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The Minamoto residence was pitch black, silence being the only sound in it, though, the brief silence was interrupted by the sound of two teenagers giggling upstairs.
It was the weekend and the middle child of the Minamoto Household, Kou Minamoto, had invited over a friend of his from school. The two boys were 3rd years and had been talking about having a sleepover with each other for a month or two now, the idea brought up by the classmate in question, Sousuke Mitsuba.
And now they were here, at 3 AM, laughing their hearts out at some joke that wasn't even all that humorous in the first place but in the sleep deprived states they were in, everything around them seemed amusing.
Sousuke brushed off tear that was forming in his eye from laughing so hard, his hand uncharacteristically not covered by a sleeve since the two boys were in sleep wear.
“ Jesus..! It reminds me of how characters in romance movies use those ridiculously cheesy pick-up lines! “
Sousuke giggled, falling back on the bed with laughter as Kou quickly followed and laughed along with him, resting his body against his bed frame since earlier Sousuke had claimed that it would be EXTREMELY rude to force a guest to sit on the floor… Therefore he pushed Kou off the bed and onto said floor.
“ Hold on, hold on! I'm gonna look up some horrible pick-up lines..! “
Sousuke hummed as he picked up his phone and got back into his position criss-cross-applesauce on the bed. The room was now dimly lit up, the only light being the blistering one coming from Sousuke’s phone.. Kou wondered how he even lived with light mode being on, wouldn't your eyes hurt?
Kou turned to look up at Sousuke as the pink haired boy quickly typed into the search bar on his phone, momentarily running his hands through his messy pink hair that was let down from its usual ponytail, resting at shoulder length.
Kou could hear Sousuke snickering as he pulled up the pick up lines, scooting to turn to Kou before he glanced down at his phone and back up.
“ Ok ok.. Minamoto-kun,, Are you a parking ticket? Cause you've got fine written all over you. “
Sousuke said in his best flirtatious voice, cracking up mid-sentence. The moment he finished he immediately snorted involuntarily and began to burst into laughter on the bed, Kou followed in suit and was now on his back on the floor, laughing equally as hard.
When the two had calmed down from their fit of giggles Sousuke moved to go pick up the phone again and began to scroll through the many horrible pick up lines presented to him, listening to Kou let out small giggles in the silence that he was desperately trying to hold back.
Sousuke then paused when he found one and turned to Kou, clearly his throat with a brief ‘ahem’ before speaking.
“ Minamoto-kun, I’m no photographer.. but I can picture us together. “
Sousuke said in a horrible flirtatious accent, pointing finger guns at Kou as he grinned, clearly holding back a wave of laughter. Kou, this time, was the first one to burst out into a fit of giggles as he leaned his head back on the bed frame, laughing so hard that his chest started to hurt.
Sousuke began laughing as well, scrolling on his phone and cracking himself up more with the seemingly endless list of cheesy pick up lines. Their laughter soon became silent snickering before commented
“ Isn't that ironic coming from the photographer? “ Kou remarked as he grinned at Sousuke who looked up from his phone to give Kou another cheeky grin in return.
“ What even are these?! “ Sousuke laughed as his eyes returned to the screen which was still shining brightly on his face.
“ The best flirting I've ever heard, that's what. “ Kou responded with a smug grin, fiddling with a pencil he had found on the floor as his head relaxed against the bed frame now, laughter dying down.
“ Pfft! You want real flirting? I can show you real flirting! “ Sousuke said with a cocky smile, lowering his phone to look at Kou with the most self confident grin he's ever seen, Kou's eyes looking doubtful at that statement.
“ Uh-huh.. I bet you've never even flirted once before, let alone had a partner or a crush! “ Kou bit back, a grin on his face as he mocked Sousuke’s proud remark. Sousuke just huffed and gave Kou a pouty look.
“ I HAVE! What? You think people would be able to resist someone as cute as me! “ Sousuke bit back, but Kou just completely ignored the last sentence.
“ You have? Who?? “
“ You. “
…
The room went silent as the two boys stared at each other. Kou staring up at Sousuke from his mildly dirty floors as Sousuke slapped a hand over his mouth, almost missing the deep red blush that covered his face if it wasn't for the light still beaming off the phone shining directly onto his face.
The two sat like that for a moment, avoiding eye contact now as the red had also spread to Kou's face and the blond now had a hand in his spiky hair. The other hand tightly grabbing at his white lion t-shirt and jean shorts, occasionally glancing over to Sousike who was huddled facing the wall with his back towards Kou and knees huddled to his face.
From Kou's view all he could see was Sousuke’s light pink t-shirt, one that he had borrowed from Kou since Tiara had accidentally spilled her juice on Sousuke’s hoodie he was going to sleep in.. Kou specifically remembered that the t-shirt he gave Sousuke specifically had a sheep on it.
Kou never knew Sousuke also liked sheep up until this day. That's something new to him too, though, not as impactful as a love confession from the same pink haired boy in question.
“ You-.. Like me..? Like, Like-Like? “ Kou asked with wide eyes as Sousuke turned his head a bit towards Kou before biting his lip softly and looking away again, a bubbling, anxious sensation filled him.
“ Nuh uh, I actually hate you, you and your.. Stupid face.. “ Sousuke spat out and Kou whipped his head around with a shaken and annoyed look “ You..! “
Sousuke just sneered at Kou, a teasing grin on his face before it trembled he quickly looked the other way. The soft blush slowly returned to his face, Kou watching him intently with a similar rosey red painting his cheeks.
“ But.. I guess you're not.. THAT bad.. “ Sousuke muttered and Kou was about to make a remark about the mean side of the comment before soon deciding against it as he slowly stood up and walked over to Sousuke.
“ Soo.. Does that mean I have a chance then? “ Kou said in a teasing tone, it was a dumb question but in a way the question was definitely genuine. Kou had sat on the edge of the bed, looking at Sousuke who was sitting near the wall, curled up in a ball like position as he fiddled with his pink nails, staring back at Kou with wide eyes and a flustered look as he picked out whatever could possibly be in those nails in a nervous fidget.
“ Maybe..Don’t let it get to your head though! You’re still a dork.. “ Sousuke said, hiding his face behind long bangs that draped over. They were a soft pink, a similar shade to the cherry blossoms that would get lost in Kou’s hair every spring he had noted. Kou just grinned a full teeth smile at Sousuke. “ Well.. I may be a dork but that makes me your do- “ Kou got a hand slapped over his mouth.
“ I’ll take this whole thing back instantly if you start spitting cheesy lines back at me..! “ He pouted, his face now showing in the dim moonlight that crept through the windows. Face flushed a way Kou had never seen before, taking in those soft pink tones and eyes that were unable to maintain eye contact for more then a second as they rapidly darted around to look at something that wasn’t Kou’s piercing blue eyes.
Kou felt a wave of blush hit his face as well at the sight before he slowly removed Sousuke’s hand off his mouth and gave a soft giggle. Neither of them had to say it. They already knew how the other felt, they already knew what they both wanted. They’d address it another day, sure, but right now it was just better to share flustered glances and knowing and longing stares.
And to never speak of cheesy ass pick-up lines.. Ever again.