SECRET ; SHIRABU

十八

"Who looks cute?", Tanaka asked as he grabbed his water bottle, trying to get a glimpse at the screen. "Wait, I think I know that person from somewhere . . ."

Seito looked at the boy and quickly shut off his phone, "Uh, no you wouldn't know him. That was just a picture of my cousin from Tokyo, my aunt likes sending me pictures of him." The red tint of his cheeks gave him away but he tried to sound as convincing as possible.

"Sure," Tanaka said, dragging out the u and looking at him suspiciously.

Luckily he let it drop and went off to talk to Noya, about what, neither Seito nor Natsumi could guess.

"Do you plan on telling them about your relationship?", she asked him out of nowhere.

"I'm actually not quite sure.", he responded honestly. "I mean I like them, they're like the only friends I have beside you, Kenjiro and Suzuki. But I'm still afraid of people not accepting me and my sexuality."

Natsumi frowned a bit, thinking of the right response. She wanted to make him feel better and help Seito accept himself and see that the people around him were supporting, and even if they weren't that he shouldn't hide a part of himself because of those people.

"You know, I think it doesn't really matter if people accept your sexuality and everything", by now Natsumi was talking just as lowly as Seito was, not wanting anyone to overhear their conversation, "The only thing that really matters is that you're happy in your relationship and I really think that that should be enough. Everyone who thinks that it's okay to judge you or be mean to you because of that can just go fuck themselves and have a fun little conversation with my fist."

"I love you, you know that, right?" Seito said in between laughs. What did he do to deserve such an amazing best friend? "I really mean it. Your words also mean a lot to me."

"I know, I'm the best best friend someone can hope for," she responded confidently while flipping her short hair.

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"I can't believe that your family is always going on those fancy family vacations. I mean, I get it, you're rich and everything but is it really necessary to fly to Kyoto for just two days?" Kenjiro complained as he was on the phone with Seito, who was packing his luggage. "I would much rather see you."

"Believe me I would rather go swimming in the Arctic than having to see my family for two whole days." Seito sighed as he thought which of his clothes looked the most appropriate for the setting, he wanted to blend in so that no one would pay him much attention.

He held up a blouse and asked, "Does this in combination with the trousers I showed you earlier give "hi, I'm your straight, conservative relative that only wants to talk about his accomplishments in school" vibes?"

Kenjiro laughed at that. He knew that he would never catch Seito wearing something as boring as that outside of his family setting. "I'd say it does. But you know I would prefer to see you in your usual outfits."

Seito laughed humorlessly, "Just imagine me meeting my grandmother while I'm wearing baggy jeans and several rings. She would literally collapse, but of course only after insulting me."

Kenjiro frowned at that. He disliked his boyfriend's family, how could people be so behind in the development towards a more accepting world?

"If you survive this weekend, I'll buy you some ice cream next weekend and we'll spend the whole night in the park and talk shit about whoever you'd like."

There it was again, Seito's smile returned on his face that had turned solemn during their conversation. Kenjiro would do anything to see this honest and beautiful smile, even if it meant that he would have to make a complete fool out of himself in front of everyone from whom he wants to be respected.

"Hi Seito! How are you?" Someone suddenly shouted, interrupting their moment and just a moment later Seito could see Goshiki waving his hands wildly in the background while Kenjiro rolled his eyes in annoyance.

"Hi, I'm doing great, what about you?"

Just like that Seito had a distraction and could procrastinate on packing for his dreaded vacation. Kenjiro, who was annoyed by the interruption, didn't disrupt the conversation between Goshiki and Seito because he knew that it gave Seito the distraction he needed.

The only thing Kenjiro could do now was hope that this family vacation would go by quickly and that it wouldn't upset Seito too much.

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sooo here's a new chapter, i'll try to hurry up with the next chapter because i'm excited to write the one after that so yeah

hope y'all enjoy this fanfic and aren't too mad that i never update

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