I wish I was as tough as him, like when he protects me
I wish I was as smart as him, like when he solves my problems
I wish I was as felicitous as him, like when he catches me from falling
But those are things I'll never say...
"I haven't had a chance to sleep, so why aren't I tired?" Fumi thought to himself.
"It's already 5:49; we open at 6:30, I might as well just get some coffee at the café."
When Fumi got there, it suddenly occurred to him that he didn't have a key.
"Damn, I forgot to ask for a key"
Inside the café he noticed a dark figure walking around,
"Who is that?" Fumi thought to himself
He found himself drawn to figuring out who it was; as he walked closer he began to notice that, the figure was wearing a uniform.
"It must be a friend!"
"Hey! Could you unlock the door? I couldn't sleep, so I came here to get some coffee!" He yelled out to the figure.
He looked closer in and noticed the man had a gun.
"Oh god! What do I do? He's walking closer, shit think of something!"
He quickly thought "Hit Him!"
The man proceeded to open the door.
Fumi closed his eyes and decided that he would hit him as soon as the bell hanging from the door rang.
*Ding!*
Fumi threw a punch,
"Did I get him?" he thought.
He opened one eye and looked around. To his surprise there was no one there…..
Then he looked to the ground and saw Izayoi with a dark red cheek
Fumi screamed but covered his mouth quickly
"Oh my god, I'm so sorry! I thought you were a thief with a gun and I panicked!" he said while kneeling down to lift Izayoi into an upright position
"Ugh, it's fine," Izayoi said trying to laugh off the pain
"Wait, you thought I had a gun?"
"Yeah, I'm pretty sure it w-"
Fumi looked around the floor and saw an icing gun, instead of a loaded pistol.
Awkwardly laughing Fumi said "I thought you-"
"You honestly thought I had a gun?" Izayoi said faking his smile.
"Whatever, it doesn't matter now," he continued "Let's just get inside"
As they walked inside Fumi became more scared that Izayoi would hate him.
"What did you come this early for anyways?"
"I couldn't sleep at all, so I decided to get some coffee," Fumi replied
"Oh, it's on the top shelf if you still want to make some"
Fumi proceeded to make the coffee
"You've got a pretty good punch Fumi, I'm surprised I didn't lose a tooth" Izayoi said while rubbing his cheek.
"Haha tell me something I don't know, my fist still hurts from punching you"
"I love you, that's something you didn't know" Izayoi said with a smile
"Wha-" Fumi was speechless and also thankful he was turned away so Izayoi didn't see him blush.
"I love you enough to forgive you and to help you get a girlfriend, all in one day!"
"Oh, y-yeah" Fumi said while trying to fight back the tears.
"To help get you a girlfriend, tonight I'm gonna take you to-"
*Ding!*
Izayoi knew that was the bell hanging from the door, he looked around and saw that Fumi was running home.
Clueless of what he had done, he instead thought that Fumi was excited and went home to bring extra clothes.
Later that day, after work (10:46 PM)
"I'm so excited to surprise Iku!" Itsumi said as the group was walking up the stairs to Iku's apartment.
"Keep it down, or it won't be a surprise!" Tochou whispered
"Yeah, the walls are thin here" Izayoi whispered, agreeing with Tochou
Everyone else nodded in agreement, except for Fumi because it was really awkward with Izayoi around.
"Sorry," Itsumi said awkwardly smiling
When they reached Iku's door, they all held their gifts in anticipation.
*Knock, knock, knock!*
As soon as the door began to open they all yelled "Happy Birt-"
Fumi was the only one who didn't say a thing
Then out stepped an old woman, "Is it my birthday?"
"Oh, I'm sorry it appears we have the wrong house" said Tochou as he awkwardly chuckled
"See I told you it was the next house, didn't I tell you!" Itsumi said
"No you didn't!" he replied
"Well I was thinkin' it!"
They moved on to the next door and repeated the same thing, this time it was to the right person.
"Happy Birthday Iku!" Fumi said pretending to be happy while everyone else said it genuinely
"Oh! Thank you guys!" Iku said smiling, "Come in!"
They all walked inside quietly, trying not to wake the neighbors.
"I brought alcohol!" Itsumi said cheerfully smiling while walking inside.
Fumi hugged Iku tightly and said "Happy Birthday" calmly, remembering that today was Iku's day.
When they all got inside they talked and played games together, except for Fumi.
"I'll just drown my sorrows" Fumi sadly whispered to himself.
30 minutes and 9 different drink concoctions later
"Hey Izayoi! Hey! C-come here" Fumi said, his breath smelling of expensive wines.
"Fumi you're really drunk, you should lay dow-"
Fumi put his finger over Izayoi's lips
"No, no I-I'm fine. But I wanna talk to y-you about earlier today"
"It's fi-"
"I'll! do the ta-talking"
"When you told me you loved me like I best friend" Fumi said mimicking himself like a child
"I was like nooooo! Haha, but I was like whatever I'll just get over it"
Fumi continued he had trouble keeping his eyes open.
Izayoi struggled to keep him upright, suddenly Fumi looked up and said
"B-but you still love me right?"
Before Izayoi could say anything Fumi threw up on Izayoi and himself, then blacked out