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Ren had never thought before that he was a jealous person. He had been in a few relationships previously and he was always lax and easy going when his other half at the time was affectionate with others. So why was this time so different? Why was he feeling a large bubble of anger rising up in him? Why did he want to rip the overly affectionate Keigo off of his lover? Was he doing this on purpose? Why was Ruki not fighting him off like he normally does?
The rage overthrowing Ren’s heart was more than he would bear. It was painful.
“You’re being scary Ren kun, stop it” the youngest of their group pulled him out of own thoughts
Ren clicked his tongue “No idea what you’re talking about Mame” he could feel the venom in his blood spread all over his body.
Mame sighed “I don’t understand, Keigo is like this with everyone”
“Yeah, well not everyone has a boyfriend” The dance machine spat out. “He’s doing this to get a rise out of me and Ruki is just letting him do what he wants. Ruki is encouraging it”
“Or Ruki is not in the mood to fight him off like usual and has given up.” The other stated a matter of fact, Mame couldn’t help wishing for the voice of reason to enter Ren’s thoughts.
Ren huffed
“Okay everyone, enough playing around. Let’s get back to where we were”
They had their 2nd concert in just a weeks’ time, now’s not the time to be dilly dallying. They had received a lot of feedback after their first online concert, some good, some bad. Ren was adamant to keep improving their performance so that would be all anyone would talk about after the concert.
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“KEIGO, WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING!” The dance leader exploded “If you aren’t going to take this seriously, then don’t bother showing up on Saturday!” Ren threw this towel at the floor and stormed towards the shaken member grabbing him by the scruff of his neck.
“Ren, I’m really sorry. I promise you I’m trying my best” Keigo choked out his eyes watering,
The other members came rushing to break the two apart (more so dragging Ren off of Keigo).
“Okay, enough. Practise is over. Let’s all go back and clear our heads and start fresh again tomorrow” Their calm, level headed leader came into giving everyone a soft smile and Keigo a soothing rub on his back to calm him.
“Come on Keigo, I’ll treat you to a meal tonight!” the ever so energetic Junki exclaimed with a beaming smile.
Eventually all the members had left except for him and one other.
Ren was painfully aware of what had just happened, all he could feel was the guilt consuming him. Feeling the sweat from their short-lived dance practise running down his neck, he picked up his discarded towel from the ground and buried his head in it.
He kept replaying the scene in his head, why couldn’t he stop himself? Why could he not stop the anger bubbling from within him every time he looked at Keigo.
Thinking back to the look on Keigo’s face when he had him held by the collar nearly had Ren in tears. He slumped himself down to the floor, head still clutch in the towel in his hands.
“You are really something, aren’t you” Ruki snaked his arms around Ren’s waist from the back to hold the other tight against his chest. “You’ve been targeting Keigo all day, unnecessarily I want to add”.
After letting himself sink into the others hold, Ren took his lovers right hand and brought it up to his chest, just where his own heart was.
“I think I love you too much, sometimes I think you’ve put me under a spell”. The prince behind him chuckled and nuzzled his nose into the others hair.
“It’s funny you say that because I feel the exact same way”
Ren decided to sit up and turn himself around so he could see his pretty prince and stare deeply into his eyes. He gently wrapped his arms around Ruki’s hips, the other bringing his arms up over his neck.
"I'm sorry Ruki, I really am"
Ruki slowly brought his face closer to the grey-haired man in front of him and pecked him gently on the lips.
“I love you”
Ruki was never the one to say those words first, it made Ren’s heart explode with joy and he felt lightheaded, a massive grin spreading on his face.
“I love you too”
To return the others favour, Ren tenderly placed a small peck on Ruki’s cheek, his nose and then his forehead before finally reaching his lips. The two pressed their foreheads together, just staying there savouring each other’s company.
“Ren, I’m worried about you. You’re not like this, you are not the jealous type. You never have been,” Ruki was speaking so softly, he sounded so concerned. Ren hated making his lover worried about him. “I know this concert has come around quickly but we are already so much better than before, we have all grown in such a short amount of time. Please stop taking on more of a burden than you already do. You overthink too much as it is”
Ren let out a heavy sigh “Maybe you’re right.”
“Of course, I’m always right! Now how are you going to apologise to Keigo?”
Feeling the guilt come rushing back, Ren whined and cradled his head into Ruki’s lap “Ruki he must hate me so much, I made him cry!”
“C’mon you big baby, let’s go back. We can think about it more on the way home” Ruki ruffled his other half’s hair before pulling him to stand up.
Even after standing up, Ren still has a guilty frown on his face. Ruki smiled fondly and slotted his hand into Ren's, softly squeezing
“How people don’t assume you’re the cute one in this relationship I’ll never know”
“Don’t try pulling that on me Mr ‘I can’t sleep unless I’m the little spoon’”.