#Like he's at Reki's window to get him but Reki is clearly busy staring at himself in the mirror playing with the skirt

[reki-of-the-valley]

Reki in a skirt. Reki stealing one of Koyomi's skirts without anyone in his family knowing. Reki putting it on in his room when no one is home. Reki feeling really good in a skirt but not ready to do anything about it so he only enjoys it when he's alone. Reki finding little pleasures in being a little more feminine from time to time. Reki who likes stealing things from his sister's closet, things she never wears. Genderfluid Reki who isn't confident enough to do anything about it, isn't confident enough to come out to anyone, but who still wants to wear skirts and pink from time to time

[silverynight]

Misunderstanding

Reki starts getting worried about Langa when he notices the way he's constantly looking at him during class; the window serves as a pretty good mirror actually.

He's not as happy as he used to be, but Reki has no idea why; at first he's almost sure it's because he's thinking about his Dad, so he decides not to ask questions. But then he realizes that Langa is hiding something from him.

He doesn't know what to do, he could ask, but doesn't want to press him... Or force him to tell Reki something he is clearly keeping from him for a reason.

As he tries to think about it, Kana, a pretty girl from his class approaches him with her friends; they're constantly asking about Langa and almost begging Reki to bring him to one of their parties (Reki usually wonders why they ask him instead of going to Langa themselves).

He's so worried that he mentions something to Kana and all the girls grin like they just won the lottery.

"I think he needs some love," she giggles, prompting Reki to look back in confusion.

"Love? What do you–"

"I meant a girlfriend!" She rolls her eyes, looking at Reki like he's an idiot.

Perhaps he is.

He's about to tell her that she's wrong, when he realizes that he actually has no idea; Reki is not sure why it hurts him so much thinking about Langa with a girlfriend, but... If that's what he needs, it doesn't matter what Reki feels.

"I think... you might be right."

"I am," she assures him, winking at him. "So you're gonna take him to the party this weekend? You two can meet a couple of girls there!"

Reki nods, despite of his own feelings, he's really not enthusiastic about it, but Langa is his friend and he wants him to be happy.

"Great! I'll text you later!"

When the girls walk away, giggling and whispering to each other, Reki notices Langa, waiting for him at the end of the hallway.

"I didn't see you there!" He grins, although he regrets it as soon as he sees the frown on Langa's face.

"Of course you didn't, you were too busy talking with your friends," he says, looking irritated. It confuses Reki, Langa doesn't usually get annoyed easily.

"I can introduce you–"

"No. Let's just get out of here."

Reki realizes something's wrong when they get to the park and Langa starts falling more than usual from his skateboard; his mind is clearly elsewhere.

After sighing, Langa finally stops in front of him, although all the irritation has vanished from his features, replaced by sadness.

"Reki, are you going to ask one of them out?"

"What? You mean Kana and her friends? No, no!"

Langa relaxes, the corners of his lips quirk up into a smile again and Reki finally sees what's going on.

He probably likes one of them and doesn't want Reki to ask her out.

"No, you don't need to worry about that," he says, feeling a little bit down after realizing that Langa has a crush on a girl from their class.

"Let's go back to my apartment this time," Langa mumbles, taking Reki's hand in his. "My mother is working but she told me we can order pizza."

"Sounds good," Reki says absentmindedly, thinking that the party will probably be a torture for him.

***

It takes a little bit of convincing for Langa to agree to go to the party. It confuses Reki for a moment until he reminds himself that it's just because Langa is not very good at talking with other people.

"It's going to be great!" He assures him, even though he doesn't believe it himself. "There are going to be many girls of our class there!"

"Girls. Right," Langa grimaces, looking at Reki like he's in pain. "You... you want to go, right?"

"Yes," of course he doesn't, but he's determined to make Langa smile like he used to.

"Well, if you want to I'll go with you."

***

Langa takes his hand as soon as they reach the house, prompting Reki to think he's feeling a little bit nervous.

"Reki, Langa!" Kana grins. "I'm so glad you decided to come."

However, she narrows her eyes when she sees their hands, but doesn't make any comments.

Without even realizing what's going on, they're introduced to a couple of girls and Reki is so focused trying to remember every name, he doesn't realize he let go of Langa's hand at some point.

Actually, Langa is currently at the other side of the room, surrounded by enthusiastic girls who seem to be overwhelming him with questions.

He looks tense; he's constantly looking around the room, looking for something, so Reki takes a step in his direction, but Kana grabs him by the arm to stop him.

"He'll be fine," she assures him. "You have to let him meet new people."

"Right," the redhead bites his bottom lip, wondering if he's actually the one overwhelming Langa.

Kana leads him to a couch, where a girl is giggling with a boy while sitting on his lap. Reki tries not to look at them and finds himself blushing.

"You're really cute, Reki," Kana chuckles, probably making fun of him for acting like that. "Not like other boys I've met."

"I hope that's a compliment," he mumbles, flustered.

"It is. Actually, I was wondering..."

"Reki, I want to go."

Langa's voice startles him, but his expression worries him; the boy looks like he's in pain.

"Are you alright? Did something happen?" Rising from the couch, Reki gets closer to his friend.

"No. I'm f-fine. I just want to go S," he mumbles. "If you want to sta–No, actually, I want you to come with me."

Even though he's clearly talking to Reki, Langa says the last words while glaring at something over Reki's shoulder.

"Please," he adds, softly, vulnerable as he stares back at the redhead.

"Of course, let's go," Reki smiles, taking Langa's hand in his.

He says goodbye to Kana quickly, because Langa is already pulling him towards the front door.

"Are you really okay?"

"I'm better now," Langa says, intertwining their fingers together.

***

"Is it just me or the kid is skateboarding more aggressively than usual?" Joe comments, looking at the monitors.

"He is," Reki agrees with him. "I don't know what's going on, but he's been acting weird lately. I took him to a party so he could meet girls and–"

Joe snorts, Cherry rolls his eyes and Miya frowns at him.

"Are you kidding me, right?"

"No, why would I–"

"Girls, seriously?" Miya stares at him in disbelief.

"Yes, girls! I don't understand why is that so funny to you!"

"Langa is gay," Cherry says casually, still with his eyes on the monitor. It looks like Langa is gonna beat Shadow again.

"Oh... Oh!" Reki suddenly feels like an idiot. He's Langa's best friend and he had no idea... "How do you know?"

"It's obvious," Joe says.

"Reki!"

He gets startled a second time that night by Langa. Reki wasn't paying too much attention to the competition so he didn't realize when it ended.

And suddenly, Langa's arms are all around him. He likes to embrace Reki every time he wins, which is quite a lot.

However, this time he lifts Reki from the ground, reminding the redhead that his friend is way stronger than he looks.

"Let's celebrate!"

"It's late, Langa–"

"Let's go to my restaurant," Joe offers. "I'll cook something for us."

He opens the restaurant just for them, although their friends sit on a table and leave Reki and Langa in another.

Joe puts a candle on theirs and winks at them before leaving. Reki starts feeling quite confused.

"Listen, Langa... I'm sorry for bringing you to that party... I just wanted you to meet someone. I wanted you to be happy."

Suddenly, a fond grin appears on Langa's face.

"Reki, I like–"

"Boys, I know... I'm sorry for not figuring it out before... I can do better next time. Just tell me if you like someone from our class... What's your type?"

"Oblivious," Langa chuckles, eyes glimmering with happiness as he takes Reki's face in his hands. "Funny, passionate. With beautiful, bright red hair. Wears hoodies, loves skateboarding more than anything, kind... Very handsome, has–"

"Alright, alright!" Reki puts a hand to cover Langa's lips. He's blushing to the tip of his ears. "I get it now!"

"Sorry, I shouldn't have–"

"I like you too!" He cuts Langa off, before the boy can start apologizing for it.

"Really?"

"Yes, you don't have to sound like–"

"I think I'm in love with you," Langa whispers sincerely, looking happy again. He's beaming at Reki. "Can I kiss you?"

"Yes."

Reki is not prepared for the possessive kiss, but he enjoys it quite a lot. It's almost like Langa had been waiting to do that for a while.

Someone clears his throat and Reki remembers that his friends are right there. Blushing, he pulls away, but not without noticing the way Langa chases his lips afterwards.

It's quite endearing.

Shadow is looking at them with a grin and tears in his eyes (for a moment Reki thinks he'll start sobbing) Cherry finally takes his hand off Miya's eyes and Joe leans over their table to put two dishes in front of them.

"Don't tell me you knew about this too..." Reki says, trying not to blush as Langa moves him easily to put him over his lap.

"About you two being idiots in love?" Miya rolls his eyes, but still smiles at them. "From the very beginning. Langa realized it first, by the way."

"That I did," Langa agrees, grinning from ear to ear, before kissing Reki's hand.

"Please, we want to eat! There's no need to be gross here!" Miya complains, although Reki knows he's actually happy for them.

***

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