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“I know where he’s ticklish.”
Upon hearing her words, Rui almost snapped his neck to turn to face Nene. His eyes wide, he demanded, “Where?”
Nene smirked at him. “I’m not telling you,” she replied.
The two childhood friends were walking home after school together. Rui was complaining to Nene about how Tsukasa was basically invincible to tickling, and how he was the one that got tickled as a result. Nene had laughed her ass off at first, before she told him that she knew the one place where Tsukasa was ticklish. Of course, Rui just had to know. It was like finding the last piece of a puzzle.
Yet, of course Nene would be a pain in the ass again.
“Nene! You’re so mean! You won’t even tell your best friend in the whole wide world?!” Rui sighed, a hand over his heart. “My, my, Nene… How can you be so cruel to me…”
Nene rolled her eyes at his antics. At this point, she was already used to it, so she didn’t comment on it. Then, her eyes lit up, like an idea had just graced her with its presence. She turned to Rui and held out a hand.
“Five thousand yen, please,” she said with a sugary-sweet tone, a smirk playing on her lips. “Pay up, and I’ll tell you.”
This diva… She really was something…
Sighing, Rui dug around in his pocket until he found what he was looking for. He placed five thousand yen into Nene’s palm reluctantly. (That was supposed to be the money for more parts for his inventions… What a shame.)
Nene kept the money away, into her pocket. “It was a pleasure doing business with you, Kamishiro,” she joked, deadpan.
“Spill,” Rui stated, stopping in his tracks to face Nene.
Nene stopped walking as well, meeting his eyes dead on. “Well, Tsukasa’s weak spot is…
“His nose.”
Rui blinked.
And blinked.
And blinked.
“...His nose…?” he muttered, more to himself than to Nene.
People were actually ticklish there?!
Nene shrugged. “Yeah, pretty much. Sounds stupid, I know. But, once, when you were sick and didn’t turn up to practice, Emu poked his nose, and he laughed. So, yeah. There you have it, I guess.”
Rui was… stunned, to say the least.
Of all places that Tsukasa could be ticklish, it was his nose?! How did that make sense?!
Still, he flashed Nene his signature smile. “Fufu~ Thank you, Nene.” He did a pivot, facing the other direction.
Nene made a noise of confusion. “Where are you going? Our houses are that way-”
“Apologies, Nene, but I have to make a quick stop at the Tenma household! I’ll visit you later!” With that having been said, Rui ran away, leaving only dust in his tracks.
Nene watched him for a few seconds more before shaking her head. She pulled her phone out and dialed Emu’s number.
“Emu, wanna hang out later? It’ll be my treat. Or, well, Rui’s,” she said once Emu picked up.
Once Rui arrived outside of the Tenma household, panting heavily, out of breath, he knocked on the door. He would have used the keys that Tsukasa had given him two months ago, but the last time he went into the house without warning by using said keys, Tsukasa had been shocked out of his life to find Rui in the kitchen fixing up a snack that he’d fallen down the stairs. Later, Rui had gotten a twenty minute lecture from the future star about scaring people.
After a moment of waiting, Tsukasa opened the door. He was still dressed in the attire he always wore to school, and had a grin resting on his face. “Rui!! Come in!! What are you doing here?” he asked, standing aside, allowing room for Rui to enter.
Rui removed his shoes and walked into the house, saying as he made his way to Tsukasa’s room. “Fufu~ Why, am I not allowed to visit my Future Star whenever I want?” he asked, climbing up the stairs to Tsukasa’s room.
Tsukasa was right behind him, of course. “Yeah, I mean, you are… But, I thought you were walking home with Nene? You told me that after class?”
Right, he did. He had indeed told Tsukasa that he’d be walking home with Nene, to which Tsukasa agreed because he wanted to walk home with Toya and Akito.
Rui chose to say, “Well, dear Nene has betrayed me. She ditched me for her girlfriend. So, since I had free time on my hands, I decided to come over to visit you.” He turned the doorknob and swung the door open to Tsukasa’s room, flouncing in. Tsukasa trailed in after him, shutting the door gently.
Rui set his bag by Tsukasa’s bed and flopped onto the bed. Though he was trying to lure Tsukasa to get closer to him, he truly was tired. He had gone to sleep at four in the morning, and woke up at five to get ready for school. He felt like he was a second away from passing out.
Tsukasa, of course, knew this. He crossed his arms across his chest as he stood in front of the bed, shaking his head. “Rui!! What did I say about getting more sleep!!” he exclaimed.
“Sorry, Tsukasa-kun,” Rui mumbled, but his voice was muffled due to his face being buried in Tsukasa’s sheets, so it sounded more like “Showwy, Tshukasha-koo”.
Tsukasa shook his head again, then sat down next to where Rui lay in his bed. He reached out to gently stroke his lavender coloured hair, his expression soft.
Rui remained still for a second, enjoying Tsukasa’s touch, before he readied himself.
This was his chance!
Before Tsukasa could react, he reached out and lightly brushed his fingers against Tsukasa’s nose.
Tsukasa let out a small chuckle.
Then, the blonde froze, practically turning into a stone statue.
Instantly, Rui knew that he’d discovered the one spot where Tsukasa was ticklish.
His smile grew smug. “Didn’t you say that you weren’t ticklish, Tsukasa-kun? Fufufu~”
Tsukasa’s face was growing redder and redder by the minute. Rui was starting to wonder if his face would explode. “N-No!!” he cried out. “That’s absurd!! I am not ticklish!!”
“Hmm? Oh really, Tsukasa-kun?” Rui reached out to grab Tsukasa’s arm so that the other couldn’t run off.
Tsukasa squirmed slightly. “Rui!! Let me go!!” he yelled out, though a small smile could be seen on his face.
“Not a chance, Tsukasa-kun,” Rui responded, brushing his fingers against Tsukasa’s nose again, which made Tsukasa let out another laugh.
Rui continued to repeat the same action, resulting in Tsukasa laughing breathlessly as he attempted to squirm out of Rui’s grasp on his arm. Soon enough, Rui found himself laughing as well.
…Wait, what?
He paused, turning to look at Tsukasa. Tsukasa was giving him a smirk as he poked Rui’s side again.
“How sly of you, Tsukasa-kun,” was all Rui said. “Well, I haven’t given up yet.”
With that, he lunged at Tsukasa again.
Tsukasa dodged out of the way, scrambling over to Rui and brushing his long, painted nails against his side once again. Giggling, Rui reached out and accidentally tackled Tsukasa, wanting to poke the tip of his nose again.
CRASH!
The two were now sprawled all over the floor, tangled in each other’s embrace, with Tsukasa lying on top of Rui, struggling to free themselves. They paused, staring into each other’s eyes. Rui couldn’t help but admire how Tsukasa’s eyes were so pretty. His mouth hung open slightly, transfixed.
Then, Tsukasa burst out laughing, letting his head rest on Rui’s chest. Seeing how happy he looked, Rui couldn’t help but laugh along as well. They stayed like that for a while, simply laughing away. Why they were laughing, Rui had no idea.
Still… He was happy.
And, so was Tsukasa.
That was all that mattered.
An idea struck Rui, and he reached out to poke Tsukasa’s nose.
Immediately, Tsukasa stopped laughing and glared at him, with no heat behind it.
“That’s a foul!!” he cried out before he began to tickle Rui.
Rui lightly pushed Tsukasa off as he laughed away, grabbing Tsukasa’s arm to attempt to tickle him back. “Tsukasa-kun, get back here!” he exclaimed, as Tsukasa ran out of the room. Rui quickly picked himself up and chased after him, almost tripping twice as he ran down the flight of stairs.
As he tackled Tsukasa onto the ground again, Rui could feel his chest swell with warmth.
Even though he knew that he didn’t deserve it, Rui knew that he was lucky to be dating Tsukasa.
And, who knew that his weak spot was his nose?
Rui would have to thank Nene later, after her date.
And after he executed his revenge on the future star, who had managed to escape his grasp and was running around the living room.