Can I?

"Wait, what did I just say?" Naoki questions himself in astonishment and drifts into his thoughts, "T-This doesn't make sense. I have never seen Hiroshi sleep before. Why did I say that?" 

"Mmmm."

Hearing the sound, Naoki is brought back to reality. He turns his head towards Hiroshi. Hiroshi, rubbing his eyes, looks up Naoki staring at him. 

"Oh, did I fall asleep on you?" questions Hiroshi.

"Yes, you did," replies Naoki. 

"Oh, I see. I am sorry. It's must have been bothersome." states Hiroshi.  

"Hiroshi, can I kiss you?" says Naoki with a straight indifferent face. 

"Did I hear it wrong? Is he kidding me?" thought Hiroshi. 

"Humm?" questions Hiroshi. 

"I ask, 'Can I kiss you, Hiroshi?'" repeat Naoki, who once again said it with a straight indifferent face. 

"What?! Why?" asks Hiroshi. The tip of his ear turns beetroot red, but Hiroshi tries his best to control his cool. 

"Because... the day when you kiss me, I feel like I can't control my own body with my consciousness and talk some weird stuff. So, I want to make sure about it," emphasizes Naoki. 

"Are you sure it's the kiss?" asks Hiroshi, who is scanning Naoki's face to detect any lies. 

"Yes." Naoki nods. 

"Sure. Why not. Let's try this. If it makes any progress, can you tell me? At least, I will have my mind occupied on something instead of thinking about Kenzo," states Hiroshi, who is no longer blushing from Naoki's request. 

"Wait, you are just going to agree to me like that? Are you going to agree with others if they ask you like that?" Naoki points out his thoughts. 

"I don't think so. Maybe..." Hiroshi stops in his sentence, raises his head, looks at Naoki, and studies his face, "Just kidding. I am not that cheap. At least, I know you, and you are just trying to remember something that you can't remember with my kiss to see if it is effective or not. So, I am just helping you. It's a win-win situation."

"You are right," says Naoki, "Umm, so, let's do it."

"Okay," Hiroshi nods his head and closes his eyes. Naoki slowly leans towards Hiroshi. While leaning towards Hiroshi, Naoki notices Hiroshi's long thick, and curly eyelashes. Then, his eyes travel to Hiroshi's pink rosy lips. Hiroshi, who could feel Naoki's breathing, is waiting for Naoki to kiss him. 

"Why is he closing his eyes?" ponders Naoki. He intentionally stops himself midway to Hiroshi's pink rosy lips as he patiently waits for Hiroshi to open his eyes. 

After waiting for a while, Hiroshi notices that Naoki has stopped halfway, so he opens his eyes. Hiroshi's brunette eyes and Naoki's ocean blue eyes met as they stare into each other's eyes. 

"Why are we staring? Are we doing a staring competition?" thought Hiroshi. 

"Finally, he opens his eyes," thought Naoki. His mouth lifts into a crescent shape containing some attractiveness to Hiroshi's eyes. 

"Why do I feel like I have seen this type of smile before?" wonders Hiroshi. 

Naoki, placing his right hand on Hiroshi's left side of the face, pulls Hiroshi's face to his. Naoki's and Hiroshi's lips touch. Hiroshi was shocked by Naoki's sudden movements. Only when his lips touch Naoki's lips brings Hiroshi backs to reality. 

Author's Note:

I am sorry for the short release for this week. My school is about to open next week. So, I was busy preparing for school and doing school summer assignments. I will release a total of four chapters next Thursday and Friday. Thank you for understanding!