A/N: In wave of inspiration I drafted 3 new fics yesterday and THIS WAS NOT ONE OF THEM. This one just spawned today and it's the fault of @dokidoki-muffin and her amazing art that inspired me🤭
Summary: Narumi and Hirotaka continue dating with the golden rule: no otaku talk during their romantic outings unless you would like to contribute to the piggy bank. A great rule for those who have money. (Also on AO3)
Word Count: 2.2K
Such a beautiful spring day! It was the perfect Shoujo scenario date. A stroll in the park, a swan boat date surrounded by couples, a romantic picnic for two while enjoying the beautiful sunset...
"We're being so romantic, Hirotaka! Seeing us together like this, I ship us harder than Dr. Ratio and Aventurine, which says a lot! Their chemistry is really off the charts!"
Without a word, Hirotaka instantly held out the otaku-off-limits piggy bank. Narumi gasped. Where did he get that! As if the damn thing just spawned in his hands like a video game item!
"Too bad, Narumi. You held out for so long without breaking the rule," Hirotaka said dramatically.
"You brought Bernard?!" she shrieked.
"I still disagree with that name. But yes. Penalty time, you geeked out," Hirotaka said. Narumi sighed and covered her face with her hands.
"Geek out, geek out? H-how did I geek out?"
"You talked about Honkai Star Rail, again. On top of that, a BL couple. It is against our dating rule."
"You're so mean, Hirotaka! Besides, Honkai Star Rail is a game. You should geek out with me then."
"That's not the rule. Besides, I already told you it's not my kind of game. Pay up," Hirotaka said, and he shook the piggy bank. Narumi listened to the sound of the coins inside and she sighed.
"Can you forgive me this once?" she asked, feeling her pockets. Not even a 1-yen coin was left.
"Why? You know it's our date-rule. You made me pay too, the other day. Twice."
"But that was because you wouldn't stop bringing up Monster Hunter. Paying twice was the ultimate minimum compared to how much you geeked out."
"I also recall you made me pay when we went to Disney Sea too, last weekend."
"But you wouldn't stop doing these unnecessary raids in Pokemon Go!" Narumi whined. Hirotaka glared at her.
"I don't see the difference. So, rules are rules. You pay. That would be 500 yen, miss." He held out the piggy bank. Narumi fiddled with her clothes.
"Then... can I pay later?" she asked. Hirotaka cocked his head.
"I don't see why. Don't tell me you're broke?"
.... Narumi hesitated for too long, so Hirotaka gasped. "You are broke!" he yelled, and Narumi quickly grabbed his hands.
"No no no, I'm not broke! I'm just out of cash! Don't forget I bought us drinks and ice cream for our date today! That was everything I had with me... today! I have money at home, a-and on my bank account!"
Narumi felt her cheeks getting red knowing that was not true, especially when Hirotaka gave her this judging stare.
"Do you really?" he asked. "So when we go to your home now, or to the bank, you can pay?"
Narumi blushed and bit her lip. Nooo! "M-maybe?" she said. Hirotaka sighed.
"Just what did you do with your money this time?" he asked. Narumi nervously played with her clothes.
"Well... T-there were tickets on sale for Comic Con..."
"Ah, Comic Con. I remember you asked me to go. Those tickets are expensive," Hirotaka said.
"Hmm yes, you turned me down. S-so I still bought two tickets, for Hana-chan and me."
Hirotaka frowned. "And...?" he asked. Narumi lowered her head.
"I a-accidentally bought them twice."
Hirotaka jumped up again. "What! Twice? How?"
Narumi shrugged. "Well you see, these things happen. They were on sale on the website, and you have to be there soon because they sell out fast - a-and there was also a special sale that included a meet & greet with my favorite seiyuu on another website. I wanted to make sure to get at least one of them! I was in the online queue on the two websites and, actually ended up getting both! I didn't expect I would. It's a miracle."
"...A miracle that cost you a lot of money. So, you can just sell one set, right?"
"I can't. One has the VIP package and the other has the special meet & greet! They're different! I have to keep both!"
Hirotaka groaned. "Are you serious right now? You can't just pay entrance fee once and the special packages separately? Sounds like a scam. So anyway, that's why you're broke?"
"It's not a scam, just my mistake! Hana-chan didn't want to sell hers and I I kind of said I could keep mine too... And yes now I am broke, but only for the weekend. Hana-chan will pay me back her share when we are at the office. I have food at home too. I'll be fine."
It had really not been Narumi's intention to spill the truth about this unfortunate money situation to Hirotaka. It all went so well, with her just offering the little money she had for the least expensive treats today, such as drinks and ice cream, while Hirotaka paid their lunch, picnic snacks and boat ride like a true gentleman. He originally wasn't going to find out about the her blunder, and about her greed.
To think that her geeking out about one of her favorite BL pairings was the cause of this.
Speaking of...
"That's a shame. You do owe me then," Hirotaka said. Narumi jolted, sad that he was really returning to the penalty topic.
"Y-yes! I'll pay later!"
Hirotaka shook his head. "I mean, it's not about the money. You know that. More like, the small punishment for breaking the rule to keep our dates romantic." He smiled, and Narumi's heart fluttered.
"Romantic.." she mumbled with a blush, remembering why they had installed the rule in the first place. It wasn't always easy to be the friends-to-lovers couple after all.
"I think I can let you off, if we change the punishment. How about that?" Hirotaka suggested. Narumi cried out in delight and nodded.
"Yes. Yes! What should I do?"
Hirotaka stared into the distance. He pointed. "Run up and down those stairs."
Narumi stared at the huge ass stairs, leading to the shrine they didn't visit today for the exact reason of those stairs being too damn long.
"...Twice," Hirotaka said with a smirk. Narumi looked at him in horror.
"You might as well just kill me then," she said dramatically.
"Or... You'll let me tickle you. For..." Hirotaka said, taking his phone and tapping something. He then held up the timer.
"...Six whole minutes."
"Six? That's specific. Not five?"
"Six. So, would you agree?" Hirotaka asked. Narumi nodded.
"Sure, let's go home first."
Hirotaka shook his head. "No, we'll do it here." Narumi gulped and looked around the park. There were couples everywhere. Families... Dogs. People.
"Why, are you embarrassed? It's not like there's anyone we know here."
"B-b-but!" Narumi squeezed Hirotaka's hands and she shook her head. Did he really think so lightly of getting tickled in public? Someone as ticklish as her?!
"M-m-my dignity!" she stuttered, and she grabbed Hirotaka's shirt and tugged it repeatedly.
"You have to spare my dignity!"
"Hm? What dignity?" was Hirotaka's cold reply. Oof! Meanie! Narumi let out a whine and leaned her head against his chest.
"Is there really no third option?" she asked. Hirotaka chuckled.
"No, it's either stairs or tickling." The villain. He obviously knew Narumi couldn't even run up and down those stairs twice, having the stamina of a wanky banana peel. She'd strand in the middle and gasp for air like an old woman on her dying bed. Now that might even be more embarrassing than getting tickled.
"F-f-fine.... Tickle me then," she finally sighed. "But if people laugh at me, you have to stand up for me and tell them I'm beautiful."
Hirotaka smirked. "Don't you worry. You'll be doing most of the laughing here. Let's not mind other people."
That made Narumi blush, and she repositioned herself on their picnic sheet, shuffling awkwardly.
"S-so what do I do?" she asked while Hirotaka put his phone down.
"You come to me," he said. He turned on the timer and spread his arms.
"Come here," he said gently, and for a moment he really looked gentle, welcoming his precious girlfriend for a hug. But the moment she moved closer, she could already see his expression change. This wasn't Hirotaka being gentle, this was her villain boyfriend who was way too smug as he lured her into his tickle trap!
"Gotcha," Hirotaka said when she was so flustered she tried to move away again, and he locked her in his arms, bringing one hand to her side while the other moved up, immediately aiming for her underarm.
"Wawawa-wahahhaait Hirotakahahaha! Spahahare me a lihihittle!" Narumi whined when his fingers began to wiggle around their chosen tickle spots. She wriggled and squirmed in his arms, but Hirotaka reminded her he wasn't as weak as he looked - no offense, but it was the truth! And she couldn't help but love him for it.
"It's better to not mind them," Hirotaka said when Narumi couldn't help but turn her head to watch the judging couples in the distance. So embarrassing! It wasn't as if her getting tickled was the worst that was happening out here! Look, there were people kissing over there! Aaah!
"Buhuhut- aahaha! Wait no- not thehere!" Narumi laughed. Hirotaka had moved the hand on her lower side further up and tickled her ribs, while the other continued to gently wiggle its fingers under her arm. Narumi grabbed Hirotaka's jacket and she shook with hysterical laughter.
"I'm gohohonna ehehexplode!" she howled dramatically. Hirotaka chuckled fondly.
"No you won't," he said, and she gulped when he suddenly pushed her down on her back. He towered over her and grabbed both sides of her ribcage, his fingers racing up and down as if he was playing a game. Narumi squealed and tried to grab his hands and pry them off her as a reflex, but to no avail.
"Aaaahahaha nohoho it tihicklehehes!" she whined.
Hirotaka even captured both her hands and only needed one hand to pin them above her head. With the other he clawed and poked her ticklish armpit that was now helplessly exposed.
"HIROTAHAAKAAAA!" Narumi kicked her legs, messing up their picnic sheet. Despite everything she was very aware of the people staring at her and the way it made her blush - but even more aware of her boyfriend's fingers tickling and making her blush even worse!
"Three more minutes. We're halfway there," Hirotaka informered her, and Narumi shook her head wildly.
"Bwahahaha I cahahan't take ahahanymohohore!" she cackled. The fond smile Hirotaka showed her was so unfair.
"I'm sure you can," he said. He released her hands and continued the tickle attack by wiggling his fingers all over her tummy. Narumi screeched and tried to curl up. Reluctant to hit her precious attacker in the face, she pounded the picnic sheet like a madwoman.
"Plehehease! Hahahave mehehercy!" she shrieked. Hirotaka glanced at his phone.
"I will. After two minutes and fourteen seconds."
"Gahaahha I wihihill dieeehehehe!" Narumi wailed. She weakly tried to crawl away, but Hirotaka only needed to tickle her underarms again to make her collapse. He then settled with wrecking her socked feet for the remaining minutes. Hirotaka was pure evil.
"Nyaahhaahaha I cahahan't breheheathe!"
"You're doing just fine."
Narumi was sure he cheated. He must've secretly extended the timer or something, because no way had it actually been six minutes by the time he stopped. It felt like it was way longer. Narumi wrapped her arms around her stomach and wheezed.
Hirotaka looked at her with a charming smile.
"Game over, right? Well, I must admit this was way more enjoyable. If you like, we can just stop paying to Bernard and tickle-punish you instead, anytime you act like an otaku during our dates."
".....Pffffthehehe," Narumi giggled, muffling the sound with the back of her hand.
"Hmm? Still feeling ticklish?" Hirotaka asked teasingly. She shook her head.
"You called the piggy bank Bernard."
"Oh. Yes, I guess I did."
"And, introducing the tickle punishment as a permanent penalty means I get to tickle you too."
"....Oh. I guess so?" Hirotaka said, suddenly sounding a lot less smug and confident.
"And I will claim my six minutes right away, because you just said a gamer otaku thing."
"Huh?!"
"You said 'game over', that counts."
"Eh? It's a general phrase! Anyone would say 'game over'. Non-gamers would say it too."
"No, let me tickle you. Six minutes tickle punishment coming right up!"
"That's way too long for- aaaahh!" Narumi was suddenly no longer tired now that she chased after Hirotaka who was acting way more flustered all of a sudden. He tried to get away but she pounced on him and immediately began to tickle.
"Ahahahah! Nahaharumi! At leheheast tuhuhurn ohohon the tihihimer ahahaha!"
"Naah, you can keep count for me!" Narumi sang teasingly, and she enjoyed the sound of Hirotaka's cute laughter. She kind of agreed with him now. This was a lot more fun than the piggy bank.
And what was also a lot more fun: at the end of their park date filled with embarrassing tickle punishments, Hirotaka came with the sweetest suggestion. He'd buy the extra ticket for Comic Con from her, and convince Kabakura to join Hanako as well. They would attend the event with all four of them, while Narumi and Hanako could experience all of the extras as they wished. Woohoo!
Evil tickle monster tendencies aside, he really was the cutest boyfriend ever!
A/N: These two won't fucking leave my algorithm and my mind alone, so guess what? Now it's everyone's problem. I'm still getting a grasp at their dynamic and characters, so forgive me for any ooc and such
Summary: It's way past Hoshina's sleeping hours and Narumi is still playing in his phone.
Word count: 1371 words
[Also on Ao3]
Tap tap tap tap tap.
Hoshina scrunched up his nose as the incessant sound reached his ears. This wasn't the first time he heard it around this hour, but it was definitely more… aggressive this time. More impatient than usual, frustrated even.
If the noise was the only thing disturbing his rare, extra hours of sleep, Hoshina would've managed to ignore it. He'd had it worse before, so it was hardly going to be an issue now. But there was the grumbling, the constant nudging and kicking around the mattress and even, sometimes, a sudden and loud "fuck" coming from the space right next to him.
With his head still pressed comfortably against the pillow, the vice-captain let out a tired sigh before poking the body behind him with his elbow. Maybe, if he tried to be positive about it, that would be enough to knock some sense back into Narumi.
He was his guest after all, and spending the night together was his idea.
And it worked, for solid ten seconds, but it did. Just when Hoshina thought about drifting back into sleep, it started over again.
Tap tap tap tap tap.
Hoshina felt his eyebrow twitch and clenched his hand around the blankets, his fingers pressing hard against his palm. Narumi's quiet groans were slowly coming back as well, so it would be only a matter of time before he cursed at someone in the same lobby as him.
"Narumi," Hoshina called from his side of the bed, gazing at the distance while not a single word came back after his call, only the soft rustling of the sheets and the tapping against the small screen. "It's 2 in the morning, can't you call it a day? We could cuddle—"
"S-shhh, not now," Narumi gasped, the panic in his voice making it sound like Hoshina disrupted his focus during something important — more important than him, at least. "Damned b-bastard, you think you can get aw— ahh, nonono!"
"Narumi!" Hoshina hissed a little louder, turning around to see the other flinch and curl up, but with the little device still in his hands. "You— agh, please, turn it off. Let's sleep," he muttered, watching Narumi's body ease up along with his tone. Hoshina cursed himself inside his head, if only he was a little firmer…
Without giving room to the better judgment, Hoshina simply laid back down and scooted over, closer to the other man. Narumi didn't stop him or fought back when his arms wrapped around the captain's body, probably aware of how close he was to Hoshina's limits.
They laid in each other's and the phone's company. The screen's flashing and brights lights continued to shine in their faces and Hoshina had to hide his face in the back of Narumi's shoulder to avoid getting a headache. "How many rounds are left?"
"It's not a round, stupid bowl-cut," Narumi huffed, almost like if he was offended by Hoshina's mistake. "It's a match. It's over when it's over, then I start another."
"Then you go to sleep, captain."
Silence settled again at the correction, it was clear Narumi didn't really feel like stopping his climb. Trying to adjust his eyes to the light, Hoshina could make out some aspects of the game and he could swear he heard Narumi cursing it and saying he would never play it again just the other day.
He really wished the captain would stick to his words now.
"Do everyone gets mad like you playing it?" Hoshina started again, his chin resting on the crook of Narumi's neck while his arms tightened around the captain's body. "Or are you just bad at it—"
"Fuck off, will you?" Narumi promptly answered, hitting one of Hoshina's legs with his bare heel while not even lifting his eyes off the screen. "Don't start acting up now, yeah?"
"Sigh, how cold of you, captain. You could at least pretend to care for my feelings like you do for your games," Hoshina chuckled, close to Narumi's ear and smirked at the sight of its tip gaining a faint shade of red. He could feel the pulse under his cheek, going up the side of Narumi's neck. So cute. "I'll take it as you don't want to sleep with me and do something, then."
"Damn right you should, bowl-cut," Narumi groaned, letting a small huff of relief when it stopped feeling like Hoshina was talking into his ear. He felt the vice-captain's hand moving around his body slightly, assuming Hoshina would leave him for his pillows instead.
But he didn't. They stopped, dead in their tracks. And, then, Narumi felt it. An awful, dreadful feeling that made his heart sink inside his chest.
Two fingers pressed down at his side, right below his lowest rib. They nudged the spot, rubbing a small circle with just enough pressure to have Narumi squirming and twisting around and to alarm each and every nerve inside the captain's body.
"Hoshina," Narumi called, putting up his best efforts to not miss a single shot in his game while Hoshina's hands trailed down to his stomach. Unconsciously, Narumi pressed himself against the chest behind his back, finding out Hoshina wasn't as far as he thought he was. "G-get your hand off me, now."
"Focus on your match, captain," Hoshina hummed, curling and uncurling his fingers on top of Narumi's stomach, tickling him just in the right way to make Narumi's breathing hitch. "Unless you need me more than the victory right now."
"I-I neehed you to stohop this!" Narumi whined, gritting his teeth while his lips displayed a crooked, annoyed smile. He tried to shift around, avoid the tickling without disturbing his game, but Hoshina's hand followed his body no matter how he moved. "Y-yohohou're so fuhucking ahannoying, bohowl-cut!"
"Stop what, captain? I need you to issue a clearer order if you want me to follow it," Hoshina explained matter-of-factly. "Oh? Looks like you missed something there!"
"SHUhuhut up!" Narumi cried, giggles already spilling past his best defenses. All he could do was lay back against Hoshina and let himself be played like a fucking toy if he wanted to win that game — and he hated it!
He felt hot around his collar and uncomfortable inside his skin. Hoshina wasn't even trying that hard, but that damned bowl-cut knew just which buttons to push to make it tickle like hell, to make Narumi smile and laugh himself into a stupid puddle. "I-I'm gohoing to fuhucking kill yohou!"
"You'd need to let go of your game to do that, captain," Hoshina giggled. He moved closer, again, while his hand climbed Narumi's ribs and tickled him there, making the captain let out an embarrassingly cute squeal. "And you don't want to do that, right? Focus. Finish it, captain."
"H-Hoshihina!" Narumi gasped, his elbow pressing down as hard as he could. Narumi tightened his grip around his phone so much that he feared he would snap the damn thing in half at any point. His whole body tingled with anticipation, each poke against his ribs felt like electricity running through his veins, like fireworks flaring up around his body.
This was so stupid, he wasn't even that ticklish! Why did it felt so bad now?!
"Stohohp— nnghah, plehehease! I dohohon't want to lohose!" Narumi finally begged, the threat of having that hand slipping up any further enough to have him shaking. His cheeks felt stupidly warm, his mind paying attention to anything but the game still on going.
Narumi was forced to make his character take cover. He had everything to clutch the match: ultimate skill, ammo, a good spot. Everything, but he couldn't move. He could only smile and giggle within Hoshina's embrace. "I-I'll sleheheep with you— w-we cahahan do whahatever! J-just stop!"
"That's no good, captain, you can't be throwing the towel like that," Hoshina clicked his tongue, pressing his finger down just a little harder to make Narumi jump. "You've to win it," he moved closer, kissing Narumi's cheek while the threatening tickling continued. "Because I will really tickle you if you lose, captain."
"D-dahamned bohowl-cut!" Narumi hissed, feeling adrenaline rush inside his veins with Hoshina's breath against his skin.
