Ch. 1 Where The Sidewalk Ends

I guess I'm the first story under this pairing... woah. SO I got this idea from a post on tumblr and I was like 'woah, this could work.' Then I wrote an outline and posted it on tumblr and someone who is rp-ing Todou replied and said he liked it! So I was like Okay! I'll do it! Weeeee. It shouldn't be that long. Theres like gonna be one plot twist... or maybe two. And the chapters are gonna be short. Anyways. I hope you enjoy! Because this is like a new OTP of mine...

Where The Sidewalk Ends

There is a place where the sidewalk ends
and before the street begins,
and there the grass grows soft and white,
and there the sun burns crimson bright,
and there the moon-bird rests from his flight
to cool in the peppermint wind.

Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black
and the dark street winds and bends.
Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow
we shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow
and watch where the chalk-white arrows go
to the place where the sidewalk ends.

Yes we'll walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
and we'll go where the chalk-white arrows go,
for the children, they mark, and the children, they know,
the place where the sidewalk ends.

-Shel Silverstein

"Haruhiko, I'll need you to be at the construction site in half an hour. Inoue-san will be there with the proposal."

"Father, its my day off-"

"You're the one who wanted to pursue architecture, so here I am looking for business for you. The least you could do is say 'Thank you'." Fuyuhiko reprimanded, "Honestly, I try and try. Just be there. I'll be paying Akihiko a visit today so I'll be busy."

"Alright, father. I'll be there."

"Good."

And with that he hung up, gone as quickly as he had interrupted. Sipping the rest of my tea, I stood up and walked over to my office to gather the materials I would need. I also made a mental list of the things I would need to discuss with Inoue-san. Looking at the clock on my desk, I decided that if I only had half an hour to get there, I would need to leave now.

Thankfully, I was no longer residing in the enormous Usami Estate. Although I still worked under the architectural branch of Usami Corp, I was more independent and I moved out. I now lived in a penthouse high above the city, the location made it easy to get almost anywhere quickly, at least faster that waiting the five minutes to just get out of the Usami Estate's property and the other ten minutes to find the main road. Luckily, it wasn't rush hour just yet and I estimated that I would be able to arrive at the site with minutes to spare.

Today, however, just wasn't my day. Driving up to an intersection, to my dismay, I saw that there had been a collision and there were paramedics and police officers around going about their duties while one was directing traffic. Since there were no other cars behind me, I decided to pull up next to the man and inquire of the incident. As well as try to sneak my way to the right street I needed to take. The officer had directed me to the left, but to get to my destination quickly, I needed to go straight, or else I would have to face the incessant corrections of the GPS.

Rolling down the window, I saw that the man was considerably younger than me, somewhere between 10 and 15 years younger judging by the astonishing youthful smile he managed to show and the way he said "Good Evening, sir." with his mature, but still developing voice. The smile reminded me of a certain brunette whose name I couldn't quite remember nor did I care to at the moment. Not while I had something this interesting right in front of me.

Realizing that I'd been staring for quite a while now without saying anything, I coughed to regain my composure and asked, "What happened?" jabbing a thumb over to the side of the road where the paramedics were now loading a woman onto the ambulance. "It seems as though they're clearing up now, mind if I take that road instead?"

Laughing the boy replied, "Oh, no sir. It was actually pretty bad, that woman broke her arm and the glass from both vehicles has scattered all over the area. Wouldn't want this nice car of your's getting scratched up now, right?" he replied with a bright and sincere smile.

I felt the need to offer my own compliment back but he was wearing the standard officer's uniform so it wasn't like I could tell him I liked his shirt... Instead I settled for complimenting his eyes. They were a refreshing combination of striking grey and a splash of light green around the pupil. He was surprised for a second but smiled nonetheless and thanked me for the flattery. I couldn't help but smile myself in the fleeting moment until another car drove up that needed guidance. The young officer looked up and a face of confidence sweeping over his features, as if he was very excited and ready to get back to work. 'How odd,' I thought.

"Well, see you around, sir. Have a nice day." And with a mumbled reply, I bid him farewell and took the route he had originally directed me in without a second thought.

I drove for a moment, not noticing the smile on my face until the repetitive monotone voice of the GPS finally reached my ears. "SHIT" I exclaimed, I'd missed both exits to the site and now the device was demanding me to "make the next available U-turn". Thinking back, I never even tried to take the route I needed to, instead I just took the road he pointed me to.

I now had less than 5 minutes to get where I needed to be and didn't plan on wasting any of them.

Boop. ok. wow. that was short. Get ready cause these are gonna be short. Hmm, the name for this pair might be... something that has to do with protection, and ends in -ca and sounds latin or something lol. Any ideas? This is going to be updated once a week until I run out of prewritten chapters, but maybe by then I'll have finished it...

Can't Help Falling In Love With You was gonna be up today buuuuut~ I spent most of my time coming up with a halfway decent summary for this. Maybe tomorrow?

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