"You can't keep on doing this, dude. Do your homework." Shunsuke glared at Takaki as the latter rummaged his bag.
All three of them were in the library. Shunsuke followed Aki while Takaki followed his friend just so he could copy the homework he didn't make at home.
Ignoring the two, Aki just continued reading the book he chose.
"I was busy."
"Busy doing what?"
The other's hands that was about to grab Shunsuke's works froze in the air for a couple of seconds, obviously lost about what to answer. He shot a side glance at his annoyed friend before mumbling, "I'm always busy."
"Tch. Busy sleeping, busy playing games, busy---"
"Oh, come on. Let's cut this crap, dude. You wouldn't be doing your homework if you didn't want to impress someone." He glanced at the boy sitting a bit far from them, still totally not acknowledging their presence.
"That's not true. I'm rethinking my priorities already. Studying is very important." With furrowed brows while staring at his book's pages, anyone might really be convinced he was being so diligent at studying.
"Huh. Rethinking priorities. It's very obvious what your top priority is."
"Fine. Get my homework and just go somewhere else. I need to concentrate here."
"Ppfft!" Takaki burst in a loud chuckle before smacking his friend's head. "Yeah right."
He gathered the latter's set of homework and made his way towards the door. Before finally stepping out though, his peripheral vision caught a very familiar person reading in an isolated corner of the library. The later was also wearing the same school uniform as they do.
Takaki stood there for a moment and watched Raiah. After a while, he decided to approach the other's table.
"What are you doing here?"
Raiah, who was also reading something, didn't even spare him a look. He was not in the mood to argue or anything today. Last night, his brother called to check on the progress of his mission and it was so unsettling for him. He felt so complicated regardless if he denied it or not.
And the very reason of his internal complications was now standing in front of him, trying to provoke him again. Whatever good left in his mood was now flown out of the window.
Mindless of the other's shown indifference, Takaki sat down and leaned forward, "What are you planning to do? Are you seriously going to study in this school?"
The other flipped through the next page, completely ignoring the questions thrown at him.
"You, listen." He tapped the table to get the latter's attention. "Stay away from us. You can't study here. If you want that boy, just take him and get lost. You don't belong here."
Raiah turned another page in the book and answered without looking at him, "I don't remember needing your opinion."
This was enough trigger for the latter's already unfriendly temper. He abruptly stood up again and grappled the other's arm. "What the-!" He instinctively let go the moment he felt how thin and seemingly fragile that arm felt like.
"Let's talk outside."
"Mm? Why should I go with you?" There was a clear, mocking stain in that tone.
"I'll keep on holding you until you do. I don't think you'll like that." And this tone wasn't endearing, it was plain stubborn.
A subtle amused smirk formed on the corner of Raiah's lips before he closed his book and stood up. "Interesting."
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He followed Takaki out of the library while Shunsuke watched the two leave from where he was sitting. The observing one was watching them from the moment his friend approached Raiah.
"What was that?" He literally didn't know how to react. He saw how Takaki looked at the 'supposed-to-be-enemy' but it didn't seem like he was looking at Raiah in that light at all.
Aki, who heard him and was fully aware about what was going on, still had his head buried in whatever he was reading. He simply couldn't care less.
Takaki, on the other hand, led Raiah to the back of the building where a big, old oak tree grew and overshadowed everything else.
"What do you want from us?"
"From you?"
The insulting smirk that came with that short question was almost enough to flip Takaki's sanity. "I really want to wring that pretty neck." His teeth clenched. "You are a nuisance and your presence here is intolerable."
"I don't want anything from you. Relax, I'm only here for one person and it's not you."
"Take him and leave. We don't want to be caught between a fight of whatever you guys are." He heavily put a distinction on the word 'whatever'.
"Whatever we are?"
"Both of you are not like us. You are not normal. There are so many reasons why you are not welcome here. You shouldn't be here." He internally winced. His superego hit his head like a huge hammer, scolding him for his hypocrisy. "Ah! Idiot! Why do you always say the opposite!"
He expected the other to immediately rebut but he was taken aback when Raiah's eyes seemed to smile and was having fun. Aside from the fact that it was now confusing him, the latter's eyes had proven once again that his greatest weakness lied on those two enchanting orbs which were even sparkling now as Raiah smiled through them.
"Mm, I can do that. I can just take him and leave." He took a step forward and stared directly at Takaki's eyes. He could read all the emotions and thoughts hidden behind them. No, they weren't even hidden at all. They were clearly and openly expressed. "Too transparent." His lips curved in a smile as he continued. "But... is that what you really want me to do?"
The taller boy was frozen as his attention was all sucked into a strong whirlpool of attraction and helplessness.
"Takaki." Raiah took another step to close the distance between them. His voice was calm and low, almost a whisper, but to the one he was calling, it was like a sound of a spell being casted.
Unfortunately, the spell backfired.
With only inches between them, Raiah could now make out all of the other's features... Takaki's handsome face that was already too masculine and rugged for his age... His strong and sturdy built that fully justified his sportiness... Even his warm and clean smell penetrated his mind...
Before he knew it, his eyes were already wandering towards each part of Takaki's face, noticing and taking in every detail.
"He's so young yet so sexy. Hmn, more interesting than I thought." His eyes were now fixed on something that made him think of various things at the same time. Mindlessly, he muttered, "I think I want to stay here longer."
Takaki's mind finally snapped back to reality as he heard Raiah spoke again. Since he was a head taller, he noticed that the latter was too close to him, looking up and now staring at his lips. "What are you doing?"
Raiah, unashamed by the fact that he was caught lusting over someone decades and decades younger than him, just calmly and slowly raised his head to look directly at Takaki again. He answered with a taunting smile, "I don't know, tell me, what am I doing?"
