Title: Capacity
Rating: K+
Pairing: Hisagi Shuuhei x Kira Izuru
Preview: The difference between ridiculous and interesting depended on if one had to live with it.
Warnings/Personal Thoughts: Just a quick thought on the environment I think Izuru's house is.
Prompt: 057. Sacrifice
Shuuhei thought it was ridiculous.
Izuru didn't see the problem.
Izuru wasn't one to let people into his house, often opting to go out for dinner or hang out on a bench outside. Besides, most people visited him in his office and on his days off he left his division to find them. Izuru didn't even let people sleep over at his house or invite people there. On the times he was the "responsible one" when they were out drinking he'd leave them at their house, assuming he could find their keys. Which was sometimes difficult for when Ikkaku spots a set of keys, he loves chucking them across the room at a person's head or through a window. In those situations Izuru would leave them at a friend's house or in a hotel room which he'd pay for.
Izuru had stared strangely at Shuuhei's request to come into his house when Izuru had decided to stay home one day for his break. Izuru seemed a little hesitant to say hai but he allowed it anyways since Shuuhei is his boyfriend and they shared a quick kiss on the way in. Izuru had lead him over to the living room where they could talk. Shuuhei had seen from the outside that Izuru had a large house, iie, a huge house, probably to re-create the large one he once had with his parents. The place was decorated with white-ish badge walls wand dark chestnut coloured wooden floors, all very dull looking and Shuuhei could note that nothing seemed out of place.
Shuuhei took this time to observe the house, thinking that he'd end up moving in here with Izuru. His reason behind this was that he lives in a condo, not requiring the room and preferring to spend more time outside anyways. Izuru's house would be a good candidate if they were to move in together. Glancing into the rooms they passed he started to notice a trend. The halls were empty besides at the front where a small desk, a coat and shoe rack stayed. The rooms felt even emptier, to the point some had nothing in it at all. Shuuhei was confused and by the time he got to the living room he could only stare.
Same plainness, a small table with one chair, one dresser, and a candle, placed near one of the walls. The rest of the room was empty and Izuru motioned him to sit down as he retreated back into the hallway. Bringing a chair back in with him and settling down and then giving him an inquisitive look as Shuuhei looked around the room with searching eyes. Looking for something to focus his eyes on.
"Shuuhei-kun?"
"Huh?"
"What are you doing?"
Shuuhei rubbed the back of his head a little unsure of what to say 'I'm looking at your house because it's too empty, that doesn't sound so great.' Shuuhei soon regretted the thought because Izuru read it right off him.
"It's not that empty."
"There's nothing in here."
"Then what are you sitting on?"
"Iie, I mean, there's no decoration, just the necessities to call this a living room and it doesn't even have furniture for another person."
"…"
"You were never planning on having guests over were you?"
"Not really…"
Shuuhei blinked at him "How come you don't decorate this place a bit more?"
"It'd be too cluttered then."
"Cluttered?"
"Hai." Izuru gave him a look at the seemly pointless questions.
Shuuhei had let it go then because it had been Izuru's house and his life, what he chose to do with it was really his choice. Even if he felt it was odd and strange. However moving in together was proving to be a problem. Shuuhei, although not materialistic, didn't exactly feel like getting rid of the things he had and he would like to be able to add everything he had before. However Izuru's version of clutter was proving a problem, forcing Shuuhei to spread his things out sparsely throughout the house.
"You really don't see a problem with only having one furniture per room?"
"If you're just going to make fun of me…"
"Relax, I didn't mean it offensively but there are rooms with only one piece of furniture in it."
"Well… okay, how bout only some rooms? Although not too much okay, I am the one cleaning the house after all."
"It's not going to be high maintenance and I thought you liked cleaning."
"…"
Shuuhei just gave him a smile "Some rooms?"
"Some rooms."
Shuuhei grinned and hugged Izuru for allowing him some order within their house. Not to mention that Izuru didn't let him bull-doze over him like he often lets others was a positive sign that their relationship was in the right direction. Maybe he could slowly introduce him to "clutter" and get it to a not quite normal level but not so spacious level. Shuuhei glanced around at the house, there was rooms to fill and places to decorate and most he was in charge of for where it would go. So maybe space was a ridiculous thing to fuss over but Shuuhei knew he could live with it.
After all, it was an interesting quirk.
A/N: I'm not sure really what to say about this chapter but that I hope you enjoyed it and that it was fluffy enough. Considering I was on a streak of sadder themes rather than fluffier ones. Of course, I love fluff and angst so that always comes out of me. ^^
Translations:
Hai = Yes
Iie = No