So . . . it's been a while. Will you all be gracious enough to forgive me? *cough*
Yeah, it's been ridiculously busy. In between work and volunteering, I was involved in 5 different organizations, as well as studying for my exam this Friday. But I needed a break, so I came up with the next chapter. Sorry if it seems rather disarrayed.
And fingers crossed for Friday. . (btw, huge thanks go out to Healiel and Everlasting Snow Princess for their help. You guys rock!)
Axiom:
Onodera tried as best he could to bypass every uncertainty and see the axiom of their relationship, but the memories of Takano as Saga-senpai seemed to be regaining their lucidity at an alarming rate, and fear clenched his heart with fervent desperation.
Eighteen:
Kisa was even more convinced that he needed to grow some form of facial hair – while walking through the mall with Yukina one busy afternoon, an elderly lady had stopped them to ask their age, inquiring if the younger boy happened to be eighteen; but when Yukina has answered her that he was actually twenty-one, she scolded him for interrupting whom she thought was the younger of the two.
Parameter:
Yokozawa awoke to Hiyo peering down at him, Kirishima fast asleep behind her; Hiyo was reading herself a bedtime story and had come across the unfamiliar word "parameter".
Pedant:
Takano the pedant, the critics had named him – it really didn't sound as sincere as Takano the bastard, and that Onodera knew form first-hand experience.
Pouring:
Yoshino was surprised when he found condoms pouring out of the cereal box instead of cereal; he was embarrassed when Hatori walked in on the mess, stating blandly that if he wanted more sex, he could have just asked like a normal person.
Upbringing:
It's not that he had an unpleasant upbringing as a child to make him so bitter in his adulthood, it's just that Yokozawa had the habit of always running into people like Kirishima, who made his blood boil and his heart skip several beats all at once; though he has considered himself fortunate to not have run into anymore of those kinds of people ever since he'd accepted his relationship with Kirishima – the young father was, after all, meticulous enough to make sure of that.
Dreaming:
It wasn't often that Takano would get the privilege to see Onodera dreaming, but when he did, he recorded the events with his camera, using them as blackmail on Onodera whenever he refused to agree to a date with his boss.
Curry:
"We're not eating here again, the curry they serve is way too hot for anyone's good," said Kisa with a deep scowl etched into his face; Yukina just smiled at him, answering that he didn't mind because there were hotter things that he was in the mood for enjoying that night.
Angle:
It was an interesting angle that Yoshino had found Hatori sleeping in when he got home, with his head squished to the floor, half covered by a pillow, and his legs dangling from the top of the couch.
Match:
"Takano," Onodera reprimanded, "either smoke or don't smoke, stop staring at that match like it's the last you'll ever see – and get the hell out of my apartment while you're at it!"
It seems my vocabulary is not as great as I thought: I had to look up the definitions of axiom and pedant, so sorry if they seem slightly misused in the sentences.
Personally, I can't eat curry. My tongue burns with barbeque chips. Yes, tis a sad life I live.