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after a long day of celebrating father’s day with your family, you returned to your boyfriend’s apartment, exhausted from running around all day with your immediate and extended family, and you had a lot of family members. you walk in to find most of the apartment with the lights off, which was a little strange, rinne doesn’t usually go to bed before you do.
after putting away leftover restaurant food into the fridge for you and rinne to eat later, you head to his bedroom and open the door quietly, so as not to disturb him if he was sleeping.
rinne perks up from his phone once you open the door, “hey, how was it?”
“fun, but now i’m exhausted.” you plop yourself on top of rinne and snuggle against him.
he pets your hair and puts his face against it. “i miss you.”
you smile against his chest, “i was gone for 11 hours.” it amused you no matter how hard rinne amagi tries to appear like a wild, reckless thrill-addict, he still has an incredibly soft and needy side to him and acts like a sad puppy whenever you leave him alone for an extended amount of time. you had to unfortunately pull away to change into more comfortable clothes.
once you were finished you immediately climbed into his bed and cuddled close to rinne, who was watching a documentary about birds.
“what’s that gift bag on the desk?” you ask. you noticed it when you came in and wondered who it was for, but you also noticed the tag addressing rinne specifically. the bag looked undisturbed.
“oh, um, hiiro gave me this earlier today.”
you laughed, “for father's day? kids really think you're that old? what did he give you?”
“i didn't open it yet…” rinne mumbled, and you immediately sit up.
“what?! you should open it!” rinne looks at you with an embarrassed expression. you wished you could take a photo, nobody would ever believe you if you said that rinne’s embarrassed face was the cutest thing. you had gotten the bag and set it on rinne’s lap, and he hesitantly took out the contents inside.
rinne was gifted a six page hand-written letter, pizza coupons, a mug, and a stuffed bear holding a heart. you commented on how cute the bear was, it’s fabric was very soft and fluffy, something that would be great to cuddle. you took a glance at rinne who seemed immersed in the letter he was given. his face was threatening to give in and show his emotions. he was trying really hard to keep a straight face while reading the letter.
“are you okay?” you placed a hand on his back.
“yeah, i’m fine.” he said with a crack in his voice. he was in fact, not fine.
you start rubbing his back as a way to comfort him, watching tears swell in his eyes. rinne tried to discreetly wipe them away but it was no use. you knew a lot of hiiro and how rinne dotes on him a lot. their family situation was complicated to say the least but rinne did whatever he could for hiiro.
that night rinne slept in your arms. as much as you liked to joke about rinne actually being a crybaby when no one’s around to your friends, there was always a sense of relief knowing he is comfortable being vulnerable with you like this. you snuggled rinne to your heart’s content and fell asleep satisfied.