Yasutomo buried his face in the back of Yuusuke's neck as the room erupted in laughter.
"Don't laugh, Yuusuke…" he gave the other a squeeze for his telltale tremors. Yuusuke bit his lip.
"Oh, man," Naruko choked on his saliva, "The old man's confirmed for worst wingman ever!"
"What's a wingman? And don't call me old man!" snapped Tadokoro.
"He's right though, you're the worst," Yasutomo squinted at him from behind a lock of Yuusuke's hair held to his face like a bandana. Tadokoro snorted.
"Don't blame me! Blame Kinjou,he's the one who put me up to it!"
"Kinjou?!"
Kinjou fixed his glasses with a stiff hand and slowly turned away as all eyes fixed on him.
"Care to explain yourself, sho?" Yuusuke gathered Yasutomo's hands in his. Deprived of his bandana, Yasutomo lowered his head to glare from behind Yuusuke's shoulder.
"Oh? What did Kinjou-san do?" came a new voice from the doorway, startling them into whirling around.
"Perm-senpai! Quiet-senpai!" gasped Naruko.
"Oh my.. Were we too loud?" asked Sugimoto. Teshima flicked his wrist, smiling.
"No worries! We just heard laughter, and thought we'd investigate. Right, Aoyagi?"
Aoyagi nodded, expression deadpan.
"So, what did Kinjou-san do?"
Kinjou sighed.
Kinjou pressed a finger to his lips, then beckoned towards the door. Intrigued, Tadokoro shot one more glance at Yasutomo's motionless form, then snuck out of the first-years' bedroom to join Kinjou in the hallway.
"What is it?" he whispered. Kinjou scratched at the back of his neck.
"It sounds like Arakita-kun would like to make up with Makishima-kun, but doesn't know how to talk to him, so I was wondering if we could help, somehow. What do you think, Tadokoro-kun?"
Tadokoro broke into a devilish grin.
"Don't you worry, Kinjou," he tapped Kinjou's shoulder, "just leave everything to me."
"Hah! You used him as an excuse! I knew you were the traitor!" Yasutomo jabbed a finger at Tadokoro, Yuusuke's hand still latched onto his. Tadokoro huffed and crossed his arms. Kinjou cleared his throat.
"Still, I was glad Tadokoro did that," he said with a fond smile. "You deserved that chance, Arakita. It was when you told us to pretend you were asleep so Makishima could ignore you if he needed space, that I finally realized you were.."
"Human?" offered Tadokoro. Yasutomo growled.
"Fuck off!"
"I was going to say soft-hearted," clarified Kinjou. Yasutomo choked and flushed crimson.
"Shuddup!"