distortion

"Don't come to Aoba Johsai," he said, and watched horror birth itself on Tobio's stricken face. "We don't need dictators like you there."

His kouhai didn't utter a word, but his stunned silence said it all.

And in twisted triumph, Tooru left him there, before Tobio could do the same. Maybe not then, but years later, when Tobio would inevitably kick him to the curb and leave him panting in the dust, not sparing a glance.

Because then, he could say he did it first.

[Posted from AO3]