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“Achoo!” Senkuu sneezed. “Ughh,” Senkuu groaned and pulled the collar of his jacket up.
“Are you alright Senkuu??” Tsukasa asked.
“Y- yeah, I’m fine,” Senkuu shivered a bit. “How much farther did you say this place was,” Senkuu held himself.
“2 kilometers or so,” Miari replied.
“Ahhh I’m so excited!” Suika beamed.
“Kuk ku,” Senkuu weekly snickered. “I s- should-ve got something m-more warm,” Senkuu tried to laugh off, pulling up his gloves.
“Here,” Tsukasa took off his scarf and offered it to Senkuu.
“Huh?”
“You said you were cold,” Tsukasa explained.
“And. And you’re not- t?” Senkuu shivered.
“I’ll survive,” Tsukasa shrugged. “Besides You don’t want to get a cold do you?”
“Trust me! It’s not fun,” Mirai added as she skipped.
“Yeah and Senkuu’s always grumpy when he’s sick,” Suika teased.
“I’ll be fine. It takes around 4 hours for frostbite to form at 0 degrees celsius,” Senkuu explained. “It happens when underlying tissues freeze and-,”
“Yeah, but Kohaku will kill you if you get sick,” Suika pointed out.
Senkuu sighed and took the scarf from Tsukasa and warped it around himself. It was unsurprisingly warm. Senkuu breathed out and kept his breath warming his face.
December 31st.
It was Mirai’s, emotionally, 10th birthday so in celebration the four of them were going t Mirai’s favorite cake shop. Senkuu tagged along to watch after his little sister and since Tsukasa, his boyfriend, asked him too… More like Tsukasa dragged him out because Senkuu had been keeping himself locked up in his room for the past few days on a project.
“Come on Senkuu, Just get out of your room for a bit,” Kohaku groaned. “You’ve been in there for days now,”
“It’s winter break,” Senkuu replied.
“Yeah but that doesn’t mean you get to be a bum, inside all day,” Kohaku replied.
“Well where would you want me to go?” Senkuu sarcastically replied.
“Suika is going out with Mirai for her birthday. Why don’t you join them?”
“I-,”
“Tsukasa will be there,”
“I’ll go,” Senkuu sighed.
Somehow Suika and Mirai were happily skipping while Senkuu was losing felling his lips. Not to mention Tsukasa only wearing a jacket and beanie.
“Come on come on!” Mirai and Suika were already meters ahead of the two.
“How- how- are they so energetic,” Senkuu groaned, still holding himself.
“They’re kids,” Tsukasa replied. “And you are kind of slow Senkuu,” Tsukasa teased.
“I’m not going to hear the end of this until we get there. I hope they have coffee,” Senkuu trudged on in the snow.
Tsukasa put out one of his gloved hands out and Senkuu held it. The only thing Senkuu was able to feel was how red his face was.
The four of them finally reached the small cake shop. Suika and Mirai were first to open the door and step inside. The two girls changed their shoes at the doorway and put on some of the slippers offered.
“Welcome,” The workers greeted from the counter.
“Thank you,” Tsukasa replied, as he and Senkuu changed their shoes.
“Woahh~,” Mirai marveled and the tiny cakes in the display.
“Ohhh they’re so cute,” Suika joined in with Mirai.
It was sweet how in awe they were of the cute cakes. Tsukasa turned his attention his Senkuu was still shivering.
“I know I know,” Senkuu shivered.
“I wasn’t going to say anything,” Tsukasa grinned. “I’m just glad you came along,”
“Wouldn’t m- m- miss it,”
“Hey big bro,” Mirai waved. “Look! They have eclairs,”
Senkuu and Tsukasa sat at a different table from their sisters to let them catch up. Senkuu order a simple black coffee, unlike Tsukasa, Who had ordered himself a slive of strawberry shortcake.
“Didn’t know you had a sweet tooth,” Senkuu pointed out.
“Ahh well,” Tsukasa smiled a bittersweet smile. “When we were younger, things like sweets and cake for our birthdays were rare. We were lucky if our uncle got us anything really… So I appreciate days like this,” Tsukasa explained.
“Ahhh I see,” Senkuu took in what Tsukasa told him.
“It’s fine now though. I’m glad to see Mirai enjoying her day,” Tsukasa lightened the mood.
“Yeah, they look like they’re having fun,” Senkuu smiled.
“That’s good,” Tsukasa rested his back a little.
“Soooo you wouldn’t mind if I,” Before Senkuu finished his question Senkuu picked up Tsukasa’s fork a took a bit of the cake.
“I thought you said you didn’t want any sweets?” Tsukasa raised an eyebrow.
“Ehh, only a little,” Senkuu shrugged. “I wanted to share it with you I guess,” Senkuu tried to remain stoic but he knew his face was growing a bit red.
Tsukasa looked a bit dumbfounded for a second before softly smiling. “I’m glad,”
“Big bro! Big bro!”
A few sweets, and snowball fights later the girls were ready to go to bed.
“I’ll text you later Senkuu,” Tsukasa had Mirai on his back as she napped.
“Got it,”
Tsukasa moved Senkuu’s scarf down and bent down a bit and kissed Senkuu goodbye.
“Ku ku your gloves still have snow on them,” Senkuu pointed out, teasing his boyfriend. “Are you trying to freeze me,”
Tsukasa chuckled a bit. “No, but if you don’t get home soon you will,”
“Pleaseee, I’m freezing,” Suika whined
“Right right,” Senkuu replied. “Do you want your scarf back?”
“Keep it. You might freeze without it,” Tsukasa replied.
“Senkuuuuu,” Suika pouted.
“Right right, say bye to Mirai and Mirai,”
“Bye Tsukasa bye Mirai,” Suika whispered not to wake Mirai.
“I’ll give back your scarf later,” Senkuu waved.
Tsukasa waved back. Senkuu focused back on getting Suika home.
Senkuu moved Tsukasa’s scarf back up to his nose. It was still warm. Senkuu and Suika walked through the snow back to their home. Suika trudging along.
“How much longer?” Suika asked.
“A kilometer or so,” Senkuu replied.
“Hmmmmm ok,” Suika yawned.
“Look who tire themselves out,” Senkuu teased.
“Yeahh but I had fun. Mirai looked like she was enjoying her birthday too,” Suika responded genuinely. “And it look like you and Tsukasa had fun too,” Suika nudged Senkuu.
“Yeah, I had fun,” Senkuu took a sip of his second coffee. “Just don’t tell Kohaku. I’ll never hear the end of it,”
“What about dad?”
“No Byakuya would smoother me,” Senkuu sighed.
“Hmhhhh I’ll tell Mom them,” Suika git a sudden bust of energy and started running.
“Wait Suika-! Your glasses!”