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tsukasa points his index finger at his boyfriend.
“i’m making you sleep earlier tonight!” he announces proudly.
rui blinks at the surprise guest at his doorstep at such at hour. “you can try,” he replies nonchalantly, stepping back to let his guest enter. tsukasa prances through the doorway with a huge overnight bag, clearly excited to see him.
“well, what brings you here so late, my star?” rui smiles subconsciously, also excited to see him too. he hadn’t expected him to come by, yet have a sleepover with him either. his heart beat a little faster at the idea of sleeping together. tsukasa lets out a dramatic sigh at the question. “saki kicked me out to invite her girlfriends!” he fumed, grip on the overnight bag getting tighter. “oh, and i also wanted to see you,” he adds with a huge change in his tone, from an angry one to a much softer, gentler one. he smirked as he watched the pink spread over rui’s face. rui groans, covering half of his face with a hand.
“so, are you going to lead your esteemed guest to your room, or what?”
—
as said esteemed guest, tsukasa didn’t expect rui to be so busy tonight! rui promised only fifteen minutes to work on a robot, while tsukasa could take a shower. however, he had the time to shower, dry his hair, put on his starry pyjamas and brush his teeth! this was outrageous! in an attempt to console his boyfriend, rui lets tsukasa flop angrily onto his lap, while he was still hard at work.
“rui! it’s been..” tsukasa taps the pretend watch on his wrist. “.. a lot of time!” he complains, resting his head onto rui’s shoulder in exasperation. rui only hums in response. tsukasa frowns and tugs on rui’s hair. “a little more time, i’m almost done,” he pleads, but tsukasa is not merciful. “it’s eleven! sleep time!” rui rubs circles on his back with one hand in another attempt to soothe his anger. tsukasa lifts his head off of rui’s shoulder to face him.
“i have a composition,” he starts.
“it’s compromisation, and it’s not a real word.”
“ugh.. compromise with me!“
“hehe, go on, my star.”
tsukasa huffs. “you get into bed with me, and if i can’t make you sleep within thirty—“
“..twenty?”
“ugh, thirty! minutes, then you can go back for a while more.” tsukasa puts his hand on his chin, emphasising the word thirty. he is in deep thought. “if not, we sleep!” his eyes light up at his own words. giving in to his boyfriend’s enthusiasm, rui sighs and sets down his invention. it’ll have to wait.
“i agree to your composition.”
tsukasa groans.
——
after much preparation, they’re both warmed up, in matching pyjamas. tsukasa is pleased with his choice of pyjamas. tsukasa has picked out the fluffiest blanket he’s able to dig out in rui’s cupboards, brought a purple cat plush, and brought his fuzzy slippers to wade around rui’s house in! in cradles the plush close to his face, and pridefully boasts about how nene gave it to him. truth to be told, he only liked it because it reminded him of rui. a sly cat-like boy, that was also purple.
but, he forgets something in his huge overnight duffel bag : a book, the most important part of the operation! he drops his plush that was previously in his arms and flies out of bed, scampering for his book. rui, now alone with the cat plush, glares at it intensely. “i don’t know who you think you are, but tsukasa—“ he shuts up at hearing tsukasa’s loud slipper footsteps growing in noise. however, he wasn’t about to let the rivalry go. he’s supposed to be in tsukasa’s arms, not this cheap knockoff! he hates the way the purple cat seems to be alive, smiling smugly at him. he makes a motion to let the grinning plush know he’s watching it.
tsukasa appears at his doorway, and makes a grand show of his book, making sure to wiggle his fingers like they were special effects to make the book seem more appealing. rui smiles at his return. tsukasa suddenly stops. “..rui, why’s your hand on my plush’s neck?” rui’s eyes widen and he lets go, watching the plush squeak as it bounces off the floor. confused, tsukasa bends over to pick it up, then crawls into bed. rui pulls tsukasa in, in hopes that he would forget what he saw. tsukasa giggles dizzily and melts into the kiss, wrapping his arms around his boyfriend. however, rui pulls away to ask a question, earning a whine from tsukasa.
“your thirty minutes start now, and is that a children’s storybook?” he questions, watching tsukasa perk up. “well it is, i used to always read saki this, and she loved it!” he exclaims. rui finds this amusing. tsukasa, reading him a child’s picture book? “why of course, my prince!” rui pulled his blankets up to his shoulders and flashed a cheeky grin at tsukasa. he immediately looks away, resisting the urge to bury his face into the pillow. rui giggled, nothing could escape his eyes.
“you get flustered when i call you that,” he points out. tsukasa shook his head as well as he could barely sitting up to hold the book in his arms.
“tsukasa, my precious star, my perfect prince,” rui inched closer, resting his head on his boyfriend’s chest as well as tangling their legs together. tsukasa let out a high-pitched squeak and hid his face behind his now-open book. he definitely could make out rui trying to suppress his giggles from behind. “oh my dearest actor, my sweetheart, what’s wrong?” he snorts while attempting to pry the book from tsukasa’s hands.
“stop it! i’m supposed to be helping you sleep!” tsukasa hisses from behind the book. rui fails in removing his hands and now clung onto them with his own instead, gleefully laughing at the red he had caused on tsukasa’s face. “you’re so mean,” tsukasa huffed, sighing loudly after. rui squeezed his hands, enjoying how fast he could hear tsukasa’s heart pound, all because of him and only him.
“aww, but who can blame me! you’re so cute when you’re flustered..” he trails off cheekily, planting a soft kiss on tsukasa’s knuckles. tsukasa wriggled his hands out of rui’s grip.
“ugh.. please, let me read!” he murmured, draping his arm over rui’s head and snuggling down further into the blankets, keeping an eye open to watch rui move closer too and smile softly. rui decides to comply since he asked so politely. tsukasa’s heartbeat starts to go back to its usual pace, relieved that the teasing was over.
“finally! now.. i’m going to read you a bedtime story about two rabbits!” he announces, flipping the book to the first page. rui nods, already feeling sleepy in tsukasa’s embrace. rui shakes his head. he must stay awake, he couldn’t let tsukasa win so easily!
tsukasa clears his throat obnoxiously.
“once upon a time! there was a rabbit named bunny..”
——
uh oh, this was way harder than rui thought. tsukasa was barely halfway through, describing bunny’s troubles in making friends in great detail, and rui makes a mental note to let tsukasa try storytelling for the children, he had the talent to do so. however, rui felt his consciousness start to slip away from him, delirious thoughts starting to fill his mind rather than rational ones.
but he couldn’t give up yet!
“but suddenly, bunny met another rabbit his age!” he exclaims, moving his hand to flip the page. tsukasa makes use of the silence to press a kiss on rui’s forehead.
“nevermind,” rui mumbles incoherently.
——
“they live happily after, and that’s the end!” tsukasa chirps, closing the book with a smile. he looks down at rui, who was already barely awake by then. “rui?” he smirks, knowing full well he’s succeeded in his plans. rui is only able to nuzzle into tsukasa’s shoulder, too sleepy to say anything else. tsukasa laughs softly to himself, he looked adorable in such a sleepy state. “alright, i win, but i have to put this book away now, so let go,” tsukasa concludes, smiling fondly at his boyfriend. rui makes a guttural noise, cradling tsukasa’s torso closer to his face.
“..please?” tsukasa pleads, one foot already out of the bed. sleepy rui shakes his head with much effort. “rui, i can’t hug a book to sleep!” he whisper-yells, stroking his hair with a free hand. reluctantly, rui whines and lets tsukasa go, frowning with his eyes still closed. tsukasa has to take everything in him to suppress the urge to just stay, rui could make him do absolutely anything in a sleepy state, and he himself wouldn’t even remember the next morning! groaning softly, tsukasa gets off the bed and places the book at the closest table as fast he could, not wanting to make his partner wait any longer.
he jumps back into the covers, and pounces on rui to snuggle with him. rui, who was only relying on his hearing by now, makes a noise of pure joy at the warmth of tsukasa’s return. tsukasa grins, knowing that he’s the only one able to see him like this. he plants a kiss on his cheek.
“goodnight, my director.”