long distance f/o where you can hear them cum and then breathlessly pant into the phone "I love you, I miss you, I wish you were here" in their post-orgasm haze 😵💫
I've been thinking so much about life with Ryuu this past weekend and :C
just seeing him in the morning making coffee and breakfast and getting to smile at him and long hugs and laying my head on his chest while I'm still a little sleepy and feeling him kiss the top of my head and and
idk I just don't think there's anything more delicious than a slowburn that lets people get more and more intimate until the passion is consuming them alive and they have to fuck about it in the most tender and hungry way
A/N: I've always wanted to open a cool cafe irl, so I put all of those ideas into this fic <3
Stretching out with a big yawn, Ari set her phone down and went to grab her apron. Even this morning, she wasn't sure how to handle last night's events. It's not like Ryuu had been running through her mind all night. Surely. Not his big grin or how tall he was or the brief view of his shoulders and abs… Nope~
"Nothing's going to come of it… Just a random thing." She reassured herself out loud. "Stuff like that doesn't happen to me. I had a brief moment of luck. Gotta keep going."
Twisting her hair up into a claw clip, she tied on her apron with the store branding and pulled the music up for the morning, flooding the shop with chill lofi for the early risers.
Most of the morning patrons were there to just grab coffee and sweets or quiche and head out for work. The real crowd would start closer to work hours when people used the rental work booths in the back as a remote office.
Ari worked hard to make sure the shop was a good blend of accessible, fun, and relaxing. Comfy chairs for the book readers or gamers. Spacious but comfortable dining tables with bigger tables for the gamers. And the individual cubicles for work off the side.
Being a space the community could come to was one of her proudest achievements (all the art on the corkboard walls from patrons was proof enough).
Other back-of-house employees would be there in a few hours for the rush, but for now it was just the smell of fresh baked goods and the cool summer breeze from the open windows.
Walking to the front window, Ari clicked on the pink and turquoise neon open sign, complete with a heart (it wouldn't be Sweet Hearts Cafe without the aesthetic).
A few usuals got out of their cars as soon as the sign lit up, and she rushed back to the counter, opening the computer system and starting the usual routine.
Order. Pay. Collect items. Receipt.
With the rush of customers and focus on steps, she didn't even notice when Ryuu and Ansesagi walked into the shop, the front bell ringing as they stepped inside.
"Welcome in! What can I get you--?" Finally focusing on who had walked in, her words faltered, realizing it was actually Ryunosuke. Eyes widening in surprise, her breath caught, forgetting what she was supposed to do or how to interact after the night before.
"Hi!" Ryuu grinned, carrying a bag and walking towards her. "Do you have a minute?"
Ari glanced back at the kitchen, calling one of the part-timers to manage the desk, then nodding back. "Here, we can use my office." She motioned over, leading him to a door marked "private" and ushering him in.
The whole office was pastel vaporwave themed, continuing the theme of the shop, and Ryuu chuckled, glancing at all the shelves and computer setup.
"You really have everything coordinated, huh?"
"I like what I like~" She grinned, sitting in the hot pink gaming chair that served as her desk chair. "I didn't think I'd see you again after last night…"
Ryuu sat down on the aqua blue couch with the vaporwave dolphin themed blanket and cd-shaped accent pillows and nodded. "Last night. I should apologize."
"No no no, it's okay." Ari stammered, cheeks flushing. "I should have brought your shirt back too, I just didn't know you'd be here!"
"Wait you have it??"
She nodded, cheeks burning. "You tossed it at me and then Anesagi-san sped off and I didn't know what to do, so I took it home…"
Laughing warmly, Ryuu waved his hand. "Don't worry, keep it. I'll get another when I get home."
"Mmmh. Okay." A moment of silence passed between them, somewhere just between the realm awkward and comfortable. "Was. There a reason you--?"
"Ah! Yeah, this is for you. I wanted to apologize and... It's usually done best with a gift in our line of business so. We went to the local chocolate shop and got something. A 'please forgive us for inconveniencing you' apology gift."
Bowing, Ryuu presented the box of truffles to her with both hands. "On behalf of all of TRIGGER and Yaotome Productions. Please forgive our behavior last night."
Carefully taking the box with both hands as well, Ari received the gift, bowing back.
"You don't have anything to worry about. I won't leak any pictures or anything."
"Did you take some??" Ryuu sat up, relaxing back into the couch and smiling.
"Yeah!! You wanna see em?"
He nodded and waited as she walked over to the couch. Sitting next to him, Ari flicked open photos and showed him the ones from dinner. Ryuu leaned in close to get a better look, his arm instinctively wrapping over her shoulder. Sucking in a breath quietly, Ari hoped he didn't feel her heart pounding or notice the small tremor in her hand.
How does he smell so good?? It's not fair.
The last picture was a selfie with a very drunk Ryuu and she blushed again, flicking away from the image. "I can send any of them to you on rabbichat, but I won't post them online. Promise."
"We took one together?" Ryuu moved his hand, resting it on the back of the couch.
"Y-yeah. I was taking a few for everyone and you asked if we could…"
"Ah." The tension in the air was thick now, close to breaking.
Ari looked up at him, lips pursed. "I--I don't know what this is. And I don't want you to feel obligated. But when you go home, would you still rabbichat me?? I feel like we have some chemistry and I don't want to miss this connection."
Ryuu grinned, the air now clear, and nodded his assent. "I don't know either, but I feel comfortable with you. We both have our own lives, oceans away. But I want to keep getting to know you."
Giggling, Ari sighed, leaning back into his chest for a moment and closing her eyes. Ryuu reached down, grabbing onto one of her hands and playing with her fingers.
"Long distance anything is complicated but we can figure it out, right?"
She nodded, wiggling her fingers. "Time zones will be hard, but we'll make it work."
Ryuu's phone screen lit up with a text from Anesagi:
♡"Did you get lost?? How did it go??"♡
Grinning, he used his free hand to type a reply. ♡"All good, I'll be back out in a minute. Did you order brunch?"♡
♡"Yes. It's here waiting. And so am I."♡
Ryuu chuckled, closing his phone and glancing down at Ari, who was nestled securely into his chest. Leaning down, he rested his chin onto the top of her head and sighed.
"I know you have to get back to work…"
"Don'twannagoyet. This is nice."
"Yeah. It is." He took a deep breath, wrapping both his arms around her. "One more minute."
a/n: this story will be all rabbichats so instead of the "rabbichat from" I'll do it more like the game chats where you just get the character name (sadly the side swap format doesn't work on tumblr) :3
Ryuu:
Ari!! Sorry it took so long to rabbichat!
We got super busy with the shoot and
making sure everything was in order
to go home! We just got back to my
apartment and sat down on the couch.
Ari:
Ryuu! Glad you made it back safe!
Do you have a few days to get over
the time change and the jetlag??
I know it can be really rough.
Actually, what time is it over there??
Ryuu:
Ah. Let me look.
6-something AM… we're too exhausted.
Ari:
You should sleep!!! I'll still be here later…
Ryuu:
I wanted to make sure you knew we got back okay.
In case you were worrying…
Ari:
Yeah ⸜(｡˃ ᵕ ˂)⸝♡ thank you for thinking of me…
But seriously!!! Get some sleep, even if it's early.
You need it. You can try to reset time tomorrow.
Just sleeping off the exhaustion first is more important.
Ryuu:
Haha, I will, I will.
Thanks for thinking of me too.
Ari:
Ah--
Sorry. Please ignore all that if it
sounds too overbearing.
I have a habit of trying to
help even if no one asks.
(sorrymasen)
Ryuu:
It's all good. Usually only my family fusses over me
or Tenn (lol)
So it's nice to have someone who cares.
Ari:
Still. I'll be more mindful in the future.
Please get some rest? <3
Ryuu:
I will. I'm falling asleep right now on the couch
zzzzzzzzzz z z z
Ari:
Ryuu! Ryuuuuuu!!
Look what we had out front today!
They'll head south in the fall!! but they're so pretty rn!
Ryuu:
Ohhhh what type is that?
I don't know much about midwest insects (sorry)
Ari:
Monarch!! They have a fall/winter migration pattern
and they should be on the endangered list but…
we have a butterfly feeder out front
so we get a lot of little visitors <3
I love butterflies sm
Ryuu:
my first new Ari fact! :)
hmmmm what do you think my favorite is??
(your hint is that they're in Okinawa… in the water)
Ari:
Water…
Am I allowed to do a websearch? :3c (jk)
Ryuu:
Noooooo, play fair!
Ari:
Is it a fish??
Ryuu:
…technically???
Ari:
technically fish???
so not typical fish…
Ryuu:
Do you need a hint??
Ari:
No, I'm thinking, hang on…
Wait-- Your shirt…
Shark???
Ryuu:
Ahh, you got it!
Specifically a whale shark.
They're in the ocean and in the Okinawa aquarium.
I can't help but love them.
Ari:
My first new Ryuu fact ^_^
We both learned something today!
Ryuu:
Ari. What time is it there??
Ari:
……..3am
Ryuu:
Why are you up???
Ari:
Peeing…
Ryuu:
Ah.
Back to bed???
We can talk when you wake up.
Ari:
But it'll be late for you then…
Ryuu:
You have the cafe though!
Come to think of it, what are your hours?
Ari:
….I get paid the same no matter how many hours
So I kind of work as long as necessary…
Ryuu:
Ah. One of the bad work/life
balance workaholics. 🤨
Ari:
Saturday is only late night though
and Sunday is only brunch!!
So I do get to sleep in …
Ryuu:
I know I'm only an outsider
but please don't overwork yourself…
Ari:
You're not an outsider, we're friends…
Ryuu:
Wait…
Ahaha we did the same thing--
Worried about sleep…
Ari:
We did, huh???
^_^
Alright, I'll go back to sleep soon.
Are you feeling a little better??
Ryuu:
Mmmmh, much better, thanks.
I'll talk to you tonight.
Ari:
g'night. morning?? afternoon???
good everything??
Ryuu:
(lol) good everything.
Ryuu:
Momo came over!!!
He wanted to hear all about the trip
so we got sushi takeout and brought it back!
Ari:
Awww!!! Y'all look so cute (˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶)
Tell Momo I say hi if he's still around ^_^
Ryuu:
He's still here, let me--
HIIIIIIII!!! (˶˃ ᵕ ˂˶) .ᐟ.ᐟ
Momo-chan here!!!
I stole Ryuu's phone (shhh)
Ari:
Hi Momo-chan!!
I won't tell (🤫)
Nice to meet you
ദ്ദി・ᴗ・)✧
Ryuu (Momo?)
He's telling me all about the trip
and how much fun they had on the shoot
and at your cafe (˶>⩊<˶)
I wish I could eat there too!!
Your sweets look so good
Ari:
Maybe one day I can visit you guys
and I'll just bake some up in person!
Ryuu (Momo?)
Yes please!!!! I'll tell Ryuu to bug you
until you finally visit all of us!! -`♡´-
Ah, Ryuu wants his phone back.
My time is up ahhh!!!! ✖𐃷✖
Ari:
Momo NOOOOOO (ó﹏ò｡)
Ryuu:
I GOT IT BACK
SORRY ABOUT MOMO
Ari:
don't be sorry!! it was fun!
Ryuu:
more fun than rabbichatting me??
(つ╥﹏╥)つ
Ari:
Nooooo you're both fun
Don't cry *pat pat*
Ah, we have brunch customers
I have to go work ;w;
Ryuu:
I have to finish dinner too
talk later?
Ari:
of course!
⋆˚₊ 𖤓☽˚.⋆
Ari:
Ryuu, I know you said you're from Okinawa
What's your family like?
Ryuu:
g'morning… night??
my family…
you promise you won't write anything online
or sell a story??
Ari:
nah I already have enough cash from the cafe ;)
but seriously, I'm not in this for fame
just thought I'd ask since we wanted
to get to know each other better
Ryuu:
what the public knows is that I'm the
son of a big hotel magnate in Okinawa
and some rich playboy
but that's not me at all. that's just a persona
Ari:
oh so you don't have a whole
string of girlfriends you like to text
every single day??? ;)
Ryuu:
with my schedule, how would that even work???
Ari:
hmmmm one in the morning
one on lunch break
and one at night??
Ryuu:
you're right I should be maximizing
my girlfriend potential
why didn't I think of this~
Ari:
no I was just joking…
don't find other girls………
Ryuu:
I won't lol, Anesagi and Tenn
would yell at me anyway if I did
Ari:
is the hotel thing true?
Ryuu:
oh right, that's my stepdad
my bio dad is actually a fisherman
but my mom remarried
and I have 3 younger brothers
Ari:
that's a lot of brothers
Ryuu:
is it??
Ari:
I only have one, so to me it is xD
Ryuu:
I guess I'm used to it…
There's Sotaro, Konosuke, and Kotaro
If I get to visit back home soon
I'll get them on video chat
even though they don't know English yet
Ari:
oh! would you help me learn some Okinawan??
I'm studying Japanese but
I'd like to be able to learn your dialect too
actually, is it a dialect?? it seems like a
whole different language system with
some parallels to Japanese???
Ryuu:
I guess I should give you some history, if that's okay?
Ari:
Yeah, go for it.
Ryuu:
When the island was annexed in the late 1800s
people were… encouraged… to speak mainland Japanese
turning Okinawan into a dialect instead of our own language
It's still a sensitive subject with many people
and complex even now, with the former American control, etc
I only talk in Okinawan with my family because
that's how I was raised. It's comfortable!
When I first came to Yaotome Productions,
the president told me to learn standard Japanese
so people didn't think I sounded like a comedian…
I resented that at first, and it was hard to adjust.
But I understand our business has expectations.
I was really quiet for a few years while I re-learned…
But Tenn was always encouraging me to speak my mind!
Sorry, that's a whole wall of text!
Ari:
no, don't apologize!!
I think your ability to speak so many languages
is really amazing and I want to learn too!
reconciling everything is hard. especially
when there are expectations for public image
and the long history of your island…
my dad is kind of well known in town here
so that balance of being yourself vs
being who makes your family look good
is such a delicate tightrope.
you feel like you'll fall off with one little misstep…
but you want to be good! !
Ryuu:
exactly…
but, all that to say
I'd be happy to teach you some Okinawan ^_^
Ari:
thank you! I promise I'll be a good student!
😤😤😤
