Story: Endless Dream
Chapter 2: Second Pair
Pairing: OkaTaro
Genre: Angst, twisted-Fluff, Suspense, Horror, Tragedy, Mystery
Disclaimer: I don't own them.
Summary: Who are they?
A/N: Yes! 2nd Chapter! Since my idea just keeps coming and coming!

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After splitting up with the other 8 boys, Okamoto Keito and Morimoto Ryutaro walked towards their classroom. They didn't need a tour guide. They've memoriesed the place by heart already. Ryutaro was being a little fidgety, playing with his fingers, and his face was decorated with a cute blush.

Looking and Ryutaro, Keito pulled the younger boy closer as he whispered, "You never really changed through the years, are you still that embarrassed? And don't forget why are we back here." And Keito smirked as he saw the younger one pouting, giving him an annoyed look.

"Don't worry Keito. I still remember why we're back here for. ...And yes, I'm still embarrassed so what?" With that Ryutaro stomped away in embarrassment, and Keito quickly ran towards Ryutaro, catching up with his pace.

"Okamoto Keito. It's nice to be in this school." He flashed a smile that caught all the girl's attention. Glancing at the side, he saw Ryutaro glaring at practically every girl in the class, and he grinned mentally.

"Morimoto Ryutaro." That was all of Ryutaro's introduction, and he just stomped to the back of the class. Ignoring the stares of his classmates and the teacher. Of course, girls started saying that he might be shy, and said that he's cute.

Now, it was Keito's turn to glare a hole in the wall.

Time passed quick enough, and during the change of period, the desk of both boys were surrounded. Questions were asked, some demanding answers, some was just hoping that they would answer.

"Ne, why did your transfer here at such a weird timing?" Kaname Rizu asked curiously. The buzz in the classroom stopped, all their attention were now on the two transfer students.

In his polite and formal way, Keito smiled a little and replied, "We have something important that we have to do here. Something that our friends and us have to do after so many years." Little did their classmate notice that the faces of both boys darkened a little.

Rizu didn't ask further. Somehow she kind of knew that the boy wouldn't answer truthfully even if she asked. Than she asked something that was on her mind. "Okamoto-kun, Morimoto-kun. Do you know that today's the festival to commemorate our town's 5 pairs of star-crossed lovers?"

Ryutaro's head had immediately been lifted, as if he was energized by that sentence, and Keito looked at Rizu in curiosity. "We only know that there's a festival going on at night, but we don't know the origins of it." Ryutaro sounded as if uninterested in the festival, but his eyes seems to be sparkling in interest.

"Rizu-chan! Which one of the pairs do you like? I like the first pair, they are the most romantic!" Mizuiro Chika came into the conversation, and Ryutaro had gave her a look that said he couldn't believe what she had said, but he kept quiet.

"I like the story of the second pair. They aren't the most romantic, but they are really cute!" Smiling, she asked if Keito and Ryutaro would like to listen to the story of the second couple. Ryutaro shrugged, and Keito smiled politely and asked her to go ahead and tell the story.

The second pair was the most awkward pair amongst the 5 couples. The girl was didn't expect the boy to love her, and when they got together, she would always be embarrassed. This pair, and along with the other pairs were friends. The second pair was apparently the last pair to form, although they were called the second pair, for certain reasons. Probably because they took a long time to reveal their relationship to their friends. Rizu told them that she didn't understand why this second pair was included in the 5 pairs of star-crossed lovers, because their family didn't tear them apart.

Ryutaro clicked his tongue, and smirked bitterly. Looking at Ryutaro's face, Keito's face darkened, and his friendly composure evaporated. Both of them spoke in sync the same sentence.

"All of you know nothing."

Ryutaro had stood up too quickly, and his chair fell onto the floor noisily. "They were pulled apart by fate. But they weren't the most tragic of all the five."

"I don't think you know how hard it is to see someone you love dying in your arms." Keito had also stood up. Holding Ryutaro's hand in his, both of them walked out of the classroom, not wanting to hear anymore of the stories.

Looking at their retreating figures, Chika pointed out to Rizu that Keito seems to be really angry about something. And Ryutaro seems to have a hint of regret in his eyes.

'We only know that there's a festival going on at night, but we don't know the origins of it.'

Ryutaro's words echoed in Rizu's mind. Was it even possible that they didn't know? Ryutaro had said that the second pair was pulled apart by fate. And he seemed so serious when he said that. Was it true? Thinking back, she remembered that Ryutaro's hands were clenched into a fist so tightly that they were almost white. Also, Keito's expression was like as if he had been slapped across the face.

Do they know something? Rizu's instincts told her that they were more than just transfer students.

What does Morimoto Ryutaro and Okamoto Keito know about the stories of the 5 pairs of star-crossed lovers? Who exactly are they?

Labels: chaptered, Endless Dream, okataro, yaoi