Then, Jun slowly got equally as comfortable. They would practice together as much as possible, then when Tetsu went home they’d text and call to make up for not being there with each other. He truly was the more sappy one in the relationship, but the borrowed Shoujou on Tetsu’s shelves meant that maybe he wasn’t so far away himself.

It was around midnight when he got the first text. Tetsu knew it was Jun from the ringtone, but even that couldn’t make him stir from his attempted sleep. He listened to the chime for a few minutes before he gave up, opening his phone to at least mute it.

The chat opened as he unlocked the screen, showing multiple photos of the cats Jun’s sisters just adopted dressed for the holiday season. Unbelievable. No, it was completely believable. He tried to formulate a response, wracking his tired, sleep-deprived brain of some coherent response to send to his partner.

Nothing came out. Sighing, he put his phone on silent, and decided to wait until morning to entertain Jun.

Just as he was about to finally drift off, his screen lit up with a call. He stared at it, willing it to go away so he could sleep.

After the second call, he finally picked up his phone again, texting his boyfriend.

‘jun is something wrong or are you just lonely’

The three dots in the corner came and went for a moment before a text was sent.

‘first of all, you just ignored my cats dressed as santa, so fuck you. secondly,’

Tetsu let out another sigh, burying his face in his pillow as he prepared himself to not sleep for a while. He adjusted himself, laying on his stomach to look at his phone without holding it up over his face.

‘jun please I’m trying to sleep’

‘yeah I’m lonely fucker we haven’t called in forever and I miss you.’

‘oh?’

Tetsu chuckled into his pillow, hoping he wouldn’t wake Masashi up. His phone lit up again, but this time he grabbed the headphones off of his nightstand and answered.

“Jun,” he muttered fondly, talking just loud enough for the microphone to pick him up.

“Tetsu,” Jun grumbled back, most likely embarrassed.

“I miss you too, Jun,” Tetsu admitted. “But we’ll see each other in the morning at practice.”

“Why can’t you just dorm here? What kind of selfish bastard leaves his boyfriend on campus alone?”

“The selfish bastard who doesn’t want to make his parents pay to room him at a campus five minutes away.”

Jun huffed on the other end, the sound of a door closing reaching Tetsu’s ears.

“Are you outside?” he asked.

“Kudou is still up, I don’t need him listening to my conversation,” he said. “Is Masashi asleep?”

Tetsu hummed in confirmation. “I have my headphones in. He’s a heavy sleeper anyways.”

There was a stretch of silence as Jun made his way over to the vending machines, trying to not run into anyone on his way. Tetsu wanted to speak, just say something that would get Jun talking, but he closed his eyes and rested his head, listening to his boyfriend’s breathing.

“You still there?” Jun asked, voice a little louder now that he was alone.

Tetsu let out an “mhmm,” and Jun snorted.

“Don’t you dare pass out on me, I won’t be able to sleep.”

“Cute,” Tetsu mumbled. “Do you miss me that much?”

He smiled at the indignant noises Jun made in response, loving the sound of him getting riled up. “I’m sorry I couldn’t stay later today, I had to make sure Masashi got a good dinner. He has a game tomorrow.”

“If you cooked, he’ll be benched for the first half of it. Or toilet-bound.”

“I’m not that bad, Jun.”

The two of them spoke until Tetsu didn’t even realize how incoherent his words were. Jun did his best to decipher what he was saying, but eventually it was all humming and mumbling.

“Oi, Tetsu.” Jun finally said, barely getting a sigh in response. “Get some sleep. I’ll see you in the morning.”