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Shu stares at the two, chatting, laughing, their eyes shining underneath the sunlight that the scene before him paints such a beautiful picture. He feels lucky to witness this- witness them in all their glory. It makes him smile, his heart flutters, his body warm.
"Shu?" He hears a soft, gentle voice calling out to him and he sees twinkling gold eyes looking at him with such fondness. There, Shu sees a tint of worry in those eyes, and he wonders why the sweet bespectacled man would worry about a simple man like him.
"Shu." Another voice says and his eyes trail to the other, sparkling sunset blue eyes staring at him directly into his soul that he feels like an open book rather than a closed one. It holds questions that he dares not answer, but has to since this man won't stop until Shu bares himself naked to them.
For him to be vulnerable, is hard- it still is. Yet, for them, he will try his hardest.
“It’s nothing much.” Shu says with the usual reply, and is not surprised that he is met with frowns, “It’s just that you two are really…” How would he say this without it being weird? He really doesn’t know. How do people compliment each other? “...You two are really bright, I couldn’t look away.”
Sunset blue eyes pries away from dazzling purple, cheeks and ears turning red, “God, you really say that with a straight face, Shu?” He says, covering his mouth to hide his embarrassment, “Fucking smooth talker…”
“...Did I say something wrong, Ike?”
“No, no.” Ike shakes his head, his cheeks slightly pink, “You’re just.. you just made Mysta flustered that’s all.” The bespectacled man shifts his gaze to Mysta and proceeds to slap the man at the back of the head. Shu laughs at the action as the detective yelps in shock and proceeds to stretch the novelist’s cheeks in retaliation.
“You say that as if you’re totally not affected at all, Ikey!” Mysta shouts, continuing to assault Ike’s cheeks, who in turn is now stretching Mysta’s cheeks.
Shu watches them squabble, and the sorcerer feels his cheeks starting to hurt from smiling too much. He feels incredibly lucky to be loved by them, even if he doesn't understand it.
"You guys are really bright." He says once more and the two men stop fighting to look at each other and smile at the sorcerer- as Shu says, brightly, incredibly brightly.