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Rin finished loading his few boxes of belongings into the rental truck first before helping Sousuke load his. He figured with all of his boxes loaded first, he could help Sousuke unload his easier. Though, he still hadn’t a clue where they were taking his stuff. The redhead still had yet to work up the nerve to ask his boyfriend-of-four-days where they went from here. You know, romantically. Sousuke knew for a while now what Rin’s plans were and he’d be leaving for Australia in just a few months. And with Sousuke already knowing that before their relationship officially began… Rin figured either he was completely comfortable with the long-distance thing or this was only a short-term relationship. But he couldn’t fathom the latter, not with how serious his best friend was when he explained that he’d basically been planning his whole life to court him.
So maybe what made him uneasy was simply not knowing what Sousuke’s plans were. And, of course, why his boyfriend never talked to him about it in the first place. But would it be clingy, nosey, or pushy to ask him outright? But maybe there was a reason Sousuke didn’t share in the first place! Here they were literally about to drive off campus and he had no fucking idea where Sousuke was going to go!
“You’re doing it again.”
“OH MY GOD!” Rin felt like it could have jumped out of his skin as he whirled around to face said man he had just been thinking about. “Don’t you make any noise?!”
His boyfriend, of course, chose to ignore his comment entirely and sidestepped around the smaller man to close the back of the moving truck, locking it into place securely. “I can tell you’re in your head again and that’s never good. So just spit it out.”
Rin’s eyes narrowed dangerously. “I don’t think I like what you’re insinuating.”
“Tell me one time that you overanalyzing something led to you feeling better about it.” Sousuke crossed his thick arms over his chest and leaned back against the truck as if they had all the time in the world to have this discussion now.
“…You’re a jackass.”
“And you’re the one dating me. So? Out with it.”
“I’m upset that you haven’t told me your plans for the future.” Crossing his arms over his chest in mimicry of his boyfriend, he continued, red eyes flashing, “Hell, I don’t even know where you’re going today! We packed up all our shit and I know where MY stuff is going but we’re about to take you… WHERE?”
Teal eyes blinked at him once before their owner sighed. “Is that what you’ve been upset about?”
“YES!”
“Jesus christ, Rin, don’t you talk to your family?”
“What?” He remembered this feeling, like he stopped understanding the world around him. Like there was something he was supposed to know, that everyone expected him to know, but he didn’t. “What do you mean?”
“I figured Gou at least would have talked to you about it.”
“About what?!” And he was seriously tired of the word ‘what’ and he’d be much obliged if Sousuke stopped doing whatever it was he was naturally good at to make him repeat it so often.
“Your mom invited me to stay with you for a while since my folks are still in Tokyo. In fact, I was even invited to stay there after you’ve left for Australia. And I swear the only reason I didn’t mention it was because your mom immediately told Gou to go call you while I was on the phone with him.” Sousuke’s bemusement, on top of the news that they weren’t parting ways yet, helped to calm Rin down considerably.
“Oh… Gou never mentioned…”
“Don’t be mad. It’s exam week for him too so he probably forgot. And it’s not like I let you have much time to yourself to answer the phone.” He shrugged but smiled softly at Rin as he alluded to how much of their past few days had been spent kissing, cuddling, and generally not letting each other have any space.
“Yeah…” Rin was feeling a little embarrassed for getting so worked up, for not asking earlier, and for allowing his insecurities to show. But it didn’t last long before something else surfaced in his mind, causing a warm blush to spread over his face. “Wait, do they know we’re dating? Did you tell them?”
“Well, yeah. I wasn’t going to lie to them.”
One hurdle down. It would have been better if Rin was the one who told them probably, but he had been particularly distracted in the past few days, as Sousuke seemed to also understand. “And they’re still ok with you staying…?”
Sousuke unexpectedly grinned in a deliciously predatory manner, causing Rin’s heart to jumpstart. “First, we’ve been rooming together for a year already. They’re past blinking an eye at us sharing a bedroom.” The taller man was stalking toward Rin at a leisurely pace, no concern at all that his prey might turn tail and run. Instead, Rin was frozen to the spot. Sousuke’s Alpha tendencies immediately began displaying within the first day of their official relationship and Rin found he particularly loved the electricity in his eyes when he used its power. It made Rin want to push and antagonize and tease him to see what would happen. “Second, you’re on heat suppressants so you have a very miniscule chance of getting pregnant right now, should we be ready to take that next step. Third, your mom already welcomed me into the family and will probably be waiting to talk to you about our future wedding when we arrive.”
“Oh… Well… When you put it that way.” Rin couldn’t help but grin up at his boyfriend, feeling a wonderful mix of emotions and very much wishing that they didn’t have to immediately get in the truck to make the trip in time to return to rental before close of business. But there was always time for one kiss, right? He reached up to Sousuke, who continued to crowd him with his body, and grab his collar, yanking him down to meet his lips.
Their mouths pushed off each other’s a few times with the soft sound of lips meeting before slanting to the side just enough to seal together. Rin pushed his tongue out to taste the inside of Sousuke’s mouth and he was rewarded with a pleasured hum that urged him to continue. Instead, he leaned back out just enough to whisper against wet lips.
“How about in the future, you stop assuming what I know and just tell me things anyway?”
“Yup. Good. Fine. Get back here.” With that Sousuke’s hand took the back of his head pulled him back in to kiss again. Maybe they could afford time for two or three more kisses before leaving.