Maehara, after having been in a heated argument with Rio, finally walked outside, carrying the still sleeping Isogai. He knew this was probably a bad idea. He KNEW that he would regret this, but he didn't care, he had finally found his soulmate after so long. He wanted to get to know his partner better and become friends after the weird beginning.
It was chilly as he stepped outside, it was early winter so the temperatures weren't that bad, but they were bad enough to start to bite at you. Maehara sighed and began walking to somewhere he presumes is private, being a nearby forest, putting Isogai down and shaking him awake.
When Isogai wakes up and opened his eyes, it doesn't take him long to shiver and crawl backwards, away from Maehara "What do you want?" He manages to stutter. The Maehara slowly approaches him "Hey, look. I'm sorry, we've gotten off on the wrong foot. I'm here to make that right, soulmate."
Isogai's brain was flooded with emotions of confusion and slight happiness, but one emotion slowly consumed him. Anger. "Seriously?" Isogai says "You smack me from the back and just expect me to forgive you just because we're soulmates? Why'd you even do that?!" Maehara was honestly also questioning that. Guess it was fate that his hand must've touched such a sinful area.
"I'm sorry, Isogai! I'm sorry!" Maehara nearly yells. Isogai at first was angry because of the lousy apology, but then realizes "You know my name?". Maehara raises an eyebrow and slowly nods "Yeah..? We walk the same route every morning, I'd at least take the liberty of learning your name."
Isogai felt his face begin to redden "Wow, um. I guess I just wasn't expecting you to care for me like everyone else."
"What do you mean?" Maehara replied, worried so much about someone he knew so little. Isogai looked away and dismissively waved his hands "It's whatever, don't worry about it.". Maehara wasn't content with that answer but right now pushing it wouldn't be good, after all he's lucky that Isogai is even responding to him.
Isogai gets up and dusts himself off, staring at the ginger "So, if you're apparently my new friend, I'd like a massive favor.". Maehara nervously shook "And that is?". Isogai walks closer to him "I want you to tell Rio to leave me alone!". Maehara would love to do that but the only problem is that he doesn't know if he's gonna be doing so well either after what just happened.
"Can you do that 'soulmate'?" Isogai asked him, as if he didn't believe Maehara could truly be the one. Maehara thought to himself 'I don't know if I can.' He then answered him "Of course I could! It shouldn't be that hard.", Isogai smiled warmly and nodded "Alright, good."
Isogai had been so angry he hadn't thought about just who he's talking with. The kid he had walked with since the beginning of the school. Well, walking amongst him; they had never really spoken until now. Maehara smiled "So, I was thinking now that we're pals, we can go do something. Maybe come to my house? My parents are cool." Isogai was shocked at the sudden question "I-I don't think I wanna."
"Oh? Are you busy? My bad, I didn't mean to-"
"No, it's not that. Just, after this I kinda wanna go home and think about what's happened. And tell my mom I've found the one."
"Cmon! Please? I can come over to your house! I really wanna hang out with you!""Ugh, fine, whatever. Let's just get there quickly, I'm cold." Isogai finally accepted that Maehara wasn't giving up.
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Two two finally arrived at Maehara's house. They knocked and Maehara's parents answered and let the boys in. They were very kind to Isogai.
"So, who is this? You've never talked about him before." The mother asked Maehara, he smiled wide and answered "Well, mother. He's my new soulmate!" His mother gasped and quickly walked to Isogai and looked at his wrist, reading their interaction and tried her best to hold back laughter "O-oh, sweetie. T-that's great."
Maehara's face went really red with embarrassment, he still had no explanation of why he did that, as much as he wanted one. "Mom, it isn't like that." He stated
"Sure honey, and it wasn't like that for that Sugino boy I caught you kissing either, was it?"
"M-MOM!! I-I WASN'T KISSING HIM, WE WERE JUST ROUGH HOUSING AND YOU WALKED IN ON US IN AN AWKWARD POSITION!"
"Uh-huh, sure."Isogai listened to the two argue and chuckled "Lovely home here." He said and smiled warmly at the two, enjoying being in a house where he doesn't have to constantly worry about much of anything. It felt nice to just sit back and relax.
"Anyway!" Maehara raised his voice as to silence his mother who was still mocking him "I say we have some food, I'm hungry!". Isogai have a nod of approval, he hadn't eaten at all today and he was starving. Maehara's mother nodded and walked to the kitchen, putting water in a pot and heating it on the stove. "Let's head to my room while we wait, Isogai." They both got up and walked to Maehara's room.
When Isogai walked in he saw pictures of cute girls and video games, he couldn't help but feel a 'Please don't call me gay!' Type of aura surrounding the room, he thought it was honestly kinda weird. Maehara laid on his comfortable bed "So what do you wanna do while we wait?"
"I dunno, I guess we can play video games."
"I mean, we could but I'd probably kick your ass in them."
"I don't care! I never get to play video games!"Maehara smirks and nods, walking to his console and turning it on, he plopped in a Street Fighter game. They played for a couple games, Isogai letting out a small sigh every time Maehara managed to beat him, though he expected it since he had never played this game before.
"Man, you're bad at this. You should play this with me more often to practice." Maehara said slyly, a faint blush appearing on the others face "Yeah, I don't think so." He then puts his controller down and sits next to Maehara.
Maehara smiles and rests his head on Isogai's shoulder. "I wonder why we're soulmates, I mean, we both seem nothing alike, Mister Can't Stand Up For Himself." Isogai rolls his eyes at the comment "I dunno, Mister Pervert!"
Soon, before they could start arguing, they hear a yell from the kitchen reminding them of food "We'll settle this later." Maehara says and walks out of the room, Isogai following behind.
(This is actually really fun/difficult to type but ey, it worth it. See ya next post.)
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Apart But Never Alone
FanfictionA soulmate AU for Assassination Classroom. Hopefully you'll enjoy this!