“Then say something else for me.”
“…take me?”
“Here I am!”
Yuichi pushed Kanae back down on the bed and Kanae took a deep breath.
They’ve been having sex constantly. Yuichi had showered him with kisses.
“Wanna try for nine times?”
Yuichi looked mischievous. Why not, Kanae thought.
What was the problem in breaking another record with Yuichi?
“Are you really dating Nagao?”
When he tried to enter the cafeteria, he’d been approached by people he’d never seen before. They must have been students, but he’d never taken a class with them. Maybe they were in a different year.
“Who told you that?”
They hadn’t made it to nine times, but finished at eight, tying the previous record. Kanae was tired now and his legs had been heavy all day. He didn’t even think that Yuichi would show up today.
Kanae ignored the question and laughed instead. The people around him started muttering amongst themselves.
“Umm, I mean everyone in the cafeteria was talking…”
“Thank you.”
Yuichi definitely started this.
Rather than being angry, he was moved.
When Kanae entered the cafeteria, as usual all went quiet. Everyone was looking to see what would happen next.
“Have you heard any interesting rumors?”
Kanae stood in front of Yuichi. Yuichi grinned up at him.
“Oh, what a coincidence. I just heard.”
“What did you hear?”
“That you and I were going out. I’ve heard a few times already though. They should probably leave it alone, huh?”
There were lots of guys after Kanae so Yuichi wanted to make sure everyone knew that Kanae was his.
Yuichi had no confidence.
Kanae had had no confidence that Yuichi wouldn’t split up with him so he had kept it quiet. He understood Yuichi’s anguish. The torment of being always afraid.
He only liked Yuichi.
He was only Yuichi’s.
“Yeah, they should leave it alone.” Kanae smiled and drew his face towards Yuichi’s. “So?”
“Wasn’t it this?”
Kanae kissed Yuichi.
The cafeteria was in uproar, even more so than if they had just said it. Kanae moved away and smiled at Yuichi.
What he saw was a look of surprise on the face of the man he loved.
END
AFTERWORD
Hello everyone, or nice to meet you! This is Aki Morimoto here.
This year lots of my books have been published for some reason, so I’ve had to write a lot of these afterwords. My life has been less than exciting recently. I get up, I work, I eat, I read some books, and then I sleep. Where’s all the fun? (Well I mean I guess that’s slightly better than trauma). My hobbies are reading, watching movies, and watching sports. I guess I’m someone who only looks from the outside in. I’m very much an indoor person so, when I’m working I buy a lot of food, so I go lots of days without having to take one step outdoors. I like this life but I think I should try to be more active! So that’s my year’s resolution!