Page 6 of Revenge
As amusing as it was to watch Eli spontaneously combust into a fit of jealous possessiveness, it was time to intervene. His boy was going to make himself sick if he continued the way he was going.
Insanely jealous Eli was such a rarity that Haruka hadn’t been able to bring himself to take the situation seriously until he felt Eli begin to get a stomachache.
“Let’s go with Isa’s idea, chibisuke. With their help, we can get home without anyone seeing anything you don’t want them to see.” Haruka pulled Eli into an embrace to help him calm down.
Eli took a deep breath as Haruka rubbed his back. “Okay. Yes. Let’s do that.”
Maybe it wasn’t so funny after all. If their roles were reversed, Eli never would have made it out of the locker room. Haruka wouldn’t be handling this as well as Eli was right now.
Eli’s hands went to Haruka’s stomach again. He had no idea Eli had such a fixation with his abs, but he wasn’t going to complain. Any form of Eli’s touch made Haruka happy. It was a good thing he wasn’t ticklish.
The faint sound of charcoal gliding across paper came to a stop. Haruka looked toward Briar and saw him put his pencil away. He could just make out the outline of a figure on the page.
“Nice shirt,” Briar said to Haruka, and he tipped his sketchbook toward Isa so he could see.
Isa’s eyes darted to Eli, and he tried to close the book.
Eli caught sight of it and tried to snatch the book out of Briar’s hands, but his short stature had him grasping for empty air as Briar lifted it out of reach. “You were looking at him the whole time?! Give me that.”
“Nope.” Briar closed the book, but not before Haruka saw the sketch. Briar had captured Haruka’s form from head to toe. His hips were cocked forward, and he had a smug, self-confident smile on his face. His abs were on full display and Briar had taken the liberty of drawing him with one ear flopped forward over Haruka’s face.
Eli leapt for the book again, but Briar kept it easily out of reach while walking away. Isa chased after him, calling over his shoulder, “He’s just fucking with you Eli, I swear. Briar’s planning on framing it and giving it to you as a Christmas present.”
“Don’t you dare let anyone see that!”
Briar’s soft laughter drifted behind him as he disappeared into the forest.
“You two are off my Christmas card list!” Eli shouted after them, ears bright red with fury.
“I’m sure that will teach him a lesson,” Haruka said, trying valiantly to keep the laughter out of his voice. If he played his cards right, this hoodie was going to be the ticket to the best sex of his life. He was going to enshrine the thing the moment Eli’s back was turned.
“You shut up. We’re going home. Now.” Eli grabbed Haruka’s arm and tugged with all his might.
Haruka allowed himself to be led away with Kamakura following close behind. Their guard wasn’t having an easier time keeping back his laughter. All Haruka needed to do was outlast Kamakura and he was in the clear. He was one hundred percent willing to throw the man under the bus for the sake of his own sex life.
They were halfway to their house when Eli froze and then dragged Haruka behind a large maple tree. “Stay put,” he hissed.
Kamakura reached toward his waist, and Eli put a hand on the man’s arm to stay the motion. Haruka rolled his eyes. The next time he sparred with Kamakura, the man was going to receive a bruise on every spot of his body Eli had touched today. Haruka was cataloging them.
Familiar voices filled the air.
“All I’m saying is that you don’t need to take a sword with you everywhere.”
“Actually, I do. It’s in my contract.”
:It’s Sword Professor and Professor Hunter.:
:Yes, and?:
:I was right! The worldisout to get me today. I can’t let them see you.:
:Are you suggesting that our professors would do something to me if they saw me like this?:If the world was out to get Eli today, then it was transforming all of that bad luck into good luck for Haruka.
Obviously, Haruka would never put Eli into a situation like this on purpose, but since something like this was never likely to happen again, Haruka would be an idiot if he let the opportunity to revel in Eli’s possessiveness pass.
:I don’t know, and I’m not giving them the chance to try.:Eli was churning out a level of jealousy Haruka hadn’t known his tiny boyfriend’s body was capable of housing. Whatever happened next, Haruka was happily along for the ride.
:What do you want us to do, chibisuke?:
