Gay Panic (Josuke x Okuyasu)

Chapter 12

Finally, the last class of the day. I was walking through the halls to my math class, my heart fluttering slightly. I would be able to see Okuyasu now, and that made me feel great. I don't know why, but I still feel myself getting slightly nervous every time I think of being near him, close enough to hug him and talk to him. I quickly neared the class, a gradual smile building onto my face. His smile is all my mind could focus on all throughout the day, making classes more annoying than difficult. I didn't want to think of anything else. Hell, how could I? I had just confessed to my best friend and he felt the same! It didn't even seem possible for me to think of anything but that.

I entered the classroom, my smile persisting. Nothing could make my day any better. I sat in the back of the room, saving Okuyasu his usual seat. A few people glared at me, some whispering in between themselves for some reason. I couldn't figure out why, was something on my face? Maybe it was my hair, people weren't used to seeing it out of my pomp. It had been litteral years, after all. That didn't seem like the cause though, because people wouldn't hesitate to ask me why my hair was out of it's pomp, especially considering how much they all knew it meant to me. My thoughts were interrupted when Okuyasu entered the room, a distressed expression on his face as he glanced at everyone. I gave him a worried look as he sat down beside me, letting out a sigh. He tried his best to hide his expression with a sweet smile, but it was easy to see through it.

"Are you okay?" I ask quietly. "You look upset." He bites his lip slightly and nods, taking a deep breath. "You sure?" He doesn't respond for a moment. What happened to make him like this? Did someone say something to him? I swear I'll kill them if they did.

"We'll talk about it later." He said plainly, his hand holding on to mine for a brief moment before he let go, getting his notes out. I'm assuming it will be yet another day of review, and according to the class before us, it was a pretty easy lesson. Hopefully it would be, I don't want this class to feel as slow as the rest had, especially now that I knew something was bothering Okuyasu. The teacher tells us the page number, writing that and the questions assigned on the board. It wasn't a very hard topic, more are there many problems, thank gosh. Hopefully that means we could talk for a while at the end of class. I took my time to look over the formulas, mentally noting them as I went back to doing the problems. This was one of the few lessons Okuyasu had done good on, so he seemed to be working well alone. I focused on the questions, getting them done fairly quickly until- pap! Something hit me on the side of my face. I looked down to the desk where it had fallen, to see a crumpled up ball of paper. I sighed, looking around to see if I could find the person who threw it. I found nobody, so I looked back down to the paper. It seemed to have something written on it. I opened it up and flattened it out, searching for the start of the sentence.

"Fucking fag. We don't want you here." Hmm. Well, that's nice. Is this why Okuyasu seemed so upset? That's likely true. I look over and see him giving me a sympathetic gaze, to which I just crumpled up the paper, threw it away and gave him a smile. This sort of thing doesn't bother me, but I get why it could bother him. From under the table I softly grabbed his hand, silently telling him it would all going to be okay. He returns my smile before letting go of my hand and getting back to work. Throughout the entire class I got bombarded by paper balls, which I didn't even bother reading anymore. Was this how it was going to be now? I softly sighed as I finished with my work, putting everything away. I could live with it as long as I had my friends. I lean on my desk and stare at Okuyasu as he worked. His eyes seemed so concentrated and somewhat confused as he quietly mumbled to himself, figuring out the problems in his own way. It was adorable. I smiled to myself and continued to watch him, admiring him and just feeling happy.

Nothing much really happened For the rest of class. People mostly kept to themselves and nothing else was thrown, so that was at least good. Once Okuyasu finished his work, we spent the rest of the class quietly joking with each other and talking about how our day had been. There were a few "it was much better because of lunch" like statements, along with some other compliments towards each other. He is so entertaining to talk to. His hand gestures, dialect and voice all just make me want to listen to him even more than I already did. I love it, even if the conversions we had were stupid, I still love it. Eventually, the bell rang and all of us filed out of the classroom. The day had been excruciatingly long, especially with how happy I felt and how much I just wanted to let it out. As usual, Koichi grouped up with us as we headed out. He gave me a questioning look, to which I smiled. He was confused for a moment until Okuyasu tried to grab my hand. I gladly held his hand, intertwining our fingers for the second time today. Koichi gave me a huge smile.