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He groaned, "In ARTS, what's important to becoming successful is EXPRESSION, CREATIVITY, and TALENT." he frowned at Rus, "You have a future too, Ruslan. You should stop looking down on yourself!"

Ruslan toed at the ground uncomfortable with the topic. "Let's just go for a walk," he looked back at him and offered his arm. Mishka stood back up sensing a change.

He raised an eyebrow as Rus offered his arm and simply walked to stand beside him, ignoring it. "Fine. But I'm not letting this go." he sighed.

He frowned again, feeling a little hurt and put his hands in his pockets. "Why do you keep doing that?" He looked at Yami with slight confusion.

He shrugged, "You don't want to be seen as gay, right?" he tried to hide his irritation, "Having a guy on your arm wont help."

He frowned and rolled his eyes. "I told you I didn't mean to offend you." He tried to smile at him. "There's no one around and we don't need to worry about it, it's no big deal. Besides you do it when we're alone too."

He glanced away a little, not irritated anymore, "I'll pass. I don't feel like fooling myself." he sighed. "I'm trying to get over being rejected, remember?" he folded his arms and looked back at Rus, "I'm not trying to make you feel guilty either, so you don't need to apologize for that again."

He frowned and bit his lip to keep himself from apologizing, feeling guilty either way. He decided it was best not to say anything at all and began walking, Mishka trailing behind him.

He stared ahead blankly, "I still find it strange that you do things like that... like offering me your hand or arm, wanting me to sit on you lap and things like that." he looked at the sky, "Do you really think of me as a kid that much?"

He blinked a bit realizing how much he did treat him like a kid. "Well... yeah I guess... but sitting on my lap was you, not me. I was just saving you." He sighed not liking this conversation.

He shook his head, "Not during the movie. That was all you bud." he chuckled, "Whatever, just be more careful or you'll tempt me again." he smiled a little at Rus, "But don't worry too much, I'll warn you."

He nodded not bothering to look at Yami and kept his hands in his pockets. "I don't like this... I WANT to touch you though... but not in THAT sort of way... I don't know its hard to explain." He combed his fingers through his hair becoming frustrated.

He blinked, slightly curious, "Hn? What do you mean?" he tilted his head, slowing his pace, "or rather, how do you mean?"

"Like... its this weird feeling to protect you and be close to you... for the past few hours I've been resisting the urge to hug you..." He looked away slightly embarrassed. "But it's not some lustful desire, but just a protective brotherly one... I think..."

He raised his eyebrows, "Eh? is that so?" he looked back up and chuckled, "Well I guess I could kiss you again and we would know what kind of feelings they are." he laughed, obviously joking. 'Yeah right, he wouldn't actually go for a solution like that.'

"Okay, do it." He sighed bitting his lip again looking at Yami seriously. 'I have to know, this is just getting weird...'

He stopped and looked at Ruslan, his expression surprised, "Um... y-you know I was kidding right...?" he watched Rus' expression and realized he was serious, "Um... alright... but are you sure you want me to do it in public...?" he asked.

He looked around quickly before his eyes returned to Yami and nodded. "There's barely anyone around, it's no big deal. Just get it over with."

He nodded and stood close to Rus, standing on his toes because of the height difference, "Here goes nothing then, I guess..." he mumbled and pressed him lips to Rus' gently.

Rus met him half way closing his eyes. He did not move his lips or make any attempt to deepen the kiss but pulled away slowly and wiped his mouth with his sleeve... "I guess not..." 'It didn't feel bad necessarily... in fact it felt a okay, but something was still screaming at me not to.' "I guess this makes you my little brother." He smiled a little.

He couldn't help looking disappointed, "Yeah, I guess..." he sighed and stepped away a little. 'Great... he just had to get my hopes up again... I'm an idiot...'

He watched Yami curiously and smiled hopefully. "You okay? Come one, I'll go buy us ice cream if you agree to let me be your onii-san brother." He grinned pleasantly forgetting everything.

He sighed, "Of course I'm not okay... I've been rejected twice." he mumbled and glanced at Rus' expression. 'At least he's happy, I guess. If you love something, let it go, right?' he looked away again and nodded, "Sure.. some ice cream would be nice." he looked back at Rus and smiled weakly, "Ruu-niisan."

Rus looked sadly at him at first but smiled at the nick name. "Let's go then," he guided him over to and ice cream stand avoiding touching him to not make anything worse. "What kind would you like?"

He looked at what was available for a moment, "Vanilla." he smiled a little. 'Well this is nice too I guess. At least he doesn't hate me.' he thought optimistically, starting to cheer up.