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Iâm in some mood for some melancholic longing, can I request âyou never called it what it wasâ + rengoku + childhood best friends that liked each other but didnt end up together, maybe because of life, jobs, dreams etc đ„șđ

kyojuro rengoku x you never called it what it was

This is your nightmare, honestly.
Palms are already sweating as you eye the drink you ordered a few minutes ago being placed in front of you, itâs staring right back with a neon sign on top of it. The sign literally reads girl, you thought.
âUhm, excuse meâ you clear your throat as the barista who took your oder turns around with a frown. Heâs probably having a bad day too but youâre on the verge of tears and a poorly made tea order is going to be the last straw.
âI ordered a chai tea latte with vanilla sweet cream cold foam?â
âThatâs what it isâ
âAh⊠I mean, thatâs a lot of cold foamâ half of it is cold foam âcould you please remake it? Iâm so sorry to be a botherâ you attempt a smile but his frown deepens.
âItâs the standard way to do itâ he grumbles and quite literally snatches the drink from your uncertain hand, then proceeds to scoop out half of the cold foam and replace it with dairy milk. What youâre left with is a tall latte in a venti cup, with a random splash of milk you canât even drink.
Fuck.
âSorry, Iâm allergic to dairy, could you please justââ
âI donât have the timeâ he snaps and you wince âdâyou think youâre the only customer here today? Take a look at that line, would you?â
Before heâs even finished with his little outburst, people are looking at you and tears are already pricking your eyes, stinging so painfully you just know blinking a few times to send them back wonât do the trick.
âWhat seems to be the problem, Kazuki?â a gentle but slightly high-pitched voice from behind you has you jumping. Not because itâs unexpected but because itâs familiar. Youâd recognize that inflection anywhere.
Kazukiâs face lights up instantly, a pinkish tone crawling up to his cheeks. Is he embarrassed?
âAh, Mr. Rengoku, good morning! This lady was just trying toââ
âNow, I donât think thatâs a polite way to speak to a customerâ he interrupts him and you sense the tension stirring behind whatâs most certainly a friendly smile. God, he hasnât changed one bit.
When you sheepishly turn around his eyes widen and, for a second, your lungs cease to expand in your chest cavity. Of course he hadnât recognized you. Of course heâs still kind enough to step in to defend a complete stranger.
An incredulous smile splits his handsome face, eyes glimmering with genuine excitement as he whispers your name.
âHello, Kyojuroâ you mirror his smile and add a pathetic little wave to it. He frowns and you hate to know why.
How can he still hate it, when you call him by his full name? Youâre adults now. Adults who havenât seen each other in years.
âI canât believe this, I have looked everywhere for you!â despite the slight disappointment, he explodes in a boisterous laugh and, once more, everyoneâs looking in your direction. Except this time you donât mind, you donât mind at all.
âTell you what! Kazuki will remake your order, Iâll take the usualâ he glances at the barista âand then I can walk you wherever you have to go. Or we could enjoy our drinks here? Whatever you want, just donât slip away againâ the warmth heâs unleashing on you has your head spinning, heart swelling with feelings you thought were long forgotten.
Heâs right, you did slip away. Intentionally moved to another city, changed your number, left little to no trace behind, no address information. You thought leaving him, being cruel enough to cut him off without an explanation, would make it easier.
His attempts still reached you somehow. Your mom mentioning his calls, your friends running into him on the way home from work.
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He asked about you.
He wonders if we have your new number.
He looked sad.
Why donât you call him?
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But you never did, you never could.
It was the right thing to do, if the staccato of your heartbeat is an indicator as you walk side by side in your favorite park, the one you used to come to when you were twelve and he insisted you rated all his cartwheels. The one with the old, chipped bench you waited on when you were fifteen and drunk, on your way back from a party filled with people you didnât like. He showed up in the middle of the night and gave you a piggyback ride, silly giggles muffled by the fabric of his sweatshirt.
Perhaps you were just too different. He always loved the big, chaotic town you ached to leave. Life of the party, popular, impeccable at school, great at sports.
âWhy did you disappear?â the question is void of bitterness, itâs gentle, even. Kyojuro is not stupid, he knows it was deliberate, heâs aware you didnât cut ties with anyone else.
He never had too much time to actually care about all those moments, the innocent touches, the casual hold of a hand whenever youâd take a stroll, the three times he had kissed you. They still burn in the back of your mind.
Eleven years old, as a dare. Twelve years old, to distract you from the pain of a scraped knee. Sixteen years old, the one time you saw him indulge in a beer.
âAlways hated Tokyoâ you shrug, casually stirring the ice in your drink.
âBut you left me, tooâ he insists âyou were special to me. I guess I hopedâŠâ the implications of what heâs not saying are too dangerous for you to bear.
âDonât be ridiculousâ you mumble âof course you wereâ
He stops in his tracks.
âSo whyâŠâ
âDid you ever ask me to stay, Kyo?â your gaze meets his âyou never said anything. You didnât⊠you never called it what it wasâ
Taken a back, he blinks. One time, two times.
So you never thought you deserved better than me?

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