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for someone patient about everything else in his life, kei falls in love exceptionally fast.
he’s taken life rather slowly. he waits for the most opportune time to move or talk out of fear he’ll disturb something important.
but all it takes is for tadashi
he’s taken life rather slowly. he waits for the most opportune time to move or talk out of fear he’ll disturb something important.
but all it takes is for tadashi
to laugh at one of kei’s jokes and he suddenly finds himself in the most peculiar situation.
like an asteroid crashing to earth or the moon dropping out of the sky, the celestial collision is instantaneous and kei goes from viewing tadashi as his best friend to
like an asteroid crashing to earth or the moon dropping out of the sky, the celestial collision is instantaneous and kei goes from viewing tadashi as his best friend to
viewing him as the person he wants to spend the rest of his life with. the person kei wants to kiss so badly and hold so dearly, that he was unsure if he’d even make it through the next moment without doing so.
but he makes it through. and he survives the next minute, too.
but he makes it through. and he survives the next minute, too.
and yet he can no longer deny that he is horribly, painstakingly, obliviously in love with his best friend.
kei does what he does best: he waits.
his patience sees him through even as he wants and pines and yearns. he waits though, knowing that the pain of rejection
kei does what he does best: he waits.
his patience sees him through even as he wants and pines and yearns. he waits though, knowing that the pain of rejection
would certainly be too much to bear. he waits and waits and waits.
tadashi, adversely, falls in love slowly over time. it’s an excruciating process of realization, one that takes years from that first prickle of a thought to the full-on acceptance of the weight of his feelings.
while he may be brash and impulsive in other parts of his life,
while he may be brash and impulsive in other parts of his life,
falling in love with kei is a step-by-step guide in slow burns. he can’t reason why he smiles so much around kei, or why he enjoys his company so much, or why he’s so undeniably, genuinely happy when kei is around.
when the final day comes and the realization of feelings at long last cements in tadashi’s mind, his spontaneous side bears its fangs as tadashi utters aloud, “i think i’m in love with you.”
and kei, ever-patient and ever-lost kei, hears these words, the only thing he can
and kei, ever-patient and ever-lost kei, hears these words, the only thing he can
say is, “what.”
so tadashi repeats himself. “i think i’m in love with you.”
kei looks around to see if a camera crew is waiting in the wings or if something is wrong in the universe. but there’s nothing there. it’s just tadashi. open, honest, undeniably free tadashi.
so tadashi repeats himself. “i think i’m in love with you.”
kei looks around to see if a camera crew is waiting in the wings or if something is wrong in the universe. but there’s nothing there. it’s just tadashi. open, honest, undeniably free tadashi.
“you’re joking,” kei states, trying to defend the last crumbling parts of his heart.
“i’m not,” tadashi swears, “i really think i’m in love with you. i think i’ve been in love with you for a long time, i just never understood what—“
“how long.”
“i’m not,” tadashi swears, “i really think i’m in love with you. i think i’ve been in love with you for a long time, i just never understood what—“
“how long.”
tadashi blinks. “what?”
“how. long.” kei is shaking.
“i-i don’t know,” tadashi says back, his voice beginning to rise. “a few years maybe? i’m unsure. but that doesn’t matter, i’m in love with you now.”
“how. long.” kei is shaking.
“i-i don’t know,” tadashi says back, his voice beginning to rise. “a few years maybe? i’m unsure. but that doesn’t matter, i’m in love with you now.”
kei’s hands ball into fists. “do you know how long i waited for you? how long i thought this day would come and then it never did? only now, now you realize. i was in love with you for years, why didn’t you realize then?”
tadashi stops. “was?” he repeats.
tadashi stops. “was?” he repeats.
as it turns out, kei falls out of love as quickly as he falls in it.
and tadashi... well it takes him just as long too.
and tadashi... well it takes him just as long too.
