Title: first (take your time)
Rating: G
Fandom: Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE
Relationship: Aoi Itsuki/Tsurugi Yashiro
Wordcount: 869
Short summary: Itsuki panics when Yashiro tries to kiss him after exchanging confessions, because it’d be Itsuki’s first…
“S-sorry!”
Itsuki’s eyes fly open in time to catch Yashiro’s flinch. The fingers cupping Itsuki’s face fall away immediately as Yashiro takes two steps back. Itsuki reflexively reaches for Yashiro’s hands before they can withdraw back to Yashiro’s sides, tangling his fingers with Yashiro’s.
“I…” Itsuki’s heart is beating wildly and words are stuck in his mouth. But he wants to say something, he really wants to say something before Yashiro thinks that Itsuki…
“Ah, that’s why you were so awkward with Oribe that one time.”
“Huh?”
Yashiro’s words take Itsuki by surprise. Itsuki doesn’t even know what Yashiro is referring to, but he notes how Yashiro’s posture has relaxed. It helps to calm Itsuki down. Yashiro isn’t going to leave just yet. Maybe this situation is salvageable… Oh.
Suddenly Itsuki knows what Yashiro was referring to. Last year, Tsubasa had to rehearse an almost kiss and confession scene for her role in Sneeze Detective Maho and struggled mightily with acting both parts, which roped Itsuki into playing her opposite… God, that had been awkward…
“Yeah, but can we talk about that some other time?”
Itsuki doesn’t want an analysis of his acting or experience right now. Which Yashiro could launch into as his way to try to save this awkward situation. But Itsuki wants to be the one who fixes this.
“I’m sorry, I do want...” Itsuki sighs. “I’m just still…”
“Surprised?” Yashiro smiles reassuringly. “Take your time.”
Yes, Itsuki needs some time to sort all his thoughts together. Because just a minute ago, Yashiro confessed to him? Something about how Itsuki changed his life for the better and made him want to live for more than just revenge and resentment? And he did so suddenly on a Thursday, after everyone else had left the office. The timing took Itsuki completely by surprise.
Of course it was a true honor to receive those words from Yashiro. Actually, Itsuki had treasured every message and video chat they had exchanged on TOPIC while Yashiro had been away from the office for various engagements. Itsuki would have told Yashiro all that, but then Yashiro dropped the bomb that he had fallen in love with Itsuki. Thus the only thing Itsuki could do right then was accept those feeling and express that he returned them. Then Yashiro moved in closer and…
And tried to kiss Itsuki. But Itsuki panicked because he has never kissed anyone before.
“I do want to kiss you! Or be kissed by you!”
Yashiro chuckles, and Itsuki blushes as he realizes he shouted out those thoughts. How embarrassing!
“I’m glad.” Yashiro lifts their joined hands and then leans over to kiss the knuckles of Itsuki’s hands. “That’s all I need.”
“But…”
“It’s okay if you aren’t ready. You don’t need to do it for your job—"
“I think…” Itsuki interrupts, bringing their joined hands towards his own mouth this time. “That I want to initiate our first kiss.”
Yashiro raises an eyebrow in surprise. “Should I just stand still?”
“Yes, and close your eyes.”
Yashiro stands still but not stiffly, allowing Itsuki to take his time. Itsuki takes a deep breath to clear his mind of all thoughts except how he wants to kiss Yashiro. He wants it to be soft and sweet just like how he feels when Yashiro’s name pops up in his notifications, or when Yashiro says his name in greeting. He lets go of Yashiro’s hands and brings his own hands up to cup Yashiro’s face, tilting it downward slightly. As he brings his face closer to Yashiro’s, he can’t help but marvel at how beautiful Yashiro’s face is. Comparatively Itsuki is rather plain, but Yashiro’s physical beauty isn’t the reason Itsuki loves him. Yashiro’s passion for his work and for everything he wants to do, and the way he ignites many of those same feelings inside Itsuki…
“Mmm…”
Finally their lips touch. It’s an odd feeling for Itsuki, not having spent much time imagining what a kiss would be like. Sure, he knows of it as an expression of love, but the softness, the warmth? It’s a sweetness that Itsuki is glad to have experienced now.
“Hah…”
Itsuki draws back and Yashiro’s eyes flutter open. The emotion in those blue and grey eyes is clearly one of joy.
“Aoi—”
“Just call me Itsuki.”
It slips out before Itsuki realizes what he’s asking, but honestly he has wanted that for a while. He wants Yashiro to call him by his first name, especially after exchanging confessions and a kiss…
Yashiro smiles. “Itsuki.”
“Yes?”
“Can I kiss you?”
Itsuki blushes. Even though he was the one who just kissed Yashiro. But he doesn’t want to screw up by…
Whatever thought process he was going to head down is completely diverted when Yashiro’s lips touch his own. Oh, okay. Yashiro can successfully kiss him. They can be proper… Boyfriends? Lovers? Honestly Itsuki doesn’t care what word, if Yashiro can just kiss him again and again…
“I really love you, Itsuki.”
“Me too, Yashiro. I love you…”
And a day with confessions and a first kiss becomes a day with many first kisses, a sweet memory that the two will recall for a long time…