A Heart To Heal (BL)

CH 3.1 - Enriching Date (PA)

"Crap.."Nagisa groaned as he glanced at Yuto that morning. So it seemed that he had done something to piss him off. But then again, living with Yuto was like running in a field full of mines. It had been about a week since Yuto began sleeping in Nagisa's room.

His moods seemed to have been improving although Nagisa occasionally did something to tick him off. "Old dog, you're not even 40! How did you forget to soak the coffee pot overnight?!"Yuto scolded, annoyed. "Don't you know how hard it is to wash the stains out?!!".

Nagisa hugged Yuto from behind, who was scrubbing at the extremely stained pot. "I'm sorry, Yuto. It's just that you always do everything for me and sometimes I rely on you too much,".

Somehow, the hug managed to make the active volcano of anger dormant. "Get to work and let go of me,"He groaned gruffly as he washed the pot. "I thought I could drive you to class today. Plus, you only have one lecture today right?" Nagisa asked while grinning and tightened his grip around Yuto's waist. "Which jerk gave you my timetable.."Yuto growled, scowling at him.

"Your professor did. He told me to keep a cloooose eye on you now. I'm just being a  responsible guardian, Yuto-kun~,"He snickered and Yuto sighed. "I'm not a baby. I can handle myself, old dog,".

"But the kids have half-day today. I could take you out somewhere fun after classes,". Yuto's angry expression melted into confusion. "Fun?? How do you have fun?"He muttered as he rinsed the pot one last time. "You haven't been using your allowance, have you? Don't kids your age like to go out and have fun?"Nagisa asked as he finally let go of Yuto. Yuto looked even more puzzled.

Setting the pot aside to dry, Yuto couldn't understand anything Nagisa was saying. "Go out and do what? How do you have fun outside??". Nagisa then realised that Yuto wasn't as privileged as he was when he was his age. "You know, karaoke, to the beach, the arcade. What do you do for fun Yuto?"He shrugged as he handed the boy a dry cloth to wipe the coffee pot. Yuto looked so perplexed.

"Housework...".

He resumed cleaning while Nagisa crumpled to the ground, feeling his soul detach itself from his body. 'Help me, this child is so out of touch with the world it's crazy'.

Picking himself back up and holding Yuto's hands, his eyes were sparkling. "Why don't I take you to the amusement park after class? You've never been there before. Have some fun with me~,"He smiled and Yuto looked away, blushing. "Whatever you want old dog. Now hurry up and go to work!". The man laughed and petted the boy's head gently. "Yeah, yeah, get in the car,".

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Later at noon, Nagisa picked Yuto up from school. "Nagi, could you teach me how to have fun today?"He asked, looking outside the car's window. He lowered the hood of his hoodie. Once they stopped at a red light, Nagisa ruffled his hair gently. "Of course~~ We'll have a full and fun day today,". Nagisa smiled to himself as he resumed driving.

'Yuto's such an innocent child. He's honestly a rude soul sometimes, but he knows that I'll show him everything he wants to know. That's the cute thing about him'.

Sighing to himself, Nagisa had already accepted the fact that he was in love with Yuto. He knew that Yuto was much younger than him but he had grown to accept it already. He wondered if he felt the same. However, he'd probably have to continue wondering another time because when they got to the parking lot, Yuto just couldn't budge from his seat. "N-No..I can't, I can't, I can't..."He whimpered, his body shaking like a tremor. He covered his face with the hoodie and refused to look up, gripping onto the seat tightly.

"It'll be okay. You're with me. You're here to have fun,"Nagisa whispered, bending down on the ground as he tried to console Yuto as patiently as he could. The boy shook his head, reluctant to leave the car. "How do you get around school then?". Yuto bit his lip and muffled a reply through the hoodie. "I...cover my face and run to class. I end up b-bumping into some people though..."His voice wavered as he bit down on the sleeve of the hoodie.