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Chifuyu was like a baby chick.
“Baji-san!”
It has been a few months since Baji ‘saved’ Chifuyu from those cowards who were ganging up on Chifuyu.
“Baji-san!”
And ever since then, the younger had been looking at him with these… ‘sparkly’ eyes that made Baji a tad bit uncomfortable.
Since they literally went to the same school, the younger had followed Baji to school and just… followed the black haired male around.
And very dedicatedly and persistently at that.
“Baji-san!”
The same thing had happened on this day too.
“Ba-”
“What?” 14 year old Baji deadpanned, an eyebrow twitching as he glared at the annoyingly chatty younger who only smiled in return.
“You’re so cool!” Chifuyu complimented, though it only made Baji groan.
“You’ve told me that thousands of times already.” Baji sighed, proceeded walking when he just knew Chifuyu didn’t really have anything to tell him, just repeating the ravenette’s names because he ‘liked the way it sounded on his lips’.
“And I’ll tell you the same thing in the next days!” Chifuyu grinned, eyes gleaming in joy.
What’s so fun about praising someone repeatedly, really?
Though Chifuyu’s persistent compliments weren't really the thing that ticked Baji off the most.
You know what’s worse?
The fact that Baji had already made Chifuyu his vice captain.
Yup.
Biggest regret in his life.
Baji pursed his lips, glancing at Chifuyu’s punk hairstyle before wordlessly ruffling the blonde’s hair, making it so that Chifuyu’s hair would look more… decent.
“You look better like this.” Baji murmured, patting the blonde’s head before walking ahead, completely unaware of Chifuyu’s flushing face, the blonde’s mouth gaping in surprise.
The captain of the first division wouldn’t say he’s closed off, no. He’s actually pretty friendly, quite famous for his friendly and charming grin.
He befriended Chifuyu too, after all.
Before making the younger his vice captain and all that.
So, after doing that, he wanted to make sure Chifuyu would show a good example to the others.
Who knew making the younger his vice captain only made the blonde praise him more frequently?
Baji thought this would probably only be a phase, so he didn’t really point it out in the first few months.
Oh how wrong he was.
“Baji-san!”
“…what?”
“Are we gonna have another Toman meeting today?”
“…yeah.”
“Then I’ll get to see you acting all cool again!”
“… just don’t fanboy so much-”
“No promises!”
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Baji’s not always uptight.
He could joke around with Chifuyu too, since he always bumped into the younger now that the blonde’s stalki- uhh was following him everywhere.
Also because they’re practically neighbours.
Baji waited in front of Chifuyu’s apartment, leaning against the wall while crossing his arms over his chest, wearing Toman’s uniform as he just enjoyed the view of the sun setting.
They were supposed to gather at Toman’s usual meeting place at 6:30. And it’s already 6:00.
Sighing, Baji went and was about to knock on the door when said door was opened, barely missing Baji’s face.
“Ack-! Sorry for taking so long, Baji-san!” Chifuyu instantly apologised, looking frantic and-
“I did not wait outside for what felt like years only for you to go to the meeting with that… unkempt hair.” Baji deadpanned, narrowing his eyes in distaste at Chifuyu’s hair.
Did he even brush it-
“I was trying to make it fluffy like you did the other day. The…uhh… just ruffling your hand through my hair? But it didn’t work! I ruffled it so many times already!” Chifuyu pouted, covering his head with his hands.
…
Is this guy seriously-
“You literally can just comb through your hair like a normal human being.” Baji deadpanned, watching in disbelief when the younger stared at Baji as if Baji had said the smartest thing in the world.
Not wanting to waste time, Baji left Chifuyu at the door, entering the blonde’s apartment and casually just making himself at home.
Immediately finding Chifuyu’s hairbrush, Baji took it and went back to the door only to bump into Chifuyu mid-way.
“Ah- sorry-”
“Stay still.” Baji had mumbled before tilting Chifuyu’s chin a little and started brushing through Chifuyu’s hair, ignoring Chifuyu’s stare on him.
After a minute, Baji decided Chifuyu had looked decent, retracting his hands from the blonde who was still staring at him with stars in his eyes.
Chifuyu yelped when Baji flicked his forehead, the vice captain finally scowling.
Huh.
Baji never saw the blonde scowling.
This was a first for him.
“What was that for?”
“For being a dumber idiot than me.” Baji deadpanned before making his way back outside.
Chifuyu only huffed at that, but a glance at the mirror instantly wiped the scowl off the younger’s face, the familiar warm and eager smile on his lips.
“Baji-san! This is so cool! My hair looks so fluffy! Like yours! What kind of witchcraft are you using?!”
“It’s called a hairbrush, Chifuyu.”
It was definitely not avoidable to break into a smile at Chifuyu’s eager antics and shining eyes.
“It must’ve been your hand! Not the hairbrush!” Chifuyu insisted, the two of them now out of their apartment complex and were finally making their way to Toman’s meeting.
“I’ll tell you if you act like a good vice captain at this meeting.” Baji grinned, letting loose since they’re not near their meeting spot yet.
As expected, Chifuyu’s eyes shone in determination, nodding eagerly.
“How should I do that?” Chifuyu asked, excited.
“Just… be a good example. Or something. Have some dignity and try not to gawk at everything I do.” Baji just listed the things Chifuyu always did around him.
It’s honestly amusing how Chifuyu’s complexion paled when he heard what Baji had said.
“B-but how can I not gawk?! I- I can’t possibly do the things you’ve told me to do!” Chifuyu pouted, slightly upset.
“No ‘witchcraft’ for you then.”
Oh god Chifuyu pouting is really cute-
“Fine, fine! I’ll try!”
In the end, Baji ended up laughing in the middle of trying to say something in the meeting, Chifuyu’s flushed face in trying to act ‘okay’ cracking the ravenette up.
“Why are you laughing, Baji?”
“Chifu- oh god Chifuyu you’re making it hard for me to focus on the meeting- Mikey do something-”
“He’s literally focused, though? What do you mean-? Wait- why is your face so red, Chifuyu-?”
God-
Baji can’t believe he thought Chifuyu’s cute for a moment there-
That was the last time Baji insisted Chifuyu to ‘have some dignity’, deciding he preferred eager-and-persistent-Chifuyu
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“I should help you with your studies!”
“Uhh… I can handle it by myself-”
“You literally can’t even read your own handwriting, Baji-san.”
“Now you’re just bullying me-”
“Baji-san’s mother, can I please help Baji-san with his studies?”
Yup.
That’s exactly how Baji got himself a tutor.
Persistent.
Chifuyu was annoyingly persistent.
“First tutoring with me! Aren’t you excited, Baji-san?” Chifuyu grinned when the younger came to pick Baji up from the older’s apartment, smiling at Baji’s mother when he noticed her in the kitchen.
Reluctantly, Baji brought some books and put on his nerdy glasses, yet not bothering to tie his hair as he pushed the younger out of the apartment.
“I’m not excited at all.” Baji deadpanned, taking Chifuyu’s wrist in his and running away when he just knew his mother heard him and was about to lecture him.
Lucky enough, he managed to run away in time.
The two of them stopped running when they reached Chifuyu’s floor, Chifuyu laughing joyfully while Baji was groaning in annoyance.
“Your mother is definitely the best!” Chifuyu laughed, retracting his hand out of Baji’s hold only for him to take Baji’s wrist and dragged the older to the blonde’s apartment.
“We’ll try to fix your handwriting first! Since, well, if you can’t even write properly, you definitely can’t answer the questions at all.” Chifuyu told, completely oblivious of Baji who was questioning why his heart beat a tad bit faster when the younger grabbed his wrist.
Weird.
The two of them went inside after the 13 year old had opened the door, letting go of Baji’s wrist in the process.
“Make yourself at home!” Chifuyu beamed, immediately making his way to the living room that was definitely cleaned up before Baji got there.
Chifuyu sure was trying hard for Baji…
“What are you standing at the door for? Come! Sit here!” Chifuyu urged, patting on the floor beside him.
Baji had no choice but to oblige, of course.
Once Baji was sitting cross-legged, he noticed something a bit… ‘ peculiar’ about his vice captain.
“You wear glasses?” Baji asked, finding it hard to admit how instead of looking ‘stupid’ -like how Baji was in them nerd glasses- the blonde looked cuter in the round framed glasses.
“No. But you told me wearing glasses looked smart! So I’m just trying it out.” Chifuyu beamed, saying things like ‘I’m feeling quite smart already!’.
Baji let the younger marvelled over the act of wearing glasses, the ravenette taking out his books and started skimming through them first.
Right off the bat, Baji already felt like dying.
Studying was a combination of ‘student’ and ‘dying’ anyway so-
“Let’s just stop.” Baji sighed in the midst of the blonde’s rambling, Chifuyu instantly gasping at the statement.
“No!!! Okay okay I stop rambling about glasses! Let’s start studying now!” Chifuyu apologised for literally the most dumb reason Baji had heard before scooting closer to the ravenette and taking the book from Baji’s hands, eyes squinting at the book.
It was at that moment Baji realised something that he should’ve realised sooner.
…
“Chifuyu…”
“…yes, Baji-san?”
“… what did you get on your last… writing paper?”
“…45-”
“YOU BARELY PASSED-”
“BUT YOU GOT LOWER! YOU GOT A 39, DIDN’T YOU?!”
…
His traitor of a mother-
“Wait nooo Baji-san dont gooo! We can work on this togetherrr! Don’t leave meee! I was the one who persuadade your mother to tell me your marksss!” Chifuyu cried out, arms wrapped around Baji’s waist when Baji tried to get up.
Chifuyu’s face was pressed against Baji’s back, literally hugging the older tighter when Baji tried to escape his hug.
Ah…
Baji gave up.
“Fine, fine. But we better get something out of this.” Baji relented, weirded out why he actually missed Chifuyu’s warmth when the blonde let go.
Baji tied his hair loosely, trying to actually focus.
Though he couldn’t, because he could feel a certain someone’s intense gaze on his nerdy glasses.
“You got something for my nerdy glasses or something?” Baji asked, raising an eyebrow in amusement when Chifuyu had flushed.
“Nope! Uhhh nothing against it! Just… uhhh wanna wear another type of glasses?” Chifuyu asked.
???
Another type of glasses?
“Uhhh what does that even mean?”
Chifuyu hesitated a little before taking off his glasses, wordlessly taking off Baji’s glasses and putting his own glasses on the ravenette.
Seeing a speechless and flushed Chifuyu for once in a while was super satisfying for Baji.
“So? Do I look smart?” Baji asked, a hint of a tease in his voice.
Ah…
Flushed and stammering Chifuyu was definitely the most entertaining-and-not-annoying Chifuyu.
For Baji anyway.
“Y-yeah! Definitely look very handsome- I MEAN SMART! YEAH! VERY SMART!” Chifuyu stammered frantically, putting on Baji’s pair of nerdy glasses.
…
Oh god.
Damn Mikey.
Baji couldn’t believe it.
“I definitely didn’t look smart in that.” Baji chuckled when he saw Chifuyu in the nerdy glasses, full on laughing when the younger flushed redder.
“What- Take that back, Baji-san!” Chifuyu suddenly scowled, narrowing his eyes at Baji and looking super adorab-
“But I really don’t, look smart though?” Baji said to distract himself from his odd thoughts of the younger.
It happened so frequently these days-
“Well, you actually gave me the impression of a smart nerdy -in a good way, I swear- guy when I first saw you! So basically, you do look smart in these glasses” Chifuyu had said, god knows who he’s defending, honestly.
In the end, Chifuyu wouldn’t stop talking about how smart Baji actually looked until the ravenette finally admitted it.
Baji wouldn’t have admitted it if the younger wasn’t so persistent.
Also because
Chifuyu in his glasses for some reason just filled his head with words like cute and adorable and-
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Baji’s 15 now.
Chifuyu, 14, had finally stopped ‘worshipping’ the ground Baji walked on-
But the blonde was as persistent as ever.
Take this moment, for example.
“I WILL HAVE ORDER!”
“Can you, please , order your food like a normal human being, Fuyu?”
“But you said you'd be the Childe to my Zho-”
“I said I’ll pay for us. Not that. Stop twisting my words.”
It took a few moments of bickering before Baji sighed and let the younger do whatever he wanted, in the end simply paying for their peyoung yakisoba and sending an apologetic smile towards the employee.
“Nice! You’re good at acting like Childe!” Chifuyu beamed once the two of them were seated on a bench in the playground, munching on the food they’ve bought and humming in delight.
“I literally just paid for the food.”
“And that’s basically Childe! To Zhongli anyway.”
…
“Are you saying Zhongli’s a gold dig-”
“ANYWAY, LET’S CHANGE TOPIC! Also, no of course I didn’t just call Zhongli a… whatever you’re about to say just now.” Chifuyu cut Baji off, nervously playing with his fingers after handing the half box of peyoung yakisoba to Baji.
The ravenette raised an eyebrow, amused before digging in.
The two of them made small talks, Baji cracking jokes here and there and Chifuyu laughing so hard his face was turning red as time passed by.
No, Baji did not thought Chifuyu’s cute-
“Well, well, well. Who do we have here?”
At the sound of an unfamiliar voice speaking, Baji and Chifuyu stopped chatting, now noticing the punks that had been standing there, trying to look menacing.
Since when were these people here anyway?
“Huh? Why are you guys suddenly approaching us? Pretty sure we’ve been minding our own business over here.” Chifuyu suddenly stood up, glaring at the punks who were smiling smugly.
Suddenly approaching us??
“They’ve been watching us from afar actually. Should’ve known they wanted something.” Chifuyu provided a short explanation, cracking his knuckles.
Like Chifuyu had predicted, the punks did want something from Baji and Chifuyu.
They wanted to beat the two into a pulp.
Baji would never go down without a fight, so he was placing the box of still unfinished peyoung yakisoba when Chifuyu said,
“Eat, Baji-san. These guys are just a bunch of lame punks. I can handle them myself.”
Baji furrowed his eyebrows at that.
“What? You tryna pick a fight now of all times, Fuyu-?”
The sound of knuckles meeting someone’s jaw cut Baji off, Chifuyu landing a clean punch on the guy who had first walked up to them, the dude instantly going unconscious.
Baji’s pretty sure he heard Chifuyu say ‘pathetic’. But…
…
“Just eat the damn peyoung yakisoba.” insisted Chifuyu one last time before he started beating the other guys who came running to him at once.
Baji would never go down without a fight, but…
He’ll let this one slide.
Since he trusted Chifuyu.
It didn’t take long for Chifuyu to beat those guys up to a pulp; Baji had already finished their peyoung yakisoba by the time Chifuyu was finished with the guys.
None of them managed to land a single finger on Baji.
“Interrupting Baji-san while he’s eating… What is wrong with these guys?” Chifuyu grumbled, eyebrows furrowed as he slipped his hands into his pockets, sitting back beside Baji who was staring at him.
Baji only grinned in amusement, chuckling a little as Chifuyu grumbled on and on about how they should respect Baji.
“I’m literally younger than those punks.”
“You’re still stronger tho. We have the higher ground. Fuck the authority.”
Baji really couldn’t stop laughing at the scowling younger-
“It’s not funnyyy! Why are you laughing??” Chifuyu finally dropped his tough act, now pouting as he tilted his head in confusion, staring at Baji as if that’ll give him an answer by itself.
In the end, Baji didn’t tell the blonde what he found funny -j
ust because pouting Chifuyu was adorable
- and the two immediately started walking home when they realised it was getting late.
“Hmm I think I wanna stay at your place tonight.” Baji said without really thinking.
Chifuyu’s pout immediately went away, eyes sparkling as he nodded eagerly and immediately came up with reasons as to why Baji should stay at his place, insisting in case Baji suddenly changed his mind.
Actually, Baji actually wanted to retract his words.
“But you always sleep on the couch when I sleep over at your place. Cuz you want me to sleep on your bed.” came Baji’s argument, his reason causing Chifuyu to stop mid-speech.
“But you deserve the best!” came Chifuyu’s lame argument.
Expecting the answer, Baji sighed, stopped walking and stared at Chifuyu who stopped walking as soon as Baji stopped talking.
Baji stared some more, making sure Chifuyu was squirming in place before he leaned into the younger’s face and flicked the blonde’s forehead.
Chifuyu yelped, his face going beet red, flushing and stammering as he took a few steps backwards,
“Wh- what was that for?!” Chifuyu asked, eyes narrowing though cheeks only turning rosier as seconds passed by.
“For you to stop ‘worshiping’ me.” Baji deadpanned, closing the distance between the two of them before-
-why is he cupping Chifuyu’s cheeks-
The feel of Chifuyu’s lips on his left goosebumps all over the ravenette-
As soon as he realised what he just did, he instantly pulled his hands away, feeling his cheeks warmed up as he averted his gaze from Chifuyu.
What what what-
Why did he do that?!
How should he explained-
A small pleased hum from the other snapped Baji out of his frantic head, the ravenette turning to Chifuyu who didn’t look bothered at all by what just happened.
“I like that.” Chifuyu suddenly beamed, the smile too bright for Baji’s still shocked and frantic heart.
In the end, Chifuyu ended up dragging the older to his own apartment, the younger casually snuggling into Baji’s chest and falling asleep immediately once they’ve changed into more comfortable clothes and went to bed.
At that moment, at exactly 12:19 midnight, Baji realised;
He liked Matsuno Chifuyu.
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Baji woke up sluggishly, eyes trying to adjust to the bright lights on him as he immediately realised he was at the hospital, wincing when he could feel the stab on his stomach.
But it was… treated?
“What the..?” Baji mumbled, blinking rapidly.
Wasn’t he supposed to be dead?
He literally stabbed himself?
“Is the afterlife a hospital?” Baji murmured, looking around and finally realising the blonde sleeping on a small couch nearby, soft quiet snores leaving his parted lips.
This was definitely not the afterlife if Chifuyu’s here.
He tried getting out of bed, but he was too weak to even actually do anything.
Ah…
He actually survived?
What was he supposed to do?
Kisaki…
Was the douchebag still in Toman?
Baji had so many questions, but when his eyes met sea-coloured ones, those questions didn’t really matter to him.
Chifuyu blinked a few times, eyes adjusting to the light.
It was then Baji could feel his heart ache when he noticed how tired Chifuyu had looked, eyes puffy and nose slightly red.
“Baji… -san?” Chifuyu murmured, eyes widening as time passed by before he scrambled off the couch and leaped into Baji’s arms, fresh tears streaming down his cheeks as he nuzzled his face into Baji’s neck.
The ravenette could feel the tears gathering in his eyes, arms instinctively wrapping around Chifuyu’s waist and pulling the younger closer, nuzzling into the blonde’s hair and just enjoying the familiar warmth of his vice captain’s.
…
He’s alive…
He actually managed-
“I hate you…” Baji heard Chifuyu murmur weakly, the younger squeezing the back of Chifuyu’s shirt and hugging the ravenette tighter.
Baji knew the younger didn’t mean that, so he only grinned, maybe a little too softly, but Chifuyu couldn’t see his face.
So he’ll let loose.
“I know… I know…” Baji murmured back, pressing a small peck on the crown of Chifuyu’s forehead.
God…
He could’ve lost this…
Baji hesitated to say he’s sorry, not wanting to make Chifuyu cried harder than he already was.
But he’s really sorry.
For leaving the younger in the dark.
For not explaining what he’s doing.
For betraying him.
For all those harsh words he threw at the younger.
For stabbing himself.
For almost leaving the younger in the dark forever-
“I really really like you, Baji-san.” Chifuyu suddenly confessed, catching Baji off guard.
???
“Don’t ever do that again.
Don’t ever try to die in my arms ever again.” Chifuyu insisted, voice hoarse, yet determination could be heard clearly in his voice.
Baji couldn’t even ask for a more straightforward answer, Chifuyu’s lips meeting his for a split second before the younger walked away from him and rushing to the door, opening it and closing it once he existed.
…
What-
…
He didn’t even let Baji say anything-
Baji couldn’t even wrap his head around the words Chifuyu had told him, as a few seconds after Chifuyu went out, the others from the gang came to visit him. His mother being the first one to come and hugged him, followed by Mikey and everyone else.
During the whole time Baji was conversing with his mother and the other Toman’s executives -minus Kisaki. The fucker was already out of Toman- , Chifuyu had stayed oddly silent, holding one of Baji’s hands and squeezing it from time to time.
From time to time, Baji’s heart ached, only could watched and listened as, with a so not-like-Chifuyu silent whisper, the blonde murmured,
“He’s not cold.”
“His body’s warm.”
“He’s alive.”
“He’s breathing.”
Repeating it the whole time as Chifuyu held Baji’s hands.
Baji hated it.
Hated the sad and traumatised look on the blonde’s face.
It was unsettling. Upsetting.
When the others left, and Baji’s mother said she’ll be waiting outside, Baji took that moment to confront Chifuyu.
“I’m sorry.” was what Baji had said.
As expected, Chifuyu broke into tears again.
In the end, the two ended up sharing the not-so-comfortable hospital bed, Chifuyu just enjoying the warmth radiated from Baji and Baji enjoying the comforting warmth from the blonde.
His mother came back in, smiling a little at her son before sleeping on the couch, thanking the gods above for giving her son another chance.
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18 year old Baji stared at the younger who’s sleeping beside him, the blonde’s slightly parted lips letting out small snores as his cheeks were slightly rosy.
He liked this new ‘tradition’ of theirs; started doing it when Baji was 15 and accidentally pecking Chifuyu’s kiss, head not thinking through his actions.
Their legs were tangled together, Chifuyu’s cheek squished against Baji’s chest as Baji’s fingers combed through the blonde’s locks.
…
This was getting out of hand.
Baji’s fingers moved away from the blonde’s hair, his thumb tracing Chifuyu’s cheekbone before it grazed Chifuyu’s bottom lip, the ravenette inhaling sharply at the touch.
He should really make them official already…
They’re old enough, anyway.
“That tickles.” Chifuyu suddenly giggled, Baji he had been playing and tugging with Chifuyu’s left earring unconsciously.
Baji stopped tugging on the ring after that, instead he just played with Chifuyu’s ear, grinning in amusement a little when Chifuyu tensed.
Cute.
“Stop playing with my earrrr…” Chifuyu murmured sleepily, nuzzling his face into Baji’s chest and wrapping his arms around Baji and gripping on the back of Baji’s shirt.
“You complained, but you didn’t even bother to stop it aside from just saying it.” Baji murmured back, grinning smugly when Chifuyu had made a sound from the back of his throat, the sound between a pleased hum and a ‘whatever’ groan.
So Baji just proceeded to play with Chifuyu’s ear.
Which, was definitely not, best friend’s behaviour, mind you.
But Baji and Chifuyu had long forgotten about the border line between friends and lovers already.
They’re pretty comfortable with where they were.
The ravenette was caught off guard when the blonde suddenly retracted his arms, cupping Baji’s cheeks and leaning in before pressing a kiss on Baji’s nose.
“Stop. Really.” Chifuyu sighed, nuzzling into Baji’s neck instead.
Baji’s fingers went rigid, heartbeat escalating as the younger pressed a short kiss on his neck, humming against his skin.
Baji stopped playing with Chifuyu’s ear, opting to just play with the back of Chifuyu’s hair instead.
Though before he could even let his fingers touch the younger’s hair, Chifuyu suddenly sat up, making Baji’s heart drop for a moment.
Instead of leaving, Chifuyu went and straddled Baji, making himself comfortable before casually leaning in and connecting his lips with Baji.
Yeah, this was normal.
But Chifuyu’s eyes looking so soft was not.
Baji tried pushing Chifuyu off him, but the younger only persisted, even going as far as nipping Baji’s bottom lip and invading Baji’s mouth.
Since when was Chifuyu so bold-
Baji felt his heart lurched forward a little, groaning when Chifuyu had tugged on his hair a little bit harsher than usual.
What what what-
Literally to stop the younger from doing other things just to make sure Baji wouldn’t get too excited , the ravenette switched their positions, gripping Chifuyu’s wrists above the younger’s head just to make sure he didn’t try anything.
“Fuyu.” Baji mumbled, breath hitching a little when he noticed just how plump and kissable Chifuyu’s lips looked like.
God- Baji’s only human-
“Baji-san.”
Oh god his voice-
“I think- no. I insist, that we should be boyfriends.” Chifuyu suddenly proposed the idea out of nowhere, eyes determined and certain.
Uhh…
“… is that how you’re gonna confess? After shoving your tongue down my throat?” Baji deadpanned as he raised an eyebrow, grinning in amusement when the younger flushed and struggled against his grip.
“W-well, it’s your fault for playing and tugging on my ear!”
“What does that have to do with anything?”
Chifuyu started stammering nonsense after that, most of his ‘nonsense’ were basically just reasons why they should date and be boyfriends.
Not like Baji would reject the blonde or anything.
Baji sighed, instantly making Chifuyu stop talking.
“Is that a yes?” Chifuyu asked, eyes gleaming in anticipation as he nibbled on his bottom lip out of habit.
This guy really didn’t know how hard he’s affecting Baji…
Letting go of Chifuyu’s wrists to cup Chifuyu’s cheeks instead, Baji tilted the younger’s chin, resting his forehead against Chifuyu’s as he smiled, albeit a little more soft than usual.
“And what if I say no?”
“I insist, Baji-san. I’ll always be there for you, no matter.” Chifuyu grinned, turning into a smile when Baji connected their lips once again, hands immediately tangling in Baji’s long black hair.
Annoyingly persistent, Chifuyu was.
It could get annoying, but after getting used to it for years, it’s slowly turning endearing to Baji’s eyes.
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Annoyingly, adorably , persistent.
Matsuno Chifuyu was one dangerous guy.
Especially around others.
“Wait-! I think we should go there! The new cafe had just opened a few days ago!” Chifuyu beamed, tugging on Kazutora’s sleeve.
Baji didn’t blame Kazutora for caving in, watching as his best friend nodded mindlessly before he was dragged away, Chifuyu beckoning Baji to walk faster.
Baji and Chifuyu were finally dating.
So Kazutora, of course, naturally grew closer to Chifuyu.
Since he’s Baji’s best friend and all.
Even though the bi-coloured haired male had stabbed Baji, Chifuyu had managed to forgive him. Though not so easily, actually.
The blonde needed a whole year to ‘get used’ to Kazutora and forgive the other.
And that did not include the times Baji tried convincing the younger that Kazutora’s actually a good guy.
To put it roughly, it took… uhh… 2 and a half year…?
Yeah, pretty sure.
Chifuyu’s 21 now, while Baji and Kazutora were 22.
They’ve had their friendly hangout -the three of them- tons of times already.
It was obviously foreseen that Chifuyu would gradually get more and more comfortable with Kazutora.
But Baji did not, expect for the younger to get so comfortable that he ended up acting persistent with Kazutora too.
Lately, their hangouts were just Chifuyu eagerly dragging Kazutora everywhere, since he knew Kazutora still felt guilty for what had happened to Baji.
If Baji saw Kazutora stared at Chifuyu in adoration on more goddamn time, the ravenette might just riot-
“Baji-san?”
Baji snapped out of his thoughts when he felt familiar hands cupping his cheeks, the ravenette unconsciously leaning into Chifuyu’s hands and humming a little.
Ah…
Baji spaced out for too long, didn’t he?
“You okay, Baji?” Kazutora asked after that, looking a little guilty for a whole other reason.
Baji didn’t have to ask to know the guy felt bad for hogging Chifuyu all to himself.
Though Baji couldn’t possibly blame Kazutora for staring at Chifuyu, honestly.
Chifuyu’s too bright and warm to not stare at.
“Baji-san seemed a little out of it today. So maybe we’ll continue where we stop on another day?” Chifuyu suggested to Kazutora, giving the guy an apologetic smile before intertwining his fingers with Baji’s.
Baji didn’t like how Chifuyu ditched Kazutora for him, but he’s actually just glad Chifuyu’s still as caring as ever.
“I can go home by myself. You go hang out with Tora.” Baji said, despite secretly hoping that Chifuyu would stay by his side.
“I rather make sure you’re okay before anything else.” was Chifuyu’s respond, the younger insisted again when he just knew Baji was about to repeat his prior statement.
Baji’s tongue tied, wondering how he got to meet and date such a caring person.
“Chifuyu?”
“Yes, Baji-san?”
“Do you know that you had this habit of insisting?”
“…insisting on what, actually?”
Laughing a little, Baji instantly started talking and giving examples of Chifuyu being persistent, the younger only blinking owlishly as if he didn’t do any of the things Baji had said.
“I’m not that insistent.”
“You really are, that , insistent, actually. But it’s okay. Got used to it.
Have already fallen for it anyway.”
After that, Chifuyu tried to stop being so insisting, but failed anyway.
He just wanted the best for Baji, after all.
🐥 END 🐥