krystalkatzficz | The Wall part 4

Satoshi looked at the boy in front of him. They both had stayed back while Sho and Masaki moved forward to mingle with the crowds of people. The boy wasn’t glaring as much as he had been though he was being short with the insiders that came forward asking for his name. It was strange as he had thought the boy had been here for a sponsor but now it seemed that he liked it as little as he did.

They had both settled into a seated position with their backs against the wall and their arms wrapped around their knees but Satoshi had to admit that the boy looked a lot cuter than he did. There was a soft, quiet beauty about him that was somewhat captivating. His skin was so pale that it could have been described as unhealthy except there was a healthy glow about him and a shine to his hair. He was the kind of person that Satoshi would love to draw, paint, and sculpt and although he was uninterested in the selection he felt as though he wanted to make an offer.

“You’re not really interested in the selection?”

“No, really, a bunch of arrogant insiders pawing over outsiders for sex…It’s disgusting…” Nino growled bitterly his eyes fixed on his brother who was attached to Sho’s arm while talking to the other young rich insiders. It was clear to Satoshi that his friend would be making an offer on the brother and he had to admit that they looked good together. “Sorry…I mean…”

“It’s okay, I agree…I only came today because Sho wouldn’t leave me alone unless I did…And, I enjoy being beyond the wall…” Satoshi said waving his hand out at the vast emptiness that was in front of them. It could only be described as a wasteland but for him there was a beauty that you didn’t get on the inside. It was real for a start while the inside was fake. Nino gave him a sceptical look his head cocked to one side and Satoshi gave a smile “It’s true…I find it beautiful…”

“It’s hell on earth…” Nino growled his face screwing up unpleasantly as he gazed out at the same scene that he looked and even that expression was one that Satoshi wanted to capture with oils. “But it’s real…It our world…We should make it great…”

“…Is that what you want to do?” Satoshi was surprised by the boy’s term of it being real. It was something that he had thought for so long by himself that having somebody that felt the same was refreshing.

“Of course, but everyone…Everyone just wants to go inside…It would be tough but we could make it better than the inside…” Nino seemed to glow as he spoke his voice trembling with all the passion that Satoshi had long since forgotten. Sho was only half-right when he had said that he had been campaigning for change for the outsiders and the mines. There had been a time when he had been as passionate about change as Nino was but after years of meeting resistance and knockbacks he had lost a lot of his fire. Again, he was gripped by the urge to draw the young man and his finger moved to the dirt beside him drawing him slowly as he saw him as he said;

“That’s the issue, though isn’t it? The inside is already said to be perfect and so that makes people are blinded by the inside…”

“Even you?” Nino’s shoulders slumped a little bit and Satoshi gave him a sad smile sensing that he was disappointed in him. At the sight of the slumping shoulders he felt disappointment inside himself more so when the boy’s eyes dipped.

“…Even me, to a point as my friend said I am lazy and I have given up trying to change the mindset…” He admitted softly looking down at the dirt picture that he had drawn with his finger. It wasn’t very good but he was surprised at how much he had focused on the eyes and the mouth. “…Though I agree with you…I believe that we could make the outside great…I have built farms on the outside…Nothing has grown yet but I live in hope that they may start producing…”

“…You have outside farms? I’ve never heard of them!” Nino said sounding so excited that Satoshi felt himself chuckling and saying;
“They are not very successful so I would have been surprised if anyone would have heard of them…”

“But…That is still exciting…More than anyone else has wanted to do…Where are your farms?” Nino asked and Satoshi found himself cocking his head to one side as he said;

“…Agree to be my sponsored and I’ll tell you…”

“…I thought that you didn’t like the sponsored system…” Nino growled darkly his lips twisting into a scowl and Satoshi realised that he had made a mistake but he hadn’t been able to resist. He didn’t want to lose the boy.

“I don’t…But from what I understand from Sho we can make the contract between us, I would even write into it that you wouldn’t have to sleep with me...” He said meaning it completely “But…I would like to have you help me…”

“Help you what?” Nino relaxed a little bit at his words but his eyes were still weary and watchful and Satoshi sighed rubbing out his dirt picture as he hummed;

“Get my passion back to fight for what I believe in…Sho said that I was fighting against the children in the mines but…I’m tired of trying of getting nowhere…” He let out a sigh remembering the constant flow of doors being slammed in his face and the feeling of rejection that had built up inside of him. Sho had helped him as much as he could but there was only so much that he could do while running his own companies. “But you…You have the passion of youth…You could help me recapture it and maybe together we could make some real changes…”

“…And you…You expect me to be able to help you do that?” Nino asked in a whisper and Satoshi nodded giving a crooked smile as he ruffled the hair on the back of his neck. It sounded surprising to his own ears and Nino looked doubtful.

“…Yes…I rather think that you will…But you don’t have to give me your answer straight away…There is the courting period first…A month of me trying to persuade you to accept me…If you would agree to me courting you…”

“…I promised my brother that I would go through with the sponsorship…So, I guess that I will agree to your courting…”

“Thank-you…”

TBC
A/N: I hope that this is okay ^_^