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     "starting the fun without me already?"

suna glanced up to see shiori holding two bags of baked shrimp chips along with two bottles of beer that she had persuaded tendō to steal from the kitchen.

"you were taking too long", suna stated, breathing out a puff of smoke as shiori took a seat on the male's lap, meanwhile setting down the beers and bag of chips against the tree.

"I was stopped by a certain miya along the way. what was I supposed to do? just ignore him?", shiori scoffed, opening the bag of chips as she started munching on them like crazy.

"you had a prior engagement at hand. you could've told him that", suna said, taking one last hit as he had shoved his vape pen back into the inner pocket of his uniform.

     "now now, he wanted to ask me something and I just answered him like a decent human being. isn't that what you all want me to do? be decent?", shiori mocked.

     suna scoffed. "being late isn't decent either", the boy muttered, to which shiori had pinched suna's face with her clean hand, forcing the male to look at her.

"is this you being snarky or you being jealous?", the girl inquired.

"neither. now let go", suna demanded, his eyes narrowing even more.

"oh please. what can a weak girl like me do? you saw how beat up I got with all those strong men", shiori reminded, to which suna had promptly clicked his tongue.

     "can you not bring that up?", suna requested, closing his eyes as he leaned forward, resting the lower half of his face against the crook of shiori's neck.

     "why? because you don't want to face your own guilt that's hiding deep within you? isn't that why you're all so nice to me? because you all want to relieve that nasty feeling by treating me better?", shiori asked, to which suna had refused to answer the girl, only holding her tighter.

     "I'm sorry....that I let that happen to you", the dark-haired male mumbled, sending vibrations up the girl's neck.

"I should've warned you...protected you..."

shiori hummed, making suna lift his chin off shiori's shoulder as the girl turned around, giving the male an ever so charming smile.

     "you're so sweet, suna".

     the male furrowed his brows. "what happened to rintarō?"

"hm? ah well, I'm sure your warden and commanders wouldn't appreciate me calling you that", shiori replied.

'like that's ever stopped you before', was what suna had wanted to say.

"you call them by their first names too, so why not me?"

"have you ever called me by my name?", shiori asked, to which once again, suna was speechless.

     "shiori".

     the girl smiled even wider, cupping suna's face as her thumb glazed across his lips, a ticklish yet enthralling feeling.

"say it again", shiori commanded, her sultry voice sending shivers down the male's spine.

"shiori", suna repeated, making the girl nod in approval.

"again".

     "shiori", suna breathlessly mumbled, seeing as the girl's face had inched closer to his own, making his hand tangle in the girl's bleached locks as he felt shiori's warm breath fan his lips.

"what do you think your higher ups would say if they saw you this close with a criminal?", shiori whispered, still gently caressing suna's face as the boy didn't dare divert his gaze away from the demanding girl.

     "I'm sure you've done this shit with them too", suna smoothly replied, to which shiori had cracked a smile.

     "actually, not quite. you're the first, other than tomu of course", shiori stated, to which the corner of suna's lip had unintentionally twitched a little.

     "well it doesn't matter because they're not here right now, are they?"

     "bold, very bold, suna rintarō. you're not scared that you'll be kicked out of here and lose your job?", shiori asked.

     "I could always find another one. there's more than one solution to a problem", suna answered.

     "that's adorable rin. I almost would like to ask you to run away with me", shiori lightly chuckled, leaning away even though she was still encased in suna's embrace.

suna stared at shiori, who had promptly opened a bottle of beer as she took a quick sip, licking her lips as she breathed out a puff of air.

"want some?", shiori offered, to which suna had took the entire bottle and chugged it, nearly finishing it all in one go, making the girl laugh a bit.

"is something the matter?", the girl asked, setting the bottle down as she was about to open the other until she felt a hand grasp tightly onto hers.

     "do it", suna bluntly said, looking shiori dead in the eyes.

     "do what? you're going to have to be more specific than tha—"

     "ask me. ask me to run away with you", suna said, his cheeks starting to turn a bit rosy from the sudden intake of alcohol.

     shiori busted out into laughter, making suna pull the girl forward.

     "I'm serious", suna muttered, his drunken breath hitting shiori's nose like a wave of bleach would when she resided at sakusa's medical ward.

     "I'll ask you when you're sober. you're not in the right state of mind right now", shiori said, to which suna had slightly tilted his head to the side.

     "I am. now ask me. ask me if I would run away with you, because I would. I want to. you give my boring life meaning".

"I've killed people, suna. I'm not good", shiori seriously said.

     "does it look like I want good? please, look at me", suna scoffed. "which good officer vapes with an inmate and sits with them under a tree?"

     shiori's eyes held a glimmer of mischief.

     "touché".

     "now ask me. come on, shiori", suna urged as he placed the girl's hand on his cheek, her fingers slightly gracing his ear.

"run away with me, rintarō. let's escape prison together, what do ya say?"

suna gave shiori a small smile, a smile so small that the corner of his lips had barely lifted.

"let's do it, shiori".

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author's note: I was never a suna simp, but now-

also do NOT do drugs/drink. we don't stan that here!!

stay safe + keep your intestines healthy loves <3