Chapter 9: Chapter 9

Aoi went ahead to the back of the school to find that Yanagi wasn't there yet. They had agreed to meet here directly rather than trying to pick up each other and missing each other instead.

But after waiting for 10 minutes, Yanagi still didn't appear. His text from 5 minutes ago also hadn't been replied to.

Did Yanagi fail to sneak out early to buy their lunch at the canteen? He tried calling Yanagi without any success either.

Worrying that Yanagi got some troubles, Aoi headed to the canteen. Yet he didn't find him there as well.

Was Yanagi still in his classroom?

He walked towards Yanagi's classroom. When he was about to reach there, he heard a girl's scream from inside.

"No way!! Why should our group sacrifice ourselves for him!?"

"She's right! He should just not participate in the school trip at all!"

"Besides, spending 3 days and 2 nights trip with him is super dangerous for us girls, alright!? We should tell Sensei to ban him!"

Aoi immediately had an ominous feeling and rushed towards the door.

Yanagi stood still at the back of the class, silently accepting their insults. At the very least, they didn't get physical like his classmates in middle school.

Still, although he was used to it, it didn't mean he didn't want to leave. He didn't even get to buy Aoi's lunch yet.

But the girls were blocking his way. They would definitely fall from a light bump.

What to do?

Aoi would get hungry if he waited too long.

Would there still be soba bread left by now? Should he just buy the pizza bread or the melon bread?

Ah…but Aoi liked grapes and mango more.

Slam!!!

The whole class was startled by the sudden loud noise and turned towards the door.

Yanagi's eyes widened to see Aoi there but soon noticed the displeasure in his eyes.

"Ao–"

"Aren't you guys too much?" Aoi glared at every single person in the classroom. "Treating someone like a criminal without any evidence, you guys are the worst. You don't have the right to call him a creep when all of you are creepier than he would ever be. What did he ever do to you? Absolutely nothing."

The air turned tense and everyone flinched in shock when Aoi banged the door.

"Yanagi is a nice, awkward person who is afraid of hurting the people around him. You created this 'creep' with your hurtful words and aversion without knowing anything at all. Did any one of you even try talking to him once or tried getting to know him?"

Aoi walked inside. The students in front of the door fearfully parted ways for him to pass.

He approached Yanagi's schoolmate from middle school with long strides, causing the girl to pale and fall to her chair from her weakened knees.

"Your irresponsible words caused this, Natsumi-san. You're lucky that Yanagi is a strong person," Aoi looked condescendingly at her. "Hanasaki-san has already apologized to Yanagi, so I hope you ask her the truth and do the same."

He didn't linger for a second longer. He grabbed Yanagi's arm and pulled him out of the class with him until they reached the outdoor stairways.

Aoi turned around and was about to say something when Yanagi suddenly pounced on him, squeezing him into a tight hug and burying his face into his shoulder.

He was stunned at first and soon felt the tremble of Yanagi's body. His heartbeat was as energetic as ever.

"Fortunately, we managed to get in touch with Hanasaki-san just the day before," he sighed and patted Yanagi's back.

Not hearing any reply from Yanagi, he worriedly turned his head to look at him.

"Yanagi?"

Yanagi's hold tightened, "Aoi…what should I do…?"

"What's wrong?" Aoi frowned. "Did they do something to you?

Yanagi shook his head, "I'm…so in love with you right now that I don't know what I'll do if I see your face."

"You–" Aoi was baffled. "I'm serious right here!"

"M-me too…" Yanagi loosened his hold slightly to face Aoi.

Aoi was stunned to see Yanagi's wet eyes. Because of his blazer and vest inside, he didn't feel the tears spilling onto his shoulder.

He wiped them with his sleeves but the tears just wouldn't stop.

"I'm sorry…" Yanagi sniffled. "I look so uncool and pathetic right now."

"When have you ever been cool?" Aoi sighed helplessly. "It's alright. I'm relieved that you can still cry."

"Nh–!" Yanagi's felt another lump in his throat and cried like a waterfall.

Aoi laughed and tirelessly wiped Yanagi's tears away, "There, there. I'll be your exclusive tissue and pillow for today."

He pulled Yanagi to sit on the ground. While he leaned onto the balcony, he pushed Yanagi down to his lap.

But with Yanagi's height, he needed to fold his legs to fit.

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"You're really too tall," Aoi petted Yanagi's hair.

Yanagi silently plastered himself to Aoi, focusing on Aoi's fingers gently coursing through his hair.

He felt like he was saved by Aoi all over again from his words in the classroom earlier. It was as if the last layer of the wall entrapping him was broken down with brute force.

Aoi was his hero.

The hero who freed him from himself and defended him from the world.

Aoi stared at Yanagi for a while and rubbed his ear lightly, "Should we ditch it?"

"…Eh?" Yanagi turned and looked up at Aoi.

"The school trip," Aoi hummed in thought. "Let's ditch it and go somewhere else. Just the two of us."

Yanagi fiddled with Aoi's vest, "Where?"

"That's for you to think about," Aoi grinned.

Yanagi's chest warmed and clenched.

He knew a good boyfriend would say no right now. A good boyfriend wouldn't let his partner sacrifice their school trip to accompany the pathetic him that wanted to run away.

"Ah–" Aoi saw Yanagi start crying again and sighed. After a short thought, he took out his phone and started taking pictures of Yanagi, "Why are you crying again? Today will definitely be one of your dark memories when you sobered up."

"I'm sorry, Aoi," Yanagi timidly pinched Aoi's sleeve. "I know…I should say no, but I can't. I…want to be with you."

Aoi's hand stopped taking pictures. He looked at Yanagi beyond his screen and covered his blushful smile.

"Mn. It's okay," he replied. "The more selfish you are, the more selfish I can be as well. So do everything you want, Yanagi. Chances are, I also want it."

"Then…" Yanagi hesitated for a few seconds but decided to say it, "…can I…kiss you?"

Aoi stiffened in place.

Sensing his reaction, Yanagi immediately sobered and hurriedly sat up, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean that. I went out of line."

"It's not–"

"It's alright, Aoi. I-I-I'm fine, really!" Yanagi was too ashamed to look at Aoi and hung his head. "I won't force you to do anything uncomfortable. I don't want to."

His fists clenched until his knuckles turned white as he inwardly rebuked himself.

How could he forget that Aoi was just being kind to him? He was a nice person and was probably curious about dating a guy.

They weren't really dating.

Aoi didn't see him that way…

"Oi!"

Yanagi jolted in shock when both of his cheeks were suddenly slapped. He raised his face to see Aoi was facing him with a frown.

Was he mad?

What should he do?

"I'm so–"

"I'm sorry," Aoi said it first. "I didn't mean to react that way. I was just surprised. I'm not disgusted or anything, okay?"

"…" Yanagi gave a small nod.

"…You definitely don't believe me," Aoi sighed.

He lowered his hands and leaned forward.

Yanagi froze in place as Aoi pressed his soft lips onto his tingling cheek. He looked at Aoi in astonishment as he receded back.

Aoi covered his hot face, "This is as far as I can go for now. I'm not mentally prepared for us to kiss on the lips yet. Would you mind…waiting for me? Until I'm ready…"

"I will wait for as long as you need," Yanagi's heart thumped like crazy. He grabbed Aoi's hands and lowered them from his face, "I promise I won't kiss you on the lips, so…can I…k-kiss you?"

Aoi turned slightly redder and gave a small nod.

Yanagi's palms were damp with cold sweat as he nervously started kissing Aoi's fingertips. He gave light kisses on each joint and every inch of Aoi's palm, both front and back.

Aoi felt his hands and heart were on fire. When Yanagi traced them with his own hands and lips, he couldn't handle the erotic visual and closed his eyes.

Soon, Yanagi interlaced their fingers and started kissing his cheeks, ears, and forehead. He could hear the sound of both of their heartbeats from how nervous they were.

"Cute…" Yanagi muttered by his ear.

Aoi flushed red.

The cute one here is you!

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