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"Fool For You"
8. Experiment
"Oh, hey Mito I-"
Hashirama stopped and nearly fell off his chair when his ginger friend stepped into the library. Mito was dressed in something he had never seen her wear before, some shiny black leather (or was that latex) leggings and a pastel pink corset that perfectly cinched her waist and accented her normally flat chest. It was out of her character, and out of his world, and he wanted so desperately to leave.
"Oh, hey Hashirama. Or can I start to call you Hashi?"
She let out what she thought was a cute giggle and pulled her long red hair over her smooth, exposed shoulders.
"Uhh, sure Mito." He complied, however nervously, to make sure he could get this over with in the least amount of time. "So I'm assuming the December edition of the print is all ready to go?"
"Yup, and the Winter Ball has been organized too. The decided date is on Saturday January 19, a few weeks after we come back from winter break."
She looked excited, both at the prospect of the ball and the nervousness she thought she was giving the Senju with her provocative attire.
"Well that is… excellent. If that is it, then I can assume we're done here."
Mito looked a little hurt that the meeting was to be adjourned so soon and desperately searched for something to hook her bait.
"Do you like my outfit?" she blurted as Hashirama got up to leave.
He blushed, not knowing what to say. Even if she was slightly annoying, Mito was his friend and a damn good colleague and he wanted to avoid hurting her feelings at all cost.
"Erm it's… different."
And with as much neutrality as he could muster with that comment he left.
…..
Hashirama was surprised to see Madara in the band room, sitting with his recorder in hand and children's sheet music littered on the desk. This lesson had been planned about a week ago, and despite their little altercation the Uchiha was still willing to go on with it.
"Good evening, Madara."
Hashirama suppressed every urge to caress the teen's face and sat down beside him ever so calmly. He did not want to do anymore damage to their already fragile boundaries.
"Good evening, Hashirama" the other replied with a soft, hidden smile.
The lesson was very typical of what it normally was, though there was a small presence of awkwardness.
"Thank you a lot, Madara."
It was all he could muster at the end when Madara had begun to pack up his music.
"You're welcome, Hashirama."
And before he even knew what hit him the Uchiha was slowly pulling away from his face, untangling his hands from his hair with soft breaths leaking from his slightly puckered lips. Slightly amused and utterly horrified at what he had done the black haired boy began to panic.
"Ma-Mada…"
He blinked his chocolate eyes at the confusing and delicious display in front of him. Something about seeing the quick shift in emotions had intrigued him. It was like Madara was willingly showing weakness.
"Tch. Stupid hormones." Embarrassed and trying to brush it off, it was the only response he could muster. But rather than storming off in denial like he normally would he just slumped back into his chair and pouted. "It's all your fault, Hashi…"
…..
"And what's going on here Mr. Scientist?"
Izuna skipped into the science lab where he found Tobirama reaching up and pouring a clear liquid into a tall skinny glass tube.
"Titration" the other muttered, trying not to sound annoyed by his lover's presence. Truth be told he did not like to be disturbed while working on experiments but did appreciate Izuna's enthusiasm. It wasn't exactly easy to get his other friends interested in science. The Senju reached over to the table behind him and grabbed an Erlenmeyer flask, also filled with a clear liquid and placed it under the buret.
"So what's gonna happen?" Izuna gracefully waltzed around the setup, trying to guess what would happen. Because all this looked like was water in a tube over water in a flask.
"Just put a drop of that stuff into the flask and wait."
After completing his instructions, Izuna backed off and let Tobirama have access to the setup. The snow-haired teen slightly turned a little knob and the liquid began to slowly drip into the flask at the bottom. The Uchiha almost yawned in boredom until something magical began to happen.
"Tobi, it's PINK!"
Tobirama smiled at his counterpart's excitement, glad he has chosen today to do this experiment. As the liquid, which he knew was sodium hydroxide slowly dripped into the other liquid, hydrochloric acid, the special indicator which Izuna had put in had changed the colour of the solution.
"See, science can be pretty."
He walked over to Izuna, not hesitating to place an arm around him. The Uchiha smilaed to himself and leaned into the embrace.
"Science is pretty, but not as pretty as you."
He gave the other a quick peck on the cheek before returning to his nuzzling.
Chemistry really is amazing.
AN: It's been like a year since this story was either started or updated and for that I apologize. I hope many of you have come back and are not disappointed by this chapter. I have been at a loss with all my fanfictions and am trying to make a comeback so all feedback is encouraged. Hope y'all enjoyed, and also let me know where you want the story to go next. I'd be very interested to have your take on this.