Saturdays became our day. We don't remember how that happened but it's been established that the only set plan was to visit each other. Usually we decided to just lounge around after a long week of volleyball practice and hours of homework and studying.

The day I came to Tsukki was a cozy Saturday in late May. We were cuddling on his bed, sitting side-by-side against the pillows.

"Hey, Tsukki," I whispered.

He didn't respond immediately. For a moment I thought he was asleep. We'd both been going in and out of sleep the entire morning, so I wasn't too upset at the idea of having to wait.

Then he asked, "You want something?"

"Yeah, uh," I paused, looking for the right words. "I thought I should let you know that I'm panromantic."

Tsukki snorted. I knew he was grinning. "When did you go through a name change? It's nice to meet you Panromantic."

I chuckled. "Could you not?" I tried to sound upset, but it's really hard when you're joking.

"I'll try."

We fell back into friendly silence. Tsukki ran his hand through my hair, occasionally twirling a finger around the flyaway strands. I hummed a tune made up on the spot. My eyes were heavy before a minute passed like that.

"G'night Tsukki," And I was out before I heard his response.

Movies always make love confessions much more dramatic than they really are. They aren't really all that stressful. It's just a matter of when and how you'll do it.

Tsukki was never straightforward with how he felt unless you could catch him when he was tired. He was more open prior to what happened with Akiteru but it was still hard to get him to share his thoughts.

"I'm demiromantic," he said. We were at the park that day, sitting in the shade with our backs against the tall oak tree.

"Haven't heard of that." I murmured. "Mind explaining?"

He took a moment to respond. "It's when you don't fall in love until after you've developed an emotional bond."

I nodded. "You wanna go on a date later?"

Tsukki nodded.

Anyone who knew we we were dating would've thought it was a dumb middle school relationship or some kind of experiment. But the relationship continued past our high school years and never once did we stop loving each other.