Daichi having an SSR side had never crossed my brain. I mean, we've been together for our whole life at this point and i just got it when we enrolled into highschool. What was up with my luck, huh?
I have seen many expression of his all those years starting from angry, annoyed, sad, happy, defeated, and so on but i never anticipated the reaction he threw at my face when i twirled around in my highschool uniform the first time we got ours.
"Ta-da!" I entered his room and spun around, showing him how light the skirt was. "What do you think?"
Daichi froze. He froze like i stopped the time or something. We stared at each other for 5 more seconds before he snapped.
"G-Good... it looks great on you... yeah... w-wonderful."
Eh?
What the heck was that? I thought. Daichi looked cute like that it felt illegal to me. His eyes darted round the room, as frantic as it gets. His face slowly turned tomato-like. But in the end his eyes fell on me again and then it looped back.
I tried to take two steps but he took three back. I did two more step and he also took one until he bumped into his desk and almost dropped his cup. Now my face and his were so close i could see his well-maintained teeth. I didn't know how i looked like to him but i sure did burning with curiosity and excitement.
"SSR!" I blurted out. It was a certified SSR pull.
"SSR?"
I stepped back and wondered. "It's like i unlocked a new character skin!"
It was a novelty.
"A skin?" Daichi took off his blazer while keeping his distance from me. "A-Anyway... it's kinda hot wearing a blazer indoor, right?"
Despite stammering, Daichi took of his blazer and turned on the A/C in a swoop like his life on the line. I, too felt kinda warm so i took off my blazer and Daichi suddenly clutched his heart and looked away, giving the same rare expression.
"Woah..." i couldn't help but captivated by his cuteness. He fiddled with his phone but his thumb were all over the place. What kinda app that used the whole screen?
To be sure, i sat next to him on the bed and pressed our forehead together.
"It's normal... i think?"
Daichi jolted back to the corner of the bed. "Wait, wait, wait! What's with you all of a sudden?"
"You're acting out of character, Daichi. So i was checking for fever."
"I'm not out of character and don't have fever!"
"But your face had been reddish all this time."
"Well..." Daichi's cheek turned slightly pink again. "It's the weather, okay?"
I didn't buy that crap. "Regardless, sir, i need to check you up." I closed in on him with my hands holding both his arm so he couldn't escape.
"Wait, wait, wait Matsuri!" He tried to struggle while wearing the tomato mask of his.
"Do not resist!" I tried to press my forehead with his but he resisted the first time. So i put more pressure and with a thunk! Our forehead collided like boulder.
"Ow!" Daichi yelped.
I pulled away after confirming that it wasn't a fever. Suddenly our eyes met. I hadn't realize how close we were until having to see his caramel eyes up close. His cheeks, nose, and lush eyebrows, everything was so clear. Clearer than they ever been. It beckoned me to put my whole palm on his face.
Zap!
I felt electrocuted as soon as his warm breath reaches mine. What the hell was that! I pulled away, dashed back, or jumped back i didn't remember but i made a safe distance between him.
My face getting warmer and warmer each second my mind flashed back his close up face. I caught a glance in the mirror. And oh my oh my, i saw my own face turning slightly pink.
What is wrong with me, i screamed to myself. I've been far closer to him in the past starting from getting a piggyback from him or leaning against his back. I also cleaned his ears and styling his hair for fun in the past. But none of it gave me this feeling of excitement and nervousness.
"You dare use my own spell against me, Daichi!"
"Wha--you started it!"
"Me?! I didn't do anything! It's you that going on the offense."
"Oh now it's me? If you didn't look so cute in that uniform i wouldn't have--" Daichi's face turned medium-rare before finishing his sentence. And if his was medium-rare then mine should be rare! How else should i explain the electrocuting charge that washed over me?
"Sh-sh-shut the hell up!"
I rushed to the kitchen to drink some water then washed my face. Calm down, me. My heart beating so fast i thought i fell into a cardiac arrest. I reached into the fridge and grabbed a chocolate ice cream Momma Daichi had saved from me. Thought maybe i could cool it down with ice cream.
"Slow down, Matsuri. You eating like there's no ice cream tomorrow. You're beet-red too. Fever?" Momma Daichi interrupted.
"I-I'm okay, mom. Maybe you should check on Daichi--"
Uoghh, i dropped to my feet as the cold reaches my brain and nostrils. My eyes felt like popping out. Curse you, Hag&Dash!
Momma Daichi commented, "I told you to slow down."
I placed the ice cream back and decided to change back to my lounge wear and leave his apartment.
That evening we hung out in our respective domain. We didn't even talk before i left. Somehow that day we agree to let what had happened before slip past our mind and buried by the time. Still, his face then was SSR level cute!