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I miss you…
Riku… Didn’t we just see each other for dinner?
That was a business dinner between
IDOLiSH7 and ZOOL, so it doesn’t count. :<
Can you come over…?
EH— Come to the dorms?? But the rest of the
guys are there, aren’t they?
They’re all asleep. Well, Yamato-san is passed
out drunk on the couch… But we can stay in my
room the whole time! Besides, I don’t wanna
fall asleep alone again…
Oi, you can’t say stuff like that or I might speed
over there too fast and come barreling through
the door to see you. Be there in 20.
A light rapping on the dorm front door didn’t even make Yamato flinch as he snored away in a half slumped, half sideways sleeping position on the couch. Riku got up from the stool he was sitting on and silently scrambled to the front door. After disabling the alarm and unlatching the door, his crimson eyes flamed with excitement at the sight of his clandestine visitor.
“Touma…!” Clapping a hand over his mouth to keep himself from getting too loud, he grabbed his visitor’s hand and pulled him into the foyer. He dragged him carefully through the common area, navigating around the few stray items left out from that evening. Touma almost kicked a beer can as he tripped along behind Riku, which made him flail and stumble out a frantic and hushed warning to slow down.
Once they reached Riku’s open door, Riku finally let him go as he plopped down on the edge of his bed with a bright smile. Touma felt his face turning red as he relaxed a bit from just looking at that shining expression meant for only him. He shut the door as quietly as possible, locking it just in case someone decided to check on Riku in the night. Sitting down next to him, he could hardly look him in the eyes, his loving excitement was almost blinding. To show what he was feeling inside was mutual, he slid his hand over Riku’s and looked to the side with a mixture of an embarrassed frown and gleeful grin. A soft giggle from his side drew his eyes back to Riku’s face.
“What’re you laughing at?”
“Ehehe~ I was just thinking how happy I am that you’re here, and I think you feel the same.” He brought Touma’s hand up to his cheek to rub against it a moment before guiding Touma’s hand over his shoulder so Riku could lean closer and embrace him.
“E-Ehh… I-I guess I am pretty happy too…” Touma’s rigidity melted away as the warmth of Riku’s body permeated to his core and wore away at his awkwardness. Riku really did give the best hugs, didn’t he? Returning his embrace by wrapping his other arm around the back of his waist, Touma hugged him tighter and sighed happily. “Y-Yeah, I’m really happy too.”
“Yayyy~! Oops, I’ve gotta keep it down, eheh.” Riku let him go and settled back by the head of his bed, patting next to him to encourage Touma to sit with him. Obliging him, Touma clambered closer and pulled himself up against the pillow. A bed being meant for one, they had to cuddle in close with Riku’s legs tangled on top of his.
“A bit of a tight fit, don’t you think?” Touma scratched nervously at the back of his head as he tried to casually stretch an arm around Riku’s shoulders again.
“It’s nice~! You’re so cozy and warm, Touma…~” The innocently loving gaze Riku had was steadily working lethal magic on any remaining walls Touma had up. It wasn’t helped by the hand softly resting on Touma’s thigh, either.
“I’d love to always be holding you in our downtime… If only the world were that kind…” Touma’s thoughts stayed within his mind, and instead he smiled with a subtle hint of bittersweetness and rubbed the side of Riku’s shoulder. “You’re pretty hot too— er— I mean that in the like— body temperature kinda hot—”
Riku laughed lightly as he watched Touma fail to seem cool as he attempted to cover himself. “It’s fine if you meant the other kind of hot, y’know. I hear it from fans all the time, and besides, I’d wanna seem hot and desirable to my partner. You’re pretty hot yourself too, ehehe~”
Poor Touma’s face couldn’t get any hotter as he squirmed in shy embarrassment. “It’s one thing hearing it from fans, but it’s totally different hearing that from someone you like!”
Tilting his head like a curious puppy, Riku raised his brows and stared intently. “How’s it different? Do you not like to hear it…?”
“N-No, it’s the total opposite…! It’s hard to explain, but anyone could find you attractive, yet knowing the person you value the most sees you that way… feels too good to be true, I guess.”
“I’m not sure I get it, but I can keep saying it until you can believe it. You’re hot, Touma~!”
“Uwah, n-n-not so loud, Riku…!”
Even worse for wear, Touma clapped his hand over Riku’s mouth as he listened out for any movement outside the bedroom. After a few seconds of undisturbed silence, Riku peeled the hand off his mouth and put it to his chest, revealing his heart was softly beating slightly faster than normal. At this moment Touma became aware of the fact that he had leaned in close to the side of Riku’s face when he had covered his mouth. Getting caught in the feeling of Riku’s heart under his hand and the warm gaze of Riku’s eyes, he didn’t pull away. Instead, his face hovered closer and closer, teasing contact with Riku’s. Before he fully became aware of what they were doing, Riku closed the rest of the distance and pressed his lips against Touma’s. The soft, slightly moist warmth of his lips made Touma concurrently melt and tangle his fingers through the back of Riku’s hair to ensure he stayed close. With a gentle whine from Riku, they lingered in the moment and shifted into a deeper first kiss that neither of them would be able to ever forget.
Once they wordlessly agreed to pull their heads away, both men weren’t able to look each other in the eye as they processed what just happened. As usual Riku was the first to break the silence with a giggle. He snuggled into Touma’s shoulder and hugged him around his middle.
“That was pretty awesome…” Touma almost chuckled himself, settling back with a satisfied, dopey grin.
“Uh-huh~!” A yawn sneaked out as Riku agreed, his eyes getting dewy and heavier afterward.
“Looks like that’s the queue that it’s time for bed,” he spoke with a gentle smirk, inside thinking how cute he looked at that moment.
“Aww… But I wanted to kiss some more— Uwah, did I just say that out loud…?” Riku blushed again and buried his face into Touma’s shoulder some more.
Touma laughed lightly and rubbed his shoulder in comfort. “How’s this: I’ll give you a kiss goodnight, then you’ve gotta try to fall asleep.”
“You’ll stay the night, right…?” Riku peeked up at Touma with a pleading glint in the corners of his eyes, enough to make Touma wish to agree to anything to prevent even a hint of disappointment from crossing Riku’s face.
“I’ll stay as long as I safely can, since I’ve gotta leave before the rest of the dorm wakes up. But I promise I’ll say goodbye before I leave.”
“Yayyy…~” Another yawn interrupted him before Touma gave him a tender kiss.
After a pleased giggle, Riku squirmed down, bringing Touma with him under the covers. The two tangled up close together with Riku’s face close to Touma’s chest as they rested in each other’s embrace.
“So…warm…~ Sooo…safe…~” Riku cooed quietly as he quickly succumbed to peaceful sleep.
“Goodnight, Riku…” Touma spoke in a whisper while petting the back of Riku’s head slowly. When he sensed his partner’s breathing was slower and deeper, he kissed the top of his head and added, “Love you…~” before closing his eyes to get some rest as well.
“Love…you…too…~” he replied in his sleep, cuddling in even closer and wrapping a leg around Touma’s.
The two slept soundly the entire night wrapped up close together, Touma’s light snoring not bothering Riku in the slightest. Knowing from Riku’s summary of the dorm’s daily schedule, Touma had set an alarm on his phone for 5:15 AM, fifteen minutes before Iori would wake up and start the day. His phone began to go off as scheduled, “SEPTET For…” singing out from his pants pocket. Touma’s eyes sparked open, his arm moving on instinct to rip his phone out and fumble to silence it. Trying to move was incredibly difficult, and in looking down he came to realize it was from Riku’s arms and legs clinging around him snugly. It killed him to disturb him, but there was no way to slip away from this position. Gently he rubbed Riku’s shoulder and said his name in a hushed voice.
“Nnnn…” Finally after getting his name called for the third time, Riku moaned and released his hold so he could stretch out. “Is it morning already…?”
“I know it sucks, but yeah, I’ve gotta go… I don’t really wanna, but I also don’t wanna get caught by the guys.”
“One more kiss before you go,” he said with a pouty insistence in his sleepy voice. He puckered his lips and cooed when Touma obeyed, now fully letting him go.
“That’s gonna be a normal thing for us now, isn’t it?” Touma asked with an adoring chuckle as he got up from bed and stretched his back.
“I like kissing~” Riku cuddled back into his sheets and blushed as he smiled up at Touma.
“D-Damn, you’re always so honest, I’m almost jealous. Yikes, I’ve really gotta bounce now. I’ll text you later, okay? Try to get more sleep.” After getting a sleepy nod out of Riku, he gave him a short wave and hurried out of the bedroom and shut the door without a sound. Riku immediately grabbed the pillow Touma had been using and snuggled his face into it, taking in the scent that his partner’s aftershave had left behind. Touma tried to slip through the dorm undetected, and he almost made it too. Alas, he didn’t see the beer can that had dropped from Yamato’s hand next to the couch. Accidentally punting it into the opposite wall, he cursed under his breath and jolted his head to see Yamato stirring awake. He leaped for the door just as Yamato’s eyes began opening and was out the door just as he became aware of his surroundings.
“Who the hell—”
“What was that ruckus!?” Iori came out of his room and upon seeing Yamato became aware of what must have happened. “Yamato-san, I have given up on stopping you from falling asleep out here and leaving a mess, but please, don’t throw your cans around!”
“O-Oi, that wasn’t me!!”
“Really, Yamato-san, don’t try to shift the blame. You’re the only one out here.”
“I swear, I coulda sworn someone was in the dorm and musta kicked something before they left! Just look outside!”
“As if I can take the words of someone who’s still probably drunk. Please clean this mess up before Tamaki-kun wakes up, I’d hate for him to see such a bad influence.”
“Tch, fine, fine…” Not having the mental strength to fight his case further, Yamato grumbled the entire time he cleaned up the splattered beer off the wall while the real offender jogged off with a warmth in his chest from a wonderful night’s sleep.