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“Yuu, there’s something that’s been bothering me,” Kouta started. Shunsuke and Yuu stopped walking and turned to look at him. Kouta smiled bashfully. “I mean, not to sound weird, but how is it you don’t have a girlfriend? You flirt with every girl in the school…”
“Well~,” Yuu drew out. “I just like flirting I suppose. I like to let cute people know when I think they are cute.” He smirked and raised a hand to his face. “Don’t tell, me are you jealous Kouta?”
“What!” Kouta felt his face go red. “No, why would… idiot!”
“Kidding!” Yuu giggled and winked. Shunsuke grunted in response.
“Don’t tease,” Shunsuke reprimanded. Yuu pouted.
“But you like when I flirt with you Shu-Shu.”
“Kouta isn’t me,” Shunsuke responded. “We should keep going if we want to start studying.”
“Yeah, right,” Kouta nodded, desperately urging the heat to go down from his face.
Throughout the afternoon that they spent studying, Kouta couldn’t focus at all. All he could think about was the way Yuu smiled at him when he suggested flirting. No, absolutely not! It was bad enough that he liked Pompompurin (though he was trying to accept that still) to suggest that he could… That Yuu would…
He wished he was more horrified by the suggestion.
“Kouta~!” Yuu sang. “What did you get for number 8, I don’t think I did the arithmetic right.”
“Oh… uh…” He scrambled to look at his notes. “Sorry, I…”
“I got 43,” Shunsuke intervened. Kouta nodded.
“Yeah, that’s what I got too,” he stammered, face red.
“What’s the matter?” Yuu asked. “Its just homework.”
“Its nothing,” he responded. “Just got lost in thought.”
“Hmm,” Yuu pondered. “You’re cute when you get confused, you know that?”
Kouta felt his entire face go red.
“Yuu don’t start that,” Shunsuke scolded.
“Why not, its true isn’t it?” Shunsuke didn’t respond, and Kouta didn’t dare look up at him.
“Okay, I think I need to be leaving!” Kouta nervously laughed as he began to shovel his books into his bag and head for the door.
Before the other two boys could say anything he was out the door and heading towards front entrance. He had opened the front door and was about to leave when he realized that he was missing his phone. Kouta cringed knowing that he would have to go back to get it.
He took a breath, closed the door and turned around. Softly padding back to the room. He was about to go when he heard them talking about him.
“I didn’t think he would run out like that Shu-Shu!” he heard Yuu pout. “I just wanted to see what would happen.”
“You shouldn’t be testing him,” Shunsuke softly responded. “That’s not going to get you anywhere.”
“I suppose,” Yuu sighed. Kouta stepped a little closer and was able to see them though the crack in the door. “You don’t think he’s mad do you?”
“I think he was just embarrassed,” Shunsuke eased. “He’s still getting used to accepting his love for Purin, that the idea of someone like you flirting with him was just too much.”
“If you say so,” Yuu smiled and turned to look at him. “At least I have you Shu-Shu!”
Shunsuke smiled, and then reached out for Yuu. Kouta watched wide-eyed as he placed his hand on Yuu’s cheek, who leaned into his touch. He then leaned forward, eyes closing as his mouth was about to connect with his…
Kouta threw the door opened. Watching as Yuu and Shunsuke jerked apart.
“I… um…” He looked at the Hello Kitty cushion he was just sitting on before storming out. “I left my phone, gotta go BYE!” He made a dash to get his phone and darted out, ignoring the calls of his name as he left.
What the hell, what the hell, what the HELL???
He ran all the way home, tearing across the streets until he reached his home. He threw himself onto this bed and shoved his pillow in his face.
What on Earth was he going to do?
He knew now why Yuu didn’t have a girlfriend, but new questions now bounced around in his head. If Yuu was dating Shunsuke, why was he flirting with him? Was he dating Shunsuke, or is that just more playful flirting? Kouta felt disturbed but he couldn’t decide that if it was because he hated that Yuu was flirting with other people while he was dating Shu, or if it was because he really didn’t mind Yuu’s advances after all.