[Echizen] Boys Like Girls [Ryoga] 5

Even so, the peel sheltered the significance originating from within the fruit, the juicy richness of its flesh. The citric sugariness imbedded inside was the hint of kindness and understanding they both shared.

The blooming flavor as you bite into the whole fruit, without removing the orange’s outer shell undergoes a bitter sweetness. This savor was the true meaning to their love. A real kind of love that consisted of both good and bad experiences as life had always made it so; this love drew the two individuals together.

Oranges were his favorite fruit, regardless if the exterior was pungent and sometimes even if the interior was just too sour, he admits oranges were his favorite fruit.

She wasn’t one for eating oranges; the tartness of the fruit’s citric blood tainting her taste buds was too strong. She preferred fruits of a much simpler caliber like red apples. She wasn’t a fan of oranges like he was.

Theme #1 – Orange Peel

Song Inspiration: Orange – Lil B

She sniffled, “Achoo!”

Ryoga hovered over Yukari, staring down at the suffered state his little “underdeveloped” girlfriend was currently in. A bright red haze flushed over her pale hot white complexion. Her crumpled bedcovers fell across her small frame, creating a tiny comfortable nest of light green.

He passed her another tissue so that she could blow her nose.

She mumbled under her breath and all Ryoga could interpret were the words: ‘why’, ‘visit’ and ‘stupid’.

“Can’t I look after my adorably flat chested girlfriend when she’s sick?” Ryoga inquired with an innocently boyish grin pasted on his lips.

Lavender irises almost seemed to burn a hole through his head and Ryoga had to successfully dodge out of the way of a thick spiral notebook aimed at his face. The book landed behind him with a loud thud on the mahogany wood flooring.

Ryoga’s facial expression grew far more into a cockish and mocking smirk, “Mada Mada Daze, Little miss flat chest~”

His ears perked at the sound of Yukari’s grumbled profanities which clearly reiterated her passionate hatred towards him at the moment.

“Hey, don’t be so hostile, little miss flat chest,” Ryoga pouted at the fact that Yukari would think so lowly of him and was it really his fault that she thought that way? “As the responsible boyfriend, I actually did come over to try to make you feel better.”

Ryoga exited the room for a moment and returned with a basket in hand, he cautiously approached Yukari from the foot of her bed. He plopped himself down right next to her and she attempted to scurry away but was caught in Ryoga’s hold as always.

“See? I got you oranges!” Ryoga smiled, handing the strawberry blonde an orange.

Ryoga noticed the look of loathing becoming evident on her face as she stared at the orange in her hands, “What?”

Yukari’s only responses were a sniffle and a frown.

“You don’t like oranges?”

Yukari shook her head and took a moment to blow her nose again.

“Why not, little miss flat chest?”

Yukari smacked Ryoga across the side of his cranium.

Ryoga bribed and rubbed at the sore lump forming on his head, “They’re good for your cold you know.”

Yukari crossed her arms and sneezed.

“See?” Ryoga pulled himself an orange from the basket, motioning at Yukari to watch him bite into the whole fruit. She only twitched at the sight of Ryoga slurping up the orange’s flesh, “They’re good.”

She drew a tissue from her box and wiped away the excess juice across his cheeks. Yukari sniffed, “Sloppy pervert.”

Ryoga questioned once more, “So, you going to eat one yet?”

Yukari huffed, she was being rather stubborn. Ryoga’s grin curled into something sinister.

“Maybe you should eat one, little miss flat chest~” Ryoga leaned in closer to Yukari, “Before I make you.”

Ryoga smiled brightly as Yukari slowly devoured the innards of the fruit, he patted her on the head, “See? That wasn’t so…”

He stared down at her lap.

Ryoga pouted, “You forgot the peel!”

Oranges were his favorite fruit.

She found oranges rather tolerable… afterwards.

…Let’s not shrink away from leaving our mark.

To be continued.

P.S - If anyone is interested in Yukari's appearance, check out this link.
http://sumrandomkiwi88.deviantart.com/art/Tokugawa-Yukari-133907047