Chance Encounter pt 2
Title: Chance Encounter
Co-Authors: tophfangirl and animangafangirl (me)
Pairings: 8059
Genre: Romance/Humor
Rating: PG (may change)
Wordcount: 2,386
Kayla: Hello and welcome to the second chapter!!! We hope you like reading it as much as we liked writing it!
K-Chan: Indeed we do~! ...AH! CLOW! QUICK! LOOK BEHIND THE READER! LOOK!
Kayla: HUH!?!? WHAT IS IT!?!?! *Looks and stares inshock.*
K-Chan: IT'S... IT'S... IT RAN AWAY! I THINK IT WAS YOUR SON!
Kayla: *sigh* It was.... that bear just won't stay put.... oh well.
K-Chan: Mm... I heard he had a brother too... Shotacat...
Kayla: He does, but maybe we should get to the fic before they come back... Disclaimer time?
K-Chan: Ah yeah... um... is it your turn this time?
Kayla: Okay I will then~ Reborn and all its characters belong to Amano-sensei, we just like to play with them in nice fun fan girl like ways.
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It had been two weeks since Yamamoto had first met the college student, and now regular customer, at the restaurant. He had been working more lately, and wasn't sure why, though his dad had seemed to have also noticed it and was praising him for the help.
Gokudera was again heading to the sushi shop where he had met the owner’s son. It was close and the Sushi was good so he had truly become a regular, he wondered if the boy usually worked as much as he had seen him working, always on duty when Gokudera came each day. His thoughts were wandering too; he had yet another assignment due the next day, a program that dealt with a favorite activity of the students. He was mulling over what he would do the assignment on when the familiar sign came into view, it had begun to rain so he hurried to enter the store and get some food and some light work done, maybe even helping out Yamamoto a bit too.
Yamamoto looked up from the counter and saw the slightly wet customer enter, "Ah! Hello again Gokudera! Want me to fix the usual?" Yamamoto asked, as he smiled happily at his favorite customer.
Gokudera shook himself slightly before glancing over at Yamamoto through his wet hair “You know already, don't you?” He replied pulling his wet bangs out of his face before he headed over to his usual seat, immediately taking out his light homework and getting to work so he could finish before heading home.
"Ahaha! Right I will get right on it!" Yamamoto nodded as he started preparing the meal for the other, Having prepared it so many times, he had gotten used to making the more difficult part of the meal. "Here ya go Gokudera, hope you enjoy it!"
“Mm. Let’s see if you got even better” Gokudera said accepting the food before turning back to his work. He worked as he ate, able to solve problems quite quickly despite their levels of difficulty and complication. “Need any help today?” He asked as per usual when he had nearly finished his own work and finished up the sushi.
"Ah! Sure if you don't mind! After you eat and finish your work my dad should be back! Let me know when you are done okay?" Yamamoto smiled as he went back to work, watching Gokudera finish up his homework.
Gokudera nodded “Alright, then I'll finish up” he replied before setting to work once more so as to finish his work up. He took a little while longer before he finished and got up heading to pay and to tell Yamamoto he could help.
"Ah? All done?" Yamamoto asks as he accepts the money and begins to take off his apron, "Just let me tell Dad I am done for the day, we can study in my room like the other day since it's a bit busy down here again okay? Meet me up there in a few minutes." He then went into the back to let his dad know.
“Alright, see you there” Gokudera replied as he went back to put his stuff back in his bag before heading up to wait for him. As he waited he glanced around the room, before when he had been up in the younger boy’s room he had not really had a chance to look around. Looking around then he could tell that the boy was seriously dedicated to one of the sports he really had no taste for. He had never gotten much into sports or such, always had been a sort of Science Geek and a bit of a gaming or computer type, always more interested as to what was on his computer screen or happening on his consol. Never really interested in the Jocks or the Cheerleaders, who won or who lost, things like that.
Yamamoto, after getting the okay from his dad, quickly cleaned himself of the fish smell and hurried to his room to study with Gokudera, "Okay Gokudera! I'm ready to study!" He smiled as he bounced excitedly into his room and sat down next to Gokudera, pulling out his homework as he did.
“Hn… You're excited” Gokudera said, already in his glasses and ponytail look as he glanced over at Yamamoto. “I'm only helping you with your homework, so why are you?” He asked from behind his glasses as he leaned forward to be able to see what Yamamoto was doing better and to be able to help more easily.
"Ah? But Gokudera is such a good tutor, of course I am happy about this!" Yamamoto smiled and showed Gokudera what he needed to work on now. "This is what I don't understand, the teacher tried to explain but I just couldn't get it." Yamamoto smiled as he looked up at Gokudera, unknowingly liking how he looked with his hair like that.
Gokudera snorted before he looked over what Yamamoto showed him, rolling through the formula in his mind before he leaned over and tried to explain the problem to the younger boy. “Get it now?” He asked once he was finished explaining it and looked over at the other while he waited for his answer.
Yamamoto looked over the completed problem for a second before replying. "Ah! I get this part, and this part, but the end part is a bit confusing still." He pointed to the part that he was having trouble with as he looked up at Gokudera.
“Hn, easy. “ He replied before he went through the problem again, trying to explain the parts the younger boy didn't understand a bit better than he had the first time. “Is it any clearer now?” He asked leaning back a bit as he ran a hand through his ponytailed hair and adjusted his glasses. Once he had done that he leaned forward again to his earlier position so he could explain again if needed.
"Ah! I think I've got this one now! Thanks Gokudera!" Yamamoto smiled happily as he worked on the next few like it, before coming to another problem he had difficulty with. "What about this one? How does it work?"
“Hmm?” Gokudera glanced at the problem and sighed slightly. “Simple.” He then went on to explain how that problem worked, careful to keep it understandable and easy to memorize. “Do you understand everything now?” He asked as he pulled his hand through his ponytail again and adjusted his glasses once more.
"OH! I get it now!" Yamamoto smiles, patting Gokudera's shoulder as if saying thanks. "You are really helpful Gokudera! Ahaha! I'm really glad that you help me out so much!"
“Hn. Well someone has to make it understandable to you.” Gokudera replied before he glanced around the room again. “Hn… you like baseball, right…?” He asked shifting slightly to be more comfortable, knowing he was most likely going to be there for another hour or so helping the younger boy. It was part of the reason why he did his work as he ate, so he'd have a little time before he needed to go home and set to work on assignments and other things he was doing on the side for a little extra money.
"Ah? Yes! I love playing it! I'm pretty good I think, though the others on my team say I am better than them, but I don't know about that..." Yamamoto said enthusiastically as he started telling Gokudera all about his latest winning game.
“Mm” Gokudera replied leaning on the table, cheek in palm as he nodded occasionally to what Yamamoto was saying. Really… he had absolutely no interest in what Yamamoto was talking about, sure it was interesting to learn a little more about the younger boy but… he really held no interest in sports of any sort with perhaps an exception in archery but that was it. Absentmindedly he began to doodle on a random piece of paper, a simple yet interestingly detailed sketch of a cat, his own cat to be exact, as the other boy spoke.
"...and then I hit a home run, bringing our players all home, and we got 3 more runs!" Yamamoto smiled as he continued to ramble about it not noticing that Gokudera was ignoring him for the most part. "Has Gokudera ever played before? Ah! That's a cute drawing Gokudera!"
“Hmm?” Gokudera blinked and looked up, faintly annoyed at being disturbed from his drawing, the cat only half finished. He was really one to get annoyed when he was broken from his drawing focus in the middle of a picture and that was just what Yamamoto had done. “What did you say?” He asked, having not heard the full statement while drawing.
"Ah! Haha! You got so into drawing you forgot to listen!" Yamamoto laughed obliviously, and looks over Gokudera's shoulder at the picture again, "Mind if I watch you finish drawing it? You draw really well Gokudera! You really do have a lot of nice talents don't you?"
“Mm… I don't get what’s so interesting about watching someone draw but whatever… just don't make too much noise…” Gokudera replied as he let go of his slight annoyance once he had focused on his drawing once more. He worked silently gradually editing and adding to the picture before it became a beautiful thumbnail picture of his little Ocicat, Uri. He leaned back once he was finished and stared at it a bit, making sure everything was accurate, down to the finest details.
"Hmm? It's because Gokudera seems to like it a lot, and is so good at it!* Yamamoto smiled happily, "And it seems like you have the same passion for it that I do for baseball!" He continued to watch until he had finished. "Wow! It's amazing Gokudera!"
“Hmm? It’s just a rough sketch, it’s nothing” Gokudera replied with a small shrug before stretching “Mmm… anything else you need help on?” he asked after glancing at the clock, he only had 10 minutes left but he figured he could help out a little bit longer if the younger boy needed it.
"Ah! Could you help me work on this report?" Yamamoto asks as he holds up a paper that looks like it had barely been started. "I just can't seem to figure out how to write any of the info."
“Ah… ok… what is it supposed to be about?” Gokudera asked, leaning forward once more. ‘Looks like tonight is going to be an all-nighter…’ he thought as he waited for the other to tell him a bit so that he could help him out. He was glad to have a stop to the baseball chatter for a little bit.
"Okay, it has to be about the first three chapters of this book, and first two of this one..." Yamamoto began explaining what all the paper was about and what parts were confusing him. "Will you be able to help me for this Gokudera?"
Gokudera nodded as Yamamoto showed what he needed help with. “Yeah, here.” he said as he leaned forward and attempted to explain what Yamamoto didn't understand. “Does that make sense now?”
"Oh! Yes! I understand it now thanks!" Yamamoto smiled happily as he started writing it out carefully, asking Gokudera for advice as he went along until he was finished. "Will Gokudera read over it for me to make sure it's okay?'
“Alright.” Gokudera replied before he skimmed through the paper, nodding occasionally. He finished going through the paper and handed it back “That looks pretty good now. Now I need to head back, have an all-nighter ahead of me, should get started,” he said before he stood up giving a small groan after being in the same position for so long. He stretched fully and rolled his shoulders a bit though they held their usual stiffness and knots, accumulated through the stress of study among other things.
"Oh okay, thank you very much for the help again Gokudera!" Yamamoto smiled as he puts his finished work away. "Good luck with what you have to do! Want me to help you gather up your things?"
“If you want to…” Gokudera replied pulling his stuff together and getting ready to leave, he was definitely going to have to pull an all-nighter that night. It was already so late.
"Okay!" Yamamoto nods and starts helping him to pack everything up, accidentally causing something to fall under the table. "I think this is everything Gokudera, hope your work goes well."
Gokudera nodded, not even noticing the thing that fell under the table, in too much of a hurry. “You better be doing well in school, Baseball idiot.” He said before he shifted his stuff in his arms and headed out. “See you another time.” He said over his shoulder as he went down to the store and out into the cold rain, heading on home.
"Okay, see you later Gokudera!" Yamamoto smiled as he watched Gokudera leave, having made that a subconscious habit of his. He stretched out his legs and accidentally kicked something from under the table, "Ah? What is this?" He opened it up to see it was Gokudera's pocket-calendar, and noticed something important marked on one of the days of the coming week, "Oh! I wonder why he didn't say anything? I will have to plan something for him.... though it will be small..." He then carefully put the calendar in a safe place to return it next time they saw each other.