The Brave Sacrifice (Omegaverse)

11. The Favor

"Do you know him?" Eiji slightly shook Yukio's arm.

"Eiji, find a way to get his contact details. Please..." His eyes were still fixed on the same man.

Without any second thought, Eiji let go, "Wait for me here."

Yukito was looking around trying to see the person that was about to pick him up. He had been away from home for one month due to a convention about the new technology in veterinary sciences. Before going back to their house, he decided to have a quick meeting with another Veterinarian with whom he planned to set up a clinic with. Right now he was working in an animal hospital but he wanted to have more personal and in-depth experiences in his profession. He could use such liberty for his researches as well.

"Uhhg!" Yukito held his shoulder and grimaced in pain. When he looked up, he saw a tall, big blonde man looking at him with an apologetic face. Although he was a man, too, Yukito couldn't refute the fact that his eyes were blessed with such handsomeness. For a moment, he racked his brain if he had ever seen this man in a magazine or in a TV show.

"I'm so sorry! I was being careless. I was looking for my pen. I'm really sorry." The man was so adamant in explaining that the annoyance that he felt quickly vanished.

"It's okay." He took a hind step intending to leave when he stepped on something and fell backwards. Faster than his brain could process what was about to happen, his shoulders were already grabbed and he was steadily set on his feet again by two big hands.

"Thank you." He bent down and picked up the object that he stepped on. He looked at the silver pen and saw a name engraved in exquisite fonts. He subconsciously read it, "Eiji Kanno."

"That's me." Eiji warmly smiled at him. "And that's the pen I was looking for."

"Oh." Yukito immediately handed the pen to him.

"Thank you." Eiji smiled again and Yukito cursed inside. "Yeah, I know you're exceptionally handsome and might be a child of a Greek god but can you just stop smiling? I'm a man and I don't need to be turned into a woman!"

"This cannot be."

Yukito got confused when the other party held the back of his neck and looked at him embarrassingly.

"Is there something wrong?"

"I... I'm really not good at owing people a favor nor... uhm, not settling a debt of any kind. So please let me make it up to you for today's disturbance."

He looked at the man who was so tall and looked like a model but now talking to him like a little boy. "Oh... That."

"Please... I know I'm being selfish but I really wouldn't be at peace if I just let it be."

Yukito studied the man's face and thought that there was no danger in accepting, "I'm about to meet a friend now then I need to go home and see my parents." The look of disappointment and sadness were all crystal clear on the man's eyes. "His green eyes are so beautiful. He could make hundreds of women fall for them without trying."

"But if tomorrow's okay, we can settle your debt and gratitude. It's just that, I need to visit a zoo tomorrow. If you're fine with it, you can come with me. You can treat me to lunch, too." Yukito smiled as he added.

Eiji was high up in the clouds and there were trumpets and fireworks in his head. He needed to use so much self-restraint just as not to grin so much and scare the young man in front of him.

"Yes, that would be perfect. I have nothing going on tomorrow."

"Okay. Your phone?" Yukito put out his hand.