Gray And Blue

Act 3 - Divine Mistake

"I don't have a number, but I'll always be around when you want to see me," Yuu said with a grin.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Kenta smiled sheepishly as he recalled Yuu's face, that had been engraved in the depths of his innermost being. He turned to his side then hugged his only pillow tightly.

Shō, who was lying on his own bed opposite Kenta's, frowned when he saw Kenta forcing himself not to smile, "You know—"

Not realizing Shō was still awake, Kenta looked at him and suddenly changed his expression: "Why are you still up?"

"I can hear you snickering like a girl. Don't force it. Our room's too cramped, you might wake the others up," Shō flatly said then turned to the other side.

"Pssh, sour face, does your wound still hurt?" Kenta asked.

"I'm just fine, let me sleep, okay." As Shō gradually closed his eyes, he immediately opened them again when he suddenly remembered something: "You piece of shit, Kenta, get up or you'll be late for your morning job!"

"Guys, shhh...can you tone down your flirting a bit? We're trying to sleep here," one of their roommates mumbled in his sleep.

"Sorry!" The two exclaimed in unison.

"I said 'shhh!'"

Shō got up and pulled Kenta by his wrist, out of their room.

"What's up?" Kenta nonchalantly asked.

"Sigh, just go to work or you'll be late." After saying that, he went back inside their room and left Kenta outside. Kenta stood still for a few seconds, then checked his watch. When he finally realized the situation, he dashed back inside the room and grabbed his uniform.

It was a fine summer day. One boy was running late for work. The boy flashed like lighting as he changed into his uniform on his way to the bookstore.

"Good morning, Mr. Amamiya!" The owner of the bookstore greeted Kenta, as he flipped the welcome sign that was hanging on the door.

"Good...morning, Mr. Oguri. Sorry I'm late." Kenta huffed and heaved a sigh of relief, then he wiped off the sweat off his forehead. "Oh, Mr. Oguri, please...just call me Kenta."

"Hoho, don't worry, you're right on time. Oh, I forgot. Fix your uniform then help me carry the new books that just arrived. Please arrange them neatly on the shelves, Kenta." The short and stout old man smiled then entered the bookstore.

Kenta smiled back then hurriedly fixed his uniform that got wrinkled and untidy when he was running. Just when Kenta was about to enter the bookstore, a blue butterfly fluttered and gently landed on his right shoulder. He noticed this and so he reached out for it and gently let it stick to his forefinger, "Morning, Chōchō-kun [1]. I see you're back. Here." After saying this with a smile, he reached out and let the butterfly stick to one of the blooming sunflowers in front of the bookstore.

([1]「蝶々」in English, butterfly.)

However, as soon as the butterfly landed on the sunflower, it flew back to Kenta's shoulder. Kenta gave it another try but his efforts were all in vain. Seeing that it was pointless, Kenta just let it be and went inside the bookstore with the butterfly. "I see you like being with me huh," he said with a smile. The butterfly fluttered its wings, as if it was also responding.

In the midst of the flowers, a charming head suddenly popped out, "What the heck, you're really an idiot, Yuu! Hurry up before we get caught. It might just be a jiffy since I've brought you back here to Ashihara no Nakatsukuni [2], but they will eventually catch on to us," Musubi, the god of love and marriage, panicked.