Tsunagari

Chapter L.

The following day...

As he came down into the genkan of the house, Yūsei Nishoji was surprised not to find Naoyasu Hanabusa waiting for him there to wish him a good day at school like he would usually do every day.

Where is he? the blond teenager wondered to himself. They had taken breakfast together only a short while ago, after which, the blond male had left for his room to get dressed for school. But Naoyasu was nowhere to be seen anymore.

Is he in his bedroom? Yūsei asked to himself. He had been about to put his shoes on and was thinking about leaving without greeting the older male, but then, he told himself that it would not be appropriate. What if the red-haired male has suddenly taken ill after breakfast or something?

Crossing the corridor, he made his way towards the red-haired male's bedroom, which was situated on the ground floor itself. As he approached the room, he found that the door was standing ajar.

'Naoyasu?' he called, softly, and hesitantly.

But he heard no reply. Though, he could hear voices in the room, including that of the red-haired male.

'Stop it!' Naoyasu was saying. 'Somebody could come in!'

'I see that you haven't changed a bit! I always have to force you a little!'

Sōken? Is that his voice?!

'Naoyasu?' the teenager called, softly, once again, and reaching the door, he slid it further open, only to freeze into place at the scene playing itself in front of his eyes.

Naoyasu Hanabusa was lying on his back on the bed, amongst the disheveled bedsheets, and Sōken was holding himself on top of him; the buttons of their shirts completely undone. Sōken had pinned the red-haired male's hand above his head by his wrists, and he had one of his knees in-between the latter's legs. And he was kissing the blond male over his mouth, while his other hand was traveling over his bare chest.

At the apparition of Yūsei, Sōken broke the kiss instantaneously, and both males stared at the teenager in shock, going very still.

Flushing bright red, Yūsei started to back away, stammering in a mixture of panic and embarrassment, 'I'm sorry. I should have knocked first. But I didn't see anything. Please, continue!'

And on these words, he ran for the genkan to put his shoes on rapidly and rush out of the house.

***

Naoyasu Hanabusa and Sōken Nishoji stared at the empty doorway for a minute, before they looked at each other's face in shock. Jumping to their feet very quickly, they ran after the teenaged young man, tying the buttons of their shirt up on the way. But it was too late when they reached the genkan. The blond teenager was already quite far away, calling at them again that he was really, very sorry.

Taking a deep breath, the two men looked at each other's face again.

Yūsei knows about them now.

'Well, he had to discover it someday or another!' Sōken declared.

Naoyasu's eyes narrowed at him.

'You really can't control yourself, can you? You big pervert!'

Closing his eyes and scratching his cheek, the blond male giggled sheepishly.

***

When Natsui Mizoroge came down onto the street, she felt her heart skip a beat at the sight of the blond-haired male, who was waiting for her there to walk her to school.