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Mal was clingy, and he had such a weird way of showing it.
Mal rolled his eyes when he felt strong arms wrap around his waist, glancing over his shoulder at his puppy-dog-eyed boyfriend. Mal didn’t like soft cuddling and sappy romantic shit, that’s what he told everyone at least, but seeing Alejandro pouting and feeling him pull him in closer almost made him drop that act entirely. Almost. He tried to shrug him off, continuing to mindlessly scroll through his phone, elbows propped up on the kitchen counter and his spine crying out for help from his awful posture. Alejandro sighed quietly to himself, muttered a ‘goodnight’, and walked away. He wasn’t upset or anything, quite the opposite actually. He knew Mal hated it when he just gave up like that, he much preferred having his attention earned. He also knew that now Mal would find some way to get his attention again, as he strolled through to the bedroom and lay down comfortably ontop of the sheets.
What he was typically used to from here was to be shaken awake by a half-embarrassed and less than pleased face, pulled into an embrace and practically turned into a mattress when the other inevitably fell asleep right ontop of him.
That didn’t appear to be the case here, as a few minutes and couple swift and silent movements later, Mal was sitting on the bed next to him and leaning down, pressing small kisses to Alejandro’s face. He felt the heat rise to his cheeks as he opened his eyes to the sight of his more-than-slightly emo partner, grinning to himself as if he had hatched a perfect plot, his lips painted with a black lipstick that was already a little smudged somehow.
“This is new, what is it?”
Alejandro spoke as he looked up at Mal, moving over to give him some room to lay down, which he ignored in favour of pushing Alejandro onto his back and laying on his chest, looking up at him and barely containing a smirk.
“I like to be unpredictable sometimes.”
Was the only answer Alejandro was given before feeling more kisses pressed to his face and neck. He couldn’t hold back the smile that broke out on his face, one that only got worse and turned into a small laugh when he caught a look at himself in the mirror at the end of the room. Mal’s lipstick was the least transfer proof thing in the world, he was covered in it already, but there was no universe where he was going to stop all this just to wipe it away. Absolutely not… he made a mental note to get up and wash it off after, though.
Mal took a couple pauses to admire his work along the way whenever Alejandro’s shaky breaths and small giggles got louder, telling him that he was definitely enjoying himself. He wasn’t paying any attention to where he was kissing him honestly. It was like a game, as long as he kept going and got to hear his prize hum and squirm beneath him he was happy.
He did make a conscious effort to leave his lips for last, and to press more kisses to his collar bone and shoulders, since he knew it was Al’s favourite place. He felt the resting hand squeeze his waist slightly as he did so, telling him that he was doing it right.
Alejandro thought he was going to explode, this was all so amazing that it was overwhelming, and it was uncharacteristic of Mal to do anything like this. Usually Alejandro himself had to initiate any sort of romantic gesture, especially one as playful as this. He assumed it was because he had been busy recently, and now had plans to be out all day tomorrow, but even then this was a lot.
“Ah, mi luz de luna… I know you said it was just to be unpredictable, but really, what’s all this for? I’m not complaining at all, I just want to know so I can make it happen more.”
Alejandro asked, pausing Mal by gently holding his face with one hand tilting his chin up to face him and the other brushing his side parted bangs out of his face, smiling as he took the rare opportunity to look him in the eyes. He loved being able to see his whole face… He shook himself from his thoughts, noticing Mal’s quietness after the question, and giving him a quick kiss on the cheek, the side usually covered by his hair, to reassure him that he truly wasn’t complaining or upset.
Mal felt like he had been flipped on his head here. He had hoped Alejandro would just lie back and quietly enjoy himself without asking any questions, because honestly, Mal did have something planned out with this entire interaction, though that’s not to say he wasn’t enjoying himself as well. Instead he rolled his eyes again and shrugged, his typical standoffish demeanor threatening to ruin the moment.
“Nothing, cant I just want to… play nice, for a change? Especially with how busy you’ve been, maybe I just want to get back at you for leaving me bored out of my mind for so long.”
This was only partially false, because this did indeed have everything to do with the other boys schedule and how much Mal honestly just wanted him to stay with him for a bit. Mal resented his own clinginess, cursing himself for a trait he claimed not to have at all, because it meant that Alejandro’s busy few days leaving him alone in the house were so much more irritating for him, and he refused to admit to his feelings especially those pertaining to his desire to be with the other all the time. He just needed a way to keep him inside for a little while…
Before he could press him any more on the matter Mal trailed a couple light kisses down his chest and arm, causing Alejandro’s breath to catch in his throat for a second and his heart to automatically pound against his chest so loudly he was sure even the neighbours could hear, as he finally shut his mouth and decided to just be happy that he was getting this affection at all given Mal’s less than romantic personality he loves to put on display at all times.
Mal finally felt himself getting tired, as he pressed soft kisses to and near Alejandro’s lips, ready to fall asleep where he was. Alejandro smiled before he caught another look at himself in the mirror, only able to see his face and shoulders, but able to tell just how covered he now was in the black lipstick. Oh well, he could just wash it off before Mal fell asleep. He tore his thoughts away from his own appearance for once as he pulled Mal as close as he could and held him, wrapping one arm around his neck and the other around his waist, kissing him slowly and lovingly, happily taking this chance to, in small part, attempt to return the favour. He tried to hide his smile when Mal actually returned the kiss in a sleepy, slow action. He found it adorable every time Mal was too tired for his usual antics and just gave in to blissful affections. This was no exception.
The kiss only ended when Alejandro felt like he was also going to fall asleep any minute now, and he smiled at Mal softly before leaning up to go and rinse the dark lipstick off of himself.
“Where are you going? Stop…”
He heard Mal mumble as he buried his face into Alejandro’s neck, his arms immediately wrapping tightly around his waist and hips, clearly he was too tired to put any effort in to actually trying to keep him there though, and was relying on the hope that Alejandro would not really want to get up.
“Just to wash the lipstick off, I’ll be back right after.”
He gave as simple reassurance, nudging Mal off of him and sitting up, before letting out a startled breath as he was pushed back down onto the bed with an almost surprising amount of strength, Mal’s breath immediately hot on his neck and earlobe as he whispered to him, laying right back down on him.
“Wash it off in the morning, you look good like that…”
That was enough to persuade Alejandro. Hell, just hearing the others tired voice, especially when In a hushed whisper, could persuade him to do anything. He did not have the strength or willpower to say no to it, and he wasn’t even gonna try, he was thoroughly convinced as he shifted into a comfortable position and held Mal close to his chest, idly stroking his hair and twirling it around his fingers in a way he knew the other secretly enjoyed.
“Whatever you say, my love.”
He whispered within a smile, feeling himself start to doze off as Mal did the same, though he did notice him wiping his lips on his shirt tonget the lipstick off. Whatever, he was too tired to care much, as much as he did want to give him the same protest he had given over taking it off.
Alejandro woke up first the next day, and hesitantly pried himself out of bed without waking up mr sleeping beauty, immediately getting into a shower to get himself ready for the day. He had so much stuff planned out, so when he noticed the soap failing to scrub away the black kisses on his body he frowned a bit. He would just have to try something else, maybe Make-up remover would work?
After getting out the shower, throwing on pants, and trying to use just about everything in the bathroom to scrub away the black lips printed all over him, it dawned on Alejandro that these marks weren’t budging. Whatever Mal had put on would not come off and had covered his body and face with dark lipstick stains. He had even tried using his own makeup and such to cover ontop of them, but the black showed through like there was nothing on it, no matter how much he put on. He panicked a little, he loved showing his affection and love for his boyfriend even in the most public of settings, but he could not go out with his whole face, neck, chest, even his shoulders and arms covered in the dark kisses. That was a bit too embarrassing and revealing of an idea even for himself.
By this point Mal had also woken up, and as he stepped into the bathroom he couldn’t hold back his laughter, nor did he even try to.
“This isn’t funny, nothing is working to get it off! Did you know this would stain?”
Alejandro asked, though he looked a bit annoyed he didn’t appear mad, maybe a tad bit worried but over all this didn’t seem to upset him in any real way. Good. The last thing Mal wanted was to upset him with this stupid idea.
Mal whistled that distinct tune and failed to wipe a shit eating grin off of his face before speaking.
“Didnt stain me, I didn’t know it’d stain on you-“ he paused to laugh “But hey now you can go out and show that off to everyone, I’m sure they’ll be sooo jealous.”
He couldn’t even take himself seriously right now, laughing at the absurdity of the situation that he had crafted. Of course he knew it’d stain if it was left on all night, there was a warning on the bottle itself that it would stain if left to dry fully, that’s why he wiped it off on his (okay, Alejandro’s) shirt before falling asleep and why he had decided to hide the lipstick from Alejandro so he wouldn’t know that Mal knew.
“I cant go out like this…I had so much planned, but… I cant.. that would be too much even for me.”
Mal was happy with the conclusion Alejandro had came to, especially since it didn’t appear to genuinely upset him, and decided to drag him out of the now-messy bathroom by the hand.
“Then let’s go back to bed, no reason to be up so early anymore”
He smiled as he pulled Alejandro into bed and immediately lay down ontop of him. Alejandro didn’t mind, sure he had plans but what could you do, as far as he was aware this was all purely accidental and a happy accident at that, he liked just sleeping and cuddling all day, especially because Mal never usually wanted to do that, or at least he never admitted that he wanted to, and would spend half the day denying any desire to.
Mal went back over Alejandro’s upper half, kissing the stains exactly as he had the night prior, hiding his face so the other couldn’t see the wide grin spread out on his face. His plan had worked, he wasn’t going to have to spend a single minute of the next 24 hours alone… all of this because Alejandro had been busy and Mal didn’t like not having him around.
God, Mal was clingy. It’d be so much easier if he just admitted it instead of doing all this.