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Mayoi gripped his bag closer to him, quickly scanning the corridor of Seisou Hall before running to the stairs. He hoped he hadn’t been spotted by anyone. His worries were unfounded; Mayoi had analysed the corridor through the keyhole for a solid ten minutes before he rushed out. But he still couldn’t help worrying.
It looked suspicious, Mayoi knew that he was suspicious, but going out in public was still a terrifying feat for him. He wanted to get better; was trying to get better, but the pits of his stomach clawed back at him whenever he thought of doing something that went against his code of hiding away and not bringing any attention to himself.
At least Mayoi was trying to get better when it came to his phobia of people and his lack of self-esteem. With the help of his unit mates, his friends and his…his boyfriend (Mayoi still got flustered at the idea of him having a boyfriend, even though it had been 6 months already), Mayoi had made plenty of progress. He still wasn’t fully healed or anything like that, but at least he no longer degraded himself every second nor did he feel shame at his love for cute things.
Sometimes he did go back to his old ways, insulting himself with such a passion that you would think he enjoyed doing it. Mayoi didn’t; he didn’t like the feeling of being absolutely disgusting. It haunted his brain like some sort of phantom that refused to dissipate. Mayou just simply couldn’t help expressing the way he felt about himself, even if it made others feel awkward and uncomfortable.
Appearing outside of the vents was still a bit difficult for Mayoi. He preferred to traverse through the vents; the closed spaces, which would have brought anxiety in claustrophobic people, made him feel safe. Secured.
However, Mayoi wanted to try to get better.
So, he decided to try to go by himself to his…his boyfriend’s dorm without hiding away in a vent. He pushed himself, and yet when he got to the door to leave, anxiety gnawed at him. In order to ease the anxiety a bit, Mayoi decided to make sure that the coast was clear. At least, if he somehow made a fool of himself in public, he wouldn’t make it in front of an audience…
On the way to his boyfriend’s dorm, Mayoi luckily met nobody so he was able to make it there without any issues. He did almost knock on the wrong door, since all the doors looked the same and the only thing distinguishing them was a tiny useless serial number imprinted on the doorknob. If Mayoi hadn’t bothered to check said useless serial number, he would have embarrassed himself so really, it wasn’t all that useless.
It was probably more useful than him anyway.
Mayoi steadied himself in front of the door, the correct door this time, as he raised his fist to knock. He hesitated for a moment; he hesitated long enough to bite his own lips with his sharp teeth and draw some blood. The taste of metal brought Mayoi back to reality and he finally gathered the courage to knock on the door.
Barely a second passed before the door swung open to reveal the familiar cheery face of his boyfriend, Niki. As soon as Niki saw that it was Mayoi, he somehow brightened up even further, launching himself at his nervous boyfriend. Niki hugged him tight, burrowing his face in his neck as he took a deep whiff of his scent.
“Ahh Mayo-chan smells so good!~ Mayo-chan, let me taste you~” Niki whined. When they hadn’t known each other that well, Mayoi had been freaked out by the implication of Niki’s words but now, he was used to him. Worry still sometimes clouded his mind, but he knew that Niki wouldn’t actually cannabalise him. There had been multiple times where he could have done it; with no witnesses around and Mayoi was totallu vulnerable, but he hadn’t. So Mayoi knows that it’s just Niki’s way of expressing himself.
And yet Mayoi did what was tradition between them, and that was to beg Niki to not eat him.
“Wahhh don’t eat me, don’t eat me! I won’t taste good!!!”
Niki chuckled, pulling himself away from Mayoi as he stared straight into his eyes. Mayoi looked down; eye-contact being one of his worst enemies.
“I won’t actually eat you Mayo-chan! Let’s go inside!”
“Yeah…Oh and sor-sorry for being so late Shiina-san!”
“It’s alright Mayo-chan, you weren’t late at all! Now come in!!”
Mayoi nodded, following after. He removed his shoes as soon as he entered and then he put them to the side all whilst Niki closed the door. As soon as Mayoi stood up, ready to spend the entire day with his boyfriend, he felt his back hit against the wall.
Niki was only two centimetres taller than him, but in that moment Mayoi felt so much smaller. He didn’t mind it though; he quite enjoyed the feeling. Niki pressed their lips together, allowing them both to taste each other. Niki was practically devouring him, easing his own tongue into Mayoi’s mouth without any problems. This wasn’t their first make-out session, so Mayoi was used the taste and texture of the other man’s tongue.
No matter how familiar it was, Mayoi still enjoyed it lots, his face turning a faint pink. There was something about going limp in his boyfriend’s arms as he kissed him breathless, that made Mayoi feel…intoxicated. Intoxicated with love. With devotion.
When Niki broke away from the kiss, he quickly swiped his tongue against Mayoi’s red lips. Mayoi’s legs were wobbling, but he was sandwiched between the wall and his boyfriend so there was no way he could fall down. He almost wanted to chase after Niki’s lips but he held back. Mayoi watched Niki lick his own lips; Mayoi’s bright eyes tracing his tongue.
“Mayo-chan’s blood tastes so delicious!”
“Sh-Sh-Shiina-san?! Wahhh, are you actually going to eat me now?!?! Please doooon’t!!” Mayoi slurred his words, pressing himself further against the wall as he shook his head. His eyes were now closed; unable to see the smitten look on Niki’s face as he got closer enough to kiss him again.
But he didn’t.
Instead, he blew on Mayoi’s face. Mayoi’s eyes flew open, blinking rapidly before he calmed down enough to make eye contact with Niki for a mere second.
“There was some blood on your lips Mayo-chan, it would have been a sin to not have tasted it! And just like I expected, you tasted super yummy!” Niki grinned before burrowing himself back in Mayoi’s neck. With a blush covering his entire self, Mayoi brought a hand up and gently stroked Niki’s grey hair. It was so very soft and so obviously well taken care of.
As flabbergasted as Mayoi was, he honestly didn’t mind it that much. Niki accepted Mayoi with all his quirkiness so why shouldn’t Mayoi accept Niki with all his quirkiness too? It would only be fair.
Plus, as weird as it was…Mayoi strangely liked being called yummy by his boyfriend.
Then Niki straightened up and grabbed the hand that was stroking his hair. The grip wasn’t painful, Niki was always very gentle, but it still surprised Mayoi enough to have him gasp. Niki tugged at him, pulling him through the dorm until they arrived to the small kitchen.
“Let’s start baking! I hope you got what I asked for?”
“I-I did Shiina-san!” Mayoi replied, as he went through his bag. He took out the three ingredients Niki asked him to bring because he had ran out of them. Niki gave him a thumbs up, before gathering all the ingredients up and then taking out all the utensils they needed.
This wasn’t Mayoi’s first time baking. He had some baking experience under his belt; he had helped Tatsumi bake a couple times and he had also helped Shinobu bake a ninja-themed cake. However, this was Mayoi’s first-time baking with Niki and that kind of terrified him.
Niki was, after all, the greatest chef and baker Mayoi had ever met (it’s not like he met a lot of people to begin with, so there weren’t a lot of people to compare him to). Thus Mayoi was afraid of disappointing Niki.
On the other hand, Niki was not worried about anything at all. Excitement was rushing through his veins like a marathon runner and his head was filled to the brim with pure ecstasy. He was simply joyous about the fact that on the half-a-year anniversary of dating his adorable and delicious boyfriend, Niki was going to spend it with him, baking.
It was three of his favourite things all at the same time.
Baking, food and most importantly, Mayoi.
Alas, though Mayoi was terrified of failing hard and embarrassing himself, he ended up catching Niki’s excitement; his excitement was just too contagious. Mayoi found himself grinning along with Niki, his sharp teeth on display, as they prepared to start baking.
Niki grabbed a glass bowl and he let Mayoi add the ingredients whilst he measured them. Between him and Mayoi, he was much faster at measuring them hence why he opted for that role. For now, the ingredients consisted of margarine and white and brown sugar. Once they were all added to the bowl, Niki started beating and mixing it.
Mayoi simply watched in silence, listening to the sounds that came from the beating. He was mesmerised; Niki did it with so much skill and precision that the ingredients quickly turned from solids into a creamy mixture. If an average person took around 5 minutes to get the ingredients to that consistency, it had taken Niki only 2 minutes.
Once again, Mayoi was on pouring duty whilst Niki measured the rest of the ingredients. When he passed Mayoi a perfect egg with no eggshells, Niki said a dad joke relating to eggs that almost made Mayoi drop the egg. His sides hurt as he giggled to himself, pouring in the egg into the creamy mixture.
Niki then gave him two teaspoons of vanilla extract before Mayoi passed over the bowl again so Niki could start beating the mixture again. This time, there was less silence; with Niki cracking a joke here and there and Mayoi chuckling each time, no matter how terrible the joke was.
Whilst Niki was mixing, Mayoi brought a separate bowl where he added all-purpose flour after making sure that he measured the amount correctly. He checked the measurements twice, and even stopped Niki from mixing to check that he added the correct amount.
Niki nodded, smiling brightly at his way as he exclaimed “Well done Mayo-chan! You did great! Just add it into the bowl now!”
Mayoi knew how to measure, but his anxiety didn’t let him bake peacefully. He was lucky that Niki was such a patient man. An absolute sweetheart. The most perfect man ever.
After Mayoi added the flour, he continued to add the rest of the ingredients: baking soda and salt. Niki finished from beating and mixing the first bowl, and yet Mayoi decided that he’d stir the ingredients this time. Poor Niki’s arms were probably hurting (they weren’t, Niki was a professional after all, but it was the thought that counted), so Mayoi took it upon himself to stir.
Plus, stirring was not as difficult as beating and mixing anyway.
When he was done stirring, Niki took the bowl from his hands and poured in half of the flour mixture into the first bowl. Mayoi started mixing it, and once it was mixed in well, Niki added the rest of the flour. Mayoi’s hands were growing tired but he persevered, even after Niki asked him if he wanted to swap.
When it was mixed well enough, Niki added two cups of chocolate chips into the mixture before grabbing a singular chocolate chip and bringing it to Mayoi’s mouth. Mayoi opened his mouth, making sure to be careful to not accidentally brush against Niki’s fingers with his teeth. Niki fed it to him before bringing him into a light kiss. Mayoi only kissed back after he stopped mixing; pushing the chocolate chip into Niki’s mouth with his tongue. They broke the kiss and both giggled, pecking each other again on the lips a couple more times.
They washed their hands and then continued baking.
Together they mixed the chocolate chips into the mixture, until it was obvious that the chocolate chips were not clumped up together. When they were done from mixing, they each grabbed a fistful of the mixture, shaped it into a ball and placed it on a previously prepared tray.
Once two entire trays were filled with golden balls full of chocolate chips, they put the trays into the fridge to let them cool for 30 minutes. Whilst they were cooling, the two men started cleaning up. They put away the bowls in the sink; with Mayoi washing them whilst Niki dried them off. They stored any extra ingredients and threw away anything that was basically waste, such as the wrapper of the margarine, which they used up completely.
By the time the golden balls cooled, the entire kitchen was pristine and the oven had already been preheated. Mayoi was now lounging on the couch, scrolling through his phone whilst Niki put both trays into the oven. Niki then went next to Mayoi, cuddling next to him as Mayoi showed him something he found adorable.
“L-L-Look Shiina-san! Is-Isn’t this bow just so cute?!”
“Mm it’s very cute Mayo-chan. I think it would suit you perfectly!”
Mayoi blinked, not having expected Niki to say those words. He blushed a bright pink, feeling warm and flustered all over.
“R-Really?”
“Of course! It would look cute in your braid~”
“It wouldn’t look bad on a disgusting creature li-like me?” Mayoi stuttered as he zoomed in on the ribbon, admiring its pattern simple dotted pattent.
“Mayo-chan how many times have I told you? You’re not disgusting at all. You’re so cute and delicious, it makes me want to gobble you up! And with that ribbon, mm I bet you’d look even more delicious”.
“Don’t eat me, Shiina-san…”
“I won’t…Not yet at least,” Niki winked at that, which made Mayoi burst in a fit of giggles. Niki laughed alongside him, both a bright red as Niki held him tight. Mayoi continued scrolling through his phone, pointing out anything he found interesting or cute as Niki watched.
The only thing that would have made this cuddling session any better was to have the golden balls, which were cookies and were currently being baked, in front of them; with Niki feeding Mayoi as Mayoi rambled on about whatever he found intriguing.
Or perhaps it could be the other way around, since Niki was feeling quite hungry. No no, Mayoi could ramble on but he’d be the one to feed Niki.
That sounded like perfection. Truly the best way to spend their 6 month anniversary together.
In a couple minutes when the cookies would be done, Niki would do just that.