Taking the long way home

by sleepyisreadin

Summary:

Ren rides the train with Sumire, the love of his life, (not clickbait,) (goes extremely right,) (cops not called) (World Peace achieved)

just a smol one-shot loosely based on my cringe-fail dog who leaned on my shoulder got up because of a strange noise and tried to go back to his original position only to fall straight into my face, epic doggo moment.

Ren's left shoulder starts to ache after a long time on the train, but it was as if it had been there for a long while. So as much as he wanted to quietly wait until they arrived at their destination, Ren's curiosity got the better of him, forcing him to finally look around

'what's with my-' He inspects the strange weight on his shoulder, only to realize that instead of a random passenger, it was his girlfriend, someone he wouldn't hesitate to call the love of his life. Sumire Yoshizawa, but he was conflicted on whether to let her sleep there or to wake her up, She was sleeping peacefully they were approaching their destination after all.

Ultimately however, Ren decides to wake her up, releasing her from whatever dream she might have had by gently jostling and shaking his shoulders, hoping that it would be enough to disturb her out of her sleep.

And it worked, Ren looks at his girlfriend as she wipes her eyes and drowsily leans into the train seat, blinking slowly before she finally regains the energy to face her boyfriend.

"H-how long have I been asleep, Senpai?" She asks, her somewhat dazed face and subtly messy straight hair were enough to tell Ren that even though they were packed like sardines, she was still comfortable enough to get some good sleep. And to him? That was worth more than everything the world had to offer, and he knew this like it was told to him on the day of his birth.

"Not very long, but I woke you up because our stop's almost here" Ren confirms, gaining Sumire's attention for a short while, before she yawns softly, not particularly minding what she looked like to anyone. Ren didn't mind, however, her small imperfections made her way better than the finest art Yusuke could ever produce, no offense to him,

"C-can I sleep a little more, please?" Sumire pleads, and Ren's big mouth was about to tell her she could, and he would've been happy to do so. 

He had to restrain himself however, as it was getting late, and they were going home, Kasumi's protective anger while justified, was not exactly an anger he wanted to experience daily, not to mention her father. He might not even be able to see what tomorrow was if he sent her home one minute later than scheduled.

(No way,)

"Ya-da, Sumire, we're almost at our stop and we might miss it," He gently declines, but his heart almost breaks when he looked at her mildly disappointed face,

 

"B-but, I was, I was dreaming of, of you, and I want to," Sumire drowsily responds before trailing off, yawning softly before resuming, "I want to-"

 

"F-fine, it's alright, you can sleep again," Ren stutters as he finally gives in to her request, while his will is crushed by the overwhelming weight of Sumire's sweet talk. As much as he hated the fact that it kept working, he could do nothing to stop it.

 

"R-Really?" Sumire faces Ren with a brilliant smile, the light radiating from her face was almost enough to blind Ren forever, but his eyes kept holding on. He wanted to see his girlfriend's beautiful face until he died, after all.

 

"Thank you, Senpai." She smiles as she softly falls to his shoulder, just like what happened before. But something was wrong, her trajectory wasn't as accurate as it was before, and this time? She was about to hit his legs with the momentum of a speeding bullet.

 

Ren's reaction time stops this, however, managing to grab her by the hood of her jacket before she fell into his legs, "h-huh?" She drowsily reacts, her somewhat clumsy nature giving Ren another reason to smile,

 

"You almost fell to my lap, here. Sleep here" He gently coasts her to his left shoulder, letting her lean in on a predetermined path, unlike what happened just a few seconds ago.

 

Silence fills the crowded train in his world as Ren's ears begin to pick up on a gentle whisper. It was three words, but those words alone were enough for a man to live life without regrets,

 

"Thank you, Senpai"

 

(Good night,)

"Oyasuminasai, Sumire" Ren gains the courage to whisper back, only for his brain to turn into mush just a few seconds later, his sanity desperately trying to restore the pieces of self control so that he would have the patience not to shout in a crowd. Embarrassing him while waking her up.

 

He blinked, then suddenly,

It was four hours later and they were still on the same train, Sumire was still gently sleeping on his shoulder, while Ren stayed awake the entire time.

 

Yasoinaba was going to be this train's next destination according to the announcer, and if there was one thing he knew. It was that thanks to a certain sister, and a righteously pissed-off father.

His life was over the moment the train circled back to Shibuya. But honestly? he was fine with that, he was still going to die, no matter how he spun the story to fit his narrative he wasn't quite good enough to fool Kasumi, And that was going to seal his fate. But he was content because as Sumire leans on his shoulder, he was at peace with one thing.

 

They were on each other's side, and to someone like Ren Amamiya, that was good enough.