Clamp Campus Detectives, Nokoru/Suoh, futurefic, can't seduce your best friend like you would a lady Else the Bottles Break, and the Wine Is Spilled
Imonoyama Nokoru, darling of the Clamp Academy, Chairman of the College Division, and all-around gentleman, sat and stared glumly at the top of his desk. For once there was no paperwork on it, waiting to be done; he'd finished everything.
Suoh had taken his temperature and, when that was normal, checked the weather forecast, which wasn't quite the response Nokoru had been hoping for.
The problem with seducing one's best friend, he decided, was that none of the usual methods worked. If he handed Suoh flowers, Suoh figured they were for the office and went looking for a vase and put them on Nokoru's desk. He couldn't very well open doors for Suoh, because Suoh felt that was his job, as Nokoru's bodyguard.
Best not to think about the attempted candle-lit dinner. At least Akira and Utako had gotten some use from it in the end.
So Nokoru had tried adapting his methods instead. The way to a lady's heart was to do sweet things for her. He could expand on that, surely. Unfortunately, doing anything for Suoh was difficult. Suoh never seemed to need help with the little chores around the office. He flatly refused to let Nokoru do any of the security work, on the grounds that he would wind up finding damsels in distress on the surveillance cameras and get distracted. And as for being obliging by finishing paperwork on time...
Thump
"Since you're in such good form today, Kaichou, here's the paperwork for the festival next week." Suoh gave Nokoru a brisk nod and went back to his own desk.
Nokoru wondered if banging his head against the new stack of papers would help any.
He looked over at Suoh, calmly absorbed in calculations and future planning and all the things Nokoru wasn't really very good at. Everything Nokoru wanted. How did Suoh do it? How did he capture Nokoru's complete attention, so easily? He was nothing like the ladies Nokoru had always delighted in helping.
Nokoru sat up straight, eyes gleaming as he replayed that thought. Nothing like the ladies. So maybe, just maybe, the approach Nokoru needed was something nothing like he used with ladies!
Right.
Nokoru stood up and marched over to Suoh's desk. "Suoh."
Suoh looked up with a faint smile. "Yes, Kaichou?" Nokoru's heat did turny-trippy things at that smile and he sternly quashed the urge to be courtly and indirect in response. Instead he took Suoh's face in his hands and kissed him.
He barely heard Akira say something strangled about tea cakes and scramble out the door, because he was paying too much attention to the way Suoh's eyes widened, the way his hand lifted and hesitated and finally settled softly against Nokoru's shoulder. When Nokoru drew back Suoh stared up at him for a long moment before finally murmuring, "Nokoru."
The sound of Suoh saying his name gave Nokoru a sweet, breathless moment of thrill. "I should have figured this out much sooner," he declared, and promptly sat himself down, straddling Suoh's legs. Suoh flushed and Nokoru laughed softly, delighted. "Much sooner." He leaned in again to kiss Suoh, and was pleased to feel Suoh's hands slide slowly up his back.
(Continued in Part Two. I'm sorry, I swear I tried, but I couldn't fit the buildup and the porn into one comment! *shame*)