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Pressing Sae’s cheeks between his hands, Ryusei mimicked a smile, wolfish grin exposing bright white teeth. Sae refused to react, lips puckering out as his cheeks were squeezed together.
“Come on, Sae. You can’t stay mad at me forever. It wasn’t even that bad this time.”
“I can, and I will,” Sae mumbled, his voice pinched with irritation and muffled as his lips were compressed. Ryusei let his cheeks go, switching to pinching them instead, until Sae swatted his hands away. “That hurts , you idiot. Leave me alone.”
“Yeah, well it won’t hurt you to smile. I already apologized.”
Sae huffed, readjusting his crossed arms. Ryusei squatted down in front of him, sticking out his lower lip in a pout, as he tried to get Sae to look at him. Sae’s mood continued to be petulant, however, refusing to do anything but stare straight ahead. Even with Ryusei standing right in front of him, he wasn’t looking at him. Simply looking through him, his jaw set in a frown; irritated, angry, and stubborn.
“Look, I offered to go get you some more tea. I can’t do anything about the fact I spilled your last cup of that fancy shit.”
Shooting his boyfriend a glare, Sae huffed again, squeezing his arms tightly. Ryusei knew he had fucked up by ruining Sae’s nighttime routine, but it really was an accident. He’s just glad he hadn’t broken Sae’s favorite tea mug, saving it just barely when he bumped the table, sending Sae’s snack and tea onto the floor.
“I gladly invite you to get onto a plane right now and go to Spain to get me some more. Until then, there really is nothing you can do, is there?”
Sighing dramatically, Ryusei flopped onto the floor, throwing his head into Sae’s lap and wrapping his arms around his waist. Sae didn’t even try to pry him off, continuing to ignore his presence as he stared ahead, continuing to pout about his evening snack.
Ryusei squeezed him tightly, trying to get Sae to react, even the slightest bit. A hug didn’t do the trick, so Ryusei rolled onto his side, using Sae’s thigh as a pillow, before tracing his fingers up the side of Sae’s torso. The touch caused Sae to react just slightly, his muscles tensing as his body contorted just a bit, moving his side away from and towards Ryusei’s touch at the same time.
An idea lit up Ryusei’s eyes, and he pulled himself up onto his knees, hands held up and ready to attack. Sae’s face had changed from the grumpy look he was wearing earlier to one of worry, and he only had a chance to squeak out a firm “don’t” before Ryusei lunged, grabbing Sae by the ribs and beginning the assault.
Sae screeched as Ryusei tickled him, his hands slapping blindly at Ryusei’s head as he began to laugh. His mouth was forced into a smile, teeth bared and mouth open as Sae gasped for breath between heaves of laughter. He choked out a “stop” before he managed to catch his breath enough to shout, Ryusei not deterred for a single second as he reveled in Sae’s pained laughter. At the very least it was a reaction,and Ryusei knew Sae was ticking like a time bomb every second he pushed his luck by continuing the onslaught.
Sae smacked him another time, clocking Ryusei upside the head as he finally managed to raise his voice, shouting “STOP” so loudly, Ryusei was briefly worried about their neighbors calling the police on him. As he realized his hands weren’t working to stop him, Sae braced his feet on Ryusei’s thighs, pushing him off roughly, one foot slipping and kicking Ryusei squarely in the gut.
Ryusei wheezed as he rolled off of Sae, giving him his space and thanking every higher being he could think of that Sae had not chosen to kick him in the groin. He held his stomach, his eyes watering as Sae stood up. Sae hovered over him for a moment, face red and eyes wet and angry, before stomping off towards their bedroom and slamming the door.
Ryusei sighed, picking himself up off the floor as he considered briefly going to follow Sae. Deciding that talking to him again at that moment was pressing his luck, he headed to the front door, grabbing his keys and stuffing his feet into his shoes, as he headed out to buy everything in stock at the entire speciality tea store if he had to.
One way or another, Sae would forgive him eventually, and he hoped that an abundance of tea that Ryusei knew nothing about would do the trick.