When Sena arrived at the camp, almost everyone rushed over to ask him if he was alright. Some were worried and some were just plain curious about the girl who escaped the 'big bad monster' (what the wild boar seemed to have been upgraded to, ever since the campers got word that cool Tomiya and sweet little Suzuna has been attacked in the woods). It looked like the instructors and senior campers were about to go on a rescue mission from what Sena could see with their fighting staffs and kendo swords of the camp's in their hands. From the sea of worried-onlookers came Tomiya, pushing towards Sena and envelope him in a tight hug.

"Are you alright?" the girl demanded and when she pulled back, Sena could see the worry in her eyes.

"I'm alright." Sena sighed. "I'm just tired."

"Suzuna-chan!"

Harada and Tsuna pushed their way through the crowd looking at Sena all over, making sure that he was alright before, in Tsuna's case, glomping at him while Harada merely breathed a sigh of relief.

"Suzuna-chaaaan! I'm so glad you're alright!" Tsuna cried, rubbing her cheek against Sena, "If you were gone, I'd be stuck with Miss Scary and Miss Boring!"

Harada promptly knocked the back of her head with her knuckle. "Baka, let her go already. You're suffocating her."

"Owwww.... Makino-chan..." Harada hugged Sena tighter and scowled at her spectacled-friend, "And for that you're sleeping alone tonight!"

Sena sweatdropped. "Maa maaa... c'mon guys, I'm alright..."

"Suzuna-chan! You're back! Are you alright?" Naguchi rushed over to the girls, bearing a few weapons himself. Behind him was the chief instructor holding a shot-gun against her shoulder.

"I'm alright," Sena said and would've bowed if Harada wasn't still holding onto him bodily. His attention was riveted to the gun being held by Aoki, his experience with the Deimon-Bats captain having mellowed his anxiety into dwindling warriness.

Aoki noticed where Sena was looking and chuckled. "Ah, don't worry. This is for safety purposes. I'm a better shot with this than any of the instructors in camp."

"There hasn't been boar-sightings in years," said another instructor, Kawamori... Sena guessed, who has joined their circle as well, "We need to make an announcement tonight to the campers about this... And Suzuna-chan needs to be looked at."

Aoki nodded in agreement. "Alright, we'll announce it tonight before dinner that no one is to go to the woods without the company of an instructor. And Makino-chan, please bring Suzuna-chan to the nurse's cabin. We need to get those cuts looked at."

"Ummm... thank you..." Sena nodded before he followed Harada towards the nurse's cabin, dragging Tsuna along with him and Tomiya trailing not far behind.


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Sena hissed as he accidentally brushed against one of the deep cuts on his thigh. If he wasn't using shorts when he and Tomiya were out getting the curry -leaves, he would've been in less pain than he was right now. It was a good thing that the pajama bottoms he was using was roomy enough to not press against the cuts on his legs too much or he didn't think he would be comfortable enough to fall asleep tonight.

The Deimon Bat player stopped just as he was outside the closed cabin door and looked up at the night sky. The stars twinkled brighter in camp than at his house and the breeze bringing him the scent of trees, grass and soil calmed his senses. He wondered why he didn't go camping when he was a child... Probably he was too busy running errands for bullies to even think about stepping out of town and Mamori would've gone mental at the thought of her 'baby brother' to be let into the wilderness full of mosquitos, leeches, snakes and, god forbid, ferocious animals with sharp claws and fangs.

Suddenly, he saw a movement at the corner of his eyes and his head snapped to the bushes at the sides instantly. The leaves of the bushes merely rustled in the dimness of the night before settling quietly in stillness. Sena looked for a while longer but the leaves to the shrubery only moved again when the night wind coaxed through it.

The brown-haired boy breathed a sigh of relief, when again suddenly, another group of bushes a few metres away all of the sudden rustled fiercely and Sena nearly wet his pants, afraid that the boar has somehow come back to life to haunt and eat him. But then out popped Shin, looking worse for wear and Sena's expression changed from fear to shock and then, panic.

Shin panted. "E-Eyeshield..."

Sena eeped and bounded down the stairs, running across the field towards Shin who was just about to fully emerge from the bush when Sena tackled him to the ground. The linebacker would've been a difficult man to tackle, if not for the fact that his feet were already entangled by the many branches of the dense shrubbery.

Sena's first instinct was to cover Shin from being discovered and after a tustle, he ended up straddling the Oujo Knight to keep the taller player down. The smaller boy quickly covered Shin's mouth with his hands and hissed, "What are you doing here?!"

There was another tustle of arms and Shin finally managed to grab ahold of Sena's hand which was covering his mouth while his other hand held the Deimon Bat still by the hips.

"I lost my compass a while back," Shin growled, "I can't find my way back to the team's camp."

"Oh." Sena blinked. "Well, I think I saw a spare compass in our cabin-"

"I would appreciate it, Eyeshield," the line-backer said, shifting to sit up. Sena didn't have time to climb down from Shin's torso, thus finding himself being slid down the strong body for the second time in a span of a few hours, but this time the contact more intimate and ... embarassing.

Sena squeaked and grappled with Shin's t-shirt, trying to stop the horrifyingly delicious friction between his crotch and Shin's hard abs. He's a growing boy after all and being a teenager anything can set him off, especially after having spent a few days & nights with pretty and carefree girls in the woods. But it was nearly hysterical to him that the thing to set him off tonight was a hard, lean body of a young man.

Upon Sena's frantic movement, Shin's earlier hold loosened before trying to grab a firm hold of the boy again. But with Sena struggling trying to hide how aroused he was at that moment, Shin's hands couldn't make purchase and only find themselves entangled under the running-back's loose pajama top.

Calloused fingers grazed against suddenly hard nipples and Sena gasped, stilling in shock.

"Eyeshield...?" The fingers moved again and Sena whimpered in helplessness. When Shin's body between his legs shifted against him, he thought he would pass out in sheer bliss.

The brunette peered up at Sena and his eyes widened at the sight. Even in the grayness of the night, he could see Sena's blushing face scrunched up with desperation, glistening wetness in the boy's brown eyes and breath heavy between trembling lips.

Shin moved unconciously and Sena hissed. The Oujo Knight blinked and decided that his rival's reaction needed to be investigated. Going through his memories he began to immitate his earlier movements - a touch here, a brush there and a rub between there, drew the most interesting reaction from the running-back. And he was surprised when he felt himself grow hard at every consistent movement Sena's bottom made with his groin.

This needs further study.. Shin told himself before grabbing Sena by the bottom and pushing the boy more fully against his clothed erection.

Shin grunted in amazement at the electric feeling coursing through his body that made him light-headed and somehow more needy than before. It was a different kind of needy than what he has ever felt before because instead of automatic planning and strong willed-determination upon accepting the goal in mind, this one seemed to bear pure mindless desperation that all his body wanted to do was throw Sena down to the ground and rub against him until... until... it stops!

Sena gasped when Shin began thrusting against him, creating more friction between his legs and he was about to grab at the other boy's shoulders to steady himself when without warning he heard his ... or rather, his fake name, being called.

"Suzuna-chan!! Are you there?"

Sena gasped, this time in horror as he tried to extract himself from Shin's arms. The brunette not understanding why they had to stop the amazing thing they were doing, was not very cooperative and it was only due to an accidental knee to the groin that made him release the other boy, in pain.

As soon as he was free, Sena scrambled down Shin's body to peer through the foliage of the bush where they were hiding at. It was Tsuna who called out to him and beside her was Tomiya, looking worried as she scanned the surroundings for any sign of the petite camper.

"Shin-san! Stay put!" Sena whispered frantically, not sparing a glance at the taller boy who was nearly doubled up in pain. Quickly, he got out of the bush and walked quickly towards his friends, trying to keep his steps as steady as possible.

"Gomen nasai!" Sena said as he neared them, "I was looking at the stars and didn't realise that I strayed too far..."

Tsuna huffed in exasperation. "That was pretty careless of you. We thought the boar dragged you away to its den."

Sena blinked before chuckling in amusement. "Boars have dens?"

"Harada would know-"

Abruptly, rustling came from the bush Sena just vacated and the boy nearly shrieked when Shin emerged from the bushes looking disgruntled but wary.

Tsuna gaped. "Who-?"

Tomiya stepped forward and placed herself in front of Sena, pushing the boy further behind her. Sena groaned before trying to get past Tomiya but the girl was immovable.

"Yuri-san, it's ok. He's the guy who saved me from the boar," Sena told her, tugging at her sweater to get her to listen.

Tomiya turned towards Sena in question. "I thought you out-ran the boar."

"Yeah," Tsuna said, stepping towards Sena, "And what were you doing in the bushes with him just now?"

Sena gulped. "Umm.. E-eto..."

Tomiya's perfect eyebrows scrunched together in confusion before sending her glare back to the unknown person who was walking towards them with intent.

"What do you want?" Tomiya demanded.

"Eye-" Shin stopped at the frantic movement from Sena that he can only interpret as 'NO!'

Tomiya blinked. "Ai?"

"Ahahah!" Sena laughed nervously. "Yeah, he calls me Ai! Funny guy. Anyway, he did save me from the boar this afternoon so I'm grateful for him-"

"Grateful enough to roll around in the bushes with him?" Tsuna smirked as she picked a twig from Sena's hair. With another mischevious grin, she turned towards Shin and pointed at the tall boy's hair which also has a few leaves and twigs stuck in the black strands. Shin non-chalantly began picking off the leaves and twigs from his hair while Sena blushed bright red in mortification.

"He's your boyfriend, isn't he?" Tsuna whispered with a leer.

Sena began sputtering his denial while Tomiya and Shin began a staring down contest which neither wanted to lose.

Tsuna laughed. "We'll keep it a secret! Though I must admit, I'm surprised that you managed to hook yourself up with a cool-looking guy and having him trek through the woods to save you from a wild animal is pretty romantic. Cheesy romantic, but romantic just the same."

The brown-haired boy sighed before turning his attention back towards Shin who was still in a staring contest with Tomiya. This time, Sena too was doing the staring as he realised that that was who Tomiya reminded him of. Shin.

"Uncanny," Tsuna breathed beside him, "They look like brother and sister.. only, well, Tomiya is prettier..."

"Un..." Sena nodded in awe. Then he shook himself and taking advantage of Tomiya's preoccupation, pushed himself past the girl's body to jar both of the brunettes into breaking off the silent war.

"Uh, Shin lost his compass so I was going to lend him the spare one we have in our cabin," Sena explained, wringing his fingers as he looked at the two, in the meantime trying to send a silent signal to Shin to keep quiet.

"Hey! What's going on over there?"

Sena nearly shrieked again when he heard the authoritative voice coming from their cabin. Squinting at the figure standing on their cabin porch was their instructor, Naguchi, who was at that instant walking towards them in quick strides.

"What are you girls doing here?" Uyeda demanded and when he saw Shin, his eyes widened in surprise. "Who is this?? You girls know that boys are not allowed in the camp unless approved by the camp authoritative body!"

"Errr... anooo... I'm sorry Naguchi-san!" Sena burst out, bowing profusely, "He's the person who helped me escape from the boar this morning and because of me he lost his compass! He's just here because he can't find his way back to his friends!"

The male instructor was taken aback by Sena's outburst before his expression slowly turned to grudging acceptance. "I see... well, he can't very well go back out tonight."
Turning towards Shin, he stated, "You'll go back tomorrow and tonight you sleep in one of the spare instructor's cabins near the mess-hall."

Shin nodded in agreement. "Arigatou gozaimasu." He bowed.

Naguchi nodded back. "Right. Come with me. And you girls," he turned towards them and Sena, "Go back to your cabin and turn in. It's already late."

"Hai!" Tsuna and Sena chorused, scampering towards their cabin, intent to get away from Naguchi's searching gaze. Tomiya fixed Shin with another hard look before hmph-ing and turning to walk away to where her friends have gone to.

"What's... this...?"

~TBC~