𝐈𝐓'𝐒 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐁𝐋𝐄━━━I. Toge

𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻

You blinked, smiling awkwardly as you observed his flustered expression. Though, he was trying his best to hide it with his only hand, as your hand is still intertwined with his left hand. Seeing him like this disturbs you, but in a good way. Who the hell would be badly disturbed by seeing his adorable face, none.

He's just too cute, his voice, his face, his personality, and the way he acts. Overall, he's just the exact definition of perfection.

Although Toge is completely flustered and shy about all this hand-holding, he didn't want to let go, not at all. Not only that his hand felt comfortable, but he himself also loves it. He opened his lips, trying not to look at yours and his connected hands as he started speaking.

"W-Why... Did you want to hold my... Hand...?"

You looked at him before glancing at your hands, you noticed that he's trying to avoid looking at it which brought a playful smirk to your lips. You raised your hand, that held his and shoved it right in front of his face, not allowing him to look away from it.

'He mentioned that he got used to it but I guess, not at this level.'

You chuckled, smiling softly. "Toge-senpai's hands are soft and warm, they are so comfortable and I love it," you stopped your sentence midway, seeing him softening his expression. You grinned, "Of course, I wanted to see Toge-senpai's reaction too!"

He flinched, "Bonito flakes...!"

You lightly laughed, placing the glass of water from your lap to your bedside table and laid down on your bed. "Please hold my hand until I fall asleep, senpai." Despite all the mess earlier, Toge couldn't help but sigh, helping you tuck in the blanket. He didn't let go, following what you wanted.

It's not like he wants to let go in the first place though.

You softly laugh, closing your eyes. "Senpai, you're really cute when you're all shy."

His cheeks went pink a little bit before pouting. "Just sleep..."

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Jiro curiously peeked inside the room. Seeing the familiar boy which he has recently seen during the past three days holding your hand as you slept made the young boy even more curious. He took a step inside your room, even more curious.

"Hello!"

Toge flinched, almost letting go of your hand in surprise. He glanced at you, worried that you might've woken up but fortunately, you didn't. He sighs in relief and looked at your younger brother, placing his index finger on his lips.

Jiro's eyes widen, covering his lips immediately with both of his hands then nodding. He tiptoed to Toge, trying not to make noise as hard as he can and looked up to him curiously. "[First Name]-neechan, what happened?" he whispered. Toge looked at him for a brief moment, hesitating before taking out his phone and typing a few words.

'She caught a cold.'

Jiro slowly read each character on the screen before nodding in understatement. That made sense, you rarely take a nap every noon. He then glanced at your hand that was holding onto Toge before looking up at the older boy again. "Why are you two holding hands?" Toge flinched once again and almost let go of your hand but managed to hold onto it, fortunately.

He typed in a few words on his phone again and showed it to Jiro flusteredly. 'She asked me to do it earlier!'

Jiro reads it again and looked at him. "Are you and [First Name]-neechan close?" 

Toge could clearly see the excitement that the child couldn't contain in his eyes. He seems like he was expectations about his answer as well. He cleared his throat nervously and nods, averting his gaze awkwardly. "I... Think so..."

Jiro's eyes brightened up, "Hey, hey. Tell me more about how [First Name]-neechan is like!" 

Toge's eyes widen in panic and signaled the child to quiet down once again. He sighed.

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After hearing soft breathing from the two, you rose up from the bed, grabbing your phone and opening your camera. You made sure that the flash is off and the proceeds taking dozen of pictures of Toge and Jiro together.

'Cute, cute, cute, cute, cute-'

You stopped, still feeling the familiar warmth on your hand. Blinking, you lowered your head and looked at it. A smile formed in your lips, glancing at your upperclassman who fell asleep, sitting on the chair.

'Ah... Toge-senpai is really kind.'

You placed your phone back on the table then using your other hand to check if you still have a cold by placing it on your forehead. You sigh in relief, 'No more cold, it seems.' The glass on top of your table is already empty, Haku must've forgotten to refill it.

You worriedly looked at Toge then to your hand. 'I feel thirsty but...' you chuckled softly, 'He's holding my hand too tight, I won't be able to leave without waking him up.' You leaned closer to him,

"Toge-senpai? Wake up, wake up." 

Jiro is sleeping on the bed, besides you sleeping and you don't really want to wake him up. You pouted disappointedly, tilting your head curiously. "Senpai, senpai. Toge-senpai." Still seeing no reaction at all again, you leaned closer to him curiously.

"... Toge?"

Toge's eyes burst open as a series of goosebumps finally woke him up, though, he fell from the chair in surprise and embarrassment. His whole face was red and his hair immediately became messy. "S-Salmon...!" You looked at your hand, he finally let go. You curiously looked at him and slightly tilts your head.

"Toge-senpai, what's wrong?" He looked at you, completely bewildered before turning his head away from you then standing up. Your curious eyes observed his awkward movements, he didn't say anything after that after all. And then, the realization struck you, gasping slightly before you grinned excitedly. 

"Senpai, do you really like being called by your name without honorifics that much, that you're embarrassed by it?"

Toge who was about to leave your room stopped on his tracks, flinching as he glanced at you with his fully red, embarrassed face. He took a deep breath, shaking his head. "Bonito flakes!" And he left the room, leaving you staring blankly in the air from too much cuteness he showed just by from his reaction. 

"I... Should've taken a picture of him."

Eleven days without an update, aaaa, sorry!

Published: May 11, 2021