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the soft moonlight was beautiful over daishou suguru's shoulder in the dark room, illuminating the scattered moles or freckles along the pale skin. kuroo wanted to kiss each spot he thought, and he did even more so as his boyfriend stirred around in his arms. daishou seemed restless, tossing and turning several times so far throughout the night, and both of kuroo's arms may have been numb by now.
a quiet groan was heard from the olive haired male, and he turned from his shoulders flat onto his back. kuroo's eyes opened, hand running over the other male's bare chest, fingers warm. he was unsure if daishou was awake or not, but it wouldn't help to ask.
"suguru, are you awake?" kuroo kept his head over his pillow, but inched it towards the other, closer to his shoulder.
"mhmm." the shorter man's eyes didn't open, but he still gave some sort of a response.
"are you okay?" a small kiss was placed to the skin.
"no, my shoulders are killing me."
it was quiet for a moment, only a sigh from the black haired man seeming to break it, until he spoke.
"roll over."
"what?"
"c'mon, just lay on your stomach."
it took another second of silence before daishou rolled himself over, and with a heavy breath he turned his head to one side to watch kuroo sit up, his legs tucked underneath himself.
"where does it hurt the most?" kuroo asked, running his hands along the back of his boyfriend's neck. daishou had to admit, that alone felt nice, the way he was so warm.
"up here." daishou brought a hand to the area that conjoined his shoulders and neck, and it even felt hard to his own touch. maybe he should've stretched better before going into practice.
with a small hum that showed kuroo understood, he began to softly knead the tough skin, using his thumbs at first until he had a feel of just how tight daishou's muscles had grown over time.
"have you been stretching enough?" the lack of verbal answer was enough for the taller man. "yeah, i thought so. you need to rest more, and stop stressing yourself out so much."
"i rest enough." the look of disbelief on kuroo's face made him shove his own face into his pillow.
"yeah, but you're always so tense, y'know that? you're tense right now. relax your shoulders."
and to that, daishou tried to relax his shoulders, shaking them around a little as he exhaled, eyes closing against the pillowcase. afterwards, kuroo continued to rub along his skin, using his knuckles to push out tension.
each small section he took care of he was sure to press a gentle kiss to the slightly reddened skin, and he was sure daishou was nearly asleep by the time he was done. or he was at least pretty out of it, his breathing steady as if he were asleep, and kuroo thought it was lovely. he thought the relaxed expression on his face was beautiful, and the way his hair was only lightly trousled from how he was rolling around ealier.
"why are you staring at me?" kuroo hadn't even noticed the other man had opened his eyes, and was looking right back at him with a tired smile on his face. a smile that he knew would've been some sort of dumb smirk if it were any other time of day, the smirk he loves so much.
"am i not allowed to?" he leaned down to place a kiss to daishou's temple, then the apple of his cheek, and the corner of his lips before he rested back beside him. "i'm all done, by the way. does it feel any better?"
"it feels a lot better." daishou gave him a nod and a yawn, rolling to his side again to grab kuroo's arm and pull it around him, to which kuroo complied, of course.
"aren't i just the best boyfriend ever?"
"hmm... could be debated."
"how dare you! y'know what you get for that?"
"what? you don't scare me."
the arms around daishou moved, hands digging into his sides to cause a burst of laughter from the green haired man. his laughing was loud, and he grabbed at his boyfriend's hands with his own to get them off.
"admit i'm the best boyfriend ever!" daishou's laughing was nearly contagious as he tickled him, and kuroo had started to chuckle to himself.
"okay, okay!" out of breath, he pried the larger's hands from his sides. "you're the best boyfriend ever!"
"wow, that easily, huh?"
"oh shut up."
"nah."
daishou huffed and rolled back over, his back pressed to kuroo's chest to hide the wide grin that spread over his face. there was small chuckles every few moments, but once they'd completely calmed down, daishou turned his head around to look at the other.
"goodnight." he spoke softly, and kuroo had replied with a soft kiss to the other's lips.
"i love you."
"i love you too." daishou gave another kiss back, stared at him for a moment, and then hummed. "one more." there was another kiss, a bit longer than before as he brought his hands up to kuroo's face to hold them together. the dark haired male just laughed, grinning after they parted.
"that all?"
"yeah. wait, no, one more again."
and there was one more shared kiss before they fell asleep, daishou wrapped tightly in kuroo's arms.