Shameless fluff minifics for my enabler, Scarlet. Positively shameless.
Inspired by/written for this fanart piece. [ scarletsunshine DOT tumblr DOT com / post / 48655206739 ]
It had been a long day and Syo just… didn't want to deal with talking about it. He wanted to be angry with Tokiya right now. They were all exhausted and tired from their latest round of appearances as STARISH and it had been a rotten practice session. Tokiya had tripped over him multiple times and then called him a midget and he just wanted to be pissed about it. But Natsuki was too good about reading him and making him talk things out. Make him understand it was just a bad day and everyone had been on edge and… He just wanted to fume over it right now. Tokiya knew how much he hated being called that. He didn't want to be understanding right now.
He plugged his phone into the wall charger, the Piyo-chan charm Natsuki had given him ages ago making a chirrup sound as he dropped it to the couch. Natsuki was sitting there, looking at him with those all too perceptive green eyes. The book he had been reading was lowered and being ignored as he watched Syo's face, clearly picking how to start the conversation. Syo furrowed his brows in challenge. No way. Not right now. I just…
With an internal roar of frustration, Syo turned and just plopped into Natsuki's lap. Natsuki was always using physical contact with him for comfort, turnabout was fair play. He crossed his arms in defiance of whatever calming words Natsuki was going to try to throw at him.
"You're too tall. You're taking up the entire couch," Syo grumbled the excuse as he tapped the calf one of Natsuki's outstretched legs with his foot. "Haven't you stopped growing yet?"
Natsuki chuckled, the breath passing Syo's ear igniting a skip in his brain that he definitely was not going to think about. The taller boy dropped his book to the couch and wrapped his free arm around Syo. "I like being the tallest."
Syo unfolded his arms and caught Natsuki's against his chest. "You're going to get too tall to reach if you keep that up."
"To reach what?"
Syo twisted a little and brought a hand up to pat Natsuki's head. How long had it been since anyone could do that easily? He certainly hadn't been able to since they were little kids. Even though Natsuki always craved physical contact. Not just from Syo, from everyone he cared about. But he was too tall for a lot of the simpler gestures to occur casually. His hand stopped moving, and fingers tangled in Natsuki's curls. He was short for a guy, but still taller than most girls. How would a girlfriend have to approach such a height difference? It's not fair if the guy always has to initiate everything… His cheeks flamed as he realized his thoughts had run away on an unrelated track. He was definitely not thinking about the mechanics of kissing Natsuki.
Natsuki's smile widened and his head ducked down a bit closer to Syo's. "You'll pet my head when I need it, right Syo?"
Syo's fingers clenched an unclenched in Natsuki's hair as breath tickled his ear again. "Mmrgh. You're too tall for lots of things." His cheeks heated with things he was definitely not thinking and his stomach did a little flip.
"Mmm?" Natsuki's cheek pressed against his, giving his poor ear some relief. "Like what?"
"Shut up."