Vacation Miscommunication 4

Night Two
Reader’s POV
My eyes widened. The words “what should I do?” ran repeatedly across my mind. Should I push him away? Would that be rude? It wasn’t long before I realized that I was kissing back, hooking my arms around his neck. It was difficult, since Shizuo stood at his full height. I was practically on my tiptoes! Tugging him down, he held onto my waist and pushed me against the cold brick wall. I pulled away from him first, gasping for air. His lips lingered on my neck, I could feel his rapid breaths warm against my skin.
“Shizuo…” I whispered.
“..Mm?”
“I…” At that moment, my stomach growled. I looked sideways and blushed. Such perfect timing…”Am really hungry, apparently.” A tiny smile graced his lips as he ruffled my hair.
“Lets go then.”
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Awkward…this is so awkward. I thought as I stepped out of the shower. Neither of us said much as we ate dinner, even I wasn’t my usual talkative self. I guess this is just the aftermath of random kissy time in the streets. I didn’t realize that I was moving at a slow pace until Shizuo knocked on the door.
“Hey, you still okay in there? You’ve been in there forever.”
“I-I’m fine! Just give me a sec!” I rushed around the tiny bathroom space. Clothes…clothes…where are my clothes?
“Eek!” I slipped on a wet spot that I didn’t notice at all. I guess it must’ve sounded suspicious, all the crashing and tumbling and body sliding across cold marble floor, because the next thing I know, Shizuo tries to break in.
“Woah there! Not now, Blondie! I am A-okay! No need to come bursting in!” I screamed as I put my entire weight against the door to prevent him from barging in.

After waiting a while, I slowly unlocked the door. With my hair dripping wet, a towel around my body, I crept out into the room. My plan was to act naturally and pretend that nothing was wrong. Simple, right? Shizuo was busy watching some new movie that the famous star, Hanejima Yuuhei. As I walked next to the bed where my suitcase was, Shizuo spared a quick glance at me then looked away. A few seconds, as if he was processing what he just saw, he looked at me again, this time longer. He made a strange muffled noise and shakily asked what I was doing.
“I, uh, left my clothes out here…” He looked away with a nod, hiding his slightly red face from my view. I hastily grabbed my belongings and fast-walked towards the bathroom door.
I spent another ten minutes in there dressing myself, drying my hair, and preparing for bed. When I came out, Shizuo had already changed into a t-shirt and shorts. After he briefly went into the bathroom to get ready, I stopped him before he could make himself comfortable on the couch.

“Um, you should sleep on the bed. With me.” He gave me a weird look and I blushed, realizing how weird that came out. “I mean, it’s more comfortable than that old couch, you know? Not that I’m trying to imply anything weird….and I’m not trying to offend the couch or anything…it’s just, I don’t want you to have any back pains, cause if you do then it would totally make your vacation suck and-“ He cut me off by putting his hand over my mouth.
“Okay, okay. I will, happy?...Oi, what are you doing!?” He retracted his hand and I grinned.
“Hehehe.” I did the obvious, lick the hand and any normal person would take it away.
“Just go to sleep already. I’ll turn the lights off.” I happily nodded and tucked myself in. The lights clicked off and Shizuo made himself comfortable. A couple of seconds later, I spoke up.
“Hey Shizuo, were you ever scared of the dark?”
“What kind of stupid question is that?” He grumbled.
“So…is that a yes then?”
“Who do you think I am, idiot.”
“Heh, I bet you would cry like a big fat baby whenever your mommy turned off the lights and demanded a nightlight.”
“Sounds like something you would do.”
“…Shhhh, don’t tell anyone that.” It was silent once more and I heard his breathing begin to steady.
“Sure is cold in here, eh?” I whispered as I inched closer to him.
“Mm.” He was nearly asleep, I could tell.
“So you won’t mind if I did this, right?” I asked, slipping my arm around his waist. He was warm, I thought, breathing in his scent. He didn’t say anything, just continued sleeping. We stayed like that until I too, had fallen asleep. It was undeniably one of the best nights sleep I’ve ever had.