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He already knew that the other was working overtime once again. He got a call from Dazai, saying that half of the coworkers already left for the day. He sighed as he hung up. He already got the kids to be with the president for the night (bless that man honestly), and had to bribe Ranpo into not saying anything.
Of course when Dazai called, he knew it was going to be a battle. He made sure everything was set before he got his coat and left to go pick them up.
The walk to the agency wasn’t a long one and as he was leaving the elevator on the fourth floor of the building, he can hear some arguing and other sounds coming from the other side of the door.
“Come on, Kunikida-kun~” Dazai’s voice was a slightly higher pitch and whining. “You need to get home and rest! Work can continue tomorrow!”
“I just need to do this one thing and you’re wasting more of my time!” Kunikida was yelling at that point. “And get off of me!”
Oda knocked on the door once before grabbing the doorknob. “Hey, it’s Oda, I’m coming back in.” He opened the door and sure enough, he was met with quite the sight. There was Kunikida, at his desk as usual but had Dazai on his back and they were dangerously close to falling onto the desk. It was a bit amusing.
Dazai noticed they weren’t alone and looked up to see Oda and his expression lightened up. “Odasaku! Long time no see!”
“He was here a couple of hours you moron—stop putting your weight on me!” Kunikida tried to push Dazai away. “Oda-san, is there something that you forgot? You didn’t have to come all the way here—hey stop that!” Like trying to get a sloth off of him. “I would have helped if you called.”
Huffing, Dazai pouted. “You won’t take a break when I say it but when it comes to Odasaku…~” He sighed. “I can see how special he is~” He then smirked.
Kunikida blushed and before he got a word in, he heard Oda lightly chuckling.
“Dazai,” Oda wasn’t mad as he sighed through his nose. “That’s all well and good but I really do have plans and I can’t have that if you’re flattening the poor guy on his own desk.” He wasn’t used to teasing but his tone held some humor that Dazai can tell right away.
“Okay~” Dazai finally got off of Kunikida but in one move, he swiped the laptop from the blonde’s desk before the other had time to blink. “He’s all yours Odasaku~”
Kunikida was just stunned and was about to ask what the hell was that all about when Oda was behind him and he was picked up like some cat and was thrown over his shoulder. He finally found his voice as his face went very pink. “O-Oda! What are you doing…!?”
“Have fun you two~!” Dazai just laughed and waved as Oda gave him a thumbs-up, leaving the office with Kunikida in tow. When the door closed, he sighed with a smile and went to the other’s laptop. Let’s see if I can add ‘Oda time’ to his schedule.”
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“I’m sorry.”
“Right.”
“I really am.”
“I know you are. Just let me be angry for a bit, alright?”
Oda knew when he was pushing his luck as he and Kunikida were sitting on a bench not too far from their shared place. He didn’t say any more and let his love just work through his emotions first before saying anything. After some minutes, he heard the other sigh and glanced over.
“I don’t appreciate being carried off from the office like that.” Kunikida finally said. “If you just called me, I would have finished up whatever I was doing and come home immediately.”
“I know. But you tend to forget even that when you’re working for so long.” Oda stated. “I wanted to surprise you and waited for you to come home but Dazai called me and said that half of our coworkers were gone and put more work load on yourself once again.”
Kunikida had to sigh as he placed a hand on his head. “Damn it, Dazai.” Now he just felt bad.
“He’s only looking out for you.” Oda had to say. “No one is mad or blaming you for being dedicated. It was one of the reasons why I fell for you.” He wasn’t one to mince words. “But at the same time, I would love to see you at home during normal hours.” He gently took the other’s hand with his hand and laced their fingers together. “I’m sure the kids would love to see you at home more often too.”
Silent for a moment, Kunikida moved to lay his head on the other’s shoulder. “I…I wasn’t trying to cause some trouble or anything….”
“I know.” Oda smiled faintly as he placed a kiss on the other’s head. “We still have a lot of work to do ourselves to continue making this work. I’ll put in the effort if you do as well. That is all I ask.”
Smiling a bit himself, Kunikida hummed. “I don’t know if I should be offended or not that you would even think that I won’t.” He joked lightly. He laughed a bit when he was pulled into the other’s arms and was practically getting nuzzled to death.
They were near their place so it was fine.
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“You had dessert?” Kunikida was in his casual attire as he was watching Oda’s back from the dim candlelight coming from the top of the dining table. “You’re spoiling me.”
Oda chuckled as he came back with a small cheesecake for the two of them to share. “Someone has to since you won’t do it for yourself.” He joked. “We can turn on the light if the candles aren’t enough.”
“I’m actually okay with this.” Kunikida smiled a bit. “It’s not a terrible thing and…this is very romantic.” He was blushing a bit. “Just…do me a favor a scoot your chair close to me so we can enjoy this dessert.”
Nights like that don’t come very often, between work and the kids that is. However, Oda will savor them as much as he can. They’ll have to communicate more so there won’t be a repeat but for now, this was fine. “Of course. Hopefully, I can get something else that is just as sweet.”
It took Kunikida a moment before he blushed and huffed as if it was a pain already. “As long as the kids don’t return early in the morning, I can arrange something.” He tried to wink but didn’t pan out as well as he had hoped.
Oda did love that man though, who will always tried his very best.
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