Rooftop Confession

Rooftop confession-

“You know, when I was your age, I really struggled with social anxiety too. It wasn’t until my late 20’s when I started to really come out of my shell.”

“God, when you say that it like that you make me feel like a child”

“Well, aren’t you?”

“And what does that make you, a pedophile?”

Satoru chokes on his drink. “Jesus…”

Rin laughs, and Satoru chuckles. After a brief pause, Rin says, “...thanks, Satoru. For um… cheering me up.”

“No problem, kid.” His smile shifts into a playful smirk.

There’s a pause. “You know… I just realized that throughout all this time we’ve gotten to know each other, I still don’t know your first name.”

Satoru chuckles. “Rin.”

“Yeah?”

“No, that’s my name. Rin Satoru.”

Rin looks shocked. “What?!”

Satoru laughs loudly.

“You’re fucking with me.”

“Hey, weren’t you ever taught not to curse in front of your superiors?”

“Oh shut up, you’re hardly “superior” with your salary.”

Satoru puts his hand to his chest. “Ouch! Rin Miki, back with another zinger.”

Rin laughs a little, Satoru smiles looking at her.

“You have a really nice smile.”

Rin’s face flushes and she turns away.

“Aw, don’t look away, I won’t be able to look at your pretty smile if you do.”

Rin buries her face into her elbows and blindly swats at him, nudging his shoulder. Satoru continues to look at her with a soft expression. She peeks out from under her elbow to look at him. He gives her another smile, eyes closed. She bashfully wriggles a bit, wanting to look away, but she stares back into his eyes instead. “You have a pretty smile too, Satoru,” He gives a little smile. “yeah? What else do you like about me?” She scoffs and studies his face. “Well… you have nice hair. And really pretty eyes… and pretty lips.” Her head’s still resting on her knees. He reaches for her hand and holds it up to his face, his hand over hers, holding it. She uses her thumb to brush against his lips. He blushes harder, but keeps his cool. They both remain silent, looking at each other. Rin looks at him with wide eyes, he looks at her softly. He hesitantly leans in closer to her, waiting for some sort of indication of reciprocation before he tries to kiss her. She subtly bites her lip, moistening them in the process.

Satoru stops a few inches from her face, and says in a hushed tone, “I… I think I’m falling for you, Rin.” She blushes and pauses for a moment. He looks at her expectantly with a nervous expression.

“I…” she begins.

“You don’t have to say anything back if you don’t want to. I just wanted to be open about my fe-”

She pulls his face into hers and they share their first kiss. They inhale deeply and embrace each other. Rin un-balls, laying her knees down on the ground, against Satoru. She leans in closer by shifting her weight into her arm to support herself up to kiss him. Her heart is pounding. He’s an assertive, but not pushy, kisser- dominant.

When they pull away, their foreheads touching, eyes closed, Rin says “I think I’m falling for you too.”

Satoru looks happy. With a smile, he looks into her eyes and says “I’d hope so, considering you kissed me.”

“Mmm, you kissed me.” She gives a small smirk, igniting a playful banter.

Satoru pulls back and talks louder, “Are you kidding, you totally pulled me into that kiss.”

Rin sits back to how she was with her knees up. “You initiated it.”

He leans in again, and talks softly, “You pulled the trigger.”

She reaches to give him a small kiss and pulls back again. She’s sitting there cutely, with a smile. He chuckles and looks into her eyes again.

“You’re a good kisser, you know.” He says, knowing it’ll make her blush. He was right, and she buries her face into her knees again and covers her face with her hands.

“...you are too.”

Satoru scooches closer to her and puts his arm around her. She looks up at him, still red. She scooches into him and rests her head on his chest. She notices that despite his calm demeanor, his heart’s beating fast, too. She smiles, and closes her eyes. He just looks at her with a soft smile, then up at the sky.

They stay like that for a moment, until the rooftop door bursts open and a female student spots them. “Professor Satoru!” She calls out, out of breath. Satoru and Rin, both startled, scramble to sit up straight. Rin hides her face.

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