Ukyo missed the modern times immensely, especially earplugs, after the stone wars had ended. He, of course, loved that there was minimal to no bloodshed from the battle, but now that the two kingdoms were united, things had gotten so much louder. To make that fact even worse, they’d found Ryusui Nanami, a millionaire with no volume control and a seemingly high opinion of himself, and a pretty obvious crush on Ukyo.
The archer had absolutely no clue how Ryusui had zeroed in on him, he was nowhere near the social circles the blonde would’ve run in back in modern times, he purposely tried not to stand out or attract attention, even in the new world, and just did whatever he could to avoid the loud extrovert when he’d been revived, but it was as if Ryusui Nanami had a sixth sense when it came to finding introverts who just wanted to be left alone. While it was kind of sweet to see someone so stuck in puppy-love, it became a hassle for the poor loner. For weeks, the millionaire would seek him out whenever there was a moment of free time, and would flirt to the best of his abilities, flustering and following the archer around until either his butler, Francois, pulled him away, or he had to return to working on the kingdom of science’s latest work.
“Ryusui,” Ukyo finally sighed while the blonde tried for the umpteenth time that day to flirt with him, “Have you not caught on to the fact that I don’t want to date you?” For a moment, that seemed to silence the chatterbox, and the archer watched as he seemed to mentally run through their interactions to fact check him. Then, he nodded,
“Yeah, it’s been pretty clear, I guess…” he admitted, running a hand through his hair with a small sigh, “but, I really like you, and thought that maybe you were just playing hard to get. Though if you really don’t have any romantic interest in me…uh, maybe we could be friends? And later on I can see if I can worm my way into your affections?” he asked, his brown eyes glittering with honest hope despite the still-flirty edge to his words
. “Iiiii guess,” Ukyo relented, “to being friends, not dating you.” he reiterated, and the man nodded, completely accepting the offer.
So the smaller male humored the millionaire from time to time, but made very sure that he knew his boundaries, like not to be loud around him, or that he wouldn’t participate in activities with large groups very often, and surprisingly, Ryusui respected each boundary set, and would quickly adapt the way he acted in response, which helped them grow closer. Because of that, Ukyo warmed up to him a lot faster than he thought he would, and, despite his reservations, he found Ryu to be quite charming when he wasn’t being an abrasive snob or obnoxiously loud.
“Can I ask you something?” He inquired one day during one of their hangouts, while he and the blonde sat beside a quiet river, fishing the afternoon away since they currently had nothing else to do that would’ve helped speed up the building of the ship. So, there they sat in a comfortable silence, the captain laying back with his hat over his eyes and the archer now watching him while he hummed at his question, “why are you so hellbent on getting close to me?” That made him lift his hat to look back at the curious man,
“Is your self esteem that low? I find you attractive, I desire you greatly. While I respect you not wanting to date me just yet, I still want to have a relationship with you in some fashion.” he explained as if it were obvious, which, Ukyo had to admit, it was, but he still wasn’t expecting such a blunt, in-depth reply.
“n-not romantically, I meant why do you want to be my friend. We aren’t from the same social standing in modern terms, our personalities are opposites, so aside from wanting to convince me to sleep with you, I don’t know why you’d want to hang around me ” he listed, looking back at the water and hoping his cheeks weren’t as bright a pink as he felt they might be, and while Ryusui snorted, he was nice enough not to mention it if they were,
“You’re actually pretty fun to be around. Our little hang outs give me a chance to relax. Oh, also, our personalities aren’t so opposite that we shouldn’t get along. I do tire of being a social butterfly and charming.” he hummed, dropping his hat back onto his face. After that, the introvert was a tad bit flustered for a while, and for a few more days got embarrassed whenever he saw the blonde, remembering the small compliment he gave him.
After a month or so of slightly awkward hangouts though, as winter was beginning to settle in around them, the captain began to ask Ukyo to hang out more, especially when snow fell and he got the urge to snowboard or build snowmen with the others, but Ukyo would usually still refuse or hang back from the group activities until the the archer reminded him of his aversion to noisy settings. After that, Ryusui once again listened, calming down on inviting the smaller male out to big social events and just sticking to finding moments when they could just be alone and chat or do something simple. That small act seemed to be the final check point of sorts, and Ukyo was soon confronted with how easily flustered he suddenly was around Ryusui, or how sensitive he seemed to any possible underlying flirtations in the man’s words. He was developing a damned crush in return.
It was one thing to be nice and respect his boundaries, but on top of that, Ryusui proved to be a charming, smooth-talking man and the snowy haired man admittedly had a weakness for tall, handsome, respectful men, so the fact that the millionaire was hitting all of his standards was honestly bound to create an attraction. Though, Ukyo hadn’t expected to maybe have feelings for the millionaire so reasonably soon after meeting him, it usually took so much longer for him to become infatuated. However, one snowy day when the archer wasn’t doing anything particularly important, the extroverted blonde delivered the final nail in the coffin for him falling, at least a little, for him.
“Ukyo~” the tall captain sang with a grin as he jogged up with his hands behind his back,
“Yes, Ryusui?” the archer asked, a bit suspicious at his chipper tone on such a chilly day,
“I’ve got you a surprise! Close your eyes,” he instructed, looking at the male expectantly until he huffed and finally shut his eyes. After that, Ryusui plopped a pair of headphones onto Ukyo’s head, suddenly dropping him into a muffled world that made his eyes pop open to see the blonde beaming at him triumphantly.
After a moment of shock, Ukyo pushed the headphones onto his neck so he could talk,
“Ryusui? What the heck is this for?”
“Well, you told me you had trouble with loud noises, so I thought I’d get Kaseki to make you some noise cancelling headphones! I dunno how well they work for you, but they at least muffle everything pretty well, so…” he shrugged, than tensed momentarily when Ukyo suddenly hugged him, before hugging him back and grinning “I’ll take that as a thank you,”
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