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Rei was nervous. And when he was nervous he would attempt to run through calculated or mathematical items or equations to calm himself down. Currently it was trying to finish a Sudoku puzzle. But as hard he tries to get his mind off of things; the situation at hand is still making the butterflies inside him flutter around restlessly.
Makoto had suggested that they try to go further than hand holding, the cuddles and the kisses on cheeks. And that he was ready to try something a bit more... intimate with Rei. Being the ever considerate person he is, Makoto asked him first if he was ready for that type of thing, and that Rei should think about it first before heading into anything that would make him uncomfortable. Because Makoto would never forgive himself he felt like he was pressuring the first year into anything that Rei himself would regret.
To which Rei took up on Makoto’s offer on letting him think about it. Which leads back to the current situation at hand.
Of course being true to his nature, Rei had gone researching and reading up on what was much more intimate than the hand holding and the cuddles and found that both he and his boyfriend are apparently reaching second base which was just some heavy petting. Which in itself were just heavy kissing, groping and occasionally the exploration of the other’s bodies.
As a result, Rei’s heart was racing with excitement as well as nervousness. He was excited at the process of becoming closer to Makoto as his boyfriend and lover. But at the same time though, it was quite embarrassing at how many things can go wrong with his lack of experience and Rei felt that things could get awkward pretty quickly.
Soon though Rei felt arms encircle his waist, and a warm breath tickling his neck, causing him to shiver.
“Are you alright Rei?” Makoto asked, bringing Rei closer to himself, leaning onto his shoulder. ”You look a little tense…”
Rei looked down, leaning back against Makoto, making himself comfortable. “J-just a little nervous is all…”
Makoto smiled, kissing Rei’s cheek. “Don’t worry we’re not going to force anything, just let it happen naturally.” And with that Makoto resumed cuddling the blushing bespectacled boy in his arms, occasionally kissing other parts of Rei’s face besides his lips.
Rei, who was still nervous but not as much as before, allowed Makoto to continue his ministrations, feeling his lips brush over his his cheeks, the side of his forehead, the back of his head… He felt bad that he wasn’t reciprocating and ran through the theory of kissing.
‘Establish a physical connection by placing your hands on your partner's body. Placement depends on the dynamic between you, you can softly touch the face, the back of the neck or the shoulders. Be gentle with your touch if this is the first contact you are making. Stay away from "high risk" zones on your partners body-’
Rei let out a chuckle all of a sudden. “H-hey! That tickles! Stop!”
Makoto, whose kisses had trailed from Rei’s face, to his neck and shoulder, chuckled. “Are you weak here?” Makoto asked jokingly as he went to place more kisses on Rei’s neck and shoulders, carefully observing and gauging his reactions.
As a result of said assault, Rei continued to chuckle which then turn into giggles, squirming in the taller boys arms. “C-come on Makoto-senpai, stop it! It tickles!”
Amongst Rei’s squirming and his own teasing however, Makoto’s lips brushed against the bare nape of Rei’s neck. Immediately, Rei let out a loud squawk out of surprise and pleasure, before blushing furiously and covering his mouth with both his hands. Makoto stopped immediately afterwards stunned.
Soon an awkward silence fell between them.
“Makoto! Is everything alright up there?” Mrs Tachibana’s voice could be heard, where Makoto answered “No, everything’s alright! Don’t worry.”
This resulted in Rei panicking silently.
‘That was NOT a beautiful sound at all! Oh god I can’t believe that happened again, this is so mortifying! Senpai must think I’m weird or-’
Interrupting his self-berating, Rei heard warm laughter washing over him before feeling himself being hugged tightly. “S-senpai?”
Makoto continued to laugh, his broad shoulders shaking, desperately clinging to Rei to anchor himself from falling. Rei covered his face feeling immensely embarrassed. “I-I’m sorry Rei, b-but that sound was so funny-“ Rei slowly began sinking downwards off of Makoto’s lap, his covered face becoming redder and redder, he could even feel his ears becoming hot.
Makoto reading (well more like feeling) the atmosphere and picking up on Rei’s embarrassment, the second year student composed himself, though the amused and wide smile was still apparent on his face, and pulled the blushing male back onto his lap. “Rei.” Makoto said gently, nudging his nose against Rei’s hands.
There was no response, but Makoto continued to push gently. “Rei, look at me please?” All he got was shake of the head, but Makoto was not going to falter.
Letting go of the male, Makoto repositioned and adjusted Rei’s position until the boy’s covered face was face him, tilting his head forward and leaning his forehead onto Rei’s. “I’m sorry for laughing at you Rei… Forgive me?”
Rei uncovered his eyes to look at Makoto, looking rather crestfallen. Makoto felt a guilty for laughing as well as for thinking, ‘Rei looks cute like this too.’ After looking at each other’s for a long while, Rei took his hands away from his face, where Makoto smiled. “So you forgive me?” Rei glanced to the side mumbling, “Yeah.”
Makoto smiled brightly, nudging his nose with Rei’s giving him eskimo kisses. Rei smiled enjoying the tender ministrations, enjoying the warmth Makoto’s body gave and how they fit each other so nicely. Soon though Rei began to realise how close their lips were to each other and recalled his research the night before.
‘Establish and maintain eye contact from this point on. The eyes are often a clear indicator if someone wants to be kissed, or is thinking about kissing you. Try to look at your partner with a deep, yet soft gaze. Use your eyes to send them a message that shows how you feel for your partner.’
‘Well we have done that… kinda… Won’t it be awkward if we just looked into each other’s eyes again? Maybe I should… ’
“Rei is something wrong?”
Rei stopped thinking for a bit, processing Makoto’s question for a bit before just answering honestly. “Could we um,” Rei’s hand instinctively moved towards his face to push his glasses up. “Could we trying kissing? O-on the lips specifically?”