Our Light

Chapter 5

After a while, Daichi finishes his food and drink, looking around the establishment so he didn't have to stare at Eisuke while he ate, waiting for him. "When we get back to your place-" He starts off, his gaze shifting back to the taller elf. "Can I braid you hair? I just... I want to play with it since you normally won't let me." Eisuke raised an eyebrow before laughing. "You want to braid my luscious locks of snow white hair?" He said teasing the other. After paying for their food in advance, he leaned back just a bit before he lightly cursed. "Aish.. I totally forgot about the camping trip." He said to himself mostly. Eisuke and his friends went on camping trips every other weekend and today was that weekend. Staring down at Daichi he couldn't ditch the other. "Come with me camping, a few friends of mine always go."

Becoming quite tense at the sudden request, Daichi turns almost the same color as the older male's hair, stomach sinking as he shakes a bit at the fact of going out into the woods with strangers. Honestly, if he wanted to, Daichi could just disappear into the woods and never return out of his pure fear of some people, but he'd honestly miss Eisuke too much to even attempt it. "I-I mean... if you want me to g-go, I guess that's ok. I'll just be out of your way so y-you can spend time with your friends. I'll go and play with the forest animals or something..." Eisuke still had to get use to Daichi's sudden outburst of emotions, seeing him like this made him confused, yet worried. "I do want you to Daichi, you need to get out more." He said with a small look before humming. "My friends are nice and you will easily get along with them. You don't need to hide or run away from them, you can't depend on the animals to be your only friends and you know I am right." He said.

"I-I know you are..." He whispers, ready to leave and just head back to the house for a few minutes, even if he did end up finally falling asleep on the way back. "But... If I go, I still want to be able to braid you hair and share a tent. You know I don't do well with new people and sharing my personal space with them." The smaller male stands, making his way out to the car with his arms crossed. Eisuke blinked and followed the other, nodding. "I know.. you can braid my hair when we are in the tent. You will love my friends, trust me. They're just like me in a way, except Jino. He's kinda bossy." He said, laughing a bit as he got into the car. "Akeno is very shy like you, unless you get to know him, then he talks for hours." The boy nods a bit, still kinda nervous about the whole thing as he thinks about what he needs to pack, stopping when he realized he didn't have any clothes on him. "Ah- Kōhai... I don't have any clothes at your place. Are we going to head back to my house?" He asks, looking over at the taller male in the driver side seat with a little bit of love in the sparkle of his eye.

Eisuke waved it off before he backed out of the parking lot. "No you can just use some of mine, you always do anyway." He said, laughing just a bit while glancing over at the other. The older shook his head before turning the music on lightly. As they pulled up to his house, he saw his friends already there, packing their stuff into Jinos car. Parking his own car, Eisuke got out and went to greet the others. "Guys, this is Daichi, Daichi this is Jino, Akeno, Azuzu and Wong." He said, showing them to Daichi, who was still in the car, and vise versa. Daichi slowly gets out of the car and stands right behind the older, gripping the back of his shirt nervously. "H-Hi..." The male whispers out, slowly peeking out from behind Eisuke with a shy and innocent look, giving a small wave. "N-Nice to meet y-you..." Slowly slipping back behind him, he buries his face into the other's back, shaking a bit as his social anxiety kicks in. Eisuke just chuckled and started to speak with the others about how they were going to go to a new campsite with a few more friends. Nodding in agreement, he pulled himself and Daichi towards the house, wanting to get packed as quickly as possible. "We're meeting a few other people, you'll like them." He said with a small chuckle, assuming the younger would be ok with more people.

"I-I can't do it- Kōhai, I can't." The boy shakes his head as he speaks when they enter the house, deciding that if the older tried to make him go, he'd lock himself in the guest room. Socializing wasn't his thing, even if he did work at a club, he never really had to 'socialize' with his customers. This was way too much for Daichi and it scared him to the point that he's shaking. Eisuke turned his head and sighed, understanding the other's anxiety and how nervous he got, but this was becoming a bit much. "Daichi, you need to get out of your shell. You can't be locked away in your home and expect to make more friends and get over this feeling." The older said before turning back and starting to get some clothes out for the weekend. "Who said I wanted more friends... I'm fine with having just you." Daichi sighs, walking to the guest room quietly before taking a seat on the bed, pulling his legs to his chest like a child as he bottles up his emotions until the older leaves. He didn't want Eisuke to stay behind or worry about him, so he just decided to sleep, needing it since he was technically acting like a child all together. Eisuke lightly groaned out and rubbed his face, feeling bad for leaving Daichi at his place alone, but on the other hand, he really wanted to go. With a sigh, he sat on his own bed and decided to think about what to do, knowing the other probably went to the guest room, he called up his friend to come over and watch Daichi. Putting the suitcase into the car, he made the group wait until his friend arrived, which was good that he only lived a few minutes away. As they pulled out, he shut his eyes and began to relax.