i don't really feel like fighting. {yumi x tanner}

i don't really feel like fighting.

"what the hell's your problem?"

"you! you're my fucking problem! just barging in here like you own the place!"

the argument could be heard from just about anywhere in the house, even though tanner's door was shut. the two boys were screeching at each other, yumi stomping to add to the sound of his voice and tanner waving his arms around while in his chair to accentuate his words.

"that's because you keep leaving your shit everywhere! i'm tired of cleaning up after you, dude!"

"i'm sorry, okay? i get fuckin' distracted and forget sometimes! you really don't need to be up my ass about it!"

"well, it isn't my fault you toss all your things around, now is it? god i hate when you get like this."

and that was tanner's breaking point. he slammed his hands down on the armrests of his chair and practically leaped to his feet. anger blazed in his eyes as he backed yumi into the closed door of his room.

"when i get like this? are you saying that i'm in the wrong here? have you even seen what you're fucking doing right now? you know what, i'm tired of being treated like this by you. you come into my fucking room when you're having a bad day and step all over me for no reason! you could at least apologise when you're done yelling at me like i'm a little kid! now leave my room and go fuck yourself! i fucking hate you!"

yumi just stared. fear flared in his eyes, near cowering at his usually mellow-tempered friend. his blood ran cold at the switch in tanner's demeanor.

however, at the same speed that tanner seemed to rile up, he calmed back down. he stumbled back a step, out of yumi's personal space. the same terror that yumi felt seemed to be in tanner now, pupils constricting and jaw hanging open. he held up his hands at his chest, showing how much they were shaking. he didn't speak until he was back in his chair with his head in his hands.

"oh- oh my god, yumi, i'm- fuck, i'm sorry, i didn't mean that, i- i'm so sorry-"

yumi relaxed his shoulders and took a hesitant step toward tanner. "hey- hey, woah dude, it's alright, you were upset. i'm not hurt or anything. it's all good."

"but- i scared you, i know i did. friends don't do that. i'm not supposed to do that." he lifted his head to meet yumi's gaze, and a single tear slipped down his cheek; his eyes were red and watery with the promise of more.

now yumi understood. some things trigger certain people, and this was just one of those things for tanner. problem is, yumi has no idea how to deal with these spirals. he knows they happen, but it's usually nick or larry that help him through it.

yumi'd just have to take what he knows and go with it.

he came closer to the chair and dropped down on his knees, sitting between tanner's legs. tanner likes physical contact, he thinks he remembers. yumi reached out and pried tanner's hands off his face, inwardly cringing as he felt how wet they were before holding them gently. tanner stared down at him. a few tears dripped off his face and landed on the chair in front of yumi's head.

"hey, it's alright, you're okay," he rubbed his thumbs over tanner's knuckles, "i got you."

tanner tugged on yumi's hands, earning him a confused look. the response was just a husky grunt. "hun, i- i'm not sure what you want, you're gonna have to tell me." tanner frowed for a moment, then murmured a quiet "hug", followed by an even quieter "please?" that yumi just couldn't say no to. he stood up and helped tanner onto his feet, then pulled him into a soft embrace.

tanner was still crying; yumi could feel every tear that soaked into his shirt. he didn't really mind though. after a few minutes of hugging and soft affirmations, tanner began to waddle backwards, still being held by yumi. he landed back in his chair. yumi got the hint that he wanted him on his lap.

he thought about it for a moment, he won't lie. the image of being caught by someone was a nightmare. then, for some reason, it was overshadowed by a need to comfort tanner. something about love is stronger than fear or some bullshit. he let tanner pull him into his chair.

"how're you feeling, hun?"

"...better."

"you want me to stay though, yeah?"

"please."

yumi rested his hands on tanner's shoulders, rubbing them up and down. tanner's were tracing shapes on yumi's hips and playing with the hem of his shirt. he can't remember a time they had ever been this close before, but it didn't matter.

"i'm sorry i yelled at you," yumi hummed and leaned into tanner.

"it's okay. i- i think we both fucked up pretty bad."

"we'll be alright though, cus i- uh, i love you. yeah."

tanner giggled, his face now in yumi's chest and his hands on yumi's back.

"what's so funny?" yumi asked through a smile.

"you've never said that to me before. you've never told me you loved me. it feels good to know."

"really? well, i mean it. even if i don't say it, i really do love you, even when you're being an idiot. "

tanner pulled back to look at yumi. both of their faces were dusted a soft pink and they wore gentle, delicate smiles. yumi reached up to tuck a piece of hair behind tanner's ear.

"you look nice," yumi whispered to his face of stubble and swollen eyes and baby pink lips, "pretty."

"you really think so?" tanner smiled back, eyes turning to thin slits like a waxing cresent moon.

"yeah. yeah i do."

yumi's hands reached for his cheeks and tilted his face up. tanner didn't resist. his eyes closed, basking in the rare intimacy as yumi connected their foreheads. tanner's hands slid down to yumi's ass, giving it a single squeeze before just resting there. yumi didn't protest, didn't speak up, didn't move away. he had no reason to.

tanner's gaze met yumi's. their eyes locked, then their lips. neither really remember how it happened, but to be honest they didn't need to. here, confined in the purple flood lights and cool air of tanner's room, no one else existed but them, like some kind of beautiful, otherworldly dream.

at some point, tanner hooked his hands under yumi's thighs and brought them to his bed. yumi grabbed tanner's face, just for a single goodnight kiss, but one turned into two and two turned into tanner sucking hickeys into yumi's neck.

"mmh... yes, keep doing that baby, you're so good," yumi breathed, sinking his nails into tanner's clothed back.

tanner complied and marked up more of yumi, leaving burning reminders of tonight that would last at least a few days. the venomous kisses were trailed back up yumi's neck and onto his lips. they kissed with passion, almost as intensely as the words shared in their earlier arguement.

though, just like that arguement, they slowed down, beginning to sink into the bed. the constant kisses began to spread out throughout the minutes they spent awake, until eventually, they weren't even awake anymore. the stars painted the scene though the window of tanner's room, all tangled legs and eyelashes fanned across cheekbones.

they would later awaken the next day and discuss what really happened, though neither would remember it fully. tanner still leaves his shit everywhere, that's just a part of him, but it's a part yumi'll grow to love.

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i really wanted to write some typical hurt/comfort so i chose my 2 fav tgc boys to write about and now you have this youre welcome

have a good day bby ily <3