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Absolutely stunning. It's perfect. Oh just one last touch!
Gorou carefully places the last swirl of cream on top of the red cake. He made it strawberry flavoured, for a special someone.
And that someone hasn't come over to his resident for quite some time. He knew making treats such as cakes aren't exactly an Inazuman tradition, as far as he's known, as much as a busy general could know. But the traveller insisted that it is a great idea. The man did made an adeptus to take a liking to basic dishes such as salad after all, so his suggestions are worth taking.
"Perfect! Hopefully...." Gorou takes a few step back to look at his work. He'll mentally give himself a pat on the back.
The cake is square shaped, with white icing along the edges and purple drawing of an onikabuto in the middle of it. It's... Not the best work of art but he'll give it the benefit of the doubt given he had used an untrusted icing recipe from Her Excellency.
"Now to wait for the guy to come. Should be any time by now!" He eyes the clock near his stove, 3:45pm. He has time to clean before the Oni arrives.
Not even two minutes into organising the plates on his cabinet, his door is banged open with a loud "HOME SWEET HOME BABY"
Loud as always
"The kitchen...!" Gorou announced, so the Oni wouldn't go around the house to look for him. It happened before.
"You came sooner than expected today" Gorou doesn't event flinch being immediately hugged and picked up by Itto. He'd greet him the same in public if Gorou wasn't so persistent about his image as a general, which Itto rarely remember to consider.... So he does, as well.
Several smooches attacks his face, Itto couldn't even be bothered getting flour transferred onto his face. "Okay okay- pgft oka- Itto!"
"Sorry pup, couldn't resist" He only grins, finally putting Gorou down. His hands lingered Gorou's waist a little too long.
"While I got here I th- wOA NICE CAKE..!!! is that a cockroach? Hah you're so creative!"
"Wh- what you mean that's obviously an onikabuto!" Gorou internally screech for having his 20 minutes worth or work degraded face on.
"But that's totally a cockroach, babe you can't fool the One and Oni. I know those bad boys like the back of my hand"
"I'm not- ugh nevermind" Gorou pushed Itto away, just because, and turns away to get them both plates from the cabinet.
"Was it supposed to be something else???" He has no thoughts behind those eyes does he? Poor sweet thing
"You think?" Gorou turns to face him, now plates in hand, ready to set onto the table. He even brought candles and matches.
".....I think they look like roache- OW!"
"You dare critique my art when you can't even draw a circle" wiping away fake dusts from the plate he hit Itto with, he lit the candles
"Hah mind you, I draw for kids aaaalll the time you had no idea how many years of practice I've had"
"Kids just love whatever you draw, even pathetic lines of nothing" he doesn't even spare a glance for crushing the Oni's pride on their anniversary day.
"Puppy that breaks my heart..."
"Okay okay I'm sorry, you can draw well, you drew us on my birthday and I still kept the drawing in my notebook, okay" Gorou circled Itto's neck, giving him a small pec on the lips. Itto's hands immediately goes around the general, pulling into a little embrace.
"You kept themmm..." Itto have the looks of a happy child when their teachers gives them a star on their work, with those teary eyes.
Gorou giggles "It's cute, really, I look at it sometimes when I'm reviewing reports" Itto immediately gasps in awe and gives him another set pecs on his cheeks.
"Now now, let's blow the candles shall we?"
Itto eyes the cake, then back to his boyfriend
"Who's birthday is it?"
"It's our anniversary... One year" Gorou almost feels like he should smack Itto that day. Almost.
"Its- do I need to give presents?"
"No--"
"Oh no I don't have presents!!!! I'm so sorry I will get it right n-"
"Itto!!"
"Yea sweetcake"
That one's new. He'll push aside complaints about the pet names for now,
"It's fine .. you being here it Watatsumi is enough, alright? We don't even get to see eachother often so having you here is enough of a present" He strokes Itto's cheekbone with his hand, giving it a reassuring pinch.
"But it's different... I'm guaranteed to come and see you, it's just you who doesn't want me on site, I want to give something,,, cool! special! Like .... Like a um.. oh COOL notebooks! You use alot of those... Though you write boring ass stuffs ther- oh oh maybe a nice patterned scarft! Hah! I can't buy if it costs much but I can make it ... Surely that housekeeper dude could land a hand..."
"Itto... It's alright it's not necessary, I've already gotten all of those given, you know I don't like having too many stuffs on hand"
Gorou takes Itto's arm and lead him to sit at the table, giving him the cake knife as he settles on his lap as if he belongs there. Which Itto wouldn't disagree.
"You do?"
"Yes from my friends and fans during my last fan meet-up"
"Which friend?"
"Well most are from my coworkers and old folks back in town"
"Which coworkers?"
"Well there's Hika- wait why so many questions?!"
Gorou immediately turn to face his boyfriend, finally noticing the serious expression, the hand on his waist is gripping instead of just resting there
"Itto...?"
"Do you like their gifts.. more than my amazing ones?" Even though in this position they're face to face, Itto somehow managed to look up to Gorou, looking like a beaten puppy.
"Itto ... Of course not" he gives his boyfriend a peck on each eyelids while holding his face with both hands. The only leans onto his palms.
"You sure?"
"Positive." Gorou leans closer and kiss the Oni softly, hoping Itto would appreciate him making the first move
"You're my boyfriend"
"Yes I am your boyfriend" a chuckle in Gorou's voice, playing along with Itto's silly confirmations. Apparently the simple image of Gorou with someone else other than him pleagues his head like a migraine?
"Mine only, no sharing"
He can't believe this man
"Yes only you, Itto" a chuckle
"Promise?"
"Promise"
Itto sighs and rests his head in the crook of Gorou's neck. "don't leave me for someone else okay? I'm the best guy in inazuma and you can't settle for less"
Dear Archons he's being insecure and confident at the same time, how did Gorou managed to date this man
"I wouldn't settle for less okay? Only you. I even baked a cake for us! See-"
Right when he's about to point towards the cake, the candles had already melted onto the cake he worked so hard for
"THE CAKE!"
"LITTLE COCKROACH NOO!"
"ITS AN ONIKABUTO!!" Itto received a slap on the arm and letting a boisterous laugh. In truth, he knew it's an onikabuto given the poorly drawn horns but it's fun to piss his little boyfriend off.
"Ugh whatever... It's ruined now. Let's see how to save this cake" Gorou grabs the cake knife and slowly removes the wax and the cakes that had been soaked with it. Since the candle dries quickly, there wasn't much damage to his poor cake.
After a whole plate worth of cake removed, they end up with a cake with a gaping whole in the middle of it. The poor cockroach long gone
"Rest in peace cockroach-chan" Itto wipes an non-existent tear from the corner of his eyes.
"This is probably why Kujou Sara called us dumbasses"
"The filing are stabweru yurm" Itto already taking a spoonful of bite without cutting the cake, ignoring Gorou longing gaze towards the cake.
"Wamp shome?" Itto nudges Gorou's lips with a spoon of cake and Gorou only opens his mouth, pathetically chewing on the sweet disaster. Hm not bad for a first bake.
"I'll just call Mitsuya to order a cake, he doesn't live that far to deliver some" Gorou sighs, defeated
"Who's Mitsuya?"
"A friend of mine"
"Does Mitsuya also give u good gifts"
"...gods you're the most jealous man I know" Gorou shakes his head despite the Oni being a 100% serious
"you know oTHER MEN?!!"
"OH FOR FUCK SA-"