Desire - H. Umemiya

Chapter 17. Roses have thorns

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"Say... what is a rose doing inside a garden full of thorns...?" He asked her,  eyes staring right at her with a very dark glint in them, hinting the seriousness of his question.

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"Say... Shi-chan, I've fallen in love. Will you marry me...?" Kiryu was so focused that he couldn't have felt the sudden presence behind him. The voice impression of him was totally so loud that it had covered Kiryu's own voice.

"M-marry?!! No, dude. I'm into-"

"...girls." Sakura muttered and immediately avoided everyone's gazes when they heard him spoke. He instantly blamed his mouth for speaking words that were supposed to be just thoughts.

Kiryu sighed and shook his head.

"Tsuge-chan, I don't sound like that, not at all." He stated before standing up and turning around attempting to leave, the dark glint in his eyes disappearing with his action. 

Yuki sighed.

But it seems like Kiryu was not the only one who had his questions because before he could even get away, Yuki's deep voice rung in his ears.

"Who are you?" He turned around to face her, but the latter also shifted her gaze to a certain orange head. "You too..."

Kiryu Mitsuki has been gone from Makochi for almost a month, so it is obvious that he wouldn't have known who she is. Afterall, he was not around, when she transferred (and they didn't tell him) but Tsugeura Taiga, would have known her... as he was there all along from when she gripped Sugishita's hand too tight to the time she had gone hero-mode in the shipyard, all of it... he had witnessed them all. 

So, before Kiryu could introduce himself, Tsugeura stepped up, but instead of stepping up like the man that he is, he had a downcast expression painted on his face, which was a big gap from his usual character.

"Yuki-kun..." he started with his weakened voice as he sniffed. "What's your aesthetic?" His question has Yuki furrowing her brows in confusion. 'Aesthetic... what's that?' she thought. 'Wait, why is he looking at me like that and crying too?'

"Aesthetic...?" She unawarely muttered from curiousity which didn't passed by Tsugeura's hearing as he immediately approached her and held her hands in his grasp.

His mood was immediately lifted up.

'You're the one who's fallen, aren't you?' Kiryu playfully thought as he took a seat beside Yuki and waited for the conversation to finish, though it just barely started knowing Tsugeura. He also took out his phone to pass the moment. 

While, the others who got curious from the situation returned to their own businesses, disappointed to not have anymore funny scenarios to watch, Sakura, Nirei, and Suo, on the other hand joined the three as the two sat on the seat near them.

"Aesthetic is..." Tsugeura started discussing his topic with Yuki getting absolutely bored throughout the talk. She also almost knocked her head in her desk even though Tsugeura is speaking so enthusiastically, she can't help it, she's sleepy.