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It hit Shou like a blow with a force of a freight train.
He noticed it first while he was out training with Ritsu out in an open field, shooting blast after blast of psychic energy at him, when he suddenly had managed to get close (it had nothing to do with the way his face was scrunched up in the most adorable way) the sweat dripping down his face, along his jaw, down his neck-
He promptly got punched in the face.
And then Ritsu just had to start laughing in he most endearing way.
It was in that moment that Shou realized how deep in he was. And he wasn’t getting out any time soon.
Nothing really changed much after that, except that he was always filled with anticipation when they hung out. Shou’s sketchbooks suddenly were filled with portraits of the ravenhead. Even at night thoughts of his best friend continued to persist him. It was exhausting, yet exhilarating.
And then Shou’s hand just had to accidentally brush up against Ritsu’s, and Shou wanted to end himself then and there, but then Ritsu just grabbed his hand and squeezed it, and he could swear that he never had been more happy before in his life.