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It's a peaceful night, Nene thinks. Rui's out with Tsukasa for the night, doing God knows what. He had told her what they were doing, but she was focused on her game, so she didn't catch all of it. She does trust him to stay safe, though. Out of trouble, hopefully, but knowing those two..
Probably not.
That's not her problem right now. She's too busy playing this new RPG that dropped, and grinding to higher levels.
That is, until, she hears a noise come from the hallway that disturbs her focus. She should've worn headphones.. But that means Rui came home.
Nene, being the kindest, most bravest soul in this entire universe, pauses her game and leaves their bedroom to greet him at the door.
Rui hiccups. He doesn't know how he got home, but he can recognize the environment around him. It's his home. Correction, his home with Nene.
He attempts to slip off his shoes at the doorway, but in the process of doing that, he trips and lands on his knees, making a loud noise against the wooden floor.
He kicks the shoes off anyways and gets back up, his deteriorating sense of balance almost messing that up too. It doesn't help that he feels exhausted and everything is blurry too.
"Oh, Rui, you're home." A gentle voice says his name in front of him.
It's Nene. He smiles.
"Neneee.. I'm hooomee." Rui slurs. "I missed you soooo much.." He hiccups.
"You're drunk.." She sighs as she approaches him. "Miss me? You've only been gone a few hours." A trace of affection can be present in her tone.
"Felt like days.." He says. In an attempt to hug her, he loses his footing and instead falls on her. The weight of the taller boy dominates Nene by a lot, so she's brought down to the floor with him with a thud and a yelp from her. "Ow.."
"R.. Rui! Just how much did you drink?!" She rubs the back of her head. The fall stung a bit, and he's heavy. Nene sighs, noting how he reeks of alcohol.
"Um, I don't exactly recall that.. But is that importaaant..?" He wraps his arms around her tightly as he rubs his face into the side of her head. "Nene's so warm.. Smells good.."
"Get off me.. Go lie down.." Nene attempts to push him off of her, but alas, she fails. Is she weak or is Rui too heavy for her? Maybe it's because he's grown taller. Much taller. She stopped growing a while ago, but Rui continued to grow and so did their height difference.
"Request denied.. Try again later.." He grumbles, moving a hand up to play with her hair. It's soft, like her, he thinks.
"What the heck..!"
Rui laughs.
"I love Nene so much.."
She knows that. It's something that never fails to leave his lips at least once a day, yet she can't help but feel a bit nervous every time he says it.
"It's unfair.. Nene's so pretty and amazing, how can I not love her..?"
"Shut up.."
"You know, I was really happy when I first learned that Nene returned my feelings.. and now we have a home together..!" He giggles. "Liked Nene back when we were kids.. Never changed... It's always been you.."
Nene wants to know why all of this is spilling out from him, but she can't bring herself to question him at all. Her face is hot, and it feels like her stomach has flipped upside down. She gulps.
Rui props himself up on his elbows in order to get a better look at his girlfriend. Even through his blurry and distorted vision, she's still breathtaking.
"Nene's gorgeous.." He whispers, caressing her cheek. Everywhere he touches feels hot. "Love you so much.. So, so much.." Rui purses his lips and leans into hers.
She stops him with her hand. It's dangerous. It probably won't end with just a kiss, with Rui being in this state.
He frowns and looks at her with a pleading look in his eyes.
"Neneeee.." He whines.
"Not right now.. Just a hug.. Few more minutes.." Nene mumbles, looking away, clearly flustered.
Rui smiles widely and goes back to cuddling her on the ground, going down to lean his head against her chest.
She's just humoring him, that's all. Nene just happens to enjoy it, at least that's what she'd tell everyone else. They don't need to know that she likes cuddling with him on the floor, nor how nervous she felt when he started spewing that stuff about her. Nervous like a little girl around her first crush.
That's technically the case for her.