Road Block

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Chapter two

I woke up in an instant, panting. I glanced at the clock, it was seventeen minutes before I had to be up. Well there wasn't any point in going back to sleep. I got dressed for the day and headed downstairs. "Aoba, you're up early." Granny was already up and working on breakfast. "Yeah, I had a weird dream." I said as I started helping her by setting the table and getting drinks for everyone. "Was it a nightmare?" she asked in a serious tone. "No, nothing like that. It's more like I wasn't expecting it." After I said that, I could tell by the look on her face that she was thinking through what I had just said. Soon afterwards, Sei came down the stairs and we all ate breakfast.

Soon, weeks had gone by in the same routine as the first day. Sei and I would eat breakfast then go to school together. Once we were at school, I'd hang out by my locker a bit longer than Sei to talk to Mizuki. In first period, I would sit with Koujaku and Sei. Then in second, Clear was my lab partner and we'd talk about some pretty interesting things during class. Like how Clear was excited about a play coming up that he'd get to be in. Then there would be Computer Science class where I sat next to Noiz. He didn't really talk much in class but at lunch, I could somehow manage to get him to have a conversation with me.

The last class of the day was with Mink, and he surprisingly helped me with my classes. After school was done, my brother and I would spend some time with Virus and Trip before heading home. Once home I would play or just cuddle with Ren. Once Ren was satisfied, I would get on Rhyme for awhile before heading downstairs for dinner. On Rhyme, the rabbit was still asking me if I'd join it's team or if I'd give it a rematch. It would change day to day but I didn't mind all that much.

When I'd go to sleep, I'd still get those weird dreams. I didn't dream every night but I still think it's weird to dream about a guy I just met. Despite that, spending time with Noiz was my favorite part of the day. There was something about him that made me want to learn more about him. On the first weekend of the school year, Haga-san called and asked if I could work on the weekends. He had found someone to work during the week but not the weekends. I said yes since I could use a little money and it was also because I felt like I owed was a really good boss and I really had enjoyed working for him. Though working had one small drawback. Kio, Nao, and Mio still felt the need to come in the shop and cause mayhem.
One morning, Sei had gotten up late and told me to go to school without him so I wouldn't be late as well. I quickly got my things from my locker and apologized to Mizuki for not being able to talk and telling him I had to get to class to save Sei a seat in class.

Unfortunately, when I got to the class, Koujaku was already there with all of the seats next to him taken by girls he was hitting on. "Koujaku, you couldn't save Sei and I seats?" I questioned, staring at him and letting anger into my tone. "Aoba, how could I say no to these lovely ladies?" he said, just trying to get a giggle from all of the girls. I sighed and looked around the room. There were some empty seats together but they were by people I either didn't know or didn't like.

I saw Noiz in the back and he was looking at me. He jerked his head to the left. There were two empty desks next to Noiz. Did he save those seats just for my brother and I? I sat next to him and put my bag in the other empty seat to save it for Sei. "Thanks Noiz." I said, giving him a small smile before Sei walked in. He noticed us in the back and took the seat I'd saved for him. "Why are we in the back? Oh...hi...It's Noiz right?" my brother asked as he got settled.

"Yes, and you must be Sei." Noiz said quietly, directing his gaze towards me. Sei noticed this and started glancing between Noiz and I, smiling. "You should come over this weekend." Sei suddenly said. I glanced over at him. That was random even for Sei. "Doesn't Aoba work on the weekends?" Noiz asked, frowning. "Yes, I do." "You can take the day off." he said as he gave me an odd look.

I sighed and directed my attention to Noiz. "You can come over if you want, but you don't have to. If you do please call me first, so I can tell my boss." I told him and he looked at me with his usual blank face. I could tell he was thinking about it. "I don't have your phone number." "Here, give me your phone and I'll put it in. You can do the same to mine." I told him as I took his phone and handed him mine. "He's glaring me." Noiz muttered, looking across the room. We traded phones back and I looked in the direction Noiz had been looking.

What I saw was surprising. Koujaku was ignoring the girls around him and was glaring daggers at Noiz. Noiz looked at Koujaku one last time before focusing on me again. "What's his problem?" Noiz questioned. I didn't know he was actually asking me or if he was just thinking out loud. "I'm not sure." I answered just before the bell rang. "Bye Sei. Bye Noiz, I'll see you in fourth period." I said as I gathered my stuff and walked out of the class.

The rest of the school-day went by like it always did. However, while I was waiting by my locker for Sei so we could walk home together, Koujaku showed up. "Aoba, we need to talk." Koujaku said as he walked up to me with a concerned expression. "Okay, what do we need to talk about?" "You should stop talking to Noiz." he said flatly. I stared at him, shocked he'd say that. I already knew Koukaku didn't like Noiz from the incident in home room but for him to tell me to stop talking to Noiz... "Why?" Was the only thing I could think of saying.

"He is in my sixth period class and he doesn't talk unless the teacher asks him a question." Koujaku started. I had no idea of where this was going. "Well about a week ago, the teacher put us in groups and he was in mine. He just sat there while we tried to work out the problem. Then I asked him to help and he just said he was done! No one likes a cocky, useless, piece of shit like him." Koujaku spat. I couldn't believe Koujaku was saying this about Noiz!

"First off, I know Noiz can be a brat sometimes. Second, I think I know Noiz better than you." I defended. "Aoba, I'm just thinking about you. Do even really know him?" Koujaku asked. "Yes Koujaku, I do. He's in my fourth period and I sit right next to him. I also eat lunch with just him every single day." I told Koujaku, angered by his attitude. Koujaku stared at me, surprised. He must not have expected me to have spent so much time with Noiz.

"Thank you for thinking about me and being concerned. You always looked after me when we were kids, but I can look after myself now." I told him. He stood there with a guilty look on his face. "I'm sorry Aoba. I just don't want you to get hurt." he muttered and I smiled softly. "I know and I promise to tell you when the bad guys need a beating. You are still my hero, you know." I told him, leaving both of us smiling at each other. Koujaku and I said our goodbyes before Sei came and got me and we went home.