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it was a normal day at kamiyama high, as tsukasa was alone on a bench, waiting for rui to finish his gardening committee duties. speaking of, he was (unintentionally) sitting next to some recently bloomed flowers.
recently, tsukasa had this strange urge to be close to rui lately.
he's also been checking him out more often. it could be a byproduct of his disciplinary committee duties, or maybe he's just looking a little more prettier every day..but there was other feelings too, the feeling of holding his hand, and spending more time with him after practice, and even going out to dinner with him, very normal star and director activities between them.
'yaa, tsukasa-kun!' rui finally walks up to tsukasa, smiling at seeing him. however, tsukasa seemed to be deep in thought.
rui waves his hand in front of tsukasa's face, it seems that he was not just deep in thought, but he was zoned out!
'tsukasa-kun..' rui tries more to get his attention, then decides to scare him.
a bug suddenly drops from the sky, possibly in time! the bug begins to nestle itself on tsukasa's zoned out body and immediately removes him from his trance, instead sending him into a painful world of panic.
a drunken sailor couldn't swear even more than tsukasa did at that moment, much to rui's amusement. he screamed, cried, almost fainted until rui holds him steady.
'RUI! GET THIS FUCKING BUG OFF ME RIGHT NOW!!!' tsukasa screams, much to his anger.
'ah, but tsukasa-kun, it seems that you're having so much fun with your..new friend!' rui teases, finishing it off with his cheshire cat smile.
'RUI, YOU BASTARD!!!' tsukasa screams uncontrollably.
'tsukasa-kun, stay still if you want me to get it off, fufu!' rui holds back many giggles, before finally getting the bug off. 'okay, i got it now.'
'ah..! thank you rui!' tsukasa smiles. 'forget all of what just happened now okay!'
then tsukasa does something very unusual. right on the border of being best friends. and he takes rui's hand, and holds it in his.
rui's face blooms into a soft red, and his smile becomes warmer and wider, and he feels like he'd began to float.
'hm? rui, are you okay?' tsukasa asks, completely oblivious to what he was doing to him.
'yeah, i'm completely fine!' rui tries to laugh if off, until tsukasa places another hand on him to steady him.
rui feels as if he is in heaven. has he just died? he's right next to an angel after all. do angels have blonde hair with really soft hands? does said angel happen to like boys?
'tsukasa-kun, you're holding my hand.' rui said softly, his blush only getting worse.
tsukasa didn't need to hear that twice, and he looks down at their connected hands. 'WHAT?! sorry, i don't know why i did that, haha!'
rui was a blushing mess, covering his face. 'no, it's okay.. you can hold on if you want.' he stammered softly, unsure on what to do.
'okay, well then, let's go home.' tsukasa said, pushing down his own flustered expression.
they both begin to walk towards rui's house, maybe it was a pre boyfriend procedure, or just tsukasa's big brother instincts projecting onto his 'best friend'. not very long later, rui and tsukasa are outside of the former's house, hands still intertwined.
'well then rui, we're here.' tsukasa says happily, softly gripping his hand. 'so i'll see you tomorrow?' tsukasa asks, trying to relish in the final moments of their hand contact.
'yeah...' rui says, then lets go of his hand. then, he takes on an impulsive decision that really pushes them past the border of friendship.
suddenly, tsukasa feels a soft kiss on his cheek from rui, his face now turning into a burning red.
'goodnight, tsukasa-kun!' rui says hurriedly, then turns away to run into his house. he grabs his keys and begins to turn the lock.
tsukasa knew how rui was anxious about this type of stuff, and rui absolutely would distance himself from him and think about how he wouldn't reciprocate his feelings, so he goes against his own doubts.
tsukasa hurriedly grabs his hand, and before rui can shy away or be scared, holds him close and kisses him on the lips, much to rui's surprise, where rui's eyes was open from surprise.
they pull away, tsukasa trying to hide his blush, and rui accepting his fate and becoming completely red. they have shared their first kiss, on a random school day.
'w-we'll talk tomorrow, okay?' tsukasa stammers, letting go of his hand. 'yeah, good night, tsukasa-kun.' rui says softly. tsukasa walks off, waving to rui.
after he shuts the door, he takes off his shoes and he raced up to his desolate bedroom and leapt onto the bed, blushing heavily as he thought of the last few minutes.