Chapter 6
In the morning, Hiroki woke to bang noise and groaned as it was the millionth time that this happened. Nowaki was making breakfast and bangs something and it wakes Hiroki up. Hiroki sat up and groaned in slight pain. Hiroki, wondering what the pain was from, blushed crazily when realizing what had happened the night before. Hiroki got up and dressed and headed towards the kitchen.
"Nowaki" Hiroki said and saw Nowaki cooking food, like almost every single day. Nowaki looked up from the sizzling food in the pan and looked shocked and groaned
"Don't tell me I woke you up again" Nowaki said as he knew passed the 'this is the time I wake up's and the 'no you didn't wake me up's that he had woken up Hiroki. Hiroki had a nervous look on his face and scratched his head slightly
"Well…" Hiroki said in the nervous like tone
"Darn it, and I was going to make you breakfast in bed too" Nowaki said and smiled nervously, "oh well, sorry I woke you… again"
"It's ok, a-and breakfast in bed? Wh-what's up with that?" Hiroki asked shocked and blushing in embarrassment
"Because I wanted to, and you deserve it" Nowaki said grinning and got the food into bowls and sat down at the table and gave a bowl to Hiroki. After a few bites of food, Hiroki looked up to Nowaki
"Hey Nowaki?"
"Yes Hiro-San?" Nowaki asked meeting Hiroki's gaze and Hiroki blushed slightly
"…D-did you really mean it when you said you loved me?"
"Of course" Nowaki said smiling making Hiroki blush more
"Really?"
"Yes, is that so hard to believe?" Nowaki asked slightly confused and Hiroki looked down
"…Well no, but no one ever liked me that way. Like I said before, I have a bad attitude and everyone thinks I kill puppies…" Hiroki said and Nowaki smiled and caressed Hiroki's cheek and gently stroked it with his thumb
"Well I think you're cute, no, adorable, and I know you only keep your attitude like that to keep people out of your world, but you let me in the first time we met. So with that said I never seen you in the bad attitude you claimed you have" Nowaki said and Hiroki blushed deeply not knowing what to say and put a fork full of food in his mouth
"Plus, why in the world would they think you kill puppies? I never seen you near a puppy, unless" Nowaki said, fake gasping, "Unless the time you have between the university and the apartment you kill puppies" he said and felt his shin get kicked hard
"Ow, I was kidding Hiro-San" Nowaki said and Hiroki sighed
"No, sometime last year, two years ago, a student made up that rumor" Hiroki said and Nowaki was shocked
"Why would one of your students make up a nasty rumor like that?" Nowaki asked and Hiroki sighed
"She was stupid, I asked for a five page persuasive essay on if it was a danger to drink and drive worth 60% of the whole grade, and she gave me a two page essay on how water was good for the body and how it's good to keep your mind awake when driving unless you drink water during driving"
"…Seriously?" Nowaki asked stunned out of his mind. They let a person like this into college?
"Yes… I had no choice but to fail her. She didn't take to kind with that since she needed to ace my class to graduate that year. God knows how she made it to graduation but she hated me for failing her and started that rumor" Hiroki said
"Wow… it's a good thing you failed her" Nowaki said "did she have proof of you 'killing' puppies?"
"Well if you call her only evidence a cut out of a picture of my head on the body of a girl with a knife near a puppy proof" Hiroki said and sighed "I swear all college students are stupid since they all believed it"
"A girl? Really? I bet it was her near a puppy" Nowaki said and Hiroki nodded and the two continued eating their breakfast and Nowaki looked up to Hiroki
"Hiro-San… if you want last night to be a one night stand, I would understand. I would be happy if you're happy" Nowaki said and Hiroki blushed slightly and got up
"I-I have to go to work" Hiroki said getting up and getting ready for work. Right when Hiroki was about to leave, Nowaki hugged him
"Have a good day Hiro-San" Nowaki said, Hiroki blushed deeply. Even though Nowaki did this every day before he left for work, Hiroki couldn't help but be flustered. Is it because it's now awkward since Hiroki now knows about the love that Nowaki feels for him? Or is it because Hiroki's growing feelings for him? Hiroki shook that thought out of his head and left. Nowaki sighed slightly and had wide eyes as he remembered that he gave Hiroki a hickey. Nowaki ran out of the door in attempt to stop Hiroki
"Wait Hiro-San!" Nowaki said and realized that the other man was long gone. Walking into the living room, Nowaki placed a hand on his forehead and groaned deeply
"Hiro-San's going to kill me"
At work, 5 hours had passed and the fan in Hiroki and Miyagi's office had broke and it started getting really hot really fast. Hiroki couldn't take the heat much anymore so he took off his suit's jacket, undid his tie and loosened his shirt. Hiroki turned to Miyagi who chuckled
"What?" Hiroki asked confused
"Well… uh I see you were busy yesterday" Miyagi said grinning
"Wh-what do you mean?" Hiroki asked trying to hide his nervousness. Does the professor know? No, how could he possibly know that?
"I mean the little red mark on your neck~!" Miyagi said in a teasing tone and Hiroki blushed and grabbed a tiny mirror from his desk's drawer and looked into it. His reflection showed him the red mark, and Hiroki blushed deeply and grabbed the area on his neck with the hickey
"Nowaki" Hiroki muttered softly under his breath, so softly that Miyagi did not hear him
"Kamijo has a hickey~!" Miyagi teased childishly while dancing around making Hiroki growl
"Sh-shut up" Hiroki said and Miyagi smirked and chuckled and elbowed Hiroki
"I bet Nowaki did that to you" Miyagi said and let out a slight 'eee' as Hiroki blushed more, "I knew you two belong together~!"
"Sh-shut up!" Hiroki said blushing deeply, "W-we only d-did it because Akihiko came over to the apartment and all the memories came back… I am not with Nowaki" Hiroki said embarrassed and Miyagi had a serious look on his face
"Hey Kamijo, you noticed when you said the memories came back you weren't hurt at all" Miyagi said and sighed when Hiroki looked confused, "Let me explain, usually rebound sex temporarily helps your emotions, but it seemed like you got over your love for Akihiko all together in a day" Miyagi said and Hiroki looked shocked
"Wh-what? N-no I haven't—"
"Yes you have, I see it in your eyes. Now tell me what happened"
"N-Nowaki said he loves me" Hiroki said and Miyagi smiled
"I kinda figured he did. No one cries that much over someone they just met when you were trying to kill yourself" Miyagi said and sighed, "what happened after the rebound sex?"
"N-nothing… he told me he wouldn't care if that night was a one night stand and I just bolted here" Hiroki sand and Miyagi hit him on the head making the other wince, "Wh-what was that for?"
"It's obvious you have feelings for him moron. Just go for it" Miyagi said
"B-but—" Hiroki tries to protest
"But nothing Kamijo, you deserved to be loved" Miyagi said and Hiroki had wide eyes as it was exactly the same thing that Nowaki had said.
"But… I don't think I'm ready… I-I already had my heart broken once… I don't think I want to risk getting it broken again" Hiroki said hearing Miyagi sigh
"You are an idiot"
"What?"
"Nowaki has shown you nothing but kindness and love. Nowaki would never break your heart. We and especially Nowaki had helped you mend your broken heart. He made a huge risk to tell you his love he feels for you and had sex with you just to make you forget about Akihiko. He told you he loved you only to get your mind off of him. He didn't care at all that you would hate him for it, or if he did it was the least of his worries when it came to you"
Hiroki had wide eyes. How could he not see it? He was in the same boat. Hiroki would've never told his best friend that he was in love with him on the risk that his friend would hate him for it. Nowaki cared for him; enough to risk having the only person that liked him hate him like the rest.
"…Nowaki" Hiroki mumbled out
"You love him?" Miyagi asked and saw Hiroki confused
"I-I… I don't know" Hiroki said and Miyagi sighed and put a hand on his shoulder
"That's an easy one; do you feel the same about Nowaki as you did for Akihiko?"
Hiroki had to think. When he was in love with Akihiko, he thought of him every time he wasn't working, he thrived for and enjoyed any time spent with Akihiko, he wrote poetry about Akihiko and his love for him. Now Hiroki thought about Nowaki, did he feel the same as he did for Akihiko? Hiroki realized that he thought of Nowaki all the time, even during work. He was willing to call Nowaki during work to see if he would spend lunch with him just for more time to spend with him; he would never have done that with Akihiko. Hiroki looked up the poetry he had on his laptop, that he written about Akihiko and his love only to find that sometime, without remembering, he had changed the poetry. The names of 'Akihiko' were changed to 'Nowaki' and some parts of the poetry were changed to match Nowaki. Hiroki blushed deeply and slowly shut his laptop
"Well?" Miyagi asked getting Hiroki out of his thought and turned to him, "Do you feel the same?"
"No" Hiroki said truthfully, still blushing
"What? But—" Miyagi started shocked
"I don't feel the same about Nowaki as I did for Akihiko because… what I feel for Nowaki… is so much more" Hiroki said blushing deeply and Miyagi smirked
"That's good, and he feels the same, so go for it. That's an order" Miyagi said earning a slight glare from Hiroki
"What? You think you could boss me around?" Hiroki asked
"Well you are my assistant"
"Assistant for WORK"
"Yes" Miyagi said
"But… I'll go for it" Hiroki said getting hugged by Miyagi
"Aww Kamijo~! I'm so happy for you~!" Miyagi said and Hiroki coughed slightly trying to pry himself from the grip
"Get off Profess—"
"GET OFF OF HIM!"
Miyagi and Hiroki turned around to the door to see a young looking kid, in his teens. This kid was as angry as hell and Miyagi sighed and walked over to the kid and put his hand on his head
"Kid, what are you doing here?" Miyagi asked irritated shocking Hiroki since he really never seen the professor irritated like this
"My name is Shinobu not Kid! And I came to remind you—" The boy started
"I'll never be interested in you, so the smart thing would be for you to give these useless feelings up" Miyagi said harshly getting a glare from the kid
"NEVER! AND IT ISN'T USELESS IT'S DESTINY!" he said
"Brat, go away, you're disturbing the whole building, including me" Miyagi said sighing and started to push the kid towards the door
"I won't ever give up!" Shinobu said before Miyagi slammed the door and locked it. Miyagi sighed and walked over to his seat and sighed again
"Was that the kid that you saved from that gang a week ago?" Hiroki asked as he realized that was the kid from the story that Miyagi told
"Yes. And he wouldn't stop following me around! Saying crazy shit like it's destiny that I saved him and now he has this crazy notion that he's in love with me! He's a stubborn idiot!"
"But professor, you do deserve love" Hiroki said in a teasing tone. Usually Hiroki wouldn't do this but when the opportunity came up he couldn't help it.
"Not from a kid that is 12 years younger than me!" Miyagi said whining out the next part, "And don't use my own sayings against me!" Miyagi said making Hiroki chuckle
"Ok, ok I won't, but you never know, that kid might be a great lover for you" Hiroki said
"No way in hell would I ever let that thing be my lover, I'm not gay!" Miyagi said sighing "Let's get back to work"
"Ok, ok" Hiroki said and Miyagi looked to him grinning deeply
"What?" Hiroki asked
"I've never seen you this happy before Kamijo" Miyagi said and the assistant looked to the side
"Hmm, whatever"
"I'm serious though, is it because you found L-O-V-E~!" Miyagi asked and Hiroki blushed and didn't say anything; the silence giving a 'yes' as the answer to the question.
"You're so lucky Kamijo, to have someone as kind as Nowaki to love you" Miyagi said making Hiroki blush
"I-I know. Let's go back to work" Hiroki said getting the papers for their jobs. 2 hours of work passed and Hiroki looked to the window to see a figure glaring towards Miyagi.
"Hey Professor"
"Yes?" Miyagi asked looking up to Hiroki
"Look" Hiroki said pointing to the window and Miyagi looked and groaned. The figure that was glaring to Miyagi was Shinobu. Miyagi sighed and walked to the window and pulled down the blinds. Shinobu then started yelling and banging on the window forcing Miyagi to take out a radio and turn it on loud.
"That stupid stubborn brat" Miyagi mumbled and Hiroki shook his head and went back to work
"Miyagi if you're going to have a radio on, at least turn it to something better than this shit" Hiroki said and Miyagi sighed
"Kids these days, know no culture" Miyagi said and got glared at by Hiroki
"I'm only 7 years younger than you, and no one in their right mind would like to hear this shit" Hiroki said
"I do"
"And I said 'in their right mind'" Hiroki said and Miyagi groaned in a whiny tone before changing the radio station.
That night, Hiroki returned home to dinner already made for him by Nowaki.
"Hey Hiro-San" Nowaki said smiling, "I made dinner, how was your day?"
"My day?" Hiroki asked sitting down at the table with Nowaki, starting to eat, "My day was good. It was interesting to find out that Miyagi has a stubborn 17 year old boy who thinks he is in love with him as a stalker" Hiroki said
"Really? I thought he was straight"
"He is, doesn't stop this brat from trying to get him to fall for him, it was funny" Hiroki said chewing a piece of meat, "wow this is really good Nowaki, you really outdid yourself this time" he said causing Nowaki to blush slightly and rub his neck
"Really? Well I guess I did try a little harder to make it perfect for you" Nowaki said and Hiroki blushed
"Miyagi said something to me today… and it made me realize that I wasn't in love with Akihiko, I only thought I was" Hiroki said and Nowaki looked shocked
"Really?" Nowaki asked
"Yes"
"Well I'm glad whatever he said to you, he said it now and not back then because I enjoyed spending time with you and helping you" Nowaki said smiling and Hiroki blushed
"Wh-what he said also got me thinking… It made me realize I'm in love with someone who is ten time as better as Akihiko" Hiroki said and Nowaki felt his heart ping with sadness and hurt, but didn't dare show it.
"Really who?" Nowaki asked and Hiroki looked up to Nowaki and leaned over the table and kissed Nowaki for a second before withdrawing. Nowaki had wide eyes in shock
"It got me realizing that I'm in love with… you" Hiroki said blushing
"R-really?" Nowaki asked still in shock and Hiroki nodded
"Yes"
Nowaki stood up and walked around the table to Hiroki and pulled him into a passionate kiss making Hiroki break free
"N-Nowaki… dinner"
"Dinner can wait, I need you right now" Nowaki said and his knee slipped in between Hiroki's legs and smirked when finding something, "and it seems you need me right now too" he said causing Hiroki to moan and blush. With Hiroki's protests getting quieter, Nowaki dragged him to the bedroom for a night of passion.
A few months passed, and it was the best time of both Nowaki and Hiroki's life as they were still together. Nowaki was home alone when Hiroki was at work and the phone rang and he answered it
"Hello?" Nowaki asked and had wide eyes as the voice on the other line was familiar and the other line hung up. Nowaki felt his blood run cold and pushed *67 to see where the call came from. A man answered the call and gave the directions to the phone being used. The phone being used was a payphone a few miles away in the downtown. Nowaki raced out of the house and ran down the street
'Shit… why is she here? If she's here then he's not that far off. If they knew about me and Hiro-San they'll hurt him' he thought getting to the phone in 10 minutes from as fast he was running. Nowaki looked around the crowd near the phone and didn't see anyone who he would recognize and saw a letter near the phone and picked it up. The letter seemed to be in a different language, known well by Nowaki. The letter read
Nowaki,
I know about you and that Kamijo Hiroki guy. I won't take this lightly you know
Hiyake
Nowaki crushed the letter and groaned and the only questions in his mind were 'why was she here?', 'how does she know about me and Hiro-San?' and 'How am I going to protect Hiroki?'
TBC