Theme 78 – Kitchen
The kitchen was the heart of the home. It had been at his family home – his mother had made sure of that – and when he had moved out he had made sure it was always the heart of wherever he was living. So the kitchen remodel he was doing on his new place with Keigo – it had to be right. Before it had been all high end and made to look good – but it wasn't THEM. It wasn't that mix of sleek and warm. But now there would be warm cabinets and lots of them and sleek counters and hidden storage and stainless steel. There would be the island of Hiyoshi's dreams to cook and entertain on. For Keigo to work on when he brought work home and Wakashi was in the kitchen.
He looked over the blue prints again and leaned against their current counter, Keigo was gone on a business trip and school was in session so that left him with a lot of time on his hands. And a kitchen remodel would take up a lot of that time. But he wanted their home to have a heart. So that Keigo would know what that was like. Because Keigo had houses, he had homes, but Hiyoshi wanted to give him THEIR home. Someplace real and lived in and ….safe. There wasn't a lot he could GET for Atobe that he didn't already have – but this – THIS he could do.
He wasn't even going to think on how his teacher's salary wouldn't SCRATCH the budget he had. Or let it ding his pride. Because if he was happy Keigo would be happy and he was tired about worrying over whose money was spent where. He was keigo's equal and it was enough for him. Keigo let him take care of him – and in return he gave Wakashi everything he could want. Even if Wakashi rarely asked for anything. But this – this would be a gift.
And maybe if it got done in time he would make that soup that Keigo liked and freeze some – he had that teacher's conference in Okinawa next month and if there wasn't food in the fridge he would eat out all the time. Hiyoshi moved away from the blue prints and pulled out a pad of paper for a grocery list.