『バウンド』 Bound

Keeping a Promise

Warning: This chapter contains M rated content.

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"Hey, Tatsumi!" Tatsumi was in his own world so he was surprised when a weight fell onto his back with arms wrapping around his shoulder from behind.

"Oh hey." He greeted Lubbock distantly, still clearing his thoughts. Lubbock leaned more against his back.

"Something wrong?" He asked curiously. Tatsumi figured there were at least fifty things wrong with himself, but seeing the bright smile from the other male's face made him not want to ruin the mood with any pettiness.

"Nah just thinking." Tatsumi answered shifting a little from sitting on the grass. An hour had passed and Tatsumi did not even realize he was still sitting outside long after Lubbock and Wave parted ways.

"About what?" Nosy as usual. Tatsumi turned his head and poked Lubbock's cheek.

"Nothin'. What are you doing out here?" Lubbock nuzzled his head in the nape of Tatsumi's shoulder, and Tatsumi could not, help but resemble him as an attention-loving cat.

"Don't you know? We have to pick after ourselves starting tomorrow. We'd have like, zero time to even talk. I heard Miss Najenda's gonna make sure to separate us too." Lubbock complained. Tatsumi's raised an eyebrow.

"And who did you hear this from?"

"Leone." Lubbock answered with a cheeky grin. Tatsumi rolled his eyes, not stopping the smile spread onto his own face. In the mean time, Lubbock unwrapped his arms to crawl in front of him. "Pretty trustworthy source."

"I'll say..." Tatsumi held Lubbock's waist and pulled him over his lap. Their heads automatically leaned in and their noses rubbed gently.

"Guess what, Tatsumi." Lubbock said softly.

"What?"

"I still love you." Lubbock quickly pressed their lips together and Tatsumi melted into the kiss with warmth and joy spreading through his body like a wildfire. Lubbock soon broke the kiss with a small pout.

"Well, now you say it." Lubbock demanded and Tatsumi laughed softly.

"I still love you too." He said as he watched the older teen's cheeks brighten satisfyingly.

"Mister Lubbock. It's time for your daily check-up." A nurse called out. Tatsumi heard Lubbock groan.

"I'm fine..." He muttered, but stood up reluctantly. "By the way Tatsumi, I was actually sent to tell you that we'll be going back to the base at sunset. Najenda needs some files recorded." Lubbock said. Tatsumi stood up and noticed the nurse was looking at him with a small blush.

"Oh alright." Tatsumi said with a raised eyebrow.

"B-By the way Mister Tatsumi." The nurse suddenly said, "I can also give you a check up." She offered while twirling her hair shyly. "Y-You know, if you're feeling uncomfortable anywhere-"

Tatsumi's response to the request is stepping up to Lubbock and kissing him fully on the lips.

...

"Ready, everyone?" Najenda asked Night Raid. "Wave, I hope you can handle flying at high speed." She added. The black haired male paled.

"A-Actually I'm kinda not good with heights-"

"Great! Everyone aboard." Najenda said over him. Tatsumi smiled exasperately.

"Don't worry, Wave. Mine and Lubbock can barely handle it too." He reassured the male.

"I heard that!" Both Lubbock and Mine yelled from atop the manatee. The two boys laughed and boarded with everyone else. Tatsumi thought for sure he was not going to like Wave's company. So far, everything was going so well that he truly believed it may have been the pettiness from earlier that created his previous doubts.