Love

"Thank you, Jyuumonji-kun," Sena said, smiling brightly up at Jyuumonji as the other boy handed him a bottle of water. The slight blush on the dirty-blonde's face deepened, and the boy coughed.

"Well, we can't have you getting dehydrated," the ex-thug said, one hand rubbing the back of his neck as he suddenly became very self-conscious.

Sena finished his drink and set the bottle down on the bench. He stood up on his tiptoes and pressed a soft kiss to Jyuumonji's cheek.

"Thank you, for doing all you can to protect me," Sena said softly, blushing furiously, and darting away to the training field.

Jyuumonji slid down to bonelessly kneel on the ground, face burning tomato red.

Nearby, Hiruma let out a quiet burst of cackles as he started redrawing some of his plots, and discarding others. It looked like Operation Closet may not be needed after all.