Thirty Kisses Theme 23 - Candy

One thing Hayate knows about children is that they like candy. He always did when he was a child himself, but growing up he began to lose his sweet tooth. When he was younger he had always enjoyed lollipops the most, mainly because the syrup coated his throat and eased his coughing. This gave his father the idea to spike his candy with medicine, which made him very wary of who he took candy from after that. But he supposed that was a life lesson in and of itself.

The one vestige of his childhood sweet tooth that had survived intact into adulthood was his penchant for unnatural amounts of sugar and cream in his coffee. After they moved in together Yuugao refused to wash his coffee mugs, insisting the caked sugar at the bottom was just too nasty. This baffled Hayate to no end even as he grabbed an old toothbrush and began to scrub away at the dry sugar caked on the walls of his cup. Women were weird sometimes.

That is why Hayate was puzzled when he awoke on the second of November to find a coffee mug wrapped in ribbon on the counter in the kitchen. A slip of paper in the cup proclaimed it to be stain resistant, and most importantly, impervious to sticking sugar and cream. He removed the bright green ribbon from the cup and looked it over. It was a simple green mug with a Konoha leaf on the front, but it did seem quite sturdy.

"So, do you like your birthday present?" Yuugao asked, leaning against the door frame of the kitchen in her pajamas, smiling smugly. Hayate grinned and opened the cupboard, taking out the coffee can.

"It's what I've always dreamed of." He replied with a short laugh, going over to the sink and preparing a pot of coffee for the occasion. Yuugao sat down at the breakfast table and watched him brew the coffee before he joined her, setting down his steaming mug and taking a seat beside her, picking up the parts of the paper she had already finished.

"Looks like I should be able to wash your mugs now, hmm? That sugar shouldn't stick to the sides now." She said, smiling a little as she tapped the rim of his cup with her finger. Hayate made himself a mock pout and propped his chin on his hand.

"And all this time I thought you liked sugar." It was Yuugao's turn to make a face, a light scowl painting her mouth.

"And whatever gave you that-" Hayate cut off her speech with a kiss, feeling her lips curve upwards into a smile. Only the need to breathe made Hayate break the kiss and return to his coffee mug, leaving Yuugao to blink in the after-glow.

"Now what was that about not liking sugar?" Hayate asked over the rim of his cup, smiling as his lover licked a trace of the sweet coffee from her lips.

"I said, whatever gave you the idea that I liked sugar?" She had a mischievous ring to her voice as she smiled as well, setting down the paper she had been reading and turning in her seat to face him fully.

"Is that a challenge?" Hayate set down his coffee mug as Yuugao smirked. Taking in the fact that she was still in her pajamas, his mind idly came to the conclusion that perhaps he should help her back to bed. Well… after he finished his coffee.