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I can't help it!! You're making it itchy and it feels good at the same time!!

[ ok he does give his head a faint shake, just one and not hard enough to explode sand everywhere, at least. he just had to say the word "itchy," now he can't sit still. ]

Do we have to go back? I already had a shower earlier, [ during which time he cried from nervousness until they ran out of hot water ] and I'm not even tired. Besides, if we go home and go to bed, what if I wake up tomorrow and everything is all "normal" again and none of this ever happened?? I'd rather get lice and never sleep again!

I'n not making it itchy!! That's from all the sand in it!

_{[ Rei folded his arms and was ready to insist that he go take a shower right now even if he had to drag him back, but then he saw that look on his face. He looked like he was either pouting about not wanting to go back or he would be upset or...something.

He wasn't sure, but he thought for a moment about what he had said, since he had a point...what if everything was normal again and none of this happened? It did feel almost like a dream, but then again the impact from the fall definitely hurt too much for it to be a dream. But he couldn't help but worry too, since what if Nagisa woke up tomorrow and didn't feel the same as he did earlier? He didn't want that, but...what was he supposed to say?! ]}

We do have to go back eventually. _{[ In other words, Nagisa won and they could stay for a bit longer. ]}

Even if this never happened, I do believe that both of us would still feel the same way. So! Nagisa-kun, if this is a dream, we just have to do it all over again!!! _{[ He nodded, looking prideful and certain of what he just said. ]}

You do need to wash your hair out, and sleep at some point. But would you feel better if one of us slept over at the other's house? _{[ He would suggest getting pajamas but if Nagisa was going to be at his house...he'd steal his pajamas anyway. ]}

[ ALL OVER AGAIN!?!?!?!?! horrifying... even if it really didn't turn out so bad and he's not sure he can ever recreate the feeling of relief and happiness he felt when Rei agreed to go out—sorry, "go steady" (what an old fart) with him—there's still the fact that it took more courage than he thought he even had to show up, and it was very stressful up until that point!!!!!!!!! alright!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

but he guesses if he had to, he'd do it all over again, and probably again and again, and maybe five more agains. then he thinks he'd get bored and have to move on. sorry Rei. eight agains is all you get for right now. ]

Hmm, well... I guess I'd be okay with that, as long as you say yes again the second time around! And then when we jump... we'll stick the landing.

[ nope, they'd fall and break their assholes every single time. ]

I'll sleep over if I can use your shampoo! The fancy one, not the pool shampoo. And I have to borrow my [ as in "your" ] favorite jammies, because I don't have any with me. And!!!! we have to cuddle. Those are my terms.

_{[ Don't worry, Nagisa, Rei doesn't want to do this all over again either since he would probably have a heart attack and die if he had to be honest about his inner feelings 8 more times. He would definitely die, he thought. ]}

Of course I'd say yes again--as many times as it takes--uh. _{[ That was embarrassing. He quickly adjusts his glasses and looks away.]}

I refuse to jump for a second time, though! That would require too many showers to get all the sand out of your hair!!!

_{[ He'd get dragged to jump regardless of his protests, and everyone knew that. But as Nagisa listed his "terms," Rei couldn't help but laugh lightly. He...did that anyway, every time, except maybe not always cuddle, but he would always wake up and they would be cuddling, not that he ever questioned it to be honest. ]}

As long as you wash your hair thoroughly, then I will allow it. What about clothes for school tomorrow? Should we stop by and get you some?

_{[ Only he would suggest getting clothes for school and nothing else from there, or well maybe also school books---he would suggest a toothbrush but everyone knows Nagisa probably already has all that there. ]}

[ "as many times as it takes" alright now SEE HERE, PRINCE CHARMING, there is no need to go testing the limits of what makes Nagisa blush and what doesn't. case in point, he quickly looks away with his ears burning, a rare and somewhat difficult action coming from him. he doesn't say anything, just clears his throat weakly and gives himself a second before he looks back up again. ...and then has to look away a second time because he wasn't Ready the first time. god. ]

... what? Oh, uh... clothes. Right, I guess we can swing by my house and grab some since it's only a couple houses away. [ they just need to nuke the house inbetween them from orbit so they can be actual neighbors. then he will fulfill another secret lifelong wish of being a legitimate "boy next door". ]

_{[ Rei doesn't even understand why Nagisa's face got red or why he's embarrassed, so he just assumes that he said something weird and was ready to be laughed at or told straight up that it was something strange to say.

But Nagisa doesn't say anything about it. So...that's good, right?! Rei can't help but sigh in relief, glad he didn't say something too weird--but he does have to admit that seeing the other flustered for once was really cute, so he made a mental note to try to research how to do whatever he just did so he could see that expression again! ]}

I mean, we would have time in the morning if you would wake up on time. But it would be wiser to do that tonight. I can wait outside so that we don't wake up anyone---what...time is it anyway?

_{[ If it was midnight Rei was going to freak out, not to mention he wasn't tired at all. Weird. ]}

[ he's quick to recover on the second glance, shifting his hip so he can get into his pocket and check his phone for the time. he doesn't seem overly concerned about it, whatever it says... but then again, 2 and 3 in the morning even on school nights are normal even for him. ]

It's 11:30. By the time we go to bed it'll probably be 1 or 2! Or maybe even later!! [ like this is something to be excited about. ] This is awesome, I bet you've never been up that late in your whole life!

1 OR 2 IN THE MORNING?!?!?

_{[ Lord help him. This is a first for him, and he feels like he's being so rebellious by not going to bed on time, which he doesn't like. Rei would definitely regret not getting enough sleep and definitely sleep in a lot of his classes...probably waking up from dreams at random points in class like those...few times. ]}

I have never on a school night! On weekends, I think you have kept me up until midnight before, which made me feel like a rebellious teen!!!!

_{[ What a nerd. ]}

But we are rebellious teens! Trust me, this is what we're supposed to do. Stay out past curfew, be up all night, ditch class, other... stuff? [ gay stuff ?? alcohol????? drugs????????!!!!!!!???????????????????????????? (???? what are drugs) ] It's totally natural, so really, if you think about it, you're just following a completely obvious and scientific path. Like, um, one of those flow charts.

[ raising one finger in an Explanatory Manner as he gets up off the ground, holding his other hand out to help Rei up. ]

First, you're a good kid. Then you're an awkward pre-teen with no friends that gets wedgies from your siblings. Then you're a rebellious teen, and then you're an out of control young adult that can't make up their mind, and THEN, you're a responsible fully-grown adult with a steady white collar no-fun job who doesn't do anything cool ever, and then you're old and gross, and then you die. That's how it goes.

What kind of other things??!? I am not doing any illegal substances, nor am I skipping class!!!

_{[ He puts skipping class on that level...amazing.

He allows Nagisa to help him up by giving him his hand and standing up, not forgetting that he has to fix his glasses the minute they get to his house, probably while Nagisa is in the shower. But then he just looks at him while he talks about...what was this about again? Rei just stares at him with a concerned look and shook his head. ]}

I don't think my brother ever gave me "wedgie" when I was an "awkward pre-teen" as you put it. But as interesting as that path seems, that's definitely not what I want to do with my life. My job for the future will be fun--and I won't be old and gross!!! I want to be old and beautiful!!!

_{[ What is this conversation anymore. ]}

Just things! And alright, maybe the wedgie thing was just me, but still! The point is, we're exactly where we need to be right this second: staying up past bedtime!!

[ he opts not to address his own future ideas, because most of them are all silly and merely placeholders to make up for the fact that he hasn't got a clue what he wants to do (and probably expects his parents to force whatever career path they're on onto him eventually anyway). ]

And you can still be beautiful and gross at the same time, you know. That time when the food at the sushi bar made you projectile barf all over the bathroom stall? [ he was supposed to NEVER mention that again ] —Ready to go?

[ brushing the dirt off his knees and looking up. now that he knows they're sticking together he's not so reluctant to stay in this honestly rather chilly park all night anymore. ]

Edited (how do u forget a whole paragraph in a tag) 2015-03-15 04:34 (UTC)

This is a special occasion!! A one time event, so don't get any ideas!

_{[ Good luck getting him to stay out this late again on a school night, Nagisa.

Rei completely freezes when he mentions the sushi bar incident, and immediately waves his hands around as if someone was actually out and could hear them talking about it since he was certain that was not beautiful at all!! It was as bad as that 5th grade incident with the underwear!!!! ]}

Shh--shh!!! Nagisa-kun we don't talk about that!! That was not beautiful at all and you know it!!! Please don't bring that up since no one ever should know!!!

_{[ He huffed and nodded that he was ready to go, so he started off in the direction of their houses---wait. Should he hold his hand?!?! Oh god, he's actually thinking about it now and he never had to think about it before but now it's 100% gay????? What did he do??!?! Was hesitating making him look bad?!?! What if it was weird?!?? He was probably freaking out over something that Nagisa would do in .2 seconds without any thought, really. ]}

[ pretty much. he doesn't hesitate because even if it's 100%—nay, 1000000000000%—gay now, it is still just them, and that's just what they do. if anything it's more normal than ever. at least this is how he reasons with himself when he detects the clear and obvious sensation of his heart pounding where it never really did before. maybe only very recently, but that was a flower thing. right. obviously.

ok look, you don't have to do the explaining away the gay thing when you're dating the guy. stop. ]

Oh, please! It was so gross and sick I almost hurled, but nobody ever made food poisoning look so good, that's my point! So even when you're all wrinkly and smell like prunes and have to wear old people diapers you'll still look like a handsome prince.

[ um........ yeah, so, that isn't what he meant to say. ANYWAY, WALKING NOW, PAY NO ATTENTION TO THAT DESCRIPTOR BEHIND THE CURTAIN ]

_{[ Rei is honestly glad that the other didn't hesitate, since he did want to hold his hand, it was just that now he was over-thinking things that they normally did...and realizing just how much "couple-y" things they already did on a normal basis. Why didn't he realize this before?! He usually did notice his heart speed up when they normally held hands, but he never thought much about it...and now everything was making sense. ]}

Food poisoning is the worst type of sickness because you just make everyone around you disgusted---Handsome prince?!?!?

_{[ There went all the gross things that Nagisa just said about diapers and wrinkles since Rei would obviously use all of those anti-wrinkle creams to look beautiful forever! ]}

Do you really think I look like a handsome prince, Nagisa-kun? That is one of the highest type of flattering things I've ever heard you say!!!

[ he starts walking faster as if to avoid this conversation but that really does nothing because he is of course holding Rei's hand, so all it does is pull him along slightly more urgently. this is not as planned. ]

D...Don't let it go to your head, that's not really what I—I mean it's just a... a colloquialism! [ THERE, FOCUS ON THE BIG WORD that he seriously struggled to pronounce and would never be able to spell. growing up matsuoka, he becomes extremely hot under the collar about this. ]

_{[ Yeah, good luck avoiding conversation with someone walking right next to you and holding your hand, Nagisa. Rei doesn't think it's weird at all, and he's really flattered by the compliment since he always thought princes were very beautiful!

Of course he focuses on the big word since it took him a minute to realize just what Nagisa has said since he's not used to hearing those words come out of his mouth. ]}

A colloquialism!! You meant the whole prince part as something commonly used in a conversation? Hm... _{[ He didn't really get why that made sense, but alright--he still appreciated being called that, and if Rei was actually smooth, he'd try to say something about Nagisa being a prince too...but he's not smooth at all. ]}

Alright then. Also, when we get to your house do not forget your books for school.

Yeah, you know, a figure of speech! For somebody who's handsome and charming!! Those are just princely qualities, o-okay, it doesn't mean that I mean that... I mean I think you're both of those things but not because... uh... you know what, never mind!

[ FCUcK fucufhjJFDLKLSD. now he's going to have to burn all his diaries where he used "handsome prince" as a code word for Rei, because when he dies tragically at a young age as a famous actor in some kind of grizzly accident and they take his journals to publish as a posthumous memoir, Rei will know exactly what he means and will be belatedly scandalized by all the dirty stuff he wrote. CAN'T HAVE THAT. ]

Can't I just borrow your books?! I don't wanna carry them...

_{[ Well, that made Rei blush, not really needing an explanation of why he called him that, but he got one and now he doesn't know what to even say to that. He can't help but smile for some reason when Nagisa explains himself since it was cute that he was also getting flustered--god, how many times has he thought that he was cute in this conversation...ridiculous!!!! ]}

I understand...what you mean? _{[ He...thinks. ]} It was just a way of complimenting me and calling me "handsome and charming." I appreciate it, since you are also those things!

_{[ That's the best comeback he's going to get since Rei would find it too embarrassing to call him a "handsome prince" and isn't even aware that it was a code word in his diary...Did he even know Nagisa kept diaries? Probably from his childhood, maybe. ]}

I can carry them, besides you'll need them for tomorrow's lecture! Mikisugi-san said that it would be a good one!

[ Nagisa isn't quite as swayed by compliments as Rei is, sorry Rei-chan. he does smile and stop looking so hassled for having to explain his thought process behind this (despite that nobody fucking asked), giving Rei's hand a squeeze. ]

Oh! If it's Miki-sensei, then I guess I should pay attention.

[ a vast change from earlier in the year, where he couldn't have given less of a shit about science class and had no problems whatsoever with telling Aikuro that pretty much to his face. Nagisa plays favorites when it comes to people of authority, it's no secret. he either likes you and is sweet and obedient as can be, or he pretty much doesn't give you the time of day.

speaking of aikuro tho... ]

I guess he's kinda technically part of my family now too, huh.

_{[ It's okay, because he would accept just smiles as a form of acceptance of whenever he compliments Nagisa, although knowing Rei it would be some terrible compliment that no one understood. ]}

Huh? Are you finally interested in science?!?!?!!!!

_{[ He sounds entirely too excited about that. Rei was about to open his mouth and go on an hour rant about how wonderful science is and that he's so happy that Nagisa is showing an interest to it!!! But, the next thing that the other says makes his heart skip a beat, unsure what that means. ]}

Part of your family? Are you moving in--wait! If you're moving in with the other child slot here, does that mean we're brothers???? Nagisa-kun, I would rather go steady with you than become brothers!!

_{[ Right over his head that went. ]}

[ nah still mostly fuck the majority of science tbh, but he likes aikuro so he pretends to pay attention. it's the thought that counts. he has to stop himself from rolling his eyes at Rei's dumb doodooheadedness though... yes Rei, obviously he wanted to turn this into some fake bizarro form of pseudo-incest because a normal gay relationship isn't already something to talk about as it is. ]

No, silly! I meant as an honorary fake parent! I mean, it's not the same as if we were, say, married or anything... [ CHUCKLES LOUDLY, HOW SILLY ... MAWWIAGE. ] But it's close enough!

_{[ Oh. Oh. Rei should have guessed that, since they were dating after all...and in theory most people that date will get married, since he refuses to let the other option of 'breaking up' happen. He chuckled, trying to cover up his nervousness and trying to look like he already knew that option!!! HAHA.... ]}

I see! Does that mean you'll pay attention in science class? You do have to have my "father's" approval after all!

_{[ He laughed, just teasing since he dates who he wants, dad. But in the back of his mind he can't help but wonder if that meant he had to get Sousuke's approval if they ever got married? That is a terrifying thought. ]}

[ SOUSUKE IS NOT HIS DAD!!!!!!!!!!!!! HE DOESN'T EVEN CALL HIM CHAMP AND PLAY SPORTS WITH HIM AND GIVE HIM "THE TALK" AND TELL HIM TO MAN UP AND JOIN THE SWIM TEAM BECAUSE NO SON OF MINE IS GOING TO BE A SISSY GIRL uhhh wait thats his real dad ]

There's just one thing... I can't call him "dad." Or anything like that. Not because he's not dad material! [ well i mean honestly he's sort of not but that's beside the point ] It's just... kinda... complicated.

[ he starts that sentence off well but then realizes he's approaching dangerously emotional territory and shuts it down faster than you can say boo to a goose. ]

_{[ Well that turned dark really fast. ]}

Hm? I was just joking, Nagisa-kun. I understand, since Mikisugi-san isn't my real dad or anything. I don't even call him "dad" since it's not the same as my real father, so please don't feel the need to call him that if you don't want to.

_{[ He smiled at him, maybe squeezing his hand a little since the whole 'dad' territory seemed like it was going to be an emotional part of the conversation, and Rei knew that they had both had a roller coaster of emotions that day. Of course, if Nagisa needed to talk about it, he would be here for him, but he just attempts to change the subject to keep the conversation light. ]}

When we do get to my house, we must be as quiet as possible, alright? Mikisugi-san and Mikoshiba-san must be asleep by now. _{[ Like Nagisa can ever be quiet. ]}

[ he probably should. he hasn't talked to anyone but Rin about his first set of fake parents here and that was only briefly. he still cries about it every 2 seconds, it'll have to come up eventually. but not today when he's already got enough to be tumultuously emotional about. ]

Those guys go to bed that early? What the heck kinda adults are they... I'll try to keep my voice down, but sometimes I can't help singing in the shower so they're just going to have to accept that!!!

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