#yuupei

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[miyakuli]

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Artist : 猫又汐沁 (pixiv / twitter / lofter)

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"our love is a little formless but it'll do"

hello I have stepped into the "rarepair" hell that is itayoshi / yuupei and I will not get out

[yuujisdeadlovedones]

Baby I'll Behave / If You Let Me Stay | Chapter 1

jjk fic | yuuji/junpei | time travel fix-it | ao3 link | chapter 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 (on tumblr)

Junpei meets a weird pretty boy at the movies who won't leave him alone.

**Junpei's pov of a Yuuji that has gone back in time to change everything. Yuuji never mentions it though, so i leave all that stuff to your imagination.

Junpei first met the boy when he went to his favorite theater to watch a showing of an old horror movie.

The boy walked in around three minutes after Junpei sat down. He was around Junpei's age, a little taller, had cool pink hair, and from what little bit Junpei could see of his face, he was handsome.

He didn't sit directly in front of Junpei, he sat a few seats to the left in the row in front. He was a polite movie goer, didn't touch his phone during the movie, didn't talk except for a small shriek at a minor jumpscare, which was oddly endearing.

Junpei had watched the movie before, so he at some points looked over at the guy. He was leaning forward in his seat, completely engaged. He reacted sometimes, leaning back in his chair, curling up during a particularly stressful scene. Maybe if it was someone else, or a movie he'd never watched before, Junpei would be annoyed at the guy for being distracting, but he only felt the satisfaction of watching someone experience something for the first time.

When the movie was over, Junpei took his phone out to check the time. The pink haired guy stretched, making a little noise, before turning towards Junpei. "That was scarier than I expected, and I loved the practical effects! What did you think of it?"

Junpei fumbled out a response about how he'd liked how the fake blood was better than in the prequel movie. The guy jerked in surprise.

"There's a prequel movie?" He said a bit too loud.

"Yeah? It came out two years after, it was about when the mom and dad first started dating."

"Holy shit, what's it called? Also, what's your name? Mine's Itadori Yuuji!"

That was how Junpei was essentially pulled into a friendship with the weirdest guy he knew.

Yuuji's grandfather had very recently died, very recently, and he'd moved to Tokyo because he'd always wanted to.

"I didn't really have anyone left, to hold me back or to stay for," Yuuji said around a piece of sushi. He'd basically pushed Junpei into going to a restaurant with him. He'd promised to pay and had even shown Junpei the money in his wallet to prove it, which was a bit much but did make Junpei feel a little better. Yuuji was charismatic, definitely the sort to get his way, and Junpei didn’t want to get fucked over.

After their talk of movies petered out, Junpei was done with his food and Yuuji was finishing up. Yuuji admitted to wanting to make some friends, and Junpei privately wondered if he looked normal enough to be this guy's friend. He'd always thought he gave off some sort of aura that let people knew he was weak, a loser.

But Yuuji smiled at him, asked him questions, laughed at his dry jokes, made funnier jokes, and asked for his number, so they could meet up again.

As they walked home, it turned out the Yuuji lives only a couple blocks away from Junpei's place, in an apartment with a fairly absent roommate. Yuuji waved goodbye like this wasn't the last time they'd hang out.

Junpei walked home slowly, feeling empty. He was just entering his house when his phone went off. When he checked it, it was an unknown number.

'hey Junpei its yuuji!!!!!!'

'i had a lot of fun!'

'you free tomorrow? if not, when?'

':D!!'

....Looked like Yuuji was they type to get attached easily.

And a little pushy.

He saved Yuuji's number and contemplated putting a cherry blossom emoji next to his name (for his pink hair), but thought better of it. Didn't want anyone to notice it.

He didn't know how to respond, so he didn't. He didn't have read receipts on so he was safe.

His mom caught him looking at the message a few hours later. He didn't notice her reading the messages over his shoulder, and couldn't deny her when she pushed him into responding.

'hey sorry i missed your message, my phone was out of battery and charging'

'yeah im free tomorrow'

'have you been the shopping center near here?'

'no, where is it?'

Before he went to sleep that night, he wrote down a list of topics to talk about, with movies that weren’t too niche and questions he could ask to keep the conversation going.

They met up the next day at noon and hung out for hours.

[miyakuli]

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[miyakuli]

Me watching jjk : I know there will be angst with Junpei so I’m ready to being totally detached with this character

Meeting Junpei : ARGH GONNA RESIST UHHHH *what a cutie <3* OTL /fail/

Junpei meets Yuuji : *doki*......OH NO I FORBID YOU TO MELT FOR THIS SHIP NOPE DON’T-

Yuuji makes Junpei laugh : damn ship

Junpei last act : I KNEW IT BUT I FAILED AND NOW IM IN PAIN

WHY

[yuujisdeadlovedones]

Baby I’ll Behave / If You Let Me Stay | chapter 7

jjk fic | yuuji/junpei | time travel fix-it | ao3 link | chapter 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 (on tumblr)

Junpei meets a weird pretty boy at the movies who won’t leave him alone.

**Junpei’s pov of a Yuuji that has gone back in time to change everything. Yuuji never mentions it though, so i leave all that stuff to your imagination.

ch 7: Junpei worries about how his actions can come off to outsiders.

Junpei knew he wasn’t a manly man.

That was funny even in his head. No one would consider Junpei manly.

Yeah, he was gay, he was thin and small and shy, and his voice wasn’t the deepest. He had long hair and he didn’t dress like a slob.

He liked guys.

He wasn’t sure if his classmates knew, he’d done his best to seem straight, normal, same as any other boy, but when they were calling him names it was one of the things they’d throw out there.

It hurt. It made his nose prickle and his throat dry, but he never reacted in any way that could be suspicious.

They based it off how he looked. What did his looks have to do with liking guys? How did being fine with looking feminine or androgynous mean wanting to kiss boys?

Yuuji...wasn’t helping matters.

Not that anyone would think Yuuji was gay! It was more than Junpei was being protected by Yuuji, who was pretty good looking. It was easy to assume that others would be thinking that Junpei had a thing for him.

��.Which wasn’t necessarily wrong, but Junpei didn’t want others to think that!

And Yuuji was so touchy! An arm around Junpei’s shoulders in a teasing sort-of hug walking down the hall, or steering him from behind by his shoulders, or taking Junpei’s wrist to lead him to a theater when he couldn’t keep up with Yuuji’s enthusiasm.

What if Yuuji caught on? He’d be weirded out. Both of their actions would be constantly examined through a romantic lens, which would destroy the ease of their friendship.

Also, Junpei knew that there was something about him that people didn’t like. He didn’t know what it was, but he could see it in his classmates, who either hated him or didn’t care enough to stand up for him.

He could see it in his teacher, who was just annoyed by Junpei enough to find it hard to remain professional, or to care enough to stop the bullies.

Would it eventually get through to Yuuji? Would he get put off by Junpei? Stay friends with him out of obligation until Yuuji resented him? When would Yuuji regret ever having been friends with him?

Every other weekday Yuuji went over to Junpei’s place or had Junpei over at his own place for a couple hours.

Every other Friday and sometimes Saturday, Yuuji stayed over at Junpei’s or Junpei stayed over at his. Maybe that was way more frequent than most friendships, but being around him made Junpei feel safe and, just, better .

Yuuji’s roommate was never around. Yuuji’s place felt like it was mostly Yuuji’s, with a reasonably stocked fridge and anime posters and western actors decorating the walls.

Yuuji would order takeout once in a while, explaining that money wouldn’t be an issue for years, or he’d make something quick - with Junpei helping out, unwilling to stay in the living room or bedroom while Yuuji was working.

Yuuji was doing well for himself. When Yuuji would mention some little thing or anecdote about his grandfather - Junpei could never bring himself to ask - he would sound fond and a little sad. He admitted that he’d seen his grandpa’s death coming, and had been able to say goodbye.

In the dark of the bedroom, when they were about to go to sleep, Junpei would hold his pillow as Yuuji whispered of no visitors, and an old man dying with only one person in the world to miss him. Voice getting wet while talking about keeping his grandpa’s stuff, but having to put it in storage because he just couldn’t look at it, and the guilt of living on so easily.

Even then, Junpei had to wonder, would it be weird if he held Yuuji’s hand? Even if he didn’t mean anything by it, would it seem like he was coming on to Yuuji when he was vulnerable?

Junpei never knew what to say, and the first time he reached over to gently take Yuuji’s hand, Yuuji held on to it for hours. From then on, that was his go to way to comfort Yuuji.

But…life outside of their rooms just wasn’t that simple, and Junpei knew there was a storm on the horizon.

[yuujisdeadlovedones]

Baby I'll Behave / If You Let Me Stay | Chapter 6

jjk fic | yuuji/junpei | time travel fix-it | ao3 link | chapter 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 (on tumblr)

Junpei meets a weird pretty boy at the movies who won't leave him alone.**Junpei's pov of a Yuuji that has gone back in time to change everything. Yuuji never mentions it though, so i leave all that stuff to your imagination.

ch 6: Time passes.

At the time he didn’t think much of it, but Junpei came to think about the talk they had, about the bullying and their teacher’s part in it, many times after that night.

Maybe Junpei should've realized that Yuuji wouldn't just let it go.

The next day Junpei woke up to the smell of breakfast and an empty room.

When he groggily shuffled out of his room he was greeted with the rare sight of his mother awake. She was cheerily eating breakfast with a chipper Yuuji.

Junpei ate as Yuuji apologized for waking them up earlier than they probably usually did. Both Junpei and his mom protested. Junpei never ate breakfast and his mom never woke before 9:30, and the food was good.

Yuuji had run back to his apartment for a change of clothes and came back to thank them for letting him stay over.

Junpei got ready and was done so much sooner than usual that on the way to school, he got anxious. He hated being in school more than he needed to, since he was on high alert while sitting in class.

But Yuuji sat behind him once again, and kept him company. Whether talking or not, no one came up to him. He could feel his classmates’ gaze, but he knew they were looking at Yuuji.

Junpei turned around and Yuuji looked up his from phone and smiled. Junpei found himself shyly smiling back before turning back around.

Yuuji was...eccentric. Over the weeks, Junpei made a mental list of his quirks, not in any particular order

He was friendly, but he was not as friendly at school.

Well, he was nice to underclassman and he usually wasn't out-right rude.... except to their classmates and their teacher.

He was especially cold to their teacher.

He loosened up if Junpei introduced him to people.

He wasn't interested in any clubs, except for the film club Junpei had once had.

He had watched an incredible amount of movies, but he usually didn't have any background knowledge of the cast or behind the scenes.

He...didn’t work out as much as Junpei expected. Junpei knew that Yuuji would sometimes go on runs to let off some steam, and he ate a lot more than Junpei did, but not necessarily more healthy, and not in a way that explained his physique.

Yuuji did have friends he made prior to moving. Good friends, that he texted and video chatted with. When Junpei asked who he was texting, Yuuji said that they were fellow MMA enthusiasts that he’d befriended on an internet forum, named Nobara and Megumi (a guy). They weren’t in the area, but if they ever visited, Yuuji promised to introduce them to Junpei.

He seemed to genuinely like Junpei.

He was really protective of Junpei.

He was physically affectionate.

That last one…

Junpei normally loved it. Being tugged around by Yuuji made his heart flutter and when Yuuji put his arm around him, he had to remind himself to breathe.

But Yuuji was like that at school, too.

Which was a problem.

[yuujisdeadlovedones]

Baby I’ll Behave / If You Let Me Stay | chapter 5

jjk fic | yuuji/junpei | time travel fix-it | ao3 link | chapter 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 (on tumblr)

Junpei meets a weird pretty boy at the movies who won’t leave him alone.

**Junpei’s pov of a Yuuji that has gone back in time to change everything. Yuuji never mentions it though, so i leave all that stuff to your imagination.

ch5: Yuuji stays over.

When Junpei's mom walked in to see someone else with Junpei, he could tell she was cautiously optimistic. By the end of the night, she was overjoyed.

Yuuji got along amazingly with Junpei's mom. He was relaxed and informal in a way that wasn't rude, just endearing. He was funny and nice and charming. She hugged Junpei tightly as soon as Yuuji walked out the door around 9.

Only 5 minutes later, Yuuji was back, standing in front of their door awkwardly.

"Ok, so...I can't find my keys? And I asked my roommate, but he's not gonna be home till like 2 AM...can I stay here tonight? I'm so sorry, I don't really know anyone else in the area, I can go to a hotel-"

Junpei's mom cut him off and ushered him in while Junpei awkwardly stood by. "Of course, come in! Let me set out the futon for you! Me and Junpei are both night owls, so if you’d prefer to sleep early I can put it in the living room?”

Yuuji made eye contact with Junpei. "If it's alright with you, I can stay in your room?"

Junpei looked away and nodded. "Yeah, that's fine."

Junpei and his mom left Yuuji in the living room while they quickly tidied up his room. “Sleepover!” She whispered to him excitedly. He ignored that.

Junpei invited Yuuji into his room, watching in the doorway as he settled down on the futon. He began to close the door but was interrupted.

"Hey Junpei, could you leave the door open, just a little?"

"Uh, yeah, sure."

Junpei felt a little better. Usually he kept his door shut, but this meant they wouldn't be doing anything that they wouldn't be ok with his mom overhearing.

His thoughts were suddenly invaded by something else, rather pleasant things they could do that he wouldn’t want her to hear-

"Hey Junpei, I was wondering. Those dude...they mess with you, right?"

"...Yeah."

"...Do any of the teachers know?"

Junpei inhaled deeply. He couldn’t make eye contact with him. "Yeah, I know that at least my homeroom teacher knows, he just doesn't give a shit."

"...That's not right."

Junpei shrugged, uncomfortable.

Yuuji looked down and shook his head, face serious and just a little angry. "Hes a shitty teacher, then. I've had good teachers. They care. I had a teacher who let me stay over at his place for a while when things were really bad."

Junpei thought- "Well that's because, you're popular. Likeable."

Yuuji turned on the futon to look intensely at Junpei. "Yoshino Junpei, you are so likeable. I like you a lot." At this, to Junpei’s horror, he could feel himself turn red. "And a good teacher is good to everyone, even students with crap personalities. You deserve a teacher that cares, that helps you. Your classmates and teachers....they're failing you."

Junpei had no clue what to say to that, nose burning and eyes prickling.

"And what do you mean, not likeable? You're wrong about that."

"I-it has to do with looks, too..."

"But you're cute? Junpei, you're good looking, kind of pretty!"

Junpei turned around to escape Yuuji’s sincerity and tried to suffocate himself in his pillow. Yuuji laughed, patting him on the back. "we'll work up to it, right?"

They watched videos on Junpei’s laptop till midnight. This was actually a lot earlier than Junpei usually went to bed, but he wasn’t all that worried about not being able to sleep. The day’d been draining, from school to the fight, to bringing someone over to his house for the first time in...ever.

Junpei rubbed his eyes, enjoying the feeling of being sleepy, not just tired, at the appropriate time of the day.

Movement out of the corner of his eye caught his attention and he turned to see Yuuji taking his shirt off.

Yuuji saw that he had Junpei’s attention and smiled, oblivious. “Usually I sleep without pants too but I think that’d be weird, right?”

Junpei must've nodded because Yuuji turned to his phone.

...Yuuji had to have, like, no body fat. He had pecs. And very nice nipples. Junpei felt himself break into a sweat and hurried to turn out the light.

“Goodnight, Junpei! Thanks for having me over,” Yuuji said, the smile in his voice audible.

Junpei settled into his bed. “Goodnight, Yuuji.”

He fell asleep fast, but before he did, he wished he’d thanked Yuuji as well.

[yuujisdeadlovedones]

Baby I’ll Behave / If You Let Me Stay | Chapter 2

jjk fic | yuuji/junpei | time travel fix-it | ao3 link | chapter 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 (on tumblr)

Junpei meets a weird pretty boy at the movies who won't leave him alone.

**Junpei's pov of a Yuuji that has gone back in time to change everything. Yuuji never mentions it though, so i leave all that stuff to your imagination.

Talking to Yuuji was comfortable. Conversation flowed easily and they could talk for hours without Junpei having to pull out his emergency topic list.

Junpei didn't really want to bring up anything serious but eventually he gathered up his courage. "Which school are you transferring to?"

"Satozakura High School, I've already set most things up, my first day is Monday."

Junpei's stomach dropped. They'd be going to school together. He'd known it was likely, but...

God. How soon would Yuuji realize that Junpei was a loser?

How soon would he stop greeting Junpei, stop acknowledging him?

Would Yuuji immediately jump ship, or awkwardly try to stay friendly out of guilt?

Yuuji watched him as he tried to compose himself. "Which class are you in, Junpei?"

For a moment Junpei didn't want to tell him. "....3A."

Would Yuuji...join the bullies? Either to save himself, or maybe because the strong enjoyed putting down the weak?

"...Junpei, I've never- I usually don't make friends at school. I, uh, recently made some friends outside of school, and I may not seem like it, but...I don't make friends. I make really friendly acquaintances. People you can laugh with, but people you don't go out of your way to hang with, but I want to be friends with you."

Junpei stared at Yuuji. That was so odd. "Why?"

Yuuji didn't seem to know what to say to that. "Why not?" He huffed and looked away. "Because you're Junpei?"

Junpei wanted to question that, to dig in to see in which way Yuuji was fucking with him, and why..but Junpei had looked Yuuji up that morning, his grandfather really had died recently. Only a very twisted individual could be fucking with people so well after their guardian had just died.

Junpei decided to be honest. "I'm not-I-no one likes me. Well, the people that do stopped, because enough people hate me enough that - it was in their best interest to stay away. If you wanna make friends at this school, act like you don't know me. You're friendly, you can make friends, you'll be fine."

"And if I don’t want to do that? I didn't say I wanted to make friends, I just wanna be friends with you."

"...We'll see about that."

On Monday morning, Junpei had only been awake for a few minutes when someone knocked on his door. He blearily opened the door to see Yuuji, wide awake and holding a convenience store bun out.

"Good morning! It's my first day and I thought you could walk me to school. Here, I got this for you!"

Junpei stared at him.

Yuuji looked confused, taking in his pajamas, then took out his phone. "Am I early?" he muttered to himself. Junpei looked. 20 minutes before school started.

Junpei used to be the sort of guy that woke up 2 hours before class. He'd be tidy, would have breakfast, laze around, get to school early, and mess around on his phone if he didn’t have leftover homework.

This past year though, he was just too tired in the morning. He never wanted to get out of bed in the morning.

If things didn't get better soon, he probably stop going to school.

"..Thanks," Junpei said. "I might be late, so you can walk to school without me. Sorry, I'll pay you back later for the-"

"Hey, I don't mind waiting! If we're late I'll just be making a memorable entrance."

Yuuji actually seemed to mean that, so Junpei nodded and ran off to get ready.

He was done in record time and Yuuji looked up from his phone and smiled when Junpei started to put on his shoes. As they left Yuuji handed him the bun and Junpei took it gratefully.

Yuuji made small talk while Junpei ate.

"I might join an athletic club, coaches were always trying to recruit me at my last school. Hope I don't have to deal with any assholes, I will start a fight on my first day if I have to."

Junpei looked at Itadori incredulously but didn't say anything as they'd reached the school gates. They hurried inside and Junpei guided him into the building, and as Junpei showed Yuuji to his locker, he asked which class Yuuji was in.

"3A!" Yuuji said, smiling brightly.

That was definitely not a coincidence.

They made it to class right before the teacher did. While Junpei sat down, Yuuji introduced himself to the class. He wasn't as friendly as he'd been with Junpei, as his gaze at the students and the teacher was almost calculating.

There were a few seats open, and Junpei noticed that for some reason, most of his bullies weren't in class yet. Yuuji was allowed to take any seat and he picked the seat behind Junpei's.

Sometimes, guys would sit behind Junpei and poke at him hard with lead pencils, or pens if Junpei was wearing white. Yuuji was quiet except for halfway into the period, when he poked Junpei and passed him a note.

It was an unflattering picture of the homeroom teacher. Junpei huffed and immediately hid it in his pocket.

Maybe this wouldn't be so bad.

[yuujisdeadlovedones]

Baby I’ll Behave / If You Let Me Stay | Chapter 3

jjk fic | yuuji/junpei | time travel fix-it | ao3 link | chapter 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 (on tumblr)

Junpei meets a weird pretty boy at the movies who won’t leave him alone.

**Junpei’s pov of a Yuuji that has gone back in time to change everything. Yuuji never mentions it though, so i leave all that stuff to your imagination.

ch3:  First day! Junpei wonders why Yuuji is like this.

By the end of the second period, most of the bullies had trickled into class. One of them had what looked like a couple permanent marker blobs on his face, another had a buzzcut, and another a swollen cheek.

As each of them walked in, Junpei could see the irritation on their faces as they took in a stranger in the seat behind him.  He was so glad Yuuji was sitting there today.

When lunch came, Junpei stayed in his seat. It was humiliating, but the bullies wouldn't get too physical as long as he stayed in his seat, and he brought quick snacks.

"Oi Junpei, not too bad so far, huh?" Yuuji said behind him, and Junpei turned to smile. Yeah, not bad so far.

"So who are you?" Said Akamata neutrally. He was the guy who'd come in with the swollen face, who was now sitting in the next row. Junpei had seen Akamata glaring out of the corner of his eye a couple of times.

"Itadori Yuuji, new student," Yuuji said, with a much less friendly tone than he'd had before. "Junpei, what homework were we assigned so far? I wasn't paying attention," he said cheekily.

Junpei sighed and wrote it down for him, trying not to smile.

"You're sitting in my seat," said Akamata, still sounding neutral.

"I wanted to sit next to my friend."

Junpei turned his face away from them. Friend?

"Just give him the seat," said Shino, much more aggressive. He liked to whisper suggestions to Akamata during class. He was a big guy, bigger than Yuuji. Junpei was starting to sweat.

"It's just a seat. If you want it so bad, just try to get me out." His tone was firm and a little dark. Junpei regretted turning back to the front of the room, because he wanted to see what the perpetually cheerful Itadori looked like when he wasn't smiling at Junpei.

At this point most of his classmates were watching. The room was quieter than normal, and Junpei could hear his heartbeat now. He hated the attention, but at the same time he resented all of his classmates, who would prefer not to see what they put him through, day in and day out.

"You trying to start a fight on your first day?" Said Shiromura incredulously, across the room.

Yuuji laughed loudly. It was a sort of bark, and Junpei flinched. On his left side, the side against the wall, he could feel Yuuji surreptitiously touch his arm, as if trying to soothe him.

"I'm trying to eat my lunch. Not my fault you idiots don't know how to mind your own business."

"Dumbass-"

"What're you gonna do? What?" Yuuji goaded cheerily.

"After school, behind the back entrance, be there if you're not a bitch," said Shino, standing up and beckoning to his friends to get out of there.

Yuuji giggled, sounding genuinely amused.

Junpei turned to look at him. "What the fuck is wrong with you?"

"Junpei...I'm not a bitch."

[yuujisdeadlovedones]

Baby I’ll Behave / If You Let Me Stay | chapter 4

jjk fic | yuuji/junpei | time travel fix-it | ao3 link | chapter 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 (on tumblr)

Junpei meets a weird pretty boy at the movies who won’t leave him alone.

**Junpei’s pov of a Yuuji that has gone back in time to change everything. Yuuji never mentions it though, so i leave all that stuff to your imagination.

ch4: Fight!

That day's gym class had Junpei feeling just a little better.

Usually it was a hell that he tried to skip, but he told himself he'd go just this once, for Yuuji's first day.

(No one had ever approached him about his skipping, so he'd never had to explain or defend himself. He knew he wouldn't be able to explain to Yuuji without feeling humiliated.)

He helped Yuuji find a uniform, feeling both happy to be helpful and presumptuous, clingy.

Usually Junpei tried to change in the bathroom, but he was confident he was late enough for no one to be around to mess with him.

When Yuuji took off his shirt, Junpei was so thankful that Yuuji somehow got his head stuck in it. That way, he didn't see Junpei stare.

Fucking six pack jacked motherfucker. Big arms and wide shoulders.

So hot.

How could a teen look like that? Like yeah, they were 17 going on 18, but fuck...

Junpei was looking away when Yuuji popped out, pink hair mussed over a face red from either exertion or embarrassment.

They were playing football that day. The gym teacher gave Junpei a funny look but didn't say anything.

Yuuji dominated. It was funny that for how hard he kicked and how much faster he was than everyone else, he was obviously not into it. He played when the ball came towards them, but otherwise he entertained Junpei with a spirited discussion about romantic dramas vs. romantic comedies.

It was still enough for the gym teacher to try to talk Yuuji into trying out for the team.

"No, I'm not interested." Yuuji turned him down without hesitation. "Thanks, but no."

He walked off, and Junpei stared at him as they entered the school.

At the end of the school day, Yuuji pulled Junpei aside. "Can we walk home together?"

Junpei didn't know how to tell Yuuji that he wanted no part of what was gonna happen. "I don't-"

"You could wait by the school gate? For like, ten or fifteen minutes? I understand if you can't, but I thought it'd be nice-"

"You're so fucked. Just-just don't go."

Yuuji smiled at Junpei. "Seriously, less than fifteen minutes!"

"They'll beat the shit out of you! On your first day! And they looked especially mad, they can get away with a lot! Who knows what they'll do-"

By then Yuuji had taken Junpei by the shoulders and was leading them out of the classroom.

They split at the main entrance, and Junpei decided to hide behind some trees by the front gates. He tried not to be too visible to people coming from the school, but he’d still be able to see whoever left the fight.

He took out his phone to distract himself, which didn't work. He tried to convince himself that everything would be okay, which also didn't work.

At 5 minutes he could hear a commotion coming from the other side of the building.

Shouting, whooping, not cheers but exclamations...

At 8 minutes, it had gotten too quiet for Junpei to make anything out. By then, Junpei was trying to psych himself up to go hide in a classroom until he saw the fight was over, and then he’d go down to help Yuuji pick himself up.

At 11 minutes, someone interrupted his anxiety attack. “Hey, Junpei, are you alright?”

Startled, Junpei turned to see Yuuji walking towards him. He looked...completely fine, and kind of like he was trying to look casual.

“What happened? You’re okay? Did you fight?”

Yuuji gently pulled Junpei by the shoulder away from the school.

“Yeah...they’re not gonna be acting up for a while.”

Junpei stared at him.

Yuuji chuckled tensely. “I have a lot of fighting experience. Mixed martial arts."

"Won't...you get in trouble?"

"They won't talk," said Yuuji firmly.

They were silent for a while. Yuuji broke the silence. "You're not, like, mad at me, right?"

Junpei looked at Yuuji incredulously.

"...You're amazing."

Yuuji's smile made something in Junpei's stomach flutter. That afternoon was the first time Junpei invited Yuuji over after school.

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JUMPEI!!! 😭💔💔💔💔💔

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Artist : 西月

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