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Friday, 1AM.
The other Zenkaigers were asleep. It was safe to go to the secret location they agreed to meet. That was their first date. Kaito was sure it wasn’t a trap. He could feel Stacey’s enthusiasm on the few voice messages they shared.
Having a relationship could be dangerous for both, so they made up some safety rules. Both would always take their transformation devices with themselves and only meet inside what they called The Cease-Fire Room . Every encounter outside should result in at least a fake argument.
Feels like Romeo and Juliet, except we are more prone to killing each other instead of ourselves.
The white ranger was in front of a tall building, a five-star hotel in the urban area. He was surprised with how fancy it was, and a slight melancholic feeling of not belonging there. He looked around and felt his phone vibrating in his pocket.
Just enter and go to the last floor. You won’t be stopped by. Can’t wait to see you, Orchid <3
Orchid. A fancy shaped flower that comes in many colours but mainly white, rare, exotic and elegant.
I’ll enter now, Belladonna.
Belladonna. A beautiful but highly poisonous purple flower, just like them. Seductive but dangerous.
These cute codenames were a result of Stacey being overly paranoid about being found out, but their concerns didn’t bother Kaito. Better safe than sorry.
He slowly walked through the fancy doors and went straight to the elevator. After getting inside he started touching up his hair in the mirror. It may have been seconds, but in his head, it took minutes to get to the 20th floor.
When the doors opened, he noticed that one of the only two apartment doors on that floor was half opened.
It has to be there.
He walked to it and took a quick look before knocking on the door. The room was enormous. A lone warm pink lamp lighted the whole room. It wasn’t something extremely luxurious, but Kaito knew he would never afford a single night in that place.
“Come in” shouted the other. Kaito couldn’t see him at first sight but their voice was coming from the balcony. “I can’t believe you actually came!”
“Of course, I just texted you I was coming.” Kaito sat on the floor to take off his shoes and heard the sound of Staceasar detransforming.
“Fuck, I forgot about the stupid noise.” He whispered and turned on the white lights with a remote.
Kaito looked up and saw the other by the balcony, shamefully hiding the Geartozinger in his back. Again, they agreed on taking them but only using in an emergency.
“Stacey, what was that!?” The ranger shouted in a peak of adrenaline and covered his own mouth right after. He didn’t want to sound as rude as he did. Stacey dropped the gun on the floor and covered their face in shame.
“Don’t attack me! I’m sorry! I didn’t trust you but please…” He kicked the gun away and rushed for a tight hug, bruising his hand on the rough carpet and hiding his face on Kaito’s puffy jacket, who sighed with relief. “I already ruined the night, didn’t I?”
“No! It’s ok to have trust issues. I don’t mind it, just don’t scare me like that. I came to see your smile” He held the other by the chin and made him look up, on the verge of tears.
Seeing him so vulnerable is heart breaking, but his crying face is so beautiful.
I feel sadistic for thinking like that, but it’s true.
“Don’t waste your tears with this. If I was in your shoes, I wouldn’t trust me either.” He entangled his fingers in their hair and held him tight for a while.
After some minutes, Stacey smiled, wiped his eyes and lied down on the floor, relaxed his body and closed his eyes.
"You know what? You shouldn't have come. You don't deserve someone like…" he got interrupted by the weight on the top him. When he opened his eyes, he saw the other climbed on top of him.
"I don't care if I deserve you or not"
Kaito lowered his body slowly to brush their lips together and share a heated, intimate kiss. The white ranger pinned the other’s wrists tight on the floor, and he could swear he heard their gears working faster. When they parted their lips, Stacey was completely red from blushing.
“It’s good to… you’re like… I-I’m…” Stacey and took a deep breath “How do you say it? All power something?”
“You mean full power?”
“Yes! Seduction full power”
“I can do better. But not today.”
Stacey grunted and bit his own lip before asking for help to stand up.
Without the heeled boots, Kaito could notice how much taller he was.
“Hey, Orchid. I made some coffee for us. It’s late night and we are staying awake. Do you want it?”
“Sure! Excuse my question but, this is the best hotel in town! And the best room…” Kaito said as he carefully lied down on the amazingly comfortable bed “Are you sure we can afford having our meetings here? May I ask how much is it?”
“I live here, actually. It costed me two bullets for intimidating and part of my patience.”
“Excuse me?” The ranger’s jaw dropped.
“I’m not on the good side yet, don’t make me follow your manners. You’re the bad boy breaking the rules, and that’s my territory.”
“S-sure… you have a point” Stacey was still wearing his Tojitendo uniform, which made him look more intimidating than Kaito would like to admit.
“I didn’t have the time to get ready, I’ll change in the bathroom, you wait for me here and choose a movie. I hate this uniform, this is so uncomfortable to wear the whole day, it’s fucking summer! I do sweat, Barashitara!”
He walked in the bathroom and continued rambling about the inconvenience of his organic half for a little while.
Kaito turned on the TV and started looking for something interesting, with no success. Nothing seemed good for both of them.
We are so different; nothing matches both of us.
I like that, but it’s worrying.
If he actually likes me that much, then why are we still fighting?
He's taking a while...
After a bit of waiting, Stacey opened the door, jumped to the bed and grabbed Kaito by the collar to give him a soft kiss. He was wearing a purple and red onesie, had no makeup on and a messy hair.
“What do you think? This is what I call cuddly Staceasar! Nice to meet you.”
“You’re… really cute! Wow. You’re so different than your normal self”
“I act tough cause I need to. But I have a soft side. Only you know about this… flawed me”
“Not flawed. Perfect. Bad news, I couldn’t find anything interesting. Except you want to see a sentai movie, I may have a gear for this…”
“Ew! No. We can go outside have some coffee and chat.”