YAN-PARA au master post

[earthflames]

WHAT IT SAYS ON THE BOX.

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[blinged]

...oh? So you are scared of me, aren't you?

[weddingcupcake]

[how about if he just ducks his head and tries to slip past?]

[blinged]

[He reaches out and catches Tokiomi's sleeve as he tries to sneak on by]

...that's enough of an answer. But now you need to tell me why.

[weddingcupcake]

Leave me alone.

[Really, he just wants to forget today. He tries to pull his sleeve free, reaching for the doorknob at the same time.]

I have no desire to talk to you.

[blinged]

[n o p e, not letting go!]

You never want to talk to me - it really hurts, being treated like I'm some sort of commoner, you know.

[weddingcupcake]

It has nothing to do with your status, as you well know.

[blinged]

Well I know but I don't think I'm any less desirable because of my hobbies. That's an awfully outdated sort of outlook.

[weddingcupcake]

It's an outlook that encourages proper and elegant behavior. Now let me go.

[TUGS HARDER]

[blinged]

[...ah well, he'll let go.

After he presses a kiss to Tokiomi's cheek]

[weddingcupcake]

[Tokiomi turns very red! And then he makes a break for the safety of his house without saying anything else.]

[blinged]

[He waves as he watches Tokiomi go, very proud of the impressive shade of red he put on that stuck up face.]

I'll see you tomorrow, then!

[weddingcupcake]

[Noooo you won't.

Tomorrow, Tokiomi will fake sick for the first time in his life. It's not that hard to do. He's so well-behaved that his parents don't even suspect he'd ever lie to them like that.

But he can't keep doing that. He can't let someone like Cyrus get between him and his own goals and reputation, so the next day he goes to school as planned. He's more withdrawn than usual, but he's determined not to draw the attention of the teachers or let anything abnormal happen.]

[blinged]

[...unfortunately for Tokiomi, even when he lies low, his absence was duly noted - and oh, Cyrus had time to meditate on this rare absence.

He allows Tokiomi peace and quiet for most of the day, but by the time classes end, he drapes an arm over Tokiomi's shoulder to announce his presence]

Hey, I missed you yesterday.

[weddingcupcake]

[The invasion of personal space is a surprise, and it makes him jump. The fact that it's Cyrus makes him pale, and he shrinks in on himself a bit to escape that arm.]

I wasn't feeling well.

[blinged]

Because of me, right?

[weddingcupcake]

What does it matter to you?

[blinged]

I'm curious and I have a captive audience!

[weddingcupcake]

Will you leave me alone if I'm honest with you?

[blinged]

It would be unwise to guarantee anything - but if I'm satisfied, I might.

[weddingcupcake]

Fine. I had a bad day because of you, so I got a stomach ache. Now go away.

[blinged]

Ah, as I thought - you realize all this could be solved if you simply were better at tolerating me.

[weddingcupcake]

I don't want to tolerate you. I want to have nothing to do with you.

[blinged]

Just because of one bad habit of mine.... how intolerant!

[weddingcupcake]

It's because you've been bothering me.

[blinged]

Ah, I see!

...say, if I said I'd leave you alone for a price, what would you do?