hanahaki

chapter 2

(Picture of Sumire above)

As the days went on sumire realized he has yet to thank his crush for escorting him to school. He had been purposely avoiding jay out of sheer embarrassment. He figured that instead of mustering the courage to say thank you, hiding away for the rest of his young life was a better plan. As he walked down the long halls sumire paid no attention to his surroundings his head was in a blur and his heart was throwing a party from the guilt it was feeling.

Seemingly deep in thought the young adult was easy to sneak up on. like a lion after a gazelle Jay who just so happend to be walking by took the opportunity to run behind sumire and place his hand on sumires tensed shoulder.

"Ja-jay. Hey..I wa-was just thinking a..about you." sumire's heart beated into his chest and the young man could only hope it didn't sound as loud as he thought.

"You're always on edge around me are you scared? Nah that cant be the answer, you must be crushing on me then" jay laughed and patted the head of the blushing and flustered boy who tried to deny the statement.  "I mean who wouldn't love all of this" jay flexed and licked his fingers before rubbing his eyebrows down.

sumire quietly noted that jays physical appearance must have come from all of his football practice. And that he looked really good in black.

lost in thought sumire moved his hand forwards and placed it onto jays chest. As soon as his hand made contact he quickly came back to his senses blushing profusely before running away from the confused male.

Jay couldn't explain it but his heart was pounding and he felt a strange sense of pride. He has a smile on his face that he tried desperately to stop.

standing alone jay stared in the direction the sumire went. He let out a sigh and began walking back to practice trailing his long slender fingers across the wall as he wondered if he had taken his teasing way too far.

Meanwhile sumire had ran into the bathroom stall before bending over and gagging out air and saliva.

"I'm such an idiot!" The 19 year old slammed his hand onto the stalls' walls, sitting down on the toilet's seat. "A complete moron" sumire placed both of his hands onto his face and began to think of the possible out comes for his small mistake.

"He already thinks I'm a creep" he let out a deep groan "and now he's gonna figure out exactly how I feel about him too." "I have to make sure we never run in again. Maybe change schools.." Thinking over his options sumire didn't realize hours had passed until his stomach had howled with hunger and his ass began to hurt.

He stood, walked from his stall, washed his hands and splashed cold water onto his face. "You can do this. Just walk from the bathroom buy some food from subways and go home" sumire looked into his bag and reached for his phone.

It's late already, the night classes must have started. Nobody my age is here at those times it's usually just 30 and 40 year olds  who dropped out of college He thought. Sumire let out another sigh and walked out of the bathroom  agreeing with his  stomach he needed food.

While walking he heard noises coming from the stadium field, sumire assuming it was the janitors, walked towards the bleachers hoping that the cool air and the smell of chopped grass would clear his head so that he could  make a rational decision. After all, changing schools didn't seem like the smartest idea.

"Sumire?" Jay had called out to the young adult and it dawned on sumire that the football team jay was on must have been a late practice today.

Turning slowly sumire nearly passed out right then and there. Seeing jay sweaty and shirtless he couldn't help but stare and twiddle his fingers as a bright colored blush spread across his face.

"Sumire...?" Jay who had been watching the male ogling over his defined chest spoke up.
"What are you doing here?" Sumire was ready to die. The blushing boy  began walking backwards before running off once more.

Jay shook his head. His cyan hair sticking onto his face as the sweat made it wet and sticky. Letting out a sigh he went back to practicing.

The cool hair whipped past sumire's ears. He had no clue where he was going and the once beautifully captivating lights of the stars and street vendors now made his stomach churn. The hunger he was feeling now long gone as the male ran for everything he's worth.

His feet made a soft almost unnoticeable sound as he ran past the still busy streets of Tokyo.
He knew he looked like a coward for running away from jay. He knew it would make himself even more suspicious, but it was in the heat of  moment sumire told himself.

When the young man finally got home he laid his heavy head onto his soft pillow. sleep soon over coming his senses. The last thought that ran through his head was....

"I'm so hungry"