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Kazuki groans as he sits up in his bed. His fingers pinch inbetween his eyes, trying to relieve pressure from a booming headache. Ah, that's right, he drank quite a lot last night.
He didn't mean to, but after the horrific day they all had yesterday he had to. Rei and Miri were on the forefront of his worries, and all he had wanted to do was drink to forget what almost happened to them, then watch them sleep in their respective beds (bathtub).
When he opened his eyes, somehow the light seeping from under the closed door in his dark room made his head boom more, reinforcing the idea that he wasn't going to drink again for a long long time. Then, his eyes began adjusting. The bed was a mess, his shirt and jeans hanging half off the end. Another groan, pitiful, escaped his mouth and he stretched forward, grabbing his pants. Wait, those weren't his pants. Those were black slacks.
"Huh?" Kazuki quizzically looked the pants over, clearly they were Rei's.
Then, his ears started catching up, actively listening. There was a soft breath beside him.
Kazuki turned, looking at Rei curled in a ball facing him. Rei was clearly wearing nothing, the thin sheet covering half his body, hiding little. Kazuki sighed.
They did it again.
Getting up, Kazuki made quick work of cleaning the room up as quietly as possible without waking the other man. He stole small looks here and there at Rei. Somehow, that talk he had with Karin, Yuzuko's sister stuck with him, making him feel less guilty about looking at Rei. Karin did give him her blessing afterall. If only she knew he was smitten with another man, he wonders what she would say. Knowing her? She'd be completely supportive, if a bit shocked.
Still in his own underwear, the door opened wide.
Kazuki froze. Watching a tired Miri lazily slap her feet on the ground. "Papaaa." She said. "Breakfast Papaaaaa."
His eyes darted at Rei on the bed, stirring from their little girl's voice.
"You want bacon and eggs, Miri? Give me ten minutes to change and i'll get right on it." He smiled at her, the clothes he quickly snatched from his bed being held at his front. Rei could walk around in his underwear infront of her, but he could not, he was supposed to be a good example for her. Rei was the fun Papa, Kazuki was the... Kazuki was the mom.
She opened her eyes, catching a glimpse of Papa Rei waking up on the far end of the bed. "Rei Papa! You slept in a bed!"
Rei definitely remembered what happened last night between them, but didn't make it obvious. Not to Kazuki. The only thing Kazuki could tell was off was a face of realization at just how nude he was under Kazuki's comforter. Rei pointed at Miri, then playfully pretended to shoot her.
"That's one shot for not listening to what Kazuki just said." His face was light, almost like he woke up in a good mood. Miri pouted, but before she could say anything, Rei pretended to shoot her again. "Bang. That's two shots for being so cute."
Miri smiled, pretending to be shot.
Kazuki smiled too.
"Mm, Kazuki Papa can make eggs and bacon. Papa Rei and I will have poptarts." She walked to Kazuki, grabbing his legs to look up at him all cute, trying to win in her favor.
"Go on and get dressed, Miri. Your Papa's need to change too. I'll make everyone breakfast, alright?" He rubbed her messy hair, smoothing a bit of it down. She grinned, then darted out of the room with a,
"Alright!"
Kazuki shut the door, locking it for Rei's modesty. He looked over at the man who was wasting no time in revealing himself as he stood from the bed. Staring was inevitable, especially as memories of last night trickled into his head.
He watched as Rei went into the dresser, their dresser, full of clothes. It's normal now, but he remembers a time when it was odd when Rei would come into his bedroom just to grab a change of clothes. Not all of his clothes are in his room, no in the other room Rei has all of his disposable clothes meant for work. Disposable because well, you know, blood, guts, all that carnage that came with their job made some clothes unsalvageable.
Rei turned as he started changing. He eyes Kazuki up and down, he was still holding his pants and shirt loosely in his arms. "You're staring." He said.
Kazuki swallowed, "Can you blame me?"
Could he? Was staring not allowed after what they did? Because they desperately needed a talk after last night. It was the first time after getting Miri that the two of them had one of their meaningless little soirees, which now that Kazuki thinks on it, aren't meaningless anymore.
Rei dressed, a dark expression emerging on his face, "I know i'm more scarred up than those girls you go after-"
"No!" Oh he was stupid. Rei misinterpreted him entirely. "Rei, I meant-" Ah, damn he was nervous. "I keep thinking about you, about last night. If Miri wasn't expecting us, I'd sort of ask to go again." Damnit, that wasn't how he wanted to say that. "I mean-"
Rei laughed, his face turned away to hide any smile. Kazuki wanted to see it.
"I get it. Me too."
Kazuki dropped his clothes on the bed as he stalked towards the man, "You too?" His arms wanted to wrap around his waist and hold him close.
"It was different than the other times, but I think it was better."
Kazuki does flit his fingers into Rei's shirt, a second best to holding him. "It was better. I haven't felt like that in a long time." He looked at Rei's sleepy face, "You should sleep in bed with me. Not in the tub."
"No." Rejected.
"We'll put up surveillance! Alarms! Rei, please."
Rei brought his arms up, encircling Kazuki in his bony frame, their cheeks brushing. "If I couldn't before, I definitely can't now. I have to protect you two."
They held on to one another, both thinking. Their faces pulled back to look at each other, Rei's face was serious. He meant what he said. Then, Rei leaned in to press his lips onto the corner of Kazuki's, inhaling loudly.
Kazuki noisily broked it to realign their mouths, sucking the air from Rei.
A loud knock on the door, the handle jiggling. "Papas! Dressed! Breakfast!!"
They pulled away, looking at each other with a smile.
The knocking was more insistent, "PAPA!"
Rei walked to the door, opening it to scoop Miri in his arms. He was muttering quietly to her, then closed the door behind them as he left Kazuki alone.
A sigh, this time with a heart too full.