This Is Gospel (ShimaxYukio)

15. Confliction

Rin eyed the man standing next to him. He seemed...grumpy? That's the best way that he could put it. He was pouting almost, glaring half-heartedly at Ling from where he was standing. He stood there for a moment, sighing before pulling up a chair to sit next to the teen.

"Hey Ling. Sorry to pop on you like this, bruv. I didn't know that you were in such lovely company." the man apologized. Rin noticed his thick, British accent and suddenly thought of his conversation with Yukio earlier that week...

Nah, couldn't be the same guy.

"It's alright, man. You seem a bit stressed. Are you alright?"

Russell opened his mouth to respond, but seemed to notice Rin eyeing him. He smiled in the raven's direction, offering his hand to him. "Rin, was it? Name's Russell. Nice to meet you, love. Sorry to intrude on your evening but I needed to see Ling as soon as possible." he greeted. Rin noticed the bandages wrapped around his hand, choosing not to accept it in case he had hepatitis or AIDS or something. Russell seemed to notice the weary eye and retracted his hand, clearing his throat. "Sorry, that was quite rude of me." he said. After another moment of silent staring, Rin shrugged. "It's alright. I should get back to my hotel room." he said, standing up. Ling seemed like he was about to object, but Rin cut him off by leaning over the table to kiss the teen between the eyes. "Don't worry, kiddo. We can take over the town some other time." he said, smiling as he walked out. Both Ling and Russell watched him until he's as no longer in sight. Ling made a loud whistling noise. "Good Lord Almighty, he is fine." he said. Russell chuckled at him. "Sharp tongue, too. Reminds me of my little dove. Which is part of why I'm here." he said. Ling raised a brow at him.

"You requested information on a Shima, yes?"

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Yukio reached out in his sleep, slowly coming to when he realized the other side was cold and empty. He runned his eyes, trying to shake off the drowsiness when cool metal brushed against his cheek. He pulled his hand back, eyeing the ring on his finger as a smile crept upon his face.

He was someone's fiance, but this time it was out of love and not out of possessiveness.

He slid out of bed, looking for any sign of Shima when he noticed his cell phone light up on the night stand.

(1) Message from Rin

(1) Message from Renzo

He tapped on Shima's text first, frowning a bit once he realized that he could barely see the tiny letters without his glasses. He felt around for them on the nightstand and slid them on once the tips of his fingers brushed against them.

Shima:
Hey sweetheart. Had a little work to get done so I stepped out for a while. I'll be back before morning, okay baby? Don't wait up. Love ya.

Sent at 1:22 AM

As annoying as it was, Yukio figured he must have had something important to do if someone had called him out of bed to do so. He wouldn't complain.

He looked over at the clock on the nightstand. It was only 2:30 AM.

He quickly tapped out a response.

Okay. Just hurry home, then. I miss you.

Sent at 2:30 AM

The read receipt quickly morphed from sent to read, three dots popping up on the screen to show that Shima was typing back. It stopped shortly after, and then Shima's face popped up on his phone screen as it began to ring.

Shima was facetiming him.

Yukio giggled to himself, getting back into bed and turning the lamp on before answering the call. Shima's face came onto the screen in crystal clear quality. From what Yukio could tell, he was in an office. Why else would he be wearing that suit.