Memory 13 –Beautiful Nobodies
Pairing(s): AU!NatsumexRuka
Warning(s): vague boy sex and confusing stuff about vague social hierarchies ahead! :D
&& GA is a rich kid high school 0.o
Rating: T
Summary: The school prince and his beautiful nobody
Based on: Prompt 076 –Who?
It happened on a perfectly nice Tuesday morning.
The students of Gakuen Alice were still getting used to their school schedules again after the weekend, so the day was filled with the hustle and bustle of the high schoolers as they walked to each of their classes in the large academy. Ruka figured that, if the hallway hadn't been so crowded and if he hadn't been so preoccupied with his lessons, maybe he wouldn't have landed himself into trouble by accidentally bumping into the school's fiery cold prince.
He hadn't done much, they had only, after all, bumped and brushed into each other's shoulders. There was no dropping of anything or some dramatic falling down the stairs, but when Ruka had mumbled his "Sorry," the hallway had already gone into a deathly silence.
Hyūga Natsume, with his shiny raven locks falling into odd crimson eyes and his tanned, muscular figure, was standing where Ruka had brushed into him. He didn't move from the spot but his hand moved, getting purchase on Ruka's upper arm as he stopped the boy from walking. It was then that Ruka had noticed the silence, and it was then that he found himself staring up into the taller male's oddly colored eyes.
Ruka had blinked, not knowing what to do in the presence of the handsome school idol, so he merely just stood there and stared back. After a while, he murmured his "I'm sorry," once again, watching as Natsume nodded with a small "Hn," before letting him go. It was a strange sight, Ruka thought to himself. Here he was, a nobody in the social food chain, walking away after bumping into the school's idol who was famous for his past bullying others into submission. Yes, he thought to himself as he walked away, the stares of the whispering students following him, very strange indeed.
Later that week, Ruka, who was used to being alone most of the time, found himself the center of attention everywhere that he went. The students were sure that their prince would've surely beaten him up, the raven had, after all, beaten up other far bigger and stronger than him in the past when they had 'bumped' into him… so why was nobody Nogi Ruka an exception?
Ruka found it all stupid though. Didn't anyone realize that their beloved prince was a delinquent? Even if he was exceptionally brilliant and, so quote on quote, "drop dead sexy", that still shouldn't take away the fact that the bipolar boy was just a really handsome bully.
Ruka sighed and shook his head at all of his schoolmates, pushing away the book he was trying to study from as he rubbed his temples. It was now Friday and so far, the stares still haven't stopped. The news had burned through the school like wildfire, and Ruka was sure that everyone now knew what had happened in that stupid hallway.
The blonde mumbled childishly to himself as he stood up to put the library book back where he had found it. The stares followed him until he had gone back to pick up his bag, slinging the messenger bag around his shoulders as he made his way out. In all honesty, the pitying stares were starting to annoy him. The first year he had come, Ruka tried so hard to blend into the shadows. It wasn't easy with his foreigner status and his shining beacon of golden hair, but the rich kids soon got bored when they realized that he wasn't interested in playing their stupid little games. He had tried hard to disappear, succeeded, but was forced back into the spotlight with just one little bump. What bad luck.
Ruka had let his feet lead him through the school during this time, and soon found himself in front of the door that lead onto the forbidden rooftop. He glanced down at his watch and saw that he was a couple of minutes early, but he shrugged and pushed the creaky door open, stepping out onto the flat rooftop.
He had thought that he was alone at first, but at the smell of cigarette smoke, he turned with a large huff and did his best to glare at the person leaning on the edge of the rooftop, looking down at the sprawling campus below.
"Have you ever thought about dying?"
The blonde turned and frowned, his posture mirroring the boy next to him.
"No."
"Why?"
Ruka didn't look at him, and his companion didn't look back either, just keeping their eyes trained on the ground below.
"Because I'm fine with my life right now, why would I want to think about something as depressing as death?"
"You're fine?"
An inhale of the cancer stick, then an exhale of black smoke; Ruka frowned at the sight in his peripheral vision.
"I'm content."
"But not happy?" came the observation.
Ruka thought about it for a moment, not moving as his companion stepped closer to the thinking blonde.
"I don't really have anything to be happy about," Ruka replied carefully, "but I have nothing to be sad or mad about either."
The taller male next to him dropped the cigarette on the ground, his foot crushing the flame out. He didn't answer and Ruka in turn didn't move as an arm wrapped around his waist, a lean body moving to hug him from behind. A face buried in the junction of his neck and shoulder then, messy silky raven hair smelling like apples as it mixed with the smell of cigarettes that clung on to the owner.
"Nothing at all?" came the muffled question.
The head rose as Ruka turned his own, sapphire blue meeting fiery crimson in a locked battle. The blonde hummed and pretended to think, a small smile pulling at his lips. The raven growled and nipped at his ear teasingly.
"Well maybe one or two things…" he said, cheekily smiling, "they're not really important though."
Hyūga Natsume, the prince of Gakuen Alice, grinned a feral grin. Then, with a last, "not important my ass," lips descended on the blonde's; Ruka's mouth filling with the taste of Natsume, an addicting mixture of crisp green apples and cigarette smoke. Ruka's eyes fluttered closed and he turned in the arms holding him, one hand clutching at the untucked white shirt while its twin moved to grasp the soft hair at Natsume's nape.
This little fling of theirs had been happening since Ruka had found the rooftop a little while after his first day at the academy. At first, he hadn't known who Natsume truly was, not really understanding the whole social hierarchy at their school until he saw the raven with his followers, walking through the hallways as if he owned the place. Then they, being something more than friends with benefits but still less than 'boyfriend' status, had decided together to hide what they did together to the curious public.
Natsume stayed the prince and Ruka stayed the nobody—until, of course, today.
When Ruka started to remember his irritations, the post-coital bliss was gone as well as the sun from the sky. Ruka, who was curled up in the protective embrace of the sleeping Natsume then punched his lover firmly on his bare chest. Bright crimson eyes opened lazily and Ruka being Ruka knew that his punch hurt like the pain of a thousand stuffed animals being thrown at the same time.
"Did you have to freaking bump into me on Tuesday?"
Natsume's eyebrow rose in question.
"You should've at least punched me or something!" Ruka continued.
"…what?"
"Yeah! If you had punched me, then all these stupid people would stop bothering me about their stupid little rumors!" Ruka raged, "People are talking to me, Natsume! Talking! To me!"
Natsume's eyebrows, furrowed in concentration, rose up as he closed his eyes and let out a husky laugh. He turned from his side to his back, pulling Ruka with him until the blonde lay on his body with a small shriek. The raven moved one protective arm until calloused fingertips were brushing at Ruka's cheek, tracing his Cupid's bow lips, and landing to play with the strands of shoulder length hair that Natsume insisted on never cutting.
"How about," he whispered, leaning up to press a kiss to pouty lips, "how about we just tell everyone the reason as to why I didn't punch you when you bumped into me that day?"
Ruka pulled back, "what do you mean?" the blonde questioned, "are you insisting on telling everyone about…" he gestured to their positions, "this?"
A raven eyebrow rose in question, "I was just saying that we should tell everyone that you're too much of a weakling to get punched," he said slowly, "I really don't want to end up breaking your spine or something."
Ruka let out an offended noise but before he could argue that he was a manly man who could protect his manly body against Natsume's girl punch in a completely manly way, Natsume burst out into full laughter.
The blonde's pout came back in full force as the raven kissed him as apology in-between his laughter, but when the moment faded Ruka found himself staring into clear crimson eyes, bright and sure and determined.
"What if I did want to tell everyone?" Natsume asked softly.
Ruka blushed at the thought, burying his face into Natsume's bare chest as the raven fiddled with the blanket that covered them both.
"Why would you want to be associated with me?" Ruka questioned back, voice soft, "I'm a nobody…"
Natsume shifted before his hands pulled Ruka's head up, their lips meeting in a sweetened kiss. When they broke apart, Natsume brushed away the blonde hair that fell around Ruka's blushing face. He smiled cheekily, "well why wouldn't I want to be associated with you?" then in a softer voice, "…you're beautiful Ruka…"
The blonde blushed, covering his face with his hands as he shook his head from side to side. Natsume hardly ever gets sentimental so it was always a surprise when he showed the softer side behind the whole handsome bully mask thing.
The raven only smiled fondly up at the blonde. "So," he said teasingly, "how about we move our relationship label again? Maybe this time to boyfriends?"
Ruka glared at him through the slits of his fingers, blue eyes wary and a pout still on his lips. "Why? So you can make me associate with people? To lower your stupid social ranking?"
Natsume only smiled, "to show them all that you're mine."
That Monday morning, the students of Gakuen Alice all watched in shock as their prince led the blonde boy who bumped into him last Tuesday. Their hands were intertwined tightly, and then, as they came to the blonde's first period class, they watched as the raven leaned down to press a soft kiss to the blushing blonde's lips.
"I'll see you at lunch?"
The blonde nodded shyly before smiling up at the handsome raven who only smiled widely back in return.
"Who was that?"
"Wasn't he cute, though?"
"How did we miss him?"
"I don't know but I think his name is Nogi Ruka!"
"Who?"
"Well, whoever he is, he sure is lucky!"
Natsume's lips twitched in amusement at what he heard around him, but Ruka only gave him an aggravated glare with piercing blue eyes. The raven chuckled softly then, leaning down to kiss his shorter lover on the lips before they made their way out of the cafeteria and to the rooftop.
"I'm the lucky one…" he murmured softly when their kiss broke.
Ruka could only blush, his lips softening into a smile and his eyes melting from their furious glint to a softer shade of blue, the color of a summer's day. They didn't say anything more as they moved past the whispering students with their lunches. Between them, their hands intertwined tightly together, not a thought in sight about letting go.
A/N: *sigh* i have nothing to say. =_= i don't know why, but it's getting harder and harder to write about them.
word comment of the week: asakiku (cuz i love this pairing from hetalia! 8D)
i made the deadline :p it's still 8 here, so i made it hehe. & i'm sorry if it's boring m(_ _)m i tried...
see y'all next week~