Day twenty eight: change


Their home was...interesting, to say the least.

They couldn't help it, keeping all of their furniture from their first apartment in Tokyo, so most of it was worn out. So needless to say, when they moved again so that Rin was closer to the swimming facility and Makoto started his teaching job, it was all forgotten to get new items to fill their new home with. And one evening, during dinner, Makoto brought up the frayed couch situation again.

"We were looking for a new couch anyways, why not change...more?"

Rin raised an eyebrow. "...what do you mean by more?"

And that's when the threesome had found themselves looking at different catalogs that weekend, feeling completely overwhelmed by all of the different choices. Rin and Makoto were looking at furniture specifically, and Haruka was looking at curtains and other little things that would compliment their living space. They only wanted to change the basics and maybe get one or two more things, yet it was proving to be more than difficult for the three to handle.

Once they were done looking through every single book hours later, they had shared what they all liked, and to say the least, no one agreed on anything. Colors clashed, there was either not enough room or too much room, or they couldn't afford it, and by the second catalog the young men were more than frustrated.

"I know exactly what we can do." Haruka said, pulling out his phone and scrolling through his contacts.


"Thanks for coming, Rei. If we kept on going by ourselves, one of us was going to have a breakdown or something." Haruka closed the front door, leading his friend into the kitchen. "Which would have been Rin, most likely with the way things were going."

"Not a problem at all, Haru." Rei looked down at the cluttered table, all of the catalogs open to various pages and pen marks littering the paper. "Ah...so it really was getting bad, huh?"

"Rin had to take a shower to calm down." the author just sighed, leaning against the counter. "And Makoto went down the street to the convinience store to get some things, so he should be back soon."

"What about you?"

He shrugged. "I was only in charge of the curtains, possible artwork to hang on the walls and bathroom stuff. They were looking at couches and bigger things, so I let them handle it."

Rei took a seat, flipping through the catalog at the top of the pile. "So...what are you three looking for, exactly?"

"Well it started because we need a new couch," Haruka turned to that section in one of the books. "And then we were thinking about either a new bookcase or just a smaller shelf, and then maybe a new bed and table..."

"So...everything?"

"Yeah. Pretty much." Haruka sighed. "And you were the first person that came to my mind that I knew would get the job done."

"Well, I feel quite honored, Haru." The younger man smiled, pushing his glasses up. "I'll try my best."

"I'm back," Makoto called, taking his shoes off and walking into the kitchen, smiling when seeing Rei sitting with Haruka. "Sorry about the mess, Rei..."

"Not a problem at all."

Makoto set the bag of drinks onto the kitchen counter, listening to Rei and Haruka discuss some more things before seeing Rin, towelling of his wet hair and sighing when he saw Rei at the table.

"We could have done it ourselves, Haru." He said, slightly still irritated.

Haruka just rolled his eyes, continuing to look through the possible choices as Rin joined Makoto by the counter. After awhile, Haruka and Rei had made a list of possibilities and shared it with his two boyfriends, who nodded when realizing that this was as good as it was going to get.

Their main request, however, was to keep at least some red, blue, and green.


It had taken two weeks for the moving proccess of getting everything old that they wanted to get rid of out of their home and all of the new things in, which when the new furniture arrived, Rei and Nagisa had forbid the couple to enter the home until they were finished with the final touches.

So, the threesome had went to the local cafe to pass the time.

"Are you sure that this was a good idea...?" Rin sighed, stirring his drink. "I don't know..."

"Well it's too late now, stupid. You should have said something weeks ago." Haruka pulled on a red ponytail, stealing the hairtie and putting it around his wrist. "I trust Rei, don't you?"

"I do trust Rei, it's Nagisa who I'm worried about."

Makoto just laughed, taking the strawberry slice off of his cake with his fork and holding it out to the worried redhead, who took it. "It'll be fine. I'm really excited to see how well things look! Rei even said he picked out some extra things that said would really compliment everything else..."

Haruka took Rin's hand, squeezing it. "It'll be fine, okay?"


"Well? What do you think?"

They were speechless.

They knew what they picked out (of course, because Rin wouldn't budge otherwise), but actually seeing their new furniture in their living room, kitchen, bedroom, and bathroom, they were all more than impressed. It was odd for them not to see their old furniture, and new things in their place. And completely rearranged, at that. But, like a lot of people have said, 'out with the old, in with the new'. The threesome were just way overdue for it.

Even if they didn't realize it, they really had changed quite a bit.

"Say something, hey!" Nagisa spoke up, putting his hands on Rei's shoulders, a big smile on his face. "I think it looks way better than it did before! Rei did an amazing job, and I helped!"

"It's amazing..." Rin blinked, wide-eyed and taking in his surroundings after the house tour. "Are you sure we're in the right place?"

"That's what reading interior decorating books will do to you," Rei smiled, adjusting his glasses. "You learn what goes with what, in the exact right spot with the space given with what someone wants."

"Thank you, Rei." Haruka said. "We'll all have to go out next weekend in favor of you doing all of this for us."

"Oh no, I possibly couldn't-" Rei started, and yelped when Nagisa pulled on his arm.

"We'll be there!" He beamed. "Now we better go let you guys bask in the amazing atmosphere brought to you by no one other than Rei Ryugazaki!"

And with a apologizing Rei in tow, the door had shut, and their refurbished home was quiet.

"Told you he'd do a wonderful job." Haruka said, teasing Rin.

"I just thought what we decided on looked great in the pictures, but it looks even better!" Makoto smiled, looking at their new shelves and living room additions, and at the picture frames on the walls in between. "It really feels different. I'm a bit sad because we've had a lot of this stuff for awhile, but...I'm really happy that we all made the choice to get new stuff. Together."

The brunette wrapped his arms around Haruka and RIn's waist, pulling them close and sighing happily, admiring their newly refurbished home, with little red, green, and blue touches in all the right places.

Their home.


Author's note: I think out of the last five, this was my least favorite, augh...