>Ryuji had invited s/o after a tough day at school. Nothing helped more than a nice, warm meal with someone he felt so comfortable with.>Lately, Ryuji had felt a bit strange while hanging out with s/o. Sweaty palms and a racing heart. Poor boy thought he dying at first, but after a long, long talk with Akira, he realized he was in love.>He tried to be as subtle as he could. There was no way he would ruin his friendship with such a wonderful person over a small (oh, who was he kidding?) crush.>Meanwhile, s/o was having a dilemma of their own.>Ryuji was just so cute in deep thought!! The little pout he wore on his face while he lost himself in whatever he was concentrating on.. s/o couldn’t handle it.>“God, Ryuji. I love you so much.”>“Wait, what?”>Oh shit, had they said that out loud?? Fuck.>Well, there was no turning back now.>“I said I love you. I’ve been crushing really hard, I’m kinda surprised you didn’t notice?”>They never seemed to reject his offers to hangout, but that didn’t mean anything, right?>“The others say I’ve never been good at taking a hint, y'know?”>There he goes, putting himself down>“Or maybe I was being too sneaky. What about you?”>“What about me?”>They resisted a chuckle, “What do you feel? Could you maybe.. feel the same way? It’s fine if you don’t! Aha, I don’t want to ruin what we have now so you can ignore what I said!” They were rambling now and they felt awful for doing so.>The spotlight was on him now. His eyebrows furrowed as heat rushed to his face. He struggled to form a coherent sentence, but he had to convey his feelings.>S/o waited with bated breath. If felt like an eternity waiting for his response, but they would wait centuries if they could for him. They would wait forever for him.>“Me too. I feel the same way, for a while now.”>S/o felt wave after wave of joy. They could honestly cry right now. >After hurriedly finishing their meal, the pair decided to spend the rest of their evening together. They left the building, hand in hand.