Dirty Laundry

Sometime before daylight Die carefully retrieved his arms from the smaller man and got off the couch. He watched as Kaoru pulled into himself, his body unconsciously realizing the absence of warmth. Die put his clothes back on from the previous night and retrieved his now clean clothes from the dryer. He didn’t want to leave the purple haired beauty, he was falling for him, but he had a reputation to keep. People around this school could not find out that he likes to have sex with men. He walked over to the sleeping form and kissed his forehead. Die straightened up and walked to the door, whispering a simple “I’m sorry.” Before disappearing into the early morning.

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Kaoru woke up to the suns blinding light. He rolled over onto his back, the pain shooting up his spinal cord reminded him of the previous’ nights events. He sat up abruptly, realizing that he was alone; Die had left. Kaoru ran his fingers through his hair, he knew that is was probably just sex, a one-night stand; but he had a deep hope that it would have meant something more, but hope was futile. Kaoru lifted himself off the couch, making sure not to agitate his tender backside. He gingerly made his way to the machines and dressed himself before anyone could catch him in his birthday suit. He checked the machines and the floor, just to make sure that the redhead had really left him. He gathered his own clothes out of the dryer and made his way to his dorm room. Kaoru knew that he could afford to miss a day’s worth of classes, so he did; he stayed in his room and relaxed all day. He didn’t feel up to sitting in those hard chairs, Die was also in his Chem. class and Kaoru didn’t want the awkward ‘morning-after’ confrontation.

Die walked to his Chemistry class, the one he shared with Kaoru. He searched the classroom for the purple head, he wanted to apologize for his actions but to his disappointment, Kaoru was nowhere to be found. Die spent the whole class regretting his actions and was determined to find the young man and tell him the truth.

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“Moshi moshi.” the smooth voice answered.

“Shinya?”

“Hey Kaoru, what going on?”

“Can you meet me at the café? I really need to talk to you.”

“Sure.”

“But can you come alone please?”

“Of course I will. I’ll see you in a few minutes…?”

“Yeah…”

Kaoru threw on a pair of jeans and an old ratty t-shirt and was on his way. He wanted Shinya to come alone because Yoshiki is a couple of years older and Kaoru really didn’t need to be lectured right now, Shinya was the quietist of his friends and truthfully he trusted him the most. Kaoru slid into the booth with a wince and placed his forehead on the table with defeat.

“I wouldn’t place my head there if I was you. Who knows what has touched it.”

“Knowing Kyo, probably Toshiya’s ass.” Kaoru replied, letting a small smile reveal itself. He lifted his head and looked into the calm eyes of his friend.

“What happened, you weren’t in class all day and I suppose it has to do with that little wince you made when you sat down.” Kaoru told Shinya everything, down to the most sensual detail; making sure not to speak too loudly.

“And when I woke up I was cold and alone.” he concluded. Kaoru looked up at his friend, who, like always, had a calm look on his face.

“So, Die is gay. I never would have thought.”

“Yeah, well, it was a hell of a way to find out. What should I do?”

“I think you should just go on and if he wants to talk to you about it then let him approach you.” Kaoru sighed and pulled his wallet out to pay for his coffee.

“Thanks Shinya, I appreciate it. Oh, and please don’t tell anyone about this.”

“I won’t.” Kaoru mumbled another thanks and left. On his way back to his dorm room he saw none other that Die, surrounded by girls. Kaoru quickly turned to take the long route home, away form the sexy redhead.

Die saw Kaoru and wanted so bad to go and talk to him, to apologize. But those stupid sorority girls were surrounding him again and he couldn’t get away. He finally excused himself and looked around for Kaoru, but he couldn’t see him. He did find someone who was able to help. He spotted Kaoru’s friend Shinya leaving the café. He ran to catch up to the frail man.

“Hey! Shinya!” He stopped suddenly when Shinya turned around.

“Can you please tell me what room Kaoru is in?”

Shinya sighed, “Room 304, and you better hurry he’s a bit upset with you right now.”

“Shit” he mumbled as he ran off towards the three hundreds building. Die burst in the front door, heading for the stairs. He reached room 304 and knocked on the door.