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He flinched at the sudden arms wrapping around him and- goodness, he was running out of air. Saguru always found it so very comical how much he held his breath when confronting Kaito, and maybe a little irritating. How easily he could make him breathless, huh….  in retrospect, he had every right to be nervous given the events, and after he got over the initial shock, his expression softened into a smile; arms sliding around Kaito’s waist.

“I ask myself the same question constantly.” He joked, resting his cheek on the other’s head and nuzzling his hair slightly. “I kid–” Slight pun to break the tension. “I tend to remind myself how glad I am to have met you, rather.”

“That was terrible.” Despite that, though, the pun was met with slight laughter from the space between Kaito’s face and where it was buried in the crook of Saguru’s neck. “I love you.”

And maybe it was because he hadn’t said it with such severity in so long, or because he hadn’t said it in so long period, or even because he meant it - of course he meant it, but he meant it - but either way, he grumbled slightly to try and ignore his embarrassment, hiding his face even further.