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it’s the middle of the day. len had just realized that it was, in fact, pocky day.
11/11 – 4 pocky sticks standing upright. the very concept of there being a pocky day has always been cute to him. he’s been celebrating the unofficial holiday for about 6 years straight now, by himself. it may sound sad but it’s not. he would rather not share the sticks with anybody at all.
but pocky day means celebrating the sticks in every way possible. and recently, he has heard of a little game. it’s simple– you and a ‘friend’ take turns biting the two ends of a pocky stick until you either chicken out or kiss. how fun.
luckily, len has a ‘friend’ to torture with this game. kaito, who len had to bribe with fucking choco mint flavor pocky. whatever. not his problem that his best bro has the shittiest taste in flavors.
it’s definitely awkward having to stare at someone from the distance of a pocky stick . because len is a short fuck and kaito is taller than him, kaito has to be the one who leans in more. there’s about 5 seconds of eye contact. len can feel kaito’s eyes boring into him. it feels so heavy…
eventually, len takes the first move. he takes a relatively big bite out of the stick. too big, probably. he can feel kaito’s breathing on him now…
kaito moves to take an equally big bite. teasing him. this is stupid. they take turns moving, with the silent hope that the other will chicken out… or keep going until the kiss.
eventually, there’s about 3cm of breathing space between them. len almost hesitates, wanting to pull away for just a second- but it’s already been taken to far the second he asked kaito to try the game out in the first place. if he wanted to he could have just eaten the pocky by himself without the game. clearly he is the gay one. without further contemplation he moves forward.
the kiss is relatively chaste and definitely quick. len is the one who pulled away first despite initiating, and kaito is too flushed to say anything. they make eye contact again, and kaito can’t help but think that len is too cute for this world.
“so, do you want to go for a second round?” len pulls out another stick out of the packet and grins.
“as long as you admit that we aren’t just friends anymore, alright?” kaito smiles before moving to kiss len once more, without the pocky.