This is for my love, Lunar!
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"I'm really glad, Ryuichi. I hate to see you upset. It makes me want to cry and I don't cry often."
Tatsuha looked at Ryuichi, starting to shake harshly as his body became overwhelmed with coughing and sneezing. His cold was getting worse. The teen even felt a little faint and hoped he wouldn't pass out again.
"Are you okay?" Ryuichi asked, looking over at Tatsuha.
'He's coughing and sneezing a lot, I've never seen someone cough that hard,' Ryuichi thought worried.
Reaching out, Ryuichi touched Tatsuha's forehead, "you still have a icky fever." He said. Having fevers were no fun, Ryuichi knew. He felt bad that the dark haired teen had a bad cold because he went outside to look for him in the cold air.
His face red from coughing, Tatsuha nodded, his hand over his mouth. "I'm fine." he said, his voice scratchy. "Just a little cold, is all." That wasn't totally true. It was the worse cold he'd had in a long time. His head hurt, his throat hurt, his back hurt from coughing non stop and his nose was stuffed so bad, he couldn't breathe.
Ryuichi scooted closer to Tatsuha, surprising the teen when he reached out to hug him. Laying his head on Tatsuha's chest, the ex singer glanced up at Tatsuha, his cheeks colored.
"I'm sorry." Ryuichi whispered, reaching up to put his arms around Tatsuha's neck. Tatsuha blinked, his face showing his great surprise from Ryuichi's actions.
Tatsuha looked down at the man cuddling close to him, wondering what he could be sorry about, "why?" he asked, moving to embrace Ryuichi.
"I'm sorry for getting upset before I knew everything. I'm sorry for reading your mail. I'm sorry for running out and making you chase me. I'm sorry you got sick because of me. I'm just really really sorry."
Ryuichi looked up at Tatsuha, his eyes wide, "do you forgive me?" he asked, a cute pout on his lips. Tatsuha smiled at Ryuichi, his eyes stuck on his lips that looked oh-so-kissable.
"There's nothing to forgive; you did nothing wrong, Ryu." Tatsuha smiled. Okay, so maybe it had been wrong to read his mail, but Tatsuha didn't really care about that. And maybe it was because of Ryuichi that he had his cold, but once again, Tatsuha didn't care about that. He'd never blame the one he cared about so much.
"Really?" Ryuichi smiled, slowly without meaning to, moving closer to Tatsuha.
It happened in a blink of an eye. Ryuichi's face just kept getting closer and closer to Tatsuha's before the gap between them was no more. Ryuichi's eyes went wide when he realized what he'd done; Tatsuha's went even wider.
"Mmmf..." Tatsuha pushed Ryuichi away, "what are you doing?" he exclaimed, his cheeks red, but not from coughing.
Ryuichi bit his lower lip, his eyes blinking rapidly, "I-I'm sorry... i-it just happened. A-are you mad?" Ryuichi looked down, feeling choked up.
"Mad; of course I'm mad! Next time you want to kiss me make sure I don't have a contagious cold."
Startled, Ryuichi looked up, "w-what?"
"I didn't mind the kiss; I just don't want you to do it again... until I'm better." Tatsuha smiled, reaching out placing his hand on Ryuichi's cheek.
A bright grin started to spread across Ryuichi's face. "Deal! Na no da!"
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Since that one kiss, neither Ryuichi or Tatsuha made another move on the other, even though it had been weeks and Tatsuha's cold went away within the first three days. Both seemed unsure if the other really wanted their relationship to be more then a relationship of friendship.
Then one day, three weeks later when Tatsuha couldn't stand it anymore he went looking for Ryuichi. He found the man in his bedroom, sitting on his bed.
"Ryuichi?" Tatsuha poked his head in the room, "can we talk?" he slowly walked in the room.
Looking up, the ex singer smiled, "of course!" he said, patting a spot next to him on the bed.
Slowly, almost dragging his feet, Tatsuha walked over to the bed and set down.
"Do you remember when you kissed me?" Tatsuha started, his cheeks turning crimson.
Ryuichi slowly nodded, "uh, yeah. I remember."
"Did you ever want to kiss me again, or was that just a one time thing?" Tatsuha asked, looking at Ryuichi with wide eyes. It would break his heart if Ryuichi said it was just a one time thing.
"Tatsuha, everyday I've wanted to kiss you; hold you." Ryuichi said, honestly.
"Really?" Tatsuha smiled, scooting closer to Ryuichi, "so what does that mean, then?"
"It means... " the ex singer smiled, "I've liked you. You're so nice to me and we're really good friends, but my heart wants more. When I kissed you I freaked out. I was so scared, but you acted like you didn't care, but I wasn't sure if you really meant what you said, so I never..."
"Kumagoro told me I should make another move... but... I was scared you'd reject me." Ryuichi looked down.
Surprised by that confession, Tatsuha just stared at Ryuichi the smile on his face growing and growing.
"Never, ever, ever would I do that." Tatsuha said with a firm voice. "Ryuichi Sakuma, I really have liked you for a long long long time." Tatsuha grinned. 'Longer then you'll ever know.'
"Really? You have? How come you never told me, I mean if you would have told me, I would..."
"Ryuichi, stop talking." Tatsuha leaned forward, "kiss me instead."
A/N Thanks for reading! Please Review!
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