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"You're hurt. Who did this to you?"
Sakura swallowed.
Umemiya's face was scrunched in gentle concern, but Sakura knew better. He saw the darkness starting to creep into Ume's eyes, the danger that laid beneath his soft tone. Ume's hand reached out, but Sakura slapped it away.
"It was during patrol. It's nothing, doesn't even hurt."
"It's not 'nothing', Sakura."
A warning. Sakura wasn't lying.
The punch, if it could even be called that, barely grazed him but Umemiya was acting like someone had stomped his face out. Sakura sighed.
"Tell me who it was. Or describe their face." Umemiya continued, stepping closer to Sakura.
Desperate measures had to be taken. With all the courage Sakura could muster, lightning quick, he landed a peck on Ume's cheek.
Umemiya blushed, the darkness in his eyes replaced right away with delight.
(They ended up skipping classes for the rest of the day, making out in the nearest storage room they could find. Sakura was mortified, but he's pretty sure he just saved a life.)
But some days, Umemiya wasn't as forgiving.
A knock at his door woke Sakura out of his sleep. Blearily, he made his way to the entrance and opened the door a crack only to see--
"Umemiya?! What are you--"
"Why didn't you answer my text? That was four hours ago, so you should've been home by then. You don't have patrol today. But when I checked here, you weren't home. You weren't at Pothos either. Who were you with? Where did you go? What were you doing? Are you hiding something from me?"
Umemiya's smile wavered throughout his spiel, and his eyes had that darkness to it; daring sakura to lie. Sakura knew that Ume knows exactly where he's been and what he's been doing. The real question Umemiya was asking was, why didn't you inform me?
Sakura frowned and huffed. He motioned for Umemiya to come in. Sakura turned his back for a second, only to be pulled back by the arm and pinned on the wall with Umemiya caging him in.
"Haruka, i'm not playing around."
Sakura knew he should feel scared. Creeped out, even. But just as Umemiya accepted him for all that he is, he accepted Ume in his entirety as well.
Obsessive tendencies and all.
Sakura cupped Umemiya's cheek and whispered, "Your birthday's coming up. I wanted to get you a gift, so I've been working with Kanji at Keisei because he offered me a part-time gig. That's all there is to it."
"I still don't like it. You being with him a lot more than me. You not telling me anything." Umemiya replied, gazing down at Sakura. his hands crept up Sakura's shirt as he began to plant kisses on Sakura's neck.
Sakura stuttered, "A-at least praise me for doing something for you! Dumbass!"
Umemiya nipped Sakura's ear and whispered, "Haruka, I adore how sweet you are, but you're really all I want."
Sakura could do nothing but surrender to his boyfriend who was, arguably, normal to everyone but him.
Sakura loved him anyway.