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"Happy Valentine's, Tsukasa~!"
"Happy Valentine's Day, Emu."
Sat together at the dinner table, the two stared deeply into one another's eyes, gazing lovingly at their precious lover. The blonde let out a sharp sigh through his closed mouth, blush creeping up on his face unexpectedly. God, how did he get so lucky to be living with such a beautiful woman?
As she put her hands in his and clenched onto them tightly, Emu dragged herself closer to him, giggling under her breath as she took in his unusually flustered face right there in the moment. She loved to see him beetroot red whenever she got close to him - it was one of the many things she loved about him.
"God I love you so much," She meowed, her eyes twinkling like stars in a gloomy night sky, illuminating as they gleamed. Tsukasa widened his eyes upon hearing those words come out of her mouth, and even she drew herself back once she understood what she had blurted out. Seems that she had caught her own self off guard.
Letting out a chuckle at her adorable surprised face, Tsukasa returned the favour. "I love you too, Emu," He held onto her hands tightly, grinning brightly at her. "I hope you never forget that."
"I wouldn't dare," She stifled a short laugh, bumping her nose with his as she leaned closer to him. Causing him to blush even more furiously, he rubbed his nose on hers, giving her a nose-kiss to hide attention away from his oddly red face.
"Ah, before I forget," He drew away from the indirect kiss to pull something out of his work bag, placing it on the table in front of Emu, offering it to her with a smile.
She took the object into her hand and undid the wrapping, revealing a cardboard box coated in a colorful design. When she opened the box up, a small teddy bear stared back at her, beady eyes looking expectedly at her with a stitched on smile.
It was fuzzy and pink, with a bright rainbow bow on its right ear and a heart necklace around its neck. Inside the heart, the words 'I love you' were imprinted, all in bold, pastel bubble writing. Emu couldn't help but giggle when she saw the adorable plush and cuddle it close to her heart.
"You got me a teddy bear?" She gave him a mischievous look, perking one of her eyebrows up at him. Showing all of her teeth as she smiled back at her boyfriend, she jokingly snapped, "I'm not a little kid! It's like getting a doll for Christmas as a child!"
Noticing the hint of sarcasm in her voice, he decided to return the favour back by teasing her lightly, "What, do you not like it? I think it's quite cute!"
"Of course I do!" She shoved the bear even closer to herself, pouting at him as she stuck her tongue out. Glancing at him from the corner of her eye, she asked curiously, "What made you buy this, anyway..?"
"Well," He began to paint the picture of the situation where he found the bear, staring deep into her beautiful dark pink eyes. "After work when I was trying to find something for you, I saw this in a store with a small glimpse of the eye. I instantly fell in love with it - it was absolutely adorable, pink, cheery... It just, really reminded me of you."
Her eyes widened as he spoke so softly to her, his voice gentle as milk with every word he uttered to her. She couldn't help but turn into a huge, blushy mess thinking about just how considerate he really was. It just made her thst much more thankful for him.
"That..." She mumbled lightly, eyes glittering as she stared at him, deeply taking in his own glimmerinh eyes. He truly is her star. "That... That's so beautiful..!"
"Just like you are, Emu~"
"Oh, stop it! That's so cliche!"
"Well, today's the only day of the year I can say cheesy stuff with it sounding cute."
"Weirdly, you manage to pull it off all year round."
The pinkette let out a giggle, smiling bright as ever at her boyfriend as he chuckled back at her, his cheeks warming up with laughter. God, he was so mesmerising to look at.
"Well, then, since you've given your gift to me," Emu purred, taking something out from her handbag beside her chair. Pursing her lips into an excited smile, she handed over Tsukasa a flat box, saying, "It's only fair I return the favour right now~!"
"Oh?" He perked his head up in surprise as he took the object into his hands. His face fell emotionless when he read the front of the wrapping, blankly staring at Emu as he showed in front of her face the object, jokingly asking, "What, teddy bears are childish, but boxes of chocolates are perfectly fine?"
"Course they are!" She protested, booping his nose lovingly. "One: teddy bears are collected in little kids' rooms, but chocolates are collected in everyone's stomachs! Two: this teddy bear's neon bright, but this chocolate's... I'm hoping the normal color dark chocolate's meant to be. And three:.. I don't know, it just is!"
Tsukasa pressed a kiss on her forehead, patting her hair lightly as he hushed her, "OK, OK, I get it. It's fine, I was just toying with you."
"Well, don't do it again then!" She ruffled up his hair in reply, making him pat it all down in order. Had it been as short as it was when they were in highschool, Tsukasa wouldn't be struggling so much to get all of his long hair down in order.
"Whatever," He gruffly brooded once he all of his hair set down. Tsukasa looked back at Emu teasingly, taking in her absolutely gorgeous expression she made as she pretended to be the slightest bit annoyed at him. God, she was so beautiful, no matter her mood.
He got broken from his appreciation of her beauty by the sound of his phone going off. Jolting up slightly at the sudden notification sound effect, he swiped up his phone to take a look at the message he had gotten.
Letting out an exhausted sigh, the blonde excused himself, "Sorry, I've got to reply to this message. It might take a couple minutes. If I don't, there might be a murder announcement on the news tonight."
Seemingly not bothered, Emu replied, "M'kay, you take that. I'll dig into some of this chocolate if you don't mind..?"
"Fine," He sighed, giggling as he saw her lean over the table, reaching out for the bar of chocolate desperately. Despite her best tries to seem subtle, she still quite clearly looked as though she was aiming to grab the sweets.
"Woohoo!" She cheered, waving her arms in the air as she snatched up the chocolates, digging right in and helping herself to a few blocks. "This is why I bought a jumbo size~!"
He rolled his eyes sarcastically, opening up the messaging app to aid to the caution of his friend - he especially needed it.
Rui
Did you do something stupid or want something stupid?
Kind of...
I forgot to get Nene something for Valentine's Day!
What?!
How?!?!
You said you had it all sorted out last week!
I thought I did!
But turns out that when Valentine's gifts come out in stores, they sell HARD!
And I mean it!
I mean this with the least offence possible but...
What the hell do you want me to do about it
I don't know!
What did you get Emu?!
A teddy bear, bouquet of roses and myself.
If I tell Nene I'm the gift, she'll slap me over the face.
Why though???
Cos that's what cheapskates who can't afford anything say to their girlfriend for Valentine's when they forgot to get her anything.
Oh my Godddd
You're looking too much into this!
Nuh, uh uh!
You're not looking into this enough!
No, it's just common sense.
Tell her Valentine's gifts sold out too quickly for you to get anything!
Are you stupid?
Nene's not as easily pleased as Emu, she'll see right through it as if she had a pair of glasses.
Ok, what do you want me to tell you?
Gift ideas!!!
Look, either whip out a Valentine's card within 15 minutes or get her supermarket macaroni and cheese.
Why?
Because both ideas are as dissapointing as you.
Whatever.
You know what...
On second thought
Those aren't bad ideas!
Thanks, Tsukasa!!!
What..?
No...
Rui, no!
Don't actually get her those!
Rui, Rui, Rui, no!!!
Watching back at his phone blankly upon the conversation he had just had, Tsukasa let out a heavy sigh. A monotone stare on his face grew as he instantly predicted the future - God, Rui was going to be in a ton of trouble tonight.
"What was that all about?" Emu curiously perked up her head, chocolate smears all over her fingers and mouth as she messily ate a few final bites.
"Ah, nothing much," Tsukasa shrugged his shoulders, putting the phone face flat back onto the table, resting his tired head on his arm as he flopped over. "Rui forgot Nene's Valentine's present and that's probably the last we'll ever hear from him, like, ever."
"So, same old, same old," Waving her long hair out of her face as she tried to wipe her face clean, she commented with a jokey tone, "Still, kind of sweet for him to spend a few of his last moments texting you."
"I don't know, still kind of dumb of him," Tsukasa groaned quietly as his head bobbed with every word he spoke as he lay on his own arm heavily. He gently commented, "He should have thought things through carefully earlier - he would have almost made this mistake last year had I not interfered."
As the blonde peacefully hunched over on the table, he noticed Emu struggling to get the chocolate smears off her face. She was getting her hands all dirty and sticky, as if they already weren't from eating a quarter of the bar of chocolate.
"Emu..." He sat himself up, leaning over the table as he waved her hands away from her own face. "Emu, you're only making your face dirtier. Look, here, just... Let me help you out."
Letting out a surprised yelp, she lightly bounced on the spot, suddenly feeling his warm hands on her unsettlingly cold face. He took a napkin from the table, wiping it across her face as he carefully looked for any spots he may have missed out.
As he did so, she couldn't help but stare at him... He was always so attentive to her, always looking out for anything that may hurt her or drag her into trouble.
It was always his thing. To look out for his stupid girlfriend, no matter what dumb the ideas she brought up were, or how idiotic her ways of slipping out of the trouble always were. It seemed as though it were his duty to be careful all the time and her's was to be as careless as possible.
Despite always getting upset whenever she'd do something stupid, deep down, Emu knew Tsukasa loved helping her out. She knew this because she always felt the same, and wouldn't have it any other way.
Snapping her out of her delusional senses, Tsukasa cautioned her carefully, "You should go wash your hands, they look quite sticky. If you touch anything, it might cling to your fingers and never let it go: like superglue!"
"Huh?"
She shook her head from side to side, now staring right into his golden eyes carefully as she tried to now pay attention to anything he may say to her. Especially considering she hadn't paid attention to what he had just told her!
"Wash your hands," He smiled warmly at her, drawing closer to the pink-haired woman. He put his hands around her waist as he looked into the sparkles in her dark pink eyes.
She drew herself closer to him, and gently closed her eyes as she got her lips closer to his. Emu closed the gap between them with every step she took, only making both their heartbeats faster and breathing heavier.
Taking instinct and reading the room, Tsukasa slowly placed his lips on hers, instantly caught off guard with the odd softness of her lips on his. His mind raced and face heatened up as he pressed his chest against her, completely closing any space between them.
After a few momentary, warm seconds between the two, they drew away from one another, hazily exchanging glances at one another. Emu took in a heavy gulp of saliva as she stared back at him, eyes cloudy with lust.
She attempted to put one hand on his cheek, before he gently waved it away from his face in a kind manner. "First, wash your hands," He teased her, pressing another kiss on her forehead.
Admitting defeat, she giggled, going on her tip-toes to return a kiss on his forehead. Instinctively, he slightly crouched to allow her to reach his height.
"I love you, Tsukasa."
"I love you too, Emu."