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The sound of cheerful people could be heard while Nakamura was walking through town and it only brightened his mood more picking his feet up while walking.
Today was the day he was gonna be hirose’s bestest friend and boyfriend ever or that’s what his brain was telling him. Yesterday Hirose asked him if he was going to the class Christmas party he was originally gonna skip but with Hirose basically asking for him to come, how could he not?
A few hours ago
“Icchan today’s the day your papas gonna confess to the man he loves” He waves the Christmas edition of loveable lunches around like it’s the bible kissing it and flipping through its contents.
He shoved a page toward the tank which had cute little Christmas stickers on. The page was with the two main characters where one of them was under a mistletoe and they kissed.
Nakamura screamed like a madman thinking about the scene but with him and Hirose. He’d say something cool under the mistletoe like “oh well who are we to deny Christmas traditions” while leaning into his lips and hirose gets all nervous but still cutely leaning in.
He gets pulled outta this fantasy while his sister barged in his room telling him to shut up then slammed the door with ferocity. He rolled his eyes at her whatever he needed this win for himself and he was gonna get it.
While Nakamura was getting ready he put on a cute red green and white Christmas themed sweater with small octopuses all around the shirt.
He grabbed the manga and stuffed it in his fanny pack. If he wanted to win Hirose’s heart he was going to need his guide on what to do.
“Ah well I’m off don’t be surprised if I’m a new man when I return my sweet Icchan” he gave a small smile before leaving and closing the door behind him.
The present
He got to the school and he was surprised. Nakamura always loved Christmas ‘cause of the decorations and right now the decorations were……something. The snowflakes that were hanging around the room were a little wonky and some of the lights didn’t glow.
But the Christmas tree was something else. It shimmered like nothing else in the room and the ornaments were so dazzling it was hard to keep his eyes off it.
That was until he heard his name being called by someone it was Hirose he was walking over to him.
“Hey Nakamura you came” he stopped in front of him and looked at his shirt. “Your sweater sure is….unique” he smiled at him softly laughing at the sweater.
Nakamura blushed hard. He wanted to look away but he couldn’t miss a single expression on Hirose’s cute face until he had to force himself to pull his eyes off him because of course a disturbance had to come.
Takeuchi walked up to them, his arm wrapping around Hirose’s shoulder. Nakamura wanted to strangle him instantly. Who does he think he is getting so cozy with his man?
Takeuchi kept yapping on and on about some filler thing that happened in his life that was unimportant until something caught his attention.
“Are you prepared to get all dressed up for Christmas”
Hirose scoffed a small blush forming on his face moving his arm off him in embarrassment “come on man do you really have to bring that up”
Nakamura led out a small huh in confusion looking at Hirose. Just what were they talking about??
“Oh you don’t know Nakamura Hirose has to get dressed up in a cute Santa outfit since he lost a bet” he said in a teasing tone
Nakamura was shocked by the thought of Hirose in a cute Santa costume? Just all the different images poofing into his head were too much to bear. He held his heart while his face was red with desire and thoughts. How was he supposed to get through the day knowing that he was merely seconds away from seeing Hirose in the cutest thing known to man!!
Hirose and Takeuichi were too caught up in their own conversation to notice his gay panic that was unfolding.
Nakamura stumbled back a little bumping into someone tall and sturdy by the way they stood.
He mumbled a small apology and looked up and saw the one person he wouldn’t wanna see Matsumura. They both stared at each other for a little bit then his face turned to annoyance glaring at him.
“What are you doing here you don’t go to this school”
Hirose noticed them talking and butted in the conversation “oh I invited him he was originally gonna spend Christmas alone so I just brought him along” he said with a smile while rubbing the back of his head
Matsumura looked at Hirose with that damn smug smirk that he always had which made him grip his bag tighter. What Nakamura would pay to see that smirk come off his face.
“He owes me that much since he forgot to buy me a present this year” he brushed his hand against Hirose’s chestnut hair
“Hey I said I’d make it up to you didn’t I” he playfully pushed his hand away
Nakamura couldn’t stand this watching Matsumura get all cozy with Hirose like that was starting to piss him off like crazy. Why does everyone think they can just touch Hirose however they feel?
Then sadly Hirose got called away by his other friends to help with something, leaving them both alone with each other but not before sending a polite wave goodbye promising to talk again and that he’d find him.
The silence between them was awkward but not in a way you wanna break it but in a way you wanna walk away and bang your head against a wall.
“You only came to see Hirose dressed up didn’t you” the question caught him off guard looking at him and waving his pointed finger at him
“Wh-what I’m not a pervert like you I would never” his voice got louder his chest puffing up Matsumura smirked tilting his head
“oh really that would be the case if I didn’t see the face you were making while being told that Hirose would dress in a cute Santa outfit” he huffed waving his hand leaning closer
“honestly don’t you think you’re being a little too creepy”
Nakamura couldn’t take anymore insults coming from him if he wanted to play dirty so could he.
“What about you huh you came to this party not knowing anyone so you could have an excuse to cling next to Hirose like a stranded puppy id say it’s pretty pathetic if you ask me” Nakamura turned around to look at the free snacks on the table Christmas tree cookies and candy canes placed out along with some drinks.
“You know at least when I try to hang out with a Hirose I do it in a respectable way” he grabbed a cookie biting down on it white maintaining eye contact to show dominance and in a weird sense of way it worked.
Matsumura’s face was annoyed at being insulted like that and couldn't have felt good to his high ego.
Matsumura looked at him before turning to normal and walking away into the crowd. To be honest Nakamura felt great he had just insulted his rival in such a way he had to turn away.
He started walking around looking at the stands for a couple minutes. He saw all sorts of things at the attractions like stuff to determine his soulmate which he already knew was Hirose.
And stuff to determine his future which was obviously Hirose’s husband. See he didn’t need any stupid cards to tell him the future when he already knew it.
Hirose walked up to Nakamura tapping his shoulder
“Told you I’d find ya agin”
Nakamura looked at Hirose like he was an angel sent from heaven until he realized that angel had a pest hanging around it
Matsumura who gave a small annoying wave to him. But Nakamura was determined to not let him ruin his attitude.
Hirose suggested looking around all the stuff they could do.
Nakamura started walking around the school seeing all the activities people were doing like bobbing for apples. Which seemed fun but doing that when it was already freezing seemed like another way of trying to get sick and Matsumura seemed to agree with how he stayed away from the activity.
Meanwhile Hirose dunked his head in the freezing water. He only lasted a couple seconds but caught an apple either way.
They saw another stand that had takoyaki so they all went over and purchased one munching on it while walking around.
While walking Nakamura saw a shooting contest and one of the prizes was a live Goldfish in a tank that was way too small for it.
Nakamura despised those kinds of people who hurt animals without thinking about how they felt. Who sold them off to some kid who’ll probably flush it down the drain.
“Those fish aren’t in the right environment couldn’t that be considered animal abuse” Matsumura muttered
Nakamura shook his head hesitantly. Maybe he wasn’t as big of a piece of crap as he thought.
Hirose lighted up thinking of an idea “How about we rescue it one of us has got to be good with aim”
Minutes passed and not a single target was hit. Hope seemed lost. Nakamura couldn’t stand to see the fish knowing he couldn’t do anything.
“Alright operation steal fish”
“Operation what”
“Were actually doing this I guess”
The plan was fairly simple: Hirose will distract the person at the stand and Matsumura and Nakamura will bring all the fish to the river near the school.
Hirose was chatting the stand employee up about how bad he is at the game. He was really good at lying to people it was impressive
While that was happening they both grabbed the fish and dragged them off near the river luckily these were the kinda fish that could survive in fresh water.
Nakamura felt a weight off his shoulders as he watched the fishes swim around
Matsumura led out a small sigh rubbing his forehead. He did most of the fish lifting while Nakamura carried a couple
“Those fish better appreciate the new lives we gave them-“ He stopped talking when he saw Nakamura
Nakamura looked at the fish in a way that showed he loved and cared for them in a way Matsumura had never seen before.
A sudden thump in his heart could be heard
Hirose came running fast “aww i didn’t get to see the fish swim away”. Him and Matsumura were talking about the fish.
“We’re gonna go inside wanna come with Nakamura” Hirose asked curiously
“No thanks I think I’ll walk around some more you guys can go though I’ll catch up”
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Nakamura didn’t consider himself lonely or anything in fact he liked being alone walking alone soothed him sometimes.
He walked around till he saw hifumi sitting on a bench drawing something she was so caught up in it she didn’t notice him standing in front of her curiously. She was drawing him and it was really good too. The drawing captured his face in a way no camera could.
She jumped back holding her notebook looking at him “N-Nakamura it’s not what you think”
“wow that’s a really good drawing of me why would you be embarrassed of that if I was that talented I would never shut up” he said looking at her notebook
He immediately smirked, a blush creeping up his face. She let out a sigh; she immediately knew what that look meant; he wanted her to draw Hirose again which was a frequent request of his; she didn’t know why he wanted her to keep drawing Hirose for himself but she did it every time.
She did a quick doodle of Hirose for him. He smiled, his face lighting up while holding the drawing to his chest, spinning around and humming, thinking about Hirose and his features stroking the drawing lovingly.
Nakamura waved her goodbye and started walking away until something spotted his eye. He dropped his Takoyaki that he caught again since it was so good the first time
He saw Hirose holding hands with someone.
NO it wasn’t someone it was Matsumura bringing Hirose over to a huge decoration which was covered in mistletoes he could already see where it was going.
Nakamura gasped, his hand clenched hard. He imagined it even though it hurt. Hirose being under the tree with that pig and them kissing
Nakamura couldn’t believe that for a brief moment he thought he could trust that deceiving bastard
No he wouldn’t allow his filthy hands to go anywhere near Hirose he doesn’t deserve him infact no one did.
Nakamura ran over there with the time only a trained professional could achieve.
As he ran he could hear more of their conversation. They were talking about middle school which only fueled Nakamura’s jealous heart.
Hirose went to go turn around cause he thought he heard something behind him and then he turned back around and Matsumura disappeared.
Meanwhile
Matsumura mummered something incoherent while Nakamura stuck his hand against his mouth, shoving and pushing him against the dirt, getting both their clothes muddy.
Nakamura had pushed him into the bushes while Hirose was turned around.
Nakamura was rambling about how much of a pervert he was for trying to take Hirose’s first kiss. Matsumura looked at him confused but he also didn’t just let himself get bossed around, they both tumbled around in the dirt kicking at each other chest to chest.
Both the boys had been covered in mud and dirt and hand prints on their bodies. The fight couldn’t even be called a fight they had just pushed and pulled at each other no punches thrown at all.
Nakamura ended up on top of him with a pile of mud on his hand prepared to throw it in Matsumura’s stupid face.
But Hirose heard all the noise in the bushes and walked right over to them and paused.
Nakamura looked up in shock. Would he think less of him was his chances ruined cause he saw him act less manly then he was supposed to. He could have cried if that happened right there and then.
Hirose's foot was firmly planted in place and under it was Nakamura's holy bible itself but Hirose seemed to not notice, more shocked than ever as he stepped back and laughed.
“Oh gosh you guys are so weird you know”
Hirose kept laughing “is this what you meant when you said you’d catch up Nakamura I didn’t know you had that kinda speed”
The two boys stare at him in silence then Nakamura laughs first and the latter next.
They both head inside and wash the mud off; they don’t say much to each other exchanging small glances here and there.
Nakamura and him had to change their clothes while he had another shirt to wear Nakamura didn’t so he had to wear a really tight shirt which felt like it was made for a baby.
When they go back inside there it is the moment their waiting for Hirose in the Santa costume
Their competitive attitudes come back quickly rushing and pushing each other to see him first and make it through the crowd of people.
“Move out the way please”
“Excuse me”
The stairs were wide but they still bumped into each other jumping in front of the other
Their body pressing against the crowd of people and finally making it to where the dressing rooms are in the school which was a long walk
And there he is
No actually that isn’t Hirose?!!!
That’s Takeuchi in a Santa costume. The costume was dingy and looked like it was filled with spiders and other bugs of the sorts.
Nakamura let out a disappointed expression at the exact time Matsumura does their happiness squished as quickly as it brightened.
“What Hirose couldn’t fit the costume plus Yuka said she digged guys in cute costumes”
“What part of that costume is cute”
He boredly said as his eyes went to him they both silently agreed to just leave. Matsumura was walking away talking to people he naturally had that friendly personality you could get along with.
Nakamura looked at his watch and realized he could stay a little while longer then leave.
……
Matsumura was walking around the school looking for Nakamura then spotted him outside right underneath the lights that were hung across the trees and other places on school property.
Originally he wasn’t gonna fix his manga cause it didn’t look expensive and he pushed him first but something didn’t sit right with his conscious leaving it so he spent time removing the mud and footprints carefully he even got some mud on his shirt and it was one Hirose gave him.
He walked toward Nakamura standing right in front of him. Holding out the manga for him to grab it.
But Nakamura did kinda embarrass him in front of Hirose by covering his clothes in dirt and making him change into a different shirt, a special one and even was indirectly responsible for getting that one dirty.
So he held the manga with extra grip so when Nakamura had to grab it he’d have to pull super hard and then he would let go of it and he’d fall.
That was the plan but Nakamura just yanked the manga toward him, gripping it just as hard.
The jolt sent Matsumura flying chest to chest with Nakamura and their lips connected on accident.
Neither of them moved
Or really reacted for the first 2 seconds
Wow Nakamura's lips were really soft
Then they left him. Nakamura jumped backwards yelling while his face is as red as a tomato
“Hirose’s all I needHirose’s all I needHirose’s all I needHirose’s all I needHirose’s all I needHirose’s all I needHirose’s all I needHirose’s all I needHirose’s all I needHirose’s all I need”
Then he ran as fast as he could and left before he could think about how sweet the others chapstick was.
………
The 4 were packed in tightly in the bushes watching the scene unfold
“Gahhh now I need you to draw their forbidden love soo badd hifumi” Yuka had binoculars looking at the way Matsumura was blushing
Masako and hifumi were gushing how it feels like their actually in the background of a BL
Tamura had his camera set up recording every little thing “wow Nakamura never fails to give inspiration to me no matter what he does”