Rei frowned, tears stinging his own eyes as he gazed down at Nagisa, "Why did you leave?!"
"What else was I supposed to do in that situation...?" He looked up at him, tears streaking down his cheeks and leaving a wet tracks in their wake.
"I don't know..." He looked at the ground and backed away a little, holding his bruised neck, "Help me maybe?"
Nagisa looked up at him, a worried expression on his face, "What happened...? I'm sorry... I panicked and left... I didn't know what to do..."
"It's nothing... It's okay, it's not your fault..." He turned away, blushing slightly in shame.
"Rei... What did he do...? Please tell me..." Nagisa continued to look up at him, worry etching itself into his perfect features as the tears that had been stinging the backs of Rei's eyes trickled slowly down the taller boy's cheeks. Rei turned back to him and uncovered his neck, showing clearly the kiss mark from the waiter. "Rei..." His own tears overflowed, "I'm sorry... I'm so sorry this happened..."
"Nagisa, please don't cry." He reached out towards him and pulled him close, wrapping his arms around him and using Nagisa's body heat to mend his aching heart, pressing his face into his hair, "If you cry, I don't think I could take it..."Nagisa just buried his face into Rei's chest, still crying and muttering apologies. "Please don't apologise... It's not like it's your fault after all..."
"How can I not apologise?! This is all my fault. It's completely my fault and I- I threw our picture in the bin..."
"H-here..." He stepped back slightly without breaking the hug completely and dug his picture out of his breast pocket, "And it's not your fault."
"Rei... I can't take your version. I'll just dig it out of the rubbish later..." Nagisa gripped him tighter.
"We could just take another tomorrow. I- I know we were going to study but..." His voice became muffled as he pressed his face back into Nagisa's soft hair to drink in his scent, the scent that made him feel like he belonged.
"I really liked that photo... If I try to find it now, it'll probably still be at the top of the rubbish bin..."
"I'm not going to let you get your hands dirty digging around in the rubbish! We'll just take an even better one tomorrow, okay?"
Nagisa wriggled out of Rei's arms and started towards the rubbish bin, still crying, "It's fine... I can still get it..."
"Nagisa-kun, please don't." He attempted to stop him with his bandaged hand, only to pull it back sharply, hissing at the pain shooting through his palm.
Nagisa cried harder, "You don't understand how much this means to me..." He started rooting through the bin, "I only took the picture to make sure I have something to remember today's date by... I need to keep that picture..."
Rei thought for a moment before pulling Nagisa's hands out of the bin and dragging him back towards him, close enough so that their breath mingled together and he started to breathe the air that Nagisa was exhaling. He threaded one hand through Nagisa's hair, cupping his face with his bandaged hand. "You think you'll remeber if I do this...?"
"R-rei what are you doing..?" Nagisa's face flushed and Rei's tone sent shivers down his spine.
"What does it look like I'm doing?" His words come out in a rush before he brings his face even closer and pressed his lips against Nagisa's, the kiss they were now sharing a lot deeper than the one they had shared that morning.
Nagisa kissed him back but was surprised by how confident Rei was being, he broke away from him for a second, "Rei, we're in public..."
"I know that." He pulled Nagisa's face back to his own, ignoring the feel of eyes on them.
The shorter broke away to catch his breath after about 30 seconds, "S-sorry..."
"W-were you holding your breath?" Rei tried to hold back a chuckle.
The blond blushed, "N-no... Shut up..."
The chuckle broke free of his lips as he looked at Nagisa, "Just breathe through your nose..." He kissed the tip of his nose to emphasise his point.
Nagisa's blush darkened, "S-shut up... I just forgot to breathe..."
"Of course you did." He rested his forhead against Nagisa's, humming a quiet happy tune.
"R-rei... Can we leave?"
Rei blushed as he looked around them seeing people openly staring at them, "S-sure... We never got to eat, did we? How about we go back to mine and I'll cook for you?"
