Two

Makoto knew that sometimes, Seijuurou would act on things without thinking them through first.

A constant reminder of that was the painting in their living room. According to what Seijuurou told him, he had a classmate who was also an art student, and she needed to get rid of some of her old canvases to make some more space in her own apartment and make some extra money. Which made Seijuurou's kindness kick in, and he bought one of the random paintings, resulting in an...interesting color pallet above their couch. But it was Seijuurou, and Makoto loved him to the moon and back.

Sometimes Makoto didn't mind. There would be times where the redhead was on cooking duty and he would try new things and flavors, which most of the time would result in very delicious meals and others (thankfully not as occuring) would have both complaining about stomachaches. Seijuurou was daring and spontaneous, and that wasn't bad. It was the half that Makoto didn't have, and his golden eyed boyfriend filled that spot nicely.

Until one evening, of course.

Makoto tapped his pencil against his history textbook, biting his lip and trying to get enough research done to complete his paper that he wanted to get done early with a slumbering white cat curled up next to him on the couch. Seijuurou had been out doing something for the swim team and Makoto would have went along, but went home instead to finish his paper. He had been gone awhile, which made Makoto worry and want to call the redhead to see if he was alright and coming home soon, but Seijuurou was practically an adult, and could manage...right?

A sigh of relief escaped Makoto's lips as he heard the door open and Seijuurou stepped inside, Tama's head raising to also look at the redhead, but raised an eyebrow when seeing the box in his hands, and then the grin on his face.

"Uh...Sei?" Makoto put down his pencil and leaned back against the couch, staring at his boyfriend.

"I know, I'm sorry I took so long, but it's worth it, I swear!" Seijuurou placed the box on the coffee table away from the stack of textbooks and the large paper bag on the floor, and Makoto could swear that the redhead was bouncing on his heels. "Could you close your eyes for like...five seconds? Fifteen?"

Makoto sighed again and smiled, muttering an okay before closing his eyes. The sound of the lid being taken off the box reached his ears, followed by some rummaging, soft whispers from Seijuurou, and...giggling? There was another sound that was unrecognizeable to Makoto, and it made the brunette slightly worried that his boyfriend brought something home that he shouldn't have.

"Okay, you can open them!"

As soon as Makoto opened his eyes, he was met with the tiniest white hamster cradled in Seijuurou's large hands. Makoto couldn't hold back the sound of cute approval in his throat from the small hamster and the look of pure joy and happiness on Seijuurou's face and even Tama had gotten up ontp Makoto's lap to sniff back at the foreign creature to her. The oldest sat himself down next to Makoto, holding his hands out to the brunette so that he could pet the tiny creature and once Makoto touched the soft fur and looked at the tiny sniffling nose and black eyes, Makoto was sold into loving her forever.

But...

"Seijuurou..." Makoto frowned, letting the hamster sniff at his finger. "You...know we can't keep her, right? We had to fight for Tama."

"Ah, but that's where rules come in handy, my dear." The redhead lifted his cupped hands so that the twitching nose could 'boop' Makoto's. "There ain't no rules about hamsters as pets here. Cats, yeah. Dogs, yeah, if they're well-kept and don't cause a ruckus. But hamsters? Nothin'."

"What if we get in trouble? I don't want to have to give her away..."

Seijuurou set the hamster back in the shoebox, taking Makoto's hands in his to stare into green eyes that made his heart melt. "Makoto. If anything happens, I'll take full blame for it. I figured, that if you're out doing things, or if I am, and we're lonely here, then now we have cute little Riko to keep us company along with TamTama."

Makoto laughed when he saw the white cat sniff inside the box. "Tama's going to get jealous because of this attention stealer..."

"Of a rodent? I think you could be right..." Seijurou nuzzled his nose against Makoto's, making the brunette's smile widen with his own. "But it'll be fine. Everything'll be fine."

"But can we even afford food for her?"

"Of course we can. I thought of everything, babe. No need to worry." Seijuurou sighed, and his cheeks got pink with embarassment. "It's not like...that." And nudged his head toward the wall behind them. "It's getting late, we should really set up her new home and get her settled in so we can get some sleep."

Nodding, Makoto watched as Seijuurou lifted the cage setup from the paper bag and smiled.

"She really is cute."

Makoto and Seijuurou were in their bed after their before-bedtime routine of showers and teeth brushing, making sure that Riko would be safe if Tama got curious and now comfortably relaxing before drifting off to sleep. Seijuurou had his arm around Makoto, twirling a strand of brown hair on his finger and smiling down at his boyfriend.

"You think so?"

"Sei, we watched her stuff her cheeks with seeds for almost a half hour."

Laughing, Seijuurou pulled Makoto to his chest so he could kiss the top of his head. "Yeah, we did. And I checked and we have a bit of spare money left and I know your schedule, do you want to go get some more things for her and then a few treats for Tama?"

Makoto kissed Seijuurou's cheek and relaxed against his boyfriend. "Of course. Anything for our little family."

"Family..." Seijuurou sighed happily, fingers trailing down Makoto's spine.

"But...Sei? Have you ever noticed that both of our pets are white?"

Author's note: the main inspiration for this was talking to my senpai about hamsters and then the thought of a small little one in Seijuurou's big hands and from that moment I was sold because there is literally nothing cuter than that and to this day it is still one of my favorite things uwu