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[optipesimism]

the sexting meme. Probably the easiest meme ever. Post a blank with post with your character's name and universe. For the replier, the reply must be a dirty text to the poster's phone, or a picture of naughty parts. It can be on purpose ...or a mistyped number. ("Whoops, sorry I showed you my junk! ... But how was it?!") The original poster can reply to the text or ignore it. Have fun!

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[strongforyou]

...who are you trying to pick up?

[honing]

i'll tell you if it works. just give me a good line.

[strongforyou]

Have you tried 'Hi, I'm Sousuke.' Always works for me.

[honing]

[a very heavy sigh sounds from the bottom bunk at that message.]

you're not helping.

[strongforyou]

[There's a completely unrepentant and sleep roughened chuckle.]

Pick up lines never work, idiot.

[honing]

it doesn't have to work. i just need something to open with that isn't "hi, i'm rin." they already know who i am.

[strongforyou]

[There's the sound of Sousuke turning on his side and he doesn't reply for a few seconds despite the glow of his phone showing he's at least looking at it.]

Tell me who it is first.

[honing]

[there's a pause while rin stares up at the bottom bunk from underneath it.]

i can't.

[strongforyou]

Why not?

[He's not going to sulk about that or anything.]

[honing]

[the pause here is longer before rin finally resigns himself.]

telling you ruins the surprise.

[strongforyou]

[What surp--- Oh.

Oh.

There's a barely audible hitch in his breathing before the reply comes.]

Maybe you should skip the pick up line.

[honing]

there's no point in trying to use it now anyway!

[some shuffling can be heard from below as rin tugs his pillow over his face.]

[strongforyou]

[Another chuckle drifts down, this one a little quieter, a little more pleased.]

There might be if you pick a really good one.

[honing]

[he only pulls the pillow away to check the message, glancing up again as he hears the chuckle.]

i was coming to you for that, remember?

[there's a pause before another message follows.]

i love my bed, but i'd rather be in yours.

[strongforyou]

That's a really good one. And do-able.

[honing]

is that a request for me to follow through?

[strongforyou]

Yeah. Or you can tell me more about what brought this on.

[honing]

[rin shifts from his spot, sitting up and turning to swing his legs over the side of the bed. his pillow ends up in his lap as he rests his elbows against it, both hands on his phone as he taps out another message.]

it was either say something now or never say anything at all, i guess. i didn't like the second option.

[strongforyou]

[Sousuke hears Rin moving below and runs his thumb over the side of his phone. It's easier to stay put. To send another text and pretend his heart isn't trying to race out of his chest while he waits for Rin to make the next move.

But Rin already made the first one and it's not like Sousuke to simply go with the flow.

He rolls over, bed head poking over the side of the bunk, a lazy grin only visible from the glow of his phone.]

Like I'd have let that happen.

[honing]

[The sound of Sousuke's voice has Rin lifting his head, looking up at him as his eyes widen a little. They've been in the same room from the start, but it somehow feels completely different to actually speak to one another instead of relying on texts.

His cheeks warm up again as he puts his phone aside and pushes himself up, turning to face their beds.]

You would've said something before graduation?

[The question comes with his movement toward the ladder, making his intention to follow through on his earlier line clear.]

[strongforyou]

[It hadn't been a question of if, but when. With everything that had been happening and Rin finding out about his shoulder, the timing hadn't felt right, but Sousuke had known he couldn't just leave things like that.

He just hadn't expected Rin to...]

Yeah... I would have.

[When Rin moves towards the ladder it makes his stomach drop in the best possible way. Sousuke shifts towards the wall to make room, but only just enough.

The screen of his phone goes to sleep and suddenly the room is a lot darker. Maybe that's a good thing, because Sousuke can feel heat begin to crawl up his neck.]

I just needed to figure out how.

[honing]

[It's likely that this still isn't the best timing given the news about Sousuke's shoulder and how it's still sitting in the front of Rin's mind. The realization that they won't be going into university to continue swimming together has been sobering enough. He doesn't want the potential regret keeping quiet about this would've given him.

He climbs up the ladder, quiet and careful as he makes it to the top bunk and settles into the space he's left with.

Then he smiles, shaking his head as he leans in a little closer, tone teasing despite the blush still spread across his cheeks.]

You could've always started with "Hi, I'm Sousuke."

i have no appropriate icons, deal with his sulk face.

[strongforyou]

[Rin is right and the timing is absolutely shit, but as Rin slides into bed right next to him Sousuke can't find it in himself to mind.

He can't stop the way his arms automatically wrap around Rin's smaller frame to drag him just a little bit closer any more than he can stop breathing. He's simply wanted it for too long.

The darkness doesn't leave room for making out that blush, but as Sousuke pushes aside indecision and hesitation in favor of boldness, he can feel the heat of it against his skin when he presses their cheeks together.

He turns his head, nose bumping affectionately against the curve of Rin's jaw, lips whispering a kiss against the delicate skin beneath that's more the ghosting of breath than a real kiss.]

Hi.

[Sousuke starts in a voice that is meant to come out teasing and playful but instead is just quiet and dripping warm honey.]

I'm Sousuke.

sulk face is his default face and is always fitting tbh

[honing]

[His arrival in Sousuke's bed is met with arms sliding around him and it really doesn't help the blush as he's pulled in closer. But it doesn't stop the way he follows along, letting himself be pulled before he shifts in, nearly pressing himself against Sousuke with the movement.

There's no point in being shy now. Not while they're here, in the dark, having admitted to one another that they feel the same way about each other.

But as bold as he feels his own movement is, Sousuke manages to top it with how easily he closes the space between them. The way he jumps right in almost makes Rin feel like this is familiar, like it's something the two of them have done before because of how natural it feels.

He raises a hand to push his fingers into Sousuke's hair as the sound of his voice, of him using that stupid line in that voice, earns a small shiver up along Rin's spine.]

Oh my god...

that is a fair and accurate point

[strongforyou]

[Sousuke is half expecting the awkwardness and weirdness to set in any moment, and when it just doesn't... he feels his lips curve up into a grin, presses the shape of it against Rin's neck for a brief moment.

Rin who is warm and familiar in his arms, who always smells faintly of chlorine to Sousuke even when they haven't swam, and who fits so perfectly into his strong arms. Rin who he's holding without even a twinge of protest from his shoulder.

The hand in his hair immediately makes his eyes slide shut, enjoying the gentle touch. The simple closeness he had craved for a long time now.

This close, it's impossible to miss the shiver. Not when one of his hands is pressed against the small of Rin's back, his fingers beginning to draw lazy circles through his shirt.

Sousuke grins again, but this time the razor sharp edge is a lot closer to a smirk.]

Told you it worked.