enemies to lovers w/ shidou ryusei
you undeniably, and embarrassingly so, had a huge unrequited crush on shidou ryusei. unrequited because you were fairly certain that he hated your guts. yes, shidou was handsome, funny, and charming, but he was also a huge pain in the ass. it seemed like his only purpose in life was to make your life miserable, whether it was tormenting you by using rudimentary methods, embarrassing you in front of other people, or picking a fight for seemingly no reason. like today.
âyou're actually going to eat that?" shidou's voice was nearly overbearing as he shouted at you, snatching the candy out of your hand.
"what the fuck?" you frown, reaching over to try and snatch the candy back from shidou. with a shit-eating grin on his face, shidou moves out of your reach and pops the hard candy into his mouth.
you glare at him, feeling a slight annoyance bubbling up inside your chest. "shidou ryusei, what is your problem?"
shidou's eyes narrow. "i should be the one asking you that. what was even so special about that small piece of candy anyway?"
you roll your eyes. "sae gave that to me, but that's not the problem here. you stole it from me!"
shidou holds up his hands in a gesture of innocence. "damn. i knew you liked sae but i didn't know you worshipped him." he steps closer to you, spitting the candy into his hand before holding it out to you. "you can have it back if you want."
you physically recoil from his hand, a look of disgust evident on your features. "ew! absolutely not. it's covered in your spit."
"your loss." shidou pops the candy back into his mouth and you look away as he wipes his spit-covered hand on his pants.
"hold out your hands." you groan, reaching into your bag for a bottle of hand sanitizer. shidou obeys, holding his hands out in front of you as you squirt some hand sanitizer on his palms. "disgusting. by the way, i don't worship sae."
"yeah right." shidou smirks, running his sanitized hands through his hair. "you keep telling yourself that, darling. i see the way your eyes light up when you look at him. you also start getting all nervous and stuff when you're around him. now you're getting all pissed over a small piece of candy he gave you? the way you act is so pitiful. it's annoying as hell.â
you sigh, finally reaching the limit of your patience. "listen shidou, what i do is none of your business. if the way i act annoys you so much then don't bother looking at me. why do you care so much about my relationship with sae anyway?"
shidou glares at you, anger creeping into his features. "because it's gross watching you latch onto my friend. nobody wants to see that."
"latch onto sae?" you fold your arms across your chest. "why would i do that? i only see him as a friend."
shidou barks out a laugh. "as a friend? you'd really treasure a small piece of candy like that if it was just from a friend?"
"for fucks sake," you pinch the bridge of your nose, trying your best not to shout out your frustrations. "it's a piece of candy, shidou. just because sae gave it to me doesn't mean it's anything special. i've just been having an awful day today and i was looking forward to something sweet, but you ruined it. god, i knew you hated me, but do you really have to go out of your way to make my life miserable?â
you clap a hand over your mouth as you realize that youâd accidentally shouted the word âmiserableâ. shidou looks stunned, and for the first time since youâve met him, he doesnât immediately reply with a snarky response.
shidou looks down at his feet before looking back at you. âlook, i donât know what i did to make you think i hated you, but i-â
âseriously?â you interrupt him. âthen why do you glare at me and embarrass me in front of other people? donât forget, just the other day you farted in the grocery store and blamed it on me. you pick fights with me for no reason, and you also just said that the way i act is annoying. if you hate me you donât have to lie about it.â
shidou sighs, running a hand through his hair again. âlisten, i really donât hate you. i was just playing around with you because your reactions are the best. if you didnât like it you couldâve just said so and i wouldâve stopped.â
âit didnât seem like youâd stop.â
âi meant no harm by it.â shidou looks away, averting your gaze. âiâm really sorry.â
you sigh. âfine. apology accepted.â you just couldnât find it in your heart to not forgive him. âbut why do you glare at me when iâm around other people, especially sae?â
shidou raises an eyebrow at your statement. âyou noticed that? iâm not glaring at you, iâm glaring at the people with you.â shidou replies. âyou just happen to look at me.â
you scoff. âwhy do you even do that?â
suddenly, shidou doesnât know how to speak properly, and he mumbles several incoherent words under his breath.
you furrow your eyebrows, confused. âcan you repeat that? i couldnât-â
âITâS BECAUSE IâM MADLY IN LOVE WITH YOU, OK?â shidou shouts, taking you by surprise. âi get jealous when i see you paying attention to anyone but me.â shidou continues to look awayâa slight but noticeable blush tinting his cheeksâand you suddenly have the urge to punch his stupidly handsome face.
âyouâre not lying to me, are you?â although your tone was skeptical, you were internally screaming in joy at this turn of events.
shidou stepped closer to you until your faces were practically touching. his eyes met yours, and your body froze. "i'm in love with you." shidou repeats. after a moment of silence, he turns away. "but i know you don't like me back. i've made your life miserable, haven't i?"
at his words your body unfreezes and you let out a breath you didn't know you had been holding. "what? no, i only said that because you were being annoying. i do love you back, it's just that you can be a little shit sometimes."
a small smile creeps onto shidou's face and he pokes your cheek gently with his finger. "say that again."
shidou laughs. his silly little laugh that never fails to make you fall in love with him again. "no not that. say that you love me again."
you roll your eyes dramatically as an embarrassed grin spreads across your heated face. "i love you, shidou ryusei. happy?"
shidou pulls you closer to him, one hand on your waist and another resting on your cheek as he softly presses his lips against yours. "very happy."