We will live longer than I will

We will be better than I was

We can cross rivers with our will

We can do better than I can

So dance while you can

Dance 'cause you must

Rin doesn't believe it but Aiichiro is actually fine with the unstoppable fact that his senpai is going to Australia for six months. Aiichiro will graduate from Samezuka in a year and he isn't sure what is going to happen to him, to him and Rin after that, he still doesn't know where to go when the whole world opens to him.

But he's alright. Rin will be on an airplane after the weekend. But he's peachy with it.

"It will be like a closure."

"What are you going on about now?" Rin asks, watches Aiichiro or actually makes sure that he is cleaning the desk finally.

"You can let go of the bad memories when you spend some time there, see your old friends," Aiichiro's head feels heavy but the whole point in cleaning up the desk is to keep himself awake. For him and Rin it's a free night to just laze around and be with each other (though Aiichiro is pretty sure Rin is still going for a jog before midnight) and he isn't going to turn in just because his weak brains tell him so.

"I didn't have that many friends," but he did, Aiichiro knows because he's been chatting a lot more on the phone and not with Iwatobi boys.

"Yeah," Aiichiro nods and he's ready, the desk really looks like a desk now, so he turns the radio a bit louder when the classical music changes into jazz. Rin complains unsurprisingly. To perk up Aiichiro starts to sway in front of the radio, clumsily but he almost sees Rin smile.

"You can't dance."

"You can come and teach me, senpai," he lets out a laugh.

"I can't dance."

"Come on!"

"Shut up already."

"I'll start to sing if you don't come."

"So you want to look and sound stupid," Rin mutters as Aiichiro grabs his wrists and pulls. Dragging him up from the bed is so easy that Aiichiro almost teases him about it but settles to look at Rin's small smile instead.

The push and pull between them is so natural now that Aiichiro can't always believe it. Rin still isn't much better at opening up to him, not even about some simple things, and Aiichiro still is too oblivious at times. But the feelings which have blossomed for months now help them to understand each other's blind spots and even forget them.

Aiichiro can feel the strength of the relationship between them in everyday events like simple touches and trust - that is the reason he is not crying his heart out even though his senpai is leaving for half of a year.

Jazz doesn't sound speedy and not slow either. They end up swaying back and forth, Aiichiro pulling him close so that their chests touch slightly. Rin's scent is calming and thrilling at the same time and Aiichiro closes his eyes. Rin tells him not to fall asleep, playfully slapping his head. Aiichiro can feel the flush on his cheeks and Rin's face doesn't look very neutral either. It's interesting how after sharing nights in the same bed Aiichiro's blush can still make Rin's own cheeks red.

A scary tightness appears into Aiichiro's throat and he blinks his bright eyes rapidly. "I'm alright," he whispers.

"Good," Rin answers and Aiichiro isn't sure was he talking to himself or Rin. "Because you worry enough about stupid things... I mean me and... everything going to work out," he understand Rin's words as warm arms wrap around his shoulders and Rin continues. "You have a phone and I have a phone so... I'm counting on you to irritate the hell out of me because you'll call and text me so much."

"I'll do it so much that you don't even want to come back," Aiichiro knows by now that he is terrible to lighten a mood and the joke leaves a bitter taste on his mouth.

Rin bends down slightly and nips the side of Aiichiro's nose. His teeth are so sharp but Aiichiro likes it and snorts. "Not going to happen," he says softly. "Ai."

Aiichiro freezes because he will never get enough of Rin's sweet words that seem to come out more and more often, especially now on the edge of his trip. "Senpai."

"Can you... Just- call me Rin, I mean when you come and watch me leave."

Aiichiro nods slowly and realizes the song has changed and it's messy pop now - it doesn't suit their dance at all but neither of them comments, Rin presses their hips together and Aiichiro pushes his knee softly between the boy's legs, abandoning thinking altogether.

Though after few days Aiichiro lets himself cry at the airport (Rin isn't happy about it but still whispers in his ear that he looks sweet) and in his room, he feels stronger than ever. He has followed Rin long enough to know that he can do anything. And he has loved Rin long enough to know that Rin belives in him too. That's why he is sure Rin comes back to him, to dance again.

AN:

Thanks for reading, guys!

This time the song is Love Out of Lust by Lykke Li.