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'no thoughts behind those eyes, head empty' was something reki and the rest of the gang often use to describe langa, because he genuinely doesn't process things around him unless it was something relevant enough to catch his attention, which most of the time, wasn't the case.

and reki now knows he was severely misjudging langa, or well everyone was.

because yes, langa is spacey, he is in his own little world, but he definitely wasn't as quiet as he seemed outside of his head.

because well reki, woke up with the ability to read people's minds.

how?? he has zero clue.

should he be concerned? yes he was, he was in fact shivering his timbers.

but was he absolutely distracted by langa's thoughts currently playing out in his own head? yes.

because langa wasn't thinking words, more like watching something in his own head like it was a tv show.

maladaptive daydreaming.

he was in fact, quiet in his head, but his imagination was LOUD.

and reki didn't think langa was the imaginative type, reki himself was good at imagining things- that was how he usually got around with skateboard designs and everything anyway! but apart from creative work and overthinking about pesimistic things, reki never really used his imagination all that much- or well, reki doesn't exactly maladaptive daydream a lot- not as much as langa does.

reki watched langa dream about the most mundane things that him and reki do, which was weird, because why would you dream of it when we already do it? skating beside reki, sitting in class beside reki, going to S with reki, eating lunch with reki- it was all just.. stuff they did and reki definitely didn't get why langa has to make it all up in his head again.

but reki had been having this ability for a few days now, give or take and reki had seen maybe a little too much than what he initially wished for.

langa had this narrative of a perfect day with reki, or at least that was what reki thought he was aiming to imagine. but reki noticed how most of it was solely focused on him for the most part, maybe skating too but always just him- langa even skips the skating part sometimes like skipping a whole damn video, which definitely surprised reki, because well reki would probably daydream only about the skating part. well maybe langa was just too good at it to not dream about it at all? that made sense.

it was weird to watch himself through langa's eyes- or well langa's head. reki noticed he looked a little.. attractive? no that sounds weird- but it was more like he had a whole ass halo around him, everything blurring out whenever langa pov in the daydream shifts to reki and it was like reki's voice was amplied to the max, the whole background pretty much pausing. it really was strange.

langa even replays things that the daydream version of reki says to him, which again, is the most normal things that reki says to him on a day basis- it really didn't make sense why langa would having those made up scenes in his head on repeat- especially when it's just.. so normal, but it also seemed so weirdly special in a way- or well from daydream langa's pov of course.

it felt special.

and it took exactly two days to figure out that this made reki feel flustered- because this meant, langa had been thinking, daydreaming about HIM the whole time, and hell- reki looked as if he was the most imporant person in the whole damn world, langa's sole focus on reki, reki and more reki. and reki was so damn flustered about the fact that he knew it now.

but just when reki had found out that his best friend has thought about him maybe just a little too much- it somehow got worse, in reki's opinion at least.

it technically didn't, but reki was watching everything from langa's eyes in the daydream and this sort of made reki realize how langa sees reki- quite literally. langa sometimes cancels out reki's blabbering in the daydream and instead focuses on reki's eyes, and reki watching it play out in langa's head, suddenly feels like his eyes seemed a little too full of colour, eyes dilated and wide, reki in the daydream was clearly excited about whatever the hell he was yapping about but langa was just there.. staring.

oh god.

and this didn't just stop with reki's eyes, in fact, staring into reki's eyes might have just been the most normal one since after that reki started noticing more of langa's pov from his daydream- langa focuses on a lot of this.. a lot of embarrassing and random things. langa focuses on reki's hair, suddenly seeming a bit too red and wild in reki's head, but langa was still staring at it, a beat too long before actually going back to tuning into daydream reki's yapping. langa also focuses on reki's.. body a lot- which only made reki be absolutely embarrassed even more, or well flustered too. langa's pov trails over reki's features, focusing on them a little too much, sometimes langa sets his eyes on reki's hands, reki's arms, reki's hoodie, his headband, his fingers while he draws on his sketchbook, his ears, his neck-

and oh god, langa really didn't have to see any of it- he didn't have to see reki in this.. really different light that reki really couldn't comprehend-

but of course reki definitely freaked out when langa's pov sets on reki's lips.

because honestly- WHAT THE HELL??

it wasn't anything weird, right? well reki doesn't know- he doesn't think it is weird.. well it might be but reki didn't necessarily find it weird in a bad way- it's just that all of this kind of just made him feel WAY more embarrased and flustered than he should be- he just never really thought langa would look at him that way, hell- he never thought langa would even daydream about him to begin with, solely keeping the main focus of them on reki.

maybe reki should be weirded out with just how much langa daydreams about him but, reki never did, it didn't feel that way at all, he didn't mind occupying langa's mind at all- in fact, he kind of enjoyed being langa's centre of attention even inside his head, well apart from just how langa views him- that was still making him flustered all over.

so langa was a space cadet, but he also definitely wasn't the typical space cadet.

over the course of the few days reki had had his mind reading powers, he'd realized how to tune out the rest of the people's thoughts around him, surprisingly- it wasn't hard at all if he'd only wanted to focus on langa's thoughts, he'd only see or hear his.

langa's actual thoughts, which was slightly rare to hear, were mostly in english, given how langa's first language is english, which was definitely something reki absolutely sucked at, but reki enjoyed hearing it ring in his head nonetheless, it was soothing in a way, to hear langa's canadian accent in the middle of the class out of nowhere, reki liked that.

but what reki didn't like was how he desperately wanted to decode his thoughts whenever he did think something, which was still rare but reki had been way too curious at times. reki is just more than happy that the maladaptive daydreaming langa does has stayed in japanese, probably because reki only speaks japanese.

eitherway, back to the present, reki was still very much distracted by langa's daydreaming, now playing out in his own head as well, as reki watched it along, barely paying attention to the teacher in front of their class.

this one was pretty much the same mundane things that langa usually imagined, with reki and him skating through the bigwood course, probably on their way to school with the direction they were going in. reki was wearing his purple hoddie though so maybe they weren't actually going to school, probably cutting off track from the course like they occasionally did whenever they felt like bunking.

the two of them were showing off their tricks, well it was mostly reki since langa in the daydream was skating behind reki, watching him perform his usual skate tricks, which again made reki flustered slight with just how langa was watching him. usually langa is always competitive when they skated together but in his daydream, he was letting reki pull ahead, watching reki flash him a proud smirk everytime he did a trick and reki knew the daydream langa was smiling even if he was seeing it from langa's eyes.

the real reki covered his face, turning it away from langa as he decided to stare at the window instead, mainly to hide his face from langa's peripheral vision even though reki knew langa wasn't going to notice anytime soon- because reki just knew his cheeks were probably embarassingly red right now.

langa's daydream definitely didn't stop playing in reki's head eitherway. the daydream reki had attempted a bigflip, easily landing it just the way reki usually does but langa's field of vision gets redirected over to the sight of reki's skin underneath his hoodie while it rode up from when he'd done the trick.

reki's brain instantly crashed as he slammed his head into his desk, the thoughts immediately vanishing from his head.

well that finally stopped, at the expense of the whole class looking at reki's head slammed against his desk now, reki sat back up throwing a glance over to langa who flashed him a confused yet worried look while reki easily heard his english thought passing in his head going "reki.. is he okay?" reki understood that much english to know langa was worrying about him-

the class quickly moved on, continuing the boring lecture while reki covered his face as he exhaled, trying to actually calm himself down before he actively combusts.

what was THAT????

surely langa was just.. uhm.. well he's a foreigner? maybe foreigners are just like that? besides- reki would probably do the same if he'd seen langa like that- no scratch that, that sounds like reki's just being a creep- BUT THAT WASN'T THE CASE- it was objectively less weirder to actively staring at langa when he shows skin BECAUSE HE'S HOT-

wait what?

"fuck" he muttered to himself as he covered his face even more, knowing he was probably just straight up beet red now, there was no point in trying to control that.

okay- well langa is objectively hot, well EVERYONE calls him hot- like HE'S THE SNOW PRINCE OF THE CLASS- IT WASN'T STRANGE AT ALL FOR REKI TO-

"is he sick? maybe he woke up from a weird nightmare again? no i don't think he was sleeping.. was he?"

reki quickly relaxed hearing langa's thoughts silence his own, he slumped back into his desk chair as he uncovered his face as he decided to regulate his breathing. calm the fuck down reki kyan.

a small note came flying into his desk not long after and reki knew that was langa, they always did this after all. reki couldn't help the his lips quirking upwards at the gesture as he opened up the note.

'all good?'

was all it said, typical langa. langa was never the one to write out longer sentences or texts in general and well given that he's been doing it now in a completely different language, he usually one words reki and reki never really minded it eitherway. it was a little endearing.

'yeahhh yeahh all good bud, i was just feeling weird!' reki decided to write, way to go reki, totally not slick.

reki passed the note to langa as they usually did and langa had taken a moment to open up and read reki's note and reki was totally not staring at the way langa's slender fingers held the note inbetween them. totally not, nuh-uh.

reki was just being weird because langa was being weird about him in his head. and reki realized he probably can't blame langa for it at all because it was INSIDE langa's head and reki was the one barging in and- oh god was he invading langa's privacy? he totally was wasn't he?

reki was hit with another note passed which effectively shut his brain down again

'you're probably hungry, we should get burgers after school'

reki couldn't help the light chuckle that escaped his mouth at that, god, this guy.

'are we sure YOU aren't the one who's hungry my dude?'

'i may also be hungry'

'thought so, you little vaccum cleaner'

'i'm taller than you'

'BY 5 CM HUSH'

'i will eat you'

reki's lips qwivered at the note he was holding, trying to supress the laughter in his throat.

'cannibalism'

'not if you dress up as a burger'

'IM NOT DRESSING UP AS A BURGER FOR YOU MAN'

reki watched langa chew on his lips holding a laugh as he scribbed out another quick response before passing it back to reki.

'worth a shot'

'weirdo'

the two of them stopped passing it after the bell rang, indicating that it was the end of their last period as reki quickly got up from his chair, swinging his back onto his shoulder before he shoved all of his books into his bag, all crinkly and messy.

langa got up following as well, though he didn't shove his books into his bag and actually packed it up like a normal person before he followed his best friend outside of the class.

"burgers?" langa asked behind reki and reki laughed, glancing over his shoulder

"alright bud, burgers"

langa flashed a genuine smile, his eyes seeming way too sparkly for the same damn burgers he gets everytime.

god he's so adorable-

huh???

"let's go, reki" langa said as he walked faster and reki was now behind langa, completely forgetting to respond to langa as he blinked

HUH???

okay well- reki is just making a big deal, this is langa he's talking about- dude's literally ATTRACTIVE and that means he is objectively adorable too. maybe not when he's munching and inhaling on all of his burgers but still-

"reki?"

reki snapped back into reality as he looked at langa, ah right, they're going to get burgers.

reki grinned, throwing an arm around langa as usual to at least let langa know that he wasn't losing his head over the fact that he's being totally weird about his bestfriend for the past few days now. hell- his arms felt all tingly now that it was around langa, the longer strands of langa's hair brushing against reki's arm. soft, langa's hair was always soft, reki really likes playing with langa's hair and langa never really minded him playing with it. reki didn't think langa was ever the type to be okay with physical contact since he usually backed away from reki but he's been tolerating reki ever since their fight. maybe they'd grown closer? maybe that was when langa started daydreaming of reki? maybe-

"are you sure you're okay?"

yeah no reki needs to shut down his thoughts

"i'm perfectly fine" reki said quickly redirecting his arm over to langa's hair as he ruffled his hair, unable to resist his temptation now that he'd thought about langa's hair. "cmon, loser has to pay!"

reki quickly bolted out of the campus, setting his skateboard down as he started skating and langa watched him go, processing the sudden beef between then.

"wha- hey reki! wait!" langa rushed over, getting on his own skateboard as he started skating

the two of them skated around and langa's head was fairly empty except for some random english passing by which reki couldn't bother translating anyway, not that he even knew how to in the first place.

though reki was reminded of how langa actually did daydream about this, skating with him.

reki glanced behind him while he continued skating, seeing langa skating behind reki. just like in the daydream.

geez.. did he really manifest this? or, on second thought, it was probably a coincidence. langa didn't have enough braincells to actually manifest something.

but it made reki wonder if langa had noticed that it was just as the same as what he'd been daydreaming about, even if it's normal for them to skate down the same path, maybe it was a dream come true to him?

but langa's head was empty, he wasn't actually thinking about anything.

and reki didn't know why that made him feel.. weirdly offended.

reki skated ahead anyway which seemed to get langa's attention and reki easily changed up his speed, doing a bigflip like he did in langa's daydream and that seemed to actually get a reaction out of langa. langa's eyes widened ever so slightly and reki flashed him a proud grin, there it is.

"bigflip.. he did the same thing"

"reki is so cool.. he's really cool when he skates.. no, he's cool all the time"

and reki immediately partially regrets reminding langa of his daydream as he immediately looked ahead instead, feeling his face heat up from the random compliments he heard from langa's head.

does he really have to be embarrassing even inside his own head?

actually no, he's been way more than embarrassing inside his head but reki was way worse. he couldn't really complain.

the two of them had gotten to the fast food place in no time and reki had won the uncalled beef between them even though langa really wasn't trying at all and reki knew that much. but none of that mattered, not when langa immediately made a face like he was seeing heaven for the first time when he'd seen the menu displayed on the big tv on the wall over the counter.

reki rolled his eyes, dragging langa over to their usual table as they picked up the menu, ordering the same burger and fries anyway, with langa just getting way too many of it as usual.

reki had taken it upon himself as usual to keep the two of them entertained as he started talking about the custom skateboard he was working on along with oka at the shop, going over unnecessary details that wouldn't even register in langa's head like the measurements and the draft sketches and the materials they had to restock and buy.

reki completely paused when a new thought had been passed into his head from langa's. or well it wasn't a thought, it was langa taking reki's hand across the table.

huh?

reki blinked as he glanced down, seeing that their hands were actually close to each other's over the table.

…wait-

DID LANGA JUST THINK ABOUT TAKING HIS HAND???

okay- okay, reki calm the fuck down- langa is his best friend, best friends can hold hands over the table at a fast food restaurant when it's just the two of them- it's definietly not a romantic gesture- hell reki always grabs langa's hand- it's only fair that langa would want to do it too- right? yeah right, no reki was just thinking too much, he's just reading too much into langa's throughts- langa is blunt, straightforward, he isn't someone who speaks in morse code- reki can read langa even without his mysterious mind reading power.

reki was just overthinking it.

should he just..?

reki gently brushed his fingers against langa's and langa physically jumped at the sudden contact as he looked at reki, wide eyed.

oh.. reki had accidentally startled him.

reki couldn't help the slight smirk forming on his lips "were you listening?" he asked, not intending his tone to sound so smug.

and oh langa's cheeks were dusted pink, barely there but reki could see it.

langa looks so pretty like that.

and no reki wasn't even trying to backtrack in his head anymore. langa was pretty.

"i was" langa muttered, his eyes darting away

"uh-huh" reki said, not bothering to hide his smirk anymore as he tilted his head "what were you thinking about?"

reki never knew it was THIS fun to tease langa, it was always langa who got a reaction out of reki, usually just by complimenting reki's heart out of his chest which obviously made reki react because, who wouldn't?

but now reki feels like he's giving langa a taste of his own medicine, maybe this strange mind reading powers he got was actually not all that bad?

before langa could even answer reki's question, the waiter had came back to their table, setting down their burgers and fries that they'd ordered. and the moment was ruined. reki didn't know why he was slightly disappointed but he didn't mind it anyway as he watched langa's eyes light up again as he hurried to unwrap the burger and eat it.

'these two are so cute together'

reki blinked hearing a new voice in his head as he glanced over to see the waiter walking away. oh.

'ahh it's so cute watching couples here'

and that immediately made reki choke on nothing and langa noticed, raising an eyebrow before quickly passing the water bottle

"reki? are you okay?"

"yeah" reki squeaked out as he drank the water, coughing a little "i'm good" he muttered trying to control his face from turning into a tomato again.

did she just assume they were a couple? did they look like a couple?? maybe it was just their vibe when she had interrupted them??- no wait- there is just NO WAY someone would actually think him and langa were..

reki looked back at langa, seeing how he was pretty much in a food coma now, inhaling the burger in front of him while dropping crumbs all over the plate, licking all the ketchup dripping down his hand and out of the burger.

no reki was not staring, shut up-

reki's thoughts quiet down at the sight of langa eating as he briefly forgot about his internal conflict about people thinking of langa and him as a couple.

well, scratch what he'd said earlier, langa wasn't disgusting to reki even when he's eating. shocker.

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reki indulged in langa's daydreaming.

and reki honestly had no clue why he did that.

whenever langa had sat around him, daydreaming about the two of them doing random things, reki always did the things that langa had daydreamed of right after. when langa had daydreamed of him and reki watching skating videos on reki's bed, snuggled closer into each other, reki did that, reki brought him home and did the same thing. when langa had daydreamed about him and reki resting under the starry sky at freaking 2 am in the morning at the skatepark after S, reki actually brought langa over to the skatepark the day after, even though the two of them woke up way more tired the next day for school.

reki didn't know why he had the urge to just do whatever langa wanted everytime. but he wanted it, he wanted to do that for langa- it was kind of the same urge to just randomly make langa's board some new modifications to surprise him, or to get him more skate magazines to pile it up on his empty shelves back at his apartment- it wasn't that he was just doing it for langa, but it was also partially more for himself. reki wanted what langa was thinking to happen in real life so that maybe.. just maybe langa would actually look at him the way he does in his dreams. maybe reki just liked that.

he just liked that langa was looking, thinking, daydreaming.

and it was all about him.

oh my fucking god reki sounds like an absolute attention seeker, a first class pick me- what the hell is even wrong with him?? why is he even thinking about any of this?

reki is probably just going insane at this point. oh well, he wasn't far off that bar anyway.

but reki thought this was fine, it clearly didn't change anything between the two of them except now reki just knows a little too much of langa than he probably should and he does feel guilty about keeping it from him but- it didn't really affect either of them in any way.

so it was alright.. right?

yeah- this was okay. it was fine.

until it wasn't, well no- it was still fine but-

something about langa's daydreaming changed and reki didn't really realize it at first but after a while of just.. watching it and overthinking about it later, reki came to a conclusion.

something did change.

and it wasn't any less embarrassing.

because the daydream langa actually touched reki now, instead of just staring at him.

langa was never a physical person- sure, he definitely warmed up when he'd gotten close to reki but even now he never exactly touches reki as casually as reki does in turn. so reki always kind of assumed langa didn't really prefer that anyway or well at least he wasn't the one who'd want to initiate it.

but the daydreaming proved reki otherwise.

reki watched it all play out after all and reki was certain that it had started right after their usual visit to the fast food restaurant that other day. reki honestly didn't know what could have possibly happened for langa to suddenly just be so.. interested? no- he wasn't- langa was acting the same as usual in real life, he still hesitated to be physical with reki whenever reki had tried to be close to him. it was just langa's thoughts.. langa's damn thoughts.

because reki sat through daydream langa gently taking reki's hand in his and rubbing his thumb over his knuckles, he sat through langa tilting reki's chin up only to clean the corner of his lips which was covered with chocolate, he sat through langa tucking a strand of reki's hair behind his ear when reki wasn't wearing a headband while working on his skateboard-

and reki had no clue what to even make out of it.

but one thing that reki definitely knew was- all of this was definietly not something they did and even if they did, it'd be something reki had done for langa- but the only thing reki can possibly make out of this as a no brainer would be that.. well..

langa wanted to do all of that to reki.

and realizing that made reki flip. no actually, literally, reki actually flipped.

"ow.."

"reki!"

reki groaned as he glanced up at langa rushing over to him, their emergency med kit in his hand and reki couldn't help but groan even more at the sight.

"dude i'm fineeeeeeee" reki whined as he sat up, dusting his hoodie which was pretty much covered in mud at this point

reki decided to attempt a late dragonflip after watching it on youtube and it just looked way too cool- so cool that he rushed over to the skatepark right after school and dragged langa along with him to attempt the trick, only for him to eat concrete for about 3 hours or so now.. or maybe even longer- the sky was pretty orange now.

reki was so sure he had it. he knew how the flip worked, he did a simulation and explained it to langa by flipping the board with his hands. in theory this should have been easy but the landing of it uses too much force produced from his body and he couldn't just flip the board with his heels and immediately just jumped right down onto the board-

"are you even listening?"

reki blinked as he glanced back up at langa, something in the back of his head realizing how close langa had gotten to him. langa had knelt down in front of him now, face to face, he'd already opened up the med kit.

"sorry dude i was just a little.." reki trailed off as memories of langa's daydreams came flooding back into his head because reki and langa had only been that close in langa's head. but they were close now, they were so close, reki could almost just..

reki shut down his thoughts immediately to save himself from his brain completing that sentence, no- reki is not doing whatever that was supposed to be.

reki simply watched langa's hands instead, trying to calm himself down before he made himself look absolutely flustered and all stupid in front of langa. reki watched langa opening up the bottle of antiseptic as he gently poured some out onto the cotton in his hand before he placed it right onto reki's scraped wound around his knee.

"ouch!"

"sorry" langa muttered at reki's hissing as he continued to cleaning up the scrapes and wounds "i was saying we should probably go home for the say" he added

"ah" reki muttered as he glanced back up at langa as he compltely paused, his throat suddently just feeling way too dry from the way langa looked- the orange and yellow hues in his cerulean eyes while he stared down at reki, concentrated, his hair was stuck to his neck from just how sweaty the both of them had gotten from skating all evening.

geez.. how can a person literally be THIS attractive? it kind of wasn't fair at all.

and suddenly, reki was reminded again about how this creature in front of him seemed to only daydream and think of him and only him. it somehow just made reki feel weird all over again, a good kind of weird.

maybe that was why reki stared back at langa, not looking away at all. reki would have started blabbering about tricks at this point or whine about how he could have gotten the trick right but reki stayed silent this time.

and langa noticed that, reki knows he did, langa always did whenever it came to reki. langa didn't say anything anyway, tending to reki's wounds even with reki staring into his soul.

it was kind of too good to be true, this moment kind of looked like one of those moment langa had daydreamed about.

langa just has to..

"do you want to stay over tonight?" reki asked quietly instead as he gently moved his hand on the ground, just closer to langa.

do something.

"sure" langa muttered back as he continued to bandaid reki's skin, making his skin tingle from the contact "mom has a night shift anyway.. i'll let her know"

"sweet"

okay this was infuriating and reki had no clue why- langa cannot just let this pass, he cannot just pull away, not when he literally touches reki all the time in his head-

this wasn't fair.

reki glanced over to his hand, realizing how his hand was muddy from leaning it on the ground.

right..

reki intentionally used the hand to move his hair out of his face, knowing he'd probably smudged the mud over his cheek.

langa's eyes darted over reki's face almost immediately and reki bit his lip trying to not let his heart skip a beat at that.

"you got dirt over your.." langa muttered

and reki blinked ever so cluelessy as he tilted his head "eh?" he asked before he used the same hand to smudge over his cheek "here?"

langa gently pulled reki's hand away from his cheek instead and reki's stomach strangely flipped at that, langa then cupped the side of reki's cheek, running his thumb over to probably clean his cheek.

"here" langa muttered and reki couldn't even say anything to that because one, reki's own thoughts were screaming at him and calling him insane and two, langa's thoughts was also somehow close to screaming in his head and he definietly couldn't make out any of what he was saying since his accent was now very canadian and also too fast for him to follow along, and three, reki's heart was threatening to just jump out of his chest.

he was getting overstimulated- this was definitely not good for him.

but maybe it was just how panicked langa's own voice seemed inside of his head, just like his own, and maybe it was because reki realized just how light langa's touch was, almost as if he was hesitant to even do anything, whatever it was, it drove reki to lightly lean the side of his face into langa's hand.

and langa's hand only seemed to grip around his face softly, trailing his pinkie and ring down reki's jaw for support and reki felt all the air in his lungs get sucked right out of him at the contact.

this was just.. weirdly exhilirating to reki, reki had no clue why his heart was pounding in his chest as if he'd just went through the whole S track twice with no break. reki had no clue why he was just frozen there, he had no clue why his own eyes darted down to langa's lips for a split second.

and maybe that did something to langa since langa's hand immediately flew off of reki's face right after as he put distance between the two of him.

and reki almost followed along, wanting more of his touch. desperate.

what the hell just happened?

"we should get going" langa said, his voice sounding a little more rough than usual and reki couldn't say anything as he only managed a nod

langa stuck the last bandaid over reki's elbow as he wordlessly pulled him back up to his feet and reki felt limbless at langa's touch as he pretty much just followed langa till they were out of the park and on their skateboard.

and reki recovered from whatever daze that he was in only when the cold breeze hit him when he started skating down the road, he felt his lungs fill up again, his heart going back to a normal pace.

reki had no clue what that was.

and he wasn't going to think of it, for the sake of his own brain.

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langa was trying to stop himself from daydreaming.

and well it's a good thing! daydreaming all the time was definitey bad for him but..

a selfish part of reki didn't want him to stop thinking about him at all, and an even more guilty part of him thought it was his fault that this had happened. ever since their little moment at the skatepark, langa had abruptly stopped himself while daydreaming everytime at some point of it, cursing in his head instead, saying 'alright we're not going there' 'that's enough langa' 'get a hold of yourself langa'

reki just knew it was his fault, it had to have been his fault- he probably made langa uncomfortable, he probably forced it- he was probably just acting too weird, too in the moment to realize that maybe langa was panicking in his head because reki was making him uncomfortable and not because he..

because.. he was nervous and flustered like reki was.

what the hell was reki even doing? he had no clue why everything was suddenly just so confusing- it was even weird because nothing was actually happening between them, they were still close, they were still best friend, they still spend almost all of their days together- nothing happened.

it was just all in reki's head.. and well langa's.. but it was in reki's head because reki can hear langa's thoughts so technically it was all in langa's head to begin with-

anyway.

since reki had that epiphany, that maybe.. just maybe if he'd gotten rid of these weird mind reading powers, everything would go back to normal and maybe reki would just.. not hear langa's brain ever again. he could live with that.

but it almost felt like tying a loose end, langa was still going to have those thoughts regardless if reki had seen it or not- and reki had seen it, reki was invested in it because he'd accidentally seen all of his daydreaming.

and reki also knew he was completely awful for even doing it in the first place since reki could still shut out the thoughts, he could have easily shut down langa's whenever he'd heard his voice in his head or whenever he'd seen what langa had imagined but reki actively chose not to, reki actively chose to invade langa's privacy.

and in goes reki into his imaginary time out dungeon.

time out. reki is not going to overthink himself into the oblivion about this even though he is pretty much doing it as we speak. reki cannot afford to lose his mind over something like that, not when langa was also avoiding it.

langa was never the one to shut anything out or avoid anything. langa faces things head on no matter what it is.. and if langa is avoiding it.. then it was probably the best for reki to just.. pretend it never happened, pretend he'd never seen anything at all and maybe just try to shut down langa's thought the next time he hears it.

yeah.. he really should do that.

shouldn't he? yeah. he should.

none of this ever happened.

reki should just forget about it.

"reki"

reki should really forget about it.

"god.. reki.."

reki should just…

"fuck"

reki shot up from langa's bed as he glanced over langa sleeping soundly.

WHY DID NOBODY BOTHER TO TELL REKI THAT HE CAN SEE PEOPLE'S DREAMS TOO??? HUH????

reki stared at langa, nothing seemed wrong at all, langa was literally just sleeping. he wasn't even doing anything, he was as dead as a rock next to reki.

but.. holy shit..

out of all kind of dreams langa could have had when he's sleeping beside reki in his room- he just HAD to have a..

reki couldn't help but cover his face as if that was ever going to stop whatever was playing in his head.

god.. langa- this guy..

because there was just so many things reki was feeling at that point- reki had no words, his mind was completely blank to even comprehend anything that was going on. it was only filled with langa's dream.

and reki was getting worked up over it, he felt too warm undercovers even with the ac on full blast.

reki had two options from here on out, since waking up langa was definitely not an option, not to mention langa would also probably be.. worked up too. definitely, he just knew it.

reki could either just power throught, he could hopefully shut down langa's dream and just sleep, something he had been getting lesser and lesser for a long time now.

or..

reki could go to the bathroom.

and reki definitely didn't think straight, he physically couldn't, not when that was playing in his head.

so reki got up from the bed and went over to langa's bathroom, he knew he was going to regret it, but he really couldn't care less.

.

.

.

langa: hey

langa: why did you leave?

langa: mom said you texted her saying your mom called you back home.

langa: is everything okay?

reki regretted that.

it wasn't because of what it was- surprisingly.. it wasn't because of that at all.

reki didn't have a single bone in his body to ever hate what was playing in his head, he really couldn't, it should have been uncomfortable, off putting, but reki didn't really think it was any of that.

he.. didn't mind it at all.

and that was probably the worst part.

because reki now knew what he was feeling.

reki liked langa.. and it definitely wasn't platonic.

reki had been spending so much time watching langa trail behind him in his head when in reality it was reki trailing behind him so desperately and langa's daydreaming only just fueled his want for him.

reki just wanted langa to look at him, because he liked him.

and from everything reki had seen now.. it wouldn't be any hard to come to a conclusion that langa probably likes reki in the same sense too.

it should be something reki should really be happy about- because his feelings were reciprocated, hell- he bagged langa fucking hasegawa, the guy that every girl at school wanted. that guy had only thought about reki this way, nobody else.

but reki felt awful, he felt like he really crossed a line this time.

reki really should have had his head cleared out last night, he should have held onto the thread of restraint that he'd chopped off so easily- but reki couldn't even feel any shame for that- he was a goddamn hormonal teenager and so was langa- that was exactly why any of that happened in the first place.

but reki felt bad because he really couldn't explain any of this to langa- he really cant-

he can't just go upto him and say 'hey dude, i can actually somehow read minds and ive been watching you maladaptive daydream about me for weeks now and i even watched you dream about how you pinned me against your bed and-'

yeah no reki can definitely not say that, he cannot afford to lose langa that way.

reki hadn't realized the gravity of the situation he was in until he actually spend the other half of his night staying in his own bed and overthinking about everything that had happened.

reki can't just say this to langa, but reki can't keep it away from langa either- it was just so unfair for langa, he would have definitely not wanted to have his mind be read like that- reki knew he definitely wouldn't, he would definitely be weirded out and worse he wouldn't even interact with that person at all because the said person pretty much knows every little thing about him, even the things he didn't consent for them to know-

and langa would definitely feel that same, even if reki was his best friend, even if reki was the closest person after his mother, even if reki was.. his crush.

so.

at any minor inconvenience, reki ran.

that was who he was, a coward, a weird guy that totally just disrespected his bestfriend in everyway possible.

he really didn't deserve langa to like him, after all of that.

he really didn't

he never did in the first place, reki really couldn't fathom why someone like langa would ever like reki but then reki circled back to langa daydreaming about him, about how he looked in langa's eyes.

langa just saw reki for who he really was, langa has seen reki on his best and his worst, langa had seen reki when he'd landed one of the hardest tricks and langa had also seen reki bail a couple billion times.

langa still stayed.

and langa promised to stay to, for infinity.

and reki knew he meant it now, it was still unbelievable but.. langa liked reki. that was his truth.

and reki genuinely didn't deserve that.

but the selfish part of reki just wanted to go ahead and pretend he'd seen nothing and did nothing in langa's bathroom, he'd wanted to pretend to not know that langa liked him and maybe ask him out, surprise him with the best and the most romantic confessions and maybe date him, maybe be his boyfriend.

while everything he knew before gets burried deep in his head with his lips sealed, promising to never spill it to langa even if he was the most special person to him in the whole entire world.

but reki can't do that to langa. langa deserved so much better than a liar.

and so reki just ran.

"oh?"

joe blinked as he watched reki slip into his restaurant and cherry's eyes fell onto the boy as well.

"look who's back" cherry chimed in as he watched reki walk into the restaurant as he took his usual seat

"why weren't you around S all week kid? you know langa was worried sick-"

"i know" reki said, raising his voice slightly at joe and joe fell silent as he glanced over to cherry.

well it definitely wasn't helping that reki can hear what they were thinking.

'way to go you dopey gorilla, the kid is clearly fighting with langa, it was so obvious'

'well not my fault i didn't know there was a one sided fight- langa was literally gloomy everytime i tried to even talk to him'

'i suppose i should handle it'

"so why weren't you at S?" cherry asked and reki didn't know if he should be amused by how the two of them were kind of actually having a conversation in their heads without even reading each other's minds. it was almost as if they just knew what they were thinking.

reki paused "just.." he trailed off, because honestly, how the hell was he even going to say this to them?

he had no clue why he turned up to joe and cherry, but something in reki urged him to go to them. maybe it was because they were pretty much the gang's parents, even though they scream at each other every living second.

reki trusted them.

"i can read minds"

'what?'

the two of them thought the same thing, pretty much had the same surprised expression as they glanced at each other wordlessly before glancing back at reki

"are you sure you can actually read thoughts and it isn't just your-"

"do you really have to put it that way you meathead?, you make it sound like the kid is insane" reki said whatever he heard from cherry's head as he glanced over to him and cherry's eyes widened while joe looked even more confused as he glanced between cherry and reki

"oh" cherry muttered "yes reki can read minds" he confirmed

joe turned to cherry as he scoffed "did you really just call me a meathead in your head?"

"well if you aren't that then i suggest you stick to not asking stupid question to a distressed kid"

"well i suggest you shut the fuck up"

"nanjo kojiro you piece of-"

"i still exist" reki said raising his hand "can i continue? please? i'm actually kind of going insane anyway"

the two adults looked at reki before they sighed "alright kid" cherry said "go ahead"

"so" reki said clapping his hands "i can hear thoughts.. how? no clue, but i can- and i can also stop listening to it so it isn't exactly a constant buzz in my ears- i wouldn't have exploded if it was the case" reki said

"i have a question" cherry interrupted "since when did you start hearing people's thoughts?"

reki paused at that "it was kind of.. after my birthday? why?"

cherry blinked "nothing, go on"

reki slowly nodded "okay so uh.." he paused as he gestured with his hands, not knowing how to say it "langa likes me"

'finally..'

"i heard that" reki shot back and the two adults actually chuckled which made reki roll his eyes despite also laughing

"yeah uhm so, i realized langa kind of likes me" reki continued, feeling weirdly flustered by the fact that he said that sentence aloud for the first time ever, langa likes him, langa likes reki. god he was never getting used to that "and uh.. well i think i heard too much of langa's thoughts and i don't think he'd like to know that i did because uhm.." reki paused

'oh i get it' that was joe

"see joe gets it" reki gestured towards joe and cherry glanced over at joe for an explanation

"get what?"

joe leaned over the counter to whisper something to cherry and reki knew exactly what joe said even though reki didn't hear it at all. oh god that was one way to put it- reki forgets joe was a ladies man sometimes, yikes.

"ah" was all cherry said before he sipped on his wine "so i take it that you don't want to bring it up to langa"

reki paused "well no.. i.." he trailed off "it feels unfair for me to not tell him, but i don't want him to be mad at me- i know he would be but i just don't want to-"

"knowing langa, he probably just would be embarrassed" cherry said cutting him off "but it wouldn't be as serious as to langa completely dropping you as a friend" he said "that is, unless you run away from you problems"

ouch.

of course cherry was calling him out.

'look who's talking'

ahh maybe reki should probably block out the two of their thoughts but it was a little reassuring to hear joe compare cherry to him.

"the pink head is right though" joe said "you wouldn't know what langa would say unless you actually say it to him, look kid, no matter what- langa is your best friend" he said "i'm sure he'd understand"

reki sighed, well maybe. maybe langa would? maybe he wouldn't just immediately abandon reki.

"i think the more important thing we should talk about right now is your ability to mind read" cherry said as he crossed his arms "because that sounds more like a medical hazzard to me than anything"

oh right.

it's been to long since he had it at this point that reki actually forgot how big of a deal it actually is, he did initially panic but he just got used to it.

how did he get it anyway? why? and why him out of anyone else? how is any of this even possible- hell it literally just sounds like something that's out of a manga-

cherry massaged his temples while joe sighed "well i don't see how it's bad thing" joe shrugged "the kid can literally just shut it down anytime he wants, it sounds cool to me"

cherry easily smacked joe across his face at that "of course you'd think it's cool, what if there is consequences for these 'cool' abilities? nothing comes free in this world"

"what the hell are you even talking about?"

"say, since this clearly isn't science, what if reki somehow had gotten this ability and traded something off accidentally" cherry said "like half his life span"

"EXCUSE ME???" reki's jaw was on the ground hearing that. what DO YOU MEAN??? HE DIDN'T SIGN UP FOR THAT WHAT THE FUCK???

"oh kaoru you're watching too much fictional crap" joe said waving his hand "the kids fine, if anything, i'd say it's probably like some weird blessing that he got so that he could open his eyes and see langa's oh so obvious feelings"

"that's a standard shoujo plotline i'm afaid" cherry butted in "and you call me a nerd"

"you are a nerd"

"you're a bigger nerd"

"says the foreyes himself"

"just because i'm wearing glasses-"

"you literally say 'uhm actually' everytime you try to correct me" joe said that while point his hand up and that earned him another smack in the head from cherry

"alright that's enough" cherry said as he turned back to reki who was simply just watching the two of them bicker, slightly amused since neither of them really meant any of the things they said in their heads.

in fact it was quite the opposite, but reki will keep that to himself.

"i will look into what this exactly is supposed to be" cherry said "it doesn't seem to harm you in any way for now so it's safe to say that it isn't any of a big threat yet" he said

reki let out a sigh of relief at that, well thank god he wasn't dying anytime soon.

"but i suggest you go and talk things out with langa immediately" cherry added "the kid really wasn't at his best"

ah right.

reki should talk to langa.

"alright" reki muttered as he got up from his seat "i should probably get going then"

"see you around kiddo!" joe said with a grin "come to S the next week"

reki flashed a grin back, waving at the two of them before he exited the restaurant.

reki should talk to langa.

reki had been avoiding langa, reki had been running away from him- hell reki even bunked school twice just to avoid seeing him because god he just felt so bad.. and.. he didn't think he could ever see langa the same after that- after whatever he'd seen and after realizing his feelings for him.

he couldn't look at langa in the eyes, so he didn't.

he avoided him like a plague, left his texts on seen and didn't show up to S or skatepark.

thinking back.. it really kind of was like their last fight- except it wasn't a fight at all.. reki wasn't mad at langa at all, well- reki wasn't mad at langa then either. he was mad at himself then.

and he's mad at himself now to.

because all of it was his fault. it always was his fault.

and langa didn't deserve to be roped into reki's mess, he deserve to be taken advantage of like that.

reki needed to set things straight, he'd already made a mistake of driving langa away.

he can't afford to do that.. even if langa was going to walk away from him.

he deserves to know.

and reki was at langa's door.

me: hasegawa-san

me: uh is langa home?

hasegawa nanako: oh hello reki!

hasegawa nanako: yes he is! why? is he not? did he sneak out and not tell you? you still have the spare key right?

me: i do have the spare key, i was just checking, sorry to bother you!

hasegawa nanako: no it's no problem at all sweetheart! i'm glad you're checking up on him

hasegawa nanako: langa has been down for a few days and he refuses to talk about it, i hope you'll get to talk to him!

oh no, i was the reason your son's down. i was being an asshole.

me: thank you, i will

hasegawa nanako: <3

reki took a deep breath as he stared back at the door again, well langa was home.

langa was there alone.

langa was home.

reki could just open the door himself, he doesn't even have to ring the doorbell and call langa out- he literally had a spare key to their house, nanako had given it to him literally the first day she'd met him. it surprised him too but he'd held onto it ever since.

reki could just walk in and see langa.

reki could just talk it out.

if langa wanted to him leave, reki can just leave, skate back home and shut himself up in his room till he cried out all of his tears.

if langa didn't want him to leave then.. they can talk more and maybe..

just maybe..

if reki was even allowed to think about it now, then maybe reki can-

and the door swung right open.

"..r-reki?"

reki blinked, equally surprised to see langa in front of him, gripping onto the door knob, his knuckles going white.

"h-hey man" reki said as he mustered up a grin, trying to sound casual and failing miserably

oh just kill reki already, he'd rather die now.

'reki's here' reki's breath hitched, it's been so long since he heard langa's thoughts

'is he here to talk to me finally?.. is he done avoiding me?'

reki winced at that, even though he didn't know english, he could just hear how painful that sounded.

god he hates himself.

langa looked horrible too, well not really, but he did. he looked like he barely got any sleep, his hair was all messy and his t shirt was all crinkled up, he'd probably stayed in his bed all day.

"why are you here?" langa asked and reki's heart dropped at the question, he knew langa didn't mean it that way but something in reki's head screamed RUN at him.

because he couldn't answer that, he felt his throat closing up.

no he had to talk to langa, he really had to-

no reki couldn't do it, not now- he felt his whole body just freeze as he stared at langa.

he couldn't move.

he couldn't breathe.

run.

reki took a step back and langa immediately grabbed his arm as he tugged him back closer

"you're panicking" langa said as he pulled him inside the house as he closed the door behind reki "reki, it's just me"

reki didn't realize he was panting until langa had said that, reki felt his throat relax a little at langa's soft voice and his grip around his arm still grounding reki.

what the hell was reki even doing?

"reki" langa muttered as he gently took reki's free hand in his as well "talk to me"

reki exhaled deeply as he tried to stop his head from buzzing for a few seconds, he tried to steady his breathing and calm his heart rate as he glued his eyes onto their hands instead. langa was gently running his thumb over reki's knuckles and reki would have laughed at that since he was reminded of one of langa's daydreams being this. but langa would have probably preferred to do this is a better situation.

reki glanced back up at langa once he felt like he was finally calm enough to do so.

it's just langa.

this guy saw reki lose tons of beefs and only ever helped him up everytime he'd seen him on the ground.

this was langa.

it's fine. this is the same langa that promised him infinity.

it's the same langa that kept replaying the same senarios in his head when he couldn't keep track of it.

he's the same langa who gobbles up any kind of food given to him.

this is his best friend.

reki was fine.

"i can read minds"

'what?'

"you just said 'what'" reki added "your thoughts are in english" he said and langa stared at him wide eyed

"oh so you can.." langa paused as he blinked "..hear me?"

reki paused at that as he nodded "more than that actually" he muttered as he glanced away, not being able to look into langa's eyes anymore "i know you..uhm.. maladaptive daydream"

silence.

well no it wasn't silent

'oh fuck i'm so fucking dumb- he knew it all along? no wonder he started avoiding me- he probably got so uncomfortable-"

langa was ranting in his head. langa looked horrified.

"hey langa" reki said as he gently held his hands back "dude chill- uh.. i have no clue what you're saying in your head, you should think in japanese"

langa swallowed as he paused "i'm not gonna do that reki" he muttered "i'm so sorry-"

"-you also uhm.." reki immediately paused when he realized he cut langa off, only feeling bad about what he was intending to say next but langa looked at him as if he was giving him the green flag to talk first.

reki has to break that to him no matter how embarrassing and tramatizing it'll be for langa-

"i slept over last week" reki said as he paused "i saw your dream.."

"you what?" langa asked almost immediately as he stared at reki, looking way more horrified while his cheeks slowly turned pink "oh god- reki i'm so-"

it was a little hard to multitask with langa's head pretty much scream into his as reki tugged langa closer to stop either him talking or thinking "langa dude- listen to me-"

"no reki i'm really sorry- i didn't think you'd-" langa paused "no i shouldn't have even had a dream like that- fuck i'm so sorry-"

"you can't control it!" reki half yelled at langa to shut him up "it was a dream! everyone has it- i just didn't think mind reading would mean i could see your dreams too- but then again- i watched your daydreams o i guess that did makes sense but still-"

"i understand if you're uncomfortable" langa said anyway "this must be awkward for you, i get it- you were avoiding me because i made you uncomfortable with my thoughts, i get it reki, i'm really sorry-"

"OH MY GOD LANGA" reki pulled his hands away from langa only to grab him by his shoulder "LISTEN- dude i literally couldn't control it either- i legit just use your bathroom-" and reki immediately paused before he embarrassed himself further as he shut his mouth and langa stared at reki, wide eyed as he processed what reki had just told him as his mouth hung wide open.

'did reki just say he ja-'

"YES I DID LANGA OH MY GOD, STOP THINKING-" reki yelled as he moved his hand to cover langa's mouth even though langa wasn't even saying anything

langa stared back at reki, still processing everything in his head as he stayed still.

'so you weren't mad at me?'

reki blinked at langa's thoughts suddenly being in japanese

"are you really talking to me through your head dude?"

'you're covering my mouth'

reki paused before he gently released his mouth from his hand as he took a step back from langa.

"so you weren't mad at me?" langa asked again and reki blinked at that

"huh?"

"i thought i did something wrong" langa muttered "i mean i technically still do something wrong but-"

"it's not wrong" reki immediately rushed to correct him "it was.. i mean.. i didn't mind it"

there. reki said it.

he didn't mind it.

and langa was fronzen in front of him again, with his thoughts going way too fast for his own good.

"you're too canadian" reki muttered "you think too fast and canadian"

langa blinked at that as if he snapped out of his thoughts "what is that even supposed to mean?"

reki shrugged "it's too fast" trying to find a state of casuality in between them after pouring out everything that he'd been holding onto.

langa tilted his head at that 'is this fine then?'

reki couldn't help but smile slightly at that "you're really going to be talking to be like that dude?"

'it's convenient, i don't have to use my mouth'

"you're just lazy" reki said rolling his eyes before the two of them broke into soft laughter and reki's shoulders finally relaxed, feeling the tension drain off of him easily.

langa smiled back at him as they finally calmed down from laughing "you don't mind?"

reki paused before reki realized what langa was saying before he felt his heart skip a beat at that. did langa really have to ask him that with THAT smile on his face?

reki decided to just nod instead, knowing the colour of his face probably just gave away all the answer langa needed, and it probably did since langa let out a soft laugh before he took reki's hand.

"i like you"

and reki's brain immediately force stopped itself after hearing that as he stared at langa, surprised as his heart painfully thudded inside his chest.

reki knew that, reki knew he liked him.

but god it felt so different hearing langa say it with his own mouth instead of thinking it in his head.

reki should probably say sonething to instead of just staring at langa with his mouth hung open-

"i know you know it" langa muttered as he gently tugged reki closer by his hand "but still, i like you" he said "i liked you for so long" he muttered softly "and i still do"

reki felt his throat go dry again "are you not mad at me?"

langa shot him a quizzical look at that "eh?"

"i saw all of your daydreams and i even saw your dream" reki said "i know you wouldn't want me to see any of it and yet i did- i'm sorry i didn't stop it-"

langa paused at that "it's embarrassing" he muttered as he gripped onto reki's hand which effectly shut reki right up "but it's you reki, it's how i feel about it" he muttered "i'm not exactly embarrassed about my feelings for you" he said "i want you to know that i like you"

reki couldn't help the butterflies erupting right out of his stomach at langa's response, he felt lightheaded and fluttery. he didn't think langa would just tell him things like that. even after he'd been unfair to him.

"i like you too"

langa's cheeks turned slightly pink at that as he flashed reki a genuine smile, eyes still as blue and bright as ever "yeah?"

he's so pretty.

"yeah"

langa gently tugged reki closer and reki realized they were practically face to face now, chests touching each other's and langa had a firm grip on reki's hand. reki defineitely cannot help his stomach commiting to a backside rodeo at that as he felt every little nerve in his body tingle at the contact.

he's so perfect.

'reki's so pretty right now'

"i heard that" reki muttered

'no you didn't, reki is so prefect, i can't believe he likes me back"

reki chouldn't help but snort at how langa switched languages in his thoughts but his heart skipped a beat at what he said

"you're insane"

"you can literally read minds" langa said as he gently bumped his forehead against reki's

"you literally maladaptive daydream" reki shot back and langa laughed

"fair" he muttered as the two stayed for a moment, staring at eachother with the foreheads pressed against each other's, their breath's mingling and reki could feel the light warmth radiating off of langa's body, letting him know that langa was there, in front of him and he was real.

langa was still here.

'i want to kiss him'

reki's breath hitched at that as he stared at langa wide eyed before his eyes darted away, not pulling away from langa the slightest "you can" he whispered back

langa smiled softly at that before he leaned in as he gently pecked reki's lips softly before he pulled away almost immediately and reki frowned slightly despite his heart still thudding against his chest.

"i remember you kissing me a little different in your dream-"

"we're not talking about that" langa muttered before he gently pulled reki closer againt but this time he pressed his lips against his as reki immediately melted into the kiss, their lips slotting into each other almost immediately as langa gently moved his lips against his.

reki instinctively moved his arms to hook it around langa's neck and langa easily trailed his arms down to reki's waist as the two of them grabbed onto each other like their life depended on it as they kissed each other.

langa gently pushed reki onto the wall next to the shoe cabinet as he trapped him against it, propping an arm against the wall while he had his other arm fully wrapped around reki waist and reki moved his hand up from his neck as he tangled it into langa's messy blue locks, their lips never parting each other's.

their kiss was clumsy at best, teeth clashing, not knowing how to angle their faces as they kissed anyway, deepening the kiss as the two of them got the hang of it as langa pressed against reki even more and reki couldn't help the noises that brought out of him from the back of his throat.

this was not how reki had imagined their first kiss to go, not that reki even tried to imagine it, but.. this was exhilirating, reki was on cloud 9. he felt like he was floating and sinking at the same time and kissing langa only made his knees go weak, he was glad langa had pushed him against a wall instead.

reki felt himself run out of breath from the kiss as he gently pulled away from langa and watched langa chase after his lips before he stopped himself, clearly dazed which made reki chuckle to himself.

god he's adorable.

reki paused for a few more moments, panting for air as he watched langa stare at him and suddenly, everything felt weirdly quiet around him

huh??

reki paused as he blinked in confusion and langa seemed to catch onto his expression as he opened his eyes more fully again

"something wrong?" langa asked

reki paused "i can't hear you"

"huh?"

"i can't hear your thoughts" reki said as he looked at langa, langa usually had a string english words invading reki's head even though he wasnt particularly thinking of anything.

was his head actually empty?

langa blinked at that "you can't hear what i'm think now?"

oh so he is thinking?

did reki just instantly lose his mind reading powers after kissing langa?? what the heck???

reki shook his head "what are you thinking right now?"

langa smiled slightly "i was thinking about how pretty you look with your lips swollen like that"

reki immediately felt the blush spead all over his face. god dammit langa.

"shut up" reki muttered and langa laughed softly as he gently squeezed his waist

"are you sure you can't hear me?" langa asked and reki glanced back at him at that

he paused for a few seconds, trying to get anything out of langa's head at all.

nope. silence.

"no" reki shrugged and langa sighed

"well.." langa trailed off as he gently squeezed reki and even if reki couldn't read langa's mind anymore he could read langa himself, he knew langa enough to know that it was langa trying to confort him

reki chuckled "i wasn't attached to it" reki reassured him as he gently ruffled his hair "besides, it was only fun to use it on you- it was a hasle to block out other's thoughts"

"you can block out thoughts?"

"yeah, it was cool wasn't it?"

"mhm yeah it was"

"i literally heard so many weird shit from our class with that though, like remember kamizaki kun? dude actually has a crush on our geography teacher- like OUT OF ALL THE PEOPLE HE COULD CRUSH ON-"

langa laughed at reki ranting about everything he'd heard as he gently let go of him only to lead him into the living room so that they could settle down as usual while reki continued to chat with langa as usual.

well everything was back to normal. he should probably text cherry updating him about him losing his ability.

oh well, at least he got a boyfriend out of it.