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Megumi had a girlfriend.
Yuji didn't want to believe it.
This morning he was trying to get through math, not to have some new realizations about himself and what he wants.
He knew he liked megumi. He’d liked him since middle school. He knew Megumi didn’t feel the same. He thought he was ok with that. He was not.
This morning he was talking to Maki. He’d been getting tutored by her in the mornings before school. They’d finished up the lesson and were making casual conversation, then they began to talk about megumi. Maki asking about Megumi’s girlfriend.
Girlfriend.
When did that happen? Why didn’t he tell him?
Megumi was a private guy, but he would’ve told Yuji? Wouldn’t he?
Yuji couldn’t think of this, he had to focus on class.
…
Yuji didn’t focus in class. All day the only thing he could think of was megumi.
He hoped maybe tonight he could talk about it or better megumi would tell him Maki was totally wrong and he could still have megumi to himself. To himself? What was Yuji even thinking?
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The final bell rang and Yuji rushed back to their shared dorm. Once he got there his heart sunk. There Megumi was, smiling at his phone, smiling like how he smiled at Yuji. Yuji couldn’t take it.
He made some cheap excuse about extra math help with maki and left quickly. Megumi didn’t say much, or anything at all. He just nodded.
He quickly headed to Nobara's. When she opened the door she almost immediately shut it on him. After some begging, she let him stay on the couch. He didn’t tell Nobara about it but he's pretty certain that –with the help of Maki she figured it out. The look on his face probably helped too.
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It had now been 3 days of Yuji sleeping on Nobara and Maki’s couch. The week was almost over and things had only gotten worse. Megumi now wasn’t responding to his texts. Yuji had grabbed his things, some clothes and his switch, and made a little environment on the couch. Megumi was probably pissed, but Yuji couldn’t help but believe he didn’t care, that now he had time to spend with his girlfriend and that Yuji didn’t matter to him at all.
Yuji was a mess. Nobara wasn’t even bothering him about his couch habitat, which was probably the worst sign of all. He got up, went to school, went to the couch and went to bed. He’d completely given up.
Nobara was starting to get really tired of this crap.
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After a gruelling week-and-a-half of megumi ignoring him, Yuji was walking through the empty halls with Nobara. He knew this was also his fault, not talking to megumi, but he was really hoping megumi would take the initiative. Nobara had forgotten her bag in her last class and because he's been crashing on her couch, she forced him to come along too.
Yuji opened up the class door and stopped. Megumi was standing slouched on a desk, looking tired and sad. And hot. Yuji thought to himself. Yuji figured right now wasn't a good time to talk so he turned around, only to see the door shut?
He twisted the handle to no avail.
“Nobara!”
“I'll be back in like, 1 hour, you guys try to talk it out. I won't take another night of you sleeping on my couch!”
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30 minutes passed. Not a single word had been spoken between the two.
Yuji picked at his fingers. Where the hell is Nobara?
“Are you gonna say anything? At all?” Megumi asked, annoyance laced in his tone.
“What do you want me to say?” Yuji asked, slightly shocked that Megumi started the conversation.
“Sorry maybe? An explanation? An excuse?”
After a pause Megumi continued.
“Anything”
Yuji bit his tongue, getting angry. Why was he acting like this isn't his fault too?
“You’ve been avoiding me, so I decided it would be better to give you space!”
“That's bullshit, Yuji!”
“Look, you’ve got a girlfriend now! You no longer have time for me and my shallow emotions, so I thought to give you some space. You didn't even tell me! What was I supposed to think?”
“I don’t have a girlfriend! I'm not even talking to anyone!”
“Maki said you did!”
“Why do you even care?!” Megumi shouted.
Yuji was done. He walked up and grabbed megumi by the cuffs of his shirt. How could he not know?
“Because I'm in love with you! I’ve been in love with you for fucking years. I get that you don’t care but it hurts. It hurts so fucking much, meg.” Yuji's eyes began to well up with tears, turning away and loosening his grip. Just as he was about to pull away, he felt Megumi grab him by the neck.
Megumi kissed him. Was kissing him. Yuji froze for a second, then aggressively kissed back. The kiss was a mix of teeth and tongue, trying to express their desperation for each other.
Eventually they had to stop for air.
“What was that for?” Yuji asked.
“You really are an idiot aren't you?” Megumi said, flicking Yuji's forehead.
After a beat, Megumi spoke again.
“I love you too.”
Yuji took another pause, taking in Megumi's words, realizing what the man just said.
Then he crashed their lips together again and he slotted his fingers through Megumi's hair. Megumi wrapped his hands around Yuji’s neck as they stumbled around the empty classroom. Eventually Megumi's back hit what he assumed to be a chalk board. He then felt Yuji lift his leg up to slot himself closer.
Megumi felt like putty in Yuji's hands. His head was spinning.
Then Yuji pulled back.
“Can we talk about this?” Yuji asked, voice much softer than before.
All Megumi could do was nod. Too entranced to say anything really.
“Do you really love me? Really?”
The blush sporting Megumi’s cheeks grew a shade darker.
“Yes. I love you.”
Now it was Yuji’s turn to blush even harder.
“Why didn't you say anything?”
“I was scared.”
After a beat, Megumi asked “why didn’t you?”
“I told myself I was happy with whatever you gave me. I couldn’t handle losing our friendship.”
Yuji’s eyes shifted away from megumi’s gaze, then he continued.
"At least that's what I tried to think. Now, I don’t know if I could handle just being that.”
“I don't want to be just that either” Megumi said, the cadence of his voice changing into something more soft, yet raw and unwavering.
Yuji’s eyes moved back up to look into Megumi's, this was followed by the meeting of their lips.
Yuji's lips moved down onto Megumi's neck, placing hot, open mouthed kisses. Yuji moved into the junction of his neck and sucked. He heard a noise from megumi that was something like a gasp, Yuji couldn’t get enough of it. He looked for more places that elicited that noise from Megumi, reveling each time he found one. Megumi grabbed Yuji’s face, kissing him again while pushing their bodies as close together as he could. Yuji began to unbutton Megumi's school top, leading Megumi to undo Yuji’s tie.
Just as things were about to pass a point, Nobara bursted through the door. Confidently walking in, she exclaimed “I hope by now you two are getting along again!” Then she scanned the room to find the current ‘situation’ the two were in. A look of disgust washed over her. Face paling before turning red with anger. “Seriously! You couldn't have waited to do this later?!” She turned to leave the room, yelling “Just wait till maki hears about this! Now I owe her 20 dollars!” As Nobara reaches the door she stops, turning back with a much calmer expression “I am happy for you guys, still. But don't make a habit of this” she says while pointing at them.
They realize now they haven't moved an inch. Shocked still by the sudden interruption. They quickly part, then Yuji works up the courage to mutter a small “sorry” with both their faces burning.
Nobara just rolls her eyes and steps out grabbing her phone and definitely going to call maki, her screen lighting up with the words ‘girlfriend ❤️’ .
“They had bets on us?” They both exclaimed at the same beat.
“Were we really that obvious to everyone?” Yuji said, starting to laugh.
Megumi stayed silent. Looking at Yuji like he held all the light in the world.
Megumi reached up and placed a soft kiss to Yuji’s lips. “Do you wanna head to our dorm?”
Yuji just simply nodded. Any and all thoughts but of megumi gone.
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“I can’t believe your idea worked,” Nobara said, talking to Maki on the phone.
“I told you all they needed was a little push to confess!” Maki replied.
“Well yeah but that ‘little push’ landed yuji on our couch for waay too long”
“Well look at them now! Also, don't think I forgot you owe me 20”
“C’mon you take money from your amazing girlfriend?”
“My girlfriend wasn’t my girlfriend when we made this bet! But…. Who's to say it's not money for a date with that amazing girlfriend?”
“Real smooth maki.”
“Well I have to go for my tutoring gig, see you tonight?”
“See you tonight.”
Nobara hung up the phone and stared outward into the sky.
“Seriously what took those idiots so long.” She muttered to herself, starting the walk home.