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{Oikawa Tooru x gn!reader}
Summary: a short escape with him from the media on a rural beach. Only you, him, and the ocean simply exist.
"What are you looking at, Tooru?"
You're on the side of the ocean watching the wave weaving the water. Swaying back and forth, turmoil by the rock. A familiar salty scent and stickiness covering your skin. Your man has been sitting there for the last few minutes, his gaze fixed on the horizon.
"Nothing." his visage is rather unreadable, just neutral with a flattened emotion.
But he looks most beautiful when he's like that; hair disheveled by the seaside wind, a bare torso with a hint of sunburn, without his usual media smile that's everywhere in the magazine. He's only there to be present. Bare and unraveled.
He looks up at you after a few moments.
"Join me, my love?" He offers his hand, guiding you to sit right next to him, fingers intertwined.
Again a comfortable silence fills in with the background of breaking waves. You let them be, as a moment of silence is a rare occasion for him to think more, to slowly disentangle his thoughts.
You lean your head on his toned shoulder and close your eyes, engulfing the momentary peace. His breath is your melody and your sense can feel affectionate friction from his thumb caressing the back of your hand.
"When Iโm with you I feel like myself," he breaks the silence. The sound echoes from your side, you open your eyes and look at him. He breathes, inhaling and exhaling in contentment.
"I feel like every side of me is present and accepted. And I feel good about itโ I feel good about who I am when Iโm with you," he conveys as if he is pouring his feelings into the ocean.
Oikawa Tooru doesn't have to put his masks around you. He doesn't have to smile when he doesn't want to but every time he does, it reaches his heart to the corner of his eyes. You find his vulnerability beautiful because that's what makes him human.
Sometimes he questions who he really is. Is it the image in front of the camera or when he's around his closest ones? But both of them are him and the latter is the one he adores more. It's his comfortable skin.
He brings your hand closer. That's when you see through the lashes of his closed eyes, he plants a kiss on your knuckle. Successfully form a smile on your face. His eyes open and meet your doe eyes. The hazel irises drown in affection and the corner of his lips tucked up with sincere gratitude.
You hum, swaying your head to your side. You slowly part with his hand and crawl to sit on his lap. Your figure in front of him covers the sunset, forming a silhouette framed with the orange hues of the nearest star. He contemplates how mesmerizing it is.
You place a hand on his chest to feel his heartbeat.
Your other hand reaches for his, placing it right in front of your chest, where your heart rests. Exposing how it thumps in the same rhythmical beat as him.
"We're existing at the same time at this very moment. Isn't it amazing?"
His soft chuckles whistled by the breeze.
"Can't believe I got to marry such a wonderful person."
You smile shyly at the words, whispering a muffled 'me too'. Before you can draw back his hand is already cupping your cheek, the other moves to your waist to pull you closer. You close your eyes as he leans in to claim your lips sweetly.
"I thank you for your presence."
He whispered in between your lips. A deep exclamation of love.
"Likewise, thank you for existing."
The second kiss goes by until dusk passes and Venus rises. Sealing you in his oath to always present for you.