Accidentally [Kounoi]

Chapter 1

((This was written for the dmmd secret santa 2014. I thought about posting this here as well))

It wasn't a nice surprise to Koujaku when he showed up at Aoba's place and found a certain blonde brat at the dinnertable. Of course, their relationship had improved a little since they had to work together at Platinum Jail, but he still didn't trust Noiz completely. He didn't have many reasons to.

At first glance, he almost didn't recognized him. Since the last time they've saw each other, Noiz had removed his piercings and was now wearing a suit, which was a nice improvement from his previous greenish outfit. By recognizing those piercing green eyes and the smug grin on that face, he frowned, what seemed to make the younger's grin grow even wider.

"Missed me, old man?"

Koujaku gritted his teeth. Not long after Noiz vanished from the island, he and Aoba somehow ended up talking about him. Aoba didn't spew out any details, but he told Koujaku that Noiz had been trough a hard situation, that he was a good person despite what it seemed and that they shouldn't fight each other so often.

It looked like he didn't had a talk like that with the brat, though.

"Can't say that I did"

As the older, he had to keep his calm and be the mature one. But that didn't meant he couldn't be honest. And it was mature enough of him not to add 'shitty brat' at the end of that sentence.

Noiz shrugged, "Well, can't say that I care, so we're fine."

After that, they sat in silence until Aoba spoke out, "Now that you guys finished the greetings... How long will you be staying in Midorijima, Noiz?"

"Just a couple days.", he shrugged again, hoping they wouldn't ask too much about it. Actually, he didn't have much of a reason to come back to the island. He wanted Aoba to see how much he changed over the past few months, and doing it in person was far better than trough Coil, but besides that? He thought it may be good to stay some time on his own again, even if it was just for a few days. Getting the job as his brother's assistant involved being around people more than he was used to, including his parents once in a while, and sometimes it was a bit too much.

"Eh, so little time? Is it because of work?"

"Sort off", Noiz took the opportunity to avoid more questions, "What's the name of this?", he asked, pointing at one of the foods on the table.

The rest of the dinner went quite smoothly, and they parted ways after that. As Noiz would be spending so little time in Midorijima, Koujaku thought that they wouldn't be seeing each other again, and he was completely fine with it. He had to admit that the brat's presence wasn't so annoying as it used to be, but he wouldn't miss him or anything.

He never expected Aoba to organize a small gathering on the day before the date Noiz was supposed to leave.

He never expected that when he arrived, Mizuki would be busy with a client in the tattoo parlor and no one else besides Noiz would have arrived, leaving the two of them alone.

They sat next to each other in silence for a while. Noiz had a empty glass in front of him, and he looked quite interested in sliding his index finger over the tiny drops of water that still rested on it's surface. Not interested in the sense of doing-it-to-avoid-conversation, but truly interested, as if he really was enjoying that sensation.

And he was. One of the new sensations he grew most fond of was feeling water against his skin.

"So... Have you talked to the other guys from Ruff Rabbit?"