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Tachyon and Cafe sitting on the club room's couch as they both drink their coffee and tea. Staring at nothingness, their hands are touchingㅡnot holding, just simply on the top of another. Resting there comfortably.
The whole room is silent and the sound of the wind that comes from the window hums like a lullaby and the fan harmonizes with it like an orchestrated choir.
Cafe peeks at Tachyon who is staring at the wall with a happy smile and her eyes are glimmering. Cafe feels warm. Maybe the warmth from the coffee, maybe the summer heat that clings around them, or the warmth of Tachyon's hand on top of hersㅡa little sweaty.
Tachyon turns her eyes towards Cafe, probably she feels the long gaze of Cafe that has been staring at her. She feels warm, comfortable, and happy because it's Cafe. She might be bothering Cafe every day but the reason is she feels more comfortable and at ease when it's Cafe in front of her. Ever since the day one she met Cafe, the cozy feeling in her chest hasn't disappeared.
And it grows warmer and warmerㅡlike a summer afternoon.
The wind blows harder this time. The curtain flows along the stream of air, gentle but with a slight of aggression. Tachyon turns her eyes on it, watching it with full curiosity in her eyes.
Too interested with the sight, Cafe slips her fingers between Tachyon’s. The warmth on her fingers spreads like a wild fire across her arms and towards her chest, pumping blood more than it should be. It travels from her neck to her face. She turned her face to look at Cafe and before she could make a sound, her mouth got shut by Cafe’s.
Her warmth in her chest starts to pump even more tingly, cozy sensation. It is choking her with comfort and it stays on her face. She can’t breathe and she can’t move, and doesn't know what to do with her free hand.
She holds Cafe’s hand tightly as she feels her deepening the kiss. Unable to breathe, she gasps for air shortly, taking a peek to see Cafe’s face as red as she does.
Cafe pulled away, gasping for air, red as tomato. The sweat must be from the summer heat but it might as well as from how hot she felt from initiating the kiss.
Both are staring at each other, no one knows what to say or who should speak first. Panicking, perhaps. Hands are still intertwined tightly. The warmth in their chest is still pumping loudly and erratically. Speaking would show how shaken they are. The blush on their face says so, though.
Cafe gasps, “I-” and she pauses.
She took a deep breath and let out a soft smile. “I’ve been wanting to kiss you.”
Tachyon’ eyes widened, blushing even more. She couldn’t form any thoughts to say to her.
Cafe pulls her hands a little, “And it’s our first kiss.”
Tachyon might be the one who likes to tease or annoy Cafe, the one with the vibe that has the courage to initiate things especially with her lover. However, even for a mad scientist this is pretty unknown and new for her, especially how her heart pounds even more than how sweets makes her. Even with the most genius idea that stimulates her whole body to work harder is far from this feeling when she’s with Cafe. Opening her mouth to propose her experiment idea about this with her was even a challenge.
Not until when she tried to propose the idea, her whole feelings came out with a confession.
“I have this feeling that I have been unable to identify,” she put her hand on her chest.
Cafe could only watch her on her seat as she drank her coffee on the couch.
“It feels warmㅡtoo warm, it makes my chest pound even harder than when finishing a race. And it travels all over my body as if I’m under the summer sky.” She continued, her hands and voice shaking as she tried to act cool. Cafe only kept staring at her with a poker face.
She took a sip of her black coffee.
Tachyon frowned, trying to read Cafe’s face. She honestly didn’t know why she pulled herself to say this. It must be the warmth in her chest that motivated her to pull herself in front of Cafe and to start spouting these things.
She looked down on the floor, pushing all these unfamiliar feelings to come all out.
“It spreads like a wild fire, it burns but with comfort. Like a firewood, it lights up when I’m with you,” she continued.
She gulped hard, “And so..” She was even redder than ever.
“I would like to unravel these undiscovered feelings with you,” she met Cafe’s eyes.
Cafe kept an unemotional, uninterested, and tired look the whole time.
And now she was all red from neck to face. Tachyon was stunned, her chest felt warmerㅡhotter. To see Cafe with that expression felt like an arrow struck her chest and all the feelings she had in her chest burst into a wild flame.
‘I get it,’ her eyes widened.
‘Now, I get it!’ she screamed in her head. Realization came rushing in her bloodstream up to her head.
Before she could even make a sound, Cafe spoke.
“I like you too,” she confessed, red all over her face, sweat sliding down her cheek.
“I would also like to go out and unravel these feelings with you, Tachyon.” Cafe’s voice tried to come out strong and she kind of failed.
Tachyon was too stunned to move, opening and closing her mouth with no sound. Her heart was screaming, too happy, too warm, too bold of her. Her eyes were locked into Cafe’s, the information came rushing too fast she didn’t know what to do.
Cafe let out a chuckle.
“Where’s my all talkative Tachyon, hmm?” Cafe teased, smiling and laughing.
Tachyon, still processing, let out a sigh as she laughed lightly. Scratching her head and her hand on her mouth. With a spark in her eyes, she smiled at Cafe.
“I do really like you, Cafe…”
