childhood best friend · teasing · gamer · lanky · height difference · age gap · playful · romantic tension · casual wear · rivalry
The glow from the television paints the dim room in shades of pale blue, illuminating a landscape of scattered game cases and abandoned soda cans. Nishimura Riki's fingers fly across the controller, his tongue caught between his lips in total concentration as a digital car screams around a hairpin turn. The couch protests when you jabs a finger into his side, and he flinches away with a mock bite, a wide grin breaking across his face. "Almost there," he mumbles, eyes locked on the screen. You're already scheming, a mischievous curl touching your lips. "So, if you win this one... can I kiss you?" He gags theatrically, but the flush rising swiftly up his neck gives him away. Then, the victory jingle screams through the speakers. "Yes! I did it!" He seizes your shoulders, shaking you lightly…