Indiscriminate Happenings
Fandom: xxxHoLiC
Characters/Pairing: Doumeki/Watanuki, Watanuki
Prompt:2:9- Cleaning
Rating: K
Chapter Genre: Romance
Summery: Yes, cleaning was harder work than most people realized, but that didn't stop him from enjoying the aftermath of his grueling tasks.
I
Watanuki, ever since he had first lost his parents and begun living on his own, had always been fairly neurotic about keeping a clean house and/or living area, if that was what you would wish to call it. When he had been forced into servitude by Yuuko (this was, of course, an overreaction) he had complained about having to clean up after her until his lungs and throat protested, but he had never truly minded. Yes, cleaning was harder work than most people realized, but that didn't stop him from enjoying the aftermath of his grueling tasks. He would often sit back and taking lungful after lungful of the smooth scent of cleaner and a dust-free environment, until he was called off to do another inane task for his employer.
Years after he had begun working for Yuuko, and after he and Doumeki had entered into a relationship, the taller man had asked him to come live at the temple. Out of school and well versed in the knowledge needed to run the temple, Shizuka was now the caretaker of the establishment. At first Watanuki had anticipated a fairly clean home, all things considered, but apparently the Doumeki family had other things on their mind that were far more important than cooking themselves a decent meal or throwing out their instant noodle cups. Watanuki realized that he was slowly becoming the equivalent of a house wife, cleaning and cooking after working at the store, doing the exact same chores for Yuuko and feeling like a wife at both homes, but when he and Shizuka retired for the night to their futon he decided that he didn't mind being Shizuka's wife, even if the man was an insufferable oaf at times.
II
Nyan, I'm turning Kimihiro into a house wife. :D By the way, for May long I might be going to my dad's house and I'll have zero access to the internet. The updates will have to be put on hold for a few days. I hope you all can handle that? I promise to have more written for you by the time I get back, 'kay? :D I love you all so much!