I Don't Bite

“ I get it already. I’m unfunny, unattractive, and I suck ass. You should just break up with me, ” Sousuke groaned into his own sweatshirt. He jerked when Rin’s hand made contact but quickly swatted it away in time for Rin to stop being the real annoying one and cuddle into Sousuke’s side.

As the first scene progressed, Sousuke obnoxiously recited every word that came out of Elise’s mouth into Rin’s ear, using a funny voice as he spoke dramatically.

✖ ┅ “Sorry, the store said you were final sale.” Rin said, huffing a laugh. 

‘ Things had been tense before you left, ’ is what Sousuke wanted to say, but instead he let out a frustrated snort. He moved to lean against the doorway that separated the living room and the kitchen, crossing his arms as his shoulder hit the wall with a dreadful thud.

Not even wincing, he felt his frown deepen more than anything else. “ Did you see him ?? ” He asked, interrogating Rin with a stabbing pain in his chest. None of this was really about Rin missing the party.

✖ ┅ Now, Rin was getting ANGRY. Clearly, this wasn’t even about the so-called WORRYING that Rin had put Sousuke through anymore. Sousuke was having a MELTDOWN over what? A friend? Rin had lot’s of FRIENDS, and Sousuke has NEVER reacted this way before. They’ve always been comfortable with their own SPACE, and Sousuke is the last person Rin would call a controlling boyfriend. 

A puff of air escaped Sousuke’s nose as he flopped onto the couch next to his best-friend-turned-boyfriend.

“Predictable,” he lamented. “Watching Insidious 2 tonight would make it … fifty times that we’ve seen this damn thing ?? ” And yet he knew that they’d watch it hundreds of more times.

“Fine fine, I’ll get up when the food comes. Let’s just get this started,” he hands Rin the remote, expecting him to navigate Netflix himself. He drags the sushi roll of a shark closer to him and presses his face into his hair. “You look like shit but smell really good.”

“That’s so sad for you. If only it were your turn to pick a movie... oh wait, it was until you forgot about movie night.” Rin laughed, typing in the movie name and letting himself get dragged across the couch. 

Sousuke recoiled with displeasure. Even if he was overreacting, he didn’t like the way Rin was treating him so sourly. Clenching his fists, he felt his voice waver when he let out a pained, “ You’re sorry ?? ”

He ran his hands over his face and sighed deeply, disappointedly. It felt like Rin was pushing him away, and it was aggravating.

“ Rin, I invited everyone over to celebrate your new brand deal … And your excuse was that you thought you left me a note for me to find after you’d already left ?? ”

He couldn’t believe what he was hearing. Things weren’t adding up.

✖ ┅Rin tried to REFRAIN from rolling his eyes, letting out a STRANGLED sigh instead. It wasn’t like Sousuke was his dad. He didn’t need PERMISSION to go places and get REPRIMANDED like a  CHILD when he came back. While he felt guilty about MISSING his own party, he didn’t appreciate being talked down to. 

There were only so many times that Sousuke could roll his eyes. Most of the things that he had in his closet were things that were A) given to him by Rin or B) chosen for him by Rin, and whenever he tried to convince his sharp-toothed sweetheart to help him tidy up, it always turned into Rin accusing him of wanting to ‘ throw away precious memories ’ .

“Stop throwing my stuff everywhere,” Sousuke huffed, briskly chopping Rin on the top of his head as he walked past.

“Wanna watch something scary ??” he grinned mischievously.

✖ ┅ Rin squawked, throwing a PILLOW Sousuke’s back before shaking his head fondly. He dragged Sousuke’s COMFORTER with him into the living room before SPRAWLING out on the couch, wrapping the blanket around his shoulders and SNUGGLING into Sousuke’s sweatshirt.