"Kokichi, this is not a joke, he hit his head! ...No, he's not dead! He's still breathing. He's shivering, he looks so cold! Yes, I did. It's not romantic that I gave him my jacket, I- Jesus Christ, Kokichi, do you want to help or not?!"
Shuichi slowly fluttered his eyes open and looked around. He was lying in the bed in him and Rantaro's room. What....had happened? He tried to move but he felt like a weight was pushing him down. "Mmgh..."
He suddenly heard footsteps in the hall and in walked in Rantaro with Shuichi's phone to his ear. He stopped walking when he saw Shuichi awake and then ran to his side. "S-Sorry, Kokichi, he's awake, I'll call you back." Rantaro hung up with Kokichi and turned his full attention to Shuichi.
"How do you feel?" He asked and Shuichi attempted to get up, failing again. "Weak..." He said sadly and Rantaro placed his hand over Shuichi's forehead. "I'm sorry...you aren't sick or anything..." He said, feeling the blue haired boys temperature and sighed. "Urgh...you're on the verge of it...you're so pale..." Rantaro said and Shuichi sighed, leaning his head back. "I'll be right back, I'll go get you some green tea from Kamei." Rantaro said and Shuichi closed his eyes, mostly to sleep.
Rantaro came back and helped Shuichi drink some of the tea, and then Shuichi had the energy to talk. "What happened?" Shuichi asked, still a bit weak. "You fainted, but you almost hit your h-head..." Rantaro said, looking a little embarrassed. Shuichi raised an eyebrow when he noticed his nervousness. "W-well, you hit your head but n-not that hard. You were fine." Rantaro took a deep breath. "You wanted to talk to me about something...before you fainted...do you remember what it was...?" Rantaro asked and Shuichi nodded. "A-and it's fine if you aren't ready, since you just hurt your head."
Shuichi shook his head (which made him a tiny bit dizzy) and get up again, this time managing it but feeling like he would puke by the time he sat up. He didn't tell Rantaro that. That's when he realized he was wearing Rantaro's sweatshirt. He blushed a bit and then placed his feet on the ground and with the help of Rantaro, he was able to get to the beach.
"O-okay, Rantaro. I'm ready..." He told him and Rantaro nodded. How do you start confessing your love to someone?! Shuichi thought nervously. He fumbled with the ends of the sweater and gnawed on his bottom lip.
"Okay...this is gonna be hard to say...but uhm...I just...urgh.." His head started spinning again. Deja vu?! Shuichi thought as he held his head and Rantaro held his shoulders to help him stand. "Shuichi, we can go back to the house if you w-" "N-no, I got it..." Shuichi said, finally balancing and Rantaro let go of his shoulders.
But Shuichi was ready yet and he fell forward onto Rantaro, who caught him in his arms. "Ah! S-sorry, Rantar-" Shuichi looked up to get out of the boys arms but it seemed hard considering the green haired boy's face was inches from the other's. Shuichi stared into the boys eyes...since when were they so beautiful.
"...Shuichi...Shuichi?" Rantaro calling his name brought him back into realitly and a blush spread across his face. "S-Sorry...I just...sorry..." Shuichi repeated, getting back to his feet. "It's fine...now if you feel like you're going to faint again, just tell me, alright?" Rantaro assured him and he nodded.
Shuichi took a deep breath and told himself over and over in his head; you're ready. You're ready. You're ready.
"Like I said before, it's gonna be a little hard for me to say this..so...the day at the waterfall...when I told you I was bisexual...and I told you I had a crush on this boy. I was afraid of confessing my love for him because...well, I thought he wouldn't like me because he said he wasn't sure what his sexuality was. He hasn't told me anything about his sexuality since and I just want to tell him, r-regardless if he likes me back or not. A-at this point I don't even care. S-so...I-I like you, Rantaro.." Shuichi's face turned pink at the end of his confession and Rantaro's eyes widened. "I-I like you a lot.." He looked down and fumbled with the sleeves of his sweatshirt again. Before he knew it he started crying. "B-but wh-what would you think of m-me? D-don't say you l-like me too j-just to m-make me f-feel better.." Shuichi trembled and Rantaro shook his head. "No, no, Shuichi, don't cry," Rantaro enclosed him in a hug and rested his head on Shuichi's.
"I love you, too, and I mean it."
Shuichi looked up at Rantaro and the green haired boy wiped Shuichi's tears away with his fingers. "If I told you I didn't love you back, I'd be lying," He told him. Shuichi didn't know how to respond, he was beyond happy but the nervousness was still stuck to him, even though he had finished his confession. Rantaro smiled and ruffled the detective's hair.
"Wh-when did you start liking me?" Shuichi asked. "I always have, Shuichi. Why do you think I brought you instead of Kyoko? Why do you think I've been doing this all with you? I love you, Shuichi. A-and I'm happy you love me, too." Rantaro explained and Shuichi sniffed and nodded. "When did you start liking me?" Rantaro asked, tilting his head and Shuichi blushed. "I guess, it was a while ago...I had gotten hurt and you helped me bandage up my hand...yeah, that was the day." Shuichi said, recalling the memory and Rantaro nodded. "I remember that...yeah, you had tripped into the bushes or something when Kokichi was chasing you," Rantaro laughed and Shuichi giggled, nodded. "Yeah, and then you were a random stranger I didn't know and you helped me and I thought you were cute. I didn't know I was bi back then though, so I was questioning myself. But I've hand a c-crush on you since we first met, I guess." Shuichi smiled and Rantaro ran his fingers through his hair.
"I'm not a random stranger anymore, am I?" Rantaro smirked and Shuichi shook his head. Rantaro then stopped running his fingers through Shuichi's hair and looked down worriedly at him. "Does your head still hurt?" Rantaro asked and Shuichi shrugged. "A little bit..." He said and Rantaro took his hand off his head. "Sorry..." He said and Shuichi frowned. "N-No, it's fine! It's just...kind of...I don't know, it's fine." Shuichi said and Rantaro sighed. "Where does it hurt?" Rantaro asked and Shuichi tapped his forehead lightly. Rantaro leaned down and placed a delicate kiss on his forehead, turning Shuichi's face bright pink. "Feeling better?" Rantaro asked and Shuichi nodded his head slowly, still very embarrassed.
"Does it hurt anywhere else?" Rantaro asked and Shuichi's face turned even more red as he tapped his cheek and Rantaro placed another kiss on his cheek. Shuichi trembled and nervously tapped his lips and Rantaro pressed his lips against Shuichi's. It took a second but Shuichi finally managed to melt into the kiss, hugging Rantaro's neck as Rantaro placed his hands on his cheeks.
Shuichi finally broke away from the kiss to breath and smiled. "A-are we gonna ignore the fact Kokichi got exactly what he wanted?" Shuichi said and Rantaro laughed. "I don't care what he says." Rantaro told him.
"I'm happy with you,"
(fluff!)
