lemon boy

one

" there once was a bittersweet man and they called him, lemon boy "
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yamaguchi made his way down the busy hallway. he pushed through the highschool students, all busy doing their own thing.

sooner rather than later, he made his way into his math class. when he walked in he noticed a blonde male with glasses sitting in his usual spot.

yamaguchi didn't want to disrupt the concentrated male-who was listening to something-, but he needed to get his seat back. his class had assigned seats and he would be in trouble if he wasn't in his usual chair.

the small freckled boy had never seen the other before. he wasn't popular, so he had more than enough time to analyze everyone around him.

approaching the mysterious male, yamaguchi slightly tapped the black desk, grabbing the attention of the other.

the blonde took off his headphones and looked yamaguchi in the eye. the freckled male couldn't help but see a hint of irritation in the other's eyes.

yamaguchi felt himself shrink under the eye of the blonde. "i d-don't mean to disrupt you, b-but you're in my seat". he said is almost a whisper.

the taller male stood up, quickly towering over yamaguchi. the small male's cheeks turned a bright pink. he didn't mean to upset the other, he would never want to do that, especially to someone who could break him in half.

"im s-sorry, it's just t-that the teacher has assigned seats a-and i would get into trouble, which w-would get me in trouble with my m-mom and-"

before yamaguchi could finish, the tall male collected his things quietly and moved to the seat that was next to the smaller.

"it's fine"

yamaguchi sighed in relief. although the taller had a bitter tone, his actions didn't show it. the freckled boy slowly sat in his seat and pulled his school books out.

soon, class started and all the students worked on their classwork. it turns out the mysterious male was new to his school and was named tsukishima kei.

throughout the class, yamaguchi couldn't help but feel bitter eyes watching his every move. he would catch tsukishima staring at him with no emotion and couldn't help but feel self conscious.

at the end of the class period, as yamaguchi was packing his things up, he felt someone tap his shoulder. he turned to see tsukishima staring at him with his usual blank expression.

"is there anything you need?" he asked softly, trying to sound respectful and nice. tsukishima ran his eyes up and down the smaller.

"what's your name" he said, voice monotone.

yamaguchi's cheeks flushed bright pink. "yamaguchi tadashi", he said softly.

"nice shirt tadashi". tsukishima said plainly.

yamaguchi looked down at his shirt. it had a dinosaur eating a strawberry. if possible, his face got even redder. "thanks"

the taller of the two simply nodded his head before making his way out of the room, leaving a confused yamaguchi behind.

something inside yamaguchi told him to follow the blonde, so he did. he put on his backpack quickly and tried to catch up with the taller.

"wait up!"