Weird || Rui Kamishiro x Tsukasa Tenma

Just Friends

"I beg your pardon?"

"I LIKE YOU RUI, AND I HATE IT! I HATE IT SO MUCH BUT IT FEELS SO AMAZING!!! I CAN'T IMAGINE A WORLD WHERE YOU AREN'T WITH ME AND I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M LETTING MY FEELINGS SPILL TO YOU RIGHT NOW AND I'M SURE YOU DON'T FEEL THE SAME, AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY I'M YELLING AT THIS POINT!! YOU'RE AMAZING RUI AND I LOVE YOUR SINGING AND YOUR TALENT AND EVEN IF YOU CAN BE A DUNDERHEAD SOMETIMES AND I WISH YOU WOULD STOP TUGGING AT MY HEART STRINGS WITH EVERYTHING YOU DO, I REALLY... like you."

"Uhm, wow, well..."

"I can't believe I just said that... you know what? I-I actually, I have to go! Forget everything I said, please! Let's just keep being friends and just friends, nothing more!" Tsukasa shouted and ran off.

Rui sat over at a bench and put his head in his hand. "I know he didn't mean that. Must be just him messing around, not like anyone would want to be more than just my friend. I can't even get any more than the small group of friends I have. Why am I even thinking like this right now? Why did I even believe him for a single second. He told me to just forget it so I'm sure he didn't mean what he said." Rui decided that he needed a break and traveled to the Wonderland SEKAI.

He walked around and was soon greeted by Kaito and to his (sort of) surprise, Luka sleeping on a fluffy plush of a maine coon cat.

"Oh, hello, Rui." Kaito said.

"Greetings Kaito."

"Do you need something? I'd be glad to help."

"I'm alright. Thank you, though."

"Of course, of course. Just ask me if you need anything at all."

"I will. Thank you again."

Rui heard another voice yelling "RUIIIIIIIIII? IS THAT YOU?"

He looked behind him and saw Emu's pink hair as she ran towards him.

"Haha, hi Emu."

"Hello Rui!!!"

"Do you need something?"

"I just wanna ask, whatcha doing here?"

"I'm only taking a walk, you can join me, if you want."

"Sure!"

"So, how are you?"

"Good!"

"Oh, and, what are you doing here, Emu?"

"I needed to talk to Miku. Oh, wait, that reminds me! Have you seen how weird Tsukasa has been acting lately? I was gonna talk to him about it but I figured I would talk to you first!"

"O-oh, yes! I guess he has been acting odd lately..." Rui said in a flustered voice with his cheeks growing hot.

"Are you alright, Rui? Your face is kinda red. Oh no! Are you sick? Do you have a fever?"

"No, no, I'm fine."

"Mmm... ok... whatever you say then."

"Oh, back to Tsukasa! He keeps declining all of your offers to hang out, I find that prettttty weird."

"Yeah..."

"Maybe he's embarrassed by you... n-not saying people would be embarrassed if they were seen with you!" Emu spoke and thought, "Gah! There I go again... I probably made him worried, nooooooo! I made it worse..."

"Ahahaha, yes, maybe."

"Anyways, I gotta go talk to Miku now! Bye-bye." Emu walked off with a dissatisfied frown and slapped her head with her hand.

"Maybe she's right. Maybe Tsukasa is embarrassed by me. Maybe he's just being friends with me as some sort of dumb dare he took too far. But... that confession did seem pretty genuine... and his face was red as a tomato... but also... I still doubt he would actually want to be more than, just friends."

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