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Baji remembered visiting Chifuyu’s room at nights, always finding the blonde reading his shoujo mangas with only the moonlight as his source of light.
“Oi.” Baji murmured, his voice being the loudest sound in Chifuyu’s quiet bedroom.
The blonde jumped, the manga in his hands almost dropping before Chifuyu’s head whipped around frantically.
“Who-?! oh, it’s just you, Baji-san.” Chifuyu calmed down, placing his manga on a desk beside his bed and placing a hand on his heart.
Baji rolled his eyes, chuckling at Chifuyu’s dramatic antics.
“Who else would be coming to your room through the window aside from me?” Baji questioned, raising an eyebrow when Chifuyu rambled about the existence of robbers.
“Not my point, Fuyu.” Baji cut the younger off before he could hear even more nonsense from Chifuyu.
Taking a seat cross-legged on Chifuyu’s bed beside the younger, Baji leaned against the wall, groaning.
“What’s wrong, Baji-san?” Chifuyu asked, concerned.
Yeah, concerned and all, but Chifuyu still had reached for another shoujo manga and was flipping through it already.
Baji felt irked by the fact that Chifuyu chose damn shoujo mangas over him.
“Don’t ask if you’re just gonna read a manga.” Baji grumbled, unconsciously scowling.
It’s not like Baji came here to talk with Chifuyu or because he missed the younger or anything.
…
Okay, maybe Baji realising his feelings for Chifuyu might changed his intentions a little-
He used to come by to Chifuyu’s room whenever he felt bored, just wanting company.
But then without actually realising, he started visiting because he just wanted to see the younger.
Ew.
Cringe.
But Baji really couldn’t stop feeling like that.
Baji noticed his feelings for his vice captain a few days after Bloody Halloween, the ambulance luckily reaching the place on time.
During the time he was in the ambulance, Chifuyu was the one who stayed with him, Kazutora feeling too guilty to join the younger.
In his could’ve-been last moments, he suddenly realised that the only thing that was in his head at that time was Chifuyu.
He was surrounded with Chifuyu’s warmth, and the younger’s breathing somehow calmed the older little by little.
The hand squeezing and trembling Baji’s hand also comforted Baji little by little.
And lucky enough, Baji managed.
Waking up after the surgery, the first thing he saw was Chifuyu’s sleeping face on his bed, the vice captain still holding one of his hands, sitting on a not-so-comfortable-looking chair.
It was honestly very heartwarming.
Baji stayed silent for a while, just spending the next hours staring at the younger puffy eyes probably due to crying.
He took the time to let it sink in that he liked the younger.
…
…
Damn-
“Baji-san?!”
Baji’s heart ached a little when he took notice of Chifuyu’s tired complexion.
Before Baji could say anything, he was pulled into a hug, Chifuyu sobbing as he cried and scolded Baji for being so selfless.
“I’m here to protect you, Baji-san! Don’t go kicking the bucket yet or something.” Chifuyu sobbed, tears streaming down his cheeks.
That day was honestly the day Baji spent crying the most.
Turns out, the others were waiting outside the whole time Chifuyu was scolding Baji. So they didn’t really scold Baji and just hugged him when they entered since, well, Chifuyu had said everything that they wanted to say.
That was when Baji’s 15.
Baji’s literally 17 now.
…
Still didn’t say anything to Chifuyu even after all those years-
“You’re still reading mangas in the dark? Your eyes will definitely need glasses sooner or later.” Baji lightly scolded, taking the manga from Chifuyu’s hands and keeping it out of reach by placing it on the other side of the bed.
“Wha- Lemme read thattt!” Chifuyu pouted, trying to go over Baji and take back his manga but to no avail.
Baji almost got a heart attack with how close Chifuyu was to him-
“No. Go sleep or something. Stop reading in the dark.” Baji pressed, determined to make the younger pay attention to him.
He obviously didn’t want to third wheel Chifuyu and the tons of shoujo mangas Chifuyu has.
Chifuyu didn’t stop trying anyway.
The younger male was already almost straddling Baji’s lap to reach for his manga when Baji had enough.
Not caring about the consequences, Baji placed -he didn’t just throw it because Chifuyu treasured his shoujo mangas- the manga on the furthest side of the bed before wrapping an arm around Chifuyu’s waist and his other hand pressing the back of Chifuyu’s head into his neck, the younger basically almost nuzzling into his neck.
“Stay still and just sleep.” Baji deadpanned, done with his vice captain’s antics and slightly sleepy.
For a few long minutes, Baji could feel Chifuyu’s erratic heartbeat in his chest, watching in slight satisfaction as the younger’s ears went red and his hands trembled while gripping the back of Baji’s shirt.
Eventually, Chifuyu managed to fall asleep.
Baji took that as a chance to readjust his and Chifuyu’s position on the bed so that they could cuddle more comfortably.
Despite Baji’s erratic heart beating, he still managed to sleep that night.
But he ended up feeling restless the next morning, face flushing due to a certain someone in glasses popping up in his dream.
It was so random, Baji felt chills when he recalled his dream.
He had to make sure Chifuyu would never ever wear glasses.
That’ll be the end of him.
Baji was reminded he was cuddling a said certain someone when he felt a puff of breath on his neck, effectively making Baji stilled.
Right.
He’s cuddling Chifuyu.
…
Wow-
He’ll thank past him later-
If Baji unnecessarily had cuddled Chifuyu closer and longer, he’ll blame it on the chilly morning weather and drowsiness.
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A few weeks had passed since Baji, well, cuddled the life out of Chifuyu.
Lucky enough, Chifuyu didn’t even seem bothered by Baji cuddling him a little bit too long and too close.
Baji took note of that and will definitely cuddle Chifuyu to his heart's content in the future.
Though Baji never got the chance to cuddle Chifuyu after that because the younger had been busy for the past weeks.
The blonde kept on saying he had other things to do with Mitsuya, and everytime Baji asked why he can’t just help the younger instead of Mitsuya -he was so not jealous or anything-, the younger shrugged.
“You wouldn’t know what Mitsuya-kun knows.”
That irked Baji to the core.
Though Baji’s suffering of not seeing the younger as often as he used to would end since they’ll have to go to school.
And Chifuyu always goes to school with Baji. No criticism nor arguments were accepted.
So, patiently waiting for the blonde, who was oddly late, while leaning against the wall, Baji tapped his feet to a random rhythm.
What’s taking Chifuyu so long-
“Ack!”
The familiar yelp plus the sound of someone walking into a pole snapped Baji out of his thoughts, eyebrows furrowing as he watched his junior rubbing his forehead, pouting.
“Pfft.” Baji accidentally laughed.
That somehow made Chifuyu realise someone saw him.
Baji can’t believe Chifuyu walked straight into a freaking pole-
“You blind, old man?” Baji cackled, enjoying the sight of Chifuyu’s ears and cheeks tinting red due to embarrassment.
“I- I’m absolutely not old!” Chifuyu retorted lamely, still rubbing on his forehead and pouting.
Baji just wanna kissed that pout off Chifuyu’s lips-
“You’ve been living here for years! And now you just realised the existence of this pole?” Baji’s laughter died down, trailing off into a chuckle as he took out a plaster that his mother had given him just that morning and plastered it on Chifuyu’s forehead gingerly, careful to not press on the forming bruise.
Chifuyu flushed slightly, but he had composed himself a little the next time he spoke,
“I just- I don’t wanna wear my new gla- I mean, I just- I was distracted.” Chifuyu stammered, playing with his sweater paws to distract himself.
Pitying the younger, Baji shrugged, opting to wrap an arm around Chifuyu’s waist and started dragging the younger towards their school.
“Just don’t go bumping into people just because you’re distracted from now on, okay?” Baji teased, chuckling when Chifuyu narrowed his eyes at the black-haired student.
It was far from looking threatening.
It was plain cute.
They chatted about other things along the way to school, Baji noticing Chifuyu seemed to have trouble reading signboards nearby.
“Huh?! Since when do we have a zoo around here?!”
“Fuyu. That board clearly said ‘Zoe’.”
It came to the point where Baji was almost dragging Chifuyu to a nearby glasses shop.
“I don’t need glasses!” Chifuyu complained, crossing his arms and standing his ground when the older shook Chifuyu by the blonde’s shoulders.
“But your eyes definitely have a problem!” Baji scowled, eyebrows furrowed.
Usually Chifuyu just went along with whatever Baji said.
…
This must be because Mitsuya influenced the younger or something-
“I already have glasses, Baji-san.” Chifuyu suddenly admitted, Baji immediately freezing and felt his heart skip a beat.
…
Hold up-
Chifuyu ignored Baji’s look of surprised, sighing as he went through his bag and took out a glasses case, ears and cheeks going red as he put on the round-framed glasses.
“I didn’t wanna tell you cuz I know you’ll definitely make fun of me… since you’ve always warned me to not read in the dark cuz it might cause far-sightedness . But I didn’t listen and, well, here I am I guess. I’ve been hanging out with Mitsuya-kun these past few weeks to ask his opinion on what kind of glasses suits we... Laugh all you want.” Chifuyu muttered, a pout on his lips as he waited.
…
Baji’s speechless.
Chifuyu looked wayyy better in real life than in his freaky dreams-
It’s absolutely not Baji’s fault when the older unconsciously tilted Chifuyu’s chin, the younger being caught off guard at the action and immediately scrunching his nose in an attempt to make sure the glasses wouldn’t fall.
…
Fuc-
Baji couldn’t stop staring-
“OKAY, WOW! WHY DIDN’T YOU TELL ME SOONER?! I WAS CAUGHT ENTIRELY OFF GUARD! LET’S JUST ACT LIKE I DIDN’T JUST STARE AT YOU JUST NOW!” Baji finally snapped out of whatever trance he was in, letting go of Chifuyu’s chin and started walking ahead, leaving a confused yet flustered Chifuyu behind.
Oh god oh god oh god-
Cute, adorable, mind-freaking-blowing-
Taking a deep breath,Baji composed himself, started walking like he usually would so that Chifuyu could catch up to him.
By the time Chifuyu had caught up with him, Baji finally calmed down, -as calm as one would after seeing their crush in glasses anyway.
Turning to Chifuyu as he mustered the best nonchalant smile he could, Baji said,
“Let’s just forget the fact that I’m definitely freaking out over you wearing glasses, okay?”
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If Chifuyu scrunched his nose in an attempt to make sure his glasses didn’t fall one more goddamn time, Baji might just lose it and would lean over the table to leave a quick peck on Chifuyu’s nose-
“Baji-san? You’re staring again.” Chifuyu spoke, tilting his head in confusion as he pushed the glasses up his nose.
He’s lucky they’re in a library-
“Oh. No I wasn’t.” Baji deadpanned, acting nonchalant despite the fact that he’s actually internally panicking.
That’s the 4th time Chifuyu caught him staring in the last 2 hours they were studying in the library!
Baji’s not even trying to make excuses anymore-
Exam was coming up, so Chifuyu asked Baji if they could do their usual tutoring in the library instead of at Chifuyu’s apartment.
“I’m pretty sure we’ll either fall asleep too fast or only chat the whole time if we study at my place. So why not a change of ‘scenery’?” Chifuyu suggested, scrunching his nose slightly when his glasses almost fell off his nose.
Usual, calm Baji would’ve said no, since he hated how silent the library was in general.
But he was too distracted with the way Chifuyu’s eyes looked behind those round glasses that he ended up nodding like a fucking simping idiot.
Honestly, he was, a simping idiot.
Though that’s not the main point here.
The main point here was that he’s dying to get out of the library but Chifuyu didn’t look like he’ll be leaving anytime soon.
Both of them weren’t really that smart, barely passed their exams. But Chifuyu’s slightly better, thus, he’s Baji’s tutor.
Seeing Chifuyu so dedicated to studying was inspiring and all, but Baji couldn’t last another hour just sitting there and staring at books that felt like they’re in any language but Japanese.
Paragraphs and paragraphs, they’re driving him nuts!
Especially the way Chifuyu nibbled on his bottom lip when he’s trying to understand something-
“Do you need anything, Baji-san? Are there any problems you’re having trouble with?” Chifuyu asked after he felt like Baji wouldn’t say anything even though the latter has been staring for what felt like years.
Ah, right.
Baji’s actually having trouble with a Math question.
Which was rare, since Math is the one good subject Baji’s not really that bad at. But you can’t possibly blame him when his head was filled with a blonde in glasses instead of equations and formulas.
“Actually, yeah. Almost forgot. This math question. You think you know how to solve it?” Baji said, more like a whisper as it’s common sense to keep your voice low in the library.
Chifuyu pursed his lips, the action causing Baji’s head to swim and turn and just do fucking flips.
“Oh! My teacher actually taught us this one!” Chifuyu cheered, proud.
Chifuyu’s voice was slightly too loud to be appropriate in the library, but at least they’re in a secluded area at the library.
Without wasting any time, Chifuyu moved seats, from opposite of Baji to beside Baji, scooting their chairs closer so Baji could see his workings when he explained how to solve the question to the older.
Baji could, absolutely, not focus. At all.
Chifuyu’s voice went through one ear and past his other ear, sounding like the voice of an angel or some shit.
Who needs drugs when you can be in love?
That thing could make you feel so high-
Chifuyu’s shampoo scent didn’t help either-
Wait-
“Wasn’t this shampoo the one I had recommended to you because it smelt nice?” Baji accidentally voiced out his thoughts, immediately freezing when he realised he had asked out loud and Baji stopped talking.
Oh.
Uhhh.
Crap.
That was definitely a detail too specific-
Now Chifuyu’s gonna know Baji had been thinking about the younger for years and-
“Y-yeah. I… uhh… bought it because you said you like the smell… you know… just in case if… uhh… you pulled stunts like suddenlypullingmeintoahugorlikecuddlingmeorsomething!” Chifuyu stammered, Baji almost missing his words.
Almost.
…
Oh god Chifuyu used the shampoo just for Baji’s sake-
“An-anyway! As I was saying…” Chifuyu fumbled to continue, pushing his glasses up his nose as he started talking again.
Like that would help Baji focus, really.
Noticing Chifuyu's stuttering and red ears, Baji decided that they definitely couldn’t study anymore.
Without putting too much thought into his next course of actions, Baji placed one of his hands over Chifuyu’s and his other hand tilting Chifuyu’s chin towards his face before adjusting the glasses on Chifuyu’s nose.
“I think both of us definitely couldn’t focus anymore.” Baji grinned, patting Chifuyu’s chin two times before packing his things and standing up.
When the younger stayed seated and only stared, Baji cocked an eyebrow.
“What? You still wanna stay at the library-”
“Do you like glasses, Baji-san?” Chifuyu suddenly asked, eyes still gazing into Baji’s.
Uhhh.
Why did you ask?
“Only if you’re the one wearing it.”
..
….
……
Bruh-
“O-okay! Uhh sorry for the uhh.. odd question.” Chifuyu flushed, rushing to gather his things and fumbling with them at the same time.
Just let Baji rest in peace already-
“I-I’m done! Let’s get going!” Chifuyu cheered, sounding a little embarrassed and awkward, yet still himself.
Baji acted nonchalant, walking ahead to hide the fact that he’s actually screaming inside-
When they passed by the librarian there who was around their age, both of them choked when the librarian had sarcastically said ‘hope you enjoyed your date’.
Baji knew the librarian was joking, but it still lived rent free in his mind for the next few days anyway.
Ever since then, the spot they sat at that day for some reason was always empty when they came there to study together.
Baji got a feeling the librarian was behind it, always grinning and wiggling her eyebrows at Baji when Chifuyu was not looking.
That information for some reason made Baji even more embarrassed-
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Did you know Toman actually disbanded as soon as Bloody Halloween ended?
Well, now you know.
Mikey decided it’ll be best for everyone to stop these fighting and all so no one else would experience the feeling of being at death’s door.
Whatever that meant.
Did you also know the word ‘grudge’ exists?
Yeah, grudges.
People who hold grudges.
Baji decided he especially hated those types of people.
Chifuyu and him were in the middle of grocery shopping -since Baji’s mother asked Baji to do some grocery shopping and Chifuyu just volunteered to help. It was so freaking domestic Baji’s gonna think about it later- when some dudes sneaked up on them and knocked the back of Chifuyu’s head, the duo didn’t see it coming.
Thus, why they’re currently beating these dudes.
They’re weak as hell though. Why even bother?
Oh. Right.
They got mad that Toman disbanded and decided to mess with ex-Toman one by one.
First of, that’s dumb.
Second of all, they’re messing with the wrong people.
It was surprising how Chifuyu still managed to throw solid punches with the way his head was pulsing after he was knocked with a bat.
Baji told the younger to rest, but the younger was persistent.
“I’m here to protect you, Baji-san!” Chifuyu had said, landing a punch on a dude’s cheek.
That sounded like it hurt real bad.
Chifuyu’s not his vice captain anymore, but he kept on saying he’ll protect Baji.
Persistent, adorable bastard.
After most of them were unconscious, Chifuyu finally dropped his tough act, legs giving out as the younger leaned against the wall, glasses miraculously still on his nose, even though it looked like it almost fell.
Adorable, really.
Though Baji’s soft smile immediately dropped when he noticed the same guy that sneaked on them earlier tried to swing his bat onto Chifuyu’s face.
With a speed even he didn’t know he could muster, Baji punched the guy on the nose.
The sound of bones cracking never sounded so satisfying.
The guy literally flew, more bones cracking at the impact of his back meeting the wall.
Good.
He deserved that.
Take that for trying to lay your hands on Chifuyu and his glasses-
“That gotta hurt.” Baji heard Chifuyu chuckle, snapping him out of his childish thoughts.
What’s up with him and Chifuyu in glasses anyway-
Baji immediately offered a hand to the younger male when Chifuyu tried to stand up but stuttered in his steps.
Holding on to Baji’s forearm, Chifuyu giggled,
“Thank you, Baji-san. But… I think I’ll… lose consciousness for a while.” was Chifuyu’s last warning before he collapsed right into Baji’s arms, the older immediately balancing him so that they wouldn't fall.
Baji contemplated if he should punched the guy some more-
“Nope. Can’t do that. Have to send Chifuyu back first. And treat his injuries. And change his clothes.” Baji reminded himself, knowing nothing good will come out if he accidentally kills the guy anyway.
Besides, he had other more important things to do -like taking care of Chifuyu and carrying the groceries back to their apartment- anyway.
When he got home, surprisingly not so tired with the groceries and Chifuyu on his back-
…
Oh.
They’ve only bought tons of peyoung yakisoba-
…
Sighing, Baji entered Chifuyu’s apartment first -using the extra key Chifuyu had given him- and treated Chifuyu’s wounds on his very, very adorable face, before he -with difficulty to not think of weird thoughts- changed the blonde’s clothes and put the younger to bed.
So Baji took another hour to do the groceries himself.
It was boring, but it was all worth it when he got to see his mother's warm smile and he got all of Chifuyu’s attention when he visited the younger that night.
“I was supposed to help you with the groceries!”
“Then… how about we watch movies tonight? For you to make it up to not helping me with groceries.”
Talked about killing two birds with one stone.
You know what?
Best day ever.
Especially the part where he got to stare at Chifuyu scrunching his nose to make sure the glasses wouldn’t fall during the whole night spent watching movies.
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What’s better than Chifuyu with glasses?
Chifuyu without glasses.
Why?
Because without glasses, Chifuyu needed to hold on Baji for the younger to move around.
Chifuyu’s far-sightedness was just that bad.
A morning in Baji’s 18 year old life started with his eyes opening to find a fluff of blonde hair against his chest, the younger nuzzling as he mumbled in his sleep.
Just yesterday, Baji hung out at Chifuyu’s place, the younger inviting the older since it was Peke J’s birthday.
Well, not really Peke J's birthday. It’s really just the day Chifuyu picked up Peke J.
The cat didn’t really look like it enjoyed the attention he got from Chifuyu, looking suffocated when Chifuyu hugged and patted the cat all day long.
With Baji though, Peke J was super comfortable.
It was honestly amusing seeing Chifuyu get jealous over a cat.
Baji and Chifuyu were, sadly, not dating yet.
Though they still acted like they’re a couple unconsciously anyway.
It was like it’s in their blood or something.
Since the younger was getting jealous over his own cat, Chifuyu had gone back to sleep early, saying he’s tired with a very kissable-looking pout.
So Baji played with Peke J some more before joining the younger on the bed and wrapping his arms around Chifuyu’s waist, the younger immediately humming appreciatively before snuggling.
And they’re still not dating.
Hopeless indeed.
Baji stopped being inside his own head when Chifuyu started moving around, arms wrapped around Baji’s neck as the younger raised his head, chin on Baji’s chest.
“Hm?” Chifuyu let out a questionable sound, blinking as Baji stifled a laugh.
Chifuyu blinked some more, stared at Baji some more before placing a short peck on Baji’s lips, smiling lazily as he fell back asleep.
Exactly.
This was why sleeping with the younger -not in that way. Yet anyway- was the best thing.
Baji always got morning kisses.
The younger probably didn’t realise he was doing it, thinking it’s a dream or just his imagination. But Baji still appreciated them anyway.
Once Chifuyu actually woke up, he finally blinked properly, flushing as he immediately retracted his hands away from Baji’s neck and abruptly sat up.
“OH! IT’S MORNING ALREADY?!” Chifuyu awkwardly exclaimed, ears flushing as the younger got out of bed, completely forgetting he was only in his big sweater that reached his mid-thigh with its sleeves engulfing his fingers.
Baji might have to think back if ‘Chifuyu without glasses’ or ‘flustered Chifuyu’ or ‘morning Chifuyu’ was suitable to be in second place-
Chifuyu, frantic, pulled the hem of his sweater downwards, yet it didn’t really change anything. In fact, he just managed to show more skin on his collarbone.
Baji might just die from watching Chifuyu-
“I’LL GO CHANGE!” Chifuyu literally announced, grabbing a ‘pair of sweatpants’ and literally sprinting to the bathroom.
Baji chuckled.
Past Baji would’ve been flustered at seeing so much of Chifuyu’s skin.
Oh. Right.
In a few seconds, Chifuyu should-
“Baji-san? I can’t see- I think I’m lost in my own apartment.” Chifuyu’s flustered voice called out from the living room.
Acting as if Chifuyu’s glasses wasn’t on the desk in Chifuyu’s room, Baji stood up and made his way to the younger male, an endearing smile on his lips when he found that the younger actually didn’t take a pair of sweatpants.
He took just another sweater.
Chifuyu and his collection of sweaters.
“Ah! Baji-san!” Chifuyu sighed in relief, walking towards Baji slowly to make sure he didn’t knock anything.
Well, he did end up bumping into Baji anyway.
“Ack! Sorry.” Chifuyu yelped, putting some distance between him and Baji before he asked,
“Have you seen my glasses?”
Hm.
Baji pretended like he’s thinking, humming when in actuality, he’s just taking his time appreciating Chifuyu in that really big sweater.
Ah, right.
Baji definitely couldn’t control his thoughts anymore.
He really should confess to the younger already.
“I remember seeing them on your desk.” Baji hummed thoughtfully, taking Chifuyu’s hand and dragging the younger back into the bedroom.
Once he made Chifuyu sit on the bed, Baji took the round-framed glasses and put it on Chifuyu, smiling when the 17 years old blinked a few times and sighed happily.
“Ugh… I feel like I’m blind sometimes…” Chifuyu complained, laying on his bed and-
This one’s definitely not in their routine-
The sweater rode up a little bit too high from Chifuyu’s mid thigh, the milky skin there causing Baji’s brain to short-circuit.
Wanna leave some mar-
“Baji-san?”
Chifuyu’s worried voice snapped the ravenette out of his thoughts, Baji realising Chifuyu had sat up straight once again and the sweater was back to its rightful place.
…
Baji couldn’t get rid of the picture out of his head-
”I’m good. Just- just caught off guard how glasses could make someone look way more sexy than they already are.”
..
….
……
You have one job, Keisuke Baji-
Surprisingly, Chifuyu didn’t look as flustered as he’s supposed to be.
Instead of flustered, Chifuyu looked confident.
Pulling Baji downwards with eases so that Baji’s knees ended up caging Chifuyu’s still fucking bare thighs, Chifuyu murmured into Baji’s ear,
“ If you think so, does that mean I’m looking very appealing to you right now?”
…
Alright, how the hell- What happened to his Chifuyu-
As if a switch was turned off, Chifuyu easily slipped away from Baji, literally skipping as he grinned at Baji, his glasses making Chifuyu looked much, much smarter and brighter.
And maybe a little bit sneaky.
“Thanks for the compliment by the way, Baji-san!
I’ll make sure to be more appealing to you from now on.”
…
What happened to his Chifuyu-
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Okay, okay.
Baji can do this.
It’s Chifuyu’s 17th birthday.
And Baji will, finally, confess to the younger.
He didn’t really plan anything. Just practice in front of the mirror a few times, and maybe re-read some shoujo mangas that were said to be Chifuyu’s favourite.
Baji definitely didn’t think of re-creating Chifuyu’s favourite moments.
Nope.
He didn’t.
…
Okay, maybe he did, BUT, he couldn’t.
He tried, but it’s just-
Cringe-
Chifuyu’s gonna kill him if he heard Baji say his favourite shoujo mangas were cringe.
Baji decided to just confess in his own way; out of the blue and just hunches.
Hanging out with Chifuyu and the guys the whole day on Chifuyu’s birthday was actually extra tiring, considering he’s always thinking of when he should try and talk to Chifuyu with just the two of them.
The whole gang was here; Mikey, Draken, Baji, Chifuyu, Mitsuya, Hakkai, Smiley -a.k.a Nahoya, Angry -a.k.a Souya, Takemichi, Emma, and, well, Hinata, of course.
Per Chifuyu’s request, all of them went to the funfair.
Baji thought he knew where this was going, but he’s not gonna put his hopes up. Just in case.
He wanted to be the one to confess anyway, not the one to say ‘yes’.
The day started out easy, Baji putting on his best outfit and picking Chifuyu up from the younger’s apartment, they went to the funfair on Baji’s bike.
“Looking good today, Fuyu.”
“My new glasses or me?”
“Both.”
Yeah, Koko and Inui gave a new pair of round glasses just yesterday for Chifuyu, saying it’s an early birthday gift for the younger and as sorry since they can’t join the hangout on Chifuyu’s birthday.
Damn rich people.
Well, at least Baji got that pair of silver rings he ordered a few weeks ago, his initials carved on one of the rings and Chifuyu’s initials carved on the other.
That’s kinda the one thing Baji understood and did not cringe at.
After riding his bike with Chifuyu’s arms around his waist, Baji grinned when he could see the bustling funfair already.
“Fuyu. We’re here.” Baji said after he found a place to park his bike, stepping off the bike and offered a hand to Chifuyu which the younger took.
Chifuyu adjusted his new glasses on his nose, tongue swiping his bottom lip for a split second before he beamed,
“Thanks for the ride, Baji-san!”
Baji’s day was instantly made.
Spoken too soon.
As soon as they met up with the others, everyone took their turns to hang out with Chifuyu.
The first hour was spent with the Kawata twins, Chifuyu and the other two going on rides and just chatted a whole lot.
Baji couldn’t even join the younger because Kazutora kept dragging him away from the birthday boy.
“I wanna go with Fuy-”
“WOAH! THAT ROLLERCOASTER LOOKED SICK! LET’S GET ON THAT ONE!”
Baji covered his face in humiliation when Kazutora forced him to ride a train made for kids.
“I hate you.”
“Hey, it’s not my fault I wanna feel young.”
By the time Baji got off the ’train’, Kazutora dragged him elsewhere, as if he’s a ragged doll or something.
Baji just wanted to see Chifuyu’s smiles with that new glasses of his damn it-
Even through the jumble of Kazutora’s ridiculous ideas, Baji still managed to keep up with who Chifuyu was walking with since Chifuyu kept on sending pictures of him to Baji.
Baji’s not complaining though.
They reached and met the others at around 2 in the afternoon. With his non-existence brain cell, Baji somehow managed to do Maths that day.
Until 3, Chifuyu spent it with the Kawata twins, sending a picture of the three of them on rollercoaster rides.
Then until 4, Chifuyu hung out with Draken, Mikey, and Emma. Mikey dragging Chifuyu all over the place and into a haunted house.
“Mikey-kun and I got lost after we separated from Draken-kun and Emma. He’s just rioting and screaming for the ‘ghosts’ to come at him right now.” Chifuyu had messaged the ravenette, sending Baji a picture of Mikey glaring at a fake doll.
“Just give him a lollipop.” was Baji’s reply, chuckling.
And then Kazutora was dragging Baji again.
From 4 until 5, Mitsuya and Hakkai hung out with Chifuyu, Chifuyu sending tons of pictures of Hakkai and Mitsuya, saying they matched each other so well.
“Their chemistry kinda reminded me of us, but less dramatic and more calm I guess.” Chifuyu had messaged, sending a picture of himself wrapped in a scarf that managed to hide half of Chifuyu’s face, the younger as if hiding his face inside a scarf.
He looked so huggable, Baji just really tempted to ditch Kazutora and looked for Chifuyu instead.
“Mitsuya-kun took the picture!” Chifuyu messaged before sending a selfie of him and Mitsuya.
Jealous jealous jealous.
Baji knew there’s something going on between Mitsuya and Hakkai, but he still felt jealous anyway.
After hanging out with the ex-third division captain and vice captain, Chifuyu then hung out with Hinata and Takemichi, the three of them mostly just walking around and going into photo booths for silly pictures.
When Baj received a picture of Chifuyu beaming at the camera with cat ears’ headband and glasses at the tip of his nose from Takemichi, Baji wordlessly stared in awe before making it his phone’s wallpaper.
He ignored Kazutora for a while after that, the two of them chilling on a bench as he stared some more at his phone’s wallpaper.
“Simp.”
“Try telling me something new, Tora.”
By 6 o’clock, Chifuyu had hung out with everyone except for Kazutora and, well, him.
“I’m assuming it’s your turn to hang out with Fuyu, then?” Baji sulked, wanting to spend time with Chifuyu already.
Kazutora grinned cheekily at that, waving goodbye to Baji and making his way towards Chifuyu who was walking towards the two of them with Takemichi and Hinata by his side.
Baji watched from afar as Takemichi and Hinata hugged Chifuyu before saying their goodbyes, leaving Kazutora with Chifuyu.
An epiphany hit Baji all of a sudden.
Kazutora and him were the only ones who got to hang out with Chifuyu one on one.
It irked the ravenette.
Even after a few minutes, Kazutora was still talking to Chifuyu, the bi-coloured hair male seeming embarrassed as Chifuyu giggled, looking like he shone as the sun’s setting.
What are they talking about?
Baji struggled to stay seated and calm, teeth unconsciously gritting as he watched Kazutora took a step closer to Chifuyu, taking out what looked like a clean handkerchief before raising Chifuyu’s glasses slightly, wiping them.
It’s actually getting colder, Baji just noticing how Chifuyu’s glasses get foggy.
Baji couldn’t sit still, ears straining to hear their conversation.
What’s happening?
The thought of Kazutora confessing to the younger got Baji standing up, his head wasn’t really processing his actions when he got to Chifuyu and wrapped an arm around Chifuyu’s waist, pulling the younger into his chest before glaring at a surprised Kazutora.
“What’s the occasion here?” Baji drawled, tone a little bitter to sound like he’s just asking since he’s curious.
Damn it.
Damn Chifuyu and his glasses and looking so attractive-
“Actually, I’m just about to say goodbye. Just giving a piece of advice to shortie over here before he’ll confess to a certain someone. Not that I’m a pro or anything.” Kazutora said, sounding like he’s teasing.
Huh?
Baji’s dumbfounded.
Confess?
Chifuyu liked someone?
“Oi! Don’t go exposing me like that, Kazutora-kun!” Chifuyu scowled, narrowing his eyebrows at Kazutora.
Chifuyu would’ve tried to smack Kazutora if it wasn’t for the fact that Baji’s arm was still around his small waist-
“Am not. The guy’s too dumb to connect the dots anyway.” Kazutora cackled, ruffling his fingers through Chifuyu’s hair and pushing the glasses up the younger’s nose before walking away, lazily waving,
“Get together already.” Kazutora sang-song, laughing heartily when he heard Chifuyu made disapproving noises from the back of his throat.
…
Get together?
“Ignore him, Baji-san. Let’s just spend the next hour together. Just the two of us.” Chifuyu pouted, getting out of Baji’s hug only to grab Baji’s hand and intertwine their fingers together.
…
Oh.
Thank god.
Baji almost thought Chifuyu liked someone else-
The two of them spent the rest of the time together, Baji taking tons of pictures of Chifuyu, the younger looking bright as if he’s the Sun itself.
Baji didn’t know he could fall for someone harder than he already had.
A few hours had passed, and the crowd was slowly dissipating, leaving only a few people in the funfair.
“I wanna go on the Ferris wheel, but it’s literally 5 minutes till closing time.” Chifuyu pouted, his bottom lips red after the younger had nibbled on it for a little too often.
Chifuyu’s next words weren’t really processed after that, Baji too busy staring at Chifuyu’s bottom lip.
It looked so plump-
“Baji-san?” Chifuyu called out when he noticed Baji was not listening.
Feeling Baji’s stare on his lips, Chifuyu instantly felt conscious of his appearance, scrunching his nose so to make sure his glasses didn’t fall and swiping his tongue over his bottom lip.
That’s it.
“Is there something on my-”
Chifuyu yelped when the older suddenly dragged him to a nearby wall and pinned him against it, not giving Chifuyu any chance to speak as Baji crashed their lips together.
Chifuyu’s toes curled.
He gasped when Baji sucked on his bottom lip, the older taking the chance to explore Chifuyu’s own mouth.
Everything was happening too fast, Chifuyu was starting to feel light-headed with the way Baji’s lips were on his and his hands in Baji’s.
Chifuyu struggled to keep quiet, letting out whimpers from time to time as he felt himself flushing when he heard Baji groaned.
Oh god oh god-
The kiss’s pace gradually got slower, and in the end Baji’s just resting his forehead against Chifuyu’s.
By the time Baji had separated their lips, his head was bustling with panicked thoughts.
Did he just make out with Chifuyu in public? Does Chifuyu mind? He hasn’t even confessed yet! What should he do? Act cool? He’s supposed to be confessing to Chifuyu at the Ferris wheel! Like one of Chifuyu’s favourite manga.
He messed up-
“Baji-san.”
Chifuyu’s soft, slightly breathy voice snapped Baji out of his thoughts, the older making eye contact with Chifuyu and was about to apologise when he felt Chifuyu’s finger against his lips, effectively shutting him up.
“So? I believe I can take this, then?” Chifuyu murmured, lips looking even redder and more plump as he showed Baji a familiar ring-
“Wha- that was supposed to be a surprise?” Baji gaped, staring at the silver ring with his initials that was on Chifuyu’s ring finger.
Chifuyu giggled at that, Baji taking note that Chifuyu giggling with that breathy voice just made it sound a little bit hotter-
His foggy glasses just made his eyes looked more lidded-
“You almost dropped this, Baji-san. You were holding it when you wrapped an arm around my waist. The ring dropped and I just picked it up. You didn’t even notice.” Chifuyu giggled again, placing a peck on Baji’s nose.
Damn Chifuyu and his cuteness-
“Is there any question you would like to ask?” Chifuyu asked, smiling softly as his fingers played with strands of Baji’s hair, tucking them behind Baji’s ear to see the older.
Ah…
Baji’s falling again.
“This is kinda a half-assed confession, but uh…
Would you like to be my boyfriend?”
The two of them ended up staying at Chifuyu’s apartment that night, cuddling and just enjoying each other’s company.
Baji Keisuke really liked Matsuno Chifuyu.
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They’re dating.
Finally.
A year had passed. Baji’s 19 and Chifuyu’s 18.
Baji just loved how their everyday life stayed the same yet different.
Oh. Except for Peke J though.
The damn cat started not liking Baji anymore.
But Baji understood the cat a little.
Baji’s taking all of his owner’s affection, after all.
Though Baji’s pretty sure Peke J also understood him. A little.
Peke J probably understood Baji’s suffering when Chifuyu unconsciously got a little too comfortable and just did his thing.
Like only wearing a big, big sweater and just sprawled all over the place: on his bed, on Baji, on the sofa. Everywhere. Not realising how often his sweater rode a little bit too high up his thighs or fell a little too low on his collarbone.
Like scrunching his nose to adjust his glasses when he’s focused.
Like nibbling and wetting his bottom lip when he’s super concentrated on solving questions and studying in general.
Baji’s really suffering. Super tempted.
Sure, they’re boyfriends, but Baji’s still not sure how to approach the… uhh… ‘subject’.
Baji really didn’t want to resort to shoujo mangas for help-
“Think you know how to do this one, Kei?”
Baji never regretted asking Chifuyu to call him with that nickname-
Baji kept his eyes on his own books, struggling to write neatly like how Chifuyu had taught him.
Also struggling to focus with the way Chifuyu’s now sprawled all over the floor, in that big sweater and very short shorts of his, scrunching his nose to stop the glasses from falling and nibbling his lips in frustration since he couldn’t answer a question.
Yup.
Baji might just die that night-
“Is it a Math problem?” Baji asked, watching as the younger sat up properly, his sweater falling off a shoulder slightly as he nodded, scooting beside Baji and showing the question.
“Yeah.” Chifuyu replied, placing his head on the crook of Baji’s neck and getting comfortable there as he waited for Baji’s response.
…
Baji.exe has stopped working-
Oh.
Baji had actually discussed this question with his teacher a few days ago.
Nice!
Now to just explain it to Chifuyu without being distracted with the way Chifuyu smell and the younger’s very much untouched skin-
“You know?” Chifuyu repeated the question when he noticed Baji’s brain had short-circuited.
…
Baji definitely couldn’t focus-
Wordlessly, Baji took a blanket and covered Chifuyu’s shoulders with it, the younger letting out a small cute yelp when Baji’s action accidentally covered Chifuyu’s eyes.
Ignoring Chifuyu’s questioning gaze, Baji started explaining, putting on his own pair of nerdy glasses just to feel smart.
…
He did feel smart. A little.
“And that’s how you do this one.” Baji grinned to himself, internally cheering and praising himself for being so smart-
Oh. Right.
Was Chifuyu listening-
When Baji tilted his head a little, his lips immediately met another pair of lips for a short while, Chifuyu retreating after a few seconds as he beamed,
“Thank you, Kei.”
…
Baji.exe has stopped working part two-
Out of the blue, Chifuyu suddenly pushed Baji down onto the floor and casually straddled the older’s hips, Baji’s too stunned to do anything as Chifuyu connected their lips.
They leisured around for a while, just enjoying each other’s warmth as Chifuyu ended up sprawled all over Baji.
“Kei?”
…
“Yeah?”
…
“You know you can just kiss me and do whatever when you want to… right?”
…
Baji’s gonna cried over the fact Chifuyu noticed his struggles to approach the uhh… ‘subject’ after he had went over the… uhh… ‘subject’ with Chifuyu.
Get it-?
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“I think I want to start wearing contact lenses.”
20 year old Baji made an offended noise at his boyfriend.
“Why? Do you not understand when I say glasses make you look even more attractive and cute than you already are?!” Baji scoffed, yet his voice was still laced with affection.
Chifuyu scowled at that.
“That’s the problem. I’m too attractive wearing glasses! I’m tired of having to say I’m not single to those who approached me and watch them walk away with disappointed faces. I felt bad.” Chifuyu voiced out, sighing in defeat.
The two of them were just watching movies that night, Chifuyu sitting in between Baji’s legs and comfortably leaning against Baji’s chest.
“Well, you don’t have to always talk to them. You can just call me and maybe I’ll make out with you in public. That’ll get them to back off. Bonus points because they wouldn’t even approach you.” Baji murmured against Chifuyu’s neck, kissing and nibbling.
“That’s- that’s absurd!” Chifuyu retorted, breath hitching when Baji sucked on a particular spot, leaving a mark.
“Then just don’t cover the marks on your neck then.”
“I’m trying to maintain a decent image and appearance in public, Kei.”
God that nickname still gave Baji goosebumps-
“Then just let me make out with you in public then. You’ve always liked being watched anyway.” Baji shamelessly said, stopping Chifuyu from making an offended noise by placing a finger against Chifuyu’s lips.
“No I don’t.”
“Don't be so stubborn and in denial. Do I have to remind you of that time when Kazutora-”
“You can shut your mouth now, Kei.” Chifuyu groaned, face flushing in embarrassment before he turned around and straddled Baji properly, nuzzling his face into the older’s neck.
He’s pretty like that.
…
“I still wanna try contact lenses.” Chifuyu mumbled, lips grazing Baji’s neck.
Baji pouted, though this time, he simply hummed, resting his hand on the sides of Chifuyu’s hips.
“Fine. You do you. But don’t wear contact lenses at home.” Baji easily gave up.
In the end, Baji’s a simp for Chifuyu, not glasses.
The next time Chifuyu wore contact lenses, the the ones that made his eyes look brown, Baji decided maybe contact lenses weren’t that bad after all.
“I thought you don’t like the idea of me wearing contact lenses?”
“Well, these ones in particular made you look hot. What am I supposed to do, stop you.”
Anyway, Chifuyu used those contact lenses to go to a reunion party. They said that they can bring anyone.
So Chifuyu brought Baji.
At first, he’s a bit reluctant, since he knew how attractive Baji could get around other people. Especially in a suit -since the reunion party was kinda formal as there’s teachers joining them.
Though since Baji insisted, Chifuyu brought the ravenette along.
He’s just glad he did that.
Because as soon as Chifuyu stepped into the classroom, everyone’s eyes were on him and their jaws’ dropped.
Excited whispers reached Chifuyu’s ears, things along the line ‘should I talk to him?’, ‘his eyes are really pretty without the glasses!’, and ‘I wonder if he’s taken?’ could be heard.
He noticed Baji furrowed his eyebrows in distaste at the statements.
Chifuyu’s never really talked with his classmates, since most of them knew Chifuyu’s in a gang and didn’t want to get involved.
After Toman disbanded, they started talking to Chifuyu, but Chifuyu’s always busy with Baji.
So they kinda just gave up halfway.
There were some who genuinely wanted to befriend him, and they actually still kept in touch.
“I can’t believe they thought you looked more attractive without glasses. They haven’t even seen you in glasses and bent ove-”
“Too much information, Baji-san.” Chifuyu mumbled, feeling his ears go red as he pinched Baji’s cheek.
Chifuyu loved Baji and all, but sometimes the older really didn’t know when to shut up.
The two of them ended up leaning against the wall, a glass of wine for each of them as they stared at the students talking to themselves.
“Don't you wanna talk to any of them?” Baji asked after a moment of silence.
“Well, I’m not so close to them that I could just walk up to them and strike up a conversation with them. A certain poindexter kept on bugging me, after all.” Chifuyu sighed, winking at Baji when he said ‘poindexter’.
Baji rolled his eyes at that, not-very-visible red tint on his cheeks as he muttered a ‘dumbass’.
Chifuyu laughed, the sound genuine and mesmerising.
By the time Chifuyu had stopped laughing, he realised how, once again, eyes were back on him.
Ah… Crap.
Chifuyu flushed, tucking a strand of his hair behind his ear when the gaze from the male beside him got soft.
“I don’t understand how you could look so pretty and cute at the same time.” Baji sighed all of a sudden, sparing a glance at the others who were staring before turning back to Chifuyu and placing a kiss at the crown of Chifuyu’s head.
Internally, Baji cheered in satisfaction at the disappointed and heartbroken looks thrown at them the moment Baji placed a kiss on Chifuyu.
Good.
They should know Chifuyu’s taken.
He didn’t like that they’re staring at his Chifuyu anyway.
“That was very unnecessary, Kei.” Chifuyu murmured, averting his gaze as his cheeks went beet red.
Adorable, really.
Imagine if he’s wearing glasses-
“Matsuno-kun!”
Baji’s eyebrow twitched.
Who-
“Oh! You came! I thought you didn’t like social gatherings and stuff like that?” Chifuyu stood straight before approaching a shorter male who was approaching the couple.
Chifuyu and the unknown brown-haired male hugged, the guy sparing a glance at Baji before whispering something into Chifuyu’s ear that made Chifuyu blushed.
“Uhhh I didn’t tell you?” Chifuyu awkwardly asked, scratching the back of his head as the brown-haired male nodded, arms crossed over his chest.
Baji hated feeling left out.
“Nope. Not a thing. After your 18th birthday, you went silent for a few weeks- MONTHS even, and then you contacted me like you’re the happiest person alive!” The brown haired-male said, shaking his head in betrayal,
Huh?
Chifuyu’s 18th birthday.
…
Hold up-
“You must be Yaku! The only friend that Chifuyu actually genuinely liked having as a, well, friend.” Baji voiced out his conclusion, smiling proudly when the brown haired-male nodded.
“At least you talked to him about me. That’s good enough.” Yaku said, pleased.
“Well, enough about me forgetting about you. Now let’s talk about what the hell happened to your wardrobe.” Chifuyu changed the topic, taking a sip of the wine in his glass.
“Is it bad? I had a friend helped me-”
“You’re kidding?! You look handsome!” Chifuyu complimented, Yaku immediately flushing at the compliment.
Baji took that as a sign that he should wrap an arm around Chifuyu’s waist.
Yeah, they’re just friends and all but…
…just in case.
For some reason, the others seeing Chifuyu talking to Yaku gave them a reason to strike up a conversation, more and more people talking to Chifuyu.
During the whole time, Baji made sure to squeeze Chifuyu’s hip from time to time, catching the younger off guard every time.
Why did he do that, you asked?
Just wanted to make sure others know there’s something going on between him and Chifuyu. So the others definitely didn’t have a chance.
By the end of the party, everyone had talked to Chifuyu. Even some teachers.
Chifuyu’s kinda popular all of a sudden.
Eventually, the night got old, -get it? Cuz the night’s not young- and Baji and Chifuyu went home.
Chifuyu couldn’t possibly blame Baji when the ravenette got hands by the time they got home.
“Fuyu?”
“Yeah?”
“…wear glasses next time. Pretty sure your admirers increased triple the times after you use contact lenses.”
Chifuyu ended up using glasses from that day on.
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