Did I startle you? { Juuzou x Reader }

[Chapter Five] New treatment

After a fun afternoon of chilling around and eating junk food, it was finally time to get up and go to work again, I mean, at least I can go back to the physical sector of the building with Juuzou now. So that's a plus. I was awoken to the sound of Juuzou bursting through my door screaming at me to wake up.

"WAKE UP WE'RE LATE FOR WORK!"

I looked over to the clock next to my bed to see that the time was 7:30am; to our horror, work started at 8:00am. Honestly, beyond this point I didn't know what I was doing, I panicked and stipped to my undergarments in order to change into some form of formal clothing without noticing Juuzou was still present in the hallway. His face was filled with a mixture of emotions. Poor guy.

"Uh.. Maybe you could of told me to leave the room while you were changing..." He uttered as he began to cover his tomato-like face and turn away from the doorway. At this point, we had been living together for about a week so the guy I was living with seeing my indecent was the least of my concerns, I mean, it was bound to happen at one point. 

"You were gonna see it anyway, embrace it."

Juuzou laughed as I stumbled all over the apartment to grab my keys, money and bag. I was finally ready to leave as Juuzou offers me a ride on his motorbike. Hesitantly, I accepted, bracing myself for an almost certain accident. It'd at least give us an excuse to be late. We walked to the garage at the bottom floor of the complex and I awkwardly positioned myself behind him on the seat, not really knowing what position to take. Juuzou just sighed and said

"I can tell you've never riden a motorbike, it's painfully obvious."

I scowled as he begann to open the garage door and slowly speed up to leave. 

I tightly hugged the back of his torso as he began to speed faster and faster, feeling anxiety coursing through my veins and tasting fear on my tongue. Despite what I previously thought, he isn't as bad at driving motorbikes as I thought.

I becAme a bit less uneasy and let go of Juuzou, still holding on to the motorbike with my legs, of course. I gazed at the city around us as my sight landed on a rose bush. Without any kind of hesitation or regard for his own safety, Juuzou idiotically reached his hand towards the bush and gripped onto a rose and handed me it. I couldn't tell whether to appreciate the gesture or scold his dangerous behaviour. 

"For you!" I saw the smile on Juuzou's face as he gave me that rose, a smile that I could never scold or even say anything bad about. It was a face of pure innocence and sincerity. I grasped the rose and looked down slightly, embarrassed. 

"Awe, thank you.."

You arrive at work so Juuzou parks and you two walk in.

Shinohara: Hey you guys! How was this morning?

Shinohara was aware of juuzous crush on you. He understood Juuzou more than anyone.

Juuzou: "Embarrassing..."

You: "Yeah... but the motorbike thing was really fun!"

Shinohara smiles at juuzou. The motorbike and rose thing was his idea.

Juuzou: "You acted like your were going to cry half the way there!"

You laugh and say,

You: "Oh well, I got over my fear of high speeds!"

All three of you laugh.

Seido walks in and says,