Secrets

(Note: This is a friendship to a romantic relationship between Josuke Higashikata (4) and Okuyasu Nijimura, so be mindful of that.)

On a sunny, bright day in 1999, Morioh, Josuke, and Okuyasu are walking together on the sidewalk, headed to Josuke's house.

They brush shoulders, and their bodies are practically conjoined due to how close they are. Josuke is laughing and hugs Okuyasu tightly. He laughs, grinning. "Dude, I love you so much; you're pretty great! You're awesome."

His friend accepts the hug, and he blushes like a rose, not knowing how to take in the "I love you so much" section of it. "Uh, thank you, bro. I appreciate it!" He nervously grins at Josuke and awkwardly breaks the hug.

Josuke notices Okuyasu's nervousness and flush in his cheeks as he cocks his head in confusion. "Hm? Something wrong? You can tell me anything; I promise I won't tell. I can tell by that red face, y'know." He tilts his head up a bit as he smiles at his best friend.

Okuyasu blushes even more at the last comment. He is hesitant, and his lips are stuttering like he wants to say something else, but is too afraid. It is quite hard, after all. "Uh, it's nothing! Don't worry, dude..." He looks away.

"You sure?"

"Yeah... nothing serious."

"Okay... if you say so, Okuyasu."

At Josuke's cozy home...

The two friends are in Josuke's room, a typical clean desk in the right corner with his bed in the left corner, the nightstand near it. There is a delicate red wool near the TV stand, which is in the center of the room.

"Woah... your room is pretty nice compared to mine." Okuyasu says in astonishment. Josuke reassures him, "It can't be THAT bad, Okuyasu, don't worry." He smiles at the reassurement. "Thanks, I wouldn't know what to do without you, bro."

The pair are playing shooter games on the Nintendo 64, the duo criss-crossing on the floor, sitting on the soft wool.

"C'mon, Josuke! We better win this!" Okuyasu grunts; he scoots closer to Josuke, their knees and bodies making contact. He is quite furious and mashing those buttons like it's a clicker game.

"I know we will, we're the JosuYasu duo!" Josuke is hunched over, focused on the game, too. His eyebrows are furrowed and he is biting his lip, giving his face a squeezed look, like a squeezed lemon as he does.

Okuyasu is pretty focused too, but he's quite distracted by his thoughts, but it is cut off by Josuke pausing the game and asking, "Sooo... what was that about?" He looks at Okuyasu in the eye, confused yet curious too.

Huh? What was about? He looks at Josuke with a puzzled face before it clicking like a lightbulb. "Oh, that?" Okuyasu's cheeks are once flushing in embarrassment again like earlier. Damn it, Okuyasu, focus, focus! Don't blush like last time!

"U-Uh, it's just nothing, dude... I told you already, it's nothing!" He shakes his head and shakes his hands too in disagreement. Josuke smiles. "Well, I won't judge, promise. I'll tell you a secret too, in exchange."

Okuyasu's eyes brighten, and his body practically jumps up in excitement. "A secret?! But, we always tell secrets to each other. Why not this one!?" The redness on Josuke's cheeks are beginning to appear and he laughs at Okuyasu jumping in excitement.

He leans into him and points at him as he smiles. "Well, YOU didn't tell me your secret either, so we're equal!" Josuke has a point! "Ah, right! Guess that makes sense..."

Okuyasu had just thought of something! An idea! "Hey... do you wanna countdown and say our secrets at the same time?" Josuke frantically nods, him grinning in excitement and nervousness. "Yeah, yeah! I'll count."

"1..."

"2..."

"3..."

"I HAVE A CRUSH ON YOU!!!" The pair both shouts out simultaneously, them immediately steaming and flushing bright red. "...YOU DO TOO?! What the hell; we should've told this earlier!" Josuke shouts, surprised at the revelation. "WAIT, YOU TOO!? Does that mean we're... gay!?" Okuyasu asks in excitement.

Okuyasu's body is giddy and moving like a kid given ten energy drinks. He is also smiling like a puppy given a treat. "You bet we are, dude!" Josuke hugs Okuyasu tightly and shakes him side to side similar to a salt or pepper shaker.

Josuke breaks the hug, and he has an awkward happy face. "Do... Do you wanna uh..." He pauses, "...hold hands?" Okuyasu blushes and smiles at the thought, them holding hands?! It's like a dream come true! "Of course... but uh... I haven't held hands in a while."

Josuke gently holds Okuyasu's hand, their fingers interlaced. "Uh... don't worry about that, dude. We'll learn together."

(Ending notes: This is my first fic ever, so sorry if I messed up the personalities lol xD)