day five — bond
disclaimer — KNB © Tadatoshi Fujimaki
summary — according to aomine, they are a water molecule.
warnings — mentions of underage drinking
note — so yeah i thought about covalent bonds (that is, remembered 21 jump street and the covalent bonds convo)…i also thought about james bond…daniel craig…/ but that is neither here nor there
Daiki shows up at her door drunk.
Well, it's more like Kagami and Kuroko show up at her door carrying Daiki in between them.
The first thing Kuroko says is, "We're sorry, Momoi-san."
Satsuki smiles because Kuroko is always so considerate. She ushers them inside. They are lucky that it's summer vacation and her parents are visiting her grandmother while Satsuki had opted to stay at home. Very lucky.
She ushers them inside. Kagami carries Daiki into her living room, placing him on the couch. Satsuki thanks him. Kagami nods, telling her it's no problem.
Daiki groans on the couch and turns over on his stomach.
"Dumbass," Kagami grumbles under his breath.
Both she and Kuroko sigh.
Yeah, he is.
She thanks them again and walks them to the door. She makes a mental note to get them a thank you gift for their trouble.
Next, Satsuki shoots a quick texts Daiki's mother, telling her that they'd been watching movies and Daiki had passed out on the couch. The Aomine matriarch, replies back just as quickly and thanks her for allowing her lazy jerk son to sleep at her house. Momoi laughs and tells her that it's no problem and hopes she hadn't worried too much. She sets her phone aside after that to look over Daiki.
"Dai-chan," she says, patting his cheek.
He opens his eyes lazily and looks at her before a slow-forming smile makes it's way to his face. Satsuki has the urge to step back. This is weird. Daiki smiling like this is weird, he looks really happy.
His arms are enveloping her in a hug before she realizes it. He is strong and Satsuki squeaks when he squeezes her.
She gasps, squirming, trying her best to get out of his hold, "D-Dai-chan!..You…are…really…squeezing me!"
He loosens her hold on her but doesn't let her go. He pulls her on to the couch with him. She lays on top of him. He smells like booze and she scrunches her nose. She doesn't know why he even drinks when he is such a lightweight. She sighs, relaxing in his hold because it doesn't seem like Daiki is going to let her go for a while.
She pats his shoulder and he nuzzles into her neck, mumbling something.
"What?"
"I said, I need to tell you somethin'. I've been thinkin' and you know what I realized? Satsuki, do you know?"
She shakes her head.
"We…" Daiki pauses, "Satsuki, you listenin'?"
"Yes."
"Okay, well, listen close."
"I'm listening!"
"Sheesh, okay, let me tell you…we are like…wait, I forgot." And he lets out one short bark of laughter.
Satsuki sighs.
"No, no, wait, I got it! We're like water! You and me, we are exactly like water!"
Satsuki does not know what the hell he is talking about.
"Satsuki and Daiki, one water molecule. Two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom, covalently bonded."
What the hell.
"We are covalent bonds, Satsuki. That's when two atoms, they share electrons. You see, they both need what the other one has. That makes them stick together."
"…Dai-chan, you know we're not atoms, right?"
He covers her face with his hand and shushes her. "You're still my oxygen."
Okay. Daiki might be really drunk but…that had almost been cute. Almost. Just a little bit.
She hugs him back. It doesn't take long for his breathing to become slow and steady, signifying that he is asleep.
Maybe Daiki's drunk speech had, had a point. They were kind of like a covalent bond. Sticking together. They might not be one water molecule like Daiki had said but they werea bunch of little atoms and the human body is made up of approximately 57% water. Satsuki also didn't see them separating any time soon either.
And she could definitely live knowing that she is Daiki's oxygen.
Satsuki soon follows Daiki into sleep, smiling.