~Choke~ (ranpo x poe) Singer AU

| Chapter 7 | Looking Out for You

:: SO THIS CHAPTER HAS A SONG I LISTENED TO WHILE WRITING IT, SO IF YOU GUYS WANT TO LISTEN TO IT AS YOU READ, FEEL FREE TO!! ANYWAYS, ENJOY THE SHOW.. ::

"Yasanooooooo!!!! I don't know what to do!!!!" The ravenette yelled into his phone.

"Ranpo. For the 78th time. Just tell him. He literally said he likes you too." Ranpo best friend replied, annoyed by her friends over thinking. The two had met when they did a duet together, hitting it off immediately. Both could bond over the fact that they were horribly single, even with all their fans simping over their looks.

"Yes but what if he just said it without thinking!?" Ranpo had been on a call with his friend for about an hour now. He had awoken on his bed, with a note and plate of eggs on his bed side table. They were from Poe, who had a meeting with Kunikida to start writing for their new duet. After fully coming to his senses, the short boy called Yosano, needing advice for the predicament he found himself stuck in.

"I'm 100% confident that he didn't say that because he was rambling. He definitely likes you and if you were to tell him you also liked him back you two could kiss kiss and get married in a year." The black haired woman said into the phone, smirking knowing how much her short friend would blush at that statement.

Said friends face burst into a red hue as he yelled into the phone, "Y-YOSANO!! Don't say stuff like that yet!!" The ravenette hid his face in his hands, even though no one was in the room with him.

"Don't act like that isn't what you want!" Yosano snickered into the phone at the sound of Ranpo's voice crack. She checked her watched before sighing dramatically.

"Sorry Ranpo-kun. As much as I enjoy teasing you, I have a photo shoot in 10 minutes, so I'll have to end the call here. Make sure to text me when you tell him!"

The call ended with a beep and the short singer sat back on his bed, pink still dusting his face. He sighed before sitting up and off the comfortable mattress. As much as he hated it, his friend was right. He needed to tell his crush his true feelings before the situation got worse than it already was.

The ravenette quickly got ready for the day, knowing he had a busy one ahead of him. He was dressed in a pair of grey sweatpants and a black tank top, comfortable but still presentable. Ranpo exited his conjoined room to head down to the studio like Poe's note said, still nervous about his confession.

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Poe was sat on the floor of the studio, papers surrounding him everywhere. His old notebook sat in front of him as he scribbled down words for a song idea he had thought up a few months ago. It was made for a duet, but the brunette was a solo act, so he could never use it in a performance. Kunikida sat on the couch as he watched the young artist scribbling ideas. He had stopped trying to understand it a while ago, not being able to read the messy handwriting and crazy arrows and marks all over the paper.

There door knob turned a bit before opening, revealing a black haired boy standing in the door way. The brunette was too focused on his song, that he didn't notice the intrusion. The manager on the other hand happily waved over to the ravenette, shooting his a quick greeting which he returned.

Ranpo walked over to where Poe was sat and looked over his shoulder.

'A duet? Oh right, I'm supposed to sing one with him to start up his career.'

The ravenette looked over the song and was pleasantly surprised. It was a bit complicated to understand, but he quickly realized what the arrows and stars indicated in the song, and how to decipher the messy handwriting of the song composer.