Title: Birthday Greeting
Author: macy
Genre: fluff
Rating: G
Pairing: OhgoJima
AN:
-happy birthday yuto!
-unbetaed, rushed.
-inspired by Princess Diaries series (reread them<3)
Suzuka's POV
'Thanks, Suzu. Love you. :D'
"Ohgo-chan!" Someone suddenly called and I jumped. I turned to my side to see Maeda-chan, pointing subtly at the aisle. Our professor was walking towards us (towards the back, but whatever).
I straightened to my sit and started doing our seat work, mentally berating myself. I cannot be distracted right now. Especially with this professor. He's very strict and what he hates the most are students daydreaming.
Getting back at my book, I read the first question, barely understanding. That's because I still couldn't help but think about what he said. I shook my head and read the question once more and started answering.
Well, I was able to survive the next hour and a half of that subject. University life is very much different from life in Horikoshi but I am getting by. I've made some friends, and my manager is doing her best so I wouldn't have my schedule to full.
It's only been a few months, but it felt as if it's been so long since I last saw my high school friends. Everyone's so busy now, what with university (for some) and more work for each of us. I am glad though, that we still do keep contact with each other. A mail or a call every once in a while. During my birthday, everyone from our class greeted me. Yuto, Mirai and Miki even came by my house (separately, though; I think the they (along with Chii and Yama-chan) are the busiest among us these days).
And I was sure yesterday, everyone also greeted Yuto. I did, certainly. I can never forget about his birthday what with me being only five days older than him.
And he replied almost at once.
'Thanks, Suzu. Love you. :D'
And this just confuse me to no end. What does he mean by that??? Seriously?
He'd never used the 'L' word with me before. This was the first time. And it made me remember about all those teasing almost everyone in our class do to us on a daily basis (except for Yama-chan, because in retaliation Yuto would tease him with Mirai and he doesn't like that and for Non-chan because she's just too nice like that). Everyone always said that we looked together and that we act like we're a couple.
The thing is.. we're not. So not.
Sure, we always hang out. And we're very close, we can talk about anything. And we're also aware of that rumor among fans about us supposedly being a couple. There was even a rumor about us 'breaking up' or something but how can we break up, we were never together!
We never even talked about stuff like those (we can tell each other anything, but we've never really brought up that.) We usually just ignore everyone and by second year, everyone sort of got tired teasing us because it doesn't bother us anymore.
But this... what he said... it bothers me deeply.
I mean, what does he mean by that? Why so suddenly? So randomly tell me 'Love you, Suzu.'
Well, I guess it wouldn't be a surprise if he loves me as his friend. I guess, I'm one of his closest friends. And thinking about it, I love Miki, one of my best friends... But I don't just randomly tell him that. In fact, I've never told him that. Cause sure we're friends, but that's a little...
I blinked as the bus stopped and hastily stood up when I realized it is my stop.
I suddenly felt somewhat sick. I can't believe I'm so nervous.
Thing is, I am meeting Yuto right now. I asked him if we could meet so I can give him my gift and he told me to meet at Hanayo - this Korean restaurant us and our friends used to go to (it's near Horikoshi).
I took a deep breath before I walked inside the restaurant.
I saw him at once. He was in our usual table - booth, actually - in the farthest corner. He was in his usual disguise: baseball cap, face mask and head phones. He really should change that, he's just as easily recognizable if he just didn't bother.
I walked to him, giving him a small smile.
"Hey, Suzu, been a while." He said when I sat down across from him.
And my nervousness evaporated. He was acting normal. So maybe I was just reading into his text too much. I decided to just forget it.
"Hey." I said with a grin. "How have you been?"
He sighed and placed his head on the table.
"Fine I guess." He said. "Just dead tired. How's uni?" He asked, looking up at me.
And we just sat there for a few hours, chatting like we used to.
He was happy with my gift - a book about galaxies (not many knows, but he's interested in those stuffs and recently he's been taking pictures of stars through his telescope) - and he looked like it, too. I was a bit apprhensive about that. Because his gift is just hard to follow up! (He gave me a very very beautiful necklace with snowflake pendant - saying I was an Ice Princess teasingly - with my name engraved on it.) And I didn't know what to give someone who already have everything.
So I was glad. That he's happy, I mean.
Yuto, being one of the most sensitive guy I've ever known, most of the time just tell he liked the things given to him so as not to be rude. But I usually know when he's lying. And right now he seems genuinely happy.
But then it started getting dark and we knew we had to go. Yuto had offered to walk me home like he used to during high school.
I happily accepted. I did missed him. We had barely talked like this for months.
When we were in front of my house, he pulled me to him and gave me a big hug.
I laughed but hug him back nevertheless. He had always been big on giving hugs.
"Thanks for today, Suzu. I had fun." He said after pulling away.
"Me, too." I said grinning up at him (he's just so tall!)
And then he did something I wasn't expecting.
He suddenly leaned down and kiss me (only in the cheeks, though.)
I felt shock, I think I might have gaped.
And when he stepped back, I said without thinking.
"Yuto, what did you mean when you said you love me?" Gosh, I wished the ground would open up and swallow me whole.
He blinked at me and looked as if he wanted to laugh.
He shrugged and answered, a little hesitantly. "It means I love you."
I stared at him.
"You love me." I said slowly. "You love me as a friend or..."
"I love you like I love Raido." He said.
What?? I looked at him questioningly, much more confused.
Now he laughs. I suddenly wanted to whack him.
"You know," I said a bit coldly. "Girls don't appreciate when you compare them with your pet dog and then laugh at them."
But he ignored this and instead said. "I love you like I love my dog. I love Raido even though I don't have to."
I was still confused but he didn't offer anymore explanation. Because he obviously thought it would suffice to just kiss me. And this time, right on the mouth.
I tense and stood there like an idiot and he started pulling away. Before he could though, I responded (mentally kicking myself for being so slow.)
He pulled back (after a while), grinning from ear to ear.
"So is that a yes?" He asked hopefully.
"I never realized you asked me a question." I told him, blushing, still not registering (much) what had happened.
"Right." He said sheepishly. "Can I ask a question then?"
I just nodded.
He smiled. "Now that it's not illegal, well not 'officially' illegal, can we give our friends, the fans and Raiya the right to say 'We told you so'?" He asked.
I laughed.
"Yes."
AN:
-i do tell my guy friends 'love you' and stuffs but i guess for conservative people (which is my image of Suzuka), that isn't very usual. plus my guy friends know about my sort-of brother-complex and i've told them i think of them as my niichan (most of them), little bro (some) and twin bro (my closest guy friend).
-illegal because in horikoshi they're not allowed to date according to school rules. johnny's rule say they should not date, but it's more on 'avoid dating with the public knowing' so yeah.
-/rant. my little sister kept giving me plots asking me to wriite them when she knows fairly well that I DON'T HAVE TIME! i have my own hundreds of plot, thank you. i mean, why can't she write them? she's in high school! she have so much free time and i know for a fact that she can write (by her: )!