http://highboys.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] highboys.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] 31_days2012-05-12 08:54 pm

[May 12] [Sket Dance] and I would have met you

Title: and I would have met you (12/31)
Day/Theme: May 12 / do not choose sides yet
Series: Sket Dance
Character/Pairing: Ryosuke/Haru, Akane
Rating: PG-13



When Ryosuke and Haru finally break the news to Akane, Akane has this look on her face. She has the same look she has on whenever she is about to erupt in tears over some completely over the top confession scene in a noontime drama. Her cheeks turn red. Her eyes begin to mist. Her mouth, it trembles.

"Oh crud," says Ryosuke, armed and ready with a box of tissues. He pulls wads of it and shoves it at Akane's face. "I knew this was gonna happen, I told you."

"I'm just," says Akane, already a broken mess on their kitchen floor, "I can't, oh my god, oh, oh, oh, Haru."

"Akane-chan, breathe," says Haru, touching her wrist.

Akane squeezes her nose into a tissue. "You're sure? You're absolutely sure?"

"Well, if we weren't, why would we even tell you," says Ryosuke, only Akane kicks his knee so the last part of his sentences comes out as a mangled half-curse.

"But their names," says Akane, "they're so. So."

"Say it," says Ryosuke.

"Perfect," Akane bawls into her hands. "I didn't think Ryosuke would have a sentimental bone in his body."

"Thank you," says Ryosuke.

"But the neighborhood kids will pick on them," Akane despairs. "Right and left? Seriously?"

"Oi!"

"I'm sure they'll protect each other," says Haru, patting her stomach. "Won't you, Yusuke-kun, Sasuke-kun?"

"Haru," says Akane, sniffling again, and it's a fresh wave of tears, this time, full of grabbing onto Haru's shoulders and never letting go.

"I'll just be here, then," says Ryosuke, put out. "Not like I had any part in making them."

Predictably, Ryosuke is ignored.