HiroMido
A week after that, Hiroto knocked on Midorikawa's door at exactly 7 o'clock. "Mido-kun? Are you ready?" There was some stumbling before the door opened and Midorikawa stood there, very nervous. "Yes," he says, trying to shake the nerves off his shoulders. Hiroto smiles, "it'll all be okay." Midorikawa nods slowly, "y-yeah." Hiroto holds his hand out and Midorikawa takes it. He looks up at Hiroto, who doesn't seem nervous at all. "Where are we going?" he asks as they walk outside. "You really think I'll tell you?" Midorikawa shrugs his shoulders, "not really, just trying to make a conversation," Hiroto laughs, "okay then, try something else, what do you expect?" Midorikawa thinks deeply, "no idea, you don't seem nervous though, how come?" Now it's Hiroto's turn to think, "donno, guess I just think nothing can go wrong. Oh, wait," he stops. Reaching in his pocket, Hiroto pulls out a blindfold. "Huh? What are you-" Hiroto folds the fabric over Midorikawa's eyes and he can't see anything any more. "Hiroto?" he asks in a high voice. "I'm here, take my hand, I'll lead you," even more nervous, Midorikawa takes Hiroto's hand. After a while, Hiroto stops, "have we arrived?" "Not yet, but don't move, I have to pick up something, be right back." Hiroto says and Midorikawa hears his footsteps fade away. 'Should I take it off?' he thinks and touches the blindfold. 'No, I can't to that.' so he stays there, blind, in a place he doesn't know. Only now, Midorikawa feels how cold it is, wherever he is. 'But it was warm outside, so where am I?' at that moment, Hiroto returns. "I'm back, are you cold already?" "A bit..." "Thought so already," Hiroto says and Midorikawa feels something warm fall over his shoulders. "Thank you... Now, where are we? I'm very curious!" Hiroto laughs, "no need to worry, we're almost there." And indeed, a few minutes later, Hiroto undoes the blindfold. It takes a while for Midorikawa's eyes o adjust to the... Dark? Confused, he looks around. "Where... Oh," his eyes widen, they're in a cave, the walls are covered in paintings, no ancient paintings made by hunters or farmers, but by orphans. The kids from Sun Garden have been here for a trip years ago, when Hiroto and Midorikawa were still very little. "Wow Hiroto, how did you find this? I didn't even remember... It's, wow," Midorikawa is amazed and Hiroto smiles. "Thought that this was better than a movie," Midorikawa nods. "It's amazing," he turns his head to Hiroto, "how did you find this?" "I asked around for a bit, then Hitomiko-nee told me about this, I went to take a look with her and I was just as amazed as you are right now," he smiles. Midorikawa looks at him, and only then notices that the jacket he was wearing when he came to pick him up, is gone. Midorikawa looks at himself, he is wearing it. "Aren't you cold? I have your jacket," Hiroto shakes his head. "I'm fine," but Midorikawa sees the goose bumps on his arms. He touches Hiroto's arm, "no, you're cold," he says while taking the jacket from his shoulders and giving it to Hiroto. He thinks about protesting but realizes it doesn't make sense, so he takes the jacket and puts it on. "How did we even get here when we were so little?" Midorikawa frowns. "Hm... Don't know, I can't even imagine, a whole bunch of little kids and Hitomiko-nee, that must have been hard," Midorikawa laughs, "especially with Suzuno and Nagumo to run away and mess up." They both laugh and Hiroto holds Midorikawa's hand tight. "There's more to see, there are all kinds of corridors here, want to go take a look?" he asks. "Sure," Midorikawa smiles. Together, they walk through the endless caves. "This is so awesome, how do you know which way to go?" "Ehm... I don't," Midorikawa gulps. "Y-you don't?" Hiroto shakes his head, "no, but I do know that all these ways make circles and end up in main route." Midorikawa sighs in relief. "So, in theory, if I start running now, and you stay here, I'll end up next to you again?" Hiroto nods, "yeah, but I'd rather have you stay with me," he says as he wraps his arm around Midorikawa's waist. He blushes and looks up at Hiroto. His face looks even more pale in the soft light of the torches that are fixed to the walls. Hiroto smiles and strokes a hair from Midorikawa's face. "You're turning all red, Mido-kun," he says but Midorikawa only turns more red. He looks away, "yeah that's your fault," he mutters. "Oh, should I be glad about that or feel sorry for it?" Midorikawa shrugs his shoulders, "donno, maybe both, in a way." "Hm... Okay, both it is then." "Can I try it out?" Midorikawa suddenly asks. "Try out what?" Hiroto looks confused. "The corridors, if they really work in circles, I want to try it out." "Uh, yeah why not? Go ahead." "Okay, but you stay here right?" Hiroto smiles, "I stay here," and with these words, Midorikawa sets off running.