It happened every morning whenever Chiro got ready for the day.
Antauri would come in, help him out with his tie, and get a kiss or two in. It never failed to happen. It wasn't necessary for Antauri to help out, Chiro could tie his necktie himself, but he allowed him to help anyway. Chiro knew what he was doing. Antauri was sneaky, but he wasn't sneaky enough.
He definitely wasn't that sneaky this morning.
Antauri came into Chiro's room at the same time as he did before. He gracefully took the tie from his hands. He threw the larger part of the tie around the smaller part twice before moving it to the back. It slipped through the previously looped part and Antauri pulled down. Chiro got pulled down to Antauri's lips. Antauri caressed his cheek with his thumb.
The silver monkey pulled away. Before he could leave, Chiro cupped his face and pulled him back in. He lifted him from the floor and held him with one arm. Antauri rested his hands on Chiro's shoulders. He put his legs around the teen's body. His tail swung back and forth. He pulled away and looked into Chiro's eyes.
"You don't have to help me out to get kisses, 'Tauri." He smiled. "If you wanted some, you could ask."
Antauri looked away bashfully. "I know, I'm just… Not used to doing these things with you yet."
Chiro chuckled, he couldn't blame him really. He kissed him again. He moved his hand from Antauri's face down to his side.
The door whooshed open. Antauri jumped and his tail shot outwards. He hid his face in Chiro's chest. Chiro tried not to laugh. Sprx started laughing at Antauri's reaction.
"I just came to see if everythin's alright, but damn this is a lot better!" Sprx said.
"Sprx, leave him be." Chiro responded. "He's dying as it is."
Antauri didn't remove his face from his chest.