Furniture shopping was always a little adventure for Takao and Kai often asked him if he was sure that he wants to be a teacher and not an architect later on. But he knew that if he'd been forced to do this every day and needed to suit some strangers tastes he wouldn't be happy with it. Right now however, in the midst of the kitchen section in a well-known furniture store, he felt like a small child in a toy store.
Now if his Partner would just help him decide which counter style they should take!
"Look Kai, you told me at least twice today that you hate having to shop for new stuff although you knew we needed to get the new apartment furnished. Be happy we didn't have to actually renovate and paint the whole place and help me pick a kitchen so we can grab bite to eat and move downstairs already!" As much as he loved this he was getting hungry and a wanted to eat some food.
Kai just rolled his eyes and stared at the displays annoyed. He wanted to browse some catalogues and buy the furniture online but Takao insisted to visit a store to have a real look at everything. Luckily his grandfather offered to pay for everything as he expected Kai to stay in his new city apartment from now on. At least until he got married or so the old man said. Not that it was the money that bothered the dual haired man, no it was far more simple: he hated being in crowds. And the Store was just that, crowded with people, especially young families. He turned his head towards his lover who was staring at him expectantly . Just as he opened his mouth Kai snarled and muttered: "We're taking the oak one, you'll look good bent over it." Needless to say that left Takao speechless as he wrote down the inventory number and headed for the canteen area for lunch.
While they we're eating they talked about what else they needed and Kai's want to leave as soon as possible.
"Look at it this way phoenix: all we need now are small stuff like a full set of kitchen ware and some decorative stuff! Once we're home our bedroom and bathroom will be waiting for us, all finished (and probably dirty) and they offer services to put up your kitchen here so we won't have to take care of that either!" Kai just rolled his eyes thinking about all the cleaning they'll have to get done and all the take out they'll be eating until the kitchen finally stood. He hated the way they were living currently yet he adored the excitement Takao had for it. No matter how he looked at it as long as his Angel was there he could live through anything.
"Ya know, we could break the bed in tonight... if you know what i mean" The Blush on Takao's cheeks was enough to lift Kai's spirits and help him forget about the ordeal that lay before him. He cocked an eyebrow and asked:
"You sure?" The timid nod of his lovers head made him smile and together they ventured of into the abyss known as market hell.
Two and a half hours later they arrived at their City Home, both exhausted and ready to collapse. To their surprise they found a note from one of the neighbours (a nice old Lady with at least six cats), who had offered to watch over the workers who assembled their furniture, that she cleaned their place and left some of her food in the living room for them to eat for dinner.
Another two hours of unpacking, decorating and dinner later found both young men on their small couch enjoying some music while just chilling a bit.
Their new home was "the real deal" as Takao liked to say: two bedrooms, a large bathroom, small corner study and an open Living Area that was separated from the kitchen with a half-wall. Due to his family and connections Kai got the place at a fair price seeing that the building was in position of the Hiwatari Corporation. He declined his grandfather's offer of living there for free as he preferred to have at least a bit of independence and begrudgingly took the old man's offer to pay for the furniture after he found out there was none. They had started the shopping and setting up of it a week after graduation and moved in just a few days ago while still finishing some renovations.
The University was only a fifteen minute march away and the local station about half an hour. A grocery store and pharmacy were also close by and the city centre was easily reachable by train. Only Kai had a disadvantage getting to work as he had to drive about forty minutes to the next town and hitting rush hour often meant getting home an hour later than planned. Still better than Takao who now had an hour and half commute to the coffee shop he already worked at during high school. Although he didn't need to work the blue haired felt that he had a responsibility of taking care of at least some of the monthly costs they had.
Kai looked down at Takao and sighed. Right now there was nothing he wanted more….. or at least almost nothing.
"it's late, how about we go to sleep?"
He could see Takaos Face going red. He didn't forget what he said earlier and it seemed like he regret it. "Hey you know, we don't -" "No. I… I really want this Kai! It's just… strange. You got so much experience and I act like a little girl having her first real crush." He looked down and played with his hands in his lap. Kai smiled and took Takaos Face in his hands. "That doesn't matter Love. We can do this step by step until you´re comfortable with it. We can always stop."
With that he kissed the younger. Slowly, sensually. He kissed him like he did so many times before, let his hands wander over the clothed body he knew so well. Takao let himself fall back on the Couch, fully trusting his partner. After all they weren't abstinent monks but healthy young man. It still troubled him that he knew so little about what would happen yet he tried to tell himself that Kai might have had a lot of female lovers yet this would be his lovers first time with a man too. His hands found its way into Kais hair and tugged slightly. Kai groaned at that, breaking the kiss for a second just to start it again this time with more pressure, aiming to build up that sweet friction they both knew so well. When the first clothes flew they decided it was time to move it to the bedroom. After all they planned to put their new Bed to good use that night.
[See Chapter before, rest can be found on my Tumblr]
