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Kunigami looks in the mirror, twisting his body back and forth making sure his blue yukata with golden colored cloud patterns is well fitted and doesn't suit him terribly. Going as far as to ask his mother to make sure it looks good and if it needs to be adjusted. With her only teasing him on where he is going and who is going with as she does what she’s asked.
“Please, it’s only a small gathering of friends” he sighs as he raises his arms.
“Your brother told me the same thing before coming home and telling me he got a girlfriend” she tightens his black sash and Kunigami grunts.
“Don’t worry about that part, I’m not planning on dating as of now” his mother asks him to do a twirl as she scans his clothing.
“Let’s see about that” she teases as she accompanies her son to the door for goodbyes.
“Have fun.”
“Thanks, I’ll be back later” he waves and then goes to the elevator. He makes his way to the local summer festival. As the sound of wood on concrete resonates on the quiet streets he checks the group chat and apparently Isagi and Bachira are already there waiting. He widens his steps and in a short amount of time he arrives at the entrance where they planned to meet. Isagi is there wearing a blue yukata with white dandelions and Bachira is on a yellow and black criss cross patterned jinbei. In the meantime, Barou who is wearing a black yukata with a dragon embroidery and Rin who’s with a brown pinstripe yukata have also arrived. They chat and make time as they wait for the others, Karasu and Kenyu appear in the meantime but Kunigami is looking in all sorts of directions nervously until a particular short frame comes into his view and his eyes widen as a small smile manifests itself.
“Sorry for being late, my mom insisted on doing my hair” Chigiri walks up to the group as they all smile and shout ‘the princess is finally here’. Kunigami looks him up and down, Chigiri is wearing a black yukata with red roses and slight green blobs of color to simulate branches. He looks to the hand that is pointing to his head, his long salmon colored hair is picked up into a side bob with a matching fake rose as his bangs loosely frame his face. He was so excited to see what Chigiri would wear, to see him, to talk to him, and now that the boy is in front of him his mind is completely blank, his cheeks go red and his brain freezes.
“Muscle-kun? Are you there?” Isagi waves his hands in front of him and the clogs in his brain start to move, he just needs to keep his eyes off Chigiri and he will be able to get through the night.
“Let’s go, I’m starving” Barou says as he starts walking towards the stands and the rest of the group quickly follows.
Chigiri isn’t bothered by his friend's silence, not at all, he just asked his mom to get him a nice yukata and to help him style his long hair and Kunigami doesn't even compliment him? To say he is slightly irritated is an understatement, men can be so dense, he thinks so himself as he rolls his eyes not thinking about the irony of a man saying that. For the rest of the night he tries to go to stands that Kunigami might like and calls him over but the orange-haired boy just keeps avoiding him much to his dismay.
“He’s a little dense, but I’m sure if you just talk to him you will get the attention you want” Kenyu comes to his side, smiling gently.
“I should be the one to approach him? I got all dressed up and he doesn't even look at me” Chigiri huffs as he takes the plastic rifle, cocks it, haims and shoots at the target, a perfect score and the prize he wants is his to take.
“I’m just saying, if he doesn't make the first move, you should” Kenyu takes the rifle and hands the change to the man running the stall.
“Why should I make a move on someone who so much as doesn't look at me…” He sighs as he takes the prize he chose, a cute plush tiger the size of a backpack, he looks to the creature’s plastic eyes and his frown deepens. He puts it under his arm and continues talking to Kenyu who missed every single one of the targets. It’s nearly midnight, time for the fireworks, and Chigiri has had enough, he gives Kunigami plenty of chances but the stubborn fool keeps avoiding him, turning his back towards him and running away quickly and he can only see his red ears and his spiky orange hair fading into the blur of lights.
“Oi, hero-” he doesn't even finish the phrase but as soon as his voice reaches Kunigami’s ears he looks for him in the crowd and runs in the opposite direction, just like this entire night. Unlucky for him, Chigiri has about had it, so, he grabs his yukata and splits it as he dashes across the stands to the forest Kunigami went hiding into. Running with his sandals on a concrete path isn't the optimal for him, and his leg, just one slip up and he could be done for, but reaching Kunigami is more important in this moment. He leans his body forward and nearly reaches him, he's just about to reach in and grab the taller man's yukata but the path suddenly ends and Kunigami hastily stops running. As fast as he ran away he turns to face Chigiri and grabs him to help him decelerate.
“Careful, there is a cliff here” Kunigami grabs his shoulders and secures him. For a moment Chigiri’s eyes widen in surprise and his heartbeat accelerates despite his legs having stopped running for some seconds now.
“Then why did you run towards here full speed?!” Chigiri pushes Kunigami away as he berates him.
“I- '' Kunigami starts but Chigiri doesn't let him finish.
“You have been running away from me all night! Not even sparing me a glance or complimenting me! For real! After I went through all that trouble of looking pretty!” Chigiri frowns and lets his rage out, he doesn't even feel that bad for Kunigami to listen to his rants, he feels worse for himself that went out of his way to look good for someone else instead of him.
“You did that…for me?” Kunigami is a little, a lot actually, surprised hearing that from the shorter man’s mouth and now he truly feels bad about avoiding him all night, but how could he even speak to him when he looks that handsome?
“I guess” Chigiri now starts feeling the heat arrive at his cheeks over what he did and sayed.
“Ah man, now I feel bad about it” Kunigami closes his eyes and rubs his neck. Chigiri sighs and looks down, feeling just as bad from wanting a reaction from his friend but at the same time he did not speak to him at all in the course of the night “it's just that you look so good” Chigiri’s eyes snap open and he looks to Kunigami who is now fully red and he most likely looks the same.
“T-Thanks…” Chigiri finally gets the compliment he waited for so long yet he doesn't feel confident, he now feels somewhat embarrassed. He has calmed down since he ran here, having been rendered speechless and so has Kunigami.
“I’m sorry I just…I just don't know how to talk to you while you look like that” Kunigami laughs nervously as he turns his back and makes his way to the wooden railing at the edge of the cliff.
“What do you mean?” Chigiri now becomes fully curious and makes his way to where the orange haired boy is.
“It means…that…I…” Kunigami tenses up just at the thought of having to speak about it but Chigiri is ruthless.
“Just say it already!”
“I like you!” Kunigami finally hits his breaking point, Chigiri is finally quiet. After such a confession they cannot look into each other’s eyes.
“I…” Chigiri starts and Kunigami looks at him with his brows pointed upwards, what the shorter boy is going to say most likely won’t be what he wants to hear but he must bear it “I…like you too” Chigiri sucks in a breath and reaches for his crush’s hand, interlocking their fingers he pouts slightly embarrassed.
“Hyoma…” Kunigami nearly whimpers as he calls out to him, his eyes have turned so wide from hearing that the person he likes, likes him back!
“I prefer being called princess over that” Chigiri whispers as the heat on his cheeks grows even further just from hearing Kunigami call him by his first name. Kunigami smiles and squeezes his hand.
“Can I?” Kunigami lowers his head slightly and when Chigiri allows him, he drops a quick peck to his cheek. As he is pulling away Chigiri grabs his face, cuping it in his hands perfectly.
“If you are going to do it, do it properly, Rensuke” Chigiri frowns but still pulls his face closer to his own and joins their lips in a short kiss. Kunigami whimpers in response but still manages to move his hands to bring them to Chigiri’s back. The boy, often called princess, separates their lips but remains with his hands on the taller man’s cheeks.
“Ah, so this is where you two ran off too” Karasu runs up to them laughing and they nearly choke from the scare, immediately pulling away from each other.
“This is a great spot, you two” Isagi shows up behind Karasu and everyone else joins them, including Reo and Nagi who must have shown up now. And just like that, the clock hits midnight and the show of colors begins.
“Picture time!” Bachira takes out his phone and they all line up at the edge of the cliff with the fireworks spectacle behind them, making this a picture perfect image for years to come. Kunigami is a little surprised when he feels a warm hand entangle with his own and sees Chigiri giving him a small smile before turning to look at the camera, and so does he.