Sweet

Thirty

"Did Ichijo finally get caught?"

It was Suna who asked the question as the two of you were eating dinner in his dining room.

The moment you two came into his house, you started talking about what happened and Suna was more than willing to listen to everything; given that he wanted to know the events that transpired that led up to this point. He was very understanding and judging from the way his eyes were filled with solemnity as he gazed at you, he was evidently giving you his full, undivided attention.

It had been quite a few hours and when you heard Suna's stomach grumbling, you offered to buy him food but he insisted that you two should just split the bill. Thus, you both settled for delivery food and split the bill evenly. Of course you attempted to pay the whole bill but the moment Suna gave you a warning, blank stare, you gave up and just gave him your share.

Now, the two of you were halfway done eating.

"Oh while you were getting the food earlier, I got a short call from the police station. They already arrested him so I'm just gonna let my lawyer handle the rest." You stated while munching on your food and you expected Suna to drop the topic after hearing that, but you were wrong. He suddenly smiled and you swore you felt chills running up to your spine.

That was one hell of a smile.

"Hmm that's nice, do you think I can go to the station and talk to him?" Suna asked, still with that threatening smile of his and honestly, you could feel the killing intent behind his words. You wished you were kidding.

"I think you can't, it'll be bad for your reputation." You chuckled nervously, flashing him a warm smile as an attempt to calm him down.

"My reputation be damned, I just need to discuss something with the man who kissed my girl and harassed her." Suna's smile widened a little and upon processing his words, you didn't know whether to be touched or scared of his sentiments. One thing was for sure, it felt nice hearing him call you his girl.

"It's fine now, Rin. He's not worth your time." You shook your head and you were surprised when you felt his hand warmly engulfing yours, caressing your fingers with such care that made you feel so fragile, in a good way.

You looked Suna in the eye, there was a hint of sadness in his irises, glazed with regret as he smiled apologetically at you. Your heart jumped at the intensity of his stare, but at the same time you felt a little bit bad for making him worry to such an extent.

"It's not fine, you do not deserve that. I can't do anything about it now because it's already been settled but I want to let you know that as long as you're with me, you're safe. I will take care of you. I will protect you." Suna softly said and you pouted upon processing his words. It was so sweet of him to assure you and tell you this when he could've just comforted you without saying a word. Again, Suna went out of his way and surpassed your expectations.

"Rin, you're literally the best." You smiled tenderly and you internally chuckled upon seeing his cheeks manifesting a dust of pink.

"No, I am not." Suna argued firmly, he was serious about that. "I need to learn how to communicate effectively. Let's not forget what happened just a few hours ago." He firmly stated, adamant on making his point.

"I get you but listen, what matters is you know what you need to work on. That's already amazing." You assured him tenderly, squeezing his hand as you smiled with warmth.

"Y/N, that's bare minimum." Suna scoffed and you rolled your eyes at that.

"It is but not a lot of people are even capable of doing that bare minimum which is sad but you get the point." You playfully snorted.