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“What is that ?” Langa’s voice broke through Reki’s intense concentration. The redhead looked up from his work, glancing over to the object that his boyfriend was pointing at.
“What, never seen a helmet before?” Reki joked, spinning around from the workbench to face Langa, who was standing in the doorway.
Langa pouted. “I know what a helmet is.” He let his backpack fall to the floor, and crossed his arms over his chest. “I’ve just never seen a helmet that looked like that .” He walked up to the table and picked up the oddity in his hands. It was white, with two black eyes painted on the front which wouldn’t be too bad, but it had horns sticking out from the side of it. Two black horns that curved up slightly. “Reki...is this--”
“Yeah! It’s your yeti!” He held up the helmet in his lap and grinned. “I’ve got one to match, see?”
The taller boy blinked and set his , apparently, helmet back down on the worktable. The helmet Reki was holding was red, two closed eyes painted on in black, but this one had cat ears and… “Is that a halo?” Langa asked, reaching out a hand to touch the disk suspended above the helmet. “How did you get that to stay in place?”
Reki grinned, setting the helmet on the table next to Langa’s. “Wire!” He turned the helmet to show Langa more clearly. “It’s a thin braided wire, so it’s not too noticeable unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there.”
Langa nodded his understanding and took a seat on the bench next to Reki. “And you’re making these...why?”
“Oh! I guess I forgot to tell you,” Reki said, blinking. “Halloween’s coming up and Mom wants me to supervise Koyomi and the twins trick-or-treating. I was kinda hoping you’d go with me.” He tucked his hair behind his ear. “We can skate behind them, so...”
Langa blinked in confusion. “Well, yeah I’d go with you, Reki. You know I’d go anywhere with you. But that doesn’t explain these.” He waved his hand at the two helmets. “Not that they’re not cute, but we don’t really wear that kind of stuff, you know?”
The redhead blushed and bit his lip. “Well, it’s just...it’s Halloween . I know we’re a bit old for costumes but I thought it could be fun if we dressed up just a little bit…” he trailed off, looking up at Langa through his bangs.
Langa chuckled, and leaned forward, pressing a quick kiss to Reki’s cheek. “Ok. For you. I’ll wear it for you.”
Reki beamed. “Thanks, Langa.”
“I sure hope I don’t regret this.”
"You won't, I promise!"
Somehow, Langa had a feeling that Reki’s promise would be broken.
