“Scheming? I’m not doing anything of the sort.” Yuichi sipped his coffee. “I’m only being truthful. I just wanted us to be an official couple. I’ll just have to be patient if that bothers you.”
Kanae didn’t reply, continuing to eat his meal in silence. Answering any more of Yuichi’s questions would just be digging himself into a hole. “Do you have class today?”
“Yep. Until fifth period. You?”
“Just third period left now. I’m going home when I’m done.”
“Hey, that’s cold. Wait for me.”
“I have to do my laundry and chores, so I’m going home. I’m not going to wait for you.”
“Yeah, I don’t want to go, but I can’t skip this fifth period. I know! I’ll give you my key. You can wait at my house.”
“I don’t know how long it’s going to take me to finish everything, so I’m not going to wait at your house.”
Yuichi clucked his tongue at Kanae. “It’s my dream to have a loving partner to welcome me home.”
“You just won’t quit, will you?” Kanae grinned. “You just want me to say ‘yes’ to everything you say?”
“Of course. And then we can finally get down to telling everyone that we’re official.”
“Hmph, ok. Interesting. Shall we rock, paper, scissors for it?”
Yuichi looked stunned at Kanae’s proposal. “Rock, paper, scissors?”
“If you win, I’ll say yes. And if you lose, no. How about it?”
“Oh, damn, you’re so annoying!” Yuichi fiddled with his hair. “You’re usually so slow, but now I find that you’ve decided to get clever. Whatever happens, no one's going to take that seriously!”
“Oh, you figured me out?” Kanae laughed. Satisfied with his meal, he clapped his hands together, picked up his tray and stood up. “We’re kind of the center of attention here, so I’m going. What do you want to do tonight? Want to go and get some food?”
“What are you saying? Of course I’m going to agree to eating. Where are we going?”
“Well, if I make dinner, wanna come over?”
“Yeah!”
Throwing the empty coffee cup into the trash can, Yuichi stood up and chased Kanae. Catching up with him, Yuichi hit Kanae's back with his hand and then whispered in Kanae's ear.
“Don’t say such adorable things. It makes me want to rape you right here and now.”
“…when you say it like that, it’s almost believable. Coming?”
“Of course I am. As soon as fifth period’s over, I’m coming straight over.”
“Okay, well I’ll try to make something that you like,” Kanae whispered. Yuichi stroked Kanae’s hair.
“Something I like? Can I eat you?” Kanae tried to stop himself from blushing. He stepped hard on Yuichi’s foot. “OW! Why did you do that?”
“What happened?”
“You stepped on my foot!”
“Oh, sorry, I tripped.”
“On what?!”
“Anyway I’m off to third period. It’s almost time for the bell.”
“Liar! It’s not anywhere close to an hour yet!”
“Can you not read the time?”
“One minute you’re adorable, the next you’re a bastard! In bed…”