Stinging Beauty
Laughter for my fears
Ahehehe, see? As promised, the first chappie of the second year! Warning, I added an OC here, don’t steal, you can use him, but not without permission, wakarimashita? Good. Have fun reading and please remember to review.
Arigato!^^
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30. Laughter for my fears
Being a freshman is difficult.
Being a gay freshman is hell on earth.
Between the students seeing you as laughing stock and those referring to you as punching bag, you must pay most attention to those, who consider you a cheap fuck.
Jou instantly made known that he
a.) couldn’t care less being insulted for being gay
b.) had a killer punch and equal uppercut, if need be, and
c.) was perfectly comfortable with his current long-distance relationship
And then he met Gokasho Hiroyuki.
With his strawy, mouse brown hair, almost girlish features, frail body and occasional clumsiness, Hiroyuki seemed like the poster boy for nerdiness.
That was, until he took off his glasses and started speaking.
His green-brown and gold freckled eyes held an uncanny brilliance and warmth, and were equal captivating as the many cadences of his rich, soft tenor, which was enthralling, unsettling, calming and demanding all the same.
Jou could spend hours listening to him explain the differences between the various kinds of transmitters, on on the other hand, the blond helped Hiroyuki gain some backbone.
Of course, this gave the rumor mill a head-start.
“No, we’re not darting. No, we’re not making out or fucking either. We’re only friends, nothing more, nothing less”, Jou growled frustrated, as he banged his head repeatedly against the desk.
Hiroyuki sighed.
“Really, one should think, that when attending college, the pupils would grow to be a little more..matured. Especially the senpais.”
Letting his eyes graze the pulk surrounding him and Jou, he added:
“Obviously, I was sadly mistaken. My bad for being so naïve.”
Shooting up from his seat, the blond turned to his new friend and snapped:
“No, it’s not your fault, it’s theirs! Because of their own insecurities and jealousy, they have to go pick on anyone who appears to be even remotely happy, so they don’t have to think about how miserable their own lives are or come to terms with their self-righteousness and lack of character!”
With that, Jou stormed out of the classroom, leaving the others speechless.
From that day on, nobody lost a word about him and Hiroyuki.
“Moshi, moshi?”
“Am I correct in my assumption, that I have reached the student’s dorm of Toyohashi University?” came a deep, reserved voice from the other end of the line, sending shivers up the student’s back, who had picked up the phone.
“Ha-hai, well, actually, this is the west wing of-“
“Perfect. I would like to speak to Jounouchi Katsuya”, demanded the voice.
“Uuhh, sure, of course, sugu ni*. Whom may I announce?”
There was a short silence at the other end, then:
“His boyfriend.”
With a loud “ooouhhh!”, the student faced the door to the TV room and hollered:
<span stymso-mso-ansi-language:en-gb'="" lang="EN-GB">“Jounouchi! Hey, Jou, you got a call! Come on, shove your ass over here!”
Seto, on the other end of the line frowned, then rolled his eyes in annoyance.
He could hear the familiar drawl of his koi asking for the identity of the caller, and the guy crawing:
“It’s your sugar daddiee!”
A soft rustling, a rasped:
“Hang on”, and then-
TWACK!
“If you ever call him that again, I’ll skin you alive”, snarled Jou, before he returned to the matter at hand and whispered into the speaker:
“Ya#, Seto, o-genki desu ka?”
The CEO cocked a brow at his lover’s sudden change of tune and asked back:
“Are you terrorizing the natives again, Jou?”
Snorting, the blond replied:
“Iie, just bringing out the garbage. ”
“Hn. I see. ”
There was a short pause on both sides, then Jou mumbled:
“Listen, I now you phoned to ask, when I’m coming home. Let’s just say, at the moment it would be easier to climb Fuji-san in heels than get a single day off. But,” he halted Seto’s comment,
“I can make it to your birthday. And even stay a whole three days. ”
He could hear the brunet’s mental course, even before this one sighed:
“No, it’s ok. Wakarimasu. ”
Jou didn’t even try to hide his disappointment.
It was not the first time this had happened, and surely would not be the last.
That was one of the downsides dating a CEO.
A while, both remained silent, then Seto mused aloud:
“I wonder, how long it takes for the Shinkansen to get from Toyohashi to Utsunomiya?”
Jou felt, as if the kami had just smiled upon him.
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Considering the speed, Jou would reach Utsunomiya in approximately two hours-just enough time for Seto to get showered, dressed, tell his secretary to redirect his calls-and get undressed again …^^
* Jap: immediately/at once
# Jap: hello/hy