Shuichirou woke up and sat down slowly. There was a shy rain falling and the skies were dark. He looked down and took a frustrated breath. He was horny. He looked at his alarm clock and it was still 7:30. He laid down again and looked at the ceiling. That phenomenon was happening with more frequency now. Two weeks to be exactly, maybe? After having sex in a steady rate with Kunimitsu, his body was missing the lack of activity.

"It's been a month already, right?" he said to himself.

Nothing had really changed between Eiji and him since they started to date, except from him being more at ease around Oishi again, just like the old days when they still lived together and Shuichirou was glad. They continued to meet on his apartment, talk, cook and eat together but nothing beyond that. Kikumaru would always placed a kiss on his cheek before leaving and, aside from Shuichirou's ruffling his hair, it was the most of physical contact they shared.

He remembered how embarrassed and tense Eiji was when he asked him to lay on his lap and, since then, Oishi had set on his mind that he wouldn't do it anymore and would wait for him to take the initiative. Eiji was the one who confessed and kissed him first, so, maybe he felt more comfortable that way?

He turned around, laying on his side and looked at his erection inside the pajama pants, feeling ashamed for it. He would have to take care of it alone on the shower again.

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Eiji was sitting on a chair inside the experimental kitchen, looking through the closed windows. The rain had stopped and he was waiting for a batch of macaroons to be ready on the oven. It was Friday night and Mika was there with him, waiting for hers as well. Class has ended already. They usually stayed behind to try new recipes until it was time for Eiji to go to work.

The blue eyes were on the garden and stopped on a couple kissing, before going away holding hands with a smile on their faces.

"It must be nice." He thought to himself, feeling dishearten.

Even though he said he would give him time, he would always wait anxiously for Oishi to make a move for their second kiss. It was only fair, right? Since he was the one who kissed him first. But it never happened and Kikumaru was starting to worry if the first kiss they shared was bad for him.

He took a deep breath, wondering if he was doing something wrong when Mika realized it. She was trying different flavors of fillings in three small bowls.

"You're sulking, Eiji-san. Is everything all right?"

"Mika-san, how did you and Natsuya-san met?" he asked, turning around to her.

"I came to Tokyo for my last year of high school. I met her when I went to Sakurai to eat some dinner with my brother and it was love at first sight."

"Really?!" he smiled.

"Yeah, I confessed after a couple of months, but since I was still a student, she rejected me. On my graduation day, I went to Sakurai at night and showed her my graduation certificate. We started to date then."

"That's an awesome story! What do you guys do together? Do you go on a lot of dates?"

"Not really, since she's a workaholic. Her only free day is Monday as you know." She tasted a spoon of strawberry filling. "So we mostly spend time on her home. On free days we usually go out to eat. We're pretty much boring, actually."

"Ah, I see."

"Why are you asking such a thing? Want ideas for a date with Oishi-san?"

"I don't know…" he took a deep breath. "We've done cool things before, like going to the hotel on the beach or the festival at Osaka, but we were not dating yet."

"How about an inn? I always wanted to go with Rei, but I was never able to. Since it's cold, hot springs are a good idea."

"No way." He made a face. "It was his last date with his ex."

"If you won't do things because he might have done it before with someone else, you will never do anything with Oishi-san." She said gently.

"What do you mean?"

"You're the one he's dating now, Eiji-san. Don't worry about his ex. For what you have told me, he's a cheating scum bag. Maybe Oishi-san is really in need of spending some quality time with you to erase those bad memories."

The blue eyes were glistering.

"That's a great idea!"

"Isn't it?" she showed him a small smile.

Suddenly the oven's bell rang.

"Oh, they're ready!" Eiji said, happily. "I'm taking those to Oishi-san."

"When are you seeing each other again?"

"I'm going to take it for him on Sunday before going to Sakurai. On Saturdays he has volunteer work at the hospital. I'm thinking about putting the strawberry cream on the dark chocolate ones and the white chocolate on the strawberries."

"It's going to be a good match, especially with the colors."

"I think so too!" he smiled.

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"Welcome!" Eiji smiled when hearing the bell on the door. Sakurai was full on that Saturday night. As soon as he turned around, his smile was even wider when seeing Oishi in front of him.

"Oishi-san!" he came closer. "What are you doing here?"

"I realized I never visited the place you work before." He said gently. "So I came to do it, since I'll also not be able to see you until Tuesday."

He blushed a little, happy for his words. Was his boyfriend missing him? And he also looked so handsome! It was the first time Eiji saw him with an overcoat that it was not the white one from the hospital. He was wearing a dark grey one over his dark pants and dark blue shirt. He left the overcoat on the hanger before going to the tables' area.

"Would you like to sit on a table or in the tatame area?"

"A table it's just fine."

Eiji waited until Shuichirou was sitting to offer him the menu.

"You have nice things in there." He said while reading it. "Did you cook any of those today?"

"I made the dough and the filling for the pork buns and the seasoning for the katsu sando as well."

"I will have those, then." He returned the menu to him.

"Would you like something to drink?"

"Green tea, please."

"I will be right back!" he said before leaving.

Oishi looked around and liked the atmosphere of the place. It was simple but extremely cozy and the smell of the food coming from the kitchen was inebriating. He should definitely invite Haruka and Takumi.

The door bell rang again and his attention was naturally drawn to the door. The green eyes were wide in shock when seeing Tezuka entering the place with a smiling Fuji.

Shuichirou felt the air abandoning his lungs for a moment, especially when Syuusuke noticed his presence there.

"Oh! It can't be! Look, Kunimitsu, is Oishi!"

Kunimitsu was surprised for a moment.

"Oishi, it's been ages!" he said, after coming close to his table. "How are you?"

"I'm just fine, Fuji-san, how about you?" he tried his best to act normally. "Good to see you too, Tezuka."

"As well." He answered with his usual monotone.

"Are you eating by yourself? I always get a table on the back; you should come and eat with us."

"Oishi-san, here's your drin…!" Eiji was about to go towards him when he stopped when seeing Fuji and Tezuka. "Fu…Fuji-san."

"Good evening, Kikumaru-kun. Can we go to my usual spot?" he asked with a smile. "This one is coming with us as well. We were classmates back in school."

He looked at Oishi, sure he would deny the invitation, but he just smiled gently.

"Thank you for the drink." He said, before picking up his tea from Eiji's hand and walking with them to the tatame area.

Kikumaru just stood there, unbelieving, while his heart started to ache.