fluff suegiku on vacation😭 (a bit of angst tho)

Chapter 3

"Where is this bastard I swear..."

Jouno had been listening (and waiting) in the waterpark for more than an hour now. Still, no Tecchou. The others hadn't come back either, so they probably haven't found him yet. Jouno was absolutely ready to just tear the whole place apart to find Tecchou; he wouldn't admit it, of couse, but now he was actually getting worried for Tecchou's safety. This wasn't like him. Sometimes, he'd sit down and stare at ants for hours, or be so quiet the ordinary person couldn't tell he was there. But Jouno could tell, always. If Tecchou wasn't talking, Jouno had memorized his heartbeat too, which was what he was currently trying to listen for, as well as Tecchou's voice. Teruko was indeed right; Jouno had memorized Tecchou's voice. In fact, he'd memorized nearly everything he heard from him, his heartbeat, voice, his breathing pattern, his footsteps, and this list goes on and on...

Jouno asked for the time again from the nearest waterpark attendant:

11:32 AM.

If the other Hunting Dogs didn't come back before 12:00 with Tecchou, then he would actually, and Jouno was serious about this, cut down the entire place until he found Tecchou. At this point, he didn't give a damn about the civilians; only Tecchou could stop him from hurting them, and Tecchou wasn't here. 

Suddenly, there was a loud splash behind him, followed by coughing. Usually, Jouno would've gotten annoyed and walked away. However, this time, a familiar heartbeat came with the sequence, and Jouno instantly whipped around and started yelling at the soaked Tecchou. 

"WHAT THE HELL TECCHOU!? WHERE WERE YOU!?"

"I...was drowning." 

Jouno went absolutely silent for a bit; was saying this a normal thing nowadays? Then, he remembered that Teruko had pushed him and Tecchou into the water, and things started to make sense now.

"Next time, tell us before you decide to die, alright?" Jouno said before proceeding to take out his radio, take a deep breath, and yell at the top of his lungs: 

"TECCHOU HAS BEEN FOUND!!" 

This came with many responses all at once, but the one Jouno heard the clearest and loudest was Teruko saying: 

"HAH, I TOLD YOU TACHIHARA!! NOW YOU OWE ME 30 BUCKS!!"

Apparently, Tachihara and Teruko had made a bet (or Tachihara was forced to) that Jouno would be the first one to find Tecchou, which Jouno was not extremely pleased about. Also, turns out that the other 3 searching had been so sure that Jouno would find Tecchou that they didn't even bother looking and instead decided to have their waterpark fun. Of course, this meant that Jouno was the only one doing all the work. Honestly, even Tecchou was a bit hurt by this; he had been extremely busy trying to comprehend what was happening in the water for an hour that he wasn't able to swim either. However, neither of them could complain since their time for the waterpark was up, and they had to head back to the hotel. They packed up their stuff, exited the waterpark, called for a cab, and around 30 minutes later, all 5 of them were in their specified rooms. 

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The time was 7:38 PM, so around 7 hours had passed from the time they had made it back to the hotel. Those 7 hours were surprisingly uneventful to the maximum that uneventful could be, and Jouno was able to enjoy some time with silence. Teruko had forced Tecchou to go and play Uno with her and Tachihara, and had also attempted to drag along Jouno, but he had used his ability to disappear, and Teruko eventually gave up on looking for him. Now, Jouno sat on his bed, attempting to sleep. However, something seemed missing, and he also couldn't sleep. Unfortunately, it didn't take him too long to figure it out: it was Tecchou's heartbeat. After they had become roommates within the Hunting Dogs' chambers, Jouno always fell asleep listening to Tecchou's heartbeat. It didn't matter how tired he was, or how much his body wanted him to sleep: if Tecchou wasn't there, he couldn't sleep. For some reason, Tecchou's heartbeat was more relaxing than what was said to be the most relaxing music in the world, that had made many fall asleep within a minute, except Jouno. No matter how much Jouno tossed and turned, and changed his position, he couldn't fall asleep. 

Just then, as if on cue, the door his room unlocked and opened, and entering was none other than Tecchou, who looked extremely tired from being forced to play Uno. He looked at Jouno, who had already fallen asleep the moment he heard Tecchou's heartbeat. Tecchou went to the bathroom, put his pjs on, cleaned himself up, and exited the room only to find himself staring at Jouno's still body. Tecchou moved up closer to him, until he was right up to Jouno's bed, and sat down next to him. He had to admit: Jouno was extremely beautiful while he was sleeping. His usual sadistic aura fades away completely, and is instead replaced with a peaceful one. Tecchou lightly brushed Jouno's hair out of his face, then began to stroke and run his fingers through it. Tecchou enjoyed running his fingers through Jouno's hair; he loved how smooth and silky it felt. 

After a bit of playing with Jouno's hair, Tecchou himself felt extremely tired, and laid down next to Jouno, wrapping his arms around his thin waist and burying his face into his neck. Tecchou had wanted to cuddle Jouno properly for a while now; he had tried before, but was always met with yelling and a flustered Jouno. However, now that Jouno was asleep, Tecchou got none of that. He had to admit; he rather enjoyed cuddling Jouno, he thought it felt nice. Eventually, after a bit more admiring of Jouno, Tecchou eventually dozed off too.

After a few hours, the door unlocked and opened again, and this time it was Teruko, who had suspected something extremely gay happening inside of their room, and went to expose them. Sure enough, she found the pair cuddling as if their life depended on it, and by pair she meant Tecchou. Smirking at her luxurious find, she went off to find Tachihara, before dragging him to the site. Making sure to stay quiet, the 2 of them each took a photo before shutting the door and leaving, giggling all the way back to their room.