& he sighs, resisting the urge to shake his head methodically to display forthright he didn't approve of the touchy-touchy, nervous wreck of a neighbor. he is talkative, though at this point he isn't sure if the cat absconded with his smoldering tongue or he simply didn't mind hearing the transfer talk. it's funny, ironically, not literally, that yuma didn't hear a word he said. he heard his voice, yes, nothing in the world could pry him from the velvety baritone, not even if his arm were being gnawed off. almost, he succumbs to the overwhelming desire to display exuberance through the gesture of a smile & drop the whole bad boy image he desperately tried to maintain, but he wouldn't give in-- a devil for punishment, that boy.
❝ m mm... cool. i'm from the city, too. nah... got here a month ago. ❞
those eyes, those eyes, those fuckin' eyes will be the death of me.
❝ i don't really pay attention to what they want. too many rules to follow. ❞
he stares intently, lithe extremities reaching over to trace the covers of blue-eyes' books. the images & patterns are fascinating & shiny ( oh so shiny, sparkling letters screaming to him in all forms of neon colors ) but his gaze is anywhere but his materials-- he is tentatively gazing up & consumed whole like the wood of a blazing pyre. he knows ( he feels ) he's falling apart at the seams, knowing he should be angry & yet he felt nothing but the flitter-flutter of his stomach as he stares ( didn't he know staring was rude ? ) into the tamed hurricane of mirroring oculars.
they, too, are so shiny. he is momentarily unsettled when the boy lurches from his desk & makes his way to the front ( huh ? why ? where's he going ? don't tell me he's sick of me alrea-- oh ), eyes never leaving him ( or his backside ).
kaito shion. he watches him haphazardly scribble his name onto the board & quickly return. there is no shame as yuma watches him take his seat once more & give a little sigh ( he thinks its cute ), but his admiring smile is quickly replaced with a look of dread-- yeah he heard him say what page number, but he forgot his book. they weren't supposed to be reading it today, that was tomorrow !
❝ a w shit, he said page twenty four... but i don't have my book with me. can i read off yours ? ❞
yeah-- yeah he's totally leaning right up against him, pretending to look over his shoulder, already inviting him to his materials without consent.
he knows no amount of sapphires & precious jewels could amount to the beauty held in his gaze,
& he's falling, falling...