Fighting for his heart [Choso X OC]

~28 : Participating or not~

Eso went to see Kechizu and told him about these unbelievable news. They talked about it in the living room, while Choso remained against his girlfriend. He was scared, he didn't want to see his father again. He didn't want him to see his brothers after all that happened.

"I won't do this stupid contest...' he decided. "I can't risk you both meeting him."

Eso raised an eyebrow.

"Don't you dare say that !" he yelled at his brother. "Kechizu, does it bother you ?"

"Of course not !" he answered with a slight smile.

Eso looked at Choso for a while.

"Can I talk to him in private here ?" he asked.

His younger brother got up and left the room. The oldest looked at his girlfriend, snuggling his head against her neck for a few seconds.

"You can wait in my room...." he muttered. "I'll meet you there...."

The woman nodded. She got up, leaving her boyfriend here, and walked away. Eso sighed.

"Why did you want to try this contest ?" he asked.

Choso thought about it for a while. He was sure his little brother had guessed, that's why he asked him this question.

"I wanted to impress Fumiko..." he confessed. "I believed that, if I gained some popularity, the others would leave her alone.... I heard many men wanted to date her, but she refused... I'm her first boyfriend, I just... I don't want to do things wrong, like, I want to give her a reason to be proud of me...."

"Then, if you don't participate after you told people from the university you were interested, they will just think you're a weak man who can't even look at his father... They'll annoy you with that !"

"I don't care, I don't wanna see him after all he did to mom and us...."

"Then, they'll annoy Fumiko... They will say she's dating a dude who can't even fix his problems ! That's how they'll see things !! Remember, they don't like her..."

As he heard these words, Choso clenched his fists.

"I can't let these jerks find another reason to spread rumors about her..." he said in a sad lowered voice.

"Then, just participate and show everyone, including our father, that you're the best in sports, and the best boyfriend she could ever have ! Show them how much they have to respect you !! Be the one man popular enough to get Yuki to shut her filthy mouth and stop trying to flirt with you !! Don't stay the calm student who just doesn't care about speaking to people..."

Choso thought about it for a while. He knew his brother was right. They all said he was weak, they thought he had done the wrong choices... Then, he'd prove them wrong.

He looked at his brother with a determined face, as the other picked up the form Kenjaku gave him, which Choso left on the couch next to him.

"Just fill it up already, and give it back to this jerk !" Eso exclaimed.

The oldest sibling took it, and went to get a pen. He read all the informations, and took a picture of it to keep it in mind.

He then stood up and walked to the gym.

"Tell my love I'm coming back soon ..." he said before leaving. "I don't want her to worry. I'll just get this to our dear coach..."

After long minutes, je finally stepped into the gym. He went to the room he saw Kenjaku in before, and walked towards him. He gave him the paper with a determined angry face.

"Just register my inscription..." he ordered him.

His father chuckled.

"You do realise that you'll have to train here, with me, right ?" he reminded him.

"I couldn't care less... I want to prove anyone that I'm the strongest here... And I want to show them, and you, how much I care about my brothers, how much they help me... And how much my girlfriend supports me and is the only one for me !"

A small smile appeared on the coach's face.

"Seems like a personal reason..."

The other nodded. Having nothing more to said, he quickly left and got home the faster he could. He ran towards his room, only to find Fumiko snuggling her face into his pillow, lying in his bed.

"Seems like you got yourself comfortable..." he chuckled as he shut the door.

He went to see her, and lay down behind her, as he gave her a warm hug.

"You're taking part in this contest ?" she asked as she turned towards him.

He nodded, and brushed her cheeks with his soft fingers.

"I just need to show everyone we're the best couple in university..." he uttered. "And I can use this contest to become more popular and just get Yuki to stop annoying you...."

She smiled at him. She had never realised exactly why he wanted to participate. And she thought it was so sweet of him, now.

Choso looked into her eyes for a while, as he pulled her against him.

"Love, we still have sole homework for tomorrow..." she reminded him.

The man chuckled.

"It won't be too long to finish them..." he whispered. "I just want to show how much I love you... That's my goal in all I'm doing these days, remember ? So... Perhaps I should just start by proving it to you ?"

She laughed a bit and gave her a smile.

"Can you please give me a few minutes, to demonstrate it to you ?" he questionned.

She nodded with an amused face.

He leaned towards her and kissed her, as his tongue gently slipped against hers. He wrapped his arms around her waist, in a warm embrace.

"See ? I love you ..." he said in a proud tone.

She chuckled. They spent spent the next minutes in each others arms, trying to get some sweet alone time after all that happened this day.