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Love has no requirements. Or that was what Jouno thought before he met Tecchou and his weird food combos. Even before they started dating, Jouno has tried (and failed) to steer the brunette onto the path of normal food. Even now, the hunting dogs can still hear them bickering about how “Tecchou, chocolate sauce on beef is a sin in itself”. They couldn’t disagree though. Jouno sighed as he eyed Tecchou’s newest concoction: mustard and egg yolk. “Look, I love you, probably more than I care to admit, but this… this is something the devil would eat.” Tecchou just continued munching on his snack, pausing to wipe his mouth and plant a light kiss onto Jouno’s cheek. “Love you too,” he said before going back to eating. A light blush dusted Jouno’s face, but he remained composed and disgusted by the food combo.
“Hey guys, what’re you doing?” Tachihara walked in, going over to where Jouno was sitting beside Tecchou with his head in his hands. “Tachihara…find a way to make him eat normal food, I beg of you…” Tachihara sighed. If he was going to be frank, him and the other hunting dogs were tired of the couple’s arguments over food combos and wanted then to stop. The ginger turned to Tecchou. “What’s it gonna take for you to stop eating like this, at least for a week?” Tecchou paused for a moment, thinking. He finally opened his mouth. “If Jouno tried one of my food combos.”
Jouno’s face visibly paled. “No. Never.” Tecchou pouted, snacking on his food. “Please, baby, just this once…” Tachihara stared at Jouno. “Please, Jouno?” Jouno sighed and reluctantly nodded, hesitantly reaching towards the beef, drizzling the tiniest bit of chocolate sauce on it. He slowly brought it up to his mouth, almost gagging from the attack of the smell on his sensitive nose. Deciding to quickly get it over with, Jouno hastily took a bite. Tachihara and Tecchou watched with anticipation, seeing whether the strategist of the Hunting Dogs could handle the taste. Almost immediately after chewing once, Jouno spit the beef out, his face making a disgusted expression. “It tastes horrible Tecchou…” Jouno said, whining slightly. Tecchou smiled and cupped his lover’s face, giving him a kiss on the lips as a reward. “At least you tried it babe, I’m proud of you.” Jouno turned a warm shade of pink as he looked away, smiling a little. Jouno suddenly turned back to Tecchou, a look of triumph on his face. “Now you have to hold up your end of the deal. You have to eat normal food for a week, Tecchou!”
Tecchou nodded and smiled. “Sure, your wish is my command, my love.” Jouno faltered for a bit at his words, his face turning red. Tachihara scoffed. “Get a room, you two. Anyways, I’ve got to go, my boyfriend is calling me to pick him up from the Detective Agency.” He walked out the door, putting his cell phone to his ear. Jouno could hear his voice greeting the caller, “Hey Tani, you okay there babe? Okay, I’m coming now, see you. Love you too babe.” Before the voice became too soft for him to hear. Tanizaki, huh. Jouno thought as he leaned his head against Tecchou’s shoulder.
I never really thought he was straight anyways.