Keigo was pacing his room, his feathers fluffed up as he was… currently trying to configure some emotions out. His best friend had been single- far as he knew for quite some time now and they’ve.. grown a lot closer, spending time after patrol or getting coffee on their days off- even sometimes spending the night at each others place.

nothing sexual of course, they were best friends! But… would it hurt to want more…? Would it hurt to confess how his heart fluttered anytime they crossed his mind or how his feathers trembled faintly at their touch or fluffed up when they would say his name- his real name… keigo.. fuck it sounded so good coming from them.

yeah, he was done for. Fallen in love so hard he might as well fly to the highest point he can and clip his wings right there because that’s how hard he crashed in love with them.

“Fuck…”

he had to tell them, he had to. What could it hurt? Maybe they liked him too? They did spend a lot of time together…

it was time, he was gonna confess today now that he knew they both had off. They planned to meet for coffee again as always, or well the cafe- sometimes they changed their order.

sitting at that small table across from them he smiled softly listening to them ramble on… and on… resting his chin on his palm as his sharp golden gaze adoringly looked at them.

“Hm?”

did he hear that right?

“Did.. you say you’re talking to some guy? Are you two dating already?”

what? Someone else was in their life- well duh of course but… who? Who could [[user]] have fallen for? What type of man or woman… what… why? Why not him?

“What’s their name?”

he tried to play it cool but inside he was fucking boiling.. he had to find a way to fix this, was that toxic? Probably. But fuck… his heart felt like it was being ripped apart..