? ?ιre eмвleм: нeroe? one?нoт? (dι?conтιnυed) ?

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ᴛɪᴛʟᴇ: "ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ ᴄᴏᴜɴᴛ ᴏɴ ᴍᴇ"

ᴘᴀɪʀɪɴɢ: ᴛᴀᴋᴜᴍɪ x ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ

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"Bi-big brother! Stay still." Sakura ordered, pushing her stubborn brother back down on to the bed.

"Nn... Sakura I'm fine." Takumi said, squirming around on the bed, "I really need to talk to (Y/n)."

"What's so important that you need to talk to me?"

Sakura and Takumi heads snapped into the direction of the third voice, both startled by the person's sudden entrance.

Takumi's mouth went agape as he immediately recognized (Y/n), his face now sporting a deep blush.

(Y/n) averted their attention towards the shy girl, giving her a small smile. "Sakura, could I talk to your brother in private?"

Sakura smiled back, clasping her hands together. "O-Of course." she said softly, shuffling out of the room quietly.

(Y/n) focused their gaze on Takumi, the said boy still in a shock dazed.

The summoner let out a snort, walking towards the boy's still figure before snapping their fingers in front of his face.

Takumi jumped backed, staring at the summoner wide-eyed as incoherent words spilled out of his mouth.

"(Y/n) I-Why are-You're not-!" Takumi sputtered, his caramel brown eyes shifted side to side rapidly, unable to form a complete sentence.

(Y/n) quickly butted in, taking notice of Takumi's troubled state. The summoner grasped the boys callused hands in their hands, holding them tenderly.

The boy instantly halted his actions, staring at (Y/n) with furrowed eyebrows. "He-Hey! What do you think you're doing?!"

They shushed him, a calm aura radiating off of them making Takumi relax his tense form.

(Y/n) didn't bother to say anything, holding a firm grip on the Takumi's hands, brushing they're thumb on the boy's knuckles.

The grip on Takumi's hands began to loosen, a troubled expression now on their face as they let out a quiet sigh.

Takumi being the observant person he was, took note of this.

"(Y/n)-"

"Takumi why did you do that?"

"What do you mean?"

"What I mean are your careless actions on the battlefield."

The question caught the long haired boy off guard, blanking out a bit.

Seeing as the boy chose to stay silent, they continued on with their lecture.

"We're in the middle of a war, we need as many people as we can to fight."

"(Y/n) I-"

"Your life means so much more than mines-"

"I can't bear the thought of you getting hurt..."

Takumi's paused, Takumi's words leaving a fuzzy feeling in them. As much as they wanted to say so many things, only one word was able to get through, "Why?"

Takumi let out a frustrated sigh, his slender fingers kneading through his silky, silver hair. He let out a huff, averting his gaze away from their curious eyes, "It's... complicated."

Takumi glanced at (Y/n) only to see them staring back at him, patiently waiting for Takumi to state his reasoning.

No words were spoken as Takumi stared back at (Y/n), who stared back at him harder causing him break.

"Will you stop staring at me like if I tell you?" Takumi questioned, praying that they would say yes.

Fortunately, (Y/n)'s head bobbed up and down.

Takumi breathed out and fidgeted with his fingers, as he tried to find the best way to explain his thoughts and feelings.

"I-I don't know why, you just looked so vulnerable and something inside me triggered... the thought of you getting hurt just doesn't sit well with me..." Takumi whispered, his voice trailing off at the end.

The same fuzzy feeling in (Y/n) occurred, only much stronger than the last one.

"Oh Takumi." (Y/n) murmured breathlessly, leaning towards him a bit.

"I know it's embarra-Hey, wha-what are you doing?" Takumi squeaked, feeling (Y/n)'s slim arms wrap around his torso as they chuckled.

(Y/n) didn't answer back, resting their head on his clothed chest, twirling a lock of silver hair with their index finger.

Takumi felt his whole body heat up at the summoner's unusual actions of affection. Although, he wasn't complaining. He reciprocated the action by wrapping an arm around their waist.

His throat felt parched as tried to say something, in hopes it wouldn't ruin this moment.

In his mind, he wanted to apologize for his rather harsh words when they had first met, or the times he avoided (Y/n) due to mistrust.

But in his heart, he wanted to say something more urgent, wanting to protect (Y/n) from any hits and blows directed towards them.

Finally finding the right words to say, he leaned downed to the summoners ear. His voice no more than a mere whisper.

"You can always count on me...No matter what people think."

The corner of (Y/n)'s mouth perked up a bit, a soft smile on their face.

"I would like that very much. "

Apologies could wait much later.