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“I LOST?!” Reo yelled as the alarm on his phone went off. His shriek heard by any bird that flew near the soccer field.
Beads of sweat were trapped in the boy's violet hair, though some survivors raced down his bare neck, almost evaporating in the expedition. His skin burned with passion that dwindled as defeat settled in, acknowledging his heavy breath when he snapped out of his trance.
“Reo lost huh? So I won?” Nagi asked monotone, but Reo could catch a smug look forming on the lazy boy’s face. His pearl hair was a nest that could house a cockatoo, but it draped over his limitless eyes so perfectly. Reo knew only Nagi could flaunt a hairstyle so crude and still look good. Though Reo could never waste any time envying his partner's looks, especially when he could be admiring them.
In a friendly way obviously. It's normal to find your friends attractive.
Reo plopped down next to Nagi, frantically recounting the results of their 1 minute free shot competition.
Nagi - | | | | | = 5
Reo- | | | | = 4
Reo groaned and scratched his head with enough fervor to rip a chunk of his hair off. Reo wasn't usually a sore sport, when it came to challenging Nagi at least, a win for Nagi was a win for him. But today, there were stakes.
“Does Reo have lice?” Nagi teased as he weakly took Reo's hand from his head. Reo let his hand go limp, inviting the lazy boy to do whatever he wished.
Nagi caressed Reo’s hand, inspecting it as if he could read his future, plucking any grass or dirt from the hand.
“Ugh shut up," Reo growled with no real anger behind his voice." Alright, what's my punishment? Do your worst, Nagi.”
“Hm?” Nagi hummed, not looking away from Reo's hand “What punishment?”
“The loser had to do a punishment of the winner’s choice,” Reo said, quickly adding “But if you don't have any, we can just forget about it!”
Nagi got closer to Reo’s hand. He was panting slightly and his breath burned Reo's skin as it grazed his hand.
Reo never understood why Nagi liked to be touchy after practice, they were sweaty and dirty, but Nagi didn’t seem to care. Even when their sweaty hands easily slipped away from each other, Nagi held on firmly.
“What’s your favorite movie?” Nagi asked
Reo opened his mouth to answer, scouring his brain until he realized he had none. It's not that the almighty heir was picky, Reo just never had the time to indulge in movies.
“Ah, I remember,” Nagi said, continuing to fidget with the hand. “You have to watch some movies”
“Eh?! Movies?” Reo giggled, until he made eye contact with his deadpan friend.
Oh, he's serious
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Reo made himself comfortable on his bed as he looked at the list of movies Nagi sent.
(10:30 PM)
Nagigigigi🦥: u dont have to watch all of them
Reo sighed in relief as he saw 10+ movies listed, Reo barely had the time to watch one movie. With the addition of soccer, Reo’s schedule has been hell for the past 6 months. His routine used to be redundant; go to school, shower, tutor, do homework, study, listen to dad lecture, business meetings, go to sleep. Frankly, It was boring.
But meeting Nagi has ruined this, from playing soccer with him to saving the life of his precious Choki, which was just a cactus, Reo never followed his original schedule properly. Today was no exception.
Truthfully, Reo was planning to just search up the summary of the movies, but, Reo noticed a pattern in the movies.
They were all romance, and Nagi took the time to highlight his favorites, ranking them based on which ones he liked more.
“Why doesn’t he put this much effort into football…?” Reo mumbled with a pout, searching up Nagi's favorite movie.
Reo sighed with guilt, enlightened by how innocent Nagi was. Especially since Reo’s punishment for Nagi was going to be dressing him up as a chicken and making him dance for their next game.
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12:00 AM
Nagigigigi🦥: how many did u watch
12:01 AM
it's been 2 hours since you sent the list.
how many do you think I've watched, genius?
12:03 AM
Nagigigigi🦥: oof
did u like them
12:03 AM
I watched your #1
"Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"
I like the premise a lot.
12:04 AM
Nagigigigi🦥: Same
Few minutes later
Nagigigigi🦥: that's my favorite movie
12:04 AM
Favorite movie of all time?
12:045AM
Nagigigigi🦥: 👍
12:06 AM
I'm surprised, I thought your favorite movie would be some childish cartoon
I'm even more surprised you were able to write out the movie name without giving up, lol.
12:06 AM
Nagigigigi🦥: 🦉
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Reo giggled at Nagi’s vague messages. Nagi was a dry texter, but Reo was always giddy when the lazy boy tried to hold up a conversation. Maybe Reo's just easy.
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12:09 AM
Why is it your favorite movie? :>
12:10 AM
Nagigigigi🦥: Similar reasons to you. It’s interesting.
Nagigigigi🦥: Finding ur person no matter what.
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Before Reo could send another text, Nagi quickly sent another one
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12:11 AM
Nagigigigi🦥: u
12:14 AM
Yea?
“Nagigigigi🦥 is typing” popped up and disappeared multiple times, until he finally went offline.
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‘Dumbass’ Reo thought, tucking himself into the cold sheets.
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“Morning,” Nagi greeted Reo and Ba-ya, Reo's assistant, as he trudged into Reo’s limousine.
"Get good sleep?" Reo asked.
Nagi nodded sleepily, then stared at Reo, waiting for him to answer.
“I slept like a baby!” Reo chimed
He was lying, pants on fire, nose growing.
Reo never cared for romance. The heir knew he was going to get into an arranged marriage, consequently finding love unimportant in life. But these movies act like it is the treasure of their life, as if it were their purpose. As if they were born to love the other.
It was disgustingly cute
He stayed up thinking about the movie, entranced by how cavity inducing the story was. When the characters embraced each other, loved the other through their lowest points, got embarrassed at the smallest things when trying to impress their partner.
“I didn’t take you for a romantic, Nagi,” Reo hummed as he sat closer to the white haired boy. “I was surprised to see all the movies were romance.”
“Uh yea, it's nice.” Nagi stated bored, taking quick glances at Reo.
“Mmmyeah! What do you like about romance movies? Is it just the feeling, the acting, or do you want what they have?” Reo interrogated and watched as Nagi made himself smaller at the question.
Reo was forming a devilish idea, Nagi knew it. Nagi also knew that once Reo wanted something, he would get it.
“I…like the feeling it gives,” Nagi answered.
“Same!” Reo cheered, putting his arm around Nagi before continuing, “But its no fun to watch through a screen. It gets...bland. Love is freeing, it shouldn't be trapped behind a screen! Right?”
“Reo…” Nagi muttered, furrowing his brows a bit as Reo ecstatically jumped out of the limousine.
Reo looked around the school yard at the many bachelors and bachelorettes. The possibilities were endless, Reo was about to have fun.
I’ll be the best cupid the world has ever seen
Reo laughed maniacally as he watched his innocent subjects savor their last moments being single.
“ Ba-ya, we should stop by the psych ward next time” Nagi mentioned with a wince.