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rui’s gaze swept across the darkening sky that went from blue to orange, seemingly anticipating for something more. a normal activity he did to pass the time, waiting for the sun to fade away into the night. he enjoyed watching the sun set, he enjoyed the slow process that allowed him to compose his thoughts and feelings. he sits where he finds the remaining hue of the sun to shine best, and he waits.
..and he patiently waits for the person he yearns for, even though it had only been a few hours since they had parted ways. it was an indescribable, longing for his partner, no matter how silly it sounded. he couldn’t help but want to see him, hear his voice, anything to do with him. a strange, deep yearning for tenma tsukasa.
soon, the moonlight takes over, shining on anything but the dimmed streetlights along the road.
"i figured you’d be here!” a voice thunders from behind, but it doesn’t surprise rui. rather, it’s a voice he’s willing to hear for the rest of his life.
“how lovely for you to join me, my star,” rui greets back, feeling the warmth of his partner’s hand slip around his, thumb tracing circles on his as a comforting gesture.
rui felt himself immediately melt at the warmth of tsukasa’s touch, a gift he would always treasure. his warmth, no matter how mundane it might be after so long, would be comforting to him, simply because it was tsukasa. a soft chuckle escaped him. “of course i’d show up!”
tsukasa gave rui a gentle kiss on the cheek, while basking in the comfort of seeing his partner’s shadow on the ground sync up with his own. “good, i wanted us to share some alone time today,” rui hums, using his free hand to pull tsukasa closer to him.
he’s quick to shoot a rebuttal. “..we just did, during lunch.”
rui huffed softly against the crook of tsukasa’s neck, unhappy with his words. knowing he didn’t actually mean them, rui found calmness in the feeling of tsukasa giggle against his hair, a tint of pink spreading across his cheeks.
alone time with tsukasa was priceless.
rui tilts his head upward to gaze at tsukasa. his smile warmed his heart as he continued looking up at him. tsukasa’s eyes were warm, the usual contented smile he wore throughout the day, but the intensity of them had softened. and only for him to see.
“i love you,” rui whispers to tsukasa, so softly it sounded like it was only meant for him to hear. he nestles his head more comfortably into tsukasa’s neck, reveling in the warmth it brought him. tsukasa didn’t need to say those words back for the both of them to know how he felt. instead, he turns to the darkened sky and observes it.
the moon was fully out, adorned by small stars scattered across the sky.
“stars!” tsukasa suddenly yells. “if we can find three stars in a row, we might find the orion constellation!” confused, rui squints for the three stars anyway. tsukasa bristles excitedly in rui’s arms, looking just as hard as him.
intrigued by tsukasa’s knowledge, rui prompts him further. “so, tsukasa-kun, you like the orion constellation?” tsukasa hums, attention still fixed on looking for the constellation. tsukasa feels something rubs against his neck, and he already knows it’s rui trying to make sure he knows he’s still there. he giggles at this subconscious habit.
“i like the crux constellation too! it’s the twelfth of the brightest stars ever recorded.”
happy that tsukasa didn’t forget him, rui hums contentedly at tsukasa’s answer. smiling to himself, tsukasa takes his acknowledgment as a sign to keep going. “it’s one of the smallest constellations ever, i’d love to see it for myself some day.” he turns back to see rui staring at him intensely, expression stern, as if he was about to say something important.
“my star, would you like to hear of my favourite constellation?”
“hm? of course i do!”
rui uses his free hand to grab his partner’s face, running his thumb over the small spots on his face. “your freckles are my favourite constellation,” he declares with total seriousness, using his fingers to connect the said constellation across his face. briefly, a gentle shade of red graces tsukasa’s face, but he squirms.
“pfft, rui— stop, it tickles!”
he reluctantly stops, but prompts to kiss the cluster of freckles on tsukasa’s face instead. “to me, you’re the brightest star tonight,” he murmurs as he lovingly cradles the star’s cheeks. tsukasa almost chokes at the overload.
“..one of these days, you’re going to make me explode!” he huffs bashfully, yet he doesn’t make any attempt at wiggling out of rui’s grip, something rui’s always noticed. simply shrugging, rui lets go and goes back to squinting for three stars in a row. tsukasa rests on his shoulder.
tsukasa likes the moon. tonight, it is a full moon, the bright ball glowing amongst the small stars that scattered across the night sky. he had never really paid much attention to the moon, just thought of it as part of his day to day life..
until he met rui.
he was the moonlight that lit the night, and tsukasa was the sun that brightened the day. like how the moon is unable to shine without the sun, they complimented each other in ways tsukasa could never have imagined without rui. he strangely found comfort in sleeping under the moonlight, thinking of rui as he drifted into his dreams for the night.
he had never expected to fall for the moon, accepting of all its cracks and dents from years of hardship.
“rui,” tsukasa mumbles. rui hums lazily in response, waiting for him to continue.
“i want to steal the moon!”
his eyes flutter open. “..you want to steal the moon?” rui parrots amusedly, entertaining this wild idea.
“i do!” tsukasa gets up abruptly, pulling rui up with him. his face is illuminated by the moonlight, smile shining brighter than any sort of light the moon could bring. and as rui gets up to face his lover, he might just in love all over again. “rui! let’s steal the moon!”
tsukasa grabs rui’s hand and dashes, dragging rui along with him as he flies up the flight of stairs. rui follows with ease, finding it easier than it should be to place all trust in tsukasa.
finally, they reach the top of the stairs, tsukasa’s hand still holding rui’s tightly in his own.
“tonight,” tsukasa pants, turning to face rui. “the moon is beautiful.”
rui stares at him blankly. weren’t they about to steal the moon? tsukasa doesn’t explain his words, letting his actions do the work. it feels almost surreal when he cups rui’s face in his hands, gazing into his eyes that seemed to sparkle in the moonlight.
“the moon,” he repeats. “it has always been mine.”
although the stars hung above them like glittering jewels, silvery hue was a stark contrast to the darkness that engulfed the sky above them, it didn’t matter to them. as the realisation hit rui, tsukasa doesn’t give him the time to speak, instead pulling him in, closing the distance between them.
the moon was beautiful tonight.
the beautiful, silver sparks of each star dimly lit amidst the night sky, and it almost made it seem like the moon was glowing brighter.
“i think the sun is more beautiful,” rui whispers softly when he pulls away, his hands moving from the back of tsukasa’s torso to cradle him by the waist as he gazed down, a gentle smile gracing his lips. the tender look that complimented his face always made tsukasa’s heart stop, and he decides at that very moment he would never get tired of seeing that soft expression on his face.
“..you’d get blinded!”
rui hums, seemingly deep in thought. “worth it.”
tsukasa shakes his head at the silly statement, yet lets himself giggle a little at the same statement. rui only watches, savoring each moment of being in tsukasa’s presence; relishing the warmth and security his found within his embrace. rui adores his kisses, the way tsukasa’s lips felt against his own. he had always found himself longing for tsukasa even when they had just said their goodbyes for the day, longing to hear his brash yelling, his warmth, anything to to with tsukasa. even if it seemed like a childish yearning.
but it didn’t matter, because he knew tsukasa yearned for him in the exact same way.
“shall we search for more constellations?” rui quips.
“of course!”
and they still had a lifetime to look for constellations with each other.