Hey, Daydreamer - Umi x Rui - Oneshot
Title: Hey, Daydreamer
Chapters: Oneshot
Author: paranoiascreams
Genre: fluff, a little angst, romance
Warning: been awhile since i last wrote something. unbeta'd
Rating: PG
Pairings/Characters: Umi x Rui
Synopsis: Rui takes another drag of his cigarette, he thinks of the day he started liking Umi - which was actually the first day they decided to be a band (despite knowing him before that, maybe his musicality enticed him, the bassist has no idea as well) - almost 4 years ago. He wonders how he's able to hold it in for this long, and deny it to his bestfriend (who he can never lie to anyway) every time.
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN THE GUYS. STORY IS MINE.
Comments: For 50stories Theme set:001 #16 - Denial.
It was early in the morning, Rui - still half-asleep - scrambles out of bed to get to the phone.
"Fucking caller... it's 7 in the morning!!" he grumbles. He curses on the inside too as he hates how his cellphone just have to break last night.
"HELLO?!" he screams to the person at the other line.
"Sorry to wake you up princess, but you're really late."
"...Umi? L-late? Me...?"
"Sindra. Photoshoot. Ring a bell?"
"Oh shit shit shit shit... I'll be there!!!"
"Just come down from your apartment in 10 minutes, I'm just outside. I came to pick you up."
"Y.. yes! Yes!!!" Rui puts down the phone without saying goodbye and immediately runs to the shower, not to take one (unfortunately, he has no time for that at the moment) but to at least wash his face and brush his teeth.
Rui walks up to a smoking Umi waiting outside his car, "You know, for someone who was super excited last night about today, you're late."
"I'm sorry... broke my phone remember?"
"Forgiven." Umi breaks into a smile and walks up to the bassist and gives him a kiss.
"Let's go. They're waiting for my princess."
Rui smiles widely with his cheeks burning on his face.
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"RUI?"
"Huh?" the bassist turns his head towards the voice, "What?"
"Daydreaming again?"
Rui shakes his head 'no' towards their vocalist, Tomo laughs.
"You are! I've noticed you daydreaming lots of times!"
"I DONT DAYDREAM!" Rui grabs a handful of scratch papers and turns them into balls to throw at his bestfriend as they all get styled for their photoshoot for Sindra.
"Where are Umi and the others anyway?" Rui asks to change the subject.
"Where's Umi?"
"AND THE OTHERS!"
"Other dressing room i guess? I dunno. We were late. Be glad Umi's being made up when we arrived or else he's gonna skin us alive."
"I wonder how he'd look like if he's 'darker'." Rui sighs, Tomo smirks.
"Umi's got a very dark image already and you want him darker?!"
"I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT HIM!"
"If you say so."
The door opens and Rui having his mouth wide open in shock is an understatement to what he saw.
"There you guys are! YOU WERE LATE!"
There is Umi, all clad in black with his raven hair, dark make-up and some feathers on his head, hands akimbo standing by the door.
"I... I'm... uh..." Rui tries to say something, to no avail.
"He slept in, you know how hard it is to wake him up."
"I know. Just finish up, okay?" Umi smiles slightly and then leaves the dressing room.
"I DIDNT SLEEP IN!" Rui screams as if waking up from a trance and hits his bestfriend rapidly on the shoulder.
"But you were always so easy to blame whenever Umi's involved."
Rui turns quiet and stares at himself at the mirror, "I'm just pathetic."
"You're not. You like the guy, and i dont blame you. Who wouldn't like him?"
Rui pouts, "That's the problem, who wouldn't?"
Tomo says nothing, the bassist sighs and jumps off the chair to get out of the room to head to the studio where their leader is surely flaming with anger already.
The photoshoot ended with ease, even if it took long to finish since they had to do the PV shoot on the same day.
Rui takes another drag of his cigarette as he waits for his turn in front of the camera. He thinks of the day he started liking Umi - which was actually the first day they decided to be a band (despite knowing him before that, maybe his musicality enticed him, the bassist has no idea as well) - almost 4 years ago. He wonders how he's able to hold it in for this long, deny it to his bestfriend (who he can never lie to anyway) and fail every time he tries.
Tohya sits beside the bassist, startling Rui a bit, "You know, if you dont do something, he might not be available anymore..."
"What?" Rui turns to the drummer, Tohya smiles. "You like him, dont you?" the drummer nods to Umi's direction who was talking to the director at the moment.
"... It's that obvious?"
"Recently, yes. How long?"
"... almost 4 years." Rui tells Tohya the truth, he's never good at lying and it's as if his bestfriend didn't tell his lover anyway.
"THAT LONG?! Awesome!"
"Awesome? Pathetic, if you ask me." Rui sighs and kills the last of his cigarette with the sole of his shoe.
"Why dont you confess? It's not gonna be that hard." Tohya gives him an encouraging squeeze on the shoulder, Rui shakes his head.
"If I do, it'll change a lot of things."
"For the better."
"Or worse. He might reject me."
Tohya shakes his head, "You wouldn't know until you try."
"I wish I can be as positive as you." Rui smiles bitterly and bows down.
"Are you okay?"
Rui looks up to see Umi squatting in front of him, the bassist nods. He turns to his side to see Tohya give him an 'ok' sign with a smile before walking away.
"I'm fine..."
"Are you tired?" Umi asks again, Rui shakes his head.
"You look sad lately. We're coming out after our hiatus, aren't you glad?"
Rui sighs, "I am. Of course i am. Why wouldn't I be?" the bassist forces a smile. He wasn't lying, he's really indeed glad about returning to the music scene but his unrequited feelings for their leader is actually getting the best of him.
"Let's grab something to eat, okay?" Umi stands up and offers his hand, Rui reluctantly takes it.
"On second thought, Umi, I'm not hungry."
"You are. I say so."
Rui laughs, Umi does too, "See? You look better like that."
"Thanks, but really. Not hungry."
"I am though. Can you just come with me? I'll grab something to eat. I'm really starving."
"As if you're gonna let me refuse."
"As if i'm letting you go." Umi holds him tighter and drags him to where their food are placed.
Rui stops walking and pulls his hand away from Umi's grasp, "Uhmn, I..."
"Rui, please... Be honest with me. I've known you a long time..." Umi sighs, "And right now i'm pretty sure something's bothering you."
Rui twitches a little, "Something... Someone... really is."
"Tell me and i'll see what i can do."
"You can't help me. I'm sorry." Rui walks away and leaves Umi behind.
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"Tomo!"
"WHAT?!"
Umi grabs Tomo away from Tohya who follows them anyway when the lovers arrived to the studio two days after the shoot.
"Is Rui sick?!"
"Nevermind Rui, he's lovesick. Can i take my boyfriend now?" Tohya asks with his eyes sparkly.
"Lovesick? Oh come on, Tohya."
"If you're worried like that, you might have caught the love bug too. Nyahaha." Tomo adds before walking away, only to be dragged back to the corner.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN I CAUGHT THE LOVE BUG?!"
"Umi, i cant believe you're that dense. Come on." Tomo smirks, Umi flinches, "Dense? On what?!"
"Rui's obviously in love with you."
The three turn their heads to the direction of the voice; it was Yuh who just arrived to the place.
Umi turns red and covers his face with his hand, "You are bullshitting me, you guys."
"You... YOU'RE FUCKING BLUSHING!" Tohya points out, the leader slaps their drummer's hand aside, "I am not!"
"You are." Yuh smiles and sits on the couch as he takes his guitar out of its case.
"I just hate getting teased, you all know that."
Tomo and Tohya laugh, "You know, you and Rui should really talk. AS IN TALK." Tomo pats Umi's shoulder then walks away. The door bursts open and Rui rushes inside, panting.
"What happened to you?" Umi asks, Rui tries to catch his breath, "I woke up late and i missed the bus so i ran."
"You ran? You?" Umi inquires again, "Take a seat and i'll get you water." Umi tells their bassist and leaves the room.
Yuh looks inside his bag, then stands up, "I forgot something in the car, i'll be back in a few." then he leaves the room. Tomo and Tohya looks at each then the drummer turns to the bassist, "I'm hungry, are you hungry?" Rui shakes his head, "I'm not."
"Well, we are. We're gonna be back, are you sure you're not hungry?" Tomo asks again and the bassist just nods with assurance.
"If you say so." Tohya shrugs and he walks out of the room with Tomo. Rui leans his head back on the couch only to realize something when their leader came back with a glass of water.
"Where'd everybody go?" Umi asks as he hands their bassist the drink. Rui takes it and finishes it in one go, "Y - Yuh left something in his car, the couple grabbed something to eat."
"I see." Umi takes the seat next to Rui and checks his phone, the bassist twitches beside him. They are both silent, not one even trying to start any conversation. Umi checks his watch, "They're running a little late dont you think?"
"I guess..."
"I'll give them 5 minutes before I call all of them." Umi tells Rui who doesnt respond; the leader didnt do any follow up anymore. The silence and awkwardness fills the room, and Umi, who's not used to it, confronts it head on.
"What's wrong? Do you hate me or something?"
'W-what?" Rui asks, as if waking up from a trance, he turns to Umi who has a questioning look on his face, "I dont hate you, Umi."
"Then why do you avoid me this much lately?"
"...I just..."
"Do you like me?"
Rui stares at Umi, "More than you know..."
Umi smiles, "Then you should have said so earlier..."
"What do you mean?" Rui asks, this time it's his turn to question their leader.
"I like you more than you know too."
"Umi..."
"Rui..."
"RUI!!!"
"H-huh?!" The bassist turns to see Umi in front of him, he notices that their leader's hands are gripping on his shoulders, "Are you okay?!"
"What...?"
"I was just telling you that i'm gonna give the others 5 minutes and then i'll call them. And then here you are staring on the wall, smiling alone. Have you gone crazy?"
"I was just... daydreaming." Rui pushes Umi off him slightly and smiles, "Sorry Umi."
Umi sighs in relief, "So that's what's happening to you lately, huh? You daydream. She..."
"He." Rui cuts him of. Umi smiles then continues on, "Okay... He must be damn special to still be part of your dreams even when you're awake."
"...That's the hard part. He can only be mine when I dream, when I can somehow control my dreams when i'm awake." Rui sighs. He hates how this emotion is taking its toll on him. It's been kept for too long, and it's trying to escape, and it's hurting him already, as if he'll break down if he speaks again.
"Are you... crying?" Umi asks, Rui rubs his eyes, "I'm not, Umi. Don't mind me."
Umi takes his handkerchief and wipes away Rui's tears, "I'm your friend, Rui. It's only right that I mind you and that I worry about you."
"...You make me want to punch you really bad." Rui tells Umi without batting an eyelash, Umi raises an eyebrow, "What?"
"... Right now i really do. I want to punch you for being dense... Arent i obvious enough? You're killing me already..."
"Dense on what?"
Rui takes a deep breath then speaks, "It's you. It's you who's been invading my thoughts for the last 4 years. Get out of my head already!"
Umi looks at the bassist with intent, "I'm not THAT dense, Rui. I knew, even before the other guys pointed it out to me but it's just that... I was scared too. I was scared of what I will tell you if you had told me earlier, of what i would have felt if you did. What would be the outcome... and what would happen to the band if..."
"Are you still scared?"
"... No. Still waiting though."
Rui cocks up an eyebrow, "Waiting for what?"
"Are you going to confess or not?"
Rui turns beet red and then covers his face with his hands, "I really like you Umi."
Umi struggles to get Rui's hands off his face, "Then look at me when you say it."
"I can't."
"Why not? You're gonna look at my face on closer proximity from now on anyway."
Rui turns to Umi immediately, "Why?" He doesn't get an answer but is only met with a kiss, "Coz i'd be kissing you alot starting now."
"...I'm daydreaming." Rui tells Umi then starts pinching himself countless times before their leader stops him.
"Stop hurting yourself. This is real." Umi kisses Rui again and he smiles when he feels Rui smiles to the kiss.
"YOU BOTH HAVE TO TREAT US FOR DRINKS LATER!!"
The door slams open and the three other members marches in with huge grins on their faces.
"Drinks on me, guys." Rui tells the others as he scratches the back of his head.
"No. Drinks on us." Umi adds then pulls Rui closer to him, "No more daydreaming, okay?" he whispers, and Rui just nods with a sheepish smile on his face.
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Author's Notes: I'm not back. I just have a short vacation and some muse so here i am writing my fave pair ever. ^_^ It's been a long time since i last wrote something so i hope i'm not yet rusty. hahahah. Enjoy~~
Comments are love. ^_^b
Chapters: Oneshot
Author: paranoiascreams
Genre: fluff, a little angst, romance
Warning: been awhile since i last wrote something. unbeta'd
Rating: PG
Pairings/Characters: Umi x Rui
Synopsis: Rui takes another drag of his cigarette, he thinks of the day he started liking Umi - which was actually the first day they decided to be a band (despite knowing him before that, maybe his musicality enticed him, the bassist has no idea as well) - almost 4 years ago. He wonders how he's able to hold it in for this long, and deny it to his bestfriend (who he can never lie to anyway) every time.
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN THE GUYS. STORY IS MINE.
Comments: For 50stories Theme set:001 #16 - Denial.
It was early in the morning, Rui - still half-asleep - scrambles out of bed to get to the phone.
"Fucking caller... it's 7 in the morning!!" he grumbles. He curses on the inside too as he hates how his cellphone just have to break last night.
"HELLO?!" he screams to the person at the other line.
"Sorry to wake you up princess, but you're really late."
"...Umi? L-late? Me...?"
"Sindra. Photoshoot. Ring a bell?"
"Oh shit shit shit shit... I'll be there!!!"
"Just come down from your apartment in 10 minutes, I'm just outside. I came to pick you up."
"Y.. yes! Yes!!!" Rui puts down the phone without saying goodbye and immediately runs to the shower, not to take one (unfortunately, he has no time for that at the moment) but to at least wash his face and brush his teeth.
Rui walks up to a smoking Umi waiting outside his car, "You know, for someone who was super excited last night about today, you're late."
"I'm sorry... broke my phone remember?"
"Forgiven." Umi breaks into a smile and walks up to the bassist and gives him a kiss.
"Let's go. They're waiting for my princess."
Rui smiles widely with his cheeks burning on his face.
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"RUI?"
"Huh?" the bassist turns his head towards the voice, "What?"
"Daydreaming again?"
Rui shakes his head 'no' towards their vocalist, Tomo laughs.
"You are! I've noticed you daydreaming lots of times!"
"I DONT DAYDREAM!" Rui grabs a handful of scratch papers and turns them into balls to throw at his bestfriend as they all get styled for their photoshoot for Sindra.
"Where are Umi and the others anyway?" Rui asks to change the subject.
"Where's Umi?"
"AND THE OTHERS!"
"Other dressing room i guess? I dunno. We were late. Be glad Umi's being made up when we arrived or else he's gonna skin us alive."
"I wonder how he'd look like if he's 'darker'." Rui sighs, Tomo smirks.
"Umi's got a very dark image already and you want him darker?!"
"I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT HIM!"
"If you say so."
The door opens and Rui having his mouth wide open in shock is an understatement to what he saw.
"There you guys are! YOU WERE LATE!"
There is Umi, all clad in black with his raven hair, dark make-up and some feathers on his head, hands akimbo standing by the door.
"I... I'm... uh..." Rui tries to say something, to no avail.
"He slept in, you know how hard it is to wake him up."
"I know. Just finish up, okay?" Umi smiles slightly and then leaves the dressing room.
"I DIDNT SLEEP IN!" Rui screams as if waking up from a trance and hits his bestfriend rapidly on the shoulder.
"But you were always so easy to blame whenever Umi's involved."
Rui turns quiet and stares at himself at the mirror, "I'm just pathetic."
"You're not. You like the guy, and i dont blame you. Who wouldn't like him?"
Rui pouts, "That's the problem, who wouldn't?"
Tomo says nothing, the bassist sighs and jumps off the chair to get out of the room to head to the studio where their leader is surely flaming with anger already.
The photoshoot ended with ease, even if it took long to finish since they had to do the PV shoot on the same day.
Rui takes another drag of his cigarette as he waits for his turn in front of the camera. He thinks of the day he started liking Umi - which was actually the first day they decided to be a band (despite knowing him before that, maybe his musicality enticed him, the bassist has no idea as well) - almost 4 years ago. He wonders how he's able to hold it in for this long, deny it to his bestfriend (who he can never lie to anyway) and fail every time he tries.
Tohya sits beside the bassist, startling Rui a bit, "You know, if you dont do something, he might not be available anymore..."
"What?" Rui turns to the drummer, Tohya smiles. "You like him, dont you?" the drummer nods to Umi's direction who was talking to the director at the moment.
"... It's that obvious?"
"Recently, yes. How long?"
"... almost 4 years." Rui tells Tohya the truth, he's never good at lying and it's as if his bestfriend didn't tell his lover anyway.
"THAT LONG?! Awesome!"
"Awesome? Pathetic, if you ask me." Rui sighs and kills the last of his cigarette with the sole of his shoe.
"Why dont you confess? It's not gonna be that hard." Tohya gives him an encouraging squeeze on the shoulder, Rui shakes his head.
"If I do, it'll change a lot of things."
"For the better."
"Or worse. He might reject me."
Tohya shakes his head, "You wouldn't know until you try."
"I wish I can be as positive as you." Rui smiles bitterly and bows down.
"Are you okay?"
Rui looks up to see Umi squatting in front of him, the bassist nods. He turns to his side to see Tohya give him an 'ok' sign with a smile before walking away.
"I'm fine..."
"Are you tired?" Umi asks again, Rui shakes his head.
"You look sad lately. We're coming out after our hiatus, aren't you glad?"
Rui sighs, "I am. Of course i am. Why wouldn't I be?" the bassist forces a smile. He wasn't lying, he's really indeed glad about returning to the music scene but his unrequited feelings for their leader is actually getting the best of him.
"Let's grab something to eat, okay?" Umi stands up and offers his hand, Rui reluctantly takes it.
"On second thought, Umi, I'm not hungry."
"You are. I say so."
Rui laughs, Umi does too, "See? You look better like that."
"Thanks, but really. Not hungry."
"I am though. Can you just come with me? I'll grab something to eat. I'm really starving."
"As if you're gonna let me refuse."
"As if i'm letting you go." Umi holds him tighter and drags him to where their food are placed.
Rui stops walking and pulls his hand away from Umi's grasp, "Uhmn, I..."
"Rui, please... Be honest with me. I've known you a long time..." Umi sighs, "And right now i'm pretty sure something's bothering you."
Rui twitches a little, "Something... Someone... really is."
"Tell me and i'll see what i can do."
"You can't help me. I'm sorry." Rui walks away and leaves Umi behind.
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"Tomo!"
"WHAT?!"
Umi grabs Tomo away from Tohya who follows them anyway when the lovers arrived to the studio two days after the shoot.
"Is Rui sick?!"
"Nevermind Rui, he's lovesick. Can i take my boyfriend now?" Tohya asks with his eyes sparkly.
"Lovesick? Oh come on, Tohya."
"If you're worried like that, you might have caught the love bug too. Nyahaha." Tomo adds before walking away, only to be dragged back to the corner.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN I CAUGHT THE LOVE BUG?!"
"Umi, i cant believe you're that dense. Come on." Tomo smirks, Umi flinches, "Dense? On what?!"
"Rui's obviously in love with you."
The three turn their heads to the direction of the voice; it was Yuh who just arrived to the place.
Umi turns red and covers his face with his hand, "You are bullshitting me, you guys."
"You... YOU'RE FUCKING BLUSHING!" Tohya points out, the leader slaps their drummer's hand aside, "I am not!"
"You are." Yuh smiles and sits on the couch as he takes his guitar out of its case.
"I just hate getting teased, you all know that."
Tomo and Tohya laugh, "You know, you and Rui should really talk. AS IN TALK." Tomo pats Umi's shoulder then walks away. The door bursts open and Rui rushes inside, panting.
"What happened to you?" Umi asks, Rui tries to catch his breath, "I woke up late and i missed the bus so i ran."
"You ran? You?" Umi inquires again, "Take a seat and i'll get you water." Umi tells their bassist and leaves the room.
Yuh looks inside his bag, then stands up, "I forgot something in the car, i'll be back in a few." then he leaves the room. Tomo and Tohya looks at each then the drummer turns to the bassist, "I'm hungry, are you hungry?" Rui shakes his head, "I'm not."
"Well, we are. We're gonna be back, are you sure you're not hungry?" Tomo asks again and the bassist just nods with assurance.
"If you say so." Tohya shrugs and he walks out of the room with Tomo. Rui leans his head back on the couch only to realize something when their leader came back with a glass of water.
"Where'd everybody go?" Umi asks as he hands their bassist the drink. Rui takes it and finishes it in one go, "Y - Yuh left something in his car, the couple grabbed something to eat."
"I see." Umi takes the seat next to Rui and checks his phone, the bassist twitches beside him. They are both silent, not one even trying to start any conversation. Umi checks his watch, "They're running a little late dont you think?"
"I guess..."
"I'll give them 5 minutes before I call all of them." Umi tells Rui who doesnt respond; the leader didnt do any follow up anymore. The silence and awkwardness fills the room, and Umi, who's not used to it, confronts it head on.
"What's wrong? Do you hate me or something?"
'W-what?" Rui asks, as if waking up from a trance, he turns to Umi who has a questioning look on his face, "I dont hate you, Umi."
"Then why do you avoid me this much lately?"
"...I just..."
"Do you like me?"
Rui stares at Umi, "More than you know..."
Umi smiles, "Then you should have said so earlier..."
"What do you mean?" Rui asks, this time it's his turn to question their leader.
"I like you more than you know too."
"Umi..."
"Rui..."
"RUI!!!"
"H-huh?!" The bassist turns to see Umi in front of him, he notices that their leader's hands are gripping on his shoulders, "Are you okay?!"
"What...?"
"I was just telling you that i'm gonna give the others 5 minutes and then i'll call them. And then here you are staring on the wall, smiling alone. Have you gone crazy?"
"I was just... daydreaming." Rui pushes Umi off him slightly and smiles, "Sorry Umi."
Umi sighs in relief, "So that's what's happening to you lately, huh? You daydream. She..."
"He." Rui cuts him of. Umi smiles then continues on, "Okay... He must be damn special to still be part of your dreams even when you're awake."
"...That's the hard part. He can only be mine when I dream, when I can somehow control my dreams when i'm awake." Rui sighs. He hates how this emotion is taking its toll on him. It's been kept for too long, and it's trying to escape, and it's hurting him already, as if he'll break down if he speaks again.
"Are you... crying?" Umi asks, Rui rubs his eyes, "I'm not, Umi. Don't mind me."
Umi takes his handkerchief and wipes away Rui's tears, "I'm your friend, Rui. It's only right that I mind you and that I worry about you."
"...You make me want to punch you really bad." Rui tells Umi without batting an eyelash, Umi raises an eyebrow, "What?"
"... Right now i really do. I want to punch you for being dense... Arent i obvious enough? You're killing me already..."
"Dense on what?"
Rui takes a deep breath then speaks, "It's you. It's you who's been invading my thoughts for the last 4 years. Get out of my head already!"
Umi looks at the bassist with intent, "I'm not THAT dense, Rui. I knew, even before the other guys pointed it out to me but it's just that... I was scared too. I was scared of what I will tell you if you had told me earlier, of what i would have felt if you did. What would be the outcome... and what would happen to the band if..."
"Are you still scared?"
"... No. Still waiting though."
Rui cocks up an eyebrow, "Waiting for what?"
"Are you going to confess or not?"
Rui turns beet red and then covers his face with his hands, "I really like you Umi."
Umi struggles to get Rui's hands off his face, "Then look at me when you say it."
"I can't."
"Why not? You're gonna look at my face on closer proximity from now on anyway."
Rui turns to Umi immediately, "Why?" He doesn't get an answer but is only met with a kiss, "Coz i'd be kissing you alot starting now."
"...I'm daydreaming." Rui tells Umi then starts pinching himself countless times before their leader stops him.
"Stop hurting yourself. This is real." Umi kisses Rui again and he smiles when he feels Rui smiles to the kiss.
"YOU BOTH HAVE TO TREAT US FOR DRINKS LATER!!"
The door slams open and the three other members marches in with huge grins on their faces.
"Drinks on me, guys." Rui tells the others as he scratches the back of his head.
"No. Drinks on us." Umi adds then pulls Rui closer to him, "No more daydreaming, okay?" he whispers, and Rui just nods with a sheepish smile on his face.
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Author's Notes: I'm not back. I just have a short vacation and some muse so here i am writing my fave pair ever. ^_^ It's been a long time since i last wrote something so i hope i'm not yet rusty. hahahah. Enjoy~~
Comments are love. ^_^b