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Vacations were supposed to be relaxing and cathartic. So far, the only emotions you’ve seemed to express were pretty negative. It wasn’t exactly Tetsuya’s fault that he’d gotten the train numbers wrong- he was exhausted from work- but you’d just gotten so strung out that you snapped at him and stormed off. Even as you said the words you knew you were in the wrong, and you couldn’t bring yourself to look at either of them as you left.
You didn’t go too far from them, just enough to feel like you had a moment to yourself. You’d been saving up and planning for a trip to the beach for a while now, and you hadn’t even made it there before everything went downhill. You had your face buried in your knees when someone crouched in front of you, and you knew it was Chris when he cupped his hands over your ears.
The sounds of the station around you muffled as he coaxed you closer, your head rising to press your forehead against his shoulder. You sat there for a while as he helped you unwind, and it just twisted the blade of guilt in your gut.
“I’m sorry,” you muttered.
“I know.” He pressed a firm kiss against your head. “I’m not the one you need to be apologizing too.”
You took a few deep breaths with him before he nudged you to sit up properly.
“This is exactly why we needed to get away,” he said, fixing your hair.
“We’re supposed to be sitting on a beach right now.” Chris softly pinches your cheek at that.
“Is the beach the only place you can relax? The fact that we’re together is what’s important, right?”
You nod before stretching your back out.
“I’m gonna see what inns or hotels are around here. You go sit with Tetsu, alright?” He rubs your cheek before ushering you over to Tetsuya and leaving you to it.
You hesitantly sat next to Tetsuya, who was fussing over something on his phone with his brows deeply furrowed.
“Hey,” you started. “Chris is gonna find a place for us to stay. Want to look for somewhere to eat?”
Tetsuya shook his head, gaze still on his phone. “I’m trying to find what train can get us to our hotel before check-in.”
You reached over and slowly set his phone down in his lap, catching his attention. Rubbing your thumb between his brows, you attempted to soften his expression.
“I’m sorry for yelling at you, Tetsu.”
He shook his head again. “I messed up our vacation.”
You stopped him from picking his phone up again and guided him to face you fully. “Tetsuya, you didn’t mess anything up. I got upset and took it out on you, and it wasn’t your fault. Any one of us could have double checked where we were heading.”
He rested his forehead against yours until you heard the next train coming.
“Let’s go get something to eat,” you said, running your fingers through his hair. “We’ll grab something for Chris and meet him at whatever room he finds for us.”
Tetsuya stood before helping you up and grabbing his and Chris’ bags. You pulled your phone out of yours before making sure it was completely zipped and shouldering it.
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You carried the box of takeout carefully, the tempting food warming your palms through the cardboard.
“He’s coming to the lobby to meet us,” Tetsuya told you. “He already got our beds set up.”
Tetsuya held the door open for you and guided you through, helping you across the room.
“My nose is way too close to this food right now.” You said, stomach growling on cue.
“Just a few more minutes. Maybe Chris will give you an egg roll to eat on the way down the hall.”
You mumbled your complaints until you felt Tetsuya’s hands at your sides stopping you, and the box of food being lifted from you.
“Were you planning on stocking up for the entire weekend?” Chris joked as he lead the two of you to the room.
“You shouldn’t send hungry people for food if you don’t want them to order with their stomachs,” you teased.
You held the door this time, and instinctively scanned the hallway before closing it behind you.
“It’s odd being in a place where no one recognizes you.”
Chris removed his cap at your words, running a hand through his hair. “It’s nice. I’ve dealt with it one way or another my entire life, but I still have the same appreciation for the quiet moments.”
Tetsuya began unloading the food on the table Chris had set it on, divvying your orders to where everyone was sitting.
“Where did you even find a traditional inn around here?” You asked Chris, settling down with them at the table.
“I recognized the town when I found a map. My mother would bring us here for some family time when I was younger.”
Emotion rolled in your gut at the mention of his mother. Tugging gently at his sleeve, you leaned up and pressed a few lingering kisses against the side of his face. “Thank you for sharing this place with us.”
He turned his head to give you a soft kiss in return, his nose brushing against your cheek. “I’m glad I could end up bringing you two here.”
His fingers lifted as Tetsuya slid his hand under, their fingers entwining naturally. He rubbed his thumb against the back of his hand as you pulled away. Tetsuya squeezed his hand before you all grabbed your servings and chopsticks.
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Self-restraint when it came to eating was very hard to have around your partners. Their portions tended to be huge with how much energy they burned in practice, and neither were one to outright stop you from eating large as well. Tonight, that ended in you sprawled out on your portion of the bed, arm over your eyes. The blankets next to you shifted and your side was suddenly warm, someone pressing their face against your shoulder with a sigh.
“Chris is getting an extra futon...” Tetsuya muttered, pressing a soft kiss to your exposed skin.
“I’m gonna have to let all this food settle before I get up again,” you said, turning your head to face him.
He lifted his head to brush his lips against yours for a moment. “Are you feeling better?”
You dropped your arm from your head to rub his cheek. “Yeah. I’m so sorry about earlier, Tetsu.”
Tetsuya held your hand against his face and pressed lingering kisses along your palm, heating your skin up. His lips trailed down your arm, making you laugh as he leaned over you, lacing your fingers together. He nuzzled into your neck before sliding a leg over you to brace himself up on his knees. You wound your arms up under his to wrap around him, holding him as tight as you could without putting too much pressure on your abdomen, just laying there in silence. It almost took more energy than you had to stay awake, basking in the steady breathing of your very warm boyfriend. The door sliding open pulled your mind back, and you tried to peer over Tetsuya’s head to see.
“I take it you two worked things out well?” Chris asked, closing the door gently.
He carried the futon over and rolled it out beside you two before laying down next to you. His body heat seeped into your side as he curled up against you, brushing Tetsuya’s bangs from his eyes.
“We should get you a trim while we’re here.” He leaned in to rest his head on your chest, the loose curls at his forehead tickling your neck.
“If you two are going to be this clingy tonight, we probably could have done with just two.” You muttered, wiggling your arm from under Chris to wrap around him.
“It might get too hot for that soon. It’s cool tonight, but you never know.” Chris turned his head a bit to kiss whatever was closest to his lips, making you giggle.
Tetsuya slowly sunk down on you as he grew more tired, taking deep breaths against your neck. “Better to have them now than not when we need them.”
Chris reached up to run his fingers through Tetsuya’s hair, making him sigh.
“I’ll go out in the morning and see if the spots I remember are still the same.” He announced. “There’s a few I really want to take you two to.”
There was a quiet moment as you tapped Tetsuya’s back, then the two of your rolled over. Chris gasped as he suddenly switched places with you, Tetsuya hovering over him. Tetsuya kissed him until he was near breathless, then let you finish the job.
“What is this all about?” Chris asked, hands sliding up your backs.
“Nothing.” Tetsuya mumbled.
He kissed Chris’ cheek, trailing more up to his temple.
“We’re just happy,” you said, kissing his unoccupied cheek, “that you’re sharing this with us.”
Chris laughs softly, Tetsuya’s wandering hands teasing his sides. “Who else would I share it with?”
He tugged both of you closer, arms tight around your waists.
“No one,” Tetsuya grumbled.
He shifted, moving down Chris’ chest to start kissing at his neck. You grinned and help him tug up Chris’ shirt from his waistband.
“You might not be getting as early a morning as you’d hoped.”