#rumiponi

he’d been too weak, tamaki knows this now - in fact, he’d always known - && as breaths tear themselves free from the confines of his throat, suneater doesn’t know if those will be the last he’ll ever breathe. he knows that not speaking when critically injured is the best bet of survival but mirio just won’t shut up && tamaki wants him to but at the same time he knows they won’t make it past the night.

“ even though that’s kind of a dumb thought to have right now, huh? ”

not because he doesn’t want to listen to mirio - gods, he always does, mirio’s voice is like sunshine to him - but because he knows that if mirio doesn’t stop talking then his chance of survival will lower even more.

“ mirio… ” tamaki’s voice is soft, barely above a whisper, && the words that slip past trembling lips are nearly too weak too reach the man laid on his lap. mirio doesn’t stop - doesn’t hear him maybe, under all his rambling - so tamaki does the only thing he can do to shut him up at the moment.

he leans forward - mustering the remnants of his strength - && presses his lips against mirio’s in a gentle kiss. “ mirio, don’t talk… ” tamaki’s lips curl upwards into a small smile, though the tears that had been threatening to spill all this time finally proceed to cascade down his cheeks && tamaki pulls away, pressing the back of his head against the wall he managed to prop himself up against.

“ help will be here soon, mirio… i promise… just hold on… ” tamaki’s reassurances are empty lies, of course, because he knows that nobody knows they went out - they were spending time together when a villain attacked them; caught them off-guard. with their efforts combined, they managed to bring the villain down. the man wasn’t dead, though, only unconscious && since both tamaki && mirio were out of commission, the villain would be able to run free once he regained consciousness.

“ i love you, tamaki... ” mirio’s voice brings tamaki out of his self-deprecation && he looks at the blond on his lap. sad smiles plaster themselves on bloodied lips && dried tears stain both of their cheeks - tamaki places his forehead against mirio’s, closing his eyes in the process.

they both know no help would come for them, they would be dead regardless anyways.

“ i love you too, mirio... ”