AN: So I decided to update this and change it all to Japanese names because they suit my purposes better. I've also managed to get my head out of my ass (for the most part lol) and organize my thoughts better so I now mostly have finally decided where I want this story to go. Thanks to mah gurl Ore Sama for helping me edit this. Ur mah bae.
"But Manjyomeeeee!"
"No" Came the short, curt reply. He had said it at least four times now, as bluntly and as unaffected as possible in an attempt to emphasize his answer, using his body language to the fullest, turned away, an edifice of gruff disapproval. Apparently, the infuriatingly persistent Osiris dropout wasn't getting the none too subtle hint. Manjyome was one hundred percent cold shoulder, using every ounce of his well- practiced scorn to try to get through Judai's thick skull.
"But, but it's just a game!"
"Dropout, no means no."
"But-"
"No"
"But-
"NO"
"But-"
"Dammit Judai, leave me alone!" His carefully constructed "cold shoulder" routine shattered as he lost his temper, whirling around to retaliate. Judai shrunk back briefly, but blinked, undeterred, his irrational optimism seeming to be turned onto its highest setting.
"Why not?" he inquired simply.
Manjyome snapped "Because!" and left it at that.
Judai frowned. "That's not a very good reason. You sound like my parents when I ask them a 'dumb question' and they don't wanna answer."
Manjyome sighed, wondering why he had ever accepted Judai's invitation to stay in his dinky little room while his own more extravagant and, in his opinion, much more fitting room was under construction over the summer. He said tiredly "Judai just because we happen to be living together at the moment doesn't in any way obligate me to play silly games with you and your idiot friends."
Judai's frown only deepened, and he argued mildly, as if explaining to a child "They're not idiots Manjyome, and there's nothing silly about wanting to bond with my new roomie."
"I don't want to 'bond' with you, dropout..." Manjyome said, it coming out as more of a groan as he crawled into the top bunk of the three.
Judai simply continued, chirping a "Sure you do!"and smiling his silly little smile. "C'mon it'll be fun!"
Manjyome merely scoffed, lying down and turning his back to the unrelenting Osiris boy.
He heard grunting behind him followed by Judai's chipper voice- closer now- saying: "You could use some fun! I'm a pretty fun guy, Manjyome..."
The unwilling teen stiffened at the proximity of Judai's cheery, infuriating voice, turning his head ever so slightly only to confirm the fact that Judai had indeed climbed up the side of the bunk beds and was peering down at Manjyome with his huge, chocolate brown eyes.
"Grr, take a hike, loser!"
Judai's little nose wrinkled up. "I don't wanna" he said petulantly, eliciting another groan from Manjyome, who sat straight up in bed. "Yeah?" he retaliated. "Well I don't wanna play another stupid game with you! I've only been living here for a day, anyway, what's the big hurry?"
It had, in fact, only been a very short time since the ornery black-clad Osiris had accepted Judai's ridiculously enthusiastic and friendly extension of hospitality. He was already regretting it.
Judai was now pouting, and his tone of voice matched his childish expression perfectly as he reached a hand up and jostled Manjyome by the arm. "But whyyyy?" he whined, "What's so bad about having some fun? Just a harmless game..."
Manjyome made a face and shrugged Judai off of him, growling out "Just a 'harmless game' eh? If it's anything like the last 'harmless game', I want nothing to do with it!"
At the mention of this, Judai's unwavering conviction faltered a bit, and he stuttered "I-It wasn't THAT bad... was it?"
Manjyome simply shoved him off the side of the bed, causing Judai to lose his grip and fall on the ground with a yelp. "Yes. It was." He said matter of factly before turning away gruffly as the fallen boy got up, rubbing his injured backside with a tragic pout.
"Oh..." He said simply, sounding almost disappointed. There was a light blush dusting his face upon remembering that night, and the game Manjyome was referring to.
The black Osiris in question didn't turn around, but merely sat, board-stiff in the bed, face turned away from Judai, hiding his own slightly flushed cheeks from view.
They both were thinking about it now, memories washing over them, unbidden and unrelenting.
It had been a while ago, before the seven spirit keys, before the Seven Stars, and before Judai battled for the safety of the world. Despite all that had transpired since the school duel, what occurred on that night still came up from time to time.
Judai, in his usual over-enthusiasm, had nearly hugged Manjyome to death upon learning that he wouldn't be returning to North Academy in favor of the original Duel Academia.
The pale duelist in question had been horrified to learn that, as he had been gone for three months, he was to be placed in Osiris Red.
Judai, however, was ecstatic.
"Oh man, now we're gonna be buddies for sure!" he had said excitedly. He had wanted to throw a party to welcome Manjyome home, and had scrambled around getting permission from professor Daitokuji, inviting the whole gang, and most importantly, coercing Manjyome into attending.
Despite his best efforts, Manjyome had found himself about an hour later sitting in the Osiris Red commons with not only the Osiris dropout himself, but his dweeb roommate, Asuka, and Misawa.
Judai was practically bouncing off the walls in excitement, running from here to there, almost headache inducing in his energy. He had hopped up on a table shouting "We should play some party games!"
Manjyome had thought it was harmless enough, and inquired "Like...?" Judai had hopped off the table and rushed over to a closet, rummaging, rummaging, until he finally popped up with some games. He had said something like "Well I found these, but we don't hafta play 'em. I mean aren't there other games you don't even need boards for, or whatever? Like uh..."
Asuka offered "Never have I ever?" Misawa said matter-of-factly, "Truth or dare is also a verbal game..." Then, Shou shouted almost desperately, "Ooh! Guess who's kissing you!"
Everyone in the room had laughed, but a slight flush sprang to Judai's cheeks as he had exclaimed nervously, "S-Shou!"
The black Osiris had merely chuckled darkly, allowing the snide jab to fall from his lips. "Looks like the dweeb is trying to get the only action he can get!"
Asuka had then pointed out good humoredly, "Even though I'm the only girl here...?" And more laughter had filled the small room.
Shou had defended vehemently, "Yeah, I'm not that hopeless, I promise!"
Misawa pointed out "And it IS just a game intended for comedic situations..."
Judai, still holding the board games, had made a face "Uhhh no, It's weird!" he said, obviously uncomfortable with everyone being so casual about kissing. "You can't just... Kiss someone! C-can you...?"
"Sure, why not?" Manjyome had said with a slight smirk. He had been enjoying his rival's obvious discomfort far too much to consider the possible repercussions of a game like this. "Just a bit of fun, right?"
"Yeah, it's just harmless fun!" Shou had defended.
Right. Harmless.
But Manjyome couldn't stop himself- he had been reveling in the way Judai was lacking his normal brazen confidence. So he allowed himself a smirk and had continued, agreeing with the dweeb for once. "Yeah... No ulterior motives, right Shou?"
Shou had scowled, saying,"Of course not!" He then started to explain.
"Alright, here's how it works, someone, whoever gets chosen to go first, will close their eyes, and three people out of all of us will take turns kissing whoever is the victim! Just a little kiss, too, Judai since you're freaking out" He said to the panicking brunette. "It'll be over in a second. Then, whoever's getting kissed has to guess the three people who kissed them in order!"
"Gahh!" Judai had shouted, mortified, "How can you people be so on board with this!?"
It had been too good, and Manjyome had said, relishing an inner triumph, "What are you whining about, dropout? Wasn't it you who said you 'never backed down from a challenge' or something?" the black slifer had mockingly used air quotes to emphasize his sarcasm.
Said dropout had put down all of the rejected board games, and was blinking rapidly, seemingly startled.
"Hey, you're right! Haha what's gotten into me?" He had laughed, somewhat nervously. "Alright, I'll play!"
Misawa, forever helpful, said "Very well. We should draw for who has to guess first... No, not cards, Judai." The boy in question's face fell as he dejectedly put away his deck.
"We'll draw straws."
...
"Oh, come on!" Judai had exclaimed moments later, blushing lightly. In a remarkable show of bad luck, he had drawn the shortest straw.
Manjyome had snickered. "Some luck you got there... alright, so how do we decide who kisses the slacker first?"
A wave of hissing "Shh"s were directed at the black-haired teen. "It's a secret decision!" Shou had said urgently."We wait til he closes his eyes and deliberate then!"
Judai's slightly unsure voice sounded. "Uhh... Guys? I uh...never... Kissed anyone before..." He had rubbed the the back of his head and laughed sheepishly,"hehehe which one-a-you guys gets to be my first? Oh!" The brunette shook his head, "I have to guess, don't I? Ok..." Judai had then sat down, impossibly optimistic, as always.
He then had closed his eyes tightly, in anticipation, causing his whole face to scrunch up.
Shou warned gently, "Aniki, relax your face otherwise no one will even wanna kiss you."
Judai exhaled, and his face relaxed noticeably.
Manjyome had turned to the other group members and hissed "Now will you tell? Do we draw straws again or Rock Paper Scissors or what?" He inquired impatiently. He was anxious to see that slacker receive half of the embarrassment he had delt to him just earlier. Oh revenge would be sweet, and-
"Why are you so antsy?" The whispered voice of Asuka had interrupted the black Osiris's inner monologue, and she laughed deviously, "Hehe why don't YOU kiss Judai first!"
The wide eyed expression on Manjyome's face had caused everyone to snicker under their breath. The ebony haired duelist hissed desperately, "No way in hell! It's his first kiss! Tch, seriously? his first? What a loser..."
Misawa had pointed out quietly, "But this is Judai we're talking about here; that sort of thing holds no weight with him."
Manjyome had huffed "Yeah, well I, for one, don't find his innocence to be as charming as you all seem to...In fact, it annoys me."
He received a jab from Shou's elbow the shorter one whispered "Heh, then why not kiss him if it annoys you so much?"
Manjyome gritted his teeth and uttered tersely, "No. Way."
Shou taunted bravely (for him, anyway) "Why not? Scared?"
Manjyome had glared daggers at the blunette before growling menacingly "No, I just don't wanna kiss the slacker!" Asuka had chimed in, whispering, "Well, I don't think you have a choice, Manjyome... a-and I'll go second, if that's alright." She had blushed lightly at that, causing the the black Osiris to scoff. Of COURSE Asuka wanted to go. Manjyome then whispered shortly,"Fine, but since I've been volunteered against my will, I volunteer short-stop to kiss the slacker third!" At this, he had shot Shou a look and continued, "Besides, it was your idea anyway."
Shou had nodded in agreement. "Eh, fair enough... but right now, it's your turn!"
Everyone had pushed Manjyome towards Judai, eliciting one of Manjyome's best scowls in their direction before the black Osiris turned resignedly to face his fate. What he saw caused his heart to flutter in a strange sense of anticipation.
The brunette duelist was on the edge of his seat, fists balled up on his knees, a slight flush on his face, eyes clamped shut. He looked... different.
Well this was unexpected. It seemed as though brunette suddenly seemed less annoying to Manjyome. Instead, and he found himself thinking Judai actually looked almost cute.
Almost.
For a guy.
Slowly, Manjyome gulped and strode up to Judai thinking 'Just harmless fun, it'll be over quick, and we can all forget it ever happened.' Upon his arrival in front of the brunette boy, he leaned down, and planted what he intended to be a quick, painless kiss on his rival's lips.
Of course, nothing could ever go as planned.
Judai, being caught completely off guard, gasped idiotically in surprise, his lips parting against Manjyome's, stunning the ebony haired duelist-causing him to freeze in place, in turn causing the kiss to linger for longer than necessary- and causing Manjyome, when he backed away quickly, to be blushing furiously as he scrambled to hide his evident embarrassment from the others in the room.
Fortunately, no one seemed to notice, and if they did they weren't too hung up on it. Manjyome was left reeling in his own personal state of embarrassment as the two other kissers took their turns. Only, they kissed Judai AFTER tapping him on the shoulder for a warning.
This made Manjyome's blood boil in rage towards that little blue haired loser. He had tricked him! He wouldn't have ever... and no way would Judai have opened his mouth if Shou had warned him to give him a tap on the shoulder first!
"Ok! All done!" Shou had chimed, oblivious to Manjyome's rage. Equally oblivious, Judai blinked his eyes open. He had studied everyone's faces in turn- Manjyome was the only one giving anything away, but the thought of Manjyome kissing him was so far removed from Judai's mind that he didn't even consider the black Osiris an option.
"In order huh...?" He had inquired, scratching his head in puzzlement. "Uhhh... A-Asuka?" He guessed. She had shaken her head "No" and Judai pressed "Dammit! uh.. Were you at least one of the three?" She had answered with a soft smile, "Yes, second, actually."
Judai nodded thoughtfully before saying cautiously "Okay, uh... Misawa?"
The genius boy said,"I wasn't even a variable this round, Judai."
The boy in question broke into a grin, and had shouted triumphantly, "So Shou! And..." the slifer duelist had trailed off, eyes widening as he zeroed in on Manjyome's slightly pink face, doing the math in his head.
"Manjyome...?" He had inquired incredulously. "N-no way!"
Manjyome had growled out "What?! Am I not allowed to play the game?"
Judai had sputtered "Oh, no that's not what I meant... I uh...I'm just surprised is all..."
"Yeah, whatever..." Manjyome had huffed.
Shou clarified, "He was the first one Aniki. I was third."
As the pieces clicked in Judai's fluffy head, he had squeaked out "First?!" and then had fallen out of his chair, groaning with a dazed look on his face, "So you mean to tell me... that I just... my first kiss... with Manjyome? Manjyome Thunder was my first kiss...?"
Manjyome exploded "Yes, idiot!" there was a blush lighting up his pale face. "And if you hadn't opened your mouth like the dropout idiot you are-" He cut himself off mid sentence and slapped a hand over his mouth, eyes wide, realizing that he had just revealed something he did not have to, and that everyone's surprised gaze was on him.
Asuka said "Whoa, wait a minute... opened his mouth...?" Manjyome only sputtered.
Judai pulled himself up and murmured, eyes hidden by his mop of messy two-tone hair, "S-sorry Manjyome, you just caught me off guard! The other two tapped me on the shoulder... so I knew... sorry..."
He walked closer, blush across his cheeks, peering up at Manjyome. "B-but it wasn't so bad... kinda nice, actually. So don't worry about it."
Manjyome couldn't handle any more. Judai had only been trying to make things better, but in saying what he had, the brunette had opened up a whole new window. Manjyome had stormed out in an embarrassed rage, and Judai had stayed behind, dumbfounded, racking his brains for what he could have said that was so wrong...
The door being wrestled open stirred both boys from their mutual reverie, breaking the silence, and along with it, some of the tension as Shou and Kenzan walked through the door.
"Oh hey, Guys! 'Sup?" Judai greeted them brightly, the memory of that first kiss -the way it felt- lingering in the back of his mind as he broke out of his thoughts to say
"Manjyome and I were deciding what game we should all play."
Said duelist scowled, crossing his arms. He said snappishly "Like hell we were!"
Shou simply sighed and shook his little blue head. Judai was too nice. Couldn't he see Manjyome was just a hopeless cause?
Judai ignored Manjyome's exasperation, and said excitedly "What about twister? or Uno? or- OOF!"
He was cut off by a pillow to the face, Manjyome's outstretched throwing arm lowering to rest by his side as he said "Can't you take a hint, dropout?"
Said dropout he was addressing picked up the offending pillow and hugged it to his chest, pouting like a child. "But..."
"Just ignore him, Aniki. This freeloader doesn't have a single sense of humor in his skinny bones, saurus." Said Kenzan, under the impression that Manjyome had forced himself upon them, staying in their room uninvited. His opinion of Manjyome, much like the opinions of many others, was not very high. He regarded the black haired boy with much disdain, and found his standoffish behavior towards his mentor to be unacceptable.
Judai wore a puzzled expression and repeated dimly "Freeloader...?"
Shou chipped in, for once in agreement with Kenzan. "Yeah, Manjyome. If you're gonna be a jerk, why'd you even bother inviting yourself to stay over?"
Manjyome merely growled, used to the skepticism. He was about to tell them he'd gladly leave, but Judai's voice, in a moderating tone, cut through. "Actually, guys, I invited him... I figured it'd be fun! I mean Manjyome IS in Osiris Red now, after all, and I just thought it'd be nice to get to know each other better." He stopped as the others stared at him.
"Uh..." he continued nervously, shrinking back so he was peeking over the pillow, his friends skeptical gazes not entirely encouraging. "Plus, Manjyome is our friend, and we should help him out... He needed a place to stay, so..." The brunette continued to hug the pillow sheepishly as his friends continued to look skeptical.
Manjyome didn't say anything, but upon Judai's defense of him, he felt a sudden warmth towards his rival. His grimace of scorn softened, and he felt less hostile all of a sudden.
Judai had always done that. Manjyome guessed it was one thing he really appreciated about the idiot.
He sighed, and leaned back in his bed, lying down only to remember that his pillow was currently being snuggled by a certain Osiris dropout.
Judai was, indeed, still snuggling the pillow, hiding behind it as if he were attempting to shield himself from his friends' skepticism with its lumpy, soft goodness. Shou said, breaking the silence, "Whatever you say, Aniki. Only question is, where is he gonna sleep? There's four of us, and only three beds."
Judai had evidently failed to think this far ahead, and was taken off guard by the question. "Oh..." he said. "I hadn't thought about that..."
Manjyome rolled his eyes and sat up again, knowing full well that as a "freeloader" he would be unanimously nominated to sleep on the floor or air mattress or whatever it may be. This was why he was quite surprised to hear Judai saying "It's whatever, I don't mind sleeping on the floor! It was my goof anyway- didn't think ahead. Never do..." He laughed sheepishly.
Of course, both Shou and Kenzan were quick to object, offering many reasons why Manjyome should be the one to sleep on the floor, that the brunette shouldn't have to give up his bed. Judai just held up his hand and said calmly: "C'mon guys, knock it off. I really don't mind"- trying to stave off his followers' barrage of general Manjyome hate.
"Manjyome is the guest, anyway. He shouldn't have to sleep on the floor" Judai added and smiled at the two boys who competed for his attention almost constantly, stilling any further arguments they may have had.
Manjyome himself was caught off guard. The dropout was okay with giving up his bed? to HIM of all people? There's no way anyone could be that... nice. He didn't believe it.
The black Osiris sat up in his bed and grumbled out "Dropout, don't be stupid. You're not giving up your damn bed." Said dropout glanced up at him over the pillow he still held in a loose embrace, confusion showing in his expressive brown eyes. Manjyome continued gruffly "You're too nice for your own good..."
Internally, he wondered why he even cared. He was Manjyome Thunder! He didn't have time for compassion! Right...?
But that idiotic brunette's utter lack of hesitation- his unconditional kindness towards Manjyome- was something that the dark haired ex-Obelisk found he couldn't simply ignore. He was surprised upon the realization that he almost wanted to be nice to the Osiris dropout. For the first time in his life, he found himself questioning his attitude towards someone. Was he being too mean? Psh, no, that idiot slacker had it coming! Was he being unreasonable? Probably, but he always was. He didn't care if anyone liked him, or even if they disliked him.
'Judai likes you'
a voice said, cutting through his thoughts like a razor blade. He wanted to tell the voice to shut up and go away- that Judai was an idiot anyway, and it didn't matter what he thought, but the next thought came regardless, unbidden.
'Judai's always nice to you'
He was nice to everyone! Manjyome Thunder was nice to no-one!
But even as his mind cried out against it, he felt himself getting up and crawling out of the bunk, attracting the gazes of the three other boys in the room. 'Holy shit' he thought. 'Why am I doing this?' His feet made contact with the ground, and he turned to face his rival.
'Oh god dammit'.
Judai was still peeking over the pillow, curiously peering at him with those infernal irresistible puppy dog eyes. Manjyome felt powerless against them.
'There's no helping it now...' His eyes connected with the chocolate brown of Judai's, and he walked over to him slowly.
'I guess it can't hurt to be nice... just this once' Manjyome thought as he arrived in front of a perplexed brunette duelist. He gently extracted the pillow from Judai's grasp, and their eyes locked.
The boy in question blinked at him, brown eyes wide.
"I'll take this, though. If you don't mind." Manjyome said in a low voice, referring to the pillow. Judai stared up at the taller, ebony haired boy in front of him. Said boy elaborated "It's only fair." His pale face wore a sort of smirk, an expression commonly seen there. To Manjyome it was a front. On the inside he wasn't feeling very triumphant at all, and used the smirk in an attempt to hide his indecision.
Evidently, it worked.
Judai gulped and relinquished the pillow, stammering "Uh... y-yeah, sure thing." he appeared a bit flustered, but then exclaimed suddenly, "W-wait, no, I already said I was sleeping on the floor!"
Manjyome sighed in an exasperated fashion, but it went unheeded as Judai barreled on.
"I can't just let you sleep on the floor, Manjyome. It's not a nice thing to do, I mean, like I said it was my goof so I should take full responsibili-"
"Dropout, no."
"But it's not fair to-"
"Dammit, why are you so difficult?" The annoyance was clear in the black Osiris's voice, but Judai either didn't notice it or didn't care and rambled on, putting his hands on Manjyome's shoulders and moving to push him into Judai's very own bottom bunk. Manjyome interrupted loudly, having had enough:
"For Chrissake, Judai!" He pushed the enthusiastic brunette away and stood back up. "I'm trying to be nice for once in my life and you're giving me hell for it!"
Judai blinked, stunned. "Uh... But... Well" stuttered the Osiris Red duelist, at a loss for words.
He, along with his other roommates, weren't sure how to react to the idea of Manjyome being nice.
The youngest Manjyome brother merely huffed out a "I'd think you'd be happy about that, you dropout..."
Manjyome was suddenly regretting this impulsive decision to be considerate, and fumed at the wall, looking anywhere but at the infuriating idiot in front of him.
"...I'd like it if you were comfortable, is all..." came the soft voice of his rival.
Manjyome's intense focus on the wall was momentarily diverted by the tone of Judai's voice. He glanced at the brunette, blinking. Judai was blinking right back, brown eyes as large and warm as ever- like melted chocolate.
The raven-haired boy sighed. The slacker always found a way to ruin something, didn't he?
Here he was, arguing with his rival over which one of them was to sleep on the floor. The FLOOR, for goodness' sake!
Manjyome said shortly, trying to stay calm, "You're not sleeping on the floor, I am. Your fan club is right."
Said "Fan club", despite appearing put out at the label, were overall silent- shocked.
"But... but..." Judai said, his lips pulling into that pout Manjyome recognized as the brunette's childish solution whenever he didn't get his way. The black Osiris was getting fed up with Judai's persistence. Why was he so damn difficult? Why was it so hard to say no to the way his lips puckered into that irresistible little pout...?
Manjyome shook his head, banishing that last thought as utterly ridiculous.
Judai was his rival, and even though he consistently bested Manjyome as far as dueling was concerned, this was one fight with the dropout that Manjyome Thunder was winning. But how...? The brunette was known for never giving up until the very end...
Then, an idea came to him, and his face pulled into a devious smirk. All he had to do was intimidate the slacker... fluster him until he gave in- make him uncomfortable enough to just drop it. Manjyome thought that it shouldn't be hard, as Judai was as innocent as they come- his sugary sweet cluelessness was no match for the overbearing personality and radiating sexiness of Manjyome Thunder.
The black Osiris took a step towards Judai, uttering in a low, teasing tone, "What are you so worried about, huh? My comfort, you say? Well what if I said there's no way in hell I'm letting you give up your bed to me?" He continued his advance towards the Osiris Red, gaze smoldering, connected with those wide chocolate orbs. Manjyome stopped walking only when he was staring down at Judai, using his height against the brunette. He said in that same teasing tone, this time with some added sultriness, "What if I said that the only way to get me to sleep in your bed... was if I knew you wouldn't be sleeping on the floor either?"
Judai was gazing up at him, evidently flustered by their closeness. "Uh, w-well... I'd be fine with whatever as long as... you're..." the brunette trailed off, distracted by Manjyome's dark, mischievous smirk. Manjyome noted Judai's preoccupation, as well as the way the Osiris's eyes swept around, taking in every aspect of his pale face. The taller of the two boys continued, almost in a whisper, "So... you're saying you'd share a bed with me, then?" Judai's eyes widened in realization and he sputtered "Uh ah... well I mean I guess so... I-it really shouldn't be a big deal uhm... it's just kinda... c-cramped."
Manjyome latched onto this, seeing it as a perfect opportunity to ensure his victory.
His smirk widened and he purred out, allowing his voice to become a low, enthralling, seductive sound in an attempt to further fluster his rival, "Exactly. Cramped. You don't wanna be in a small enclosed area with me, especially if that area is a bed, do you?" He decided to further utilize his height to stare down at his rival imploringly as he added, "Unless you happen to like that idea... Well? Is that it?" the ebony haired boy quirked an eyebrow at his question. He noted the flush that spread across Judai's cheeks triumphantly as the brunette sputtered "Oh uhm... well I-it's nothing like that! I just really really don't think it's fair for you to sleep on the floor, 'specially after I invited you and everything..."
Judai had averted his eyes, and had focused his gaze instead at the floor, avoiding eye contact with the pale boy in front of him. Said boy thought with satisfaction that it wouldn't be long before Judai gave in. He seemed flustered, maybe uncomfortable even. His smirk widened, but before he could get in another word, his rival suddenly looked up, peering into Manjyome's dark gaze with his own warm brown one.
The raven-haired boy held in a gasp at Judai's appearance. At the blush dusted across his face, over his nose, cheeks just barely pink. At his expressive eyes, which were big and a very warm brown. Manjyome was suddenly painfully aware of how close their faces were, and of the way Judai's eyes shone as the flustered blushing boy said quietly, "I wouldn't mind..."
Manjyome felt his mind clear a bit.
What?!
No! Judai wasn't supposed to agree! Manjyome found himself reeling, blinking down at the brunette in surprise briefly before he got a grip and backed away a bit, outwardly calm, smirk falling firmly back in place.
"Well then..." he said simply. "That wasn't so complicated..." He turned around coolly, smirk still glued on his face, attempting to mask his panic.
'Shit shit shit' he thought. Inside, he was desperate. What had he gotten himself into? Now he had to share a bed? With JUDAI?
Oh, it was going to be a long night...
AN: well that was that. I still really like this chapter haha