BL Short Story + Manga | "Look at Me Properly"

A story about a slightly stubborn love on a night we finally met after a long time.
A short story about a couple in love on a quiet night.

It was completely dark outside the window.
On the table, there was an opened bottle of wine and a plate of side dishes that had barely been touched.

Watching the man next to me shaking his shoulders with laughter, I tightened my grip on the glass.
If it were the old me, I think I would have been more openly grumpy. But now that I've grown up a bit, I can at least swallow that irritation.

Although, with this guy, that effort is usually unrewarded.

"Are you really that mad?"

Saito, who seemed to have finally stopped laughing, looked at me while leaning against the back of the sofa.
His face looked so amused that it made me even angrier.

"Of course I'm mad."
"But I didn't think you'd beg so desperately."
"...Shut up."

Perhaps remembering it again, Saito chuckled deep in his throat.
It was about earlier today. He had been finding it amusing all this time that I had to bow my head in front of others.

It's the worst.

"You should have told me beforehand. About that matter."
"If I had told you, I wouldn't have been able to see such a good expression on your face."
"You have a bad personality."
"Only now realizing that?"

Dismissed so lightly, I lost the will to retort.
Frustrated, I placed the glass I was holding onto the table. It made a slightly harsh sound, but Saito didn't seem to care.

This is the kind of thing that makes him unfair.
He always has composure, and I'm the one who gets pushed around.

That's why I thought it would be okay to get back at him a little.

I stayed silent and looked away from Saito.
Even when he spoke to me, I didn't answer. I know it's childish to ignore him on purpose. But right now, that was all I could think of.

In a few minutes, he would probably be the one to give in first.

As expected, after a while, I heard a small sigh.

"Koike."

When I didn't answer, the presence next to me moved closer.
The next moment, arms were softly wrapped around my back, and I caught my breath.

"Are you still mad?"

The voice that fell near my ear had lost a little of the lightness it had earlier.
That made me strangely happy.

I said, still facing forward.

"Do I look like I'm not mad?"
"No."
"Then what are you going to do about it?"

A silence fell for a moment over my back.
Even though I expected a joking reply, Saito said with surprising honesty.

"...I'll do anything."

His voice was closer and lower than I expected, and it made my chest tremble faintly.

Anything, he says.
Words like that are definitely unfair.

I finally turned around then.
His face, with his eyebrows lowered as if he were slightly troubled, was close by, and just that made my stubbornness from earlier suddenly melt away.

Maybe I only intended to forgive him halfway from the start.

I grabbed the front of Saito's shirt and pulled him closer.
Without giving him time to look surprised, I pressed my lips against his.

Even though it was only for a moment, the heat remained even after we pulled apart.

"...So?"
Saito asked.

Still being a little stubborn, I caught my breath and said,

"No more messing around."
"Yeah."
"Look at me properly."

It's been three months.
The moment I said those words, they sounded much sweeter than I had thought.

Saito widened his eyes slightly, then smiled in a way that looked helplessly happy.
Just by the way he smiled, I knew I wasn't the only one who had been waiting.

"Would you be mad if I said, 'As you wish'?"
"Obviously."
"Then I won't."

Saying that, Saito pulled me into his shoulder with a look that suggested he had no intention of stopping at all.
With his presence drawing near, I had no intention of running away now.

Outside the window, the night air was quietly clinging to the glass.
The light in the room was soft, and the wine on the table and my stubbornness from earlier didn't matter anymore.

I think this is the kind of thing that makes him unfair.
It's infuriating how he always breaks down my defenses.

But I'm probably the one who indulges in that unfairness.

The lips that touched again were a little deeper than before.

I tried turning it into a manga👇

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