Shawn's entire body went tense when his hasty retreat was once again stopped by the older boy, this time his arms wrapping firmly around his body. It was like Aki knew the moment he touched him, Shawn would turn into what could surely be called a poor impersonation of a statue, he just didn't look natural. But that all changed in a moments notice. That moment when Aki's chin touched the top of his head, that moment that was probably the briefest of moments, especially compared to how long it had stayed there, but in any case he'd become jello. All tension left his body, and he slumped back against the solid, comforting body of Aki's as he listened to him. A heavy sigh came out of him, not sure he wanted to turn around and look up because there had to be some red in his cheeks. But he eventually did, after maybe a minute, it was just slow as he turned his face up to the other boys first, blue eyes locked with green and a heavy sigh came from the shorter as he very slowly turned his body and reached up to hold tightly to his shirt.<br/><br/>"I... I just..." Blue eyes broke away from green to look down, hiding once again behind that dirty green rim of his cap. "I never ex-expected to l-like the sound of it so much." He said, voice getting softer with each stuttered word as the red in his cheeks got a little darker with the confession. In their few moments of silence as words sunk in, Shawn looking up at him. A thought slowly occurring to him "I... Just don't... Don't say it in front of people. Please?" He'd spoken slowly, making sure he'd actually had the right words and preventing a noticeable stutter.<br/><br/>The pair of them were so close together, anyone who came into the hall went unnoticed easily by the younger boy. They could have been a group of girls who giggled right in his ear and he probably still wouldn't have noticed, too lost in a sea of wonderfully green eyes. If he was at all used to these things, he'd have realized that he was beginning to fall fast. As it were, should anyone have truly been in that hall, they steered clear of the two boys, keeping their distance while keeping eyes.