Follow on from Chapter 25 - Vomit Case.
Haruka calls Sousuke, a night together is put in stone.
"Yo Sou, your phones ringing."
"Just leave it, if it's important they'll leave a message."
The quirk of a dark brow at the distance voice and what he had said had the student watching the phone in suspense. The number was unknown, which was one thing. Second Sousuke didn't seem worried or interested in the slightest. And thirdly there was indeed a voicemail, the notification increasingly tempting. Biting the inside of his lip and placing his console controller down onto the messy coffee table the student let his curiosity win and picked up his roommate's phone.
"Sou, they left a message, I'm gonna put it on speaker, 'kay?"
A muffled 'alright' from Sousuke had the student typing on the mobile device, letting the dial tone echo around the apartment before an attractive fluid voice spoke through the speaker.
"Yamazaki, it's Nanase, I found your drawing, very mature. I'm hoping this is your number and you weren't playing a sick joke. I was just wondering if... if you wanted to meet up for a drink? Or maybe food? Call me back."
The dark brow was joined with its counterpart, surprise etched on the boys face, he hadn't known Sousuke had pulled the night they went out. The sudden silence from the other room had the roommate slowly smiling in knowing.
"Sou?"
"Shit!"
A bark of laughter left his lips at Sousuke exclamation. When the boy appeared at the door leaning against its frame heavily in astonishment, the dark brows lowered but his amusement never left his face.
"You alright, buddy?"
"I didn't expect him to actually call." Sousuke furrowed his brow, his features contorting from confusion to sudden realisation of the situation.
"Is he cute?"
"Yeah," Sousuke replied a little breathlessly, pushing himself forward and repossessing his phone. He let his fingers tap at the screen gently before he let the cocky smile grace his lips.
"Wait, Nanase?" The boy sitting comfortably on the sofa suddenly remembered the name, clicking his fingers in recognition. "Isn't he the one who looked after your drunken arse the other night?"
"Yeah, he saw me naked too."
"He what?!"
Sousuke snapped his head from his phone and waved his hand frantically in denial at his roommate.
"I didn't say that! No!"
"Oh yes, yes you did!" The boy sniggered before diving for his phone. "Wait till the boys hear about this."
Haruka hadn't realised he had forgotten his phone until he went to check the time. His hands clutched at thin air, patting his jean pockets to find them empty. Haruka let a yawn pass his lips as he walked, it wasn't a big deal, he wasn't far from his apartment and he was ready for a long soak in the tub. As he unlocked the door and stepped inside, Haru let his bag slide down his arm and slip to the floor. Stretching his neck as he went the ravenette found his phone sitting motionlessly on the table. The blinking light indicating a notification had Haruka unlocking his phone. A missed call, from Sousuke. The flush was unable to be contained as it spread down past his neckline, it seemed the brunette had left him a voicemail and Haruka put his phone to his ear and listened to it as he entered his bathroom, letting the water flood from the tap, filling the bathtub.
"Hey Nanase, it's Yamazaki. Can I come over tonight? Oh god, that sounded super forward, dude. Will you shut it?! *cough* We can cook or something? Watch a movie? Just text me when you get this. Bye."
The smile that had made its way to Haru's lips was unable to be swiped away, biting the inside off his bottom lip the ravenette replied with a text placing his phone on the side before sliding himself into the soothing water.
Nanase: Bring the movie.
Sousuke's smile didn't fade until Haruka's apartment building came into view. The excitement was suddenly replaced with both fear and anxiety. He was about to spend personal time with Haruka Nanase. The boy he held a grudge against in his last year of high school, the freestyle swimmer that caused more than a few confusing feelings to pool at the pit of his stomach. Sousuke gulped as his hand grasped the long silver door handle of the apartment building, shaking his head roughly, steeling himself before pushing forward.
When the ravenette answered the door after the sudden rap the two students stared at one another in awkwardness. It hadn't been often the two were left alone together back in high school in fear a fight would break out. It was strange to think everything they had felt vanished after one drunken night.
"Hey, Nanase." Sousuke's lip quirked at one side as his hand came to scratch the back of his neck.
"Hi." Haruka smiled moving aside so the brunette could enter. He followed Sousuke to the living room where a flash of inappropriateness came and went.
"Do you live here alone?"
"Yeah," Haru replied before heading to the kitchen, holding up a fresh fish. "Is Mackerel okay?"
Sousuke was unable to hold back the gruff of laughter. He nodded and joined the boy, nudging him away as he began to prepare the fish. Haru rose a brow but let the brunette take the utensils and stared in awe as Sousuke expertly prepared the fish with ease.
"I went fishing with Rin and his dad a lot when we were younger. He taught us how to prep all sorts of fish."
"If you're trying to woo me, it's certainly working." Haruka hummed thoughtfully. There was a silence where Haru realised what had escaped from his mouth and Sousuke watched the flush of colour coat the ravenette cheeks and let the egotistic smile shine through as Haruka turned away and began cutting the vegetables. It seemed like forever until Haruka spoke again. "Sorry, I didn't mean to say that."
"It's okay," Sousuke shrugged as he chopped the fish into equal fillets. "For all you know I could have been trying to 'woo' you."
"Then, don't stop."
Sousuke glanced over at the ravenette who was chopping with amazing precision, eyes focusing on the fresh food before him. Sousuke noticed the quirk of a smirk on the boy's lips and the brunette hummed in response, gently placing the fish in its pan before turning around, pushing himself against Haruka's back. The sizzling of the fish in the background was nothing but white noise as Sousuke nestled his mouth against Haru's throat. The shiver that coursed through the ravenette's body and the way Haru tilted his head to the side to allow Sousuke more access had the brunette nibbling at his earlobe.
"Yamazaki." Haruka's breath hitched, fingers curled into fists, biting his lip to suppress a light moan that was bubbling to the surface. The way the brunette held him by his waist, gently thumbing his hip as Sousuke's long fingers tightened their hold.
"Is this okay, Nanase?" Sousuke hovered against the nape of his neck, letting his warm breath caress him. The small needy nod was suddenly drowned out by the sudden smell of burning and Sousuke jumped away with a flash and took the pan from the heat. When laughter filled his ears Sousuke tilted his head towards Haruka who was muffling his amusement behind his hand. "What's so funny?"
"I've never seen you move so fast." Haru left his hand fall before offering to take the burnt fish. Sousuke blinked in confusion as the boy placed the pieces of fish on a separate plate and took a knife to the flesh, slicing away at the charcoal. "There, good as new."
Sousuke snorted with humour before following the ravenette to his dining table, plates in hand. Sitting opposite Haruka with the memory of being naked with nothing but a bed sheet to cover his body made for an uncomfortable silence. The clatter of knives and forks the only sound echoing within the apartment.
"What are you studying?"
"Studying?" Sousuke rose his head noting the unexpected interest in the ocean blue eyes. "Criminal Justice, you?"
"Visual Arts."
"You can paint?"
"Paint, draw, write, sculpt." Haruka rattled them off. "I'm an all-rounder when it comes to art."
"Impressive."
"Thanks." Haru smiled appreciatively, having to turn his gaze down in embarrassment.
"So you live here alone and you're doing an art degree, what do you do for fun?"
"Read, cook." Haruka tapped his fork against his plate. "Not very exciting."
"Sounds good to me." Sousuke placed the last piece of fish into his mouth, swallowing it before continuing. "I could eat this every day."
Haruka chewed the inside of his cheek staring into the intense teal that were causing small shivers to travel down his spine. The sudden clatter of Sousuke's cutlery on his plate had Haru snapping from his thoughts, his eyes landing on the empty plate that sat before the brunette. The ravenette rose from his spot taking Sousuke's and his own plate back to the kitchen, placing them gently in the sink.
"I can do that if you want?"
"Oh no, it's okay, I'll do it in the morning,"
"Alright, movie now?" Sousuke offered, smiling at the nod Haru aimed his way. He offered the ravenette his outstretched hand, closing his eyes for a moment letting the sudden warmth that Haru's palm presented as their fingers intertwined.
It was a blissful feeling watching an action movie with a body pressed up close to his own. Haru's head was nestled comfortably on his shoulder, their legs were laced together with Sousuke's arm draped over the top of the sofa, his fingers gently grazing the ravenette's shoulder. Sousuke hitched his breath at the ghost of Haru's lips grazing his collarbone, his mind no longer focusing on the gunfight that had just broken out in the movie.
"Haruka, what are you doing?" Sousuke glanced down as the boy shifted his body, the brunette let his arm fall down, letting his hand spread over the small of Haru's back. The ravenette's ocean blue eyes were shrouded in desire, half-lidded and were doing things to Sousuke's body that had the brunette groaning out loud. Before Sousuke knew what he was really doing he had pinned Haruka down beneath him on the sofa, letting the ravenette trace his jaw with gentle nibbles. Sousuke tilted his head and captured Haru's lips with his own, testing the waters with a tongue stroke over Haru's bottom lip. They tongued tied for a few more moments before Sousuke pulled away panting against Haru's own gasps of air. They were both flushed from the heat and Haruka traced the man's jawline with his fingertips, down the brunette's neck to land on large muscled pecs.
"My bed is much comfier."
Sousuke let out a gruff snort of laughter before pulling Haruka into his arms letting the boy link his ankles behind his back. The brunette made a beeline to the ravenette's bedroom, letting the two of them collapse into the boy's sheets. Sousuke smiled down at the equally happy Haruka and bowed his head to entice a needy moan from the ravenette as their lips connected.