Her voice sounded determined, her grin was almost blinding as she sat up and looked down at him.
Peter was so confused as to how someone could just be beautiful at all times.
Was that a thing? It felt unfair.
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"That… sounds super cool!" He laughed, his heart warming at the smile she gained.
"Yeah! And when I win the sports festival, it'll be just like when I become number one!" The brunette laughed at that, the girl simply raising an eyebrow.
That small conversation served as a reminder as to why he liked Rumi, he guessed he admired the type of determination and dedication she always carried with her, you know? It just rubbed off on him every now and then.
"I'm gonna win the sports festival, man."
Rumi gained a dangerous grin at that. "Are ya, now?" The girl moved so she was over him and leaned down slightly, her long hair falling beside his face. "How do ya plan on doing that, Pete?"
For some reason, Peter found himself grinning right back, not even trying to freak out at the closeness of the girl.
"By beating you, of course! You and everyone else, I'm gonna win that thing for me."
That was a feeling Peter hadn't felt in a while, actually wanting to do something for himself and not for others. Winning the sports festival wouldn't benefit anyone other than him, and he liked that.
He wanted to excel solely for him, not for anyone else. He wanted to win that festival and show that he deserved to be where he was. He guessed it was as a way of proving his own self-worth.
And if he had to go through Rumi along the way? So be it!
"No wonder I like ya so much!" The girl leaned down even closer, Peter's heart finally started to beat faster.
What did she say?"
"That determination, I respect that! That desire to win and shit, that's what I like to see." She leaned down even closer still.
Holy shit.
He could feel the girl's hot breath on his face, she wore that confident grin as he looked into her piercing ruby eyes, Peter swore he could see a slight hint of purple in them.
"Are you… trying to tell me something?" While he would love to figure it out for himself, it was a well-known fact that the girl in his room was blunter than the broad side of a barn.
It normally worked in his favor.
"What do ya think?" She drew even closer, Peter could easily kiss her right now if he wanted.
As he looked into those eyes the realization that he was still purring finally hit him.
He didn't even care.
"I-I don't know?" His voice cracked, but the two ignored it. His eyes were stuck on hers, he couldn't look away even if he wanted.
He was so confused right now! Was this a sign? It felt like a sign, but what kind of sign? Was this normal for Rumi to do?
"How about this, whoever places higher asks the other one out, deal?" The look in her eyes made the back of his head tingle, but it was different from his spider-sense.
Holy shit.
Holy fucking shit.
Was this real? There's no way, right?
"S-Sure?" His voice cracked again, the girl's grin only grew.
"Great!" As if nothing had happened, the girl simply pumped her first into the air and leaned back up so she was sitting on his abdomen. "Oh man, I can't wait to kick your ass!"
What?
What just happened?
What the hell just happened?
The door slammed opened, and a dramatic gasp rang out. The two teens looked toward the door to are that their class Vice President was standing there looking aghast.
"P-P-Parker! U-Usagiyama! I came to make sure everyone was ready for curfew, b-but… how could you do such an unbecoming thing as UA students?! I cannot bel-"
"Chill out, four-eyes! Me and Pete kept things PG, so you don't gotta have a fit over it! I was just about to leave anyway." The girl waved his concerns off and hopped off of the bed. "You gotta learn to relax! Later, nerd." She gave a wave towards Peter, who was still red-faced, and walked past Iida and out of the room.
The taller teen sputtered while chopping the air strangely like he always does as he looked at the girl walking down the hall, Peter couldn't help the nervous chuckle that escaped his lips.
The blue-haired teen immediately spun around at the sound and gave a disapproving glare as he continued to sputter.
The guy seemed alright, but Peter did find him a bit annoying sometimes.
Times like right now.
"P-Parker! How could you partake in such activities with a fellow classmate as students of UA! I should report this!"
Peter only sighed and sat up in his bed, the heat quickly leaving his face. "Look, why don't you just go to your room so we can all get some sleep, alright? Nothing happened here."
Iida sputtered a bit further before he settled for pointing at his eyes than at Peter while giving a glare, he quickly shut the door as he left.
The American groaned and fell back onto the bed, it smelled like apples. He got up and went to brush his teeth for the night while taking the sleeping medicine that had been helping him for the past few days. As he looked at his face in the mirror, he couldn't help but notice the dumb grin he was wearing.
That wasn't gonna go away any time soon, right?
He went to sleep with that grin on his face and dreamt of rabbits and snow the whole night.
It was the best sleep he had gotten in months.
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AN :
And breather Arc !! Woo! We finally get some Rumi/Peter content, but sadly the date won't be until after the sports festival.
While writing this, I had two options as to how Rumi would handle the relationship. Either as a Tsundere, which was just boring, or make her dive straight in while being confident and forward with how she felt. You can guess which one I chose. My main inspiration was the story 'Crazy, but in a good way' which is probably one of my favorite stories on here.
It was incredibly fun to write this Arc! I wanted it to be a bit longer but decided that a breather chapter should not be that long in the end. I settled for just showing Peter adapting to his room and him spending some time with Rumi. I was really looking forward to making Peter's room, so I took inspiration from the PS4 game while making it show his love for inventing and movies, it'll probably get messier and messier as time goes on, but that's just how Peter rolls.
And also, I decided to make Rumi a fan of Nana! I saw fan art of Rumi being inspired by her and I absolutely loved it, so I ended up making it so Nana was a great inspiration for Rumi wanting to be a hero. And since we don't know her hero name, I settled for the name Skywalker cause ya know… she flies? Clever, I know .
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