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The day started off as normal, as normal as it could get for mahito anyway, he didn't even have any missions today, just fill up some pending reports from previous missions and drop em off at mori's office, except he didn't realise how many reports he's been putting off.
Mahito sat down for exactly 10 minutes before he dropped the pen out of boredom. There was a fat pile it's gonna take atleast 3 hours even the thought of that made mahito wanna blow the room up.
Now he could cut the work in half by getting his mission partner to do the rest like he usually would... Except this time it was none other than savvy verlaine. The boy he swore to bully every chance he got, they had that thing going where both of them would embarrass the other at any cost, petty insults here and there, even a few shoves when the opportunity presented itself. Now mahito wouldn't have a single problem making savvy do the entire report thing under normal circumstances, but what happened the night before was anything but normal.
Even thinking about savvy's name made mahito's breathing all wonky and NOT in a good way.
All because of that godforsaken mission yesterday
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The mission was the simplest it can get, go to one of the underground gatherings disguised as a v.i.p and their bodygaurd find out who's the snitch or mafia traitor, deal with them then get out. They already had leads and mahito gloated all the way to the destination About how mori declared him as v.i.p and savvy as his bodyguard and not the other way around. Savvy shook his head and sighed but didn't say anything in return. That should've been mahito's first red flag.
The night progressed, arguments broke out, people forgetting themselves acting out of line and mahito could've sworn savvy acted like a literal gaurd dog. It was kinda hot he had to admit, being protected like that, knowing he could rip the whole room to shreads in seconds.
Second red flag he failed to notice thinking back.
Mahito didn't know what overtook him to step forward and wrap an arm around savvy's waist from the back and pull him back into his chest, resting his head on the shorter man's shoulder to talk to the traitor savvy was cornering. He didn't know what overtook him before but as soon as he did that, what did, was savvy's scent. Unbelievably addicting. mahito couldn't describe it, what the fuck was this guy using as perfume? Aphrodite's bath water? Ignoring the concerning thoughts about his rival, mahito talked (threatened) the mafia traitor with a sharp smile.
He could feel savvy's stomach rising and falling with each breath, he didn't know why he didn't let go more so why savvy didn't move away.
After the talk was done and the guy surrendered being led away by mafia goons mahito stepped away reluctantly and thought savvy was gonna say something about it and already had snark ready on his tongue but savvy just turned and looked at him with a look mahito couldn't decipher cuz he was trying to know whether the tint on savvy's cheeks was cuz of the heat in the air or him. Verlaine immediately walked away ever so composed and mahito felt the distance like a chill in the air. Mahito scoffed shaking his head watching savvy walk away.
After scouting for the rest, the car ride back was anything but awkward as mahito expected. Instead savvy sat right beside him ditching the front seat, talked about the most random shit, and did little stuff like brushing dust off mahito's clothes and fixing his hair. That's when mahito noticed the difference, the unusual behaviour, when savvy reached for his hair talking about how his favourite troodons turned out to be chimeras,
mahito caught his wrist, stared for a second.
"Savvy"
"Mmm?"
"What are you doing"
"..." Savvy thought of lying, he could cover it up so easily he was the best at doing that. But he just didn't want to, not now. "Testing" he muttered
"Testing for?" Mahito drawled with an eyebrow raised
Savvy moved his hand from mahito's grip resting it on his collar, mahito felt his heart beat spead up and he knew savvy could too.
"Testing... For, hmm let's say.. a chance?" Verlaine didn't seem to care for the increased heart rate if he did he didn't let it show, cuz he just moved closer dragging his hand purposefully slow up to the curse's jaw.
"Any slight possibility—" he paused looking up at mahito's eyes, only then did the curse realise he wasn't looking at his eyes all this long "—that you're thinking exactly what I'm thinking you are"
Huh
Mahito didn't know why exactly he was quiet as a cat or unmoving, none of those thoughts existed in the boy's brain at that moment, all that existed was that scent he couldn't place a finger on. It was a mix of petrichore and sandalwood and something vanilla. All he wanted to do was find the source, to get close.
"Seems like you are. Aren't you blueberry" savvy whispered smiling at the blue haired angel's dilated pupils.
"I have no idea what you're thinking" mahito managed to get that much out while keeping his eyes glued down to the shorter one
"I know you don't baby" savvy moved his fingers to his chin to get him closer then "get down we're here" hopped out the car door like he was never there, the scent left with him, and mahito blinked like he was snapped out of a spell, what the hell just happened-
The curse got down the car in a hurry shutting the door as it drove away, he looked around spotting savvy walking to his bike, mahito caught up in long strides "hey- what the-"
"I LEFT MY KEYS IN THE CAR- FUCK" savvy was violently typing in numbers to call the driver
"oh my days i swear to got if I lose my keys I'm gonna-" his sentance was cut short by mahito snatching his phone out his hands and holding it above his head with a cocky look.
"GIVE IT BACK LAMPPOST I CAN'T GET HOME"
"oh there he is, I was wondering where my favourite savvy went the little shit with words for days" mahito still looked like he had the world hostage "what was that again mister? The whole ArE yOu tHiNkInG wHat iM tHinKiNG bit?"
"Gimme back my phone asshole I can't get home without my bike, you can just walk in I have to drive 20 minutes" after the mission the drop point was mahito's place and savvy was supposed to just take his bike from there that's what happened while going on the mission too, but now savvy's dumbass lost the keys in the car, not that the keys would go missing or anything it was chuuya's car anyway but right now it was hilarious to watch savvy sweat over that. This kids, is what's called digging your own grave.
"I need answers"
"I NEED my keys-"
"No you don't, you're staying here till I get answers"
Verlaine sighed like he was giving up which led mahito to let his gaurd down, big mistake, especially around loki's son. Savvy used his light manipulation ability to knock the phone out of mahito's hands and run with it straight to mahito's door, mahito obviously chased.
Now savvy was fast, quick enough for some of the mafia members to have a hard time catching up, buuuut mahito was a curse. A shapeshifting curse. And terrifyingly fast. Savvy forgot he hates being chased only to remember it when mahito started, the regret was instant and hilarious
"EEEEEEE OKAY WAIT WAIT WAIT IM SORRY YOU CAN HAVE IT STOP MAHITO WAIT GO AWAAAAYY" savvy was practically screaming and mahito was having the time of his life
When he caught up mahito ended up pinning savvy to the ground, savvy however had already dialed the number and put up a light shield around the phone in his extended arm away from mahito, the curse can't hang up the phone because of the light shield and just resorted to putting more pressure to hold savvy down, what both of them failed to realise was the driver wasn't gonna pick up while driving... It hit them at the same time when the call was sent straight to voice mail.
Both the mafia members had wildly different expressions, savvy's groaning in disappointment and slight fear, mahito's face absolutely lighting up in smug victory.
"Get off me freakazoid" Savvy pushed him off, mahito got up giggling and offered a hand, the boy on the ground sighed and took his partner's hand. Mahito pulled, they ended up way closer than what's considered professional.
"You want answers? What answers are we talking about" savvy said with a scoff still too close.
Mahito blinked catching his eyes again this time glinting gorgeous green in the moonlight.
Mahito supported his arm on savvy's back so he wouldn't lose balance which earned him a startled hitch in the boy's breath.
"What perfume do you use"
"What."
"You heard me verlaine"
Gods savvy was weak for mahito's bossy attitude. Unfortunately.
"Umm. I make it myself..."
That was an answer mahito didn't expect but honestly he couldn't care less. He just wanted to know why it had such an effect on him.
Before he could ask anything he could practically hear the heartbeat under his palms. Savannah eura verlaine was nervous? Oh this is gonna be fun
"Have something to tell me sweetheart?"
"Absolutely not"
"Answers he said, I'll tell you eveything he Said"
"I literally never said th-" savvy's words could not make it out of his throat when mahito's hand slid over to his waist. Mahito tilted his head as if confused but when savvy looked up all he saw in his heterochromic eyes was quiet knowing.
"Mahito-"
"Back to question one," mahito moved his head closer, barely any gap between them except for the inches of height difference mahito bridged by leaning down, savvy was pretty sure he was about to have a heart attack cuz there's no reason for a human heart to be going this fast.
"What were you thinking. Back in the car"
Savvy took in a long inhale of the cold night air, this could either turn out so good or horrendously bad. He lifted his arms to wrap around the curse's neck resting his forearms on his shoulders,
"You already know why do you wanna hear it from me" his voice dropped to almost a whisper to match the fragility of the moment,
Mahito shook his head slightly as their breaths mixed
"Confirmation, lightbug."
Savvy looked at his eyes one last time he had so much to say but all he said was "you
That's all it took for mahito to look at him for one second then lean in to close the rest of the gap. Savvy's heart was seconds away from beating out of his chest as he kissed back, mahito could feel it under his palms and against his lips.
Oh this was what he meant.
Savvy kissed like he was trying to say a million words with one press of his lips.
When they pulled back to breathe savvy looked like he saw god, breathing all messed up eyes almost blank swallowed by the pupils, red in the face- mahito assumed he didn't look any better either, savvy reached both his hands up to cup his jaw "you're so fucking unfair" he said pulling mahito in again,
"ooo eager?" Mahito mused leaning in nonetheless and kissing him again. It felt like he found the source of that infuriating scent and never wanted it to leave again.
After a few minutes savvy pulled back completely, keeping his eyes on mahito he said "can't use my bike tonight guess I have to walk home"
"You piece of shit i know you don't meant that just say you wanna stay" mahito's voice was muffled with his nose buried in savvy's neck. The piece of shit in question had his hands in beautiful blue hair swirling it around when he replied "can't just freeze out here can we"
Mahito let go of verlaine, stepped back like Nothing happened and started walking to the door to unlock it, savvy was convinced he was gonna pretend like nothing happened if he lets him. Mahito had the same plan too.
savvy followed behind in quick little steps watching the curse open the door, once inside savvy shivered a little before shrugging his jacket off, he was turning around saying "okay so if you wa-mmph" he didn't get to finish his thought let alone sentence before he was pinned to a wall and kissed senseless. Mahito's hands were on his waist again like they belonged there except on his bare skin this time cuz bless crop tops.
Mahito's fingers curling into his skin made him gasp for air he couldn't get,
"God- lightbug why'd.. you wait this long" mahito said between kisses, the act itself combined with the nickname made savvy want to say something that came out as an embarrassing whine. Mahito pulled back at that sound looking savvy straight in the eyes, "oh my god did you jus-"
"No shut up you heard nothing"
Mahito let out a laugh that sounded like heaven to savvy "fuck- savvy, baby, oh my god i can't" one of his hands came up to verlaine's face while the other pulled him closer under his shirt, "please do not shut up" the curse murmured pressing a deliberate kiss below savvy's ear, the boy's head turned naturally and hearing that petty bastard hum against his neck almost made savvy's knees buckle. Which only led to said bastard gripping tighter onto his body already pinned against a wall.
Neither of them planned for anything at all, it was all instinctual, and one thing led to another leading both boys to wake up in the same bed together, gasps as bites lost to the night, with savvy wearing mahito's shirt and mahito being gorgeously shirtless littered with marks. The shorter one was still asleep clinging onto mahito's arm but mahito had to get up. For the reports. Or people would come asking.
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And now here he was, that same mahito tapping the pen against the desk as if it would erase the memories.
They replayed every time he wanted to anything at all, the sounds the sighs, lips, teeth, savvy saying his name like it's holy,
His hands still burned from roaming all over savvy, the marks still under his shirt right now where savvy's teeth had been the night before. He could transfigure himself back to normal, not a single trace of savvy left on him, but something in his being didn't let him. It just felt wrong like erasing a part of himself no matter how corny that sounds. So he kept them, still felt every bit of ecstacy he felt last night. Savvy probably woke up realising he's been left alone...
Mahito knew him well enough to know exactly how he'd overthink. Try to cover it up like nothing happened while having that stupid look in his eyes that resembles a kicked puppy. God he knew him like the back of his cursed little hand didn't he. 'Rivals my ass' mahito thought.
Time ticked awfully slow the report was getting nowhere and mahito was going proper insane from the flashbacks, savvy's scent filling his nose like it's been memorized already. And all he could think of was 'hes gonna feel alone'
He gave it about 3 minutes of thought before he stood up and just decided to go back. To savvy. If he's even there still, mahito hoped he was... Why?
When the blue haired mafioso made it back to his place, he opened to door to find no one, his heart dropped in disappointment for one second before he walked into the bedroom, lo and behold
Savvy was sitting there still in mahito's shirt, hair all messed up looking all soft with a plate of eggs on his lap watching something on mahito's tablet (mahito had no idea how he figured the password out)
Just when savvy looked up mahito let out a sigh of relief and walked over to the bed to sit beside his lightbug.
"Erm i thought you went to work and only made eggs for myself..." Savvy said with a mouthful looking apologetic.
Mahito shook his head with a laugh, "i don't want the goddamn eggs verlaine," he reached out took one of savvy's hands and guided it to his own face "I just wanna know what you're doing to me, how long, why are you the only thing i think of."
Savvy swallowed putting the plate on the bed turning fully to mahito holding his face with both his hands "I've liked you for a year and a half now." Mahito's eyes widened but savvy shushed him before he can say anything
"shhh listen. I've liked you, liked you as in head over heels embarassingly in love for a year and a half. I didn't know how to even bring that up to you but then I started seeing signs"
"Signs?" Mahito tilted his head
"Yeah, the way you'd treat me differently than everyone else, hell the expression you make when someone else is assigned as your mission partner compared to the one you make when IM your mission partner alone gave me half the confidence" savvy laughed. Mahito really thinks he's hard to read but to savvy he's an open book
"Then you just like basically held me during last night's mission and I fell all over again and realised, shit i can't afford to lose this, i can't afford to lose YOU, I can't just stay by the side watching people fumble over their feet for you all my life"
"And if I rejected?" Savvy held back laughter at his question, mahito was rubbing his thumb over savvy's hands currently on his face while asking that question how ironic.
Savvy shrugged playfully before saying "well if you rejected id just go the chuuya way, become alcoholic, never look at another person again and have that nonchalant aura" to which mahito giggled. Savvy's heart might as well just burst at the seams from that sound.
"So?" Savvy asked expectantly looking up at his blue haired angel.
Mahito sighed for one moment, leaned in, kissed savvy right there. When he pulled back he looked at the green eyes staring back and said
"I expect my boyfriend to have standards and not eat eggs alone"
Savvy literally squealed jumping on his knees to hug mahito immediately, mahito yelped and they both ended up on the bed giggling like they're high.
After a while they just lay there talking.
"You're my first boyfriend you know" mahito said expecting savvy to be shocked but savvy just smiled and said "same. You're my first kiss too"
That made mahito turn his head in astonishment. "First kiss???? Like ever???? You're 20 are you lying" he squinted his eyes at savvy who shook his head immediately saying "nuh uh never. I mean it, you're my first" mahito was failing terribly at holding back laughter which got him a punch to the shoulder in return.
"Guess there were a lot of firsts last night with me huh" the curse chuckled
Savvy went completely red in the face hiding in mahito's shoulder just squeaking out a Lil "shut up".
Mahito thought he'd pay millions to see that red on savvy's face again because of him.
"I'll make you those eggs just gimme about 10 minutes"
"Forget the eggs lightbug I need you to write the report"
"Oh fuck"