It took almost two hours for Shinji to find everything he needed, partly because he couldn’t stop nervously checking over his shoulder to make sure he wasn’t been followed, and partly because he was embarrassed and it took a while each time for him to work up the courage to talk to each of the [...]

Rien woke up feeling warm and safe, and it took him a minute to remember why he felt so light and deeply, blissfully happy. He nuzzled closer to the freshly washed smell of Shinji’s hair, rubbing his cheek against his bare shoulder and tugging him closer with a happy sigh. It made more of a [...]

Rien eased out of bed early the next morning, shaking his head at Kippei as he woke up enough to give Rien a sleepy, questioning look. “Mum’s coming,” he murmured, nearly soundless. “You let him sleep. I gotta clean up,” or Kimi would do it herself and that would just be embarrassing.

Shinji had, perhaps, gotten too much sleep. He set the table nervously, flittering around and watching Kippei and Rien in the kitchen, thinking they looked hot and sexy and wanting to go in and join them but pretty sure he would get in the way. But that left him the dubious task of cleaning everything. [...]