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“Yuzuru, Yuzuru! Make sure the napkins are a nice color!”
“Yes, Young Master. I’ve gotten the colorful ones out already.”
Yuzuru laughs quietly as he sets the dining table in the garden, placing said colorful napkins under the pristine white cups and saucers that lay on the lacy table cloth. He feels himself shiver when King barks, turning his attention reluctantly towards the dog's owner to make sure they were both safe.
“Ah, King! Who’s a good boy? Who is it!? It’s you! You are!~”
Tori chimes, giggling like a toddler as the golden retriever pushes him to the ground, attacking him with affection and keeping Yuzuru a fair distance away as consequence.
“Young Master, you shouldn’t lie on the ground like that. You’ll dirty your clothes, and have to change.”
“Lighten up, slave! King wants to play, and you aren’t gonna play with him..”
“Well that’s.. A separate issue.”
Yuzuru hums, adjusting the placements of the items on the table before taking an unreasonably long path (to avoid Tori’s “beloved puppy”), to the mansion's back door, exiting a few minutes later with a sweets tray in hand.
Tori continues to entertain King as Yuzuru continues to set the garden table for his juniors expectant guest, placing a small cheesecake on a dish in the center with a clear cover over top, and laying a dessert fork against each small saucer with the tea spoon. He adorns the table with fake flowers and flower petals, keeping the colors as saturated as possible as Tori had asked, without them being overwhelmingly bright.
“Hime-chan! Hime-chan!~ Sora is here!”
A cheerful voice echoes from the back door, and Yuzuru shoots the speaker a quick glance and smile before Tori and King surround the blond excitedly.
“Harukawa! Hi! Did anyone give you trouble? If they did Yuzuru can go and yell at them for you!~”
Yuzuru rolls his eyes at the ‘request’, happy that Sora had said he had no trouble. The two boys keep their attention on the dog for what seems to Yuzuru, far too long, and he happily steps aside to let the two boys into the gazebo, internally thanking Tori for training King not to come into the small structure.
“I’ll leave the two of you alone. If there is anything you need, please do not hesitate to call for me.”
“Yeah yeah, thank you slave!~ Off you go!”
Tori waves his hand dismissively, and Yuzuru returns the action with a fond smile, walking off into the mansion and happily joining Natsume, who’d been Sora’s chaperone on the way over.
“So! How is everything? Switch had a performance yesterday right?”
Tori giggles, happily kicking his feet under the table as he serves himself a slice of cheesecake. Sora giggles back, happily staring at his napkin before meeting Tori’s eyes again.
“Sora is good! The live went very well! Master said it was one of our ‘best to date’, and then he hugged us. Sora was very happy, so was Senpai.. Sora thinks it’s been a while since Master has hugged him that tightly.”
Sora smiles as he recounts more details of the live, Tori listening to every small detail more intently than he realizes. Sora lets out a louder giggle than normal, and the young ‘prince’ tilts his head.
“Huh? What’s so funny?”
“You’re leaning over the table, Hime-chan.. Hm? Now your color is bri~ght pink!”
“S-Shut up!”
Tori orders, very obviously flustered. Sora doesn’t take his statement seriously though, only giggling louder and bringing his thumb to Tori’s mouth, wiping a small bit of cherry topping off of the corner of his cheek. This only exacerbates Tori’s flustered demeanor.
“Gah.. Harukawa! Knock it off..!”
“Hehe!~ Hime-chan is so pretty!”
“..Pretty?”
“Yes!”
“..Okay, I forgive you.”
“Sora is glad!”
Their small tea party continues, and after Tori has calmed down, Sora happily begins asking him questions as Tori had before. He serves himself a slice of cheesecake, laying his napkin over his lap as Tori did.
“So how has Hime-chan been? What has Fine been up to?”
“Huh? Oh, we did a show with Ra*bits a while ago.. That was kinda fun..”
“Oh, oh! Sora heard about that! Sora thinks you looked very cute. The outfit suits you. ….Hime-chan?”
Sora looks up from his cheesecake to see Tori gripping his fork aggressively, his other fist closed and resting against the table as he turns red from embarrassment, quiet squeaks escaping his tightly shut mouth. Sora only giggles, taking another bite of his cheesecake.
“You.. Your outfit was nice too, you know..”
“Thank you, but Sora thinks yours is much more fitting!”
As the conversation continues, Tori ends up calling Yuzuru out to refill their tea pot, and the butler is accompanied by Natsume when he approaches the table. The redhead doesn’t bother to wave, instead nodding softly at the two boys.
“Master and Butler Onii-san are friends?”
“Ah, I don’t know if we’re..”
“yeS, we aRE.”
Yuzuru seems genuinely taken aback by the other speaking up, but his unusually bright smile is returned by Natsume quickly. The magician shakes his head, turning back towards Sora and Tori as he speaks up again.
“So, have yOU told hIM yet, Sora?”
“Ah? Told me what?!”
Tori once again makes a demand that Sora ignores with a giggle, shaking his head at Natsume and turning back to the other boy across from him. He gently reaches out and touches a finger to his nose, and Yuzuru is surprised how fast Tori turns red.
“Sora wanted to tell you something! Sora wanted to tell you.. He loves you! Very much!.. And he’d like to do something else like this with you!.. Sometime..”
A silence falls over the yard, the two Fine members stunned into silence as Natsume stares at Sora with a newfound pride. Sora can’t help the way he also turns red, but at least he knows from Tori’s aura change that he isn’t alone.
“Y-You.. Love me?”
“Yes! Sora loves you.”
“R-Really..?”
“Yes!”
Yuzuru knows what’s about to happen, he knows Tori too well. He pulls a handkerchief out of his pocket as Tori stands up from the table, dashing the small distance over to Sora and pulling him into a tight hug.
Sora shifts back in his seat, but returns the gesture, gently rubbing Tori’s back as the other boy sobs happily into his shoulder.
“I.. I love you too! I didn’t.. Think you would.. Really fall for someone like me..”
“Huh? Sora didn’t fall though.. You caught him~”
“S-Stop that!”
Tori whines, turning an even darker shade of red.
After the confession, Yuzuru and Natsume stay in the yard, but don’t interrupt the two boys, allowing them to finish their “first date”. Natsume gives Sora a warning that they’ll be leaving soon when the sun begins to set, and Sora nods in response, tilting his head when Tori takes his hands into his.
“Thanks.. Y’know.. For actually coming today..”
“Huh? Why wouldn’t Sora?”
“Er.. People don’t like putting up with me.. So I wasn’t expecting you to s-”
Tori is cut off with a kiss being placed on his cheek, and it takes everything in him not to burst out in tears.
“Ah? Sora didn’t mean to stop Hime-chan.. Please continue!”
“Y-You can’t just do that and then tell me to keep talking!?”
“Oh.. Sorry, Sora didn’t-”
Aggressively rolling his eyes, Tori places a kiss on Sora’s cheek in return and the two of them stand there, burning up faster than they knew they could.
“Sora, leT’S go.”
Natsume calls, a soft smirk on his face when Sora faces him, his cheeks still burning red. He nods, releasing Tori’s hands and pulling him into a hug.
“Sora will be back tomorrow! To pick you up! And this time Sora will take you out!”
“Okay..! I-I’ll be ready!”
The two of them burst into a giggling fit, and Sora quickly pecks Tori’s cheek again before following Natsume back into the mansion to reach the front exit.
“So Young Master,”
Yuzuru starts, approaching the gazebo steps as Tori sits on them, and standing opposite of King.
“You didn’t tell him after all~”
“Shut up! He beat me to it!”
Tori yawns, and Yuzuru can’t help but laugh under his breath, picking up Tori bridal style and listening to his reprimands fade out as he falls asleep in his arms.
“Goodnight Young Master. I hope your dreams are as colorful as the one who visits them~”