L O S T - A N D - F O U N D (024/100)
Day 24
AU: The continuation of day 6 where Rei left to live in Korea
Warning: I wrote this out of frustration. Meaning be prepared for a crying Haru and a bleeding Rei and a lot of arguing. Also mentions... no wait clear writing of MakoRin towards the end.
Summary: The picture that was sent the next morning of a sleeping Rei and Haruka leaning over him to kiss his cheek with the words “Thanks for the aspirin and for not drugging me.” made Nagisa smile. All was right in the world. Wait... is that a hickey on Haru’s neck? “RIN! THEY DID THE HANKY PANKY!” “NAGISA I SWEAR TO GOD ITS 2 AM!” Yeah.. All was right in the world...
His eyes took more interest in the ground then the blonde in front of him. The wind picked up a bit and blew at his jacket loosely hanging on his frame. The blonde in front of his stared with wide eyes, confusion apparent in the way his hand that still clutched Rei’s wrist tightened just a bit more.
“Rei-chan…” Nagisa breathed out, taking a step closer to the tall blue haired male. “Say something… What’s going on in that big head of yours?”
Rei looked up at him then, surprised the other was even interested in his thoughts. He bit his lip, turning to look anywhere but at the person standing before him. “A lot.”
The silence was heavy.
“You know…” The blonde released his wrist, making the taller finally look at him. Nagisa spun a few times on his toes, his hands behind his head. “Haru-chan thought it was better off if you were left alone. He thought you really meant what you said, about there being nothing left here for you.” The blonde stared Rei straight in the eyes when that sentence concluded.
“I…” He tried to form words but none seemed to come out as he stared, perplexed, at Nagisa.
Nagisa did a shrug between one shoulder and his head before sighing. “What a mess… and here I thought I wouldn’t have to resort to plan B.”
“Plan B?” Rei asked but was quickly stunned by a piece of paper being shoved in his hand. “Nagisa what are y-“
“Stay at this hotel tonight, a room is already waiting for you. Don’t ask questions just do as I say and I will know if you don’t- Rei let me finish- Rei I swear if you try to interrupt me I will resort to plan C which involves rope, you missing your conference, and a very unhappy orca who will have to give up his apartment because someone just didn’t want to listen. So do as I say and everything will be fine.”
Okay, back up here, did Nagisa just give an order?
The blonde smiled happily and released his bone crushing grip on Rei’s wrist, twirled on his heel and skipped a few steps away.
“And don’t forget to have some aspirin with you okay?” Nagisa bounced happily with a wave before walking off.
Alright then… definitely not how he was planning his first day back in Japan.
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So wait. I have to give up my hotel room because you couldn’t just find a way to drag his ass here?
Yupp! Srry Rin-chan!
Literally what the fuck…
Thts wut we r hoping 4!
Just get your ass here, I’m hungry.
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So here he was – five hours later – alone in this nice looking hotel room. Rei looked around a bit before setting his suit case next to the single bed. The time on the nightstand read 9:36pm. Well, it would do him good to get a lot of sleep before his flight in the morning.
Rei went sat on the bed to take his shoes off when suddenly the door to his room opened. In walked none other than Nanase Haruka, slightly swaying with his steps and not looking like he had any desire to be among the living. The dark haired male walked in, shut the door with his foot – all while texting on his phone – and took a few steps into the room before he had any idea he wasn’t alone.
He looked up and raised a brow at the taller male standing on the other side of the bed.
“Rei?” he asked confused.
“Haruka?” Rei responded sort of in an answer but also for confirmation that it was really him.
Haruka threw his phone down on the bed, “The hell are you doing here?” he grumbled.
“Me? I should ask the same for you.”
The dark haired male raised his brow again in annoyance, “I was threatened to come here, but now that I’m seeing my options,” he looked Rei up and down before sighing, “the threat doesn’t seem all that bad anymore.” He then sauntered over to the table next to Rei that held a pitcher of water and two glasses.
“Are you saying I’m a horrible option?” Rei hissed out to the dark haired male, taking the time to remove his shoes and place them neatly on the floor.
“I’m saying I’d rather be drugged and tied to a chair than seeing you again.” Came the mutter disguised by the sound of water being poured into a glass.
Rei decided now to inspect Haruka further, “What’s wrong with you?”
“Oh I don’t know; a few drinks and a couple of shots just seemed healthy for me.” He joked.
“You’re drunk.” Rei concluded.
“Captain obvious as usual.” Haruka snorted.
“Drunk and sarcastic.” An eye roll.
“Was that an insult?”
“No that was merely me being ‘Captain obvious’ as you so claim.” Another eye roll.
“Listen Rei I didn’t ask to be forced to spend the whole night with you.” Haruka took a long drink from his glass, walking the best he could to the other side of the bed but only really making it to the foot before sitting down.
“Neither did I.”
“Really? You had the option. You didn’t have to stay here! You should’ve done the same thing you did seven years ago and left.” The dark haired male’s voice raised a few octaves.
“Oh so you hold a grudge against me leaving?” Rei crossed his arms, not really liking where this conversation was going. Even though the voice in the back of his head was yelling at him not to fight with someone who was drunk he still continued.
“Yes in fact I do.” Haruka smirked, like he was pleased with his answer.
Rei pinched the bridge of his nose; this was going to get worse before it got better. “What the hell did I do to you Haruka?”
“Oh, oh ho ho.” He laughed mockingly. “You want to know what exactly you did Rei? You want to know what you did to me?” He paused, took another sip before continuing. “You left. You got up and decided none of this mattered anymore and you fucking left, because apparently we just weren’t good enough for you.”
“I never said that.” Rei tried.
“Really? Sure sounded like it. We weren’t good enough for you just like the track team wasn’t good enough for you.” He threw back the glass, gulping down the rest of the water.
“You take that back.” Rei said taking a step towards the drunken male.
“Why the hell should I?!” He stood up and took a step toward the other as well, getting right in his face. “Can you take back the last seven years I have spent wondering if you were every coming back? And all that you left me with was a goddamned ‘depends’?! Depends if you decide to care! Depends if you decide that maybe we were the only real friends you ever had Mr. There’s nothing else here for me!”
“That’s enough Haruka.” Rei stated firmly, grapping hold of Haruka’s arm.
“Don’t fucking touch me!” Wrong arm choice on Rei’s part as the arm he grabbed was propelled upwards, sending the glass it was holding straight into his face. “What right do you have?” The other yelled.
Rei had immediately let go of Haruka to hold the side of his face, his fingers brushed over his lip where he tasted blood and he brought them forward to check. “That was uncalled for!” He glared at Haruka, fully intending on arguing back now. Reason be damned.
“Yeah so was you getting up and leaving me with nothing! I thought that maybe with everyone gone I could finally have my opportunity. I thought that maybe that since it was just the two of us I could finally tell you how I felt. I thought you felt the same!” His shouted statement left Rei in silence because he realized something…
Haruka had started to cry.
“Haruka…” shock slowly over took his rage.
“No! I’ve had to wait seven years to say any of this and you are going to listen because I will not wait another seven! I love you. I really fucking love you. And you want to know something? I’ve spent the majority of the last seven years trying to figure out how the fuck I could love a man like you. And you want to know what answer I came up with?” The tears ran freely down his cheeks, dripping onto the carpet below them.
“Yes I do…” The taller one responded, completely shocked at the tears and the confession.
“I finally figured out that you are the only person in the world who truly understood what it was like to be so in love with something that it’s all you think about.” The older stopped to take some much needed breaths – realized he was crying – and tried to stop the tears as they persisted in falling.
Rei sighed. Digging in his pocket he found his handkerchief. He reached forward and gently pulled Haruka’s hands from his face. Using the handkerchief, Rei wiped away the tears knowing they were his fault.
All these years and he had never known.
“I’m sorry…” was all he could say. “I’m so sorry…” His hand fell away from Haruka’s face and he looked at the male in front of him with regret deep in his heart.
Haruka took a minute to gather himself. He looked up at Rei with regret as well, now seeing the other’s bleeding lip. The swimmer took the handkerchief from Rei’s hand and reached up to dab at the cut. “I guess I should be too…”
“Why shou-“
“For not contacting you…”
Oh right, he had given the other his email to contact him.
“Haruka…” Rei took Haruka’s hand that dabbed at his lip and smiled. “We are quite the mess, hmm?”
“Yeah… I guess I understand why Rin yelled at me so much to just kiss you and get it over with.”
Rei couldn’t help the laugh, “True, that would probably have been a lot better than the argument.”
“Does that mean… you would have liked it?” Haruka asked with hope, looking up into the other’s eyes.
“Why don’t you find out?”
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“I say they beat the shit out of each other.” Rin said, lying down in bed with Makoto who gathered him in his arms.
“I say they made good use of the free hotel room.” Makoto smiled, kissing the other on the forehead.
“If they fucked I want proof.” Rin grumbled out, getting comfortable in the other’s arm and entangling his legs with Makoto’s as well. “Better have been some good sex for me to give up a hotel room in favor of Nagisa’s plan. Honestly how come they get sex and I don’t because we have to let Sousuke and Nagisa stay here.” Rin hissed.
“Rin. Hush. Sleep.”
“You are telling me-“
“Rin.”
The red head muttered out a few more curses before closing his eyes in favor of not wanting to make his boyfriend mad.
(a/n) I have been laughing for a million years at the summary I wrote for this. It is almost 4 am when I’m editing this because I don’t want to ask my Editor in Chief to do it. Dear lord I need sleep. Do stay tuned?