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It was a quiet morning at the Cop and ex-Mafia household. Morning sunlight was peaking through the kitchen window; illuminating a very shirtless and colorful back. The slender ex-mafia with golden locks was getting ready to make breakfast. He put his hair up in a ponytail so as to not get in his eyes while cooking.
"Wow, it seems like I need a cut already." he thought to himself.
He started preparing for breakfast after the hair was out of the way. He started cooking the usual savory food Ichiro likes as well as sweet tamagoyaki. It's been almost a decade since these two started their cohabitation. Ichiro slowly but surely broke Shiro's bad eating habits or his spirit(as he liked to call it). He then moved on to teaching him useful life skills.
"Why do I need to learn to cook?" Shiro had complained in the beginning.
"What are you going to do when I am not around?" Ichiro huffed out while eyeing the countless eggs that were victims of Hanabusa Shiro.
"Don't say that!" Shiro had responded almost teary eyed making Ichiro panic. "You can't die before me!"
"No, I didn't mean it like that! What if I am alive but not around in the future?" he tried to do damage control.
"Are you thinking of breaking up with me?" Shiro said almost on the brink of tears.
"Oh god no. I meant what if I was away for a mission? Geez." Ichiro sighed and pulled Shiro in for a hug.
"Then don't use phrases like that, dumbass," Shiro said while hitting him lightly and Ichiro let him. There was no cooking lesson done as Ichiro was too preoccupied with gentle parenting his 33-year-old boyfriend. "You are lucky that I find you extremely cute," he thought to himself.
While Shiro was busy musing over their past and how far they have come from the beginning, he felt a pair of hands put his robe on his shoulder.
"You are going to catch a cold" the cop stated.
Shiro pulled the man's hands around his hips and he obliged.
"Then you can keep me warm," he said while giving him a kiss.
"I would love to," Ichiro responded.
And there they were, Ichiro back hugging Shiro while supervising how much sugar he puts in their food, while Shiro absentmindedly hums to himself.
"Are you humming our wedding song?" Ichiro asked while stirring the soup.
"You got it on the first try today! I must have gotten really good." Shiro responded cheekily.
"Oh, you must be in a really good mood then. Waking up early to make breakfast AND humming?" Ichiro retorted.
"Hmm something like that," Shiro responded.
The breakfast was done soon enough as the two of them sat down next to each other to finish it.
"You have any plans today?" Shiro asked.
"Not really. I was going to do some work around the house and that's it," Ichiro responded.
"Good. Then we will finally get to spend some time. The damn government has stolen enough of my husband's time!" Shiro huffed out while Ichiro just chuckled.
"I do have something to discuss with you. We can talk about it when we are done eating." Ichiro said. Shiro was slightly nervous at the tone. They finished their breakfast in familiar quietness.
After they were done with breakfast and cleaning the dishes, they decided to rest in the living room.
"So I was thinking. We have been married for 3 years." Ichiro started off while Shiro just nodded, with slight nervousness. "What do you think of expanding our family?"
"You want to open the relationship up and see other people?" Shiro asked panicked. "Are we not having enough sex? Did you meet someone else? Who are they?" Shiro asked in rapid succession.
Ichiro just sighed and gave his husband a kiss on the lips to shut him up. "You have too much faith in my ability in flirting. I am still shocked that I managed to pull you, dumbass," he responded in a defeated tone.
"You just don't realize how attractive you actually are. Which I guess is very fortunate for me." Shiro said with a pout. "So by expanding you mean?"
"A child" Ichiro responded.
"Oh. You sure you want to raise a child with me?" Shiro said with hesitation.
"I would love to raise a child with you. I can be the strict parent and you can be the fun one. Imagine little footsteps around the house." Ichiro said wistfully. "That is of course if you want to raise a child. I know we never had this discussion about having a child or being child-free since we are not a traditional couple, but I think this is as good of a time as it is."
Shiro took a few seconds before he responded. "What if I said no?"
"Then we won't get a child. I'll just raise a plant or something." Ichiro assured him.
"But it's not the same," Shiro stated.
Ichiro held Shiro's hands while he played with his wedding band. "You will always be my number one priority no matter what. If you want to be childfree then we can be childfree. It's about you being in my life that I care about the most." Ichiro stated.
Shiro quickly brought his hands to his face and covered them before responding "You can't just say corny stuff like that first thing in the morning. I can't fall for you more!"
"Well I won't stop trying to make you fall for me more," Ichiro responded. "But seriously if you don't want to have kids we can just not have one. It's ok."
"No, I do!" Shiro exclaimed. "I want to dress up mini-me into cute clothes. Pick them up from school. Go to amusement parks and eat ice cream with them." he blurted out. "I just wanted to know if it came down to it, how would you choose."
"Hanabusa Shiro, were you testing me? On our 3rd wedding anniversary? I am SHOCKED." Ichiro joked.
"So how are we going to get that kid? Are we buying it from someone or are we going through surrogacy or what?" Shiro asked nonchalantly.
Ichiro looked at him dumbfounded. "What do you mean by "buying"?" he said alarmed.
"Well, you know when a young mom..." Shiro started off before stopping quickly. "Haha, I was joking. That is not something I have ever seen take place or even heard of." Shiro said while avoiding eye contact. Ichiro just gave him an incredulous look before continuing.
"I think adoption would be a good option. There are so many precious kids out there and I don't have any attachment with creating my own child ya know." Shiro nodded along. "But we can think about that later. I want to enjoy our anniversary for now." Ichiro added.
"Speaking of the anniversary" Shiro pulled out a gift box from behind the couch. He gave Ichiro a kiss before handing his gift to him. "Happy anniversary, partner."
Ichiro took the box and looked at Shiro with a questioning look. "You can open it now" Shiro responded.
Ichiro opened the box to find a notebook. He opened it to see it full of all of their memories for the past 10 years. From the first day when they met at the underground club. It seems like Shiro managed to get a screenshot from the security footage. Their first outing to find the culprit that attacked Ichiro earlier. Their birthday and the cake Ichiro made for Shiro. Their first night sleeping on the floor. It seems like Shiro had managed to get a candid picture while Ichiro was sleeping. Their first trip with Rion, their trip to Ichiro's house, their first date, and many more after it. Shiro had meticulously saved it all and put it all in this notebook along with a bunch of heartfelt messages. Ichiro could feel Shiro looking at him for a reaction. Ichiro finally looked up with tears in his eyes and went for a bear hug.
"I love you so much. I can't believe how incredibly lucky I am to have you in my life. I love you so so so much." Ichiro blurted out. Shiro patted his head while listening in.
"Well does it mean you like the present?" he tried to make a joke.
"More than I like myself," Ichiro said while looking up.
Shiro gave him a huge grin and proceeded to give him a kiss on the forehead. "Happy anniversary."
"I have something for you too," Ichiro said after he finally calmed down. "I was going to do it later in a more proper manner but I guess I ran out of time for it," Ichiro said while showing Shiro an e-mail on his phone. "Hanabusa Shiro, would you like to do the honor of marrying me once again in a different country and having a honeymoon that follows?" Ichiro stated. Shiro was dumbfounded.
"You finally got your vacation approved?" he asked excitedly. "And a bonus. And I thought what could be greater than marrying you in every single country I legally can." Ichiro responded.
Now it was time for Shiro's eyes to go wide. "So for this anniversary, I have my sights on Europe. We will go on a European tour for a month and get married in all of the countries we legally could. So you can be bound to me on every continent. What do you say?" Ichiro asked.
"You crazy man. I love you so much. Of course, it's a yes. It's always going to be a yes!!" Shiro said while jumping on Ichiro and showering him with kisses all over.
And that's how the morning between happily married and newly engaged (again) cop and ex-mafia went.
"Ichiro! Ichiro! You are going to be late for school!" came from a person who was trying to shake him awake. Kunishita Ichiro, aged 15, woke up with tears rolling down his eyes.
"Is there something wrong?" the elderly woman asked concerned. "Did you have one of your bad dreams?" she asked cautiously.
"No, it was a really good dream. One that makes you feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside but at the same time feels too real yet unattainable," he responded.
"Some dreams are just our future selves communicating with us in the past to let us know it will all be better." the elderly responded.
"Grandma, do you believe that I can make this dream come true one day?" Ichiro asked hopefully.
"You can do anything you set your mind to. I am sure you will be able to achieve your dreams." she gave him encouragement.
"I would really like that," Ichiro said wistfully.