ジュン —!

[ that earns a tiny , barely audible grunt in response . ]

especially there .

mhm .
[ another nod . he folds his arms under his chin . ]

a little bit between my shoulder blades , and mostly around , uuuhh …
[ awkwardly twisting his arm back to paw around the middle of his back . ]

here ?

[ nodding , he does as he’s told . ]

ready when you are .

i trust you ! i think anything you do will help .

oh ! could you ? pretty please ?

could’ve .. it feels sort of like there’s a knot or something .

man , i Need to crack my back . ugh .

had a dream i was in a time loop of when dawn and i got our first pokémon , and she was mad that her piplup wasn’t shiny .. weird .

man … you’re really cute when you’re all flustered .

[ as if barry is one to talk . even his ears are pink . ]

[ a part of him sort of regrets not wrapping his arms lower.. now he’s gotta awkwardly pull one of his arms back to place his hand on the shorter man’s waist . oh , well , who cares about that when he’s finally kissing his childhood ( and adulthood ) crush ? ]

[ he wants to retort by telling kouki that he could never scare him off , no matter what , but .. ah , being able to feel the other man’s lips again is much better , in his personal opinion .
eyes falling shut again , barry hums . ]

oh , man , you should’ve …
[ laughing , he presses his forehead to kouki’s . ]

wanna kiss again ?

oh , tons . i’ve even dreamt about it !
… hope that’s not too weird .

[ it takes all of his strength to ( * not ) immediately dive back in .
one hand slides to the nape of kouki’s neck , and he hums . ]

oh , man .. you have no idea how long i’ve been wanting to do that .

[ it’s perfect . kouki’s lips are so soft , and he can feel the heat radiating off of his cheeks .. or is that just from his own body heat rising ?
he hesitates for only a moment before parting his lips a tad — a silent query to determine if kouki wants to keep kissing . ]

oh , tons .
cool , cool , cool . well , uuuh …

[ fuck it . he’s practically throwing himself onto kouki . arms wrapped around the other man’s shoulders , he presses their lips together . ]

i’ve been pretty good at staying in one place lately , huh ? eheh .

…. you sure ?

[ he drops his hands to his sides again , shaking them and his head as he bounces . ]

whew – woo ! i’m good , i’m okay . lots of adrenaline . i feel like i could run a marathon . i ( * really ) wanna kiss you , though . if you’re cool with it .

yeah ! i didn’t think you’d feel the same way !
…. aaaghhh –
[ barry’s losing his cool . hands covering his face now , he stomps his feet a few times . ]

i’m trying really hard to Not lose my mind right now , kouki ..!

whoa .

[ he wraps his half of the sandwich back up , sticking it back in his bag . ]

do you wanna kiss ?

oh ... oh !
[ he stares at kouki for a moment , his smile widening into a big dopey grin . ]

really ?? for real ??

bad idea , huh ? ha … sorry . forget i said anything , okay ?

oh i’m actually on the verge of freaking out ! i’ve just been mulling over if i should tell you or not for a couple years now .

[ nom . he’s taking a big bite from his own half of the sandwich . ]

you do now !

i loaded that thing up with tons of deli meat and veggies , by the way .

huh ?
oh , the being in love with you part ? yeah , well , y’know !

[ presenting : sandwich ]
here !

i have a sandwich i can split with you ! hold on ..

[ he’s just ??? reaching into his bag ??? ]

hi ! how’s it going ? i’m pretty sure i’m in love with you by the way . have you had dinner yet ?

wake up . i need to tell you a secret .