As he listened to the the other student, Hatori couldn’t help but begin thinking of just how nice he looked, and by “nice,” he meant hot. A light blush crept across his cheeks at the thought, and by shaking his head, he hoped to shake said thoughts from his mind.Once Hiroki finished speaking, Hatori nodded and was soon distracted by new thoughts about how stunning his voice alone was. He nearly walked into his new acquaintance due to the fact that he was distracted by what was playing in his head.
Quickly apologizing, he looked up from where his eyes were previously locked on the books. At that moment, an idea came to him, nearly smacking itself across his face.
Seeing as Hiroki was into reading and literature, and seeing as Hatori had a paper due the following week about a well-known author, why not ask for some assistance?
Clearing his throat, making the older student stop and glance over. Catching his eye and briefly holding his gaze, the blush that had finally faded from his cheeks came back, lighter than the last time, but still there.
“I have a question,” he began, his eyes everything quickly, “I have a paper due next week for one of my classes about a well-known author of our choosing, and I was wondering if you’d be interesting in helping me, seeing as you’re quite find of reading, and would probably know a thing or two yourself. You don’t have to, if you don’t have the time, or don’t want to, but if you could please consider…”
As his final words trailed off, he mentally cursed himself for doing this, the only reason behind it, being that he wanted to spend some more time with this male that made him flustered.
The elder student had gotten so caught up in his rant about literature that he hadn’t even noticed exactly how long he’d been rambling for. He often got like this, so much so that his friends (or rather, friend, considering Akihiko was pretty much the only one) had learned to not get him started on the subject unless they were in the mood for hearing a considerabley long rant. The younger student’s question snapped him out of his epiphany, though.
“An paper?” he repeated, gazing down at the books in his arms as he thought the request over. “Well, I’d definitely be able to help, especially if it’s a well-known author…I’ve got some work to do after school today, but how about this weekend? My parents are out of town for a wedding of their friend’s, so my house will be empty and quiet so that we can study well. Would that be alright?”

