Ryuichi tilted his head to the side, looking as if he was actually thinking about it.
Tatsuha frowned. "Well, you don't have to.. if you don't want to," he quietly said, going to stand up from the bed.
"No," Ryuichi reached out grabbing Tatsuha's wrist. He pulled on Tatsuha's arm, "I want to, but.."
"But what?" Tatsuha all but whined, "I thought... you said... you said you liked me and that you wanted to hold and kiss me... so..."
Letting go of Tatsuha's wrist, Ryuichi put both of his palms on either side of Tatsuha's face.
"I do, honestly, Tatsuha, but... " Ryuichi leaned closer to Tatsuha's face, "I want more then just a simple kiss."
Tatsuha at first paled at hearing that, then his face went blood red, "w-what do you mean by that?" he asked, his eyes wide.
Ryuichi was puzzled by Tatsuha's reaction and went over what he said, trying to figure out what exactly made the teen so flustered.
'Oh!' Ryuichi's own eyes went wide. What he had said could totally be taken the wrong way.
"I meant I want to a real relationship with you," he said, stressing the word "real" "I know how you are, Tatsuha. You go from person to person so fast and... and I don't want to start anything if you're going to loss interest in me as fast as you loss interest in others."
Ryuichi looked down, "I guess what I'm asking is if you'll be mine and only mine...?"
Tatsuha blinked, "you're asking me out!?"
"Y-yeah, I am." Ryuichi looked up, nodding. "But I know... I'm an adult even though I don't act it... and you're just... " Ryuichi almost said child, but stopped himself. Tatsuha may be young, but the teen wasn't a child. Tatsuha was more of an adult then Ryuichi.
"I don't care, Ryuichi! I'm only sixteen, b-but..." Tatsuha sighed, "I'm old enough to say if I want to be in a relationship with you or anyone else. You could be fifteen or fifty and I'd still feel this way about you."
The teen clinched his fists, "I do want to be yours and only yours and I'd never dream of losing interest in you." Tatsuha smiled, "How could I? I-I've... " Tatsuha gulped, "been in lo-love with you for a while now." He finally managed to say.
Ryuichi blinked, his eyes going wide from hearing that. He of course understood that Tatsuha had feelings for him, but he never dreamed they were as deep as love. Ryuichi lightly smiled, moving closer to the face he was still holding between his palms.
"You love me?" the ex singer asked. Tatsuha needn't answer; Ryuichi could clearly see the love in his expressive eyes.
"I do, yes." Tatsuha bit his lower lip, "I don't know if your feelings for me run as deep as mine, but..."
"You're an idiot if you think my feelings don't run just as deep, Tatsuha." Ryuichi smiled, "I love you." he said, gently kissing the teen on the forehead.
Tatsuha blushed, "you do?" he whispered, the place where Ryuichi's lips touched tingling.
"I do." Ryuichi said.
"Heh... I'm happy and surprised." Tatsuha giggled, feeling a bit giddy. "You love me, I thought that would never happen. I mean, I've dreamt and I've dreamt that one day you would return my feelings, but I never thought..."
"Tatsuha, shut up." Ryuichi took a hand off the side of Tatsuha's cheek and placed a finger to Tatsuha's lips.
Tatsuha blinked, his eyes going crossed as he looked at the finger. He looked back to Ryuichi.
"Just kiss me, kay?"
A handsome, devilish grin broke out across Tatsuha's face, "You don't have to ask me twice." he said.
Ryuichi removed his finger, only to put his hand behind Tatsuha's head. Cupping the back of Tatsuha's head, Ryuichi leaned forward meeting Tatsuha in a sweet gentle kiss.
The hand on Tatsuha's cheek moved to the teen's shoulder, as Ryuichi tried to move so he was closer to Tatsuha and in a more comfortable position. This resulted in the ex singer being nearly in the teen's lap.
Tatsuha's eyes went wide for a mere second before the teen got too caught up in the kiss to think about the fact that the person he'd obsessed for all his life and now loved was sitting in his lap.
When it came time for them to take a breath, both pulled away, flushing and breathing heavily. Tatsuha grinned, "Guess this means I'm your boyfriend."
"Mmm, yes, I'd say so. 'Cause you know I want nothing else then for you to be my boyfriend." Ryuichi grinned, "yay! I need to tell everyone; won't they be surprised?"
"Ah haha, why don't we hold of telling Tohma for a while." Tatsuha grimaced, 'He's liable to kill me.'
"Oh, okay, but can we tell Shuichi!? Please, he's my friend." Ryuichi gave a pathetic pout.
Tatsuha laughed, "of course."
"Yay! Shuichi will be happy for us." Ryuichi smiled, suddenly glomping the unsuspecting teen.
Tatsuha let out a gasp, the wind being nearly knocked out of him; he smiled, hugging Ryuichi back.
"What's with this hug? I can barely breath." Tatsuha rubbed Ryuichi's back.
"I'm sorry, na no da! You just make me so happy!" Ryuichi hugged Tatsuha harder.
"I'm glad you feel that way," Tatsuha smiled softly, "I feel the same way." The ex singer hugged Tatsuha even harder. "Ack, but honestly, I can't breath." Who knew Ryuichi could be so strong.
Flushing, Ryuichi let up his grip, "Whoops, sorry." he said, looking up at Tatsuha.
"It's fine." Tatsuha said, making Ryuichi giggle when he kissed him on the nose.
"Ohh ohh!" Ryuichi suddenly jumped off Tatsuha's lap. Tatsuha raised an eyebrow, looking at the man as he ran out of the room, as fast as lightning.
"Hey!" Tatsuha called, getting up, "Where are you going?" The teen asked, walking out of the room.
"I've got to tell Kumagoro about everything!" Ryuichi called back. "I left him in the tub earlier." There was a loud gasp, "eep, he's probably a prune by now."
Tatsuha rubbed his forehead, laughing at Ryuichi's behavior. He could be so cute.
Walking to the bathroom, Tatsuha leaned against the doorframe and watched as Ryuichi got the bunny out of the tub; the soaked bunny. He smiled softly, listening as Ryuichi started to go on and on about how they confessed their feelings.
"... and then... " Ryuichi whispered something in the bunny's floppy ears.
Tatsuha got a towel from the towel rack and handed it to Ryuichi, who in turn started to dry off Kumagoro.
"What did you tell him?" Tatsuha asked.
"Oh... nothing." Ryuichi blushed.
"Oh, but I think you told him something," Tatsuha tilted his head to the side, "come on what did you say?"
"I... really nothing."
"I'll ask Kumagoro and you know he'll tell me."
Kumagoro went to deny that but Ryuichi was already pouting down at him, "Ohh, Kuma, you have a big mouth!"
"Fine! I told him about the kiss and... " Ryuichi mumbled something else.
"Hmm?" Tatsuha walked closer to Ryuichi and the still soaked bunny.
"Nothing." Ryuichi said, his voice high pitched.
"Kuma..." Tatsuha started.
"Ahh, Kuma you keep your mouth shut." Ryuichi put a hand over the bunny's mouth, his ears red.
"And you really liked it and it made you feel all tingly inside?" Tatsuha ventured a guess; it was obvious.
Ryuichi's eyes went wide, "Kuma you traitor." Ryuichi removed his hand from the bunny's mouth. Kuma tried to reason with Ryuichi, saying how could he tell Tatsuha that when his mouth was covered, but Ryuichi didn't seem to hear him.
"Hey, Ryuichi, it's nothing to be shy about." Tatsuha was one to talk; he was blushing so bright as almost to match the blush on Ryuichi's face, "I felt the same."
"Tingly?"
"Yes, tingly."
"And that's normal?"
"Good God, you're thirty one, haven't you ever felt tingly before?"
"No, just when I'm around you," Ryuichi blushed, "is that bad?"
"No, it's not bad, and yes it's a normal thing." If this was any other couple it would seem odd for a sixteen year old to be explaining something like this, but well, it was Ryuichi and Tatsuha.
"I'm glad I can be the first to make you feel tingly," Tatsuha smirked. "I bet I can make you feel even more tingly, but not right now."
"What do you mean, Tatsuha? How can you make me...?"
Tatsuha grinned, "you'll see later."
A/N Thanks for reading! Please review!
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