Alone Together - Zetsuen No Tempest FanFiction - 1215

Episode 14

"Yoshi-kun, I'll help."

"Eh?" The brunette turned around as I smiled lightly, even though I did still feel a little awkward around him, I was too nervous to be alone in a room with Mahiro right now.

"I just finished with the bedrooms, so I'll help."
"You don't have to, I can-"

"Aika's ordering you around, huh?" I giggled, "She's doing it to me too, it's her motherly nature."

"Ah... yeah, I guess it is." He rubbed the back of his neck as I got the mop ready. I felt his gaze on me, and I looked up and blinked to see what it was he was even looking at.

"Um, I have a question." He blurted, "Do you... like Mahiro?"

My face flared, "WHO TOLD YOU?!"
"N-NO ONE!"

Later, when Yoshino and I finished the extra chores while Aika was prepping dinner, we walked out to the backyard deck together to see them arguing.

"If you leave it on like this it'll burn!"
"Well you should have put sauce on before grilling them!"

"Wow, their worse than me and Mahiro." I mumbled, placing my hands on my hips as Yoshino quickly tried to calm them down, getting an ugly glare in reply.

"Alright, I'll take over the grill." He sighed.

I sat beside Mahiro, having the same "unruly appetite" as him, as Aika previously mentioned.

Mahiro begged for corn as Yoshino complained and then scooped up all the Yakisoba, making me gasp, "Oi! Don't eat it all!"

"Eh? How unlady like of you."
"Oh shut up, you spoiled brat!"
"WhAt?!"

After dinner, Aika had already gone off somewhere on her own and Yoshino left soon after, mumbling incoherence as Mahiro asked where he was going. Mahiro sighed heavily and leaned his head back without a care, and I rose a brow as I wondered how such a 'protective older brother' could be so absolutely stupid.

Should I say something?

Hey, Mahiro, both Aika and Yoshino are two young hormonal teenagers out alone in a whole summer house to themselves right now- yeah, you feeling what I'm feeling? Let's cock block.

But no, I would never say that. It was clear Aika wanted to keep their relationship a secret - especially from Mahiro.

"Hey, Ayame." Mahiro spoke up.
"Yeah?"
"Can you play cards?"
I smirked, "Hell yeah! Well, I only know a few games."

"Good enough." He sighed, sitting up straight in his chair and leaning forward to smirk at me, something that made my stomach explode, "Lets go find Yoshino and Aika and play!"

I smiled, because moments like these were why I liked Mahiro. This is who he really was, not the guy who went out with girls as a flirt, or the guy who beat up people for fun. Mahiro was really more similar to the rest of us than anybody would ever guess.

Looks like we're cock blocking tonight after all! "Yeah, Lets go!"

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"You're finally awake."

I turned from checking my bag and finishing my protein bar breakfast to Yoshino, who'd just sat up. Mahiro and I had been awake for about an hour, just whispering about random, pathetic things. Just like teenagers should.

Some about the mission, some about Aika. Just a word of me reminding him I loved him before we left.

"I know you've never loved anyone, but take me seriously." I had said.
"Fine." He grumbled, "It's not like we're going to die."