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Precisely three weeks after Sousuke Mitsuba died, a HUGE problem came to Kou Minamoto's attention.
He was involve with a dead man.
"So anyways, that's why I need to leave early today, pleeeeeeaaaaaassseee Hanako-kunnnnn?" Nene pouted.
"Yashiro-san, I've already told you no. That guy is so obviously using you, plus, you wouldn't rather stay here with me and the boy? Specifically me though."
Kou sighed.
He loved hanging out with those two, but it really wasn't the same.
He felt like it wasn't real, like he'd only befriended the two in an attempt to get over Sousuke.
"Boy, help me tell Yashiro-san not to go with this boyyyyy!" Hanako whined, draping his arms over Nene's shoulders lavishly which, in turn, made her drop the mop.
"H-Hey, get off of her!" Kou shoved Hanako off of the beautiful girl.
"You can't stop me from hanging out with him!" She grumbled, folding her arms and turning her head away from Hanako.
"Ughhghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Hanako groaned. "Fine! Go be with this player guy then, but your doing overtime tomorrow!"
She grinned blissfully and pulled off her bright yellow gloves.
"Thank you so much Hanako-kun!" She giggled softly before darting out of the bathroom.
"So... Looks like it's just you and me now, boy."
Hanako narrowed his eyes at the blond.
"Yep," Kou sighed and continued to mop the (already sparking) floor.
...
They sat in silence--Hanako played cards with the Mokke while Kou triple-cleaned the bathroom.
"You really like cleaning boy..." Hanako grumbled while he watched Kou scrub the sink again.
"Yep," Kou muttered, scrubbing more intently.
"You... Um-Wanna talk about anything?"
Kou looked up from the sink.
"...No."
"..."
Hanako looked down at his cards again.
"I win again," He said to, yet another Mokke.
The Mokke grumbled, hopped onto the floor, and left.
"Okay boy, im ready to talk now."
"I already said I don't want-need to talk about anything, ghost," Kou hissed, this time, not looking up from the sink.
"Ouch. Listen, I'm bored, so your gonna tell me sumn' or imma bring some dirty Mokke in here for fun."
Kou sighed.
"Fine. What do you want me to talk about?" He slid off his gloves and left them in the sink he'd been working on.
"Mmmmn... Ooh! How about crushes, who do you like boy?"
Kou swallowed and stayed facing the mirror.
"I don't like anyone..."
"That's the biggest lie I've ever heard, everyone has a crush. You don't even have like, a little one?"
Kou felt his legs wobble.
Maybe sitting in a room full of chemicals for hours wasn't a great idea on his end.
"They're dead."
"Oh~? Is it-"
"IT'S NOT YOU, FUCKASS!" Kou yelped.
"Good, because I do NOT swing that way," Hanako joked as he poked Kous cheek. "How bout' you Kou, do youuu swing that way?"
Kou smacked Hanako in the face.
"So you do?" Hanako sneered.
"Shut up, it's not like you can even say ANYTHING! Your literally involve with Nene-Sempai and she doesn't even know, or care!"
"Yeowch. What, did you like, get broken up with before your, I'm guessing, boyfriend died? Or were you always super rude about relationships?"
Kou swallowed.
"No. I just... I never got to say... I never got to say 'I love you' to him. He died before I could realize my feelings for him so... I guess I just, don't like seeing people get that?"
Hanako nodded holding a bag full of candy (his poker winnings from earlier). "Continue."
Kou narrowed his eyes at the ghost.
"That's it. I don't have any juicy stories or anything like that." He swallowed and turned back to the sink. "So just leave it alone and let me do this-"
"Do you wanna see him again?"
Kou froze halfway through putting his glove on.
S-See him again?! I would do ANYTHING to see him again.
But... This is HANAKO we're talking about... there's gotta be a catch...
"HOW?!" He whipped his head around rapidly.
"Damn. Well, you know how I operate boy, I'll give you a wish if you give me something I deem worthy for it."
"Oh, right..."
Kou hadn't slept since Sousuke died--well, not good sleep at least.
His time was spent overthinking every interaction they'd ever had. Was that enough for him to love? Wait is that weird...
he shivered and turned over in bed.
'Do you wanna see him again?'
Kou couldn't get Hanako's offer out of his head. He'd give his soul for Sousuke, what's the worst thing Hanako could take anyways.
"Fuck it."
"Huh?" Hanako questioned, looking Kou up and down.
"I said, 'Fuck it'." Kou reiterated to the wish granting ghost.
"I still don't know what your-"
Kou moved close to Hanako's face and whispered, "Fuck it, bring Sousuke back, take my fucking life if that's what it takes."