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The last thing Ness heard before he started hearing the crunching of jerseys around him was the loud roar of the large audience who had shown up to tonight’s game. His teammates had swarmed him almost immediately after the final whistle had been blown, signaling fulltime.
They were playing a club friendly match against another German team in the area, however Ness knew that for this team, nothing was ever just a friendly duel on the field. Bastard München had swept away the field with a whopping 5-2 score, and it was Ness who had scored another goal, right before the whistle went.
Under the weight of his teammates, Ness giggled while trying to push them away.
“Stop guys! You guys are crushing me and it tickles!” He laughed out loud. “Hey! Let us celebrate a little bit! You scored our fifth and final goal after all Ness!” one of his teammates said from somewhere above him, and a hand reached out to ruffle his hair.
Then, Ness felt another hand snaking around his waist, gripping it, but not so hard that it hurt or he felt pain. Looking down, Ness spotted a familiar crown tattoo on the person’s hand. Kaiser. His Micha. That hand tugged him away out of the crowd of teammates, and pulled him flush against the owner’s chest.
Ness caught a whiff of the sharp cologne he knew so well, and he turned around to face Kaiser. Who had assisted him in scoring the last goal. If someone had told Ness that the Michael Kaiser would be assisting him in a goal and not the other way around just a few weeks ago, Ness would probably have looked at you like you were Ego Jinpachi.
“Give him some space you shitheads. You guys are literally crushing him. He told you guys to move, didn't he?” Kaiser asked, rolling his eyes and side-eyeing everyone who was swarming Ness. His teammates looked sheepishly at Kaiser and spoke quiet words of “Sorry” and “My bad”.
“Micha, you didn’t have to be so harsh about it! They were just trying to be nice!” Ness whined into Kaiser’s chest. “Okay sure, whatever. I just didn’t like the sight of those shitheads touching you.” Kaiser shot back.
Ness’ face flushed a pretty pink shade at that. He buried his face into Kaiser’s chest even more. “You know I’m yours and yours only Micha.” Kaiser’s grip on Ness’ waist tightened. He didn’t reply to that however, so Ness just spoke up again “People are watching us Micha, we’re still on the field, remember? Let’s get out of here first.” He said softly.
Ness removed himself from Kaiser and started walking toward the tunnel that led to their locker room. Kaiser followed him. On the walk there, they were stopped by a couple fans who were sitting in the very front for pictures and autographs, which they did give out. A fan and her friend asked if Ness could sign her Kaiser jersey, and if Kaiser could sign her friend’s jersey. Once they did, she squealed and said “You two are such a good couple!” (Ness totally did not flush at that whatsoever.)
When they reached their locker room, Ness went straight for the shower. After he had come back out, Kaiser grabbed his duffel bag and started rummaging for his change of clothes. He threw a blue sweater with his initials on the back at Ness, before giving him a smirk and stepping into the shower. Ness grabbed the sweater, it smelt like Kaiser, and Kaiser knew just how much Ness loved having Kaiser’s clothes on him. Ness put it on top of the plain white t-shirt that he was already wearing. It was a bit oversized.
Kaiser came out, hair dampened and wearing a matching blue sweater just like the one Ness had on. “You look good in my clothes, meine liebe”, Kaiser said. The rest of their team, escaping the wrath of fans asking for autographs and signatures, had caught up to them by now, joining them in the locker room.
One of them looked at Ness wearing a sweater that clearly did not belong to him and shot Kaiser a glance. Then he spoke out “The rest of us are heading to a restaurant after changing to celebrate. Are you two coming with us or?” The last part had been said, because Kaiser and Ness had a tendency of ditching their team for celebratory dinners for each other.
“Nah, me and Lex have other things we could be tending to. We’ll see you losers tomorrow for practice”, Kaiser said, not sparing anyone another glance and already dragging Ness by the wrist to the exit before he could protest.
The breeze outside was cold and fresh to their skin after a match. Ness' wind slap across his face as he was dragged over to Kaiser’s fancy, expensive car, which was blue like every single part of Kaiser. After he was shoved into the passenger seat, Kaiser got in the driver’s seat and reached out to crash his lips onto Ness’.
When they pulled away, Kaiser mummured a small “You did so well today Ness, that last goal was amazing.” Ness smiled a tiny grin, flustered and a bit dizzy from their kiss before. “You assisted me Micha”, he giggled. Kaiser just smiled lazily at that and started the car, and put one hand on the steering wheel, and the other on Ness’ thigh.
The drive back to their penthouse was mostly about the match that they had played not so long ago, with occasional talks about practice tomorrow, and other friendly matches they would have before the Bundesliga started for them, and they were supposed to take a trip with the entire team to Berlin for a week for supposed “team bonding” (Everyone in Bastard including Ness and Kaiser knew that the trip was planned by Noa to get them to see a different environment that was not the grass of their training stadium).
Before they knew it, they were in the elevator headed towards their penthouse, with the keys were already dangling in Kaiser’s hand, as they stepped inside.
Kaiser’s first action was to automatically flop onto their couch, with his duffel bag still swung around his arm. Ness gently pried it off of him, then he started unpacking their stuff and rinsing out their water bottles. He set them aside on their drying rack for dishes before he turned to Kaiser. “Micha, would you like anything to eat? We haven’t eaten anything since before the match, and even then those were just a couple of crackers with protein shakes.”
“I’m fine with anything you cook, meine liebe,” Kaiser said, his voice still muffled by the couch. Ness took this as a sign to just simply make them noodles, which was simple enough to make, and something he quite enjoyed eating after matches. He quickly got to work, working his way around their kitchen, and putting noodles into the water he had already started boiling. He was stirring the noodles in the pot, when he felt arms snaking around his waist for the second time today. Kaiser put his head into the groove of Ness’ shoulder blades, hugging him from behind.
“Micha! I’m trying to make food for us!” Ness tried to pry out of Kaiser’s grip. When Kaiser didn’t respond or loosen his grip, Ness turned around to press a soft kiss on Kaiser’s nose. “Micha, please let go, so I can do this faster. After we eat I’ll give you cuddles before we sleep okay?” Kaiser reluctantly unleashed Ness, and sat down at their island. Ness knew that although Kaiser had physically let go of him, he could still feel this gaze tracking him down like he was the ball on the field.
Determining that they were done and consumable enough to serve, Ness put a bowl down for him and Kaiser, and served it. Kaiser probably ate the entire bowl in less than a couple minutes or so, while Ness was still finishing his up, so he left Kaiser in charge of the dishes as he was still finishing up. Ness back hugged Kaiser the same way he had when Ness had been cooking, smiling and pressing soft little kisses and bites into Kaiser’s neck.
Once they ensured that everything was tidy enough and spotless (Ness had to make sure), Kaiser carried Ness to their bedroom, practically throwing him down into their bed and snuggling close beside him, but not so close that he was in Ness’ arms. Ness understood the assignment that Kaiser wanted to be the big spoon, so he settled down in his arms, and hugged Kaiser.
Little kisses on the crown of his head showered his way almost immediately. Ness, finding that he wanted a proper one on his lips, looked up at Kaiser with gleaming eyes and a small hand gesture towards his lips, to which Kaiser leaned down and pulled him into another passionate kiss. Ness giggled once they pulled away from each other, with a “I love you so much Micha!” and stealing another kiss from Ness, Kaiser mummured a “I love you too”.
Eventually, the couple felt sleep clouding over their eyes and the feeling of drowsiness hit them. The last thing Ness thought about before his eyes closed, tucked warmly under Kaiser’s arms was:
“Every moment is a victory to me, as long as I’m by your side Micha.”