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[youraffection]

Yosuke Hanamura

Iiiiiiit's Yosuke! You know what to do. And if you don't, leave a message after the tone. Beep! ...Haha, okay, for real now.

陽介だぜ！わかんねぇだろうな？メッセージを残ってくれ！ピーッつってん後で。ピーッ！　。。。はは、じゃ、まじで。

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[covenantal]

[ HE KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN THIS WAS A MISTAKE ]

No, no! No, that's not what I-- that is, I just thought it suited you. It's ... we're only teenagers, [ he murmurs with an embarrassed huff.

(The idea that Yosuke might guess at his domestic bliss daydreams is pretty mortifying.) ]

[youraffection]

[ HE SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID ANYTHING!! He's totally overthinking it again and now he's going to make it super weird, isn't he? ]

N-No! I mean--

[ GAH! ]

--y-yeah! We're just really young and, uh--

[ Let him die now. ]

It's--it's really cool! I mean it. It's totally me! So it's--um...

[ Yosuke forces himself to look down at the ring, shutting himself up. Then, after a contemplative moment, he carefully takes it from the box and slides it on the...index finger of his right hand. You know. An ambiguous finger. ]

[covenantal]

[ UHHHHHHHHHHHHH

wait so is the only problem with the implication of a ring the fact that they're too young as in--

would Yosuke be, like--

open to it otherwise?

Yu has to clear his throat, feeling like he wants to sink into the ground and disappear. But then Yosuke puts the ring on, and Yu can't help admiring it. Softly: ]

It looks good on you.

[youraffection]

[ This is so embarrassing. But, at the same time, now that he's got it on, it...

It's kind of nice thinking he can have something of Yu with him wherever he goes? Gah, that's so cheesy. ]

Y-Yeah...

[ He laughs awkwardly, looking up to catch Yu's gaze and appearing suddenly a little out of breath. ]

I guess you've got good taste, huh?

[covenantal]

[ Yu doesn't say it out loud,

but the way his expression goest soft and sweet and impossibly, speechlessly fond says it for him. He's not looking at the ring when he says, ]

Yeah. I must.

[youraffection]

[ G'dammit, Yu. Stop making his heart go all fluttery. The pink in his cheeks isn't just from the cold.

He fumbles. ]

I-I got something for you too!

[ He turns and grabs his bag, pulling out a box that's wrapped in...yeah, cat-themed wrapping paper. He holds it out. ]

[covenantal]

I love you, [ he says, a little helplessly.

But he'll take the gift, laughing quietly at the paper. Quickly he'll steal one of Yosuke's hands to press a kiss to his fingers before opening the gift up. What's inside...? ]

[youraffection]

[ See, that? That makes his heart flutter again.

He watches a little nervously, hoping that his gift will make Yu as happy as Yu makes him. When he opens the package, Yu will find another box, rather light. It's software, so it might not have the flash of a ring or gauntlet, but... ]

[covenantal]

[ Good god. You could knock him over with a feather. The look on his face is outright reverent as he lifts the box out of the paper. ]

... Yosuke, I--

[ This must have cost a fortune, he thinks. Yosuke got something like this, for him...?

Stunned into speechlessness, Yu can't do a thing except lean over and press a grateful kiss to his boyfriend's lips. ]

Thank you. I... [ a soft laugh. ] Wow.

[youraffection]

[ Not as bad as you'd think, Yu. And Yosuke doesn't have to pay rent or anything, so he gets to spend it on the things he wants to spend it on. Like Yu.

At Yu's reaction, Yosuke smiles. He knows that Yu isn't the kind of person for overexcitement when he's pleased, so he knows that this is a happy Yu.

He laughs in turn. ]

Hey, the real surprise is that you could write music. I figure you should be able to do it easier now, right?

[covenantal]

[ His smile morphs into a grin. ]

Much. You're amazing, Yosuke.

[youraffection]

Nah.

[ He leans forward, stealing a short kiss. ]

Now you just get to write me more songs. Who's the real winner, here?

[covenantal]

Both of us. Isn't that right, partner?

[youraffection]

[ Yosuke's eyes widen slightly as he blinks. That's--he remembers, specifically, calling Souji that in one of his memories, which is why he's referred to Souji as that a few times since...but...

Yu is his partner in so many ways. Ways he couldn't even imagine.

There's something about Yu saying that so easily and casually that makes it feel so right. Yosuke gapes for a moment...before surging forward to cup Yu's cheeks in his hands and kiss the hell out of him. There's a small pause as Yosuke murmurs, ]

My partner...

[ A laugh, smoothing the edges of Yu's cheekbones with his thumbs. ]

My best friend...and my boyfriend.

[covenantal]

[ Yu will make a small noise of surprise that Yosuke will end up swallowing for him. He wasn't expecting to be kissed like that... but while he blinks once or twice, he quickly melts into the kiss, smiling in a dopey way once Yosuke breaks off. ]

That's right. Partners... [ a flicker of a grin. ] You're my partner in every way I could have dreamed and more. In music, in homework, in battle, in love...

[ his voice dips into something soft. ]

I love you so much.

[youraffection]

[ How can he follow that up? He can't. He just-- ]

I--

[ The words hang on his lips, threatening to fall off just as easily as Yu had called them partners. Excitement settles in his gut, as does a slight panic, so once again Yosuke chickens out and just kisses Yu with the words he's afraid to speak.

I love you too. ]

[covenantal]

[ In some way, he knows. Maybe his heart already knows what it is that Yosuke keeps locked up in his own. It would be impossible not to feel loved, to feel like the luckiest person in the world, when Yosuke kisses him that way.

What a perfect night. Between Yosuke's own turn at trying out a serenade and recreating certain sweet kisses over at the monkey bars, it'll be hours still before they get home, cold but exuberantly happy.

And that's all that matters. That they're together. ]