“I’ve seen the way you look at me when you think I don’t notice.” KOJUSASU 4 LIFE
Sasuke blinks, turning his head. “Ah, sorry- Katakura no danna. Did you need something?”
“...I wanted to talk.... but it’s not like you not to hear someone call your name.”
“Eh- did you call me before I responded?”
“Yes. Have you been sleeping enough?”
Sasuke ducks his head. “I’m fine, really. What did you want to talk about?”
Sasuke freezes. “Eh- eh, what? Feelings?”
“I’ve seen the way you look at me when you think I don’t notice,” Kojuurou says, voice low. “I’m not the kind of man to make assumptions, but that expression doesn’t leave a lot of room for doubt.”
Sasuke goes red. “...Ah..... well, that.... I mean, yes, I... you are attractive, of course, and... your personality too, but-”
“Why haven’t you said anything?”
“I didn’t.... Even if those two have finally..... calmed down, and we seem to be getting close to a truce, it’s... and I wouldn’t want to- I mean, if you found it awkward-”
“What? You think I’d stop talking with you over something like that? You think I value your company that little?”
Kojuurou sighs heavily. “I don’t. I value it- value you- a great deal.” He reaches out and puts a hand on Sasuke’s shoulder. “And I’d like.... I don’t have the same kind of feelings you do, right now. But I think.... I could. Thinking about it..... it’s the first time in a long time that I’ve thought about that kind of thing at all. And even longer since it seemed.... favorable.”
“I.... don’t exactly understand-”
“I’d like to.... attempt a relationship like that. If you’re willing to give me some time to catch up.”
Sasuke goes red again, looking up at him. “............Kojuurou?”
Kojuurou raises an eyebrow.
He smiles, and it’s warm and gentle and almost how he looks at his plants, and Sasuke’s heart skips a beat. “I’m glad.”
