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"Hah?! You want to use my lap as reference…?!"
Rui nearly had to cover his ears from the increasing shout from a certain blonde, but he couldn't contain the little cat-like smile he had on his lips. Whatever it was, Rui clearly found it amusing already, so with confirmation, Rui nods.
"Why me…? Can't you ask Emu? Better yet, Nene? Certainly you have slept on her lap before, right?" Tsukasa asked, crossing his arms as a little sweat went down his cheek.
"Oh my, why would I ask Nene for such a thing? Of course I've never slept on her lap. The only lap I've ever laid on was my mothers, but that was only when I was younger," Rui responded, a curled finger over his chin.
Tsukasa stared at the purple haired man hesitantly, observing the younger one up and down as if trying to find out what Rui was trying to come up with this time.
They are currently in the Sekai world. Tsukasa had asked Rui for some help on their script, so they decided to work on it at Sekai. The day before, Luka had come up to Rui in a sleepy daze, asking if the boy was alright with making a lap pillow of Meiko for her to sleep on.
Rui was taken aback, as he had never made something like… a lap pillow, especially of someone. But he found it interesting, so he agreed.
Meanwhile the two high school boys were working on their script, Rui found the best time to ask the boy if he could use the blonde's lap as reference, as the timing was pretty quite perfect.
Plus, what else is better than to ask the person you're in love with? Isn't this the greatest opportunity ever?!
"Mmm…" Tsukasa slightly groaned, but shook his head nonetheless and looked straight back at Rui, "Alright then… If it's going to help at all, then I'm alright with it…" Tsukasa said.
"But wouldn't it be better to ask Meiko, especially since it's specially Meiko's lap Luka asked for…"
"Oh no, Tsukasa-kun! You want me to ask a fully-grown woman to let a high school boy lay his head on her lap…?! Wouldn't it look a bit weird from another one's perspective?!" Rui dramatically gasped, wrapping himself in a hug as he stared at Tsukasa in horror.
"Agh! Stop that! Although you're kinda right…" Tsukasa says. Rui couldn't help the little giggle that escaped his lips.
"Alright! Aside from that, do you want us to– do it now, or…?"
"Hmm, would Tsukasa-kun prefer to finish the script first?" Rui asked, his head slightly tilted.
"We have all day to finish it, I don’t mind helping on your invention? Now," Tsukasa said, uncertain if it was even called an invention in the first place.
Rui smiled, watching as the older one turned around, finding a good spot they could use so the boy could lay on his lap. Rui could only follow behind, letting the thoughts in his head panic and scream in happiness about laying on the lap of the boy he was in love with.
When Tsukasa looked like he found a good place, somewhere not too far where they previously were, he sits down on the floor in a seiza position and looks up at Rui– was that red on his cheeks? Before patting his laps a few times, as if inviting the younger one.
Rui couldn't help the blush that grew warm on his cheeks. Was it too late to feel a little regret? Thinking about it now, it was kind of embarrassing. But this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to lay on Tsukasa's lap!
He wouldn't regret this, no way!
So Rui gets down awkwardly, not knowing how he should just lean down without it looking… weird at all. Tsukasa noticed that, and let out a little giggle (it was so cute that Rui wanted to throw himself) before gently grabbing Rui's head and helping him lay down on the older one's lap.
Rui's cheeks grew even warmer from that, feeling the… softness from the boy's lap. Was it the fabric of Tsukasa's pants that were soft? Wait no, Tsukasa is wearing shorts. Although it only reached to his knees, it was slightly pulled back.
It was… warm. Soft. Gentle, even.
Rui wondered if his face looked like a tomato right now, and although he was turned to the side, he wondered if he could look up at Tsukasa and see how he feels about this.
Tsukasa's hand was slightly playing with Rui's hair, as if trying to untangle some hair strands. It felt nice, and Rui felt like he could even drift off to sleep with this.
Around them was filled with absolute silence, but Rui could hear his own heart beating super loud. It was so loud, he wondered if Tsukasa could hear it.
"You… look like you've done this before," Rui started, his voice nearly cracked.
"Ah… uhm, yeah, actually… occasionally, I let Saki lay on my lap if she ever feels stressed or upset, and play with her hair to help her feel better…" Tsukasa responded.
"I see, you're a good older brother."
Tsukasa smiled at that.
Okay. So the thing right now is, Rui was dying to look up at Tsukasa's face and see if he was embarrassed just like him. Maybe it would've been better if he had asked Nene, huh?
He knows Nene and Emu are dating, so Nene would not feel anything at all about this. He knows that both Nene and him feel more like siblings, so instead of feeling embarrassed, Nene would probably feel disgusted and kick him in the face.
He doesn't want that.
If he asked Emu, Nene would probably come at him with a chair.
Curiosity beats the cat, whatever the saying is called, before Rui slowly turns his head to look up at the older one. That seemed to have surprised the blonde, who immediately retracted his hand back.
Rui nearly jumped out of the place he was in right now when he saw the look on Tsukasa's face.
Tsukasa was, to say, absolutely flushed. It looked as if he even hoped that Rui would not turn at all and see how embarrassed he was. Rui couldn’t help but feel a tug of endearment in his heart. Tsukasa quickly turned his head around, suddenly finding the rides in the sekai more interesting than Rui's hair.
Was that how he was going to hide his embarrassment?
Rui couldn't stop the giggle he let out, and that made Tsukasa look back down at him with a frustrated look, puffing his cheeks as his eyes literally told the taller one to shut up.
Rui didn’t say anything back, as he decided to just close his eyes instead and keep the image of an embarrassed Tsukasa in his mind, a grin plastered on his face. Rui heard the older one huffing, before putting the hand he had once retracted back onto Rui’s hair, going back once to brush his hair.
Rui doesn’t know when he drifted off, but he did. At one point in his sleep, Rui felt a pair of something warm and soft pressing against his lips for a few seconds, before it quickly disappeared. Whatever that was, Rui dreamt that he wanted to feel it again.
Then the thing that had to disturb his slumber were squeals and shouts. Rui used a hand to rub his eye, trying to keep it awake, realizing that he had fallen asleep before turning his head to the voices not too far from him.
It was Miku and Kaito.
“L-Like I said! You’re misunderstanding this!” Tsukasa tried to defend himself, his face more flushed than it had been before, putting his hands into a fist against the floor. They were no longer on Rui’s hair, and Rui missed it.
“What are we misunderstanding, Tsukasa-kun?! You let him sleep on your lap for— what now? You said 3 hours? That’s really long, Tsukasa-kun!” Miku says, putting her hands over her mouth as she gasps in excitement.
“Your legs have most likely cramped for a while now, no?” Kaito said, putting a curled finger over his chin, smiling awkwardly towards the blonde. Then he was the first to notice that Rui was awake.
“Looks like someone is up,” Kaito says, looking over from Tsukasa to Rui.
Tsukasa quickly looked down to look at Rui, who had been looking up at him with a curious look, almost too innocently. Tsukasa felt his cheeks flush even more when he sees the boy was awake.
“What’s happening?” Rui asked, turning his gaze to look over to the others. When he remembers from Miku that it had been apparently 3 hours, he quickly lifted up his head from the blonde's lap, not wanting to cramp the boy's leg even further before turning to look at Tsukasa.
He had to admit, he missed the feeling already.
Tsukasa was still looking down, still completely embarrassed. Both his face and his neck, along his ears, were all red. It was a graceful sight to behold.
“A-Are your legs okay?” Rui asked in worry, forgetting that Kaito and Miku were still behind him.
“Huh?!” Tsukasa quickly looked up to Rui, but when he saw his face, he averted his eyes awkwardly, “O-Oh... Yes, I’m doing great. Fantastic, even. Haha, hahaha...”
Rui didn’t know whether to believe the blonde or not, but he watched as Tsukasa rubbed the back of his head before speaking, “A-Anyways… You got your reference, right? So we should continue with our script.”
Oops.
Rui had totally forgotten about that.
“Yeah, yes. Totally. We should indeed continue our script,” Rui says, he could just write everything he got from this later. Besides the part where his heart nearly left his chest. Rui eventually got up to his feet, stretching his arms in the process.
He had to admit, that was probably one of the best sleeps he had in a while. It wasn’t like Rui had trouble sleeping, rather it was just that he usually sleeps late, so his sleep schedule was absolutely down the river.
Tsukasa followed after, but his wobbly legs were quick to give out. Tsukasa helped as the cramps kicked in more and he stumbled forward.
Miku squeaked as she watched Tsukasa tumble over, but as quick as he could, Rui managed to catch the boy by the hand and another over his waist. That also meant Tsukasa had hit himself against Rui’s chest, a loud “oomf” slipping out right after.
Right now, Rui would scream, but he can’t.
Rui’s cheeks were once again red. He had never held Tsukasa this close before— He has never held him at all!
“Uaghh... Thanks, Rui,” Tsukasa says, lifting himself against Rui’s chest. He probably didn’t even notice yet, because he had to rub his nose with a free hand to get rid of the pain.
“Oh— yeah, no problem...” Rui almost muttered.
Tsukasa could only look up at him and give him a smile. Then Rui noticed how Tsukasa’s legs were literally shaking .
“Tsukasa-kun… are your legs badly cramped?” Rui asked, looking down to the older one now. Tsukasa let out a small “gee!” as if he had been found out, and Rui nearly chuckled at that. How unbelievably cute was his troupe leader?
Then an idea popped up in Rui’s head. Rui had always wanted to try this actually, as embarrassing as it was, but he couldn’t help but feel pride into it.
Tsukasa looked like he wanted to say something, but he was interrupted to Rui pulling him closer to him, his arm still on his waist as the other hand lets go of Tsukasa’s hand and leaned over to grab Tsukasa’s legs, lifting the boy off his feets.
Tsukasa yelped in surprise, quickly wrapping an arm around Rui’s shoulders from the sudden movement. Miku and Kaito both widened their eyes and covered their mouths as they stared at the two.
“W..What! R-Rui! Put me down!” Tsukasa says, when realizing he was being princess carried.
The weight of Tsukasa felt nice in Rui’s arms. Tsukasa wasn’t heavy (not that he thought he was), and Rui couldn’t help but find that his arm that was around Tsukasa’s waist was always comfortable there.
“Fufu, if I put our dear king down, then he would have to wobble his whole way back to our original spot since we had left our stuff there~”
“Then I’ll wobble there!”
“Oh no! No can do!” Rui says, almost a bit too happily before he turns his heel around, “How could my king be a king if he isn’t treated like one!” He says, practically dashing back towards their original spot, completely ignoring the vocaloids out of excitement.
“Your king?!— Wait, wait! Stop running! Rui!!” Tsukasa screamed, his arms around Rui tightened, his voice dying out into the distance as the vocaloids both watch the two high schoolers disappear.
Miku and Kaito both looked at each other, almost confused. But the two of them immediately broke into a fit of laughter after realizing what they had just witnessed, Miku aggressively tapping on Kaito’s shoulder to try and calm herself down.
When the two had finally calmed down, Kaito felt like his arm was going to rip off because of how much Miku practically punched it. Then Miku spoke up first, Kaito turning to her and seeing the big grin plastered on her face, her cheeks flustered, as she looked at the direction where the combo wombo had run off,
“I wonder if Tsukasa-kun is going to tell Rui that he kissed him while he was asleep.”