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Albedo’s head rested on Kaeya’s chest, allowing his gentle touch to stroke through soft, blonde locks of hair. The rhythmic stroking soothed and lulled Albedo into a state of pure relaxation, it must have been a rare sight to behold.
Albedo didn’t usually require sleep, due to his circumstances as a synthetic human, but he allowed himself fleeting moments of relaxation such as these ever since Kaeya introduced him to gentle and soothing touches.
Kaeya once compared his longings for affection to a cat, which made Albedo laugh. It was an amusing comparison and one he didn’t take offence to.
A contented sigh left his lips in which Kaeya replied with a gentle kiss to his temple. Another thing the Alchemist grew to enjoy the feeling of, he could practically feel himself nuzzle into the affection.
Kaeya’s other hand slipped under the hem of Albedo’s dark blue shirt to trace delicate patterns across the smooth skin of his back. The sudden cold contact of Kaeya’s hand to his skin startled him at first, causing a noticeable flinch that he couldn’t conceal.
“Sorry,” Kaeya mumbled against his temple and Albedo could feel the smile on his lips. Albedo couldn’t bring himself to be in any way bothered by the action, because the feather-light touch sparked a pleasure that danced along his spine.
Albedo’s hand gripped tighter onto the front of Kaeya’s shirt, a silent plea to continue.
The tender caresses and intimate gestures were still new to Albedo. Unfamiliar yet exciting sensations that made his heart flutter in a way he had never known before meeting Kaeya. He told himself this was all for research purposes, which always made Kaeya amused for some reason.
Albedo pondered for a moment and realised that it seemed selfish of him to be receiving all this divine attention. After all, Kaeya too had a long day at work, so it would only be fair for him to mimic these relaxing gestures.
The Alchemist’s hands travelled down to the hem of Kaeya’s shirt, lifting and slipping his hand under from the front. He felt toned abs under his fingertips and tried to mimic the gentle patterns that Kaeya gave to his skin.
He felt a flinch, which he assumed was the normal response, as it happened to him too when Kaeya did the same thing. However, as he kept up the gentle movements over Kaeya’s stomach area, he noticed that Kaeya’s belly twitched under his touch.
“Albedo,” Kaeya chuckled lightly.
“Hm?”
“Yohou’re beheing mean.”
“How do you mean?” Albedo craned his neck up to lock eyes with the captain. “I am returning the gesture. Am I doing it wrong?”
“Nohot exactly,” Kaeya withdrew a hand from the blonde’s hair and brought it down to halt his wrist. “It tickles when you do it there though.”
“I see,” Albedo gazed down at the placement, and he did see a point, the stomach area on a person’s torso is sensitive to light touches. He should have known that from Kaeya’s many gentle touches and purposeful tickles there in the past.
The polite thing to do would be to move spots. But then, how could he let an opportunity such as this escape him? Instead of withdrawing his hand, his fingers began to wiggle a lot faster than before along the abs of Kaeya’s tummy.
“Ack! – Whahat, nohoho!” Albedo couldn’t help but feel his face warm up at Kaeya’s charming laughter. It was truly a beautiful sound, and he started to see why Kaeya always tickled him for such reasons as ‘to hear your beautiful laughter.’
It all made sense now.
Feeling unusually playful, Albedo sat up from his position on Kaeya’s lap and rearranged himself to straddle him. Both hands were now under Kaeya’s shirt and tickling his skin effectively, wiggling fingers over his stomach and sides.
“Hahahaha! – Ahahalbedhoho!” Kaeya gasped between laughter, wiggling beneath the smaller male as he was trapped beneath him. Albedo could hear Kaeya’s feet stomping the ground behind him, a desperate attempt to counter the ticklish feeling, he deduced.
He had to admit, this was a lot of fun. He couldn’t help the smile upon his own face as he watched his dear captain wiggle and laugh because of his tickles.
“You were right, this is very rewarding,” Albedo commented casually which left Kaeya exasperated by the audacity.
But he forgot who he was dealing with. Kaeya would never let him keep the upper hand in these occasions and Albedo found himself almost in the blink of an eye flipped over onto his back, looking up at a looming Calvary Captain.
“I…” Albedo smiled, almost sheepishly. “don’t suppose this makes us even?”
“Not quite.”
Albedo’s laughter echoed throughout the room as Kaeya’s fingers descended onto his sides. He really should have known better, but it was moments like these that made Albedo feel just that little more human, and he wouldn’t trade it for anything.