The first person who ever admits to loving Akihiko does so when the boy is thirteen, and therefore silently rebellious and youthfully pretty,

To his eternal shame, Akihiko can never remember what the man is called. He is oddly dull - a grey shadow - until he is on the topic where his genius lies; mathematics. Akihiko would rather appreciate ( Read more... )

Hiroki’s grumbling about homework in an undertone, which for him is twice the volume of a normal person shouting. Akihiko’s curled against a tree, scribbling vaguely and nodding occasionally when Hiroki winds down for a few seconds.

Eventually he cools down and begins to actually focus on his homework. Akihiko’s attention wobbles from his ( Read more... )

Sometimes the maids make fun of Mr. James the butler because of his name. “Home, James!” they giggle, if he goes anywhere near the car, “And don’t spare the horses!”

This is clearly stupid for so many reasons, but Akihiko stays quiet. He doesn’t bother to pretend to understand either. He chalks it up to the adults being strange. They’re always ( Read more... )

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