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Title: Conflicting thoughts
Character: Shiba Takeru & Ikenami Ryunosuke
Fandom: Samurai Sentai Shinkenger
Rating: G
Summary: Ryunosuke had been noticing how Takeru had acted peculiar since the incident involving Akumaro and decided to confront him about it. Episode 39 & 40 related.
A/N: I originally posted this as a 2-parter on FF... but meh, I toss everything here.
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Something was wrong. He could sense it. Tono was acting strangely. He had sensed it the other day during the fight at the island but after that, he had tried not to think about it as he turned his attention towards Chiaki and Genta. Apparently, Akumaro had done the same thing to them as he did with the island people. Both of them had been poking at each other about it. Certainly as an elder, he should be there as mediator for them—considering the number of fights he had with the two in the past, he could try to help them out.
But later on the way home, he noticed it again. It was not like the usual atmosphere they always had when they were together, as in recently. More towards the time when the four of them had initially came to the mansion to begin their duties as Shinkengers. Even then, the atmosphere was also different, but it was certainly similar. The feeling, that is. Mako had been acting strangely as well. Did something happen between the two of them; when the five of them had separated earlier to investigate the island? Tono was injured too...
He had left the thought alone for the night, hoping that it had only been his imagination. Then again, this morning, what happened during the practice with Chiaki; it seemed that the troubling thing that was bothering Takeru was not just a simple thing for him to remain troubled about it. It bothered him. If he had not stopped him that time, Tono would have had hurt Chiaki really badly. Perhaps that was why he was standing here right now, in front of his lord’s room... to try to get the answer to this particular issue.
“Tono—”
There it was again, the tension in the air. So... it was not his imagination after all. Takeru tensed up as he looked up towards Ryunosuke.
Ryunosuke bit his lips, even if there were no words exchanged between them; he could already tell that there was something that had troubled the young lord’s head. To think that his lord would not even confide to him on what had been bothering him, it hurt him inside. Compared to the many injuries and cuts he had endured in the past, this hurt him even worse.
But then, when he had kept to himself about his own worries about Shintaro, Tono... as well as the others; must have felt the same as well. That thought came up in Ryunosuke’s mind as he stopped himself. Could something have been bothering his young lord right now that he did not want to tell anyone about it? If it were so, would it be right of him to press his young lord about it? Perhaps not...
Ryunosuke sighed to himself as he turned to leave.
“Ah... Ryunosuke!” Takeru gave a cry before reaching out to grab Ryunosuke’s arm. Ryunosuke stopped moving as Takeru pulled back his hand hesitantly.
“Is there... something you wanted to talk to me?” Takeru asked cautiously as Ryunosuke did not respond.
Ryunosuke sighed, as the air between them grew tense. He turned around to face him as Takeru tensed. Ryunosuke smiled weakly as he noticed the reaction.
“How’s your injuries?” he asked as Takeru appeared relieved. Takeru shrugged.
“It’s... fine. The injuries were not too deep... I can still manage it. It’s already healing...”
Ryunosuke nodded his head.
“Mako told me that you’ve confronted Fuwa Juzo again the other day.”
Takeru tensed again as he said the name before averting his eyes from him.
“Yeah,” Was the short answer.
Ryunosuke nodded again, not pressing about the issue even more. He had heard some bits about what happened from Mako but even she was reluctant to talk about it in detail. Something definitely had happened between them back at the island.
But would Takeru-tono tell him what was bothering him right now to make him seemed so distant? Ryunosuke thought not.
“I see...”
Ryunosuke sighed.
They were both quiet again before Ryunosuke cleared his throat. Even if he kept this agonizing thought to himself, it would still bug him later. Better to just let it out.
“Tono, is something bothering you?”
A slight alarm lighted up on his face before Takeru averted his eyes again from Ryunosuke’s stare. Ryunosuke walked closer as he placed his hand on Takeru’s shoulder.
“Is it something that you don’t feel comfortable to talk about... even to me?”
Takeru gave him a brief glance before looking away again. His expressions were unreadable but that alone was enough an answer for him.
“Very well, if that's what you want. But Tono... regardless of anything that might happen in the future, I will always support you. You do know that... don’t you?”
Takeru nodded as Ryunosuke lifted his hand. Though, instead of stepping back, he held Takeru’s injured hand gently.
“Still...”
Ryunosuke gave a gentle squeeze on the injured hand but paid mind not to squeeze it too hard. Takeru felt his heart being squeezed instead of his hand.
“Takeru-kun... even if you could not talk about your worries with me, at least talk to Hikoma-san. Don’t keep it to yourself. Even if you have to cling and depend on others, it doesn’t make you a weak person. Remember that.”
Ryunosuke hung his head low before releasing Takeru’s hand to leave the room. But he had not moved an inch as Takeru did not let his hand go.
“...sorry.”
Ryunosuke bit his lips as he tried to keep it still, blinking his eyes while trying not to let a tear fall. He willed himself to act as cheerfully as he could before turning back towards Takeru.
“I would not forgive myself either should anything happen to you, Tono. So don’t push yourself too hard. Sendai-sama would not want you to do that either. Get a good rest, eh? Take care.”
Ryunosuke pried his hand off Takeru’s grip as he left the room. Back at the room, Takeru continued staring towards the empty space where Ryunosuke had been standing at just earlier.
“I’m sorry... Ryunosuke.” he said softly before he made a move to find Jii.
xxx
Too long. It was taking them too long!
Ryunosuke paced back and forth in worry as Mako watched him silently.
“Ryunosuke... you’re not the only one here who was worried about Takeru. We all are.” she said as she gestured towards the sleeping Kotoha on her lap as well as Chiaki and Genta who had been sleeping next to each other at the other corner of the room.
He shrugged at her apologetically before continuing with his pacing. He glanced towards the porch, as it was already dark outside.
“You should go to sleep, Mako. I’ll call the kuroko-tachi to get the others to their rooms as well.”
Mako glanced up towards the wall clock. It was indeed late.
“You should... as well, Ryunosuke.”
Ryunosuke stopped pacing as he glanced towards her.
“But Mako, after what you’ve told me... and what I heard from Hikoma-san, I don’t think—ah, I can’t even let myself close my eyes to retire in my room while—why did you never said anything earlier...” muttered Ryunosuke, more to himself than to Mako as he went towards Takeru’s quarters.
The chaotic state all around the building seemed to calm down a bit as Jii had ordered assigned the kuroko some tasks to do. The old man gave him a nod as Ryunosuke walked up towards him.
“Why did you not retire to your room already... Ryunosuke-kun?” he asked as Ryunosuke shrugged.
“How’s Tono?” he asked as Ryunosuke ignored Jii’s question.
The old man sighed.
“Tono should be fine. We already administered all the needed treatment. All that Tono needs now... is rest.” Jii said as he shook his head. “Why this had to happen right now...” Jii muttered again as Ryunosuke placed a hand on Jii’s arm.
“How about you take some rest as well, Hikoma-san? I’ll stay and watch over Tono.” Ryunosuke offered as Jii reacted strongly against it.
“No... you don’t have to—I would be enough...”
Ryunosuke pressed on it as he kept his stands firm.
“I insist. I had thought to go read up something to see if there’s anything that can be done considering what had happened these few days but I cannot concentrate on it when Tono was like this. I couldn’t get any sleep either anyhow... so I might as well stay with Tono.”
Jii was about to refuse the offer again before noticing the worry etched in Ryunosuke’s face. Of course, Ryunosuke would certainly be as worried about Tono as he did. And Tono did appear to be very close with Ryunosuke as well. He nodded as he patted Ryunosuke’s shoulders.
“Very well. Do what you want but don’t push yourself too hard either. And don’t worry about the current situation so much. I will try looking in the archive and see if there anything else that can be done.” said Jii as Ryunosuke nodded to him gratefully.
xxx
Ryunosuke sighed as he sat beside Takeru’s futon. Takeru was sleeping still, as his face and body covered by various bandages. Ryunosuke adjusted the blanket that had been kicked away to the side over Takeru’s body as he ran his hand over Takeru’s forehead.
“Silly lord. Do you really have to worry all of us with this recklessness of yours?” Ryunosuke said softly as he reached to hold Takeru’s right hand. He patted the hand gently as he sighed to nothing in particular.
“The previous lord, your father... wouldn’t have wanted you to disregard your own life like this. Definitely, not like this.”
“If the burden of the Shiba clan was still that heavy for you, you should have let us share the burden. I, everyone... would have done everything possible to support you. Don’t leave us so far behind you while you venture forward by yourself.”
Ryunosuke smiled weakly to himself as he watched Takeru sleep. It was not as if he expected Takeru to be awake so soon as to hear his every word. But he had hoped that at least his feelings could be passed to him. Half the time when Takeru was around also, it was not as if he could talk to him about things like this anyway. They had talked about many other things... but this was more personal. Ryunosuke never thought that he should ever have to talk about such topic with Takeru. Since he knew, Takeru would not feel comfortable with it.
“Ne... Tono, wonder how it would have been like... if you had your family still? To have some other sibling aside from yourself... heh, why am I talking about unrelated stuffs like this...?” Ryunosuke chuckled to himself as he said it aloud. But it made sense. If Takeru had not had his family clan wiped out completely by Doukoku, he would have approached the situation differently when Doukoku had appeared that time. Then again, so would many things that had happened in the past.
Talking about siblings, if Takeru... had been a sibling of his own, he would not have allowed him to endanger himself so much like this, Ryunosuke thought sadly. Strange, is it not? A year ago, he would not have even known what kind of a person Takeru was but now, he would have protected Takeru’s life as if he was one of his own family. Ryunosuke wondered... would his Tono be able to have the same thought as he did now? Ryunosuke placed his hand on Takeru’s arm again.
“Tono, as I had vowed before... I would do my best to support and protect you as a samurai. Even then, I had told myself to do my best as well to keep myself alive. Because I do not want you to be saddened or be burdened about it if anything should happen to me. Or any of us. I wished you would have understand that. Since I believed that your thoughts were similar as mine as well.”
xxx
His sights had been blurry. But he felt he was back home... so it should not matter. He must have been unconscious for a long time. Every part of his body felt hurt but that also was not surprising. Being reckless might have fed his own pride for a moment but when you get hurt... you did feel the hurt. There was not escaping that.
He heard voices. Must have been Jii..., lecturing him again as usual perhaps. Though when he had turned his head, he saw not Jii... but Ryunosuke instead. This was... unusual. Ryunosuke started talking to himself... or more at him. Ryunosuke must have not noticed that he was awake. Takeru had squeezed Ryunosuke’s hand when he had held his own but the older lad seemed to not notice. He seemed to be deep in his own thoughts and then he started talking again.
Ryunosuke had looked very sad and Takeru started to feel bad hearing what he was talking about. He tried to say something back but the only sound that escaped his mouth was some incoherent gargle. That caught Ryunosuke’s attention though as he seemed to be a bit embarrassed. Served him right. What on earth was he doing here in his room talking nonsense?
Then, Ryunosuke started chuckling. He turned back to face him as Ryunosuke smiled.
“I feel better now. You must have thought I was stupid for being here and talking by myself. But I needed to be here and give you a bit of scolding myself. I wouldn’t be able to sleep tonight before doing that,” he said as Ryunosuke smiled at him.
His eyes twinkled, for some reason Takeru could not understand why. As if Ryunosuke was telling him a joke that he did not get. It was not like Ryunosuke had actually scolded him anything, did he?
“I did gave you a scolding. You probably hadn’t heard even half of them, Tono. Even then, I believe Hikoma-san would give you even more that this.” he said again as Takeru made a face at him. He tried to counter the argument against Ryunosuke but Takeru did not seem to remember if he had said anything. Or when was it did he went back to sleep.
When he had opened his eyes again, Ryunosuke was already asleep. Amusingly, as he was still sitting upright beside him. How on earth he can still fall asleep like that was beyond him. He must have been very tired; Takeru did not know what had happened earlier after he had collapse due to Doukoku’s attack. Yet, Ryunosuke had insisted to stay awake to watch him.
Takeru tried to get up as his strength left him. Pathetic, he could not even get up on his own! He turned his attention back towards Ryunosuke as Takeru reached out towards him. He tried pulling Ryunosuke’s arm towards him. It took a lot of tugging and pulling but finally he managed to give enough force as to make the rest of Ryunosuke’s body to land on the floor beside him. Thank goodness for the tatami mats as well. Ryunosuke’s head had landed beside him with not much than a soft thud.
Takeru smiled weakly despite himself.
“Thank you... Ryunosuke. And sorry because I had to trouble you again at times like this.” Takeru said as Ryunosuke suddenly muttered something that sounded like ‘Idiot Tono’ under his breath. Ryunosuke must had been scolding him again in his dreams. Still smiling, Takeru let himself fall asleep as fatigue took over him again.
It has been such a long day after all.
Character: Shiba Takeru & Ikenami Ryunosuke
Fandom: Samurai Sentai Shinkenger
Rating: G
Summary: Ryunosuke had been noticing how Takeru had acted peculiar since the incident involving Akumaro and decided to confront him about it. Episode 39 & 40 related.
A/N: I originally posted this as a 2-parter on FF... but meh, I toss everything here.
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Something was wrong. He could sense it. Tono was acting strangely. He had sensed it the other day during the fight at the island but after that, he had tried not to think about it as he turned his attention towards Chiaki and Genta. Apparently, Akumaro had done the same thing to them as he did with the island people. Both of them had been poking at each other about it. Certainly as an elder, he should be there as mediator for them—considering the number of fights he had with the two in the past, he could try to help them out.
But later on the way home, he noticed it again. It was not like the usual atmosphere they always had when they were together, as in recently. More towards the time when the four of them had initially came to the mansion to begin their duties as Shinkengers. Even then, the atmosphere was also different, but it was certainly similar. The feeling, that is. Mako had been acting strangely as well. Did something happen between the two of them; when the five of them had separated earlier to investigate the island? Tono was injured too...
He had left the thought alone for the night, hoping that it had only been his imagination. Then again, this morning, what happened during the practice with Chiaki; it seemed that the troubling thing that was bothering Takeru was not just a simple thing for him to remain troubled about it. It bothered him. If he had not stopped him that time, Tono would have had hurt Chiaki really badly. Perhaps that was why he was standing here right now, in front of his lord’s room... to try to get the answer to this particular issue.
“Tono—”
There it was again, the tension in the air. So... it was not his imagination after all. Takeru tensed up as he looked up towards Ryunosuke.
Ryunosuke bit his lips, even if there were no words exchanged between them; he could already tell that there was something that had troubled the young lord’s head. To think that his lord would not even confide to him on what had been bothering him, it hurt him inside. Compared to the many injuries and cuts he had endured in the past, this hurt him even worse.
But then, when he had kept to himself about his own worries about Shintaro, Tono... as well as the others; must have felt the same as well. That thought came up in Ryunosuke’s mind as he stopped himself. Could something have been bothering his young lord right now that he did not want to tell anyone about it? If it were so, would it be right of him to press his young lord about it? Perhaps not...
Ryunosuke sighed to himself as he turned to leave.
“Ah... Ryunosuke!” Takeru gave a cry before reaching out to grab Ryunosuke’s arm. Ryunosuke stopped moving as Takeru pulled back his hand hesitantly.
“Is there... something you wanted to talk to me?” Takeru asked cautiously as Ryunosuke did not respond.
Ryunosuke sighed, as the air between them grew tense. He turned around to face him as Takeru tensed. Ryunosuke smiled weakly as he noticed the reaction.
“How’s your injuries?” he asked as Takeru appeared relieved. Takeru shrugged.
“It’s... fine. The injuries were not too deep... I can still manage it. It’s already healing...”
Ryunosuke nodded his head.
“Mako told me that you’ve confronted Fuwa Juzo again the other day.”
Takeru tensed again as he said the name before averting his eyes from him.
“Yeah,” Was the short answer.
Ryunosuke nodded again, not pressing about the issue even more. He had heard some bits about what happened from Mako but even she was reluctant to talk about it in detail. Something definitely had happened between them back at the island.
But would Takeru-tono tell him what was bothering him right now to make him seemed so distant? Ryunosuke thought not.
“I see...”
Ryunosuke sighed.
They were both quiet again before Ryunosuke cleared his throat. Even if he kept this agonizing thought to himself, it would still bug him later. Better to just let it out.
“Tono, is something bothering you?”
A slight alarm lighted up on his face before Takeru averted his eyes again from Ryunosuke’s stare. Ryunosuke walked closer as he placed his hand on Takeru’s shoulder.
“Is it something that you don’t feel comfortable to talk about... even to me?”
Takeru gave him a brief glance before looking away again. His expressions were unreadable but that alone was enough an answer for him.
“Very well, if that's what you want. But Tono... regardless of anything that might happen in the future, I will always support you. You do know that... don’t you?”
Takeru nodded as Ryunosuke lifted his hand. Though, instead of stepping back, he held Takeru’s injured hand gently.
“Still...”
Ryunosuke gave a gentle squeeze on the injured hand but paid mind not to squeeze it too hard. Takeru felt his heart being squeezed instead of his hand.
“Takeru-kun... even if you could not talk about your worries with me, at least talk to Hikoma-san. Don’t keep it to yourself. Even if you have to cling and depend on others, it doesn’t make you a weak person. Remember that.”
Ryunosuke hung his head low before releasing Takeru’s hand to leave the room. But he had not moved an inch as Takeru did not let his hand go.
“...sorry.”
Ryunosuke bit his lips as he tried to keep it still, blinking his eyes while trying not to let a tear fall. He willed himself to act as cheerfully as he could before turning back towards Takeru.
“I would not forgive myself either should anything happen to you, Tono. So don’t push yourself too hard. Sendai-sama would not want you to do that either. Get a good rest, eh? Take care.”
Ryunosuke pried his hand off Takeru’s grip as he left the room. Back at the room, Takeru continued staring towards the empty space where Ryunosuke had been standing at just earlier.
“I’m sorry... Ryunosuke.” he said softly before he made a move to find Jii.
xxx
Too long. It was taking them too long!
Ryunosuke paced back and forth in worry as Mako watched him silently.
“Ryunosuke... you’re not the only one here who was worried about Takeru. We all are.” she said as she gestured towards the sleeping Kotoha on her lap as well as Chiaki and Genta who had been sleeping next to each other at the other corner of the room.
He shrugged at her apologetically before continuing with his pacing. He glanced towards the porch, as it was already dark outside.
“You should go to sleep, Mako. I’ll call the kuroko-tachi to get the others to their rooms as well.”
Mako glanced up towards the wall clock. It was indeed late.
“You should... as well, Ryunosuke.”
Ryunosuke stopped pacing as he glanced towards her.
“But Mako, after what you’ve told me... and what I heard from Hikoma-san, I don’t think—ah, I can’t even let myself close my eyes to retire in my room while—why did you never said anything earlier...” muttered Ryunosuke, more to himself than to Mako as he went towards Takeru’s quarters.
The chaotic state all around the building seemed to calm down a bit as Jii had ordered assigned the kuroko some tasks to do. The old man gave him a nod as Ryunosuke walked up towards him.
“Why did you not retire to your room already... Ryunosuke-kun?” he asked as Ryunosuke shrugged.
“How’s Tono?” he asked as Ryunosuke ignored Jii’s question.
The old man sighed.
“Tono should be fine. We already administered all the needed treatment. All that Tono needs now... is rest.” Jii said as he shook his head. “Why this had to happen right now...” Jii muttered again as Ryunosuke placed a hand on Jii’s arm.
“How about you take some rest as well, Hikoma-san? I’ll stay and watch over Tono.” Ryunosuke offered as Jii reacted strongly against it.
“No... you don’t have to—I would be enough...”
Ryunosuke pressed on it as he kept his stands firm.
“I insist. I had thought to go read up something to see if there’s anything that can be done considering what had happened these few days but I cannot concentrate on it when Tono was like this. I couldn’t get any sleep either anyhow... so I might as well stay with Tono.”
Jii was about to refuse the offer again before noticing the worry etched in Ryunosuke’s face. Of course, Ryunosuke would certainly be as worried about Tono as he did. And Tono did appear to be very close with Ryunosuke as well. He nodded as he patted Ryunosuke’s shoulders.
“Very well. Do what you want but don’t push yourself too hard either. And don’t worry about the current situation so much. I will try looking in the archive and see if there anything else that can be done.” said Jii as Ryunosuke nodded to him gratefully.
xxx
Ryunosuke sighed as he sat beside Takeru’s futon. Takeru was sleeping still, as his face and body covered by various bandages. Ryunosuke adjusted the blanket that had been kicked away to the side over Takeru’s body as he ran his hand over Takeru’s forehead.
“Silly lord. Do you really have to worry all of us with this recklessness of yours?” Ryunosuke said softly as he reached to hold Takeru’s right hand. He patted the hand gently as he sighed to nothing in particular.
“The previous lord, your father... wouldn’t have wanted you to disregard your own life like this. Definitely, not like this.”
“If the burden of the Shiba clan was still that heavy for you, you should have let us share the burden. I, everyone... would have done everything possible to support you. Don’t leave us so far behind you while you venture forward by yourself.”
Ryunosuke smiled weakly to himself as he watched Takeru sleep. It was not as if he expected Takeru to be awake so soon as to hear his every word. But he had hoped that at least his feelings could be passed to him. Half the time when Takeru was around also, it was not as if he could talk to him about things like this anyway. They had talked about many other things... but this was more personal. Ryunosuke never thought that he should ever have to talk about such topic with Takeru. Since he knew, Takeru would not feel comfortable with it.
“Ne... Tono, wonder how it would have been like... if you had your family still? To have some other sibling aside from yourself... heh, why am I talking about unrelated stuffs like this...?” Ryunosuke chuckled to himself as he said it aloud. But it made sense. If Takeru had not had his family clan wiped out completely by Doukoku, he would have approached the situation differently when Doukoku had appeared that time. Then again, so would many things that had happened in the past.
Talking about siblings, if Takeru... had been a sibling of his own, he would not have allowed him to endanger himself so much like this, Ryunosuke thought sadly. Strange, is it not? A year ago, he would not have even known what kind of a person Takeru was but now, he would have protected Takeru’s life as if he was one of his own family. Ryunosuke wondered... would his Tono be able to have the same thought as he did now? Ryunosuke placed his hand on Takeru’s arm again.
“Tono, as I had vowed before... I would do my best to support and protect you as a samurai. Even then, I had told myself to do my best as well to keep myself alive. Because I do not want you to be saddened or be burdened about it if anything should happen to me. Or any of us. I wished you would have understand that. Since I believed that your thoughts were similar as mine as well.”
xxx
His sights had been blurry. But he felt he was back home... so it should not matter. He must have been unconscious for a long time. Every part of his body felt hurt but that also was not surprising. Being reckless might have fed his own pride for a moment but when you get hurt... you did feel the hurt. There was not escaping that.
He heard voices. Must have been Jii..., lecturing him again as usual perhaps. Though when he had turned his head, he saw not Jii... but Ryunosuke instead. This was... unusual. Ryunosuke started talking to himself... or more at him. Ryunosuke must have not noticed that he was awake. Takeru had squeezed Ryunosuke’s hand when he had held his own but the older lad seemed to not notice. He seemed to be deep in his own thoughts and then he started talking again.
Ryunosuke had looked very sad and Takeru started to feel bad hearing what he was talking about. He tried to say something back but the only sound that escaped his mouth was some incoherent gargle. That caught Ryunosuke’s attention though as he seemed to be a bit embarrassed. Served him right. What on earth was he doing here in his room talking nonsense?
Then, Ryunosuke started chuckling. He turned back to face him as Ryunosuke smiled.
“I feel better now. You must have thought I was stupid for being here and talking by myself. But I needed to be here and give you a bit of scolding myself. I wouldn’t be able to sleep tonight before doing that,” he said as Ryunosuke smiled at him.
His eyes twinkled, for some reason Takeru could not understand why. As if Ryunosuke was telling him a joke that he did not get. It was not like Ryunosuke had actually scolded him anything, did he?
“I did gave you a scolding. You probably hadn’t heard even half of them, Tono. Even then, I believe Hikoma-san would give you even more that this.” he said again as Takeru made a face at him. He tried to counter the argument against Ryunosuke but Takeru did not seem to remember if he had said anything. Or when was it did he went back to sleep.
When he had opened his eyes again, Ryunosuke was already asleep. Amusingly, as he was still sitting upright beside him. How on earth he can still fall asleep like that was beyond him. He must have been very tired; Takeru did not know what had happened earlier after he had collapse due to Doukoku’s attack. Yet, Ryunosuke had insisted to stay awake to watch him.
Takeru tried to get up as his strength left him. Pathetic, he could not even get up on his own! He turned his attention back towards Ryunosuke as Takeru reached out towards him. He tried pulling Ryunosuke’s arm towards him. It took a lot of tugging and pulling but finally he managed to give enough force as to make the rest of Ryunosuke’s body to land on the floor beside him. Thank goodness for the tatami mats as well. Ryunosuke’s head had landed beside him with not much than a soft thud.
Takeru smiled weakly despite himself.
“Thank you... Ryunosuke. And sorry because I had to trouble you again at times like this.” Takeru said as Ryunosuke suddenly muttered something that sounded like ‘Idiot Tono’ under his breath. Ryunosuke must had been scolding him again in his dreams. Still smiling, Takeru let himself fall asleep as fatigue took over him again.
It has been such a long day after all.
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