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[ it's been a few weeks, maybe a couple months since christmas eve of '89, and it seems like kiryu and nishiki have finally settled into this whole "dating" thing. then again, it isn't as if their relationship has changed much in the public eye. given how long they've known each other and how close they are, it's easy for even their superiors in the dojima family to overlook the way kiryu now actively leans into nishiki slinging an arm around him during meetings, to miss the extended gazes they share when put onto separate, potentially dangerous jobs.
after all, it's just natural that sworn brothers would be that ride-or-die for each other by default, right?
they're free from their lowkey act at the end of the day, though. more often than not, they find themselves at kiryu's place due to its being closer to kamurocho proper than nishiki's (and his neighborhood having a much better selection of parking spaces). sleepovers have become common now, and signs of nishiki slowly starting to cohabit other than just having a spare key are evident—there's twice the amount of booze in the minifridge near the entrance of the apartment; the bed has been moved so that the head is against the wall rather than in the corner so that nishiki doesn't need to climb over kiryu in the morning; and kiryu's bathroom is now stocked with more toiletries than a single bottle each of shampoo, body wash, and deodorant.
it just follows that, as they've become more comfortable around each other as best friends, they've also started learning how to be boyfriends along the way, too. case in point—what started as shooting the shit while sitting underneath the kotatsu in the middle of the room has now turned into the beginnings of a makeout session, with kiryu pressing his mouth against nishiki's, the familiar hints of tobacco and cheap beer upon both their lips. he can only do so much before he needs to come up to breathe, though, and he pulls away to sigh, ]
Nishiki...
[ that, however, is not the end of it. he does not lean back in to pick up where he'd left off; no, he keeps that slight distance between them, cheeks flushed as he looks into nishiki's eyes and loses himself in them. even though he's known them and the rest of nishiki's face for more than half his life, there's something new bubbling in his chest as he stares deeply at his partner. after what feels like an eternity (in reality, just a few seconds), whatever that feeling is finally spills out of his mouth, and he murmurs, ]
... What do I do with my tongue?
[ and just like that, nishikiyama is probably reminded that he is indeed dating kiryu, dumbass of the dojima family. ]
after all, it's just natural that sworn brothers would be that ride-or-die for each other by default, right?
they're free from their lowkey act at the end of the day, though. more often than not, they find themselves at kiryu's place due to its being closer to kamurocho proper than nishiki's (and his neighborhood having a much better selection of parking spaces). sleepovers have become common now, and signs of nishiki slowly starting to cohabit other than just having a spare key are evident—there's twice the amount of booze in the minifridge near the entrance of the apartment; the bed has been moved so that the head is against the wall rather than in the corner so that nishiki doesn't need to climb over kiryu in the morning; and kiryu's bathroom is now stocked with more toiletries than a single bottle each of shampoo, body wash, and deodorant.
it just follows that, as they've become more comfortable around each other as best friends, they've also started learning how to be boyfriends along the way, too. case in point—what started as shooting the shit while sitting underneath the kotatsu in the middle of the room has now turned into the beginnings of a makeout session, with kiryu pressing his mouth against nishiki's, the familiar hints of tobacco and cheap beer upon both their lips. he can only do so much before he needs to come up to breathe, though, and he pulls away to sigh, ]
Nishiki...
[ that, however, is not the end of it. he does not lean back in to pick up where he'd left off; no, he keeps that slight distance between them, cheeks flushed as he looks into nishiki's eyes and loses himself in them. even though he's known them and the rest of nishiki's face for more than half his life, there's something new bubbling in his chest as he stares deeply at his partner. after what feels like an eternity (in reality, just a few seconds), whatever that feeling is finally spills out of his mouth, and he murmurs, ]
... What do I do with my tongue?
[ and just like that, nishikiyama is probably reminded that he is indeed dating kiryu, dumbass of the dojima family. ]
[ stephanie had been away for over a week on some mission on the other side of the world. there have been times where, if it didn't seem that dangerous, she would bring the boys along with her so that they could explore more outside of gotham, but this case was way too risky to put them in potential danger.
so. it's over a week later, with minimal contact whenever steph had a moment to herself to let them know she didn't fall off a building or something. when she finally arrives back home, it's early afternoon. belph is out, and conveniently so is hikage's little sister. maybe she's at a friend's place who knows. but she'll poke her head in and look around to see if there's anyone in her immediate line of sight as she enters. ]
I'm back...
[ and only minimally injured which is pretty impressive. ]
so. it's over a week later, with minimal contact whenever steph had a moment to herself to let them know she didn't fall off a building or something. when she finally arrives back home, it's early afternoon. belph is out, and conveniently so is hikage's little sister. maybe she's at a friend's place who knows. but she'll poke her head in and look around to see if there's anyone in her immediate line of sight as she enters. ]
I'm back...
[ and only minimally injured which is pretty impressive. ]
[ Getting used to all this superhero nonsense is almost as hard as getting used to computers and the internet. Hikage's technically the oldest one, even if he's physically the youngest; he's seen and experienced all kinds of dangerous things, and bizarre things, too, but the idea of a person running around in tights fighting crime (and more) is pretty outlandish. Rest assured that he tried to talk her out of it at the start. But, obviously, that didn't work out. Instead, he (and Belph, to some degree) is left to worry about whether she's getting herself killed by aliens or whatever else out there somewhere on a semi-regular basis. The invention of cell phones has made this a little easier, but he still hasn't heard from her in several days now... Needless to say, he's stressed.
When she opens the door, the first thing she'll probably notice is that the apartment is impeccably clean. Mostly. The second thing she'll notice is that Hikage is actually asleep on the couch. It's not really like him to nap, but considering he doesn't snap up at her voice, he must be pretty out of it.
The third thing she'll notice is that Belph is not actually out. HA HA ]
When she opens the door, the first thing she'll probably notice is that the apartment is impeccably clean. Mostly. The second thing she'll notice is that Hikage is actually asleep on the couch. It's not really like him to nap, but considering he doesn't snap up at her voice, he must be pretty out of it.
The third thing she'll notice is that Belph is not actually out. HA HA ]
Edited 2019-07-07 23:12 (UTC)
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belph is on a chair. specifically, he's doing something on his laptop. probably playing a game (and not doing schoolwork), given that it's him. he doesn't react to steph's entry at first, waiting for a few moments before he looks up with an expression of (a tad too feigned) utter disinterest.]
Oh, it's you.
[and back to his laptop he goes.]
belph is on a chair. specifically, he's doing something on his laptop. probably playing a game (and not doing schoolwork), given that it's him. he doesn't react to steph's entry at first, waiting for a few moments before he looks up with an expression of (a tad too feigned) utter disinterest.]
Oh, it's you.
[and back to his laptop he goes.]
[ oh you binch ]
Wow. Where's my parade?
[ she says, as if she had told either of them she was on her way back (she was bad and forgot). still, steph walks the rest of the way in, shutting the door behind her and dropping her bag on the floor and stretching. not really that injured, but sore, and she'll walk over to the couch to look at hikage. ]
Please tell me this wasn't stress cleaning?
[ be normal hikage cleaning ]
Wow. Where's my parade?
[ she says, as if she had told either of them she was on her way back (she was bad and forgot). still, steph walks the rest of the way in, shutting the door behind her and dropping her bag on the floor and stretching. not really that injured, but sore, and she'll walk over to the couch to look at hikage. ]
Please tell me this wasn't stress cleaning?
[ be normal hikage cleaning ]
[ it was stress cleaning, dinner is also probably done way ahead of time at this point
he'll tell them all about it when he wakes up, which is now. The conversation finally rouses him, if you can call suddenly jerking up straight with a gasp by a term as gentle as "rousing" - he still doesn't sleep well. He looks wild-eyed and panicked for about a second before his eyes land on Steph. ]
-- You...
[ i guess this is the greeting she's getting from both boys. to be fair, hikage mostly sounds surprised and possibly a little sleepy. ]
he'll tell them all about it when he wakes up, which is now. The conversation finally rouses him, if you can call suddenly jerking up straight with a gasp by a term as gentle as "rousing" - he still doesn't sleep well. He looks wild-eyed and panicked for about a second before his eyes land on Steph. ]
-- You...
[ i guess this is the greeting she's getting from both boys. to be fair, hikage mostly sounds surprised and possibly a little sleepy. ]
[ hikage waking up suddenly startles her? she was about to answer belph, but instead steph jumps slightly
and then gives him a small wave ]
Good morning.
[ it's not morning ]
What's up?
and then gives him a small wave ]
Good morning.
[ it's not morning ]
What's up?
[ Belph gets a dirty look for that. (He's right.) ]
I was starting to think you were dead! Why didn't you send us a text?
[ Belph has probably been putting up with Hikage worrying about this, too... He brushes his hair out of his eyes, then gets to his feet. Not that he's very imposing with bedhead and a wrinkled apron still on. ]
I was starting to think you were dead! Why didn't you send us a text?
[ Belph has probably been putting up with Hikage worrying about this, too... He brushes his hair out of his eyes, then gets to his feet. Not that he's very imposing with bedhead and a wrinkled apron still on. ]
It was busy...?
[ she shoots belph a look ]
It seems like you kept yourselves busy, too.
[ please stop lecturing her. steph goes to pick her bag back up so she can properly put it away. ]
[ she shoots belph a look ]
It seems like you kept yourselves busy, too.
[ please stop lecturing her. steph goes to pick her bag back up so she can properly put it away. ]
Well... One of us has.
[ bluntly. belph is living his best gamer boy life over here. Hikage takes a few long strides over towards Steph in a bit of a huff, holding out his hand. ]
Give me that. I'll put it back for you. You're tired from being so busy, right?
[ bluntly. belph is living his best gamer boy life over here. Hikage takes a few long strides over towards Steph in a bit of a huff, holding out his hand. ]
Give me that. I'll put it back for you. You're tired from being so busy, right?
[ and Nishiki has slowly more sure of himself, too. The more time passed, the more it became patently obvious that, yeah, this was real, not Kiryu accidentally bumbling his way into a relationship to appease him, and not a colossal fuckup like he was worried it might be. This might actually work. It's easy enough for him to settle into Kiryu's life, considering they'd lived together as kids already, not to mention they were always at each others' houses anyway. Not that he's officially moved in - for the sake of appearances, that would be on hold for some time - but he might as well be. Nobody says anything, partially because Kiryu's rep keeps anyone from asking rude questions, mostly because nobody really cares how close or not-close two sworn brothers relatively low on the rungs of the Tojo clan are. He likes it that way.
It's easy enough for him to settle into Kiryu's arms, too - and at the start he'd had some misgivings about what he was doing, if he was confusing his feelings, if he was actually attracted to Kiryu or just desperate for his attention. Now it feels silly that he'd wondered at all. Maybe Nishiki likes giving him a hard time, but the truth is that he adores Kiryu - everything about him, and all this change in their relationship has done is give him more things to adore. How he gets embarrassed over shit like holding hands, how he's warmer than a space heater at night (to the point that Nishiki's forsaken blankets already even though they've hardly left winter), how weirdly gentle he is with him. How he sucks at kissing. It is cute, actually.
When it's not embarrassing, anyway. Kiryu's staring at him like a schoolboy in love, and that makes him start feeling embarrassed; he almost leans back in just so he doesn't have to endure it anymore. Maybe he should be grateful that Kiryu interrupted him with that genius comment before his hands could start to wander. ]
-- Huh? [ a blink. Then, a heavy sigh, and Nishiki's dropping his head melodramatically. ] Kiryu, you... Way to kill the mood, man.
[ he's hoping Kiryu is joking but also he knows Kiryu isn't joking and this is just his life now. ]
It's easy enough for him to settle into Kiryu's arms, too - and at the start he'd had some misgivings about what he was doing, if he was confusing his feelings, if he was actually attracted to Kiryu or just desperate for his attention. Now it feels silly that he'd wondered at all. Maybe Nishiki likes giving him a hard time, but the truth is that he adores Kiryu - everything about him, and all this change in their relationship has done is give him more things to adore. How he gets embarrassed over shit like holding hands, how he's warmer than a space heater at night (to the point that Nishiki's forsaken blankets already even though they've hardly left winter), how weirdly gentle he is with him. How he sucks at kissing. It is cute, actually.
When it's not embarrassing, anyway. Kiryu's staring at him like a schoolboy in love, and that makes him start feeling embarrassed; he almost leans back in just so he doesn't have to endure it anymore. Maybe he should be grateful that Kiryu interrupted him with that genius comment before his hands could start to wander. ]
-- Huh? [ a blink. Then, a heavy sigh, and Nishiki's dropping his head melodramatically. ] Kiryu, you... Way to kill the mood, man.
[ he's hoping Kiryu is joking but also he knows Kiryu isn't joking and this is just his life now. ]
[ some things truly never change, and one of those is the way kiryu immediately goes on the defensive when nishiki admonishes him. flustered, he tears his eyes away from nishiki, lifting his hand to rub at the back of his neck. ]
Shut up—you know I've never done this before.
[ his lame excuse and lack of experience aside, though... he can never be annoyed at nishiki for long. the intensity of the red on his face dies down as he returns his focus back to his partner, a renewed sense of seriousness in his eyes. ]
... I want to make sure I'm doing it right. You deserve that much.
[ there's the kiryu charm. ]
Shut up—you know I've never done this before.
[ his lame excuse and lack of experience aside, though... he can never be annoyed at nishiki for long. the intensity of the red on his face dies down as he returns his focus back to his partner, a renewed sense of seriousness in his eyes. ]
... I want to make sure I'm doing it right. You deserve that much.
[ there's the kiryu charm. ]
[ normally, steph would immediately jump in on roasting hikage for being tsun, except the current circumstances make that difficult. but just know that she wants to. ]
Sorry...
[ there's a pause, and she leans forward to kiss hikage on the cheek. and then, to belph, ]
It's fine if you were worried too, punk.
Sorry...
[ there's a pause, and she leans forward to kiss hikage on the cheek. and then, to belph, ]
It's fine if you were worried too, punk.
[ Cairngorm isn't a morning person. Not when they don't have to be— when they have no other obligation to incentivize them to get up, they tend to sleep in. That much has stayed the same since they've made this huge physical change from photosynthetic immortal mineral to soft and fragile mortal. It hasn't been very long at all since the change or the move to Steel London... certainly not long enough to get used to it. And so, since that short week or two ago, they try to rest as much as they can.
It could be because they're cold, could be because they're a little more cuddly in their sleep when they aren't restlessly lashing about, and it could be because that even when unconscious, they're afraid of waking up and not seeing him there - but their arms are latched tight around his midsection, blankets up to their shoulders and nestled in close to him. Whether or not he started the night in their new bed in Saint Germain's mansion, the reality now is that the sleeping Cairngorm had wanted to keep him from getting out. With the light streaming in from the windows, they make a small, mumbling sound as they (finally) begin to stir awake, shifting their cheek against his chest as they do so. But it doesn't seem like they're interested in waking up fully yet. Too warm and comfy... ]
It could be because they're cold, could be because they're a little more cuddly in their sleep when they aren't restlessly lashing about, and it could be because that even when unconscious, they're afraid of waking up and not seeing him there - but their arms are latched tight around his midsection, blankets up to their shoulders and nestled in close to him. Whether or not he started the night in their new bed in Saint Germain's mansion, the reality now is that the sleeping Cairngorm had wanted to keep him from getting out. With the light streaming in from the windows, they make a small, mumbling sound as they (finally) begin to stir awake, shifting their cheek against his chest as they do so. But it doesn't seem like they're interested in waking up fully yet. Too warm and comfy... ]
[ Let it be known that Hikage is nothing if not consistent. His cheeks still flush bright red from the affection, even if the rest of his expression is closer to "crotchety old man." ]
If you were actually sorry, you'd stop getting into trouble constantly. [ grumble grumble... but the grumbling is punctuated by him returning fire, swiftly pressing his lips to her forehead once before proceeding to hoist up her bag and start carrying it towards her room, calling out as he does: ] -- He was worried. There's just some "event" in his game.
[ he understands video games even less than he understands blogs ]
If you were actually sorry, you'd stop getting into trouble constantly. [ grumble grumble... but the grumbling is punctuated by him returning fire, swiftly pressing his lips to her forehead once before proceeding to hoist up her bag and start carrying it towards her room, calling out as he does: ] -- He was worried. There's just some "event" in his game.
[ he understands video games even less than he understands blogs ]
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