spray painted stars - akikasa

chapter 7

The two Tenma siblings sat at a booth at one of their favorite cafe's, waiting for the two toned unofficial Tenma to show up. They were both early, so while they were looking through the menus for what to eat, Saki was interrogating her brother on the boy that has been in his mind for months.

"Sakiii!! He's so strong!!" Tsukasa was covering his face on her shoulder, whining about whatever came to mind about his ginger crush. "I got to hold his arm the other day, and..." He couldn't finish his sentence, his brain going to mush. Saki giggled, she knew the feeling and she sympathized with her brother, teasing him along the way.

"Have you told Toya about this?"

Tsukasa shot up from her shoulder, shaking his head vigorously. "No, no! Of course not! It's not like I don't trust him to keep my secret safe but..." Tsukasa looked back at the menu in front of him and chewed his lip nervously. "The two hang out everyday, and I heard from Akito that Toya mentions me a lot, so..." Saki looked at him and nodded slowly.

"I think now could be a great time to tell him." Saki winked and then looked at the door, signaling that the man they were talking about just walked in.

Toya walked over to their booth and sat down across from them, "My apologies for being late, I hope I didn't keep you waiting for too long." Saki giggled, and Tsukasa felt something drop in his stomach at her tone.

"Oh don't worry, Tsukasa kept both of us busy talking about his little crush~!" She had a mischievous smirk on her face as she said this, wiggling her fingers at Tsukasa at the end of her sentence. He immediately gave her a look of betrayal. His own sister, how dare she! She gave him a look in response that said, What, it's not like I told him who!

Toya's eyebrows only raised at her teasing, this was certainly unexpected. He tilted his head, thinking of who he could possibly have a crush on. Neither of them were really close with many guys, and he knows Tsukasa doesn't like girls, so that really narrows it down. "Is it your director, Rui?"

Tsukasa now looked at Toya, but this time with a shell-shocked face and stuttered, not knowing what to say. Saki cackled at this, he couldn't have been more off the mark.

"Rui?! Of course not! He's my best friend and I cherish him deeply, but I don't think I could ever hold romantic feelings for him." Tsukasa shuddered, thinking of how much Rui wouldn't hold back on torturing him with his inventions if they were dating. He'd really have no way out if that were the case.

Toya shook his head, and shared a look with Saki, they both knew that Tsukasa wasn't friends with many guys, so the amount of guesses Toya had left were... pitiful. "Well, Tsukasa, you and I are only close with one other boy." Toya let out a small smile as he saw Tsukasa freeze.

"Whaaat? No, I know plenty!" His lie was poorly executed and entirely unbelievable, if him looking to the side and stretching the collar of his sweater was anything to go by. It looked like something straight out of a cartoon, and was almost comical if he couldn't tell how stressed Tsukasa was at the thought of Toya knowing who he liked.

"It's okay Tsukasa, you don't need to worry about anything. I won't tell him." Toya gave him a reassuring smile, and Tsukasa visibly relaxed at his words.

"And if someone says you have a higher chance than you thought, you didn't hear it from me." Toya looked down at the menu again, a sparkle in his eye. Nene was clearly starting to rub off on him.

Saki gasped, putting her hands together and nearly shaking from excitement. She was already starting to plan their wedding in her head, the picture of her being the flower girl being the clearest of them all.

Tsukasa only shook his head and smiled, "I already know he's into men, he told me last Monday." Toya raised his eyebrow at this, not thinking that his partner would tell Tsukasa that kind of information so quickly.