A Sweet Miracle: Amai Fukashigi (boyxboy)

Chapter 2

Classes are finally over. Everyone has been avoiding me the whole day. Hajime went home early after the encounter with Koigataki-san. Koigataki-san has been staring at me the whole day. He follows me around the classroom, to the canteen, and even to the bathroom. To make things even worse, the girls only look at him! He catches the eyes of all women he walks by, but he doesn't even notice it himself! Man, this guy is really getting on my nerves.

Finally, I decide that the best thing to do would be to negotiate with him about his "habit", so I wait for him by the school gates. Of course, he shows up in about five seconds.

"Were you waiting for me, Yasashii?" he asks in a seductive tone.

"Yes, I was actually," I say, trying not to let his words affect me. "I was wondering if we could talk for a little while."

"Only talking?" he asks sounding a bit dissappointed. "Are you sure you don't want to do anything... more?" He smirks, making me blush.

"Yes, only talking please," I say, a my voice shaking a little. He takes note of this and nods in agreement. Well, that went a lot smoother than I had expected.

We walk together in silence to a park a few blocks away. I'm so nervous and I have no idea why. He's been staring at me ever since we left campus. It's been making me feel really self conscious and uncomfortable. I've never felt this kind of feeling before. This sharp pang of desire in my heart is driving me crazy.

When we arrive at the park, I find the courage to face him. I look up at his face and a bunch of different emotions come flying into my head all at once. I open my mouth to speak, but no words come out. Unconsciously, tears start to form in my eyes, and I drop my head back down, wiping my eyes with my sleeve. This is so pathetic. It's a waste of his time. I'm so embarrassed I can't even look him in the eye anymore.

"Un...I'm sorry," I manage to whisper out in a hoarse voice. "I dunno why I'm so pathetic. You can leave. Sorry to waste your time like this... Koigataki-san.."

Before I could say anything else, his long, muscular arms wrap around me and pull me so close to him that I can hear his heartbeat. Instead of resisting, I bury my face into his chest and grip his shirt so that he can't see me crying. His cologne...smells really good. I take a deep sniff and then breathe out. I feel one of his hands hold the back of my head and comb his fingers through my hair.

"It's fine. You're not bothering me at all," he tells me in a gentle voice. He lowers his head a little and snuggles his face against my hair. "You can cry all you want."

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I awake to the sound of people talking. Drowsily, I open my eyes and blink a few times to clear my vision. The dorm president is standing in front of me, and I try to walk towards him. However, I find that I'm not even standing on the ground. Koigataki-san is carrying me on his back and I jump from shock.

"Ah! Uh... Sorry, Koigataki-san. You even brought me all the way back to the dorms. You can let me down now. Sorry for troubling you," I force a smile and pat his shoulder. "I'm fine now."

"No," Koigataki says sternly. Um...eh....no? Then what am I supposed to do?

The dorm president sighs. "I'm sorry about this, Aikawa-kun, it's just that Koigataki refuses to leave unless you go with him."

"Eh," I say, speechless. "Um.." I glance over at Koigataki-san. He looks frustrated and worried. "Uh...I don't mind staying with Koigataki-san for a night." That should solve the problem, right?

"Are you sure, Aikawa-kun? You really don't have to do this if you don't want to, you know."

"Yeah, I don't mind. I just to fill out a form saying that I'll be away for a night, right? Besides, it's already late. I don't want to bother the other residents in the dorm with this. You must be tired too, Dorm Pres." I say, trying to sound convincing.

"Haha. You're so kind Aikawa-kun. You barely meet people like you these days. It's refreshing." He smiles and walks away. "I'll see you tomorrow evening then." I smile back and finish filling out the form.

"Phew. Um..you can put me down now, Koigataki-san. I can walk myself," I tell him.

"No. I like it like this. You're light anyway."

I blush and bury my flushed face in his jet black hair. We stay like this for a long time until we reach his home. It looks pretty ordinary on the outside at least. Wait a minute, does that mean that I'm gonna have to meet his family? Oh, no... What if they think badly of me? What if they don't like me? I need to make a good impression! Koigataki unlocks the door to his house and steps in.

Unconsciously, I say, "Sorry for the intrusion! I'm Aikawa Yasashii! Please take care of me!" Right after is say it, Koigataki flicks me on the forehead.  "Ouch! What was that for?!" I ask.

"Moron. There's no one here, stupid," he tells me.

"Oh," I listen for any sign of life but hear and see nothing. "You're right. Sorry." I notice that even though the outside looks normal, the inside of the house is fashionably decorated with the highest quality furniture and accessories. What kind of people are Koigataki's family? They must be rich or something to be able to own all this.

He carries me upstairs to his room and sets me down carefully. "Sit anywhere you like. I'm going to take a bath first."

"Okay." I settle down on his bed and stare at the ceiling, deep in thought. I guess even though he looks scary, he's actually kind of a nice and caring person. Maybe.. I can learn to get along with him a little better than I originally thought. Slowly, I feel my body relax and my eyelids begin to close. This bed smells like Koigataki-san. It's a nice scent...