the student council room was quiet in that weird way it only got late at night. not peaceful exactly—more like exhausted. papers scattered across the table, the clock ticking too loud, moonlight slipping through the windows in pale strips across the floor.
you’d only meant to wait for him a little longer.
that was, like… an hour ago.
now you were curled up sideways on the couch with your cheek pressed against the armrest, half-covered by a blazer someone had tossed over you earlier. probably akane. it smelled faintly like expensive detergent and dust from old books.
the door clicked open quietly.
teru stepped inside still holding his exorcist staff loosely in one hand, shoulders tense beneath his uniform. there was dirt near the edge of his sleeve. a small cut along his jaw.
he looked tired.
not normal tired either. the kind that sat deep in his bones.
his eyes lifted toward the couch automatically—and stopped.
“…oh.”
you were asleep.
your notebook had fallen onto the floor sometime earlier, one page bent awkwardly beneath your hand. your breathing was slow, face squished against the cushion in a way that should’ve looked stupid but somehow didn’t.
for a second, teru just stared.
the room suddenly felt too warm.
he set the staff against the wall carefully, almost silently, before walking over. the floor creaked once beneath his shoes. you didn’t wake up.
dangerous.
that thought came first.
not because of you. never you.
because anyone capable of making him soften this much was inherently dangerous.
teru crouched beside the couch slowly, resting one arm over his knee. up close, he could see how tired you were too. eyelashes fluttering faintly in your sleep. fingers curled into the sleeve of the blazer covering you.
akane’s blazer.
his smile twitched.
“…really?”
the jealousy was immediate and irrational enough to almost embarrass him.
you shifted slightly at the sound of his voice, brows pulling together for half a second before relaxing again. still asleep. cute.
that word hit him so hard it genuinely irritated him.
teru exhaled softly through his nose before reaching up carefully—carefully—brushing a strand of hair away from your face with the backs of his fingers.
you leaned into the touch unconsciously.
his entire body went still.
there was something deeply unfair about the way you trusted him without even realizing it. like your body had already decided he was safe before your mind could argue otherwise.
his gaze lowered to your hand still gripping the borrowed sleeve.
absolutely not.
teru moved quietly, slipping the blazer free from your grasp inch by inch before replacing it with his own uniform jacket instead. the fabric was warmer from his body heat.
this time, even asleep, your fingers grabbed onto his sleeve immediately.
a pause.
then, slowly—
teru smiled against his better judgment and rested his forehead briefly against the edge of the couch beside you.
“you’re gonna ruin me,” he murmured softly.
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consumate flirt and will never stop flirting with you no matter how long you’ve been together — and even before you two became a thing he was absolutely relentless in his attempts to woo you and win your heart (which started off annoying before he eventually did manage to win you over)
very physically affectionate and from the second you give him the green light he’s going to be hanging off of you and acting like even a millimetre of space between the two of you is a personal offence
makes absolutely zero attempts to hide the fact that you two are an item and thus pretty much everyone at school, even those that have no clue who you are, know that you’re his partner (and that he is very pleased about it)
while he might flatter other people as a means to an end, he is extremely loyal — almost obsessively so — and he wouldn’t even dream of genuinely entertaining someone else like that. you’re it for him and he really means it
follows you around like a lost puppy when he can get away with it… and even when he really can’t (he’s just that lovesick)
he will do any and everything he can to make you happy, whether that means doing what you ask of him or just following his heart and doing whatever he thinks will make you happy (to varying degrees of success)
sakura nanamine
she’s not the most physically affectionate or clingy person on the planet, but she does show her care for you in her own ways — like her willingness to show her genuine emotions around you, or her actively looking forward to spending time with you as opposed to merely tolerating it as she does with other members of the broadcasting club
sakura is an excellent and attentive listener, always paying attention to what you have to say and committing anything important to memory — even if, in the moment, she may outwardly appear disinterested
though she is rarely successful in this, sakura does try her best to keep you as far away from tsukasa as possible — not wanting you to get caught up in her mess, and not wanting him to start using you like he does her
warns you in advance of any rumours she’s been asked to spread in order to help you avoid them and stay out of danger — never tells you outright that she’s the source though, just lets you know that you shouldn’t do something and what she’s heard (making herself sound as convincing as possible so you don’t go behind her back to test out the new rumour’s veracity)
as far as pet names go she either just calls you your first name, or she calls you a more traditional term of endearment like ‘sweetheart’ or ‘darling’
her favourite place to be kissed is her cheeks and her favourite place to kiss you is your hands (specifically your palms)
tsukasa yugi
another graduate from the ‘bully/tease the person you like to get their attention’ school of thought — and unfortunately for you, tsukaka is very much so an overachiever in this regard
the clingiest person you will ever meet in your life, pretty much the closest a human being (or, well, apparition) will ever get to being a koala, and he is always hanging off of you in one way or another — so i hope that you don’t value your personal space too much…
can’t exactly grant your wishes if you’re not an apparition like him, but he can (and does) use his powers to show off for you every time he gets the chance — please praise him for it, he thrives off of your attention
always visibly thrilled to see you — grinning from ear to ear, spreading his arms as wide as they can go, floating over to you as fast as he can, and calling out to you like you’re the only thing in this (after)life of his that matters
tries to keep you out of the way of anything the broadcasting club has planned — or at the very least at a safe enough distance away where you can see the product of his hard work without putting yourself in danger
gets possessive and jealous but rarely acts out because of it around you unless the person he’s envious of is another apparition and he’s able to take care of them himself — at most he just gets even clingier and more childish than before and annoys you into cutting the other person out of your life in order to appease him
Working at Kamome Academy was certainly interesting. It seemed like everything about the school was strange, even your boyfriend the science teacher. And trust me, he would agree. Nothing about any of this would be considered ‘normal’ by most, in fact when he told you he was an apparition he was convinced you’d never want to talk to him again.
And yet you dated him instead. He still finds it hard to believe, but he can’t say he’s bothered. So, in the day you work as teachers, and in the evenings, the two of you hang around and flirt chat in the teachers lounge. A simple arrangement, really, but it works.
And during school, Tsuchigomori usually finds himself walking past your classroom. Not for any particular reason, but usually when he does he looks in. And without fail it always makes him smile, watching you boss around a bunch of kids.
But what really got him was when he’d glance in and you’d be sat at your desk, a bit of your hair falling over your face, your pen in your hand, eyes squinted slightly, and your tongue sticking out while you focused. He thought it was the cutest thing ever, and every time he saw it he couldn’t help but freeze and watch, a small smile creeping on his face.
He had to pull him self from the door, chuckling back down the hallway back to his class. And when he’d see you later, he’d chuckle again. And when you’d ask him why, he’d chuckle some more. And when you’d both be sitting in the teachers lounge and you were grading your class’s work, you’d do it again, and he’d just stop talking and stare all over again.
Teru has used his hands for absolute destruction. Killing apparitions night after night, constantly fighting; it seemed even after he’d gotten home to wash up, his hands were chronically stained.
Still, he’d get up in the morning and do his job as a student and the president of the student council. What else could he do? So while he spent his nights soiling his hands with blood, he spent his days with meetings and papers and Akane looming over his shoulder, watching his blood-stained hands loom over the pages.
Of course, when he met you, that changed. Because now he spend his nights and days doing all of the above, while thinking about you. Your smile, your disposition, your eyes. He found himself thinking about you constantly. You were his muse for fighting, and his reason to push through his next meeting with a smile.
But what really got him was when you treated his blood-stained hands with as much care as you did. He still thinks about the first time you held his hand, both your hands reaching for it to lift his hand up to eye level, your fingers tracing over his palm as you told him they were pretty.
He completely short circuited, because what else could he do? When you held his calloused hands so fondly, there was something in it that made him stop and stare, his cheeks and ears turning bright pink.
And now, those hands have another role; holding yours.
falling for his childhood best friend after she moves back home hcs ; teru minamoto
requested by ; 🍰 anonie (19/10/25)
fandom(s) ; toilet bound hanako-kun
fandom masterlist(s) ; here
character(s) ; teru minamoto
outline ; “Tbhk writer in the big 2025?? Is this real??
Anyways, may I request teru minamoto with reader being childhood bestfriends but she had to leave for another country because of her parents work, then she moves back and surprises him? Maybe in the trope she fell first but he fell harder (I'm currently IN LOVE with this trope)”
warning(s) ; none, just fluff!
living alongside the minamoto family throughout your formative years, and growing up as the closest friend of the family’s eldest son, all but guaranteed that you’d end up with a great deal more knowledge and awareness of the fundamentals of exorcism and spirits than the average person. not even through intentional research on your part — though, of course, as you grew older you did start to look into the things your best friend told you about his life in an effort to better understand him — but just generally through continued proximity
a continued proximity that lasted from infancy through adolescence, to the point where (after his mother’s tragic passing) his younger siblings and father even took to treating you like one of their own: preparing an extra portion of every meal without asking because they always assumed you’d be staying over, making plans for family trips that included you and your own parents without question, celebrating your birthdays with the same joy they celebrated their own, and even letting you in on some of the more secretive parts of their lives without giving it too much thought… not to the point of training you as an exorcist, goodness no, but more so just talking about these things around and to you without that same hesitatance they might around other non-relatives
because by then you were, for all intents and purposes, just another minamoto
which made your emerging crush on your best friend that much more difficult to snuff out because he was just always there, always present, always reaching out for you like he knew you’d always be there… an inherent degree of trust that never failed to leave your face burning and your heart racing once you finally realised the true depths of your feelings for him
… right in time for your parents to suddenly — or, at least, suddenly from your perspective as a young lovestruck perspective — uproot your entire life and move somewhere just far enough away to make it borderline impossible for you to stay in contact with your best friend with you both going into middle school… and his training getting more intense on top of it all
so, yeah. needless to say that goodbye was a very tearful one — for you, for him, for kou, and especially for sweet little tiara who had come to see you as her big sister and was openly devastated about losing you. and the years that followed were arguably even worse as you were left feeling like you were drowning in homework and school and grief and isolation without the consistent presence of teru to keep you afloat
and of course from the few short conversations you were able to have with teru you could tell he was barely keeping his head above the water himself — between his school responsibilities, his exorcism work, his family, and so on — even if he’d always been much better at keeping up a more calm and personable facade than you
and that certainly wasn’t helped when seemingly every school wonder at his school decided to start acting up at the same time… a situation that he started venting to you about the second it started and while you can only understand about half of what he’s saying you can’t say that it sounds like an enviable situation to be in
… so when your parents finally decide to move back to that town you grew up in and enroll you at the exact same high school as your childhood friend just a few months later, it’s safe to say that you had a lot of mixed emotions about the whole thing
of course there’s the elation, first and foremost, because now you’re able to spend your days with teru again (which he seems to share in when you surprise him by showing up at his door without warning for the first time in nearly three years) — walking to school together, taking classes together, hanging out in between lessons, studying together, and falling easily into the same old routines you had as a kid in a way that feels about as natural as breathing… and that makes you less than popular with teru’s many admirers in and around the academy
but there’s also that underlying sense of dread that you can’t seem to shake, because you may not be able to see the things he does but courtesy of your many phone calls and in person chats you’re now painfully aware of what’s going on and pretending that you’re oblivious to it all is not easy to do. especially not when you find out just how closely involved little kou has gotten with one of the school wonders (which, naturally, you made a point of lecturing him about because you know for a fact that he knows better than this, you were there for his lessons as a kid!)
but, of course, the pros do end up far outweighing the cons… even as your own crush comes back in at full force, which is not helped by the soft way teru has started looking at you whenever you smile or laugh or say his name. but you’re sure that’s just because he’s thankful to have you back in his life properly again
… not because he’s started to feel the same way about you and its so obvious to the people that know him that even his little brother and akane have both called him out for it. no. that would simply be preposterous. unthinkable. totally illogical
and then he finally breaks and confesses after nearly losing you and kou to a supernatural entity stalking the school grounds. it’s tearful and messy and his usual calm and princely demeanour completely breaks open to reveal even the messier sides of himself that he managed to keep from you (the sadism, the cruelty, the strictness), but somehow you manage to get over your shock enough to confess in return — before immediately standing on shaky legs to help him get the more injured students to safety after he made good and sure the spirit was truly exorcised
congratulations on becoming the newly crowned princess of popularity at kamome academy courtesy of your now very public relationship with teru. enjoy all the perks that come with that title, and do try not to pay any mind to the stares — because teru will stand by you no matter what so you have nothing to worry about
synopsis .... after not being able to cope with the death of you beloved, you find yourself at at 24hr store and meet someone who is grieving like you. While you grieve to dead, he grieves the alive.
warnings .... death, implications of suicide, signs of depression, rejection (on akas side), implication of being used as a coping mechanism, angst, hurt/comfort, readers last name is taira LOL, f!reader
word count .... 3.2k
THE MOON LOOKED BEAUTIFUL tonight, the night sky an almost navy-black, some stars shining brightly than others, and the smell of the ocean was a nice smell at night. The rooftop of your apartment was always a nice way to calm you down. You hated studying, you hated the night sky, the moon and the stars. You hated everything. Yet, it never stopped you from admiring it like you were it's devoted follower. You look down at your phone, it's three am, you were supposed be back in your room at 2:30 am, you got distracted once again.
You wonder if any stores were open, as you start heading to the door, you turn to look back at the moon, wondering when will be the last time you will ever see it.
~
By the time you got down from the roof top and to your room, it was already 3:06. You put on a hoodie you stole from your brother and a pair of pants. You headed out your room and towards the living room. Your home was always quiet at night despite the noise it makes during the day. Your older brother who was in his room playing games in his computer, is now in the kitchen, making himself some fruit. Your older sister who usually sleeps like a log, is now sitting in the living room watching some TV.
They both to turn to look at you, smile on their faces, you smile at them back. They're both glad that you're out your room, they always tell you that you don't have to study much, not to over work yourself, not to...
Not the point. You look at them with a confused look on your face, before you get to ask them why they're up, they answer you.
"Got hungry." He said, sticking out his tounge at you. Your older sister on the other hand points to the long bag which you can guess contained a katana she owned.
"Went out, I heard there was an influx of spirits out there, some of them contain negative energy." she shrugs, looking at you with a confused look on her face. Now it was her turn to ask you a question.
"Where are you going?" pointing at your outfit, you shurg before scratching your hair. A habit you suppose, one that helps you calms down.
"Store. I just finished studying and can't go back to sleep." you started to walk towards the door, stopping to put your shoes on. you look at the two as you put your shoes on.
"Text me what you want as I head there." like reading their own minds before they get to speak, the both smile at you, the window making their features look more soft, shining down at them. The moon gracing your siblings with her beauty.
(You wonder if this is how he saw you, he always loved the night, as you loved him.)
You head out the door and start walking to the elevator, you're to tired to be thinking about him again, so you think of other things as you're on the way to the store. You live by the beach, the smell is great (at least to you.) and the sea reflecting the moon makes it the view even beautiful. (you stop to take pictures. He would love it.)
It takes five minutes to get to the store, by the time you get there it's already 3:19 am. The store lights are on, that's a good sign. You push the door open, making make a ding as you do. You check your phone to see if your siblings texted you anything.
~
TWO (2) NOTIFICATIONS FROM
izu ^^ and saki <3
izu ^^ (1) : can u get me two reg redbulls and a bag of nerd cluster gummies 🥺🥺🥺🥺
saki <3 (1) : get me 3 monsters and some sandwiches pleek 👍
~
You give your phone a deadpan look, what is it with you and your family being addicted to energy drinks? Nonetheless, you head your way towards the the baskets, you get one and make your way to the back of the store where the drinks are in a fridge. You look back at your phone, a twitch in your eye appears, Misaki never said why flavor to get her, you're glad Izumi did though.
"Why would she ask for three Monsters and never tell me the flavor." you mumbled to yourself, a upset look on your face, "What's a good flavor to get her?" you asked yourself, looking at the variety of Monster drinks on display.
"The pink, purple and blue ones are always the ones for me." A voice next to you says, looking at you while are searching for a drink on the fridge next to you, you look at him with surprise, you scrambled out the words,
"Huh?" Great, just great [Name]. A pretty boy talks to you trying to help you and all you have to say to that is 'huh?' you facepalm in your head and start to cringe at everything.
"Sorry, I heard you didn't know what flavor to get as you mumbled to yourself." he nervously smiled at you, you look at him with a small smile, shy that that you look like you got hit by a bus and a pretty boy is talking to you.
"It's uh, fine. So, about those flavors you were talking about."
~
You check out all the stuff you were going to buy, waiting for a tall boy with brown hair and a pair of glasses. It's 3:45 now, you walk outside the store and wait for him. The stars are shining brighter than before, and the moon is now looking at down at you, your features now being shun by the fluorescent moonlight, you zone out the entire time you're waiting for the young boy. (At least you think he's young...)
"Did I make you wait a while, the cashier made a mistake on something." rubbing his arm that the bag he was holding with his free arm, he smiled at you.
"No, no. It's fine, I was looking at the moon—" you stop yourself before thinking about whether or not he would join you at the beach. I mean, to him your a random stranger, he is to you too. But, maybe what you need to cope is telling a random stranger anything.
"Do you maybe—you can say no if you're busy—want to go the beach with me? I noticed you were looking troubled and the sea at night helps me calm down and—" you stop yourself before talking his ears off, you look anywhere but him.
"I would love to, thank you for worrying about me...uh"
"Taira."
"Taira, thank you."
"It's fine..."
"Aoi."
"Aoi, what a nice name."
"I can say the same about Taira."
AKANE ISN'T SURE WHAT time it is. He knows the moon is high and the sky is dark, but he doesn't know the time. Ironic for someone who is a clock keeper. He looks out the window where Aoi's window is. Her curtains are shut, they have been shut more recently. He doesn't know if she did just because or because of him. Nonetheless, he still looks at the window with a furrowed eyebrows and eye bags under his eyes.
He checks his phone to check the time, it's 3:06 am. He decided that if he wasn't going to sleep after doing his loads of homework on a friday night, he was going to the store. He put on a hoodie and headed towards the door leading outside his home. Finding a pair of slippers that was discarded by the door. (whether it was his, his father's or his older brother was a mystery to him.)
He open the door to his home and exited out, by the time he was outside, it was 3:09. This time, he can clearly see the moon and the stars. They both looked beautiful but not as beautiful as...
Shit. He was doing that thing again, he told himself to not do it again, and here he was, comparing the beautiful of one thing to something that could never rival hers. He has to find a way to get over her. Curse first loves, curse the night sky that shines bright, the moon that shines it's white light in the ocean water, and the stars that never become shooting ones because dreams aren't able to come true.
Aoi Akane hates everything about the night.
With small tears in his eyes, he wipes them away and starts to head to the store near him, he knows it's always open, he's been there before and knows some of the workers there, so while on a peaceful walk to the store, he notices a figure. He forgot his glasses again, he's been forgetting them lately, it's pissing him off.
Sometimes, he wished that Kako and Mirai never saw him and staged that stupid stunt to get him to become like one of them. Looking towards the figure, he notices a young girl around his age. Across the street from him, she's taking pictures of the night sky, smiling to her self as looks through them. She looks sad, almost as if she sees something in the night that he can't.
Either way, he turns the other way, ignoring her and zoning out as he walks to the store. Reddish-brown hair flowing as the wind moves in a slow pace, the smell of the sea sickens him, how can he enjoy the smell of the ocean without it reminding him of her? Why does he associate everything that's beautiful with her? He stops for a bit and turns to look at the beach just across from him.
He sees the same girl again, this time, her hood is down. Her hair flowing with the wind, her phone up and taking a picture of the moon. She turns to look foward, a sad smile on her face, from far away, it looked like to him that she was beginning to cry.
For the first time since his first year, Akane has never saw something more beautiful than Aoi. The way the moonlight shines bright, her freatures enveloping with the light, the stars that once shined bright tonight, are being outshined by the beauty of the some random girl he saw taking pictures of the moon. Almost as if she was grieving, as if the connection between the moon and her grief were connected.
The girl continues to walk straight, only turning when she sees the store is open. For a minute, Akane just stands there, thinking about the girl. Wondering just who she is, and how ethereal she might be.
For the first time since his first year, Aoi Akane had begun to blush like crazy, his heart beating at an abnormal rate, one would think he was dying. But no. For the first time since his first year, Aoi Akane has begun to fall for someone at first sight, just like his elementary days.
~
It's 3:25 am when Akane gets to the store, he pushes the door open, a small ding can be heard from pushing it open, the cashier who was working tonight waved at him, a smile across her face. "Welcome back Akane." she says, a smile on her face. He smiles back at her, waving hello as he heads down to the drinks aisle. His head hurts and he still don't feel like sleeping, maybe an energy drink would suffice. Maybe not.
When he heads to the drink aisle, he already sees someone there, looking as if they're having a dilemma on which drink they should have, he laughs quietly before going to the fridge next to the person. One full of juices of every kind, he chooses one that would go well with his mood.
"Why would she ask for three Monsters and never tell me the flavor." they mumbled, the voice of a girl be heard. The only girl he saw enter the store was—
"The pink, purple and blue ones are always the ones for me." What.
Oh.
Oh.
Akane wasn't so sure that he was thinking throughly with what he had just said, he doesn't even drink monsters! His older brother does! Not him! He doesn't even like them! So why did his mind think it was best to just to blurt that out?!
He might just kill him—
"Huh?" she said, turning to look at him, and oh how he wishes that he had a camera to take a picture of her, her beauty blinding him. She reminded him of A—
The night sky. She reminded him of the night sky that was still outside waiting for him to go home. He stood there for a bit before answering her, nervously looking everywhere but at her.
"Sorry, I heard you didn't know what flavor to get as you mumbled to yourself." he says quickly, finding new ways to kill himself to get away from the embarrassment he was feeling right now. A smile her face said everything he needed to calm down. Granted it was an awkward one, but it helped him soothe him.
"It's uh, fine. So, about those flavors you were talking about."
Right.
THE TRIP TO THE beach was an easy one, granted they lived near it, and the store was near it so they don't mind it one bit. It was a quiet walk to the beach, not one that would be deemed as awkward like before, but one that was comfortable for both, where they didn't have to say anything just to make the other feel comfortable. The comfortable silence is broken when Akane begins to speak.
"Do....Do you like the beach?" he asked, walking while staring foward, they were near where the entrance of the dock is. As they head there, you look at him more closely.
He looked beautiful, his hair framing his face perfectly, the color of his hair going well with everything about him. His eyes and hair match. They shine bright as the moonlight reflects the light towards his eyes. Mesmerized by him, you stop walking and out of concern he stops a few steps ahead of you.
"Did-Did I bother you" concern in his face, he scratches his cheek with his free hand. Now you're at fault, you were to mesmerized by him and his looks, that you stop walking and he's concerned that he might have struck a nerve.
'You should stop doing that often [nickname]! You'll end up sending the wrong message!'
He was right.
Stepping out of your dazed state, you decided to be honest with the boy infront of you, not like how you were with him back then. You won't mess up again like before.
"You're face..."
"My face...?"
You step infront of him, now looking directly into his eyes, Akane notices that as much as the moonlight was shining down at him, it was mostly shining down at you. Your features being illuminated as the moon shares its beauty with you. You looked like an angel, one who has fallen after sinning and disobeying your god.
A fallen angel.
"You're very handsome if I say so myself....Your features are beautiful at night, are they as beautiful during the day?" You mumbled, now way nearer than before, your faces are almost touching. Akane turns a bright red, he isn't sure if it's out of embarrassment or being flustered, but before he can say anything, you back away. Laughing like he just told the most funniest thing in the world.
"Was that to much? I'm sorry, I don't want to make you uncomfortable Aoi-san." Though you don't regret what you had said, you didn't want to make to make him uncomfortable.
"I-It's fine, Taira-san..." he's still blushing like crazy. Not even Aoi has called him handsome outright. The poor boy is so flustered, he doesn't notice the girl answering his question from the beginning.
"About your question, I would say I enjoy the beach. It helps me relax, especially at night. Where no one can interrupt you." You looked at him with a smile, walking past him to start walking towards the sand. He follows you.
"Do you? Like the beach I mean." you ask, stopping to take of your slippers, stepping on the sand that was once hit by the sun in the day time, now that it's night, the sand is cold.
Akane does the same thing as you, taking of his slippers as he continues to talk to you, "I wouldn't say so, the beach reminds me someone."
As the two of you walk closer towards where the sand and the water collide, you look at him with an unknown look on your face, "You too?"
Akane wasn't sure what you are on about, but from what he can infer, the beach probably remind you of someone as well. you sit down and pull out a red bull, the juneberry one he believes, "I guess" he sits down, knees propped up, his hand on his left knee, using it as stand for his face. He inspects you a while longer.
Akane notices some things about you, how your eyes are a nice shade, your hair that's messy, looks soft. How under your eyes, you have heavy eyebags.
The rest of the night is spent with knowing about the other, you tell Akane things about you, he tells you things about him. The night is spent with new memories and new things about each other. Before you realize it, it's around 4:36 am. Your brother is calling you to come home before your parents wake up.
"Ah. It seems like it's time to go, Sorry for bothering you, Aoi-san" You get up from where you were sitting, bowing at him to apologize, he waved his hands in a rejecting way, shaking his head 'no'.
"Don't apologize! It's fine Taira-san! You don't have to worry, you made me have fun tonight." He smiles at you, you believe it to be a beautiful one. "I..had fun with you too." you tell him, turning to look the other way, as you start walking behind him, you turn to look at him one last time for the night.
"Bye, Aoi." you wave at him goodbye as you start walking your way home. Akane on the other hand, stays a bit longer, watching as the waves come and go, hitting the sand where he sits. turning around as he sees you gone, he finally puts his head on his knees, turning a bright red as he does so.
"I'm an idiot, aren't I?" He whined, he gets up from his place, and starts to head home with some juice boxes and an open heart once again.
yus yapping session — 👋 hi, no im not back on here yet LOL probably soon
(Basically an overview of their relationship and a bit of head cannons)
Tsukasa & Veronica’s relationship . . .
Oc x canon (!!)
Tsukasa was already aware of her existence way before she was of his. Mio (Veronica’s older sister) was friends with Sakura so at times Veronica would become a topic they’d talk about. Veronica met Sakura through Mio and they became friends so it wasn’t hard for Tsukasa to see her and know of her.
Though he was interested. Mostly because he saw how close Veronica was with Sakura and he rarely saw Sakura hang out with anyone at the school.
Tsukasa took a slight interest in Veronica and being the nosy boy he is he would spy on her sometimes. Through spying on her, he figured out she could see apparitions, but not only that she also had powers to exorcise them (she only exercises dangerous and scary ones). This new found fact made his interest peak.
But surprisingly, he didn’t just outright show up to her, instead he spied on her at times during the school day to know more about her. He planned to make an appearance and show up in front of her, but he didn’t need to because Veronica made that easy for him.
Because of Veronica’s curious mind and her desire to find every apparition or secret that thing that could be hiding in the school, when she caught a glimpse of Sakura going down a dark secluded hallway of the school and entering some place she didn’t know of she did what any sensible teen would do…
She followed her.
Through following her she’s met with quite the interesting sight. A vintage broadcasting room, an apparition boy with choppy black hair and honey-colored eyes, Sakura, and a tall boy with red and black hair styled in an undercut.
She was going to leave and ignore whatever weirdness she was seeing until Natsuhiko caught a glimpse of her at the door and uh oh—both their eyes followed as well.
It was a big ‘crap’ moment for her and she attempted to just run off before they could catch her until a floating black orb circled around her trapping her in its tight grasp. She squirmed and for a moment she was about to use her powers until a familiar voice called her name.
She looked up to see Sakura giving her a meek smile.
And boom this is where it begins. . .
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Tsukasa was overall excited. He didn’t have any intention of killing her, it’s not like she was in the way of any of his plans. He just didn’t expect an opportunity to meet her would luckily bring itself right to him.
At first
Ever since that day Veronica decided she’d stay after school to hang out with Sakura in the broadcasting room…oh and the other two also she supposed (😒).
Tsukasa was scary. She never understood him. One moment he seemed childish, the next he seemed eerie, then the next scary as hell. But as much as she kept her distance in a way she wanted to understand him. Her life kind of depended on it. She figured if she understood his moods, tried to at least understand his thought process, and tried to keep on good terms with him she’d be fine and wouldn’t have to end up getting into a brawl with him.
Tsukasa was clingy and at first Veronica found it over-bearing. It was clear he wanted to talk to her, it wasn’t hard to note, but at first it just seemed to be too much. However, she was patient with him, she always let him ramble about whatever he liked, she was open minded to what he had to say (tho some things he said were eerie and questionable), and through it all she was the only one who…stayed, never pulled away despite his clingy antics, always listened to him instead of trying to shoo him away, always there when he needed someone to talk too.
Building Up
After a while, Veronica began to slightly understand him. She could tell what he wanted or was planning to do at times, she became a bit used to his clinginess, when he talked it didn’t feel like somewhat of a chore or she was forced to stay rather she began to feel genuinely interested in what he had to say, she was much more patient. At times when the mood was right and she started feeling surprisingly comfortable with him she’d spill some of her thoughts and feelings as well. And when that happens Tsukasa goes silent. He’s completely attentive, completely interested.
She’s careful not to get too vunerable, not to let her guard down completely (cause she just isn’t a fan of being too vunerable in general), but because of his attentiveness and the way that no matter what she says or talks about he seems to hold no judgement, she begins to feel safe with him. And it’s odd. To feel safe with someone that’s highkey so scary, but…she does.
She found his presence although clingy, comforting. She began to view him as a friend rather than someone who she felt she had to put up with or understand just to keep on good terms and to not have to fight a powerful apparition.
They began to find themselves having conversations a lot more often, whether silly banters to just actual deep and pensive things.
Veronica began to desire understanding him because she now genuinely wanted to know more about him and not because she had too. And Tsukasa began to trust her more and he viewing her as someone safe.
Woohoo
Tsukasa becomes a normal acquaintance in her life that she much enjoys. Their friendship is much more touchy (not in any weird way) like in a friendly affectionate way. No he’s not just some “super scary apparition” she begins to see through that and though he can be creepy he’s cute and sweet in his own way.
At times they don’t even need to talk anymore, even silence feels comforting. Sometimes she found herself telling him somethings she hasn’t even told her sister or best friends yet.
Touches
At times he’d rest his head on her lap and she doesn’t even bat an eye to it because she’s comfortable enough to not feel weirded out by that.
Everytime she so much as steps into the broadcasting room she’s met with a desperate clingy hug which she reciprocates with a smile.
Veronica barely is one to initiate things like hugs or touches but when she does it makes his day.
Veronica pets his hair at times when he does something cool or good and he practically lights up. He begins to really like her touch.
They’d play with each others hair whether subconsciously or intentionally.
Nose boops (I find this so cute)
{💗}
This is when they become like really close. To the point where depending on the situation she can read his emotions. For example, if his eyes were to go dark (like maybe he makes a creepy expression) what would usually shake up everyone else in the room wouldn’t shake her up since depending on the circumstance she can tell what he’s thinking or feeling, and whether it’s something important or just him being silly or manipulative (if that makes sense).
If he was to send those eyes her way, depending on the context or situation she can brush them off or even remark something along the lines, “don’t give me your angry eyes…” (😒)
By now they trust each other enough to know they wouldn’t hurt each other. And there’s a level of respect between them. He’s more likely to stop something if she tells him too(depending on what it is..like if it involves something that could interfere with his big plans then….sadly no).
The thought of having to fight him isn’t even something that crosses her mind anymore so she no longer feels scared or feels a feeling of impending doom when near him.
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Small faint hugs become lingering hugs.
At times the two of them will stare at each other for long periods of time.
Physical contact whenever they can. Veronica does it subtly and Tsukasa doesn’t care he’d literally cling to her, hold her hand, cup her cheeks, etc.
Cheek kisses once and a while.
They become more protective over each other. If Tsukasa comes back with even a scratch on his face due to a fight with an apparition she’s all over him, getting bandaids, bombarding him with questions, and gently caring for him. And if Veronica ever comes back hurt or with even a tiny scratch on her whatever did that will die, no questions asked just die.
Tsukasa’s touch starved and it’s been a while since he’s felt actually cared for. One of my personal headcanons is that Tsukasa is actually pretty lonely. So when Veronica is so quick to come to his aid and show him how much she cares it softens his heart and he finds himself feeling a feeling he can’t explain.
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Some random times where Veronica will be at home or somewhere and she’ll get a “huh, Tsukasa would like this..” or “ooo I should give this to Tsukasa,” slowly Tsukasa begins to seep into her thoughts more often.
Attraction . .
Soon his hugs and touches would make her heart skip a beat and she found herself desiring to be near him more. These feelings gradually built up, but she brushed them off.
Everything about him began to make her heart skip a beat even when he was being creepy or covered in blood at times.
When Veronica noticed she was inlove with Tsukasa her mouth fell agape. Literally and mentally. There was no way. I mean sure sometimes she catches herself lying awake thinking about him, sure sometimes she’d try certain things to get close to him, sure she’s been trying to impress him a bit lately, sure she felt fuzzy and her heart skipped when being near him, sure she found herself wanting to be near him more often and having a urge to kiss him, but that’s just because—yeah nevermind she’s in love with him.
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Tsukasa wouldn’t really understand why he feels the way he does. Why he always desires to be near her, why he always wants to touch her in some way, why he found himself bothered by even small interactions she’d have in the hallway with other students. Why his chest would feel fuzzy when she so much as looks at him or calls his name, so he brushed it off.
But when the feeling persists he asks Sakura, Sakura’s eyes go wide before she explains his feelings to him as she knows exactly what this is.
End.
End…
A/n - help I never know what to say here 😭 . If you actually read this thank you and I love you 💕 (platonically obv).
Edit: I took off the kiss part cause I wanted to build up to that in a different way.
