Hahahahaha hey guys! :D
Okay, so. Um. So I didn't exactly make the whole subject about first kisses, mainly just about firsts.
School is starting tomorrow... I didn't exactly pre-plan for Rintori Week, since I didn't know about it last minute... how am I gonna cram the last few days in?! :'( I hate homework.
Anyways, school aside, I hope you like it! c: Thank you for reading ~~
Rintori Week
Day Three: First Kiss
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Nitori Aiichirou, aged 16.
His first kiss was stolen when he was just aged seven.
A complete stranger kissed him. The stranger confessed, only to freak out when he realised that Nitori was like him – a boy.
Nitori found it strange that it was the boy who ran away, crying, when he had been the one to initiate the kiss in the first place.
His second kiss happened two years later. A girl took his hand and pecked him on the lips, only to 'dump' him the next day.
It's not like they were going out, anyway. Relationships at the age of nine don't last very long.
He had his third kiss in middle school. He was quiet back then, preferring to keep to himself in class. So he was extremely surprised when one of the most popular girls in school asked him out.
To be completely honest, Nitori had no interest whatsoever in the girl. He only felt sorry for her and he didn't want her reputation to be damaged just because she was rejected by someone as insignificant as him.
So he accepted.
Three days later, a bunch of rumours started up about him.
Apparently, he sexually harassed her. Touched her when she didn't want him to. Begged her to 'do it' with him.
They hadn't even held hands yet. Middle schoolers had a wild imagination.
He found out much later that she was the person behind it all, but she begged him not to tell.
So Nitori's reputation got damaged instead.
People started bullying him. It started by calling him names, then it progressed to physical attacks.
He changed schools – to Samezuka – and endeavoured to put his past behind. It was his way to forget about it, to run from the cause instead of facing it head-on.
He was overshadowed by his upperclassmen on the swim team, but Nitori didn't mind. He would rather let them take the spotlight than have another 'incident'.
A girl asked him out a few months after starting the school. He was extremely hesitant, and rejected her. But a few days later, she asked him out again, and he warily accepted.
They dated for a week, and she seemed to enjoy their relationship immensely. But Nitori didn't like her back at all, and broke up with her.
She took it harshly, even though he used the softest words he knew.
He really did like her; just not in that way.
And since then, Nitori hasn't pursued anyone. He didn't want to be hurt; he didn't want to hurt.
Until Matsuoka Rin.
Like every other relationship he'd had, Nitori honestly wasn't interested in him. Sure, Rin turned a lot of heads on the street, and Nitori admired his swimming skills.
But Rin was just a friend.
Nitori accepted because he knew Rin wouldn't do anything as petty as spread rumours. Rin was his friend, so he wouldn't hurt Nitori's feelings.
How wrong Nitori was.
The first time they held hands, Nitori felt as if someone had electrocuted his arm.
When they hugged for the first time, not as friends but as boyfriends, shudders ran through Nitori's body, making his legs weak and his stomach feel funny. He hugged Rin tighter for support, because he was afraid his legs would give way.
When Rin pecked the nape of Nitori's neck for the first time, Nitori's mouth clammed shut, his face burned bright red and he felt as if someone had lit his body on fire.
Yes, Rin caused him a lot of pain.
From the painful thumping of his heart when he saw Rin with another human – even Haru, who Nitori knew Rin had no feelings for – to the trouble he had swallowing when he saw Rin changing in the locker room after practice.
Since dating Rin, Nitori had experienced all sorts of pain.
But along with it, lots of joy. Lots of tummy-weakening, leg-shaking moments. Sometimes good, sometimes bad (Rin shot him a 100-watt smile during swimming practice just as he was about to jump into the pool and he slipped, banging his head on the edge) but always happy.
And the first time he kissed Rin-
Well, he felt like nothing else mattered.
It didn't matter that he shared his first kiss with a stranger. It didn't matter that his second kiss went to someone who dumped him two days later. It didn't matter that some people now thought badly of him because of the false rumours.
None of it mattered.
He might not have shared his first kiss with Rin, but he shared so many other firsts with Rin.
And it was the first time he had fallen so hard for someone.