The city is still full of people even at night.
They end up walking around the streets after finishing dinner. Somehow, Hidaka feels like they're on a date…
"Eh, Fushimi-san, I apologize in advance if this might surprise you or something, but you know…" Hidaka scratches his cheek as he notices Fushimi looking at him. "…I'm really glad and honored to be the one spending time with you right now."
Fushimi clicks his tongue and looks away as well. "…I just had nothing to do, and you said that you're free anyway… so why not."
"It could have been anyone else that's not me, you know. I mean, for a person as beautiful as you-" Hidaka immediately interrupts himself by placing a hand on his mouth. Fushimi looks surprised, and Hidaka can already feel his cheeks and neck going warm. "I-I mean, I said, um…"
"…"
"U-Um, please don't get mad…" Hidaka can feel his palms sweating suddenly. He can't believe that he can be that stupid. "…It's just that, I think you're really good-looking… that's all…"
"…It's okay."
Hidaka tilts his head nervously. "Sorry, I didn't quite catch that… What did you say, Fushimi-san?"
"I said it's okay." Fushimi clicks his tongue. "It's okay. I'm not mad."
"E-Eh? You're not creeped out or anything?"
"…Why would I be?"
"Err, because…" Hidaka scratches his cheek again. "…You're hanging out with a guy who's obviously attracted to you…"
"…"
"E-Err, sorry… Now you're really mad, aren't you…?"
"No, I'm not." Fushimi rolls his eyes. "Is there a reason to get mad?"
"No, but… Please don't get mad about what I'm going to say next." Hidaka sighs. "It's just that, I never know when it comes to you. It feels like you can get mad, but then it turns out to be okay… Now you're really mad this time, huh?"
"No, I'm not. How many times should I say that? Besides," Fushimi turns to him. "Honestly, I don't think I already got mad at you before."
"E-Eh!? Really?" Hidaka's eyes widen because he honestly feels like he already has annoyed Fushimi a countless times before. "I-Is that true?"
Fushimi clicks his tongue again and looks away, scratching his cheek just like Hidaka previously did. "…Don't let it get to your head."
"You look so happy, Hidaka!" That is what Hidaka hears the moment he steps inside his dorm room. His guard is down and so he slightly flinches in surprise. "Care to share?"
"Ah, it's you guys…" He closes the door behind him and takes off his shoes. "A gathering tonight? I didn't know."
"It's okay!" Domyouji replied. "It was decided on a whim, after all."
Hidaka sits down beside Enomoto and leans his back against the wall. "So what did I miss? What did you guys talk about while I was gone?"
"Nothing, really." Goto smiles a bit. "More like, what did we miss? You were out with Fushimi-san, weren't you?"
"Whoa, whoa, slow down-" Hidaka raises his hands in front of him, but later on sighs upon noticing that his friends are staring at him again. "-Okay, fine. Just… Well, nothing really happened."
"You look really happy though, Hidaka." Enomoto commented. "As soon as you entered the room, it was already noticeable."
"Well, it's just that…" Hidaka grins at them. "I think I'm right. Fushimi-san really is a nice person."
"Hey, Hidaka, these days, Fushimi-san is in a good mood, right?" Enomoto nervously shifts on his chair. "Why do you think he'd ask for the special squad's presence? This certainly is weird… You didn't do anything to piss him off, right?"
"Eh, of course not!"
Honestly, I don't think I already got mad at you before.
Hidaka momentarily remembers, and his heart suddenly feels like it's doing back flips. He wonders if that's a good thing…
Fushimi enters the room and closes the door behind him rather loudly, prompting everyone to quickly shut up. Looks like he's in a bad mood, after all… He places a stack of papers on the table and glares at everyone. Just like that certain time, the temperature suddenly felt like it went down.
"…Look here." Fushimi starts and places his hands on the table. "…Where are the papers that I asked you to submit to me?"
Nobody replies. Everyone else just looks at each other nervously as Fushimi continues to glare at them. The room is enveloped by a rather uncomfortable silence.
"The location that I told you to send to me?"
"A-Ah, sir…" Enomoto raises his hand warily. "Actually-"
"I didn't receive anything." Fushimi clicks his tongue. "I knew I should have just handled this by myself."
Hidaka reaches to the coffee machine behind him and presses a button. He can feel that the attention of the entire room is on him, but he doesn't mind as he pulls out a piece of sticky note from the table. After writing what he wants to write, he places the note on the cup and stands up, heading to Fushimi's seat and placing the cup in front of him.
"Coffee, sir?" Hidaka smiles at him. "Calm down for the meantime. I'm sure it can be fixed because everyone plans to work together. Right, guys?"
He looks to check how Fushimi has reacted, and he sees the latter staring at the note that he placed on the cup. He decides to continue speaking, "We sincerely apologize for not being able to submit what you asked for on time, but please, Fushimi-san, don't think that it's better to work alone. The squad was just tired due to the emergency dispatch, and the location-"
"Shut up." Hidaka wishes that he hadn't looked to see how Fushimi looks at the moment. Fushimi's glare is now directed to only him, and Hidaka feels the sensation that he usually experiences because of things involving Fushimi; his heart feeling like it skipped a beat.
Only, this time, it doesn't feel so pleasant and exciting like it usually does.
"Stop acting like you know everything." Fushimi starts to close and open his hands. "You think you're being helpful? You think you can fix things? Guess what, I don't need you, I don't need your help, I don't need your coffee, so please, please, shut the fuck up."
Strangely, Hidaka feels like he has been punched again.
He blinks twice, thrice, he doesn't really know anymore, and he slowly shakes his head disbelievingly. Everyone is looking at the two of them, the silence even more uncomfortable and suffocating than before, and somehow, he can feel a lump in his throat as he closes and opens his hand repeatedly like Fushimi did earlier.
He wants to think that he entirely imagined the sting in his eyes.
Hidaka wipes his tears before more can come. How embarrassing. He doesn't even understand why he feels the need to cry.
Fushimi gives him one last look, unfazed, before diverting his attention to the rest of the group, clearing his throat. "If I don't get the information and files that I asked for within an hour, I'm going to have to tell the Captain."
"Actually, sir…" Enomoto hesitantly raises his hand again, worriedly looking at Hidaka. "…There has been some kind of mistake. We actually already found the location, only, it wasn't sent to you, sir… We apologize for that… but rest assured, sir, we got the data right here."
Fushimi momentarily falls into silence before clicking his tongue. "…Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"Sir, actually, we were trying to tell you, but you were too, err, upset, so we waited a little…"
"…Who found it? Who found the location that I was asking for?"
"Uh…" Enomoto looks around hesitantly again. "…It was Hidaka, sir."
Fushimi looks at Hidaka and Hidaka looks back at him. He lets his tears fall but he won't dare sniff because that will be pathetic and he feels like the best option at the moment is to stay impassive. Even if he has tears on his eyes, he can stay impassive, or at least look impassive.
Hidaka looks away because if he doesn't, he will fail both not sniffing and staying blank.
Fushimi bites his lower lip and eyes the coffee cup laid out in front of him.
Always keep a smile on your face, Hidaka wrote. Things will be naturally fixed.
Strangely, Fushimi feels a tiny bit guilty maybe, but he won't dare admit that even just silently to himself.
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