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Kira ran his hand through the bright and colorful liquid in the amber-colored bowl, the bright flecks of the stone reflected through the waters.
“What are you making?” A familiar voice rang through the quiet workshop.
Kira looked up from his work and smiled as he saw Azzy leaning against the door frame, pink hair flowing down his shoulders and back.
“I’m just making some adjustments to Mail Possum,” Kira said, raising his hand out of the bowl to reveal a small possum in a mailman’s uniform with a blank expression.
“Oh, he’s one of my favorites!” Azzy rushed towards the worktable to get a closer look at the tiny creature.
Kira chuckled as Azzy pet his creation. He liked showing off his work, he was proud of it, and he loved seeing his partner’s reactions to whatever new ideas he felt bringing to life.
He thought to himself for a moment as he watched Azzy’s doting fascination with the small possum.
“Do you want to make something with me?”
Azzy gasped and focused back on his boyfriend, earning an offended squeak from Mail Possum. “Really?!”
“Yeah,” Kira smiled, “Let me just set this lil guy back into his universe and we can get started.”
“Yay!” Azzy quickly grabbed the bright pink spare apron from the rack near the door and waited behind the table.
Kira gently carried the small possum to an equally small, iridescent portal.
Mail Possum stared up at Kira with ethereal knowledge behind its eyes.
“Don’t worry, you probably won’t remember any of this.”
With a final squeak, Mail Possum gave Kira a small salute with his tiny hand and hopped into the portal.
Kira closed the portal and turned back to Azzy, who was bouncing excitedly on his heels. It was clear he was eager to start making something, anything.
“What are we gonna make first?” He asked.
“How about we start with something small, like a potion?”
“Got it! Just tell me where to begin!”
Kira chuckled. “Let’s pick the bottle first.”
Azzy followed his partner to a large cabinet full of different empty jars and bottles. He scanned over all the different shapes and colors before settling on the one shaped like an anatomically correct human heart.
“This one has good vibes. It is worthy.” Azzy said with mock seriousness.
Kira snorted, earning a self-satisfied giggle from the man beside him.
“Ok goofball, time to decide what kind of potion this will be.”
“Hmmmm.” Azzy thought for a bit while looking at the bottle. “Oh! How about a Healthy Heart(?) potion! Upon drinking it you gain invincibility for a whole day but there’s a 1 in 4 chance you get a heart attack instead.”
“That escalated quickly.” Kira chuckled and led Azzy back to the main worktable.
Azzy shrugged. “Hey, you have to add some risk to such a big reward.”
“Ok, so now you get to make the recipe. This is where it gets kind of hard since it has to make sense in the world you want to put it in, and it requires planning and measuring and-“
Azzy had already begun grabbing random herbs and vials before Kira could even finish his sentence.
“Hey, be careful!” Kira rushed after his paramour as they haphazardly grabbed whatever ingredients they found interesting.
“Trust me, my love! It’s going to look amazing!” Azzy spread all his chosen ingredients on the main worktable and grabbed a piece of parchment and a quill. He quickly wrote down the potion’s title and effects in his neat, cursive font as Kira looked through everything he had grabbed.
“I don’t think we’ll need this many ingredients,” he chuckled.
Azzy shrugged. “I know, I just like to have options. Now! What should we start with?”
“Well, it’s a potion so we should start with a liquid base. Let’s see, we’ve got Dwarven oil, Moon water, and Frog Slime? I didn’t even know I still had that.”
“Moon water seems like a good way to start this. You want it to slowly build up!” Azzy said as he grabbed the jug of Moon water and filled an empty cauldron with it.
Kira lit the flames underneath the cauldron. “Now while we wait for that to boil, what next?”
Azzy grabbed a box of frosted-covered objects. “What are these?”
Kira investigated the box. “Oh, those are Nordic Barnacles. The ‘ice’ around them isn’t actual ice, it’s a type of hardened shell. They’re nearly impossible to break.”
“Great! They can add part of the invincibility! How do we add them?”
Kira grabbed something that looked like an oversized nutcracker, mortar, and pestle.
“First, we need to break through the shell. We should only need three. Then we crush the barnacles up and sprinkle them in as the water is boiling.”
“Got it. You crack and I’ll crush!” Azzy took three barnacles out of the box and set them on the table.
“Yes, sir!” Kira teased as he handed Azzy the mortar and pestle.
They made quick work of the barnacles, Kira cracking them open, making sure to get every piece of the shell off, and Azzy crushing each one into fine dust until the mortar was halfway filled with the shimmering powder.
“Now we just sprinkle it in?” Azzy asked.
“Yep, slowly so it doesn’t congeal.” Kira took a handful of the powder and started sprinkling it into the boiling cauldron as Azzy mimicked him.
The more powder they added, the more silver and gleaming the liquid became.
“Damn. I kinda wanted it to turn out red.” Azzy frowned at the color.
“Oh, we can fix that with some other ingredients, don’t worry,” Kira assured his boyfriend with a kiss.
Azzy giggled. “Ok good!”
“How about,” Kira reached around Azzy and grabbed a glass jar filled with what looks like bright red roots tangled in the shape of small hearts. “Briar’s Heart Roots? It’ll turn the potion red, and it goes with the heart theme!”
“Yes, those will be perfect!”
Kira smiled, “Great, we just gotta chop ‘em up.”
“Are we gonna do that cheesy movie thing where you show me how to cut them by guiding my hands from behind?” Azzy teased, with a smug grin on his lips.
Kira chuckled and returned a smirk. “Maybe. If you ask nicely.”
“Pretty please?” Azzy wrapped his arms around Kira’s waist, pulling him into a warm embrace. “I’ll give you kisses? Lots and lots of kisses!”
Kira giggled and kissed his boyfriend. “Ok, ok, I’ll do the cheesy movie thing! But I expect every one of those kisses!”
Azzy peppered kisses all around Kira’s face, earning more giggles from him, before letting go so they could continue with the potion.
“You’re such a dork,” Kira bantered, still smiling as he grabbed the cutting board and knife block.
“Yeah, but I’m your dork!” Azzy replied, planting one last kiss on Kira’s cheek.
Kira snorted as he grabbed a handful of the roots from the jar. “Yes, you are, now get over here so we can cut these roots, you dork.”
Azzy grabbed a knife from the block and stood in front of the cutting board as Kira positioned himself behind his partner. It was a bit odd due to the height difference, he had to lean his head against Azzy’s shoulder to see in front of them. He placed his hands on top of Azzy’s arms and began leading his movements and cutting the hearts into smaller pieces.
“Look at us, being all romantic! We’re practically a real-life rom-com,” Azzy joked.
Kira chuckled as they finished the last root, not yet letting go of the man in front of him. Instead, he wrapped his arms around his partner’s torso and nestled his face against Azzy’s shoulder.
Azzy smiled and looked back at Kira snuggling up against him. “You’re awfully cuddly now,” he giggled.
“What can I say? You got me in the mood.” Kira said with a sleepy grin.
Azzy turned around in Kira’s grip to face him. He placed his palm against Kira’s cheek and placed a gentle kiss on his head. “Well after we finished this, we can cuddle in bed for as long as you want, ok?”
“Ok, but I’m holding you to that ‘for as long as you want’ deal.” Kira reluctantly let go of Azzy and leaned against the worktable.
Azzy chuckled as he added the Briar’s Heart Root into the boiling cauldron, turning it a deep crimson red with a faint silver tint.
“Alright, what next?” Kira asked.
“Hmmm, how about something poisonous? For the 1 in 4 chance of a heart attack bit.” Azzy suggested, very nonchalantly.
“That was concerningly casual but let’s do it,” Kira joked as he looked through the bottles, boxes, and vials on the table. He picked up a large container with small white mushrooms in it. “How about Death Caps? The magic of the other ingredients will mute the poison, so you only get a chance of horrible side effects.”
“Perfect! How should we add them? Just plop ‘em in or should we cut them up like the roots?”
“These are small enough that we can just toss it in. We should probably stir it though.”
“Got it!” Azzy grabbed a large wooden spoon and started to stir the concoction as Kira slowly added the deadly fungus, giving it a noxious odor.
“Ugh, that is horrible smelling…” Azzy covered his nose, still stirring the mixture.
“Yeah, maybe one more ingredient to mask that stink… Here, I’ll stir while you find something.”
“Oki Doke!” Azzy handed the spoon to Kira and looked over the rest of the ingredients. They perused through the scented flowers before picking up a bundle of pure white, trumpet-shaped flowers.
“Moon Flowers, nice.”
“Yeah, they’re gorgeous! And they smell great!” Azzy plucked the flowers from their stems and threw them into the cauldron. The floral fragrance filled the room as the potion turned a light scarlet.
“And now all we gotta do is strain it into the bottle and then it’s cuddle time!” Azzy excitedly grabbed the cloth strainer and his chosen bottle.
Kira chuckled. “If I didn’t know any better, I’d say you’re more excited about cuddles time than I am.”
“I’m just excited about making something with you and I wanna celebrate with cuddles!” Azzy carefully poured the potion into the bottle and pressed the glass stopper in with a pop.
Kira grabbed the label Azzy made and placed it on the bottle before opening a small portal. “Any last words before we set this out into a universe?”
Azzy placed a little kiss on the bottle and whispered, “Kick some ass.”
Kira laughed as he sent the potion through the portal and brought its existence into one of the many universes. “Well, it will surely make someone’s life interesting.”
“Thanks for doing this with me. I had a lot of fun making stuff with you!” Azzy smiled and kissed Kira on the cheek.
“Of course, I love showing you how I make things. It makes me really happy to share this with you.” Kira smiled up at his partner. “Now, cuddle time?”
Azzy giggled and picked Kira up. “It’s cuddle time.”
Azzy carried Kira to the lavish bedroom and settled into the bed.
Kira wrapped his arms around Azzy’s torso and nuzzled up to his chest as Azzy held him tight and close under the fluffy blankets.
“I love you, Kira…”
Kira smiled into Azzy’s chest. “I love you too… Mr. Chomps.”
Azzy threw his head back in a laugh. “You are such a dork!”
“Yeah, but I’m your dork!”
“Yeah. You are.”