Time for the promised Sai fic. I know I already did one, so I will be writing a kind of part two for that one <3
WHERE SAI FINALLY CONFESSES! Obviously, this took FOREVER! They both had graduated, and both worked as university teachers together. I would think everyone saw this coming, though it took literal YEARS with how shy Sai is. LETS GOOOO!
-Sorry if it’s kind of short
Sai paced back and forth in the hallway. It was late afternoon, bordering on evening with the setting sun. Come on, he had rehearsed over and over again. There was no backing out. Practice made perfect, so why was he so nervous? God, nothing felt right. He knew he would never be fully prepared, but he had to eventually. He could no longer just be her really close friend. For the first time in his life, he desired more, and unlike previous times, his heart wouldn’t allow him to settle. Warm orange rays streamed from the horizon, through the window, to the hallway outside the library where he paced. She would be here any minute, the girl who had somehow programmed his heart to race every time she smiled. [Reader]. His shining light. The only one who somehow seemed better than being alone with his laptop. The exception to his usual solitude. Though he could no longer classify his “usual” as being alone. Ever since she had come into his life, he had never felt alone. Everything reminded him of her, in a good way. Like a flower in bloom or a program functioning without a syntax error on the first try. And she would cheer on these accomplishments like they were big, like he mattered. How did it get to this point?
When he had first met her, he had assumed she wouldn’t even help him with their group project. Let alone talk to him.
“Hey! You must be Sai Nanami! I am [Reader]! Your study partner!” She smiled warmly, holding out her hand for a shake. It had been a hot afternoon, yet she had jogged up to him with excitement.
“O-Oh yeah, that's me.” She was very pretty. Especially that smile. That smile that had made his heart race since the beginning. So warm and exciting as if joy had become a person.
Ever since that day, she had become a permanent fixture in his everyday. Remembering things about him he had supposed didn’t matter. Taking care of him even when he thought himself useless. Assuring him with compliments that he had never thought would be directed at him. She had changed him. For the better. Even though he didn’t ask for it, even though he never wanted it. But now, he had this new ember in his heart that he could no longer smother because of her attentiveness that kindled it. Now, it consumed his heart. It made his heart race with her simplest actions. From handing him food to brushing hair out of his face. It made him feel warm and comforted with only a need for her presence. He had always wanted her, but now he felt like he needed her.
He looked up from his thoughts, stopping his pacing, and turned around. [Reader] stood with that same warm smile she had presented on the first day they ever met; now though, it had not just beauty but comfort that warmed his soul.
“Y-Yeah.” He twiddled his thumbs, struggling to make eye contact. His voice wavered.
“Do you need anything?” She tilted her head, still maintaining that smile, now with a teasing glint. Despite being 3 feet apart, he felt as if it were centimeters. Hopefully, she couldn't feel the heat radiating from his blush or hear his heart pounding in his chest.
“I-I need to tell you something!” He braced himself. There was no going back now.
“I like you! As more than just friends! And I want to be more!” A moment of silence stretched after his confession. He thought it would feel nerve-racking; yet it felt comforting, like a pressure releasing from his chest. But the nerves quickly returned.
“W-Well, that's it! That's what I wanted to say, and it's okay if you don’t want to! I just love you, and I want to be close, but if you don’t want to, we can stay friends and-” He did his usual quick hand motions, still quite flushed. But when he finally met her eyes, his sentence drowned in his throat. She was so beautiful in the sunset, warm rays dancing across her skin. She didn’t look shocked nor upset nor anything negative. In fact, she looked happy. Tears formed in her eyes.
“A-Are you okay?!” He was about to walk over, but instead she hugged him, burying her face in his neck. The happy tears warmed his skin.
“I accept. It took you long enough.” He could practically feel her smile against him. Hesitantly, his arms finally wrapped around her waist, hugging her back tightly, pent-up longing finally expressing itself. He was sure now, this was it. This was heaven. Only if he could bottle this feeling into lasting forever. This weightless happiness made all his worries, fears, problems, and pressure dissipate.
