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The Matsuno brothers have been trying to find a place to sit and drink for a while now and with their constant strike of bad luck haunting them, they only seemed to find packed places or not enough chairs for them.
Regardless of that and with little faith, Osomatsu walked in to another place and the first thing he noticed was Todomatsu, comfortably leaning on the bar and chattering with the man next to him. Osomasu’s first reaction was to stare at them and make Karamatsu collide with his back for not moving.
— Aniki, is this one full too?
Ignoring Karamatsu, Osomatsu had an internal battle deciding if he wanted to potentially fuck things up with Totty and get that one table with five chairs close by, or let him be and keep on looking for somewhere else to drink.
— Why did you stop? – Choromatsu asked, as he got closer to the entry, catching a glance at what Osomatsu was staring. – What a little shit. – Choromatsu grumbled. – I should just walk in and
— No, no, no – Osomatsu pushed all of them away from the entry.
— What do you mean by no? – Choromatsu squinted his eyes at Osomatsu. – We told him we wanted to go out together and he said he had to take the night shift at his job.
— I know, but I think we should just leave him alone this time – said Osomatsu.
Jyushimatsu somehow managed to get pass Osomatsu to peek inside, and he immediately pointed at the empty table.
— There is a table niisan!!
That was exactly what Osomatsu was trying to keep to himself. Darn it. Yanking Jyushimatsu back outside with the rest by his hoodie, Osomatsu earned everyone’s attention.
— I don’t get why are you defending him so much – Choromatsu crossed his arms. – If he wanted to go out with his friends, why didn’t he just tell us?
— Maybe we should just go – said Ichimatsu – We can punish him later.
— But I want beer niisan! Beer! Beer! – Chanted Jyushimatsu.
They did walk all the way here just to drink and spend some time together, Osomatsu didn’t want to leave either but…
— Okay, how about we drink here, but we do not talk, look or embarrass Totty at all – Osomatsu had his eye on Jyushimatsu who was ready holding a full costume of an old man, with a beard and everything included. – What do you say? – He asked with a smile.
— This might be the only place with another table for all of us – Choromatsu said to himself. Sighing, he gave in thanks to the promising idea of having a cold beer. – Fine. But we will punish him later.
— Yeah, yeah.
Osomatsu knew that if he cracked Choromatsu, he would have the rest following him without a question. Besides, beer. He wanted beer.
After Jyushimatsu scared away some possible customers by barking at them, Osomatsu walked in. They calmly went to their table, sat down and realized that they could hear Todomatsu talking.
— That’s so mean, and so true.
— I might be mean, but that whole attire was a mistake Atsushi kun – Todomatsu rested the side of his head on his arms and chuckled. – Sure, if you were trying to go for a clownish kind of look, good job. But, don’t try to get any compliments from me when I’m trying to make your latte and not throw up, seriously.
Laughing, Atsushi put his beer down.
— What about you? Anything interesting happened today? – Todomatsu asked.
— Besides you? No, nothing really – Atsushi looked at him with a grin.
— You are so stupid – Todomatsu giggled.
— And you are so cute.
Excuse you… What?
Although their beers were on their table and they had free snacks, they had their full attention on that conversation.
— Say, what do you think of getting out of town for the weekend? – Atsushi asked.
— Uh? I don’t know. I’ll have to check my schedule first – Todomatsu raised an eyebrow, looking smug, but he kept using that cutesy tone.
— Well, if you happen to have that free, I would like to take you to a nice private onsen – Atsushi moved his hand close and tucked Todomatsu’s hair behind his ear, back in place.
— Private, uh? Not bad, mister. Let me see if I find I way to clear my weekend for you – Todomatsu brought one of his hands up to Atsushi’s face and bopped his nose.
Again, WHAT?
They could not follow what Osomatsu said, not even, Osomatsu could. Everyone pulled their hoods up and grabbed a few napkins, poorly covering their faces, while they shamefully stared at Todomatsu.
— If you don’t forget this time, maybe you could pack my missing t-shirt – Atsushi pinched his cheek, eliciting a whine from Todomatsu. – It’s been two weeks already.
— I don’t have it – Todomatsu furrowed his brows.
— I know you do – Atsushi set his reddened cheek free to drink his beer.
— But, I like that shirt – Todomatsu said, pouting.
— I happen to like that shirt too. And I want to wear it – Atsushi glanced at him, keeping his beer close.
— But it is so comfortable – Todomatsu tried again. However, seeing that he was not going to get anything from that, he changed into another tactic. – Don’t you think it looks cute on me?
— That… – putting his beer down, Atsushi squinted his eyes at him. – You are playing dirty.
— Yaay! – Todomatsu smiled and reached for his own beer. – Dirty or not, I still won, so I’m going to keep it.
— As long as you don’t steal my whole wardrobe – Atsushi muttered, finishing his drink with a smile.
— I didn’t steal your shirt, Atsushi kun – straightening up, Todomatsu smirked at him – You told me to wear it, remember? – raising an eyebrow, he leant closer. – I’m just being a good boyfriend or did you forget the picture you asked me to send you? – Todomatsu backed off to finish the leftover beer in his glass.
— Unbelievable – blushing, Atsushi chuckled staring at Todomatsu. – Do you want another one?
Boyfriend…
Did he say BOYFRIEND!?
— No, I think this one was my last – Todomatsu sighed, satisfied for his drink – Besides, I want to be somewhat sober tonight.
— Oh? Why is that? – He questioned, grinning.
— Well. I may have the night free.
Atsushi perked up at his words.
— And you waited until now to tell me? – Shaking his head in utter disappointment, Atsushi looked at him. – The sacrifices I do for you.
— Idiot – Todomatsu giggled.
Standing up, Atsushi payed for the both of them.
— So, where do you want to go? – He asked Todomatsu, while he grabbed his bag.
— I feel like I should be pampered, so take me to a place with a good mattress, okay Atsushi kun? – Todomatsu said with his cat like smile, matching his rosy cheeks.
— My place then – Atsushi reached for Todomatsu’s tote bag and carried it for him.
— Please – Todomatsu rolled his eyes.
— What? You think I bought a cheap one? – Atsushi tried to look offended.
— I didn’t say that – refuted Todomatsu.
— No, no. Too late. You were insinuating that I own a cheap mattress. I can’t let that go Todomatsu – Atsushi began walking out of the establishment.
— Oh my god, not this again. – Todomatsu whined as he followed Atsushi. – Your mattress is great, okay!
Hearing them laugh, the Matsuno brothers pulled their hoods down and let the napkins scatter around their table as they fell. Staring at their full beers, they mechanically reached for their drinks and pulled them closer in silence.
Todomatsu was going to have a lot of explain to do, once his ‘night shift’ was over.