"i have a meeting to go to, don't burn down the apartment, don't dont stupid." semi said before grabbing his car keys and leaving.

"no promises." you said and lifted ollie into your arms.

"y/n."

"at least i'm telling the truth." you said and sat down on the couch with your feet propped on the coffee table.

you've avoided hajime for about a week now and you weren't sure how much longer you could.

you missed him

not exactly in a romantic way, more of just him and his presence. him in general.

"what's wrong?" ollie whimpered and placed a paw on the couch. you let him down on the floor and he ran to his squeaky toy.

you grabbed a leash and attached the hook to ollie's collar. "let's go." you said and opened the door. "we're going on a walk." ollie ran out the door and you locked the door behind you.

"reiji!" hajime shouted.

"what!"

"where's the closet convenient store?"

"down the street!" hajime grabbed his jacket and keys before leaving.

he walked down the street where reiji told him and looked up at the sky. it was around sunset and the sky was a pretty orange, pink color.

he was about to enter the store when he saw you standing with your back to him. in front of you there was a guy that was taller than you was talking to you.

you leaned down and pet the dog that was attached to a leash. he was guessing it was someone you saw on the steeet and then stopped to pet their dog.

you've done it many times before with him

"..anks kiyoshi.." was all he heard from the conversation.

"iwa?" you asked when you saw the familiar hair and eyes.

"what happened to hajime?" he asked quietly.

"what are you doing here?" you walked closer to him, but kept your distance.

"snacks." he said. "you?"

"same." he held the door open for you and you walked inside. neither of you talked to each other and you got everything picked out.

"see you around." you said to hajime before leaving. he looked at your retreating figure before finishing getting his own items.

you made your way down the street while admiring the sunset. it was a bit darker now. the pink turning into a light red.

behind you, hajime exited the store and saw two guys trailing not to far behind you. you were walking, noy noticing them and they were about to catch up to you.

"oh come on." he said to himself and rushed forward. he grabbed each guy by the collar and dragged them into the alley way.

you heard a slight grunt and turned around, seeing nothing there. you turned back around and walked forward after not hearing anything else.

kiyoshi
6:39 p.m

i got to your apartment with ollie

i got the snacks

great
now get back here
and hurry up or i'm starting the movie without you

patience dude

"i'm here!" you said and unlocked your door. kiyoshi was sitting on the floor while feeding ollie treats.

"about time." he sighed in relief and played the movie.

"we haven't even got the snacks out of the bag yet!" you said and dumped the snacks out. you got settled into the beanbag chair while kiyoshi sat on the couch. ollie was laying on the floor between you two.

about halfway through the movie there was a knock on your door and you dragged yourself over to answer.

"hi."you said to whoever was at the door without turning to look at them.

"are you okay?" your head whipped over to the doorway when your brain registered hajime's voice.

"am I okay? what happened to you?" you gasped in shock when you saw his face. there was blood, cuts, and bruises.

"are you okay?" he repeated, ignoring your words.

"why are you asking if i'm okay when you look like that?" you asked him frantically.

"answer my question." he said with his jaw clenched.

"of course i'm okay, why wouldn't I be?" you answered. "what about you? well you're obviously not okay, but what happened? did you-"

"i'm fine, just needed to make sure you were okay." he sighed before turning around to walk off.

"you're crazy if you think i'm letting you leave like that." you pulled him back in and into the bathroom. "sit on the counter."

"i'm fine, i'll just clean this up myself." he said.

"i said counter." you pulled out the first aid kit.

hajime sat on the counter and watched as you moved your hands all over the box. "what happened?" you asked.

"some alley accidents." he replied and winced when you started cleaning one of the cuts on his cheek. "ow."

he parted his knees and gave you more space and you moved to stand between them so it was easier for you to clean his face up.

"full story would be preferable." you said and cleaned the blood off.

"two assholes were following you." he said and his hand shot up to grip your hand when you pressed over a painful spot.

"you act all big and tough, but you're really just a baby with low pain tolerance." you said and removed his hand off yours.

"shut up."

"anyway continue." you began with the cut on his jaw.

"i dragged them into an alleyway so you could get here and then i couldn't handle them anymore since it was two against one and then this happened. they also had another guy in the alley so that was amazing for me." his last sentence was laced with sarcasm.

you frowned and stopped cleaning his injuries. "three against one?" he nodded and started to swing his legs back and forth.

"it's fine." he shook his head and poked your hand to make you start tending his injuries again. "it's better now."

you took out a bandage and carefully placed it over on one of his smaller cuts. "all done." you said and checked his face one last time. "I can get you ice for your bruises if you want."

you opened the door and walked out to the kitchen. hajime followed after you and stared at kiyoshi while you got the ice.

"who is he?" he asked, making you turn to look.

"that's kiyoshi. friend from high school." you answered. "also my old roommates ex boyfriend."

"oh."

"we're just friends." you added to calm him a little. he nodded and moved his eyes down to the dog sitting on kiyoshi's feet.

"what the fuck!" he flinched when something cold pressed against his face.

"whoops." you weren't even sorry. "hold it."

hajime took the ice pack and held it.

"um, so imma go." kiyoshi said and walked out of the apartment. "i'm not third wheeling!"

"you're not, but okay." you said and opened the balcony doors for ollie who wanted to get out.

"hey." hajime called from across the apartment.

"hm?"

"can we talk?"

you nodded you head over to the balcony. hajime walked over and sat down on the ground, leaning against the railing.

you sat down across from him and let ollie come sit on your lap. "so who's that?" he asked, looking at ollie.

"you never met him." you gasped. "this is ollie!" you let ollie walk over to him.

"cute." he said and picked ollie up in his arms.

you moved over a little to give him more space while ollie made himself comfortable in his arms.

"so are you here to stay?" you asked him and stretched your legs out so they weren't folded. "in japan."

"yep."

"so you're not leaving anytime soon?"

"nope."

"okay." there was a wave of relief of rushed through your body at his confirmation.

hajime looked up at you and saw you were looking down at ollie. he grabbed the handle to the door and opened it, letting ollie down.

"go on in." he said and directly ollie back in. "now we're gonna talk."

"fun." you looked away from him and at his balcony. your furrowed your eyebrows when you saw reiji standing there. he immediately closed the curtains when he saw you. "he's weird."

"oh yeah, definitely." hajime said without even having to look.

you moved your feet from left to right, waiting for him to speak up about whatever he wanted to say.

"i don't really know how to say this." he started.

"this is starting to sound a lot like the breakup iwa." you said and pulled your legs up to your chest. you placed your head on your knees and looked over you him.

"okay let me recollect all my memories of the speeches i said to makki and think about how to say this." he said and closed his eyes. you noticed how his eyelashes brushed against his cheekbones.

"it's no fair." his eyes opened and were directed at you. "you have longer eyelashes than me. i want them."

"you wanna rip them off me?" he asked and leaned back against the railing. "take them for yourself."

"don't mind if I do." you moved over to be closer to him and had your hands next to his face.

he grabbed your wrist before you could get to him and held them together with on hand. you were kneeling between his legs while one of his legs were propped against the rail and the other was resting on the side.

you were still making an effort to get to him and managed to get a small laugh out of him.

"now that you're all laughing and loosened up, talk to me." you said and sat on the back of legs while still kneeling.

"i miss you." he admitted and let go of your hands. "as a friend, lover, both. just someone in my life."

you stuck your hands into the pocket of your hoodie and stared at him. "you came into my life and made it so much brighter. and then I let you go. and let me just tell you, that's the biggest mistake of my life."

"and I know you probably don't wanna jump into anything right away and I understand that. but I want you back as a friend. we can go back to acquaintances and grow from there if you want."

"and if you think back at it, maybe there were some good parts about the two years apart." he said, making you confused. "i said some not that it all was a good thing."

"i guess there are some good parts. i could've found out how to be a better kisser." you took back your words at the look on hajime's face. "i'm kidding. the only kisses i've gotten are from ollie."

"so, friends? i can make another speech later if you say no." he rushed out. "it'll be extremely cliche and sappy though. reiji's made me watch too many romantic comedies."

"i think friends would be amazing." you smiled and he smiled back at you.

"um." he hesitated. "can i.. you know." he opened his arms and tiniest bit. "..hug."

you sat there and stared at him, shocked by the hesitation causing him to slowly cause his arms to close.

you threw yourself into his arms before he could and he immediately relaxed and buried his face in your neck.

his arms were wrapped around you, pulling you closer to him. "i'm still sorry. i know that breakup was really sudden and it was before the graduation too."

"it's okay." you said and enjoyed his scent and feeling. "oikawa told me you didn't know. still kind of wish you did try long distance at least once though."

"i know, i know." he said and pulled away. he didn't want to but the longer you were there the more he didn't want to let go.

"friends." you repeated and slid out of his embrace.

"friends." he nodded and stood up.

"well then, i'll see you around." you said and opened the door. he didn't follow you inside.

"see ya." he was about to jump over the balcony over to his.

"don't fall and wreck you face even more." you said and watched him. "if you fall ill bring you back up here and push you back down myself."

"sure you well." he said and successfully made it over. "made it."

"great job."

"nice hoodie by the way." he said before walking in his apartment. you glanced down and saw what you were wearing.

one of the hoodies from christmas

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it's fucking disgusting