AUish. This one was actually written back in, like, January or February and I never posted it because I thought it might seem kinda dumb. I unearthed it again today and decided that it wasn't so bad. It's... a little long to be drabble, but hey. It's the thought that counts, right:P
Disclaimer: See first story.
Dark red eyes squinted against the brightness on the other side of the window. It was a sunny winter morning and that, combined with the sparkling snow on the ground and windowsill, seemed too much for Ledah's recently opened eyes to take in.
With a bit of a groan, he flopped over onto his side and stared blearily at the clock on the wall. It was about ten, and Ledah wasn't surprised at all that the other side of the double bed was vacant. He guessed that it probably had been since at least eight. Ein had always been an early riser.
After taking several more minutes to fully come to, Ledah got up. The room was freezing, the floor like ice beneath his bare feet. He was wearing a loose, white long sleeved nightshirt that hung past his knees, as was the usual in Elendia sleepwear for males and females alike. With a small shiver, he stepped into Ein's fuzzy, navy blue slippers since they were right next to the bed and seemed quite inviting.
As he approached the top of the stairs, an almost sickeningly sweet aroma wafted toward him. Curiousity piquing, he hurried down into the kitchen to see Ein hovering over the oven. Two bowls were sitting on the nearest counter top, one empty and the other filled with bright yellow icing. Standing in the doorway, Ledah folded his arms, one amused eyebrow shooting up.
"...What are you doing?"
Ein nearly jumped a mile. "Ledah!" He turned around and regarded his lover with a warm smile. "I was wondering if you were ever going to get up." The younger angel started to walk toward Ledah, but his attention immediately returned to the oven at the insistence of the timer's incessant buzz. He retrieved the cookies and set the sheet on the counter next to the bowls. "I'm making cookies for Lina's birthday this afternoon." Ledah stepped into the kitchen where Ein was. The wingless angel landed a quick kiss on his cheek.
"When did you learn how to bake?" It wasn't that Ledah thought Ein was a disaster in the kitchen; while they were in Asgard, the culinary arts simply weren't given as much focus as they should have been.
"Fia taught me how," Ein replied, prying the freshly made cookies off the pan and placing them on the cooling rack. Ledah noticed that there was what looked to be a black scorch mark near the edge of the cookie sheet. Ein caught him looking at it. "Cierra taught me what not to do."
"That would explain a lot..."
"Hey, could you help me frost these?" Ein offered Ledah a butter knife to spread the icing with.
Ledah accepted the utensil and the two angels went to work.
"I hope they turned out okay," Ein fretted as they were finishing up about ten minutes later.
Ledah put the final touches on the last cookie before answering. "As long as it's edible, Lina will like it."
"That's true." Ein lifted one of the cookies off the plate they'd put them on. He turned back to Ledah and pressed it against the black winged angel's closed lips. "But just to make sure..."
"It's too--" Ledah started to protest that it was too early to be eating sugary foods, but as soon as he'd opened his mouth, sweetness flooded in. Fia, he concluded as he swallowed, was an excellent teacher.
"So, what do you think?" The smile on Ein's face told the solitary angel that what an answer wasn't necessary; he already knew what Ledah thought.
"...Do I have icing on my face?" Formerly a priest before becoming a Grim Angel, Ledah preferred to keep as neat of an appearance as he could maintain.
"Actually, yeah, you do," Ein told him. He indicated his own mouth. "Right around here." Ledah's hand shot up, but Ein gently pushed it away with a playful grin. "I'll get it for you..."
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"Hello? Ein? Have you--"
Fia, close friend of Ein and fencer extraordinaire, made her way to the kitchen and was immediately rendered speechless with surprise and embarassment. She hadn't been expecting to see two Grim Angels locked in a passionate kiss.
Ledah was pressed between the wall and Ein's body, with the wingless angel's arms wrapped around his waist. His nightshirt was riding up, unintentionally flaunting the smooth, porcelain skin of his thighs. One hand was tangled in Ein's blue-brown hair, the other hanging limp at his side.
That only lasted about a second after Fia's presence was realized. Ein whirled around, red faced. "Fia... we didn't hear you come in..." he dithered.
Ledah, his own face noticably scarlet, frantically tugged his nightshirt down. Maintaining his composure, he straightened his back, fluttered his wings to shake out any feathers that may have come loose and took a step away from the wall. Glancing from his flustered partner to Fia, he calmly gestured to the cookies. "Are these what you came for?" he asked smoothly, his cool demeanor cheapened by the flush that still ignited his face.
Fia nodded. Ledah reached over, picked the plate up and handed to her. The awkwardness of the situation had mostly defused by this point and Fia thanked Ledah before turning toward Ein. "You're coming to the party, right?"
"We wouldn't miss it for the world," Ein replied.
Maybe Ledah would if given the choice, since he wasn't much of a party goer, but Ein wasn't giving him the choice.
Leaving Ein and Fia to their conversation, Ledah went upstairs to get dressed. When he caught his reflection in the mirror, he frowned.
Much to his annoyance, there was still a small smear of yellow icing at the side of his mouth.