"Nagi get off me!"

"No"

"Nagi, amigo please I can't breathe!"

"tough"

"Hey Nagi maybe you should-"

"Back off Reo, you've had your cuddle time now it's my turn"

If you had asked Akira how he got himself into this situation he would have said he had no idea, one moment he was peacefully listening to his music while lounging on his bed, the next he found himself ambushed between two familiar-looking teens who both demanded attention in the form of cuddles.

Now here he was being passed between the two every ten minutes, not that he minded in the beginning but he now wanted to break free which was currently proving impossible. "I'm hungry!" Akira whined as he wriggled in Nagi's grip, which remained unwavering as the bronzed teen remained smushed into his chest head resting in the crook of his neck, while the white-haired teen tapped away at his game paying no mind to the captive in his arms.

Huffing in defeat the curly-haired teen accepted his fate and sunk into the white-haired teen. "Can you at least teach me how to play your game?" Nagi perked at the idea, loosening his grip ever so slightly the lazy teen adjusted their position to his liking, the two now sat up with Nagi propped against the wall while Akira sat caged between his legs.

Handing his phone to the bronzed teen, leaning forward personal space was now nonexistent as the white-haired boy explained the controls and how the game worked. Nagi couldn't help but sniff the inviting scent of honey and vanilla that invaded his senses, so inviting and warm. Oh, how he could have basked in it forever.

As Akira happily tapped away at the game, eyes fixated on the screen with little regard to what was going on around him. Nagi let his hands travel south, sneaking their way under the curly-haired's shirt who was none the wiser as to what was going on.

Nagi's hands stayed there, gently pressed against the teen's toned stomach relishing in the warmth his bare skin provided him. 'this must be what paradise is like' the white-haired teen thought, as this situation had panned out better than any dream he could have imagined. The two of them, skin on skin, indulging in each other's company far removed from everyone else in the room, what a beautifully peaceful moment this was.

"porra! I died" Akira pouted looking up to Nagi who hummed, before resetting the game for him. While the curly-haired teen jumped right back into playing, the white-haired teen decided to be bold allowing his hands to drip into the waistband of the bronzed teen's shorts but not into his underwear, allowing himself to feel around his prominent v-line and slim waist.

"Nagi that tickles" Akira giggled as he unknowingly squirmed directly onto the lethargic teen's crotch, causing some rather pleasurable friction even though it was unintentional.

All while Reo watched seething with jealousy, now there was a point in time where he would have admitted to loving Nagi. He would have done anything for him, but that all changed when Akira entered the picture. He made him realise that what he felt for Nagi was just a realisation that he was into men, and what he felt for Akira was love in its truest form.

Now Mikage Reo wasn't stupid, he knew that Akira had admirers near and far and he also knew that Nagi was one of them. But the two of them seemed to have a silent agreement that working together to keep other suitors at bay seemed to be their best option, as it meant they could spend more time with the curly-haired boy and also have less competition.

But that didn't mean they couldn't compete amongst themselves, the two often engaging in competitions to see who could have the most skin-on-skin contact, the most attention, give the most compliments etc. Often riling the other up was a common occurrence, now Reo found himself on the receiving end of it.

"Akira, wanna go get something to eat?" the purple-haired boy asked, to which the golden-eyed teen eagerly jumped at the chance. Scampering to join Reo, who stood in triumph at his small victory while Nagi only grumbled an ineligible complaint of defeat as he joined them in their venture to the cafeteria.

"Say ah," Reo said as he aeroplane food into Akira's mouth, refusing to let the boy feed himself despite his initial protests. But the Mikage boy was worried he would burn his tongue on hot food like he had done many times before, claiming that he needed him to be in top form for their match against Team X tomorrow and without injury. The reasoning was bullshit, but Akira couldn't really argue it as Nagi had taken it upon himself to snake his arm's around his waist and restrict him so the curly-haired teen simply allowed his friend to feed him without complaint.

As Akira enjoyed the moment of tranquillity he couldn't help but groan when an interruption started buzzing in his pocket. "Nagi, move please I need to answer me phone" the bronze teen laughed as he wiggled free of the teen's grip slightly but not close enough to break it completely. Pulling his phone out of his pocket he was met with a pleasant surprise, the call was from his father.

Now Akira couldn't contact anyone from the outside world before the game against Team Y, but after he had scored his way into winning his phone back he stayed in regular contact with his parents and friends through text. But he was either so busy or too tired to even think about calling them, but now that the opportunity had presented itself he was going to take it without question. Reo and Nagi also knew how much he missed his parents, so they (Reo) urged him to answer the phone, he didn't need to be told twice.

"olá pai"

"olá meu querido garoto, como vai você?"

"Estou bem, pai, como está a mãe?"

"sentindo sua falta como uma louca e mal posso esperar você voltar para casa, ela está preocupada por não te alimentar o suficiente"

"isso é bom, isso é bom. Como vai tudo neste programa?"

"Está indo bem, vencemos nossas duas primeiras partidas e amanhã jogaremos a terceira"

"ah, meu filho, assim como seu pai, um vencedor natural"

"sim, claro... estou com saudades de você"

"Também sinto sua falta Akira, mas lembre-se de que você está fazendo isso pelo seu sonho, você não está sozinho, você tem seus amigos com você e nós apoiando você em cada passo do caminho, mesmo de longe."

"E se eu não for bom o suficiente?"

"Pare com essa bobagem, você é inacreditavelmente talentoso e se eles não conseguem ver isso, então estão cegos."

"linguagem do pai!"

"O que é verdade, você sabe, com uma ligação eu poderia colocá-lo como titular do Brasil, você sabe que Neymar aproveitaria a chance"

"Eu sei pai, mas eu realmente quero fazer isso"

"Eu sei, eu sei, mas um pai só pode esperar um dia ver seu filho com a camisa do Brasil"

"Você me verá em um quando a Copa América chegar, não se preocupe"

Reo and Nagi couldn't help but watch Akira in a mixture of amazement and delight as they watched him chat away with his father on the phone, his mother tongue sounding ever so beautiful from his full lips.

His demeanour was a far cry from what it normally was, gone was the hesitancy to speak and the silent fear of sounding foolish for saying something wrong. Even though the two couldn't understand a word, they liked Akira like this the way he seemed to glow with confidence.

"Então tem algum cara gostoso aí?"

"pai!"

"o que estou dizendo, garotas e garotos são gostosos, quero dizer, tenho certeza de que há alguém bonito aí que deve ter chamado sua atenção, e seus amigos Reo e Nagi, tenho certeza que um deles aproveitaria a chance de ser seu namorado"

"pai, tenho certeza que os dois são heterossexuais"

"bem, você não saberá a menos que pergunte, Akira e quando você acabar namorando um deles, certifique-se de que eles saibam que se partirem seu coração, quebrarei todos os ossos de seu corpo. Amigo ou não."

As they chatted away for another ten minutes catching up with each other and what was new, the pair couldn't help but wonder if Akira had mentioned either of them to his parents. If he had it would make becoming his boyfriend a bit easier as his parents would already know what good people they were, and they would be monsters not to get his parent's approval before taking their beloved son out.

"ok, tenho que ir Akira, mas falo com você em breve, ok?"

"Ok pai, dê meu amor à mamãe, eu te amo, tchau!"

"Eu também te amo, garoto, tchau"

With that the phone call ended, pushing his phone back into his pocket Akira couldn't help but smile from ear to ear as he looked at both of his friend's pearly whites and sharp canines on full display. "What did you two talk about?" Nagi asked what both he and Reo were thinking, he was just worried about sounding like a creep for trying to eavesdrop on their conversation.

"Uhhh stuff," Akira said thinking back to some parts of the conversation and decided to keep it as vague as humanly possible to save himself from embarrassment. "I have question" The bronzed-haired teen started, stopping for a second as he tried to think of how to word his question correctly.

"Would you treat me different if I told you I no straight?"

The silence was deafening, as the pair couldn't help but look at the curly-haired teen with wide-eyed and gaped jaws. This was their wildest dream come true, but for Akira, the silence was a nightmare as his head swirled with all the doubts and anxieties he had.

'They hate me, don't they? They probably think I'm weird. I should have just kept my mouth shut now they probably hate me' Akira thought to himself, kicking himself mentally. Now he had never felt the need to address his sexuality before, as his parents had always let him express and explore himself however he liked. Though when he came to Japan he had never mentioned his preference to anyone, and after the conversation with his father he wanted to mention it to ensure he wasn't surrounding himself with the wrong type of people and now he was silently worried.

"We love you regardless of who you love"

"Of course not"

Pure relief washed over the teen as he was smushed into the embrace of his friends, smiling Akira thanked them for being so accepting. "Don't thank us, Kira, thank you for trusting us" Akira knew at that moment that befriending the two was one of the best decisions he had ever made in his life, and the pair couldn't help but agree.