Home Sweet Homes
Itto, Gorou and Shinobu walked out of the school gates in a straight row.
"Well, I'll be off guys. See you." Shinobu stopped walking with the other two and crossed the street.
"How far is your house?" Itto asked to break the silence.
"Oh, I'm going to my dads shop just near the end of this street. What about you?" Gorou asked, keeping the conversation going.
"Uhm, just a few streets away." Gorou could tell that Itto was trying to make up a lie.
"If you want to, you can come with me-" Before Gorou even finished his sentence, Itto cut him off.
"REALLY??" Itto's eyes glistened in the sun, his grin stretched from ear to ear revealing teeth in straight rows.
"Yeah!" Gorou softly smiled back at Itto.
"What does your dad sell?" Itto asked just like a child who has never been out before.
"A lot of different stuff but mainly medicine and vitamins." Gorou recalled trying to make it sound simple.
"What else does he sell?" Itto asked while swinging his arms up and down.
"Do you really want to know?" Gorou asked hoping Itto would say no.
"Yeah!" Gorou sighed, but Itto didn't notice because of how distracted he was.
"Okay then get ready for a long list. He sells vitamins, medicine, tights, fruit, vegetables, food, frozen protein-"
[TIME SKIP - IN GOROU'S DAD'S SHOP]
"- animals and sweets." Gorou took a deep breathe, breathing as much air as he possibly could.
"... That's a lot." Itto commented at the end.
"I know." Gorou exhaled deeply.
"But anyways, welcome to my dad's shop." Gorou stepped inside the store, looking for his dad.
"I didn't expect it to look this... big!" Itto walked in as if he was walking into a shop that was full of beetles. He looked all around the shop in disbelief, raising his hands up in the air.
"Yep, it's pretty big." Gorou didn't seem that impressed by the size.
"GOROU!" His father appeared from behind one of the shelves, grabbing Gorou.
"HOLY-" Gorou jumped and ran into the check out desk, falling behind it.
"Is he okay?" Itto asked, with a concerned look on his face.
"Yeah, this is all pretty normal for him." Gorou's father came completely into Itto's view.
"Wow, you're pretty big." His father said, walking up to Itto.
"Now I know where Gorou gets 'pretty big' from." Itto muttered before realising how short Gorou's dad was.
"You're pretty short." Itto said out of no where.
"..." Gorou's dad looked up at Gorou with no feelings in his eyes. Just complete blankness and darkness.
"I AM SO SORRY SIR! I DID NOT MEAN TO SAY THAT! IT'S JUST THAT-" Before Itto could continue Gorou's dad cracked up laughing.
"Huh?" Itto looked at Gorou's father with a confused face.
"It's okay, a lot of people call me short." He then wiped the imaginary tears from his eyes and pulled Itto down by the arm.
"Are you my son's boyfriend?" His dad asked, whispering. Itto's face turned to a bright shade of red. He tried to reply but no words came out of his mouth.
"Y- N-No!" Itto covered his face in embarrassment and tried to sound natural.
"You can tell me son-in-law." Gorou's father whispered again, making Itto's nose bleed.
"N-No!" Itto repeated again.
"C'mon." Gorou's father then whispered again.
"I know you like him." This made Itto go limp, falling on top of Gorou's dead.
"This guy weighs like 150 kilos. What is he even made out of? Iron?" His father wheezed and called out to Gorou who for some reason was still lying down behind the counter.
"Coming dad." Gorou quickly came back to like just like Pinocchio and ran over to his dad. He grabbed Itto's arms and dragged them towards him. Gorou's fathers face was eventually covered by Itto's chest, then his stomach, thighs, then his shoes. It was quiet... traumatising for him.
"Thank you son." Gorou's father just laid on the ground, relieved to have nothing heavy on him.
"Your welcome." Gorou continued dragging Itto by the arms until he was near the counter.
"Gorou?" His father asked, waiting to hear Gorou's voice.
"Yes?" Gorou replied, stopping what he was doing.
"Is he your friend?" His father asked with curiosity.
"Yeah, why do you ask?" Gorou asked, confused.
"Just curious. Can I not ask you a question about someone without being asked, 'why do you ask'??" His father slowly rose back to his feet and walked over to the storage room. He grabbed a couple wipes to wipe the blood that fell on the ground by Itto's nose.
"I'm going to cool Itto down." Gorou changed the subject and continued dragging Itto.
"Take him to the storage freezer." Gorou's dad said while continuing to stack up a pile of pears.
"Okay then..." Gorou trailed off, he continued dragging Itto towards the storage room before finally getting inside. He found a cloth in one of the boxes and went to the bathroom to wet in. When he came back he slowly put the wet cloth onto Itto's forehead and wiped Itto's nose with a tissue that he magically found.
"WhooP!" Itto's eyes open up and he looked around furiously.
"Where. Is. Your. Father?" Itto asked Gorou before realising how close he was to his face.
"In the store serving customers and stacking up fruit. Why? What's wrong?" Gorou asked, leaning in closer and looking directly into Itto's eyes.
"Uhm. No reason." Itto gulped as he felt his face go redder by the second.
"How did you even... faint?" Gorou searched for the right words before looking back at Itto in the eyes with full concern.
"Uh, it was just a bit hot." Itto waved his hands up and down like a fan to 'cool' himself down.
"At least you fainted here and not somewhere else on the road where cars can run you over." Gorou slowly grabbed the cloth and moved it off Itto's forehead.
"Stay here." Gorou said before getting up and rushing to the bathroom again. Itto could hear the tap open up with water rushing out of it. Then he could hear it close. Next minute Gorou was rushing back out and crawled down to Itto and placed the cloth back onto his forehead.
"You're so pretty Gorou~" Itto muttered just loud enough for Gorou to hear.
"I- WHAT?!" Gorou's face turned as red as Itto's face. But even redder.
"I'M SO SORRY! I DIDN'T MEAN TO SAY THAT! I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME TODAY!" Itto leaned forward, trying to get away from Gorou before he could embarrass himself any longer.
But because of how close Gorou was to his face, their foreheads touched, their noses came together and their lips connected. Both of their eyes widened as they felt each other's lips for the first time.