sweets ✧ r.kaji ˣ ʳᵉᵃᵈᵉʳ

chapter fifteen : midnight drinks

"morning, lovee!" you said, noticing that kaji had woken up. it was 12:09 am, so technically it was morning.

"oh...sorry," he mumbled, rising into a sitting position and rubbing his eyes. (imagine this in his sleepy voice PLS) "did i fall asleep on you?"

"no, it's okay! don't apologize," you said. you noticed that his voice just after waking up changed significantly. it was hoarse and tired. honestly, you thought it was attractive–in a friend way of course. yeah ikr, so friends.

he took in the cool air of the aircon and the dim light of the lamp on your bedside table. he groaned and collapsed forwards into your chest. "we have an english test on mondayy..." he whined.

you smiled and ruffled his hair. "i can help you review tomorrow if you want. i'm the 'english wizard' after all, aren't i?"

you felt him nod wrap his arms around your torso.

"oh actually, i forgot to ask you if you're available tomorrow," you realized, earning his attention. you picked up your phone to read enomoto's messages and continued. "we're going to the new mall tomorrow. that is, if you can go. kusumi, enomoto, and i will be going!"

"sure. for lunch?"

"probably, then shopping afterwards. oh hey...we haven't eaten dinner yet." you glanced at the clock even if you already knew that it was 12-something.

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your curious e/c eyes found the instant bento boxes stacked in rows placed on the frozen display case. you tugged kaji's hoodie sleeve.

"hm?"

"what flavor do you want?" you asked, leading him to the bento section.

"spam onigiri is fine," he said. as you took two spam onigiri boxes, he inspected a peach sando on the shelf. he grabbed it and a strawberry one for you. (a sando is like a cold sandwich with fruits and cream inside.)

"i'll have that too then." you carried the food to the cashier table. it was the same girl from way back; because of your frequent visits to the store, you two have become good acquaintances.

"hey l/n, kaji-kun," she said, acknowledging you. "it's so late, you kids should sleep earlier." she received the products you handed to her and scanned them with the cashier gun thing.

"you don't get to call us kids. you're only two years older!" you said, taking out the money from your pocket.

"i have a job though, unlike you. no need for a plastic bag?"

"no thanks." you received the stuff and walked over to the microwaves area with kaji behind you. "do you still want to heat it, though?"

"...nah."

the atmosphere outside was calm and quiet, and the jet black night sky added to the aesthetic. it was a cloudless sky only lit by distant stars and the dim street lamp outside the convenience store.

you placed the food on the small white table outside and pulled out a stool from under it. kaji did the same.

"at times like this, it really does seem difficult to think that this town is full of gangs and stuff," you said, sighing and leaning back on your chair. you watched kaji open the plastic lid off of the bento box and hold his chopsticks wrong again. you watched him stare at the food and whisper a soft "itadakimasu" with an excited expression on his face. you watched him eagerly pick up the egg roll side dish and pop it into his mouth. you watched him with a smile. "how is it?"

"yummy." his voice was muffled from the food in his mouth.

you laughed softly, then took off the lid of your own dinner. "swallow your food before talking first. itadakimasu." you bit the onigiri and the taste of savory meat entered your mouth. "mm! it's so good!"