BEHIND THE EARS
Soubi finds that Ritsuka has a new quirk.
"Ritsuka."
He didn't want to be surprised by the voice. He knew he shouldn't be by now- it wasn't as though it was rare for the older man to slip inside the young boy's window at any given time- but somehow, he still found himself jumping a bit in his desk chair. "Soubi!" He hissed in irritation, turning to face the blonde faired man, trying to ignore the soft smirk that he held. "You scared me."
"What are you doing?" Soubi began, ignoring Ritsuka's anger and swiftly coming up behind the boy. He put a hand on Ritsuka's shoulder, as he struggled to keep a grin from hatching when he did nothing to pull away.
Ritsuka shrugged. "Homework. It's hurting my head." He sighed, messaging his temples. "I usually get the work easily…"
"Do you need help?" Soubi asked as he shed his coat, moving to lean on the edge of the desk.
"I don't need any help." Running a hand through his hair, Ritsuka placed his elbow on the desk lightly touching Soubi's thigh, leaning his cheek on his knuckles. "I can do this."
Chuckling lightly, Soubi dragged a hand through Ritsuka's raven faired hair, "But you said your head is hurting…" He trailed off as he felt Ritsuka twitch under his touch. But it wasn't like he was bothered by Soubi's touch...
More so like he had been leaning in to his hand.
Ritsuka tried to compose himself, but before he got the chance, Soubi ran a hand over his black locks once more, and had to resist the urge to laugh when he found that the twitch came from touching Ritsuka's ears. Or behind them, to be more specific.
Running one long finger across the soft expanse behind Ritsuka's ear, he found the boy leaning into the touch further, sensation over riding common thought as he let his eyes fall shut. And just when Soubi thought the younger couldn't possibly get any more cute, he heard a small, light rumbling sound from Ritsuka's throat.
He was purring.
It was one of the most adorable things Soubi had seen before. Everything about Ritsuka was cute, but this was just too much. He couldn't help himself- "Ritsuka, I love you."
"Shut up." Ritsuka whispered softly, still pushing his head into Soubi's touch, slowly slitting his eyes open to meet Soubi's light golden ones. Something about Soubi's touch was always so soothing, so comforting. He was never touched like that by anyone, so sweetly, not the new Ritsuka. He wasn't going to say it out loud, but…
His head didn't hurt anymore.