Tatsuya and Minyul pushed Arata towards the lean man that stood by his locker. Arata was freaking out. He was stuttering and trying his best to go against them. His feet slid on the tile floor and didn't do much. The two together outweighed Arata in strength by a landslide.
"Wait, what are you two doing!? Hey, stop!" he exclaimed.
Tatsuya whispered, "Hey Arata, you like running correct?"
"Well, yeah but what does that have to do with me?"
"Just go up to him and make conversation, use your charm and become friends. I know you can do it, go get him."
The two pushed Arata towards Tamaki and let the two do their thing.
Arata stumbled next to Tamaki who turned to him. Arata was slightly bent over and off balance from being pushed. He stood up sharply and said, "Hey um, you're name is Tamaki right?"
He smiled, "Yeah and I'm guessing you're one of the newer students."
"Yeah, I haven't been here for a long time. I saw you running the other day and I've seen you pass through the halls so...." Arata said nervously.
When he said everything out loud, it didn't sound to bad, but in his mind he was cursing himself left and right.
'Ugh, why did I say that! I sound so stupid, I wish I could just crawl in a hole right now. Ugh God why am I like this!?'
Tamaki laughed, "So you want to become my friend."
"Yes!" Arata blurted out.
Tamaki laughed again.
'Ugh yup I wanna die. I can't take this embarrassment.'
"Sure, you seem genuine and not faking it so yeah, we can be friends."
Arata looked up in confusion, "Fake?"
"Well, before since I was 'popular' people would always be fake with me. Be overly nice or thankful so I became really suspicious of other people. Though I've always had a childhood friend, Tatsuya. He was never fake and if it was needed, he'd always call me out on my bullshit. I wouldn't be surprised if he even hated me a little," he paused, "Now that I think about it, I haven't seen him in a while. I hope he's doing okay."
Arata leaned on the lockers next to Tamaki.
"Now you're turn."
"M-My turn, for what!?"
"Well I shared something about myself so now you have to share something about yourself."
"I guess something about me is that I've never been really good at making friends in general."
"How so?"
"I've always been in the lower side of status window. I wanted to get stronger and climb my way to the top, but I could never. Where I was at, everyone was closed off. You didn't know anyone, you didn't know anyone and that was that."
The atmosphere became awkward and quiet. They both stood there until Arata said, "Do you do running for fun?"
"Oh, yeah I've always liked running. I've been in track and cross country ever since middle school. I guess running lets me have my mind be completely blank. What about you? Do you run?"
"Well, I do some running, but I guess I'm better at boxing and combat."
Tamaki looked surprised, "You don't seem the type to be a fighter."
Arata chuckled, "I guess I don't really look like the type, but yeah. I used to do a lot of training like that."
"I've actually always wanted to get into boxing and that area, maybe you could coach me?"
At this moment, Arata's mind was just thrown out the window. He imagined touching Tamaki's body and watching him sweat. Wiping his brow with his shirt and much more. His face became slightly red as he said, "Y-Yeah, of course. We can walk to the gym near the mall after school if you're up to it."
"Sure sounds like fun. Oh, can I get your number so we can stay in touch?"
"Yeah."
A while back, Tatsuya had gotten Minyul and Arata phones. They weren't anything to extravagant. The phones were older IPhone models with simple cases and a screen protector. Minyul got a red phone case and Arata got a clear one.
The two exchanged phones and numbers then gave them back to each other. Not soon after, the school bell rang and they had to leave for class.
"Bye Arata!" Tamaki waved.
"Bye! See you later."
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