Find Your Courage 1/5
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write_my_dreamsTitle: Find Your Courage
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Pairing: Asagi x Tsunehito
Genre: AU, humor, fluff
Warning/Disclaimer: Nothing to warn about. D, unfortunately, doesn't belong to me.
Rating: PG
Chapters: 1/5
Summary: Ruiza is tired of Asagi dragging him to the same cafe everyday just to see Tsunehito. So he decides to break the routine and tell Tsunehito how Asagi feels about him.
Author's Comment: I didn't feel well on Sunday/Monday so was thinking of cute things while feeling sorry for myself. I quick typed it up so I could have something to post today. Happy birthday to Tsunehito!
Ruiza sighed as he watched Asagi staring at Tsunehito with a lovesick expression on his face. He wasn’t quite sure why his best friend liked the redheaded barista so much when they barely spoke. Asagi’s general conversation with Tsunehito consisted of him ordering coffee, sometimes other food, and making awkward small talk then babbling about cats since that’s what he did when he got nervous and being around Tsunehito (or people he liked) made him nervous. Then, inevitably, he’d shuffle back to Ruiza with his coffee and mumble about how he’d just made a fool of himself. Again. So, as the supportive best friend, it was always Ruiza’s job to reassure Asagi that he hadn’t done that, he was just nervous, that Tsunehito would look or act annoyed if he thought Asagi was bothering him, etc. This was their routine every weekday and it was driving Ruiza insane. As much as he cared for Asagi and wanted him to be happy, he was tired of going to the same café every day and doing the same thing. Something needed to change.
“Why don’t you just ask him if he’s single?”
Asagi jumped, pulling his eyes away from Tsunehito to look at his friend. “What?”
Ruiza sighed. “Just ask him if he’s single or not.”
Asagi frowned. “He’d probably think I was a stalker…”
Ruiza smirked at him. “You’ve been dragging me here for the last two months just so you can talk to Tsunehito. And look at him. How does that not make you a stalker?”
He could tell Asagi was figuring out a way to defend his actions in a way that didn’t make him seem like a stalker. It wasn’t working though. In the end, he gave up and took another sip of his coffee. Then set it down, looking triumphant as he thought of an argument. “I don’t follow him from work at least. I just come here while he’s working. And the café is a logical place to stop because it’s halfway between work and our apartments.”
That was true. “There are other cafés though. You only come here to look at him. So,” Ruiza scowled as he kicked Asagi under the table, “stop ogling him like a lovesick schoolgirl and ask him if he’s single. Then if he says yes, ask him on a date.”
“He might think I’m harassing him though,” Asagi protested.
Ruiza rolled his eyes. Asagi was always confident in his work but when it came to himself being worthy of dating or not, he was so insecure. “Or he’ll think you’re nice, which you are, and decide he should give you a chance. Also, you’re hot. Remember the schoolgirls giggling over us on the train?”
“That’s because you tripped and fell into my lap and they thought we were lovers.”
That had been awkward. It was better than falling into the creepy old man next to Asagi though. Ruiza had been positive he was staring at his ass the entire train ride. “That’s beside the point.” He set his coffee down and fixed Asagi with a stern look. “If you don’t talk to Tsunehito, someone else is going to do it and then you’ll never have a chance to date him.”
“But what if he says no?”
Ruiza resisted the urge to kick Asagi again. “Then I will buy you the biggest parfait you can eat when we have our lunch break.”
Asagi sighed, looking indecisive as he glanced at Tsunehito again. The steady rush of customers had dwindled down and no one was in line for coffee now. Tsunehito was fiddling with the cash register, a cute look of concentration on his face. It hadn’t been working that well earlier when they had paid for their drinks. That should have given Asagi more time to talk to Tsunehito but he’d been too nervous to do anything. It’d taken a sharp elbow to his ribs to get him to talk to Tsunehito and ask him everything was all right.
“I’m sorry, the cash register hasn’t been working right since yesterday.” He’d flashed Asagi an apologetic smile (Ruiza thought his friend might faint over that) then finally gotten the machine to work. After that they’d gotten their drinks and retreated to their usual table in the corner that gave Asagi a perfect view of Tsunehito. And had their usual conversation of Ruiza pressuring Asagi to just work up his courage and ask Tsunehito if he was single. He really needed to do this soon, Tsunehito was gorgeous and Asagi wasn’t the only person impressed by him. He had his fair share of admirers from both genders coming to the café. Every day Asagi didn’t talk to him was another day where someone else could be with Tsunehito. Today, like most days, Ruiza considered talking to Tsunehito himself.
“Hi, this is awkward and probably really creepy but are you single? My best friend has a huge crush on you and brings me to this café everyday just so he can see you but he’s too insecure to talk to you.”
Ruiza always talked himself out of it since Asagi’s love life (or lack of) was his own business. Asagi was a grown man; he didn’t need Ruiza to ask people out for him. This wasn’t elementary school.
But today, Ruiza had had enough. He didn’t want to go through their ritual tomorrow and the next day and the next... earlier he’d thought that something needed to change, and it was true. If Asagi didn’t have the courage to ask Tsunehito himself then Ruiza would do it for him. So he got up. “I’m going to get a snack. Do you want anything else?” He glanced at Tsunehito, knowing he was the ‘anything else’ that Asagi wanted.
“No, I’m fine. Thank you.”
“All right.” Hopefully this would work in Asagi’s favor. Ruiza walked up to the counter, feeling like a kid again. They were adults and should be above this sort of behavior but for Asagi… he’d help him. Tsunehito must have given up on the cash register since he gave it dark looks every so often as he wiped down the counter. He glanced up as he saw Ruiza approaching.
“What can I get you?” Tsunehito smiled at him. Whenever he smiled Ruiza could understand why Asagi was so captivated by him.
“It’s actually for my friend.” Ruiza glanced back at Asagi, who had a look of growing horror on his face as he realized what Ruiza was doing. He gave the blonde a frantic, pleading look and shook his head. Poor Asagi.
Ruiza glanced back at Tsunehito, who looked slightly confused. “We’ve been coming to this café everyday for the past two months because he likes you so much. He always makes me come here but he’s terrified of asking you to go on a date.” He laughed awkwardly as he brushed his hair back. “Asagi… is a really good person. He’s nervous because he likes you so much but he’s not a creepy stalker or anything like that. I just… I want him to be happy, so I’m being his awkward go between because he’s too afraid to talk to you.”
Tsunehito’s eyes widened at that confession. He was quiet for a few moments as he glanced over Ruiza’s shoulder to see Asagi. The other man was currently hiding under his long hair and frantically texting. Ruiza felt his phone vibrating in his pocket. That was probably a furious message from Asagi asking what the hell he was doing. Hopefully he was helping his best friend and not dooming him to rejection. Anxious, Ruiza returned his gaze to Tsunehito. What would the barista do now?
“Asagi comes here everyday… just to see me?”
Ruiza nodded. “He does. He really likes you.”
Tsunehito smiled a little. He was obviously touched to hear that. Then that sweet smile abruptly changed into a wicked smirk. “Tell Asagi that I am single. Normally that isn’t something I’d admit to while I’m working. But,” he fell silent again as he grabbed a piece of paper. He scribbled his name, a phone number, and a time on it then gave the paper to Ruiza. “Tell Asagi to call me and ask me on a date himself. I get off work at 18:00.”
Ruiza grinned as he took the paper. “Thank you, I will. And I’ll be sure to call him later and make sure he did call you instead of chickening out.”
“I believe you,” Tsunehito laughed softly.
Ruiza returned to his table. Asagi had stopped texting and was now giving him a dark look. “What the hell?” he hissed. “What did you say to him?”
“Shut up, I helped you.” He handed the paper to Asagi. “Congratulations, lover boy. Tsunehito’s interested in you. He said you have to call him once he gets off work and ask him out yourself.”
Asagi’s hands shook as he took the paper. “I…”
“You can thank me by buying lunch.” Ruiza checked his watch. “Come on, we’re going to be later for work if you don’t get up.” He smirked as he gave Tsunehito a brief glance. “Or you could just ask him now.”
“Later… is better.”
“Fine, later. But you’re calling him today and if you make me be there with you while you call him I’m never speaking to you again.”
Asagi scowled as he carefully tucked Tsunehito’s number into his wallet. “I’m not that cowardly.”
“I had to ask Tsunehito out for you.”
“You didn’t have to! I would have done it eventually.”
“When?” Ruiza retorted.
Asagi had nothing to say in response to that. He probably didn’t know either. They took care of their trays then put on their jackets. Asagi, to Ruiza’s surprise, had the courage to wave at Tsunehito, who smiled and returned the wave.
Finally the routine had been broken and tomorrow would be different.
Notes
1) Ruiza and Asagi are only friends in this series, there's no romantic feelings between them or anything like that
2) It was interesting to write this fic because the focus is on Asagi's feelings for Tsunehito but it's through Ruiza's eyes. Usually I don't write "bystander" fics but this one was fun to work on.
3) Not sure how long it's going to be or what all will happen, but I wanted to post something for Tsunehito's birthday.
Author:
write_my_dreamsPairing: Asagi x Tsunehito
Genre: AU, humor, fluff
Warning/Disclaimer: Nothing to warn about. D, unfortunately, doesn't belong to me.
Rating: PG
Chapters: 1/5
Summary: Ruiza is tired of Asagi dragging him to the same cafe everyday just to see Tsunehito. So he decides to break the routine and tell Tsunehito how Asagi feels about him.
Author's Comment: I didn't feel well on Sunday/Monday so was thinking of cute things while feeling sorry for myself. I quick typed it up so I could have something to post today. Happy birthday to Tsunehito!
Ruiza sighed as he watched Asagi staring at Tsunehito with a lovesick expression on his face. He wasn’t quite sure why his best friend liked the redheaded barista so much when they barely spoke. Asagi’s general conversation with Tsunehito consisted of him ordering coffee, sometimes other food, and making awkward small talk then babbling about cats since that’s what he did when he got nervous and being around Tsunehito (or people he liked) made him nervous. Then, inevitably, he’d shuffle back to Ruiza with his coffee and mumble about how he’d just made a fool of himself. Again. So, as the supportive best friend, it was always Ruiza’s job to reassure Asagi that he hadn’t done that, he was just nervous, that Tsunehito would look or act annoyed if he thought Asagi was bothering him, etc. This was their routine every weekday and it was driving Ruiza insane. As much as he cared for Asagi and wanted him to be happy, he was tired of going to the same café every day and doing the same thing. Something needed to change.
“Why don’t you just ask him if he’s single?”
Asagi jumped, pulling his eyes away from Tsunehito to look at his friend. “What?”
Ruiza sighed. “Just ask him if he’s single or not.”
Asagi frowned. “He’d probably think I was a stalker…”
Ruiza smirked at him. “You’ve been dragging me here for the last two months just so you can talk to Tsunehito. And look at him. How does that not make you a stalker?”
He could tell Asagi was figuring out a way to defend his actions in a way that didn’t make him seem like a stalker. It wasn’t working though. In the end, he gave up and took another sip of his coffee. Then set it down, looking triumphant as he thought of an argument. “I don’t follow him from work at least. I just come here while he’s working. And the café is a logical place to stop because it’s halfway between work and our apartments.”
That was true. “There are other cafés though. You only come here to look at him. So,” Ruiza scowled as he kicked Asagi under the table, “stop ogling him like a lovesick schoolgirl and ask him if he’s single. Then if he says yes, ask him on a date.”
“He might think I’m harassing him though,” Asagi protested.
Ruiza rolled his eyes. Asagi was always confident in his work but when it came to himself being worthy of dating or not, he was so insecure. “Or he’ll think you’re nice, which you are, and decide he should give you a chance. Also, you’re hot. Remember the schoolgirls giggling over us on the train?”
“That’s because you tripped and fell into my lap and they thought we were lovers.”
That had been awkward. It was better than falling into the creepy old man next to Asagi though. Ruiza had been positive he was staring at his ass the entire train ride. “That’s beside the point.” He set his coffee down and fixed Asagi with a stern look. “If you don’t talk to Tsunehito, someone else is going to do it and then you’ll never have a chance to date him.”
“But what if he says no?”
Ruiza resisted the urge to kick Asagi again. “Then I will buy you the biggest parfait you can eat when we have our lunch break.”
Asagi sighed, looking indecisive as he glanced at Tsunehito again. The steady rush of customers had dwindled down and no one was in line for coffee now. Tsunehito was fiddling with the cash register, a cute look of concentration on his face. It hadn’t been working that well earlier when they had paid for their drinks. That should have given Asagi more time to talk to Tsunehito but he’d been too nervous to do anything. It’d taken a sharp elbow to his ribs to get him to talk to Tsunehito and ask him everything was all right.
“I’m sorry, the cash register hasn’t been working right since yesterday.” He’d flashed Asagi an apologetic smile (Ruiza thought his friend might faint over that) then finally gotten the machine to work. After that they’d gotten their drinks and retreated to their usual table in the corner that gave Asagi a perfect view of Tsunehito. And had their usual conversation of Ruiza pressuring Asagi to just work up his courage and ask Tsunehito if he was single. He really needed to do this soon, Tsunehito was gorgeous and Asagi wasn’t the only person impressed by him. He had his fair share of admirers from both genders coming to the café. Every day Asagi didn’t talk to him was another day where someone else could be with Tsunehito. Today, like most days, Ruiza considered talking to Tsunehito himself.
“Hi, this is awkward and probably really creepy but are you single? My best friend has a huge crush on you and brings me to this café everyday just so he can see you but he’s too insecure to talk to you.”
Ruiza always talked himself out of it since Asagi’s love life (or lack of) was his own business. Asagi was a grown man; he didn’t need Ruiza to ask people out for him. This wasn’t elementary school.
But today, Ruiza had had enough. He didn’t want to go through their ritual tomorrow and the next day and the next... earlier he’d thought that something needed to change, and it was true. If Asagi didn’t have the courage to ask Tsunehito himself then Ruiza would do it for him. So he got up. “I’m going to get a snack. Do you want anything else?” He glanced at Tsunehito, knowing he was the ‘anything else’ that Asagi wanted.
“No, I’m fine. Thank you.”
“All right.” Hopefully this would work in Asagi’s favor. Ruiza walked up to the counter, feeling like a kid again. They were adults and should be above this sort of behavior but for Asagi… he’d help him. Tsunehito must have given up on the cash register since he gave it dark looks every so often as he wiped down the counter. He glanced up as he saw Ruiza approaching.
“What can I get you?” Tsunehito smiled at him. Whenever he smiled Ruiza could understand why Asagi was so captivated by him.
“It’s actually for my friend.” Ruiza glanced back at Asagi, who had a look of growing horror on his face as he realized what Ruiza was doing. He gave the blonde a frantic, pleading look and shook his head. Poor Asagi.
Ruiza glanced back at Tsunehito, who looked slightly confused. “We’ve been coming to this café everyday for the past two months because he likes you so much. He always makes me come here but he’s terrified of asking you to go on a date.” He laughed awkwardly as he brushed his hair back. “Asagi… is a really good person. He’s nervous because he likes you so much but he’s not a creepy stalker or anything like that. I just… I want him to be happy, so I’m being his awkward go between because he’s too afraid to talk to you.”
Tsunehito’s eyes widened at that confession. He was quiet for a few moments as he glanced over Ruiza’s shoulder to see Asagi. The other man was currently hiding under his long hair and frantically texting. Ruiza felt his phone vibrating in his pocket. That was probably a furious message from Asagi asking what the hell he was doing. Hopefully he was helping his best friend and not dooming him to rejection. Anxious, Ruiza returned his gaze to Tsunehito. What would the barista do now?
“Asagi comes here everyday… just to see me?”
Ruiza nodded. “He does. He really likes you.”
Tsunehito smiled a little. He was obviously touched to hear that. Then that sweet smile abruptly changed into a wicked smirk. “Tell Asagi that I am single. Normally that isn’t something I’d admit to while I’m working. But,” he fell silent again as he grabbed a piece of paper. He scribbled his name, a phone number, and a time on it then gave the paper to Ruiza. “Tell Asagi to call me and ask me on a date himself. I get off work at 18:00.”
Ruiza grinned as he took the paper. “Thank you, I will. And I’ll be sure to call him later and make sure he did call you instead of chickening out.”
“I believe you,” Tsunehito laughed softly.
Ruiza returned to his table. Asagi had stopped texting and was now giving him a dark look. “What the hell?” he hissed. “What did you say to him?”
“Shut up, I helped you.” He handed the paper to Asagi. “Congratulations, lover boy. Tsunehito’s interested in you. He said you have to call him once he gets off work and ask him out yourself.”
Asagi’s hands shook as he took the paper. “I…”
“You can thank me by buying lunch.” Ruiza checked his watch. “Come on, we’re going to be later for work if you don’t get up.” He smirked as he gave Tsunehito a brief glance. “Or you could just ask him now.”
“Later… is better.”
“Fine, later. But you’re calling him today and if you make me be there with you while you call him I’m never speaking to you again.”
Asagi scowled as he carefully tucked Tsunehito’s number into his wallet. “I’m not that cowardly.”
“I had to ask Tsunehito out for you.”
“You didn’t have to! I would have done it eventually.”
“When?” Ruiza retorted.
Asagi had nothing to say in response to that. He probably didn’t know either. They took care of their trays then put on their jackets. Asagi, to Ruiza’s surprise, had the courage to wave at Tsunehito, who smiled and returned the wave.
Finally the routine had been broken and tomorrow would be different.
Notes
1) Ruiza and Asagi are only friends in this series, there's no romantic feelings between them or anything like that
2) It was interesting to write this fic because the focus is on Asagi's feelings for Tsunehito but it's through Ruiza's eyes. Usually I don't write "bystander" fics but this one was fun to work on.
3) Not sure how long it's going to be or what all will happen, but I wanted to post something for Tsunehito's birthday.
