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"Mayo-chan~ mmm~" Ayase sleepily opened his eyes, a quick glance to his side revealed that Niki was in fact sleep-talking. He was still sleeping peacefully, nuzzling his face against Ayase's neck, breathing in his scent happily. It was no longer a shock for Ayase, the grey-haired idol tended to talk in his sleep, usually about food since apparently most of his dreams involved him eating something. The first time he had mentioned Ayase in his sleep, the purple-haired man had squealed and fell out of the bed in fear that Niki might somehow sleep-cannibalise him. Turns out he was just dreaming about cuddling with the younger man, so he ended up avoiding Niki that whole day out of embarrassment. He honestly quite enjoyed listening to Niki's sleeping voice and trying to imagine what dream he might be having, Niki always excitedly explained his dreams in the mornings, and Ayase tended to be right, purely because they always involved him eating some type of food, even in dreams mostly unrelated to food it would have him eating food at some point.
Ayase felt the arms around his torso slightly tighten around him, indicating that Niki had woken up, he had a habit of clinging tighter to Ayase the moment he was conscious. He turned his body so that he was facing the chef, "Ah, G-Good morning Niki-san." Niki groggily opened his eyes, a soft smile on his face the moment he set eyes on Ayase. "Good morning Mayo-chaaaan! You smell very nice this morning~" Ayase was always unsure of how the grey-haired chef managed to become so energetic mere moments after awakening, but he couldn't deny that it was quite infectious. Niki's cheerful personality could even make someone as gloomy as Ayase feel happy. "Mayo-chan, I'm starving, can I take a bite from you~?" Niki grabbed Ayase's hand, pretending to bite it before pressing a kiss against it instead. Ayase was used to this move, Niki had done it many times, the first few times were terrifying to the younger man, but his heart now started racing for a different reason. "Nahaha, but I'm actually really hungry so just wait here Mayo-chan while I make us some breakfast."
Ayase wanted to offer to help Niki with the cooking, but he was already gone by the time Ayase worked up the courage to speak up. Besides, what help could he really be when Niki was such a talented chef, he would just end up holding him back, but even with all the self doubt plaguing his brain, spending time with his boyfriend, doing what he loved most in the world sounded nice. Ayase figured that he should start getting ready for the day, he fished out his hairbrush from the bedside table. He brushed through his thick purple hair, his hair didn't tangle easily, so it only took about a minute to brush completely, he then put his hair into his regular plait.
Niki came back into the room not too long later, carrying a tray with food on it. Breakfast in bed was a regular occurrence with the two, because Niki enjoyed cuddling with Ayase just after eating. "I made pancakes nahaha!" Niki climbed back under the covers, placing the large tray on both of their laps, there were two plates with a stack of pancakes on each, one clearly much taller than the other. The pancakes had a ton of whipped cream and strawberries on them, sweet enough to give you heart disease, just as the two of them liked it. Niki immediately started eating, passing a fork and knife to Ayase's side of the tray just before digging in. Ayase always found his boyfriend to be very cute while eating, wide smiles and small hums of contentement with every bite he had. He often found himself staring by accident, which Niki tended to tease him about but always ended up insisting it was adorable seeing him smile at something as simple as the grey-haired man enjoying a meal.
Ayase picked up his fork, cutting off a piece of pancake and placing it in his mouth, as always, his boyfriend's cooking was unrivalled, ah, seriously what did he do to deserve to eat food so good every single day? Ayase was about halfway through his pancakes when he felt arms loosely wrap around him and a soft weight leaning against his shoulder. Niki always finished eating before anybody else, despite having far bigger portions he made up with his almost inhuman eating speed. He never complained about having to wait though, he was similar to Ayase, he liked seeing the expressions people made while eating, he loved knowing that people enjoyed his cooking and seeing them enjoying it firsthand made it all the better. Ayase did speed up eating however, he didn't want to make him wait too long, the more time spent cuddling the better afterall.
Ayase ate the last of his pancakes, setting his utensils on the empty plate, he took the tray and placed it onto the floor beside the bed. Ayase turned his attention to Niki, who was hugging him tighter now that he wasn't eating, "Ah, that was really good Niki-san~ N-Not that your food is ever bad of course!" Niki giggled, nuzzling into his boyfriend's neck further, "Y'know I never think too deeply about things right? I just take compliments as they are~♪" Niki squeezed Ayase gently, wordlessly asking him to hug him back, which he hesitantly did upon realising that he still didn't have his arms around the other man. Niki removed his head from Ayase's shoulder, pressing a soft kiss to his lips, which the younger happily leaned into.
They parted after a few seconds, and after that Ayase's initial apprehension about the hug melted. He snuggled closer to Niki, resting his chin on the older man's shoulder. "Mm, Mayo-chan, how come you're always so hesitant about cuddling with me? It's not 'cause you're uncomfortable by it and don't want to say anything right?" Ayase's eyes widened, frantically shaking his head, "No no no! That's not it at all I promise! I love it I really doooo!" He paused for a second, trying to find the right words, "It's just, I'm such a disgusting creature that being touched so casually feels weird, I don't feel as though I deserve anyone treating me gently so I get rather freaked out at first. I-I definitely don't dislike you touching me thoughhhhh!" Niki pushed Ayase back gently, looking into his eyes with a warm expression, "Mayo-chan, I will bite you if you say you're a disgusting creature ever again, no one disgusting would ever smell so delicious. And you definitely deserve all my hugs, you've saved me soooo many trips to the kitchen at night because I can just chew on your hair and I feel less hungry." Ayase's facial expression softened, before realising what Niki had just confessed to and staring at his boyfriend in disbelief. "T-That's why my hair feels wet when I wake up?!" It seemed Niki didn't want to answer Ayase's question, so he leaned towards Ayase, kissing him gently, but with more passion than the last kiss.
Niki pouted when they pulled away and Ayase still had a look of pure confusion on his face. "Do you forgive me for chewing your hair Mayo-san?" Ayase really couldn't say no when his boyfriend was looking at him like that, curse his love for cute things. He sighed deeply, "Even if I said no you would continue doing it anyway." Niki nodded happily, somehow taking that as a good thing. "Maybe you should smell less like food and then I might stop nahaha!" Ayase was completely unsure how Niki thought he smelled tasty, but with the amount the grey-haired man breathed in his scent, he must smell absolutely delicious to him, even if no one else ever commented on his smell. "That's not something I can really control though?!"
The two of them cuddled in silence after that, it was nice to just be able to hold each other and not do anything else, plus Ayase was never good with conversation, so he enjoyed not having to talk. "Hey Mayo-chan, don't we have to get up at some point?" Ayase turned on his phone, going white when he saw the time, "Y-You're right, uuuuu, I didn't even realise it was getting so late..." Niki leaned over to see Ayase's screen, "Crap! I have a shift in half an hour, I'm actually gonna get fired if I'm late again." Niki scrambled to get out of bed, pressing a quick kiss to his boyfriend's forehead as he left. "See you later Mayo-chan! Love you!"
Ayase lightly touched where Niki had kissed him, smiling fondly as the grey-haired man hurried to the bathroom to get changed. Niki always made him feel loved, he made him feel almost as if he was deserving of all the love he gave him. He let his self-deprecating thoughts and doubts go to the back of his head, where he couldn't hear them, and yelled out something he's always wanted to say, "I-I love you too Niki-san!"