Nagumo moved his hand away from his face and kept staring at the sky.
Soon the bell rang announcing the end of lunchbreak. He jumped on on his feet and went back to class. In class he laid down his head on desk and continued staring at the clouds passing by.
"That guy" he thought "Was he acting so weird today because of that?" he kept thinking about the confession he overheard today.
"I was totally sure that idiot didn't have any interest in that sh*t at all" he shrugged.
"Wait... why the heck does that even bother me?" he tried to avoid and deny the impossible fact he just realized.
Why would that bother him, unless he has some weird feelings developed for this sworn enemy, his rival, Suzuno.
"Oh God I'm so f*cked up" He thought to himself "You've got to be sh*tting me".
He lifted his head up to catch a glimpse of the subject of his thought. The silver haired boy, who sat in the first row kept writing the stuff that teacher was explaining. Nagumo pouted at the sight of the other boy remaining calm and completely composed. He kept looking at him without even being aware what he was doing. But the silver haired boy didn't spare him any looks back. Of course, not that he realized the gaze that was fixed upon him for many hours that have passed by.
Suzuno focused on writing down everything teacher had mentioned just so it would distract him from thinking about what happened today. He had already known, about the feelings that were dwelling inside his heart. The forbidden fruit he had tasted. The sweet yet bitter taste it had. The happiness it would give him for the smallest things, and the pain it would bring. And the fact he had to keep it a secret.
It was about a year ago when Suzuno had realized he was in love with his, at that time best friend. They used to be very close when they were younger but as the fate was cruel they have stopped playing soccer together and have been forced to compete everyday. Diamond Dust and Prominence. Two rival teams, and as their captains Suzuno Fuusuke, called Gazelle, and Nagumo Haruya, called Burn.
They lead their teams to achieve great things, yet, the soccer itself lost its fun.
Before, they used to enjoy every match, every practice, but now it had turned into a 'must become the strongest and crush all the others.'
Deep down, Suzuno has always admired Nagumo, but the days where they had to compete for the title had come. If only he could honestly tell Nagumo what he feels.
Yet, on the other hand, the so called cat-and-dog relationship they had wasn't so bad at all. They did argue everyday but at least they were still kind of together.
For Suzuno everyday was both hell and heaven. When he would bump into Nagumo during the practice he had to keep his cool even though the places where he touched Nagumo had burned. Yes, as if Burn was a real fire he would completely melt the Icy King. It brought him both joy and pain. On the outside he always remained composed and calm, yet inside everything was burning with his desire, and feelings for Nagumo. The redhaired boy had literally set a flame around his heart. But having feelings for his friend, his rival, and a male to a boot, was no matter how you look at it, wrong. So he kept it hidden, and tried to bury those feelings.
"What would Nagumo think of me if he know I felt this way towards him?" he thought to himself as his mind went absent while he was waiting for next class to start to he could distract himself again. He slightly shook his head. "No, no, stop thinking about useless things Fuusuke!" He tried to reason himself. But it was useless. "I wish I could normally talk to him again. I wish -" he looked surprised by his own thought "I wish he would actually like me back..." He sighed at his own thought. How could he wish for that? So stupid. Yet, it would be so nice.
In the meanwhile Nagumo kept observing the silver haired boy, and when he saw the other boy sighing he frowned. "He must be thinking about that unrequited love of his" he thought "Ugh, it pisses me off!" once again, he raged internally, completely overtaken by jealousy, unaware of the fact that he was the subject of the silver haired boys thoughts. When he realized what he had just thought he felt embarrassed and the blood rushing to his cheeks so he turned away on the other side hiding the flustered face. He rested his head on his hand, while he combed through his hair with his other hand. Suddenly Natsuhiko appeared in front of him.
"Nepper..." He replied trying to hide the fact he was totally startled.
"What do you want?" he managed to form a question.
"Nah, nothing much, I was just wondering why have you been in such a daze this whole morning..." He said grinning slightly "Got a girl you like or something"
He asked while teasing him a bit. In Nagumos head the first picture that appeared was Suzunos face. At Natsuhikos surprise, Nagumo had reacted completely on the mark. He blushed all the way to his ears and denied the words the other boy has spoken, quite boldly.
"A-a g-girl!? As if! " Yet his face didn't quite agree with him.
At that murmur Suzuno had turned his head towards them and they had completely caught his attention. He spotted a bright red and flustered Nagumo denying that he likes someone. He felt an ache in his heart as he thought that his hopes had finally vanished. He stood up and went outside of the classroom even though the class was just about to start.
Nagumo noticed, once again, Suzunos strange behavior and thought to himself that maybe he had overheard their conversation just now.
"Damn it, that idiot completely misunderstood everything." he murmured to his chin and went rushing after Suzuno.
