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Of bratty demons and mushroom heads	By : TrishaMCH Category: Prince of Tennis/Tennis no Ohjisama > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 1574 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not own "Prince of Tennis" or any of its characters. It belongs to Konomi-sensi. I’m merely using the characters because I like to have fun with them. No profit is being made.

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CHAPTER 49

It was nice and early when Akaya's eyes opened, and for a moment he couldn't figure out why he was even conscious, until his eyes fixed themselves on the decorations in the room. His eyes widened and he shot up in bed with an excited grin. "It's Christmas!" His voice rang out happily and he jumped out of bed, still very much naked from their shower the night before.

Hiyoshi didn’t know what he’d been dreaming about, he never remembered his dreams, but when Akaya suddenly all but leapt from the bed, he came awake with a start and shot up into a sitting position with round eyes. His eyes scanned his surroundings quickly and he forced his tense muscles to relax. It was just him and Akaya, who was naked and acting like a five-year-old, yes, everything was normal.

"Merry Christmas, Wakashi~!" Akaya chimed and wrapped his arms around his boyfriend with a big grin that could rival any five-year-old's.

That’s right. It was Christmas. The martial artist couldn’t help smiling back at his brat’s expression and snickered. “Bah humbug.”

"If you say that again I'm going to paint you green, you Grinch." Laughing green eyes crawled into his lover’s lap. Wrapping his long well toned arms around Hiyoshi's shoulders, he kissed his boyfriend lovingly.

Chuckling, Hiyoshi was tempted to say it again but decided not to test the threat. He wrapped his arms around Akaya waist in return and pulled him closer, kissing him back.

Akaya smiled into the kiss and pulled away after a long moment. "Ready for your present?" he asked gleefully in true Christmas spirit and played with Hiyoshi’s hair.

“My present? Did Santa-san come?” Hiyoshi couldn’t help but ask teasingly.

"No, silly, Santa-san can't come to dorms. There's no chimney!" Wakashi was such a dork. Of course Santa couldn't come to colleges. It would be too hard for him.

Hiyoshi wasn’t sure if his boyfriend was joking or being serious and shook his head. “Then I guess we better get a place with a chimney,” he mumbled. His face drained of color when he realized he’d said that out loud and continued on in a hurry. “…You said I have a present? I would appreciate it if you would put something on first.” He hid his face from Akaya’s view and nuzzled against one his favorite spots of skin, right below his brat’s ear. “Not that I’m complaining. You’re just a little distracting.”

Akaya watched Hiyoshi curiously as he talked, wondering what the other man was talking about, but he was easily distracted by the nuzzle. "Mm, fine, I suppose I can do that... Besides, I'm part of your present, and unwrapped presents aren't as much fun," he laughed and slipped off his lover’s lap to go find something to wear.

Hiyoshi chuckled and shook his head. He was relieved when Akaya got up and moved away to change. He’d been lucky to dodge that one. He hadn’t meant to presume the two of them would one day have an actual place together. Just because he’d been doing a little bit of looking around in the area didn’t have any significance at all.

While Akaya got dressed, he slowly moved out of bed himself, shivering a bit at the cold. Soon he wore a warm shirt and a pair of comfortable sweatpants. Looking at the clock on the nightstand, he surmised it was still way too early to pick up Akaya’s present.

Akaya got dressed in some soft tennis ball sweat pants and pulled on a 'Property of Rikkaidai' t-shirt before pulling out a wrapped box from his closet. Flopping on his side of the bed with a grin, he offered it to his boyfriend with a wide smile. "Here."

Feeling a little discouraged that his present to Akaya wasn’t ready yet, Hiyoshi walked back over to the bed but didn’t take the present. “Your present isn’t ready yet. Do you want to get some breakfast first so we can open them at the same time later?”

"That's okay. Here! I wanna see if you like it or not..." The seaweed-headed boy said excitedly and offered the box again. "I can wait for mine." Though now he was very, very curious what his present could be that it wasn't ready yet.

Nodding unenthusiastically, Hiyoshi took the box and sat down on the bed to open it. His birthday not having been that long ago, he wondered what Akaya got him. Maybe another weapon? He doubted it since the box didn’t seem the right size or weight for it. In fact, when he’d passed it over, it sounded as if whatever was inside broke.

He un-wrapped the package curiously and was very confused at first at the box inside, then slowly his eyes widened and he didn’t know what to do. How did Akaya know? He wanted to grin like a toddler and rip open the box, he wanted to jump his boyfriend and tell him how much he loved him, he wanted to pretend he didn’t care so he wouldn’t be so embarrassed that he’d just received the best fucking present ever and it was the fucking Death Star Lego set.

Akaya watched him closely, hoping he liked the present, with a big grin on his face. He could see that internal debate in his lover and his grin just grew. Apparently he'd done well.

The usually serious boy was already grinning like crazy person since apparently he didn’t have any say over it; therefore, pretending he didn’t care became an impractical endeavor. Hiyoshi decided to go for his last option. He set the box to the side of the bed and knocked his boyfriend onto his back on the bed, kissing him for all he was worth, sealing their mouths together and whispering he loved him under his breath when they broke off for air.

Akaya laughed into the kiss and kissed him back lovingly, happy he'd gotten something Hiyoshi really liked. It was a really good feeling, seeing his boyfriend so unrestrained and happy, it didn't happen often.

The closet nerd had wanted stupid Lego’s since he was three, he’d been a secret fan of Star Wars since Elementary school, but he’d never had the nerve to ask his parents or buy them for himself. “How did you know?”

"I'm your boyfriend, I know everything," Akaya teased and stuck his tongue out at him.

Hiyoshi snorted and took the offered tongue into his mouth, sucking gently while taking a handful of his boyfriend’s firm ass and squeezing. “How did you know?”

"I already told you...." was the laughing reply as Akaya rolled his hips up against Hiyoshi’s teasingly.

Hiyoshi growled low in his throat and rolled his hips down harder against Akaya’s. “I don’t remember ever telling you I…” blush reflex be damned, “like Star Wars…” The only person he thought might know was Shishido since it was one of the very few things they’d had in common. They had watched it together at Atobe’s home theater once. It was the only time he could remember them sitting together for that long without trying to verbally or otherwise attack each other.

Akaya groaned quietly and laughed again. "It's a secret." He still remembered their little trip to Disneyland and how his boyfriend had reacted to the Star Tours ride. He wasn't as dumb as people thought.

Decided to drop it for now since his boyfriend obviously didn’t want to tell him, Hiyoshi looked over at his Lego box. Okay, maybe he just wanted to play with his new toy. He kissed his boyfriend one last time before sitting up and retrieving it. They never celebrated Christmas at his house since it was more of a western tradition, but he thought this was what it must feel like on Christmas morning for other families. “Should we open it?”

"If you want," Akaya laughed and watched his boyfriend. "I kinda want to see what's so cool about this thing..." he said and gestured to the Lego box that he'd been storing for so long.

Hiyoshi did not pause. He opened the box and poured out its contents along with the directions. He carefully looked over the contents to make sure everything was there, and explained to Akaya without looking up. “It’s the Death Star diorama. It says once completed it has 14 scenes from the original trilogy… Look! All of the characters are here. It has C3PO and R2D2!” He held up the figures to show Akaya with a giant foreign grin on his face. “They probably have light sabers in here, too…” He dug around some more.

Akaya brought a hand up to his mouth to stifle his pleased laugh and just nodded when Hiyoshi showed him the pieces, his boyfriend really was too cute for his own good.

“Hmm… It says we need to start with the base… That makes sense. We have to find the bag with those parts first…” He continued on, mumbling to himself and giving commands to Akaya every now and then, separating the Lego’s by size and color and figuring out how to make the base section first.

Akaya just grinned and did what he was told, not wanting to mess up Hiyoshi's organization of everything. He was hungry, but he also didn’t want to interrupt his lover’s bonding with the inanimate objects. Besides, Lego’s had always been one of his favorite toys.

Sanada gave one quick knock on Akaya's door before opening it, holding a box full of new tennis shoes and accessories for the other boy. "Akaya, I brought you--" he paused when his eyes fell on the two sitting on the floor with plastic blocks laid out between them. He paled a little and just set the package down and closed the door. At least they weren't doing something else, he supposed.

All together it was 3,803 pieces, so it looked like it would take a long time to completely assemble properly. Hiyoshi had never had his own Lego’s before but was sure Akaya and he could do it. He decided to take a few of the characters out, eyeing the assassin droid with glee, when he heard the door open and looked up just in time to see it close again. “Who was that?”

"Oh uh, just Niou-senpai," Akaya replied quickly and waved it off, knowing Hiyoshi would get all twitchy if he knew it was Sanada. "So, what one is that?" he asked, pointing to the assassin droid curiously, trying to distract him again.

Usually Akaya distracting him would not have worked so easily, but at the moment there were much more important things at hand. “It’s an assassin droid. They were used by politicians or bounty hunters to eliminate those in the way. Most of the time, they are equipped with different weapons and are loyal to their masters, but there are some rogue assassins, too. This one works for the empire and…” Realizing as he was talking that he’d picked up his assassin droid’s gun and was playing with it like a little kid, embarrassed, Hiyoshi put it down abruptly. “Sorry, this is probably all really boring to you...”

Akaya only smiled and laughed a bit. "It's okay. It's really fun to watch you talk about it all." He smiled and moved over to snuggle up to his boyfriend's side. "We should go get breakfast soon though." His stomach gave a loud rumble, right on cue.

Chuckling, Hiyoshi kissed Akaya’s forehead. “Alright.” He looked around at the small mess he made, still not believing Akaya had known. “Thank you… Merry Christmas.”

After cleaning up the Lego mess to be worked on later, Hiyoshi took Akaya out for a very sugary Christmasy breakfast at a nearby pancake restaurant. Though he himself was not a fan of pancakes, he knew his boyfriend was and wanted to take him somewhere he would like.

The look on the Akaya’s face when he saw the menu was well worth it when they arrived, however, it was a little crowded due to the holiday. They didn’t stay for very long and were soon making their way back to the dorms. Loaded with sugar, Hiyoshi enjoyed the happy smile on his brat’s face.

They were walking along the small lake that went around campus, taking the long way back. Though the deserted winter campus presented a nice view, Hiyoshi wished he’d brought a thicker jacket. Damn it, he hated the cold, but it seemed as though it wasn’t affecting his boyfriend in the slightest.

Akaya walked along cheerfully, his hands in his pockets and his tummy full. Automatically when he noticed Hiyoshi was cold he took off his jacket and put it over his boyfriend’s shoulders, not minding the cold at all. He'd always been really warm whereas his boyfriend was like a reptile or something and needed sun to keep himself warm.

Hiyoshi hated it when his boyfriend did that but knew better by now than to argue with him over it. His demon boyfriend had to be very, very, very hot blooded. It was the only explanation. Well, it also explained a few others things about his personality. Now with two jackets on, he probably looked twice his size and ridiculous, but warmth won over his appearance.

Stopping at the edge of the lake, the bundled up mushroom decided to sit down and enjoy the view for a moment. This was where he and Choutarou used to come sometimes and feed the ducks. Sadly, because of the cold and since Choutarou had gone off to study abroad in Europe again, both his friend and the ducks were no longer around, but the view was still nice.

Akaya stood next to Hiyoshi's sitting form and looked out over the lake. "You remember when I kissed you here?" He asked with a little smile that made an odd nostalgic feeling settle over him. It had been a long time since they'd been there.

Startled out of his somber thoughts, Hiyoshi turned to look at him with a raised eyebrow. “Is that a trick question?” He looked back out over the lake, remembering ALL the times his boyfriend had kissed him there. “Are you referring to the time you kissed me after stalking me here and calling me boring? Or maybe the time you jumped me and tried to make out with me in the rain? Or perhaps you mean the time you dragged me out here in the middle of the night and somehow coerced me into--”

"All of the above," the snickering demon brat teased and looked out at the water. "I liked all of them." He grinned and let out a content sigh. "It's been a really interesting year, hasn't it?"

Hiyoshi scooted away from him in mock terror. “Are you getting sappy on me?”

Akaya laughed and nudged him with his foot. "I'll throw you in the lake if you're not careful."

Rolling his eyes, Hiyoshi crossed his arms and stated reproachfully. “I think there would be a better chance of YOU ending up in that lake than me.” He smirked at the thought and predatorily began to creep closer. “Do you want to test it?”

"Nope, I'm good," Akaya laughed and inched away, hands held in front of him defensively.

The smirk widened. “Too late.” With quick agile movements, Hiyoshi grabbed his demon boyfriend around the waist and picked him up, half throwing him over his shoulder. Before Akaya had a chance to react, he brought him to the edge of the water. “Let’s see how much cold you can really take.”

Akaya yelped in surprise and flailed in his boyfriends arm. "W--what are you---Wakashi!! Don't!!" He said between panicked yelps and nervous laughs. "I'll get hypothermia or something!!! Or I'll get frost bite and then we won't be able to have sex anymore!!!"

Hiyoshi laughed loudly, backing away from the water and sat back on the grass with Akaya in his lap. “I guess we wouldn’t want that.” He ran his cold hand up and under Akaya’s shirt, feeling his warm skin and looked at him affectionately. “I like you better warm, anyway.”

"Yeah, how am I supposed to keep you from freezing at night if you freeze me?" The demon boy laughed and wrapped his arms around his lover’s neck.

That was a good point. Holding his warm brat close and still chuckling lightly, Hiyoshi looked away from Akaya for a moment, then back to the lake, thinking. In a hesitant voice, he asked, “Hypothetically, what would you think if I asked you to move in with me?”

Akaya stared at him for a moment, his eyes going wide. "You... I… You'd want to live with me? Outside of the dorms?"

It was supposed to be a hypothetical question, damn it. “It’s just an idea. It wouldn’t be until at least the end of next term…” Hiyoshi liked the idea of having his own space and privacy again… with Akaya.

Akaya watched him for a minute before that familiar big grin spread across his face. "I want to!" He cried excitedly and glomped onto Hiyoshi hard. "Of course I want to!!!"

“…Really? You don’t… think it might be too soon? It might be expensive.” Of course, Hiyoshi had been thinking about it quite a bit lately, but still, it wouldn’t be good to rush into things. He wanted Akaya to really think about this before answering him. “You’d be farther away from your senpai’s, and there’d be no cafeteria, and there would be a lot more…” he trailed off.

"It's alright," Akaya laughed and kissed him soundly. "At least then we wouldn't traumatize fukubuchou anymore," he teased and shook his head. "And I can get a job if it's expensive and well, we'll have to learn to cook..."

Hiyoshi kissed him back, feeling the smile form. “You mean YOU wouldn’t traumatize him anymore.” Actually, he probably would, but getting away from his boyfriend’s sempai was one the reasons he wanted to move. “And you won’t need to get a job. I can make up for it. You need to concentrate on your studies.”

"I can do both, I can... And I'm not going to let you pay for everything," Green eyes shined as he said so and played with his lover’s hair gently, "And we work together to traumatize, fukubuchou..." he stuck his tongue out at him.

Hiyoshi didn’t want to argue over money right now, though it made perfect sense to him for Akaya to just accept it. “No, you somehow drag me down to your level and make me look immature in front of him.” He stuck his tongue back out at him to prove his point, trying not to laugh. He was too happy right now to care about how ridiculous he probably looked.

Akaya took that tongue between his teeth with a mischievous grin and touched his nose to Hiyoshi’s, excitement virtually oozing off of him.

Hiyoshi looked cross eyed down to their touching noses and where Akaya was holding his tongue hostage, then looked straight back at him and rolled his eyes.

Laughing, Akaya kissed Hiyoshi soundly, purring happily into the kiss.

Akaya’s hot mouth engulfed his, and Hiyoshi moaned softly, kissing him back. Just the heated breathing between them warmed his freezing features. “I guess we’ll find out if those cooking classes you’ve been taking have paid off,” he said amusedly between kisses, never letting Akaya’s lips stray too far from his.

"We just gotta make sure we have a fire extinguisher and we'll be fine," the terror in any kitchen teased and played with his lover’s hair.

Trailing his cold nose down the side of Akaya’s neck, Hiyoshi made a small appreciative sound at the hands in his hair. “Mm… Maybe I should re-think this. I’m having second thoughts…”

"What?" Akaya pouted. "How come?" he nuzzled against Hiyoshi’s head and whined quietly like a puppy that’d had his bone taken away.

“I’m not going to get us a place if you’re just going to burn it down.” He said into a soft warm neck and sighed contentedly. He wouldn’t have minded staying there all day on the empty hill by the lake with Akaya there to keep him warm, but there was the matter of Akaya’s present he still had to attend to. Reluctantly, he stood, bringing Akaya with him.

Akaya pouted a little as they stood, but then remembered he still had a present coming from Hiyoshi and grinned. "Are we going to get my gift now?" he asked with a devious childish grin.

Technically, Hiyoshi wasn’t supposed to go pick up the present until after Christmas since he hadn’t thought he’d be there. In fact, he hadn’t really figured out yet how he was going to bring the present to Akaya. He reasoned that might end up being a problem. “Can I meet you back at home? I shouldn’t be too long.”

"Oh... Yeah, I guess so," Akaya mumbled and shrugged. "But if you take too long I'm going to start on your Lego death thing," he threatened with a grin and gave his boyfriend a kiss on the cheek before giving him a little wave. "See you soon."

“It’s a Death Star and don’t even think about it.” The newly exposed Star Wars nerd glared at him and started walking away, then stopped to call back. “While you’re home, make sure everything is off the floor that you don’t want destroyed. Trust me.” He tossed Akaya the jacket he’d given him earlier, turned, and left.

Hiyoshi walked down the hall to Kaidoh’s dorm room. He didn’t know how this would work or even his number, so he couldn’t call first. There was a chance the ex-Seigaku captain would be out for Christmas or was with company. Furthermore, how he was going to get the present from Kaidoh’s room back to his own dorm was a mystery. He considered bringing a big box or something but that probably wouldn’t work.

Hoping he wasn’t disturbing anyone, he politely knocked on the door.

Kaidoh rolled his eyes as the last three puppies started yapping away happily at the sound of the knock and he got up to open the door. "Ah... Hiyoshi-san..." He herded the puppies back and gestured for the mushroom headed boy to come in.

Hiyoshi was relieved when the door opened. He would’ve felt guilty if he’d had to make Akaya wait for his gift after he’d looked so excited about it. Though looking at the three little yapping puppies, he once again felt like kicking himself in the back of the head for deciding to do this.

“Sorry, for coming over unannounced. Would it be alright for me to take it now?” He looked between the three energetic lumps of noisy fur and quickly located his. In some ways it reminded him a little bit of Akaya, which was probably why he’d chosen that one. It was the only one that hadn’t been afraid of him when he last visited, which was probably the reason he shouldn’t have picked that one.

Hiyoshi didn’t know anything about dogs, but it had a little black and white face, the black surrounding it’s eyes trailed down to it’s even darker black nose. Little white eyebrow looking spots rested above its eyes. When it was running around energetically, it looked like a little wolf demon, but when it stopped for a moment and just looked at you, it had the Akaya-like ability to be adorably cute and make him want to smile.

"Oh, yeah... Sure..." Kaidoh walked over and grabbed a leash and collar from the nightstand. They were bright yellow in color with a black stripe through the middle. "I got these as a thank you for taking one of them... I figured Kirihara would like them..." He mumbled quietly and bent down to put the collar on Hiyoshi's chosen puppy then clicked the leash to it.

Hiyoshi grimaced at the color choice, but was grateful for the leash all the same. He should have thought of that earlier. “Thank you.” He leaned down to look at the puppy and held out his hand like Kaidoh had taught him to do last time. He had done a little bit of research online of how to properly handle animals, and all the advice said talking to them as if it was a person was best. “Would you mind coming with me?” he asked politely, feeling very awkward talking to a small four legged creature as if it could give him a proper answer.

The puppy's tail wagged slowly and it nuzzled Hiyoshi's hand. Kaidoh looked pleased and pet the puppy as well before standing. "Take good care of him. If he needs anything or you have any questions, don't be afraid to ask. I can always puppy sit, too."

When the little furry face touched his hand, Hiyoshi already knew he was in trouble. For some reason he suddenly had the urge to pick it up and carry it home, but resisted. Standing and taking the leash, he nodded and thanked Kaidoh again for his help. “Would you mind giving me your contact information? I’m not sure if I’ll have questions later… Is there anything else you can think of that I should know?”

"He's teething, so get him some toys soon if you don't want to get your things chewed up." Kaidoh suggested and offered Hiyoshi a business card with all of his information on it. "Other than that, I think you'll be fine," he mumbled and adjusted his bandanna that had paw prints on it. It wasn't one he wore outside, but suited him just fine when he was home alone.

An image of the puppy chewing through Akaya’s video games that he usually left all over the floor came to mind making Hiyoshi grin a bit sadistically. Maybe this would make the brat pick up after himself more. He nodded again, took the card, and headed for the door, pulling gently on the little leash for the puppy to follow him.

The puppy trotted along beside him, seeming to be quite content. It was definitely used to being on a leash due to Kaidoh walking him and his siblings everyday and followed along without pulling too much just like it was supposed to.

Kaidoh held back the other two puppies and gave a polite nod of his head as he watched the other boy leave. Then he looked at the two remaining puppies and smiled a little. "Well... should we go for a walk, too?" he asked and received a little bark in response. That was good enough for him.

Walking back to his own dorm ended up being part of Hiyoshi’s first learning experience. The little puppy had the attention span of… well, Akaya. Any time there was a bird or something it deemed interesting, it wanted to stop and investigate. Needless to say, it took longer than expected to get back to the dorm.

He was almost to the front of the dorm when he remembered that technically they weren’t supposed to have dogs. Going around to the back of the building, he used the back exit door just in case. On his way, he checked in their mail box and found a thick envelope that was addressed to both him and Akaya from Akaya’s mother. Looking at the envelope curiously, he scooped the furry bundle up with one hand so it wouldn’t scamper around once they were in the building.

Arriving at the door, he took a deep breath. Once Akaya saw the puppy he knew there would be no going back. He really hoped he hadn’t made a wrong decision. He looked down at the fur ball in his arms that was behaving surprisingly well. “Please don’t make me regret this.”

Just on the other side of the door, Akaya had long since made sure the room was cleaned up like his boyfriend had instructed and was waiting with bated breath. He couldn't imagine what the present would be. Well... that wasn't completely true. He'd come up with a few options, but all of them had been quickly extinguished by that little Hiyoshi voice in his head. He was a little disappointed it wasn't going to be a trained crocodile though.

The puppy’s tail wagged and it leaned its head back to lick at Hiyoshi’s face lovingly. Hiyoshi smiled and petted its little head, knocked once then opened the door.

Akaya looked up from his DS with a grin, eyes fixed on his lover. He was about to ask what the present was when he saw the large wagging lump of fur in Hiyoshi’s arms. His eyes widened and his jaw dropped. "Wakashi… What that's a… YOU GOT ME A PUPPY?!" He called out in joy and ran over to grab the lump of husky fluff from his arms. He grinned at the puppy who looked back with its two brown eyes, tail wagging a little. He held the puppy with one arm and latched onto Hiyoshi with the other, excitement oozing off of him. "Thank you!!!!!!"

Hiyoshi grinned, pleased at Akaya’s excitement. He’d made a good choice. “Merry Christmas, brat." He kissed his forehead. "Now let me take my shoes off so I can come in.”

Akaya stole a kiss then backed off, puppy in hand, so his boyfriend could take off his shoes. He looked at the collar and the leash and his grin just got bigger.

Hiyoshi took off his shoes then placed the letter from Akaya’s mom on his desk. “I hope you know that’s your puppy and you’ll be the one who takes care of it.” Even as he said so though, he reached out to stroke the little fur ball’s head.

"Yes sir!" Akaya grinned and told the puppy to sit, giving it lots of love as it did. "You're such a good--" he paused and lifted up the puppy to look at it curiously, "Boy! You're a good boy," he cooed and wrestled a little with the pup when it started gnawing on his arm playfully.

Hiyoshi really hoped Akaya knew what he was doing. They were cute together, and it somehow made him feel warm and happy just watching them.

Akaya looked up at Hiyoshi and smiled at him as well, grin reaching from ear to ear. "We'll have to go to the pet store tomorrow," he said, not minding at all and growled a little back at the puppy whose tail just wagged more.

Hiyoshi snorted. “Did you just growl?” With mirthful eyes, he sat down next to them. “That’s fine. If you wake up we can go in the morning before classes start.” That was when he usually went jogging. He had a feeling he’d have a little extra company on his morning runs now.

"Well yeah," Akaya laughed. "If you wanna play with a puppy, you gotta act like a puppy," he grinned and nuzzled the puppy’s tummy with his nose, earning another little growl from the puppy. "I can't wait. It will be so much fun."

Sitting back and watching the two of them roll around and playfully growl at each other, seeing Akaya doing his best to impersonate the little creature, was quite amusing. After few minutes, Hiyoshi asked, “What are you going to name him?”

"Hmm... Something tennis related," he grinned and tried to dislodge the puppy from his arm.

Hiyoshi rolled his eyes. What were common dog names? He had no idea. “Brigestone?” That was his tennis brand back when he played.

"No way. That brand sucks," Akaya wrinkled his nose in disgust. "How about Babolat? Or Yonex?"

Hiyoshi glared at the insult to his brand and crossed his arms over his chest. “No. He will not be named after anything that sounds like a watch company, nor a low class unoriginal Japanese name. How about Pocchi?”

"I thought you said no low class unoriginal Japanese names?" He stuck his tongue out at him and then picked up his puppy to look at him. "How about Wilson?"

Annoyed, Hiyoshi was about to object again, but the puppy chose that moment to give a little happy sounding bark and Hiyoshi conceded. “I suppose Wilson is acceptable.”

Akaya grinned and nuzzled his puppy. "Wilson," he laughed, "I like it."

Hiyoshi held out his arms, “Give him here.”

Handing over the wiggling puppy to his lover, Akaya grinned as the tail started wagged faster.

Taking the excited bundle into his arms, Hiyoshi smirked when it tried to lick his face. Talking to it in a serious yet soft voice, he asked while once again trying to treat it like a person as the book he’d read told him to, “Your name is now Wilson. If you don’t like it or prefer not to stay with us, you should let us know now.” Despite the puppy obviously not having anything near human intelligence, he still thought it deserved the chance to refuse.

"Are you waiting for him to answer?" Akaya laughed and smiled softly at Hiyoshi and the ball of fur. It really was too cute to watch his lover talk to it like it was just another person.

Hiyoshi’s face turned a bit red and put the puppy, Wilson, on the floor. “I just wanted to make sure he’s alright with this.” Even to his own ears that sounded stupid. He quickly changed the subject and indicated towards his desk. “On my way back I picked up the mail. We got something from your mother.”

"We did?" Akaya’s tone was curious as he got up to pick up the letter. "I wonder what it is..." He turned the envelope over a couple times and looked at it strangely. "My mom almost never sends me stuff..."

Though the thick envelope had been addressed to both of them, Hiyoshi would have felt awkward opening something from Akaya’s parents. He shrugged. “I don’t know. Open it.”

Akaya turned it over again and opened it, pulling out the contents. "Pictures?" he asked and turned them over to look at them. "Wow, Wakashi look at these!" He chimed and showed the pictures to his boyfriend. There was one of them kissing on the top and it made him smile. "Wow... We look really good together..."

At Akaya’s words, Hiyoshi quickly looked down to see what Akaya was seeing and flushed bright red. They were obviously the Christmas pictures they’d taken not too long ago at Akaya’s parent’s house. Did he really make that face when Akaya kissed him? “Let me see those…” He grabbed the pictures from his boyfriend and started looking through them, growing redder by the moment till there might have been worry he would pass out.

Akaya laughed and watched Hiyoshi’s face instead of the photos. He could look at pictures anytime, but that embarrassed expression he only got to see occasionally. "You alright?" he asked teasingly.

There were a few normal pictures of them just standing together, him with his usual almost smile, more like a smirk expression and Akaya smiling crazily at the camera. But… He was also holding pictures of them staring into each others eyes, him cupping Akaya’s cheek, ruffling his hair… looking happier and more loving than he thought he was capable of.

The mushroom-headed boy’s heart thumped loudly in his chest at one picture of him holding Akaya’s hand and kissing the inside of his palm. He knew if it had been anyone else’s picture he was looking at, it would have been more than obvious he was smitten. He lowered his head and took that one picture out of the stack for himself then handed the rest back to Akaya.

Akaya smiled and ducked his head to kiss him. "Hey... Don't be embarrassed. These make me really happy." He looked at his boyfriend and grinned from ear to ear. "Thank you... for taking these with me."

All Hiyoshi could do was nod. He placed the picture in his desk drawer to later be moved to his wallet when Akaya wasn’t looking.

Wilson had apparently gotten bored and was jumping up and down, pawing at their legs for attention. Glad for the distraction, Hiyoshi reached down to pet his head. “What? You want pictures, too?” There was no way in hell he was taking any more pictures any time soon.

Akaya grinned and jumped over the bed to grab his cell phone then jumped back over again. "Wakashi, pick up Wilson and smile. I want a picture for my background."

“I was joking, brat. No.” Wasn’t he just thinking there would be no more pictures?

"Please," the brat pouted and watched his boyfriend with that puppy dog look that the puppy was unconsciously mimicking at Hiyoshi.

Fucking hell, Hiyoshi hated his life. He picked up the puppy and glared at Akaya’s phone. He felt a little lick at the side of his face and turned just in time to get another one right on the corner of his mouth. He sputtered and the puppy made a proud little barking sound causing him to chuckle.

Clicking the photo, Akaya grinned and saved it as his background, replacing the picture he'd taken of Hiyoshi when he was sleeping. "There, Wilson is part of the family now."

“It would seem so,” Hiyoshi said, rolling his eyes. He put Wilson down and approached Akaya, pointing up. Before Akaya even had the chance to look up at the mistletoe, he claimed a Christmas kiss from his bratty demon boyfriend.
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