So its been a while huh guys? Well Happy Valentine's Day! Hope you all like this I based it off a beautiful picture I found on Twitter from kikapon go check it out! Koujaku and Aoba in cute sweaters and drunk Aoba embarrassing Koujaku. Is adorable lolz. So my first DMMD fix. Koujaku and Aoba. Yay! x3
"Not Your Typical Valentine's Day"
It was the first February 14th since Koujaku and Aoba started dating. Previously it would have just been another ordinary day, except that now the day had a bit more meaning to it; it was 'Valentine's Day'.
This meant lots more stress for the already busy Aoba Seragaki whom was currently freaking out about what to do for his boyfriend to make this a special day for them. He spent weeks searching for the perfect gift and planning a date fit for the expectations and high standards that Koujaku exuded.
It was important to Aoba that this all work out and so he had taken extra shifts at Junk Shop Heibon to earn enough money for this day.
"Aoba-kun you've been working so hard lately, take off early okay?"
Haga-san came out of the back room and patted Aoba on the shoulder as Bonjin-kun cleaned up the shop.
"Thanks, Haga-san. You're the best. I'll be in bright and early Monday morning."
Aoba grabbed his bag and slung it over his shoulder as he walked out the door waving to Haga-san as he checked on Ren who was in sleep-mode in his bag.
"Ren?" Aoba asked petting his little blue puppy AllMate on the head.
"Yes, Aoba?" Ren opened his eyes and looked up to Aoba.
"It's only 12:15 that's good. I have to meet up with Koujaku at 12:30 so we can start our date... Umm. Can you give me directions to the nearest clothing shop to Koujaku's salon setup for the day?"
"Okay, Aoba. Koujaku's actually set up fairly close by, only a couple blocks down the street and there is a clothing shop just another block from his location."
Ren spoke slowly, giving Aoba directions as they started walking in the direction Ren gave.
"Thank you, Ren."
Aoba pulled up his phone from his coil and dialed Koujaku's number to call him and let him know he was on his way.
The coil rang twice before Koujaku picked up, his face appearing on holographic screen a bright smile in place.
"Aoba-kun. Good afternoon."
Aoba blushed at Koujaku's warm smile.
"Good afternoon, Koujaku... Are you still busy cutting people's hair?"
Aoba asked looking to the side a bit in embarrassment.
"Aoba. Your heartbeat has risen and your face is a little red are you feeling ill?"
Ren asked looking up at Aoba's reaction. Aoba blushed even redder at Ren's question as Koujaku laughed having heard Ren as well.
"I'm fine, Ren! Koujaku shut up, you hippo!"
Aoba responded loudly in a defensive tone.
"Whatever you say, Aoba. To answer your earlier question, I just finished up my last customer and am just cleaning up my supplies. Are you coming to pick me up now?"
Koujaku said to try to diffuse the tension, not wanting to start out their Valentine's on a sour note.
"H-hai! Haga-san let me out early and I wanted to make sure I wouldn't be interrupting you when I got to your 'shop'."
"Haha. Okay; you can come right on over. I'll be ready when you get here. See you soon, Aoba."
Koujaku responded with a smile and a little wave.
"See you soon." Aoba said as he smiled and hung up.
Aoba kept walking and in a few minutes made it to the spot between two accessory stores where Koujaku had set up shop for the day. There were still a few women milling around, watching and chatting up Koujaku as he put away the last of his supplies into his belt and folded up the chair his customers had sat on, handing it back to the owner of one of the stores who'd let him borrow it for his work.
Koujaku looked up and upon seeing Aoba walking up, turned to the last few women and bidding them goodbye, closing the distance between them and gave Aoba a big hug.
"H-hi, Koujaku."
Aoba blushed as the women glared at him for stealing Koujaku's attention from them.
Beni, Koujaku's little red bird AllMate flew off his shoulder and perched on the edge of Aoba's bag to look in and talk to Ren as he popped his head out.
"Aoba-kun! How I've missed you. How was work?"
Koujaku oblivious to the women behind him started up a conversation with his Aoba. Aoba couldn't help but smile at how instantly invested in him Koujaku was.
"I saw you just yesterday, stupid hippo. Work was fine, only a couple calls today. How was work for you?"
"Ahh... But we didn't really get to hang out though. Work is as busy as ever; I had a lot of appointments for women getting ready for their dates today. I couldn't stop thinking about our date though."
Koujaku leaned down and pecked Aoba on the cheek quickly, causing him to stutter and freak a bit being in public.
Aoba almost forgot about the women himself until they confronted the two men having seen the kiss.
"Koujaku-san? When will you be opening again? My hair won't look this great for long without your attention."
One girl asked, grabbing Koujaku's kimono sleeve as another nodded in agreement from his other side. Aoba backed up a bit, still surprised at how forward these women were and not wanting to get in the way, lest they try to touch his hair again or something.
Koujaku saw Aoba's slight frown and in reaction to it, politely took care of the women.
"Ladies, I'm not sure when exactly I'll be opening again. But I will be in the area Monday, no worries. Now if you'll excuse me I've got a date to attend to."
Koujaku grabbed Aoba's hand and pulled him along down the path, quickly waving with his other hand to the shocked women. Aoba simply followed along not wanting to be stuck with those she-beasts any longer.
Once they'd gotten far enough and around a corner, the women out of view, Koujaku stopped and let Aoba catch his breath for a moment.
"Sorry about that, Aoba-kun. What did you want to do first?"
Koujaku asked without missing a beat and kissing Aoba square on the lips.
"Koujaku! What are you doing?"
Aoba gasped and touched his lips when Koujaku pulled away with a smile.
"Just making sure you know I'm all yours. So, where are we off to?"
Koujaku repeated his question. Aoba glared a bit still blushing and looked around anywhere away from Koujaku's face.
In his looking around he saw the clothing store Ren must have been talking about just ahead.
"I want to go in that store real quick."
Aoba said shortly and started walking off towards the store. Koujaku laughed and caught up to Aoba in two long strides and linked fingers again, smiling straight ahead. Aoba didn't complain, and they walked into the store.
Aoba led Koujaku into the men's winter wear section and spoke up quietly.
"Its still cold out so I thought we could buy matching sweaters. I mean, if you want to anyway. We don't have to."
Aoba spoke fast and blushingly, seemingly changing his mind about the idea. Koujaku chuckled and pat Aoba on the head reassuringly smiling down to him.
"I love that idea, Aoba-kun. Why don't you pick out your favorite sweater and I'll choose mine from there?"
"O-okay. Well, then if that's the case; I'll admit I've been scoping out sweaters online and I really like these warm wool/cotton blends. This one is perfect!"
Aoba had browsed through the sweater racks as he was explaining himself to Koujaku and found a nice deep blue cable knit sweater that matched the color of his usual shirt.
"Ah, nice choice. Hmm... What do you think about this red one for me? Same fabric just with some stripes instead. Wanna go try them on?"
Koujaku asked, holding up a red sweater similar to Aoba's blue one. Aoba smiled and nodded his head as the two of them walked over to the fitting rooms together.
Shortly after a worker let them into the fitting rooms they both came out wearing their respective sweaters and froze upon seeing the other.
"Wow, Aoba. You're adorable! That suits you so perfectly, love."
"You don't look so bad yourself, Koujaku..."
Aoba blushed at the blatant compliment, and looked away from Koujaku's face. The sweater itself fit perfectly and seemed to be made for Aoba. Aside from the sleeves being just a bit too long so that they reached past the tips of his fingers and he would have to roll/fold them above his wrists, it looked great. In fact the length of the sleeves just added to the cuteness of it all as Aoba tried to hide his face behind his hands as Koujaku kept staring and smiling brightly at him.
Koujaku couldn't help himself any longer and pulled Aoba into a tight hug. Surprising the shorter young man and keeping one arm wrapped around his waist, used his other hand to lift Aoba's chin gently and place a warm, passionate kiss to his unsuspecting lips.
Aoba's eyes widened considerably and while normally he would push him away he couldn't help but pull Koujaku closer, reaching up and wrapping his arms around his shoulders, standing on his tip-toes to return the deep kiss, enjoying the warmth.
Pulling back from the kiss but keeping his arms around Aoba's waist, Koujaku chuckled and gave another quick kiss on Aoba's nose as the worker from earlier cleared their throat, seeing the whole ordeal play out.
"Oh, god! I'm so sorry!"
Aoba apologized for the PDA and pulled completely apart from Koujaku, stumbling a bit when he dropped to his feet again before righting himself properly and running back into the fitting room to grab his stuff. Koujaku just laughed the whole time as the worker walked away again.
"Aoba, keep the sweater on its really cold out. We'll pay for and wear them out."
"K."
Aoba responded simply and walked back out of the fitting room, stuffing his jacket into his bag beside a sleeping Ren and Beni.
Aoba walked out of the fitting room slowly, looking at the ground not wanting to get caught up in Koujaku's eyes again.
"Come on, Aoba. I wanna stop by the market to pick up some extra ingredients for the special dinner I'm gonna cook for us tonight."
"Okay."
Aoba was silent through the checkout process, him and Koujaku holding out their arms so the cashier could scan the tags on their sweaters so they could pay the $40 without taking them off. That didn't take more than a couple minutes and when they left the store it was only barely 1pm now.
They got to the convenience store where Koujaku picked up a basket and started walking down aisles throwing several different spices and herbs into the basket. He looked around intently trying to find something or other and Aoba was just following from a distance listening to and talking with Ren and Beni. Looking at Beni Aoba remembered that he had to pick up Koujaku's gift.
"Uh. Koujaku, I forgot something at Heibom. I'm gonna take Ren for a walk with me to go get it. I'll meet you and Beni at your place in about an hour or so?"
Aoba quickly made up an excuse as Beni flew back to Koujaku's shoulder. Koujaku tilted his head a bit in confusion.
"Hah, what were you rushing to meet up with me that you got all scatterbrained? Go on, why don't you go ahead and pick up some dessert for us as well on your way back?"
"Alright. See you soon."
"Don't take too long."
Koujaku stole a quick kiss before shooing a blushing Aoba out the store.
*With Aoba and Ren*
"Phew. That was close; do you think he bought it, Ren?"
Aoba asked Ren who he was currently carrying in his arms for comfort in forgetting about the most important part of dating someone on Valentine's.
"I am sure Koujaku-san believes that you are likely to leave something behind at work. You are not the most reliable in that aspect, Aoba."
"Thanks lot Ren! Geez, I'm not that bad!"
Aoba complained about Ren's basically calling him a forgetful fool.
"Sorry, Aoba. You are very smart."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Whatever, Ren. Where's that flower shop we researched the other day? Oh and the pastry shop nearest Koujaku's house?"
"Yes, Aoba. The flower shop is on the other side of Heibon, two streets down. And there is a patisserie a block away from Koujaku-san's residence."
"Thanks, Ren. Let's go get Koujaku's gift."
"Yes, Aoba."
Aoba made it to the flower shop in about 15 minutes and opened the door a bell ringing as he did so alerting the lady behind the counter to his presence.
"Hello young man. How can I help you, shopping for your girlfriend?"
The kind little old lady asked politely. A little girl around 10 walked out of the back room right as she finished her question.
"Something like that, ma'am. I'm here to pick up an order I made a few days ago. Under Aoba Seragaki."
"Oh yes, I knew I recognized your voice. Hana, sweetie go get me the bonsai tree from the pre-order shelf?"
"Yes, Baa-chan."
The little girl ran quickly back to the room she came out of and returned shortly with a box and a sticky note labeled 'bonsai for Aoba Seragaki'.
"Here you go, Nii-chan!"
The little girl placed the bonsai on the counter and cutely addressed Aoba as 'big brother'. Aoba couldn't help but smile at the cute little girl.
"Would you like to write a note as well?"
"Sure. Write: 'To Koujaku. Happy Valentine's Day. Hope we have many more together. Love, Aoba.' How does that sound?"
"Beautiful, Nii-chan."
"Here you go, young man. That'll be $30."
"Thank you very much, ma'am have a nice evening."
"You're welcome young man, come again soon. Tell your boyfriend I said happy Valentine's Day."
"Bye, Nii-chan!"
A little caught off guard that she figured out about him being gay so quickly. He laughed and smiled.
"Of course."
Aoba placed the bonsai gently in his bag to hide it and headed back towards Koujaku's place to make his last stop at the pastry shop, Rin walking along beside him.
*With Koujaku*
"Beni. This is actually a good thing that Aoba had to run off. I was wondering how I would get his gift with him tagging along."
"Hmm. You should've gotten it earlier."
Beni responded curtly with a smirk. Koujaku just glared at Beni before paying for the groceries and heading to the candy shop Mizuki had mentioned was near his tattoo shop.
He found the shop after wandering for a bit and called up Mizuki for advice on a good box of chocolates for Aoba. He told him to find the biggest red square shaped box with pink ribbon and hearts and cherry blossoms on it. It had some fancy German name but Mizuki assured him that the German made the best chocolate and though he hated the kid, Noiz agreed being from Germany.
Koujaku took the advice and upon finding said huge box of chocolates, which was fucking expensive as hell by the way... He purchased the box and figured the pricey stuff must be good. Koujaku spent the last of the money he had on him on a nice big bottle of red wine.
Koujaku made it home at 2:30pm and started getting the food set up. He had to let it soak for 5 hours, and right as he set the timer the door opened and Aoba stepped in. He looked up to the clock and it had just made 3.
"Pretty good timing huh?"
Koujaku untied and lay out his apron on the kitchen counter.
"How long have you been waiting for me?"
Aoba asked as Koujaku came to greet him at the door.
"Only about 30 minutes. Just enough to get dinner set up. Don't worry about it, Aoba."
Koujaku grabbed Aoba's hand and pulled him into the living room, dropping off what he assumed was a cake in the box from the nearby pastry shop on the kitchen counter next to his apron.
"Okay."
Aoba blushed as he held his bag gently. Eyeing the bedroom, wanting to hide the bonsai tree.
"Ne, Aoba? Want to exchange gifts now?"
"Now? Already? I mean, yeah I guess."
Aoba stuttered nervously. Koujaku laughed and gave Aoba a peck on the forehead before leading him towards the bedroom and sitting him on the bed.
Aoba fidgeted with his bag for a bit looking at the floor not knowing what to do right now.
"We'll leave you two alone."
Beni said as he and Ren wandered off into another room to play or whatever they did.
Aoba looked at Ren nervously, not really sure if he was ready to be alone with Koujaku right now...
"Do you wanna go first, Aoba?"
Koujaku asked gently, holding Aoba's hand between both of his.
"S-sure. Here, umm. I wasn't actually sure if I was going overboard or not, but I mean I figured flowers was a tradition everyone loved so I took it up a notch to fit what you liked and, yeah... Just open it."
Aoba rambled on, shoving the box into Koujaku's hands.
Koujaku opened the box carefully and a bright smile lit up his face as he saw what was inside it.
"Oh, Aoba... This is beautiful. You really didn't have to. I mean I didn't put this much thought into your gift, I went with tradition too."
Koujaku pulled the bonsai out of the box and placed it on the windowsill above the bed where it would get some sunlight and be where he would always see it. Then he opened the bedside table and pulled out the chocolate box and handed it over to Aoba.
"I couldn't really think of anything possession wise that you would need or want because you always think of others over yourself. Though I did make sure I got the best chocolate in all of Midorijima."
"Koujaku, you're sweet. This is great, I love chocolates. Thank you."
Aoba smiled and hugged Koujaku in thanks, enjoying the way Koujaku worried about not getting me something I'd like.
"I'd like anything you got me because you got it for me, Koujaku."
Aoba admitted with a blush. Koujaku was so happy that Aoba was happy.
"Do you want to try some of the chocolates? We've got a few hours before dinner will be ready."
"Sure."
Aoba smiled and untied the ribbon from the chocolates, laying it on the bed next to him and took the lid off the box and picked a random piece of chocolate he thought looked good, taking a bite to taste. His eyes lit up at the wonderful sweet taste and he popped the rest of the piece in his mouth quickly picking up a second piece and shoving it into his mouth as well.
"Haha. I guess you like it?"
"Mhmm!"
Aoba smiled, chocolate begin to smudge on his face as he all but smeared the chocolate all over his cheeks. Koujaku had to laugh as he licked his the!b and wiped the chocolate stain off Aoba's chin.
"Wanna try?"
Aoba asked offering a chocolate to Koujaku as he rolled up his sleeves for him so as not to ruin his brand new sweater.
Koujaku bit into the chocolate Aoba proffered him and his eyes instantly widened in horror.
'Oh god, what have I done?'
Koujaku thought taking the half of chocolate from Aoba's hand before he finished it off and dropping it on the bed.
"Hey! What was that for, Koujaku?"
'Shit!'
Aoba's voice was already starting to slur and a bright red blush forming on his cheeks.
"Aoba, do you feel weird? Are you okay?"
Koujaku asked worriedly looking into Aoba's quickly hazing over eyes. Aoba just smiled and started giggling.
"I feel great, Koujaku! I love the chocolates... He he. Where'd you get them, they ta-taste so good. Heh."
Aoba was pretty much gone by this point having already eaten almost half the box of apparently liquor laced chocolates, and being a lightweight as is, that first chocolate must've already been affecting him before he ate 5 more...
"Damnit..."
"Haha... What's wrong, Koujaku? Aren't you happy I like your gift? Its delicious, so sooo delicious. I love it. I love you, Koujaku."
Aoba smiled and giggled some more, wrapping his arms around Koujaku's shoulders, pulling him down to hover above him. Koujaku gasped and blushed as he awkwardly held himself up over Aoba, not wanting to hurt him.
"Aoba, you need to calm down. You're not thinking clearly right now."
It was hard for Koujaku to hold himself back as he was so close to Aoba right now his face so close that their noses were touching, his bangs tickling Aoba.
"I am, Koujaku. I just want a kiss; just one little kiss. Please, Koujaku?"
'I won't be able to hold back very long...'
Koujaku gulped as Aoba leaned in closer, pulling Koujaku down closer slowly breaking Koujaku's will to fight back.
"I don't want to take advantage of you, Aoba."
"You won't be. You arent. Now kiss me..."
And that was that. You'd think Aoba's get weaker under the influence of alcohol but he was determined to get that kiss. And he did. Aoba pulled him down the last couple inches and kissed him deeply, tongue and all.
"Mmm... Koujaku. I love you."
And that was that, Koujaku pulled back and when he saw Aoba's face as he said those three words, the damn broke and the blood started gushing. Yup. Another fucking bloody nose when getting intimate. And they hadn't even done anything yet...
"Aoba, I'm so sorry. Just, hold on a minute."
Koujaku managed to pull out of Aoba's slacking grip and reached over to grab some tissues from the bedside table to shove in his nose.
Aoba frowned at him but let it go because he got his kiss and his hippo looked funny with tissue hanging out of his nose.
Koujaku hoped that this whole ordeal would blow over now that he royally embarrassed himself.
Happy Valentine's Day y'all! Expect a new chapter tomorrow! Hope you liked this. x3