manipulative mind || kokonui

three ;;

with a big smile on his face, kokonoi step inside of the school with a big smile. he couldn't get more excited by the thoughts of his study session; to see the blonde male of course.

by now, he no longer feel the thrill and excitement that he once felt when he met his senior.

yet he still put on a smile in front of her as he always does.

before, there was times where he would make his move on the older female. however, now that he stopped, she notices, he would just waved her off and says that he gave up.

and the female shrugged the shifty thoughts off, believing her juniors word mindlessly.

and, since kokonoi and her brother both are in the same age, the female would often invite kokonoi to their home for their studies. which, she may think, getting the two closer was something nice.

seeing as her brother was not a talkative person, what more, seishu is a completely shut down introvert, maybe inviting kokonoi was a headstart for him to make his first friend.

the rest of the walk to the inui house was dead silence. the black haired lad didn't make any effort to start a conversation whatsoever. every time akane would asked about something—anything, he would replied with just one or two words and it was silent again.

"akane-san, is inupi home?" after what felt like a neon, the black haired male finally talked, though his eyes are wandering here and there.

the female thought for a few seconds. "inupi?" then a big grin made its way to her face. "ah, you meant seishu, well yeah! he's always home except when he's in school."

"which school does he go to?"

"asuhara gakuen!"

"that's a good school. what does he like?" kokonoi internally smirked at the older inui as she answered every one of his damn questions without another another question asking him why was he asking this stuff about her brother.

"he likes dog and oh! lately, he's been going to this one bike shop and meet someone there." with the last piece of information, kokonoi stared at the back of akane's head as they reached her house.

his brows furrowed and clicked his tongue in distaste as he place his shoes on the rack.

"i'm home!" passing the kitchen, akane popped her head in, smiling as she saw her brother at the counter, drinking water. "can you get us some snacks, sei? thanks!"

kokonoi stopped in his track, watching the male as he wiped his mouth with his sleeve. looking over to akane as she climbed the stairs to her room. kokonoi entered the kitchen as seishu started getting the snacks from the rack.

"here, let me help," said the black haired male as he rinse the jug and begin to soaked the tea bag into the hot water, adding the sugar and having an idea popped inside his head. "hey, inupi."

seishu sighed as he placed the last piece of rice cookie on the plate. "like i said, seishu is fine."

the blonde male walked over to kokonoi.

and, kokonoi raise the spoon to his mouth. "taste it."

"you can do it." seishu said. his eyebrows furrowed. nonetheless, he still took the spoon inside his wet cavern, tasting the tea kokonoi had made. he nodded and give the male a thumbs up failing to notice the blush crept onto kokonoi's face as he bit his lower lips to seal the grin that was making its way on.

the two male proceed to went to the second floor where the girl was waiting for them both.

"there you are, i thought you went to the toilet, hajime," the female flashed the two male her signature grin. "don't you got homework, sei? do it together with us."

the male only nod and went to grab his stuff. kokonoi make his way and sat facing the female, getting his own books out and putting them on the table.

"looks like you got along well with my brother, hajime." the female smile. her eyes never leaving her book as she scribble down on her notebook.

"yeah, he's good." said kokonoi.

seeing the other inui entered the room from the peripheral of his eyes, he forced himself to stay quiet as the male sat beside him. scattering his books on the very same table.

ignoring the butterflies in his stomach, kokonoi would sometime brush their elbow together just to feel his skin on him.

"hey, sis-" seishu stopped, his eyes landed on his sister's sleeping figure. "koko, can you help me with math?"

kokonoi had to restrain the urge to scream, as his hand stopped writing. "sure."

he scooted closer to the lad and he could smell the scent of vanilla and a faint scent of lemon on him. bumping their shoulders together as he explained the formula to the male.

after about two hours of studying, kokonoi felt something heavy gently landed on his shoulder. his breath hitched for a second as he hold it in.

a/n -

"sorry for late update,  someone decided to make me wait for their shit <3"