Wait For Me 🎈🌟

Chapter Six ~ Progress

Rui's POV:

I have never left my house so quickly. I had gotten a phone call from an unknown number, and when I answered Tsukasa was on the other line! He sounded like he wasn't in a good place mentally.

Now, he hasn't been the best to me, but I know what it's like to need a friend and you can't get one.

I won't let Tsukasa go through what I did.

I look at my phone frequently to make sure I'm walking the right way, and as I enter his street, I begin running. I take a minute to breathe, before knocking on the door.

Tsukasa's sister answered, and she immediately gave me a skeptical look. She knows who I am...

🎈: "I was asked to come here by your brother..."

🎹: "For what?"

Damnit. I don't think I should tell her the truth. But I don't want to lie.

🎈: "He didn't say..."

Saki didn't respond for a moment, before she opened up the door for me. I smiled at her before walking inside, going up to the room that Tsukasa told me was his.

As I walked in and saw Tsukasa curled up in his bed, my smile faded. I came up to him and gently lifted the blanket.

🎈: "Tsukasa-kun?"

Tsukasa looked up at me with dead eyes, before smiling a little. He sat up in his bed, rubbing his eyes.

🌟: "I'm sorry that I dragged you here...you probably think this is stupid..."

I shook my head and hesitated to give Tsukasa a hug, before committing to it. He seemed to not hate the hug, so it was a win.

🎈: "No...that's not true at all. I came here to help you. I know what it's like to have a mental breakdown and then not know who to talk to about it...so I'm here to help you feel better."

Tsukasa gave me another smile, hugging back after a long moment.

🌟: "Thank you."

...

I didn't think that after only four days of 3rd year high school, I would be snuggled up on Tsukasa Tenma's bed watching a movie. Tsukasa seemed very relaxed now, and that made me feel better about it all.

We had talked for about ten minutes before this. Tsukasa had told me that he wasn't thinking when he said to give the lead role to someone else. I told him that he could have it back if he wanted, and he said yes. After that Tsukasa's mother gave us popcorn to enjoy our movie with.

I wasn't really paying attention to the movie anymore. Not when, about thirty minutes ago, Tsukasa leaned his head on my shoulder. I was very heavily blushing, and my heart was going a thousand miles a minute.

Why am I like this? There's no way he'll ever love me back...I'm just chasing a dream. Tsukasa is probably the most adored student in our grade. And I'm the loner kid that he hates, so everyone hates.

But now...after everything that's happened these last few days, I think we're getting somewhere. I cracked a smile...something I never do...

Why does he make me feel like this?

Tsukasa's POV:

The movie was background noise, really. But Rui didn't have to know that.

I don't remember when my head ended up on his shoulder, but he didn't seem opposed to it.

But what was this feeling? The way my cheeks felt warm, my heart was pounding in my ears, and the urge to just start crying again so he would hug me.

But I couldn't name it...