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Reki perfectly knows how to braid hair as he often does his sisters’ hair. He ever so gently brushes Langa’s hair before combing his fingers through it and massaging his scalp a little.
After hearing Langa’s satisfied hum, a light blush creeped over his cheeks and he decided to start braiding. Reki gently took some of Langa’s hair and got to it while Langa’s playlist was playing. Reki didn’t understand the english lyrics but still enjoyed the melody.
𝘴𝘢𝘺 i 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 i 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩
i𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮 i 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦,i𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮
𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴
i𝘵 i𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮 i 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦,i𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮 i 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦
Reki was pretty sure he had heard the song before but still, doesn’t know the lyrics. He happily hums to the song while focusing on the boy’s blue hair while the said blue haired boy keeps his head slightly down to hide his rosy cheeks.
𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪
𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥
𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦
𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥?
At that moment Langa looked up at Reki to try and subtly admire him, which Reki noticed since he had his hair in his hands.
After staring at each other for a few seconds(that felt like forever with never ending butterflies for the both of them)Reki broke into his usual bright and contagious smile before getting his attention back to Langas hair while Langa kept staring at Reki.
‘are his cheeks red..?’
Langa quickly shook off the thought as his own cheeks were tinted a light pink color and lowered his head again to hide it.
On the other hand, Reki seemed too focused on Langa’s hair considering how far he had gotten in the braiding process.
The comfortable silence didn’t last for too long before Reki broke it with his usual bubbly personality
"so! why do you like this song? does it mean something cool?"
Langa looked quite petrified, to say the least,he looked at Reki with wide eyes. The tip of his ears felt hot, too.
He tried to collect himself before opening his mouth to reply "um... well- it’s a nice song i guess"
"yeah but why? you like skating because it’s fun! why do you like this song?"
Langa looked at Reki for a little while before lowering his gaze with a soft smile.
𝘴𝘢𝘺 i 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 i 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩
i𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮 i 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦,i𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮
𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴
i𝘵 i𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮 i 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦,i𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮 i 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦
"mh... like skating, it makes me think of someone" his ears felt incredibly hot and his tummy felt weird while confessing this.
"OOOOO who? what is it about?! is it about skate? about that girl in class??"
Langa let out a silent laugh at Reki’s excitement.
"noooo Reki, none of that, although it is a little bit related to skate" Langa feels hotter and hotter and his ears feel like burning
Reki had a cute smile on his face "skate??? so is it about one of us??" he seemed to pause to think this through and Langa’s heart became louder.
"oh my GOD is it about Miya?? NO! Cherry and Joe??" they laughed out loud together but without Langa’s confirmation Reki kept thinking and suddenly his smile faded "is it Adam...?" Langa felt incredibly bad, seeing Reki’s worried and pained expression.
Panick rushed over Langa and he quickly turned around over Reki "of course not!! he’s crazy..." Reki nodded but now seemed a little bit sad.
And so Langa decided it won’t hurt anyone if Reki knew who the song reminded him of.
‘there’s no way he’d get it...right? Reki sucked at english, barely knew how to introduce himself. surely he wouldn’t understand a song...’ Langa cleared his throat before turning back around, shyly fidgeting with his hands and smiled softly "actually, the song reminds me of you".
Reki had continued braiding Langa’s hair, he looked at Langa with the mirror’s reflection and broke into an adorable smile - he opened his mouth to say something, looking as excited as ever, but the next lyrics caught him off guard.
𝘖𝘩, 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦
𝘖𝘩, 𝘰𝘩
𝘏𝘪𝘮 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦
𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘺 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘴
𝘐'𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨
𝘐'𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥
𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮
sure, Reki did /not/ know english, but he had watched enough sappy movies with his sisters to know a few words.
that’s why Reki found himself blushing, blushing hard, and staring at Langa though the mirror again. Langa’s eyes were as wide as it could humanly be possible.
Langa’s heart was beating so fast and so loud like never before, he felt like his chest was going to explode. His entire face felt hot and was probably as red as Reki’s.
"i- uh... i’m..." Langa decided to shut up as Reki still might’ve not understood.
"is... um... the song... what do you mean... it reminds you of me? you... do you- um..." Reki stopped talking and looked at Langa with a full red face.
Langa sighed a little, Reki had definitely understood, might as well tell him instead of having a song confess for him.
"i like you." he looked at Reki and darted his eyes back down as soon as he made eye contact with a wide eyed red haired boy. "i... i’m in love with you, i’m sorry, i’m so sorry i know i shouldn’t be feeling this way and-" He took a deep and shaky breath before speaking again "i understand if you don’t want to be friends anymore. i accept it, i know i’m weird and don’t deserve your love, hell you probably don’t even like boys i must disgust yo-"
Langa was cut off by his chair being swung around and a pair of lips pressed over his. He took a second to understand what was going on, he first felt red hair tickle his cheek, then saw Reki’s closed eyes and finally, realized that Reki was kissing him.
Reki was kissing him.
Langa closed his eyes and finally took the time to enjoy the moment.
Reki’s lips were slightly chapped against his, but the kiss felt so soft and delicate.
Reki’s hand found its way through Langa’s hair, ruining the halfway finished braid but none of them seemed to care,tasting each other’s lips in the sweetest movement.Langa held Reki and pulled him closer before Reki moved his head back just enough to look at Langa’s icelike eyes.
"i... really like you too... i... i love you too...! you’re not weird nor do i want to stop being your friend!! i mean... i guess i don’t want to be /just/ your friend b-but... i still want you as my best friend..." Reki was as red as his hair, redder? if that was possible...
Langa softly cupped his cheeks with gentle hands "Reki Kyan, will you be my boyfriend?" now Reki was definitely redder than his hair, his cheeks even felt hot against Langa’s hand.
"y-yes! of course i will !!" he jumped in Langa’s arms, casually sitting on his lap while tightly hugging him.
Langa held him close and gently squeezed his body before reaching his hand in their usual handshake "for infinity...?" Reki smiled brighter than ever and slowly intertwined their fingers while pressing their foreheads together and giving him a light peck "for infinity."
Both a blushing mess, they giggled in their own world before Reki’s lips formed a small pout and slowly mumbled "i’m gonna have to braid it all over again..." at that Langa smiled a little and tucked his own hair behind his ear "you don’t have to it’s fine Reki".
But Reki seemed to have gotten another idea as he gasped and reached for his headband, gently placing it on Langa’s head "there!! it looks perfect!" Langa blushed at the idea of wearing Reki’s dear headband and kissed him again after mumbling a small ‘thank you’.