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“We are approaching the station, please gather your belongings and prepare to exit.” An electronic voice called out stirring Sumire awake.
Sumire in her drowsy state slowly got out of her seat then performed a short small stretch before reaching up compartment and pulling her bags down, she then opened them up and doubled checked everything she had packed was still in there. After being satisfied she picked up her bags again and moved towards the door of the train car.
As she waited for the train to pull into the station she took one last look at the dusk covered countryside in silent amazement before it turned into the more familiar sight of grey and dull buildings.
“Won’t be long now Senpai” Sumire quietly murmured as she leaned against the wall. It was currently Golden Week and after some work Sumire managed to convince her parents to let her visit Ren for the week, she had left Tokyo in the morning and now night was approaching but the long travel was worth what waited for her.
After a few minutes the train slowed down to a stop in the station and the doors opened, Sumire straightened up and left the train. After Walking through the near empty station Sumire took out her phone and checked where Ren told her to wait. “Hmm so Senpai said to me-”
“Kooooonnnichi WA!”
Sumire yelped in surprise at hearing the shout from behind, quickly turning around she saw Ren laughing, “S-Senpai!” Sumire yelled with a pout “That wasn’t fair…”
Still laughing Ren moved a bit closer to Sumire “Consider that pay back for hawaii plus,” Ren gained the same smirk he always had when teasing Sumire “Your reaction was so cute I couldn’t help myself.”
As Ren expected Sumire’s face turned a deep shade of red as she began attempts to stammer out a response. With another short chuckle Ren got closer to his flustered girlfriend and pulled her into a gentle embrace “I missed you so much Sumi” Ren whispered into her ear.
Hearing Ren say this reminded Sumire this is the first time they had seen each other since March, without hesitating Sumire quickly returned the embrace “M-me to Ren… I missed you so much” Sumire said into his chest.
They stayed in each others warm embrace for a few minutes although for them it felt much longer, eventually Ren reluctantly, slowly separated from Sumire but just before they completely broke away from each other Sumire quickly gave Ren a kiss on his cheek causing her to start blushing again while Ren looked a bit surprised.
“We should probably get going, we’ve got about a 15 minute walk from here to my place.” Ren said nonchalantly while he walked over to Sumire’s bags
“Okay sounds good Senpai.” as Sumire said this she realised what Ren was planning to do “Oh wait Senpai, you don’t have to carry those I’ll be fine!”
As Ren picked up the first bag he said “I know you can but I want to do this.” just as Ren was about to grab the second bag Sumire dashed over and grabbed it first.
“Well I’m at least carrying one of them!” Sumire said with a triumphant smile all while Ren shook his head with his own smile.
“Okay, let’s get moving then, follow me.” Ren said as he reached out for Sumire’s hand which she happily accepted.
As they travelled across town Sumire took in her surroundings, while there were a lot of buildings you would expect to see in Tokyo there was also a lot more greenery and trees around, the air also felt a bit more fresh. As Sumire continued to take in the environment she slowly moved closer to Ren.
“Oh, Senpai where’s Morgana-senpai?” Sumire questioned, finally noticing the cat’s absence.
“Mona stayed home, he said he wanted to give us privacy” Ren shrugged “But between you and me, I think he just wanted to sleep on my bed while I was gone.”
Sumire giggled after this the conversation lulled into some various topics such as how Sumire’s training has been going, how the other Phantom Thieves left in Tokyo were doing and just whatever they felt like talking about as they passed through town. Occasionally Ren would point out places of interest like a small park or a couple of small family owned shops or diners.
Eventually Ren stopped at a staircase that led up to a house on top of the hill “We’re here” Ren said.
Sumire paused and looked up at the building for a moment, it was a two story building with a lot of windows surrounding all sides and it also had a balcony and another platform on the first floor with.
Sumire turned to Ren and looked at him in slight shock “That’s your house!?” Sumire yelled in surprise.
Ren smirked and then shrugged “It’s a bit bigger than the attic.” as they started to climb the steps and made their ways to the door, Sumire gulped realising she was not only about to see Ren’s home but also meet his family. She gave a hesitant nod telling Ren she was ready so he opened the door.
“We’re here!” Ren calls out while Sumire slowly steps in staying behind Ren, looking around nervously.
An older woman with long black fluff hair walked out and greeted them “Welcome back!” the woman cheers “Now where is she? I want to get a good look at her!” The woman’s eyes started to look like a predator’s when they’re about to pounce on their prey when she saw Sumire behind Ren.
The woman dashed over to where Ren and Smuire were standing and pushed Ren out the way so she could get a look at Sumire “Nice to meet you, I’m Yuine Amamiya, this troublemaker’s mother!” Yuine said with a bright smile as she looked over Sumire.
Sumire too surprised to respond quickly glanced at Ren who gave her a sympathetic smile with a look in his eyes saying sorry for what’s happening. When Sumire looked back at Yuine she finally squeaked out a response “U-um n-nice to meet you as well Amamiya-san. I-I’m Sumire Yoshizawa.”
Yuine gave a short nod before looking over Sumire one final time before stepping away, “You are very pretty.” Yuine said with a smile.
Sumire started to blush at the complement “T-thank you!” Sumire said with a bow.
“Oh and you’re very polite as well. I like you already!” Yuine turned to Ren “Now I can see why you’ve been looking forward to seeing her again, she’s a keeper.” Before Ren or Sumire could respond Yuine walked back towards the kitchen “Take off your shoes then come in here and join us, Dinner is nearly ready.”
After she left Ren sighed “Sorry about that, Mum can be a bit overwhelming sometimes” Ren said shaking his head.
“N-no, it’s fine Senpai! I was just caught off guard…” Sumire said as she started to take her shoes off “She seems really… nice.” Sumire said with a bit of hesitation.
“Yeah she is, she’s been looking forward to seeing you ever since the first time I mentioned you” Ren said with a small smile as he joined Sumire in removing his shoes.
After they were finished they heard a rumbling sound “Looks like I’m hungrier than I thought” Sumire said looking a little embarrassed.
Ren chuckled “Good thing dinner is ready.” saying that Ren guided Sumire to the Kitchen where they saw his Mum finishing up the meals and a man with short black greying hair sitting at a table.
“Ah Ren and you must be Sumire, come on sit down.” The man called out. The pair nodded and joined him at the table.
“It’s a pleasure to meet you, I’m Jun Amamiya. Ren has told us a lot about you.” Jun said in a light hearted but stern voice.
“H-hello, it’s nice to meet you as well,” Sumire said with more confidence then earlier.
After the introductions a silent almost awkward tension settled between the group, Soon Sumire reached out for Ren’s hand under the table and they started to hold hands as a show of support. Eventually Jun spoke up “So… Ren mentioned you do Gymnastics, So how’s that going? I’ve heard professional Gymnast have to work extremely hard.”
Sumire’s eyes lit up at the question “It’s going well, thank you!” Sumire exclaimed without any hesitation “And yes it it’s a lot of hard work and I still have a long way to go but I wouldn’t have it any other way!”
Jun chuckled “That’s good to hear, people your age need something to be passionate about. Helps keep you out of trouble.” he then looked to one of the empty seats “It’s a shame Sasa isn’t here tonight. I think you two would have a lot in common.”
“Who’s Sasa?” Sumire asked
Jun had a confused expression, “Sasa is Ren’s older sister.” Jun looked towards Ren “Did you never mention her?”
Sumire looked at Ren in surprise, “It never really came up.” Ren said with a slight shrug.
After this the three had some idle chatter however when Sumire glanced over at Ren she noticed he seemed a bit more uneasy then usual but before Sumire could think on this further Yuine came in with four plates.
As they started eating Yuine looked at the couple “So how did you two get to know each other?” Yuine asked curiously. “I’ve tried to ask Ren before but I want to hear it from both of you.” she finished with a smirk
“We met at Shujin and became friends at a clean up event the school held” Ren explained, choosing to omit the events that lead up to that.
Sumire gave a slight nod “Yes and Sen- Ren helped me get out of a slump I was in with my gymnastics…” Sumire looked at ren with a slight blush “A-and I wouldn’t be who I am now without him.”
“Awww she is really cute, you know that Ren.” Yuine said with a smirk that reminded Sumire of Joker.
Ren followed up on his Mum teasing with his ownJoker smirk “Yes, I do.”
After hearing this Sumire focused on eating her food and tried to fight back the blush she got from Ren and his mother’s teasing.
Dinner proceeded smoothly from there, with Yuine asking Sumire some questions while Jun and Ren mostly ate in silence. When Sumire finished, Yuine offered her seconds which Sumire gladly accepted.
After they finished and thanked Yuine for the food, Ren and Sumire decided they would just relax in his room for the evening so they carried her bags up the stairs while Sumire was getting a bit flustered at the thought of being in Ren’s room.
When they walked in, Sumire noticed a lot of the decorations Ren had at the attic in Lablanc were also being used here, her thoughts were interrupted by a poke to her shoulder.
“Told you.” Ren said as he pointed to the bed where they could see a black and white cat curled on top of the bed which caused them both to have a short giggle.
Morgana started to wake up from the noise, after a quick stretch Morgana looked up at the two, “Ah Yoshizawa, It’s nice to see you again.” Morgana said with a yawn
“It’s nice to see you as well Morgana-Senapi” Sumire responded as she continued to giggle. The 3 then caught up and chatted while they put Sumire’s stuff out the way, once that was done.
Ren and Sumire got changed and went into bed to relax for the rest of the night. After making some room the two were now comfortably cuddling together.
Sumire gave out a content sigh “I missed being able to do this.”
“So did I. I've missed you so much Sumi.” Ren said, pulling Sumire closer into his embrace before giving her a quick kiss on her forehead.
Sumire was both flustered and smiling at her boyfriend’s actions. As they laid there within each other warm embrace Sumire slowly started to fall asleep as she became drowsier and her eyes began to close she whispered out “I love… you, Ren”
Ren looked down to see Sumire’s breathing had slowed and she was now asleep with a content smile across her face.
As he looked down at her relaxed sleeping form he whispered out “I love you to Sumire.” as he said this he could feel the first genuine smile he has had in months grow on his face. As he slowly relaxed and fell asleep besides the one he loves.