[ gitchee gitchee goo ] itoshi rin
♡ contains: 401 words. fluff, just rin being stupidly cute
♡ summary: rin finds it hard to say I love you, so he says nonsense instead.
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rin doesn't tell you the words ‘I love you’
it's not that he doesn't want to; it's just that he can't do it. and it's not because he doesn't love you–oh no, it's quite the opposite, actually.
rin loves you too much that he couldn't choke out the syllables, couldn't say those words directly, out loud. embarrassment floods his system before he could even say it to you. it doesn't matter how many times he practices those lines, it always turns out robotic, it's frustrating for him really.
he thinks it's because you look at him with those eyes—those angelic, mesmerizing eyes. it makes him feel small and frail, makes him feel like half the man he is. that's why every time he stares at your eyes his tongue goes numb, can't pronounce anything right, as if he forgets how to speak, as if his vocabulary had mysteriously disappeared.
rin also thinks it's because of your lips, so kissable. that whenever his gaze lands on them, it's like there's this strange feeling in his chest—sparks that crackle beneath his skin, tempting him to feel it against his own.
but mostly, rin blames it on your pretty face. whenever he looks at you, at your winsome appearance, it sends cartwheels in his stomach. makes him want to curl into your side and wrap his arms around you; it makes him momentarily forget that he's in public so he has to keep up his cold and serious image.
so instead of saying those three loving words, he murmurs obscure confessions instead—something that would make anyone raise their eyebrows on, but for you, you understand it so easily.
you knew it all too well, so when he winds his arms around your waist, pulling you even closer as you both dance in sync with the slow love song playing in the background, he would whisper it in your ears.
then you'll smile at him, at his serious yet adoring gaze, place a chaste kiss on his lips and say “I love you too rin.”
and despite him being teased as an ‘unromantic and cold boyfriend’ by your friends, his teammates and a bunch of people online, you know that by the time the moon peaks, the surroundings began to dim, when he feels like you're in deep slumber—he’ll say those words confidently, a lovesick grin plastered on his face.
“I love you so much angel.”