Hikaru No Go Fan Fiction ❯ Future ❯ Chapter 8

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Future

 

Chapter 8 - Touya's Dilemma!

 

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Akira sighed as he stared at the phone for what had to be the six times in the past ten minutes. The temptation to call Hikaru over for a game was overwhelming, yet he couldn't bring himself to do it. Each time he reached for the phone, he would pull back at the very last moment as if burned.

 

Resisting the urge to groan out loud, he directed a glare at the phone instead. Then he realized that he was acting like a frustrated five-year-old and turned away, settling for staring blankly at the wall in front of him.

 

He was well aware of the reason for his irritation, as well as the fact that his sudden avoidance of Hikaru was making the other boy paranoid. But he couldn't face Hikaru at this point, and he knew he wouldn't be able to until he had sorted his own feelings out, until he understood just what kind of relationship they had.

 

Obviously, he was attracted to Hikaru. That much was simple. The mysterious air about him when they'd first met, his connection to the "Sai" of Internet fame, and his carefree way of dealing with things--Akira found them all deeply interesting.

 

It was the exact depth of that attraction that puzzled Akira. To what extent did he care about the other boy, and to what extent did he trust him? Professionally speaking, they were rivals, yet even outsiders seemed to understand that their relationship went beyond the usual definition of that term.

 

Rivals typically didn't quarrel over little things like food and attire, nor did they entangle themselves in each other's private lives. Most importantly, they did not read each other's thoughts away from the go board. Yet Akira and Hikaru did that all the time, often answering one another's unspoken questions, much to the confusion and unease of those around them.

 

Besides, no one else would have suspected a link between Hikaru and Sai.

 

Akira had no idea exactly /how/ they were connected, but he did know something was there. He had known the moment he played Hikaru during an official match, after Hikaru had finally turned up for a game after missing nearly a month's worth. Hikaru had even promised that he would tell Akira all about Sai one day. Akira had taken his words for it, and never again did he press Hikaru for details. He would wait patiently for that day to arrive, trusting Hikaru to reveal the truth when the time was right.

 

The phone rang, drawing Akira out of his memories. He reached for it without hesitation and answered calmly.

 

"Hello, Touya residence."

 

"Touya! Can I come over?" Hikaru's enthusiastic voice rang out from the other end.

 

Akira debated with himself for a moment. Unable to come up with any valid reason to turn down Hikaru's request, he eventually sighed and said, "Fine then, but no staying over."

 

He had to fight against a smile at Hikaru's cheerful agreement before he hung up. Now as he stared about the room, he wondered what to do in the meantime. Knowing Hikaru, he would need a plan. The last time the other boy had come over, he'd been forced to watch a Disney film because he failed to come up with a better idea, and Hikaru flatly refused to play go.

 

~to be continued~

 

date started: 07/08/05

 

date completed: 07/08/05