First Love Academy

Chapter 2: Contest

School had at one time been Mikado's favorite place. All the interesting things happened at that place of learning. The drama and events that occurred within those walls always brought a feeling of excitement to his life.

However, ever since being confessed to by his upperclassman, Shizuo, school had become a prison. Izaya's pursuit of him had been kind of subtle (or as subtle as the raven could be), but now it was blatant. In between classes, in the morning, and especially after school, the raven followed Mikado around everywhere. It was now not uncommon for the council member to feel a hand brush his ass or he would be pulled into the older teen's arms with no warning at the most inconvenient of times.

Shizuo's method was different, but almost just as annoying. The blonde also followed Mikado around if he had the chance. He and Izaya had also always fought before, but it got a lot worse after Shizuo's confession. The whole school would flee to their classrooms if they heard that Orihara and Heiwajima were going at it again. Though, Shizuo was much nicer than Izaya in his pursuit of the boy. The teen would bring Mikado gifts and leave them on his desk; most of these gifts consisted of sweets. The blonde would also try to follow Mikado home; the good thing was that Shizuo was a lot easier to throw off the trail than Izaya.

Mikado was torn. So he turned to his friends for help.

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"... and I think Izaya-sempai is really close to figuring out where I live." Mikado said to Masaomi. The council of five was hiding behind the school. They used to hang on the roof, but it became too easy for Shizuo and, namely, Izaya to find them up there.

Masaomi nodded, "Sooo, let me make sure I understand your situation fully. Izaya Orihara and Shizuo Heiwajima are both in love with you. Izaya-sempai is the cat's pajamas of the whole school. All the girls worship him; he owns the ranking board in both physical and mental abilities, not to mention he's also kinda rich. Sure, he's weird, but with the rest of his qualities, who really cares. Then there's Shizuo-sempai who the whole school is terrified of. He's not smart, but he does have the looks, though due to the temper and such the girls avoid him. But, it appears that he is very sweet and he cares about you. Sooo," Masaomi said, he suddenly grabbed his friend by his shoulders and shook him, "WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU COMPLAINING ABOUT!?"

Mikado pulled away, "What?"

"Dude," The blonde stood up and pointed a finger at the startled teen, "You have the two most infamous boys in the whole city comin' after you and you haven't done anything!"

The president sighed, "You guys missed my point. I was asking you guys how am I supposed to keep Izaya-sempai from learning where I live. If he knows that he'll be following me home or showing up over the weekends or he maybe even begin breaking into my house."

Mika started laughing, "Kaichō, if Izaya-sempai is serious in his perusal there is nothing you can do in order to stop him from finding everything he can about you. He probably already knows where you live. He just wants to play with you a bit."

The blue-eyed teen sighed again, "That doesn't comfort me."

"Mikado-san," Anri said, "how much longer are you going to leave it like this? Izaya-sempai and Shizuo-sempai almost completely destroyed one of the storage rooms yesterday. The school can't afford for them to keep fighting like this."

"Do you really think it'll get any better if I pick one over the other? I don't know what will happen, but I'm very certain that their fighting will only escalate. And I might become a target as well." Mikado said.

"Don't worry about what would happen, Mikado." Masaomi said, "I'm sure we could keep it under control. If Shizuo-sempai snaps because you pick Izaya-sempai we could see about transferring him somewhere else. And if the roles are switched, Shizuo-sempai could protect you from anything Izaya-sempai tires."

The normally quiet Seiji spoke, "Which one of the two do you like more?"

For a minute no one spoke. Then Mikado said, "I like them both very much to be honest. I don't want either of them to get hurt. I-I'm not sure what to do..." his fist tightened as a throbbing sensation began to fill his heart.

"You need to follow what your heart says," Seiji told him, "No matter what that might be."

Unfortunately the school bell chose that moment to ring. Shrill and long. Masaomi stood and brushed his pants off. "Well, keep in mind Mikado; you can't date both of them. That's impossible." With that the council members walked to class leaving Mikado by himself.

Theteen sighed again. "But, I want to." He muttered, placing a hand over his heart.