Author note: I'll be updating this every Sunday, but occasionally on random day during the week, depending on how bored I get. Also, to the person who reviewed pointing out errors in the previous chapter: I can't fix them if you don't tell me EXACTLY what you saw wrong - after a proof read by both myself and the beautiful Robin Mask, we still can't spot it. Please get back to me in this regard. Thanks.
Warning: Sex (eventually), tiny bit of bondage, more OOC than I'd have really liked.
Pair: Shirogane and Akira Nikaido
Disclaimer: Monochrome factor is not, however much I'd like it to be, mine. Kaili Sorano owns the characters and the universe they live in. :D

Bar Still was unusually quiet. Mayu hadn't come in yet, and Kou was helping Master set up a new television in the corner of the bar. Aya was attempting to coach a desperate Kengo through revision for the exams, which were starting later that day. Akira had fallen asleep again on the couch, and had slipped sideways until his head was resting in Shirogane's lap.

"You're so cute when you're sleeping..." the Shin was petting his young partner repetitively, taking advantage of the fact that he wouldn't be able to when Akira was awake.

"You know..." Shirogane looked up to find Aya watching. "Akira probably needs to revise too."

"Should I wake him?" the shadow asked. "He didn't sleep well these past few nights." The girl shook her head.

"He'll probably get the highest grades in the class or something anyway." Kengo grumbled good-naturedly.

"It's not as if he never does any work." Shirogane defended the boy. Aya snorted. "No, really. He gets bored and reads ahead for class at home. OW!" Akira had pinched Shirogane's thigh before sitting up sleepily.

"Shut up. You're too noisy." Shirogane pouted and rubbed the tender spot.

"Akiiiiiraaaaa-kuuuun." The brunet ignored him.

"We're gonna be late if we leave it much longer." Aya prompted, and led them out of the bar.

The trip to school didn't take long, much to Kengo's dismay – he wanted to drag it out, dawdle more to try and delay the inevitable tests. Shirogane drifted along beside the teens automatically, barely paying attention to where they were going. If he hadn't been in Shadow form by instinct, several people would have walked into him.

As it was, they made it to school in plenty of time, and Shirogane spent most of the test floating around and reading over everyone else's shoulders to compare everyone's answers. He eventually ended up talking Kengo through the method for one of the harder questions, and dropping the odd reminder for Aya.

Lunch was spent on the roof. Akira got there first, and dropped to the floor in his usual spot by the fence. Shirogane sat beside him, leaning against the younger Shin's shoulder.

"This is so annoying!" Akira snapped suddenly, and before Shirogane knew what was happening, he had been pulled in for a firm kiss. "Stop pouting, damn it." The older man smiled, and brushed back a lock of silver hair. "It doesn't suit you." Akira leant back against the chain link fence, and held an arm out for Shirogane to settle against his side.

"You're really trying, aren't you Akira-kun?" Shirogane smiled as he rested his head against the teen's shoulder. Akira huffed and curled his arm around his partner's waist, fingers lying lightly on his hip.

"I told you already. If small stuff like this makes you happy, I can do it." Shirogane lifted his head again to make eye contact with Akira. The soft look was back, and Akira couldn't help but blush a little.

"You're so cute, Akira-kun." Shirogane gently pressed a finger beneath Akira's chin, tilting the young man's face up to meet his own as he leant in to press their lips together. Like their kisses before, it was chaste and tender, but when Akira didn't pull away, Shirogane deftly prised open their mouths. Akira couldn't help it. He melted into the kiss as the silver haired Shadow's tongue explored his mouth. Akira's arm tightened around Shirogane, pulling him into his lap and securing him there. Shirogane reached up to cup his partner's cheek, as both blue and grey eyes fluttered shut. The comfortable heat and weight of the man on his lap made Akira shift slightly as he felt, with some embarrassment, his teenage-hormone-flooded body start to react.

"Aaaaa-kiiii-raaaaa!" Kengo froze in the stairwell doorway, staring at the scene in front of him. Shirogane broke the kiss just as Aya wriggled past Kengo. The girl flushed scarlet at the tell-tale position the two were in, and started babbling nonsense.

"Just sit down." Akira told them. "You're too noisy. You'll attract attention." Shyly, Kengo sat facing the couple, not sure how to act or where to look, as Akira hadn't let go of Shirogane to allow him to move. Aya, still red, knelt besides Kengo.

"Akira-kun, you should let go." Shirogane placed pale fingers gently over the hand on his side. The teen shook his head.

"Small things."

TBC