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Tetchou holding his body over his floor, using his arms to lower and raise his body, his muscles tensing and relaxing repeatedly. The calm patter of rain hitting the windows reverberated through the room.
The serenity of the room is interrupted by a loud crash followed by a bright flash of light, startling him. He immediately jumps up grabbing his sweater and throwing it on as he runs down the hall, tapping his finger on one of the doors repeatedly.
He listens for any noise from the other side of the door, hearing nothing but a dreadful silence, he opens the door with a heavy feeling in his chest. Poking his head in, the feeling of dread intensified as he found Jouno sprawled on the ground, holding his hands over his ears, eyes tightly closed, curling in on himself more and more.
Tetchou quickly rushed into the room, immediately falling beside Jouno on the ground, pulling him up and into his chest. Tetchou pulled Jouno’s hands away from his ears, Tetchou covering Jouno’s one ear with his own hand, pushing his head into his chest, Jouno’s ear pushed right against where Tetchou’s heart was, feeling and hearing his heartbeat right against his ear. Tetchou soothingly rubbed circles on Jouno’s back as he rocked them side to side, Jouno grabbing Tetchou’s sweatshirt tightly in his hands. Jouno starts to calm down as he listens to the repetitive sound of Tetchou’s heartbeat.
Jouno’s voice comes out sounding so vulnerable and quiet, asking, “Suehiro, is that you” The mere sound of his voice broke Tetchou’s heart, quickly reassuring him that he was there.
The sound of ‘thump thump’ calmly repeating, staying the same pace, giving Jouno something to focus on. The way Tetchou murmurs calming words, sending vibrations through his chest and right to Jouno’s ear. A warm feeling started to sprout in Jouno’s chest, making him smile gently, catching himself but not finding it in him to care if Tetchou saw.
As soon as Tetchou saw Jouno relax into his hold, he lifted him up, securely holding him in his arms and walking to the bed in the room, sitting down, placing Jouno in his lap, before laying back, with Jouno half on top of him, ear still to his chest.
Tetchou pulled the blanket over both of them before he went back to rubbing Jouno’s back calmly. Jouno, curled into Tetchou more, burying his face in his chest more, wanting to be closer to the one person whom he felt he could maybe be vulnerable around.
Suddenly Jouno says, “You smell like sweat you no good, bumbling pile of muscle, it's gross” right into Tetchou's chest, face still buried in his sweatshirt, listening to his heartbeat.
Tetchou’s heartbeat slightly falters for a second, interrupting the steady rhythm that was previously set, “I apologise, I can go and shower if you would like.”
Tetchou goes to get up but is stopped by two hands tightly holding on to his sweatshirt, growing confused for a moment before smiling down at Jouno as he halted his movements before moving back to his previous position, heartbeat picking up for a second in elation before it goes back to the calm rhythm set previously.
The two lay there, slowly getting lulled to sleep, content with the other's presence, Tetchou looking down at Jouno’s sleeping form and placing a gentle kiss on his forehead, whispering,
“Goodnight, Saigiku, I love you.”
Before falling asleep himself.