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”So, sleeping arrangements…” Tsukasa sighed.
He had showered and changed a bit ago. He made Rui take one too and lent his own clothes to him. That guy somehow only took 10 minutes to shower?? That must be why he saw some white stuff in his hair. Tsukasa knew not to scratch Rui’s head now.
“If you want I can sleep on the floor-“
“No, you’re not sleeping on the floor.”
“Then with you..?”
“NO… hm how about the couch?” Tsukasa suggested.
Rui looked back through the door of the bedroom to get another look at the couch. “Um.. I don’t think I’ll fit.”
“Right.. you’re tall…” Tsukasa mumbled to himself as he put his hand to his chin.
“We don’t have many choices here Tsukasa-kun..”
“Fine, you can sleep on my bed, I’ll sleep on the couch.”
“Eh?? I can’t do that. This is your home.”
“Ugghh.. but like you said.. we don’t have a lot of options…”
“But you sleeping on the couch isn’t one.” Rui reslonded sternly.
“Okay, we’ll both sleep on my bed…”
Rui looked satisfied with that decision as he grabbed Tsukasa’s arm and dragged them both in his bed. Tsukasa was too tired too care at this point.
They got settled in bed, Tsukasa made sure to keep a distance from Rui.
“Good night Tsukasa-kun…” He turned over to his side to look at Tsukasa, who was staring at the ceiling.
“Yeah, good night.” He turned his head to Rui, who was somehow already sound asleep. He did have some horrible eyebags so that could explain why.
Just as Tsukasa was about to close his eyes and fall asleep, he felt something against him to his left. He opened his eyes. Why were Rui’s arms wrapped around him? Why were his legs interlocked with Rui’s?
“Rui-“
”mgh…”
Rui wasn’t asleep. If it was anyone else, they would assume Rui was still asleep. That guy knew exactly what he was doing.
“Rui.. get off.. I know you’re awake.” Tsukasa whisper-yelled to him as he tried getting out of whatever situation Rui had put him in.
“Noo.. you’re warmm..”
…
Tsukasa sighed. He should’ve made him sleep on the floor. Tsukasa decided to just accept his fate. He knew Rui wasn’t going to let go anytime soon.
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it was 2:42 AM when Tsukasa woke up. He was surprised he even did wake up. He thought Rui would’ve already ended him off by now... Maybe he isn’t a serial killer. Just a normal guy.
Speaking of Rui, where did he go? Tsukasa rolled to his left, seeing nobody. The bed was undone on his side. Maybe he had gone to the bathroom? He rubbed his eyes as he got up from bed.
Tsukasa gently opened the door…
There, he saw Rui, leaning on the countertop with his arms, propping himself up. A rush of fear filled Tsukasa. He didn’t know why. It was just Rui in his kitchen. But… something was off. He looked so dead. He didn’t even notice the door open. He was staring off, thinking about who knows what.
“Rui.”
“Huh- eh ah..! Tsukasa-kun, what are you doing up so late..?” Rui stumbled over his words. Something he hadn’t done before.
“…I just woke up out of nowhere you know?” Tsukasa replied. “That doesn’t matter though. Why are you up so late?”
“Oh, well… I’ve always been kind of a night owl…” He laughed nervously.
“…So you weren’t asleep earlier.”
“…”
“Don’t do that again.”
“…I won’t.”
why was Tsukasa feeling kind of bad now..? Rui was just acting so different all of a sudden. He looked kind of guilty too..? Tsukasa went to grab his bag and placed it on the kitchen counter.
“..?”
“Um..” Tsukasa was digging through his bag. “Here…” He pulled out the envelope from before.
“Eh..?”
“This… I was looking at it before you came in. You probably noticed.” Tsukasa said blankly as he pulled the note out.
“…”
“Is something the matter?”
“..No, I was just shocked you’d trust me enough to show this to me… I mean, we only met 5 hours ago.”
“And didn’t you ask to partner up 5 hours ago?”
“…Touché.”
Tsukasa slid the note to Rui, “So, I got this really stupid note. I don’t understand how they wrote it.. anyways, they said that this address is where I’ll, ‘find it’, the hell does that mean ??”
“Hm.. that is odd… and there’s not much to assume from this note. ” Rui paused. “Maybe we’ll just figure out if we go tomorrow.”
“…Right.”
Rui was confusing. Tsukasa couldn’t help but over analyze each and every one of his actions. Every word he spoke… and now Rui was contradicting himself, telling Tsukasa they were going to that address when hours earlier he said not to? He just couldn’t understand.
It also confused him how he just casually decided to show Rui something as important as that note. He still didn’t trust him like that he just… impulsively showed him.
”Tomorrow we’ll go, you can go back to sleep now, Tsukasa-kun.”
“Okay, night.”
Tsukasa reluctantly walked back to his room, leaving Rui alone in his kitchen. The note was still in front of him. He felt guilty. He always did though. It shouldn’t be any different though. He had always been victim to the feeling of guilt crippling inside of him. It shouldn’t.
‘I know I can’t go back now.’
Rui got up from where he stood to turn off the already dim lights and carefully place the note and envelope back in Tsukasa’s bag. It was supposed to be a letter anyway.
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Rui woke up that morning to Tsukasa being the one holding onto him. Oh, how he was going to react when he woke up. He was also snoring. Rui didn’t expect him to be a snorer. It was kind of cute though. Whatever.
Rui continued to lie in Tsukasa’s arms. He was warm. Rui decided he would wait for him to wake up.
He wondered how the day would go. Would Tsukasa really allow Rui to partner up with him? Or would he have to walk back home alone. He had no idea. He wanted to believe that Tsukasa would let him, but he couldn’t. And even if he did, he knew that Tsukasa would get tired of him eventually, just like everyone else.
Oh, how cruel this world is.