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“If I could begin to be
Half of what you think of me
I could do about anything,
I could even learn how to love.” Akaashi gently sang, swaying lightly, tightly holding Bokuto’s crying figure to himself.
“When I see the way you act
Wondering when I’m coming back,
I could do about anything,
I could even learn how to love like you.” Akaashi’s eyes watered as he went on.
Though the lyrics were true. Bokuto thought so highly of the man holding him. If only he was that. If only he believed it.
“Love like you…” They sang together.
It was Bokuto’s verse now. Akaashi’s turn to cry on Bokuto.
“I always thought I might be bad,
Now I know it’s true
‘Cause I think you’re so good
And I’m nothing like you.” Bokuto was carding his hand through Akaashi’s hair.
It was time for them to sing a verse together.
“Look at you go,
I just adore you,
I wish that I knew
What makes you think I’m so special.” They swayed a full circle by now, slowly dancing in the middle of Bokuto’s room.
They were both crying at this point. Bokuto still had a verse left.
“If I could begin to do
Something that does right by you
I would do about anything,
I would even learn how to love.”
It was true as well. Bokuto wanted to do anything right in Akaashi’s eyes. He thinks Akaashi is so good, that they’re nothing alike and he wants to do something right.
Half a rotation and it was both their verse last.
“When I see the way you look
Shaken by how long it took,
I could do about anything,
I could even learn to love like you…
Love like you…”
As the song ended the couple stopped their slow dance, sniffling.
They kissed softly for a moment.
“I love you, Keiji.”
“I love you, too, Koutarou.”