Eiji was returning from the kitchen when the door at Sakurai opened. There was a wide smile on his face when seeing Shuichirou, Haruka and Takumi there. It was Friday night.

"Oh!" he got close to them. "You three! Welcome! That's a surprise!"

"Hello, Eiji-kun." His boyfriend smiled gently at him. It was the first time they saw each other in two whole weeks.

"Good evening, Eiji-kun!" Takumi grinned at him. "Shuichirou said the food was amazing here so we came to check out!"

"This working man look suits you, Eiji-kun." Haruka said and he grinned happily.

"Come, I'll take you to one of our tables at the back, so you can be more comfortable."

He waited for them to enter the private room and remove their coats.

"I'm so happy to see all of you!" Eiji said.

"Shuichirou was sulking and wining about not be able to see you, so we brought him over." Haruka said and Oishi blushed.

"Haruka! Don't say such a thing to him."

"Is that true?" Eiji asked surprised.

"Ah, well…" he was embarrassed but his boyfriend just grinned happily.

"Thank you for coming! I wanted to see you too."

"Ah, aren't you two cute?" Takumi teased his friend. "So, Eiji-kun, were your tests okay?"

"Yes! Monday will the last one of them. I have a very good feeling about my grades."

"So, this mean you're free to go to Shuichirou's home, right?" Haruka asked with a sly smile.

"Yes!" he looked at Shuichirou. "My day was busy but I was going to send you a message about it on my break. Can I go to your place on Monday after college? It's my day off."

"Sure!" he answered eagerly. He was missing him so much. Haruka and Takumi looked at each other with a smile.

"Could you stop flirting with him so we could eat, Shuichirou?" Takumi said. "I'm starving!"

"What do you recommend today, Eiji-kun?" Haruka asked.

"Today is beef day." He gave them the menus. "The hayashi rice and the nikujaga are the most popular dishes of the day. If you really hungry, there's also sukiyaki."

"Haru, let's have the sukiyaki, since its cold outside!"

"Okay."

"I'll have the hayashi rice, please." Shuichirou said.

"Would you like something to drink?" he asked for the couple.

"Just water for me, please." Haruka said.

"You can bring beer for me, Eiji-kun! Sukiyaki with beer is the best!"

"Yes!" he smiled. "Oishi-san, green tea for you?"

"Yes, please."

"I will be back in a minute." He picked up the menus back. "Please, enjoy yourselves."

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"I brought you guys something." Eiji returned after collecting the empty dishes of their dinner. He kneeled by the low table and placed the cake slices in front of them. It was dark brown decorated with cherries on top.

"Wow, this is beautiful, Eiji-kun!" Takumi said.

"It's chocolate soufflé cake." He smiled. "I'm training to do some sweets for the store. I made this today."

He also had brought a small cup with him.

"This is cherry syrup. It really goes well with it."

They ate a spoon of the cake and all of them had amazed expression.

"This is wonderful, Eiji-kun!" his boyfriend said and Kikumaru felt proud.

"The syrup makes everything even better." Haruka said, eating another bite.

"Are you focusing on sweets now?" Takumi asked.

"Not at all. I just thought it was something fun to learn, especially when I have such a good teacher like Mika-san. She wants to make a carrier with desserts."

"You should consider it as well, Eiji-kun. This is awesome!" Takumi said, eating the rest of his slice.

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"Goodbye, thank you so much for coming!" Eiji waved to Haruka and Takumi while they were going to Shuichirou's car. His boyfriend stayed behind a little to talk to him. They were at Sakurai's door.

"Thank you for the delicious food." Oishi said kindly.

"I'm so glad you guys came." He smiled.

Shuichirou discretely touched his hand and it surprised Eiji a little.

"Are you really coming to my place on Monday?" he whispered and made him blush.

"Yes."

"Okay." He released his hand with a gentle smile. "I'm going to wait for you."

"See you, Oishi-san."

Eiji watched while he walked away and took a deep breath. He wished he could give him a goodbye kiss at least.

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"Oishi-san?" Eiji smiled when entering his apartment. Shuichirou had sent him a message about being home already. He was taking off his sneakers on the entrance when his boyfriend appeared.

The blue eyes were wide in absolute shock. Oishi was using only black boxers.

"Oh, Eiji-kun, you're here already. Good." He said gently.

It was the first time Eiji saw his almost naked body. It looked even more amazing than with his clothes on. The wide chest, the flat belly, the beautiful shoulders and arms, his
thighs… He turned around, feeling all his blood going to his face.

"I'm… I'm sorry! I didn't want to intrude!"

He heard the sound of Shuichirou chuckling before he hugged him from the back.

"You're not intruding at all. I was about to go take a bath."

"Ah…" the feeling of his body pressed on his back was very, very distracting. "I… I see."

"You're spending the night today, right? Come take a bath with me."

"What?!" he froze entirely.

"Please? I can wash your back." His voice was very sweet.

Eiji released a deep, defeated breath.

"O…Okay. You can go, I'm going to drink some water first."

"Fine." He placed a small kiss on his cheek before releasing him.

Eiji drank that cup of water like his life depended on it.

When he entered the bathroom, Shuichirou was already inside of the bath. There were some bubbles on it, fortunately hiding some parts of his body. Kikumaru was sure he would die right away if it was otherwise.

"You have bubbles."

"Doesn't it smell nice? Haruka gave me some bath salts some time ago, I just never had the opportunity to use it. I thought you would like it."

"It does smell good." The could hear the heartbeats on his ears and stood there for a moment.

"Eiji-kun, are you not coming inside?"

"Ah… can you… close your eyes for a moment? I need to take off my clothes."

"Adorable!" Shuichirou thought before obeying. "Okay."

He closed his eyes and only opened again when feeling the soft change on the water. Eiji was sitting with his back to him, hugging his legs.

Shuichirou got close and hugged him again.

"Why aren't you facing me?"

"Ah…" his voice trembled. "I just…"

He felt a small kiss on his shoulder.

"Look at me, Eiji-kun. Please."

"I'm terribly skinny. I always have been. I thought my body would change after I graduated from high school but it didn't."

"Can I be the judge of that? Turn this way for me."

Kikumaru finally turned around. Oishi looked at him for a while. His torso and shoulders were narrow, but his arms were well defined, maybe because of his manual work and carrying things at his parent's shop.

Shuichirou cupped his face and kissed him tenderly for a moment, before looking at him again.

"There's nothing wrong with you. Your body is very beautiful. I already imagined after so many nights holding you close. Now I'm absolutely sure."

"Oishi-san…"

Ah, how could he be so terribly gentle like that? Eiji's heart was overflowing and he finally smiled.

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"Your birthday is close, right?" Oishi asked while sponging Eiji's arm. They were sitting facing each other after Shuichirou had already washed his back. "November 28th."

"You remembered." He was surprised.

"Of course I did." His boyfriend smiled, before washing his other arm. "It's going to be on a Sunday. We could spend the day together."

"I'm sorry. I have work on that day." He felt incredibly horrible for the white lie.

"Ah, that's right." He was a little disappointed. "Maybe we can do something on Monday night since it's your day off? We could go out on a date."

"Yeah, that would be good."

"Let me shampoo your hair." He said, picking up the bottle near.

Eiji closed his eyes and enjoying the feeling of his fingers gently caressing his scalp.

"Does it feel good?" he asked with a smile.

"Yeah."

"I like your hair. So bright and soft."

"The kids used to tease me. They called me strawberry head."

"Ah, that's just too mean. They were probably jealous. Keep your eyes closed." He gently poured some water on it. Since Eiji's head was tilted back a little, he took advantage of the situation and licked his neck.

"Ah…" his boyfriend blushed.

"Dont' move. There's shampoo yet." He poured more water while nibbling the pale skin and his body trembled. "You're very sensitive on your neck, right, Eiji-kun?" he whispered, before bringing him close, his arm around his waist.

"That's because… you're always teasing me!" he was kneeled in front of Oishi and could feel one of his thighs between his legs.

Shuichirou kissed his collarbones before his mouth was on his nipple, sucking it slowly and Eiji tensed completely.

"Oishi-san!" He grabbed his arms and Oishi's hands started to sensually touch his backbone.

"The curve of your spine is very well defined." He whispered while his fingers moved slowly on the wet skin. "Lumbar, thoracic, cervical."

Shuichirou sucked his other nipple and there was a small smile on his face when he felt Eiji's erection against his skin. He cupped his face and kissed him deeply and possessively and it didn't take long for him to be hard as well.

"Eiji-kun…" it took him a while to finally break the kiss. "Can you touch me? Please."

Kikumaru's face was burning in embarrassment but he obeyed. His hand was around Shuichirou hesitantly.

"It's...so big and hard!" he thought to himself. "Is this… is this okay?"

He slowly tried to imitate Oishi's actions the last time he touched his body, but he was very nervous and it was not enough. Shuichirou covered his hands with his and rubbed their hardness together, making Eiji moan again.

"Like this." The green eyes looked at him filled with desire. Eiji finally understood the speed, movements and pressure he should use and Oishi held a groan on his throat due to that incredible pleasure.

They exchanged long, hungry kisses until climaxing and remained silently hugging each other while their breathing and hearts were calming down.

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Oishi noticed the deep blush on Eiji's face even though his head was down. They were back on his bedroom and they were sitting on bed, facing each other, while Shuichirou dried his head. They were already with their clothes on and would have dinner soon.

"Eiji-kun, is everything okay?"

"Ah, yes… I just…" he averted his eyes. "Feel embarrassed after we… do those things. I'm sorry for being so silly."

"Did you feel good?"

He moved his head positively and eagerly.

"That's good then." Shuichirou removed the towel from his head and kissed his forehead. "I told you before; you can take your time."

"Oishi-san?"

"Yes?"

"Did you… feel good as well?" he asked, shyly, but the dark blue eyes looked straight at him.

"It felt great." He cupped his face and placed a small kiss. "Thank you, Eiji-kun."

Even thought he was still embarrassed, Eiji showed him a small happy smile.