Ryuutaro let the kiss last and last, not intending to break apart any sooner than necessary. He was determined to not worry about a single thing as long as they were in this apartment. The rest of the world could wait, it had taken too much energy already.

When he finally has to break the connection of lips for a moment his lips lingered close to Hayato's as he smiled.

"I love you..."
Usually he wasn't prone to saying this out of the blue, but was now even an occasion that could be called random? They would spend the next ten years together, had their fate written out and visible to everyone... It made the words almost too obvious for even having to be said.