All You Need Is Love (MewGulf AU)

🌞Chapter 17🌻

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"Gulf, do you---" Takaoka started to turn around , but Gulf kicked the bottom of his seat.

"You don't have your textbooks yet, right? You can share mine for now." Gulf moved his desk next to Mew's and put his book between them. But Mew put his elbow on the desk and refused to look at him.

Gulf could barely see his profile, but it was expresionless. Gulf wrinkled his eyebrows and pursed his lips tightly. He felt like Mew's elbow was on the table so he could avoid looking him out of pure stubbornness, and that annoyed him.

"Let's get started. Open your books to page 63 and---" From his desk at the front of the room, Suzushima was beginning the class. He stood in front of the board and wrote numbers in chalk.

Mew turned his face to the front, but he wasn't watching the board or the teacher.

Gulf stared at the side of his face, then suddenly shoved Mew's elbow out from under him. Mew's chin slammed into the desk after the unexpected blow.

"Ow!"

A suprisingly loud bang echoed through the room.

"What are you doing, Gulf?" Takaoka muttered warningly. He and the student next to Mew turned to look at them at the same time. They were dumbfounded by the pitiful sight of Mew's head planted on his desk.

"S-sorry."

Gulf had only jabbed his elbow at Mew to make him pay attention to him. At the most he'd thought he'd knock his hand away from his head. He'd never imagined that Mew's chin would bang so hard into the desk.

Agonizing over what he should do, Gulf decided to try apologizing.

"What do you mean sorry?" Mew lifted his head, his hand pressed against his lips. "Try not doing something stupid in the first place if you're just going to apologize for it afterwards."

Mew's angry voice rang out through the classroom. The students had been watching the board until then, but they all turned to look at Mew and Gulf to see what was going on. And so did Suzushima.

"What's going on back there?"

"He's bleeding!" Gulf interrupted Suzushima, who was coming to investigate.

"Bleeding?"

"Yes, Mew is bleeding."

Gulf stood up immediately and grabbed Mew's chin.

The sound of his chair hitting the floor made a garish noise. Not yet grasping the situation, Mew stared into Gulf's eyes, his chin held firmly in Gulf's hand.

"Oh my God, you're right! It's a bloodbath!"

Takaoka was also peering over to see what had happened and he frowned. "It looks pretty bad, Mew. Did you bite your tongue or something?"

"Sorry. I hit his chin."

Gulf hurriedly pulled a handkerchief out of his pocket and pushed it forcefully against Mew's mouth.

"What are you doing?" Mew tore the handkerchief away. He shoved it back at Gulf, but he frowned when he saw how red it was.

"There, now do you get it? Mister Suzushima, I'll take Mew to the nurse."

"Good idea."

"Give me a break. This is nothing. I've---"

The taste of blood must have been spreading through his mouth as he talked. Mew went quiet, an uneasy look on his face.

"You want me to go too, Gulf?" Takaoka asked, looking forward.

"No, it's okay. Let's go, Mew."

Mew nodded reluctantly.

TBC