Together

Chapter 23🍋(ish)

As I said in in the ending author's note of my last chapter, I ran into a bit of writer's block when I was writing this chapter but I'm managing to work through it little by little. So we're going to just keep on rolling. It's now Friday and the camping trip begins!

Also as the title suggests yet again: there will be sexual content in this chapter, although only near the beginning. (Thought there might be some suggestive content later in the chapter. But no promises)

Also, buckle up and grab some popcorn because this chapter is a long one 🍿🍿🍿
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Finally Friday

It's been a long time comin'

And the table's turned around

'Cause one of us is goin'...

One of us is going down!...*CLICK*

Y/N quickly clicked his alarm clock off and returned back to his laying down position, small smirk adorned on his face. 'Yup, the song is right...one of us did, indeed, go down last night.' he thought, chuckling to himself at his own, immature humor. He looked back at the clock and noticed that it was 5 am, which was the time he usually got up to go running before school. He groaned when he realized that he actually didn't even need to be awake right now. 'Ugh...forgot to modify the clock...' he thought with a grimace. 'My bad...'

He looked over toward his cuddle buddy and found her nuzzled against him, gripping him tightly and her body being completely covered by his comforter. Her ahoge was the only part of her sticking out of the top of the blanket. He smiled as he wrapped both of his arms around her and gently caressed her back, which elicited a subconscious sigh of contentment from the youngest quintuplet.

His smile soon became a grimace, however, as he remembered that very realistic dream he had, in which he truly believed that he was in a world where she was about to marry someone else. He could feel a painful clenching in his chest. The thought of not just losing Itsuki forever, but her giving herself away to someone else...He couldn't bear the thought of it. He could feel his grip on her tightening ever so slightly, but it didn't seem to bother her as she tightened hers as well.

As she did so, her arm brushed up against the necklace that she had given him, which contained a heart shaped locket with a photo of the two of them. He reached it down and twiddled it in between his fingers. He then opened it and looked at the tiny photo, smiling as it filled him with a sense of happiness and security, before closing it and wrapping his arm around her once again.

Y/N honestly could have stayed like this forever. But as relaxed, warm, and comfortable the two of them were, Y/N knew that all the good things had to come to an end eventually. But on the plus side, one good thing was being replaced by another with the camping trip!

'Hopefully everything goes well and neither of us will come back as single people...' Y/N thought to himself. He could feel his heartbeat start to escalate and his hands start to feel clammy at the thought of asking his childhood friend enter into a relationship with him at long last. 'Gah!!!' He groaned as he grabbed tufts of his hair in irritation. 'It's Stars for crying out loud!' He thought as he begin to fidget. 'I mean, it's completely obvious to literally everyone that she feels the same way about me and would accept in a heartbeat if I asked! So why the hell am I so goddamn nervous?!'

He groaned to himself as he stared up at the ceiling. 'Ugh...honestly? I could probably save myself a major headache by just asking her out right now...But nooooo...I just have to be extra, and wait for the bonfire dance, don't I...?' He thought as he grabbed his face. 'God, I'm such a moron...'