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"My sister is home." Megumi told Yuji, turning his key in the lock.
"Didn't you say she was away at college?" He asked.
Yuji had never met Megumi's sister before. She had just left for college when he met the spiky haired male. Now, two years later, they were 18 and his sister was 20.
"Yeah, but she came back since Christmas is in two weeks." Megumi lead him inside the familiar house.
"Doesn't she never come back for holiday's? You said she was studying to become a doctor." Yuji set his bag down in Megumi's room.
"Yeah she usually doesn't. But she said she missed us." Megumi stretched and changed into some sweats and a long sleeve shirt.
"So I finally get to meet her?" Yuji grinned and changed into sweatpants and a t-shirt he pulled out of his bag.
The other male turned to give him a deadpan stare. "Don't hit on my sister."
"Hey!" He held his hands up in mock surrender. "I wont!"
"Whatever." He rolled his eyes and walked out of his room, Yuji following closely behind.
As they grew closer to the kitchen, there were three distinct voices. Two women, and one male. As Yuji rounded the corner, his footsteps stalled and his lips parted slightly. His eyes were locked on the unfamiliar figure laughing with her parents.
Megumi turned when he didn't hear his idiot friend's footsteps anymore.
"Are you serious?" He glared at Yuji. "Don't stare at her like that."
"I'm not doing anything!" He spoke loudly, drawing the attention of the other three in the kitchen.
"Is this your friend, Megs?" Y/n leaned over the counter, elbow on the smooth marble as her chin rested in her palm, a sweet smile pulling at her lips.
"It's Yuji." He said shortly, dragging him by his wrist.
"Oh! I've heard so much about you!" Y/n leaned more across the counter to see him better.
"S-same." He cursed internally for the stutter, clearing his throat. "You're in school to be a doctor, aren't you?"
Y/n's eyes lit up, causing Yuji's breath to catch in his throat. So pretty, he thought to himself as she started to ramble on about medical terms he had no idea about. He sat down on a stool across from her and rest his head in his hands, staring at the girl and nodding along to whatever she was saying, listening intently.
"Oh he likes her." Their mother smirked as she sipped her drink.
Toji glared at Yuji right along with Megumi. "Anybody but that pink haired idiot." Toji groaned to himself.
"Oh he is not that bad!" His wife smacked him on the shoulder. "He's a sweet boy."
"He's an idiot." Megumi grumbled, munching violently on a carrot.
Yuji had tunnel vision, he could only see y/n and could only hear her voice. She was absolutely stunning and dangerously smart. He loved hearing her animated voice as she babbled on.
"Okay that's enough." Megumi dragged a pouting Yuji away to his room to distract him with video games so he would stop making heart eyes at his sister.
Y/n pouted a little as Yuji got dragged away. "Why did Megs do that?"
"He's just being overprotective." Her mother patted her head.
~
Y/n popped her head into Megumi's room sometime after dinner. "We're watching Elf in the living room, wanna join?"
"Yes!" Yuji shot up, throwing the controller carelessly on the bed.
The other male glared at Yuji's back. "Fine."
They followed y/n to the living room, Yuji practically bouncing along. He couldn't help but stare at her as she walked, noticing she was wearing an oversized t-shirt that hung off of one of her shoulders and some fuzzy pj pants that hugged her butt and hips.
Megumi smacked the back of Yuji's head. "Stop staring."
"I'm not!" He whisper yelled at his friend as he rubbed the back of his head.
Yuji shot over to sit himself down next to y/n on the couch, much to Megumi's dismay, so he settled in on the other side of her on the couch. Y/n pulled a blanket over her lap and offered both other sides to the boys on either side of her, which they both accepted.
As the movie dragged on, y/n's eyelids started to droop. Slowly, her eyes closed fully and her body slumped against the couch, head lolling to the side and resting on Yuji's shoulder. He froze up, his body stiffening as he felt her soft breath tickling his neck.
He slowly lifted his arm to wrap around her shoulders, but before he could, Megumi glared at him. "Don't touch her."
"Got it." He squeaked out and put his arm back down stiffly.
When the movie finished, Yuji didn't move. Partly because he didn't want to wake up y/n and party because Megumi would definitely hit him on the head if he touched his sister.
"I'll take her to bed." Toji picked her up easily and walked upstairs to her room.
Yuji stretched his shoulder while Megumi threw a pillow at his face. "Here."
"Thanks." He said once the pillow fell in his lap.
That night, Yuji could barely sleep. He was too distracted thinking about y/n. Megumi was being massively overprotective, so how was he supposed to get closer to her. He was already crushing hardcore the second he saw her and heard her yap on about things he didn't understand.
He tossed around on the couch a bit before he heard the stairs creaking and saw the kitchen light flick on. He peeked over the back of the couch and saw the subject of his thoughts.
He walked over to her while she got a glass of water. "Oh, hey Yuji." Y/n smiled.
"Hey." He rubbed the back of his neck. Now was the perfect time, Megumi was asleep and they were alone. "Um, I was wondering if I could get your number?"
She finished her water and put the empty cup in the sink.
"Definitely." She held her hand out for his phone, which he happily dropped in her hand.
She typed in her number and texted herself so she had his before handing it back. She observed him quietly, noting his muscular figure and cute face.
"What do you want to be once you graduate?" She asked curiously.
"A firefighter." He answered immediately, watching as she leaned against the counter, crossing her arms over her chest.
"That fits you." Y/n tilted her head to the side and smiled.
Yuji felt his cheeks burn. "Does it?"
"Mhm." She dragged her eyes over him. "Your muscles are actually perfect." She reached out and started to grope his arms, muttering medical terms.
Yuji felt his face burn hot, body going rigid under her hands.
"Would you let me trace them sometime? To study anatomy?" She asked, looking up at him.
"Sure." He managed to get out, but it sounded a little strained.
"Thanks, Yuji." She smiled and went back to her room. "Get some sleep."
"You too." He said as she disappeared from view.
He let out a long breath and walked back over to the couch, collapsing down on top of it.
"I'm screwed..." He mumbled to himself, a small smile on his lips as he covered his face with his hands.
~
A week later, Yuji got a text from y/n asking if she could come over to do what they talked about. Of course, Yuji immediately agreed and told her his address.
They had been talking on and off for the past week, getting to know each other properly without any interference.
She was there in twenty minutes, and Yuji nervously but excitedly answered the door. "Hey."
"Hey." Y/n smiled brightly, walking inside when he moved aside.
"So what are we going to do?" He asked as he lead her to his room.
"I'm tracing your muscles with a marker." She grinned and pulled a marker out of her bag. "So that shirts gotta go."
Yuji's eyes widened but he did as he was told, cheeks burning. "Um, what now?"
"Lay down." She instructed as he uncapped the marker and opened a thick textbook.
The felt tip of the marker tickled his skin lightly as she ran it over his muscles, tracing and writing. Yuji laid there like a cadaver, completely still.
"I was right, this is great." Y/n smiled as she labeled some more things on his upper body.
She didn't talk much, besides the muttering about muscles, veins, and layers of skin. He was happy to do whatever y/n wanted, and more than happy to listen to her adorable mumbling.
They repeated that process a few times over the next two weeks, Christmas coming and passing them by. Yuji and y/n were very close by the time she was leaving to head back to college, much to Toji and Megumi's dismay.
They had figured it out one day when Yuji let it slip he had been hanging out with her during one of the boys gaming sessions.
That lead them to where they were now, Yuji, pouting at the train station next to an annoyed Megumi and peeved off Toji.
"Oh calm down, both of you." She slapped her husband's shoulder.
"I'll miss you." Y/n gave Yuji a tight hug.
"I'll miss you too." He hugged her around her shoulders.
The send off was nice, but Yuji was already missing y/n.
~
One year later
"Yuji!" Y/n threw herself at the excited male.
"Y/n!" He caught the girl and squeezed her tight.
They'd been talking nonstop over the past year, and Yuji had fallen hopelessly in love with the girl. He didn't know, but she had also fallen in love with him.
She'd grown a soft spot for him over the past year, hearing him talk about his firefighter training and the situations he'd been put in on the job. She realized it one day when Yuji was sent to the hospital for a bad burn on his arm and y/n wanted to hop on a train right then and there.
"How did you get time off to come see me?" She smiled widely and pulled back to see his cute face.
"You don't need to know." He laughed a little and used one hand to rub the back of his neck.
"I don't actually care, I'm just happy you're here." She squeezed him once before furrowing her brows. "Did you get more muscular?" She groped his arms.
He let out a strangled noise, cheeks turning red. "Uh, yeah. Been working out a lot. For my job, y'know."
"Nice." She grinned up at him. "Wanna get dinner after we drop your stuff off?"
"Yeah, sure." He said as she pulled away from him.
"Great, let's go." He grabbed his hand and lead him to her apartment.
Yuji glued his eyes to their joined hands and followed her like a puppy.
After dropping his things off in her apartment, y/n told Yuji that he had to try the food from a restaurant close to her place. It was cute and had a nice atmosphere.
They ordered quickly and y/n couldn't help but stare at the man in front of her. He had very obviously gotten more muscular and his features were more defined.
She slid her eyes down his arms, narrowing them at the burn scar. She reached across the table and rubbed the pads of her fingers along the scar.
"Did you get any other scars?" She flicked her eyes up to Yuji's red face.
"Um." He cleared his throat and took a sip of his water. "A few."
She narrowed her eyes further. "And you didn't tell me because?"
"I didn't want you to worry!" He said quickly. "You almost took a train to come see me when I got this, I didn't want to distract you." He rubbed the back of his neck with his free hand.
"I always worry about you." She sighed and pulled her hand back.
"You do?" He asked as the spot her warm hand had been touching turned cold again.
"Of course I do." She said like it was obvious. "I care about you."
Before Yuji could respond and stupidly blurt out 'I love you' the waiter came back with their food and set it down in front of them.
~
"That was really good." Yuji said as they walked side by side on the way back to y/n's apartment.
"I know. You should've let me pay, I'm the one who told you about it." Y/n nudged him with her elbow.
Yuji winced a bit more than he should have for such a light touch, making y/n frown. "What's with that reaction?"
"It's nothing!" He shook his head quickly, obviously hiding something.
"Liar." She huffed and grabbed his wrist, speed-walking the rest of the way back to her place.
"Y/n, I'm really fine." Yuji tried to insist as y/n pushed him through the door and kicked off her shoes.
"Take it off." She said immediately, yanking at his coat and shirt.
"Woah!" His eyes widened as he grabbed her hands. "It's really nothing- can you stop that?" She struggled against him and kept trying to take his clothes off. "Y/n! I'm gonna-" He yelped and wrapped his arms around y/n quickly as he tripped and fell onto the floor.
"My bad." She mumbled and sat up.
Yuji thought that was it, but y/n found the hem of his shirt and yanked it up before he could say anything. Her eyes zeroed in on a large bandage and she quickly tore it off, causing Yuji to let out a loud noises of surprise and pain.
"You call this nothing?!" She practically screeched as her wide eyes met a stitched and healing gash on his ribs. It was a nasty yellow and purple colour.
"It happened a week ago! It's just a little sore that's all!" He defended himself, grabbing her hands.
"You are so annoying." She glared at him, but her eyes were glossy and her hands were trembling.
Yuji paused, his defensive words dying on his tongue. She was about to cry. For him.
"I'm sorry." He said softly.
"You should be, idiot." She shook his hands off and wiped her eyes. "I'll put a new bandage on, come on." She stood up and quickly walked to the bathroom.
Yuji jumped up and followed after her. "You don't have to, I can do it myself."
Y/n turned and gave him a look that made him shut up immediately. She was mad, that much was clear. But she was also scared. She knew his job was dangerous, but to think something this bad had happened and she didn't even know? That hurt. What hurt more, was the thought that she would never get to confess her feelings if something had happened to him.
Y/n opened her first aid kit and pulled out a sealed bandage, ripping the packaging open before turning towards Yuji.
"Pull your shirt up." She told him, to which he immediately complied.
She applied the bandage after making sure it was okay, her fingers lingering on his skin as she looked for more injuries.
"I'm not hurt anywhere else." He said quietly.
"Not anymore." She whispered as her other hand traced a few more scars on his stomach.
"I'm sorry." He dropped his shirt and pulled her in for a tight hug.
"You better be." She closed her eyes and rested her forehead on his chest.
She hugged him back carefully and pressed her lips together for a moment. "I have to tell you something."
"What is it?" She heard his heart jump in his chest.
"I love you." She looked up at him.
His eyes widened and his heart was beating so fast that y/n was worried it might actually hurt. "A-are you serious?"
"Do you think I'd lie about this?" She rolled her eyes but her hands were shaking.
"Me too." He breathed, pulling her closer. "I love you too."
Y/n leaned up on her tippy toes and pressed her lips against his. Yuji almost melted right then and there, leaning down to kiss her so it was easier for her.
"I think it was love at first sight for me." Yuji said against her lips, making them curve into a smile.
"Was it?" She reached up to hold his red cheeks.
"You seduced me with your medical terms." He sighed dramatically.
"I'm sure I did." She laughed softly, pulling him down for another kiss.
It felt nice. It felt right.