millieyre:

[AU]

I don’t even know why it took him seven years to write his name on a gift and I am clueless in what I drew sorry but he owns up to it this time, lol.

(And it’s Valentines’ because I want some reciprocation on White day.)

I imagine that since it took Ryou seven years it went like one year was just sheer awful doubt he could do it after what happened last time.
The second year he is planning to do it but then spaced till the day of and had nothing. 
Third and forth year he had picked something out and was going to give it to Mariku but was swarmed by annoying fangirls that just refused to get out of his way despite pleading and fake “I need to use the bathroom” attempts but they ignore him and this is where Miho get’s her weird misinformation from.
Fifth year Mariku wasn’t even at school because he somehow got really sick and couldn’t go.
Sixth year there was just nothing he could find interesting enough to give.
And finally on the seventh he had it. The perfect gift, no one blocking him, Mariku was in today, and… The only thing in his way now was himself. 

Ryou swallowed and made his way on over only to trip over a random backpack sitting on the floor near an empty desk. The box fell from his hands but it caught Marik’s attention and he looks up from his latest drawing to see Ryou’s nervously collecting himself back up, looking as if he were about to cry for some reason. The lack of people near him suggests that it wasn’t bullies but rather Ryou’s natural curse of clumsiness. He always was a klutzy little nerd. 
The only thing out of place was him collecting something and holding it so close. Gods- did he get another one of those stupid valentines? How revolting.
He looks back towards his drawing and began to crosshatch a part of it only to realize Ryou was at his desk now and talking to him. Mariku stops again and looks up to see the box being held out to him and dully stares at it till told to take it. He does though is thinking little of it till he sees the tag and has the urge to toss the box across the room and make a scene but decided to open it the last second and a new dawning hits him. 
This was really happening. He goes to thank Ryou but Mariku looks up only to notice the other is gone completely out of sight. Then it hits him. 

Shit. I have just a month to come up with something.