[Izaya's POV]

"Hey, what happened to you yesterday? You were acting really weird." Izaya pointed out, stretching his arms above him contently as he laid on his work space's couch. The informant had planned on asking it the moment they saw each other that morning, but when Kasuka came up to him and greeted him with a kiss on the cheek, thankfully concealed in Izaya's dressing room, he couldn't be mad about it, letting it slide for a bit longer.

The two had already said their good-mornings and shared a hug before asking if the other had slept well and all that. They usually did all of it by text once they woke up but Mr. Watane was going to be having them work a long day again, so they were asked to come into work a whole two hours before the usual time. Them and most other people who had showed up on time looked like walking zombies, but they were still cheerful about it.

Kasuka glanced at him and shrugged, looking a little guilty. "It was nothing, I just had something on my mind. Sorry for not talking to you earlier.. I missed you though." the actor admitted, looking over at his boyfriend with a small blush. Izaya smacked him on the arm lightly but muttered that he'd missed him too, still having to slowly get used to how affectionate the other was. He'd already known that Kasuka liked to show very subtle affection towards others, like in the conversations they would share and when he was teasing his brother about something. Yes, he'd listened to them talking before, but it's not his fault that Kasuka and Shizuo had conversations with him still on the line and waiting! He's naturally curious, and he doubted he'd die from it anyways.

But recently he noticed that once Izaya had said yes to them becoming a couple, Kasuka was being a bit more than subtle about how much he liked him. Almost every moment they were alone he'd reach for his hand, or lean in to give him a peck on the cheek.. They still hadn't shared an actual kiss yet, but Izaya did notice that the other looked completely content to not go any further than the little pecks he gave in the first place.

Which reminded him - Izaya had also noticed that Kasuka was very... indecisive, which was the only word that the informant could use besides 'unpredictable'. One moment he would be trying to wrap his arm around Izaya's shoulders, then the next he would be hesitant just to hold his hand, which was at the very least irritating. It was also irritating that the man treated him like he was fragile a lot of the time, or like he was a sleeping bear and if you took a step the wrong way, he'd wake up. I just don't get it...

Izaya looked down at their intertwined fingers and thought for another moment before leaning onto Kasuka's shoulder, resting his head there contently and not moving, just waiting to see what Kasuka did. Just like he'd expected, Kasuka leaned his head over onto Izaya's as well, giving the man's hand a small squeeze. Nothing more.

Just as Kasuka began saying something, though, there was a knock on the door and the scooted apart again, Kasuka pretending to read the book he'd brought and Izaya getting up to answer the door, since it was his dressing room.

"Good morning, Kobayashi-kun~ I brought you coffee! And I made it just like you asked before, do you want to try it?" Dong-Yul asked excitedly, holding a steaming mug of coffee out to him. Izaya gave a polite smile to him and took a sip, surprised that the man actually got it right, since he'd been giving directions to the other on how to make it since he got there. He almost wanted to dismiss him and say it's wrong again, but after being given advice, he thought he'd give him a break.

"Ki-san, do you drink coffee?" "No, I don't. Why?" "You definetly won't ever need any." Izaya said, taking another sip to show he liked it and seeing Dong-Yul perk up, just before he shut the door in his face again.

"The guy doesn't make half-bad coffee, once he actually listens." the informant hummed, going back to Kasuka's side and settling down again. He didn't reach for Kasuka's hand, just not being the type to initiate that sort of thing, and he waited patiently for Kasuka to do it. Izaya waited longer than expected, already having half the cup gone by the time the other reached for him. It must be in your DNA to irritate me, after all.

[Kasuka's POV]

Kasuka laid face down on the couch, relaxing after a long day at work but still feeling tense, his thoughts on Izaya. Even after being accepted and going on a wonderful date and now dating for a little over half a month, he still didn't know how to act. He knew how to feel, every moment near the other made him happy, but now it also made him nervous. He hadn't felt it before since he didn't have much to lose. He'd had a co-worker and a best friend, something that, if fucked up, was pretty easy to fix.

But now, since they were dating, something he'd only thought would happen in his dreams, he didn't know what to do. If I act exactly like I did before then he'll think I'm not interested, and if I act like he's mine now and that there's nothing to change that, I'll be way to clingy and he'll hate it and then he'll dump me and he won't say "yes" a second frickin' time! I know that...

The actor let out a loud sigh into the pillow underneath his head, only lifting his head so he could get fresher air and not get dizzy. "Fuuck.. I finally get something I want and everything has to be complicated." he groaned, squeezing his eyes shut as he kept wondering what to do the next time he saw Izaya. The man hadn't seemed so opposed to him taking charge when they were on a date, so he could ask him on another one and see how it goes, but there would still be the question of which way Izaya wanted to be treated.

That was where Kasuka had the most problems at the moment, figuring Izaya out. Sure, he could figure out when Izaya was lying or teasing him or actually upset, but figuring out if he liked something or not was quite difficult. Izaya, on the subject on almost anything, was very complex. He didn't think about things one certain way and if he ever did, then Kasuka hadn't discovered that part yet.

The man reacted the same way to everything he did affection-wise. Kasuka reaches out to hold his hand, Izaya pouts and blushes. Kasuka moves to hold him tightly, Izaya pouts and blushes. Kasuka gives him a dozen kisses on the cheek because he's so fuckin' cute and his skin is so soft and when he blushes he wants to do it again, Izaya pouts and blushes and maybe jabs him in the side. Speaking of which, he was convinced that a very large, dark bruise was beginning to form on each of his sides because of the jabbing..

But, to say that Izaya didn't give him much to go on was a really, really large understatement.

Kasuka let out another loud sigh as he buried his face back in the pillow, not caring if he probably sounded sick and dying or depressed. "I could just ask him, but how stupid would that make me look... Uggh.."

Chaaapter 6!

Here's a little more development for you guys. Two-sided drama is the best drama, am I right?

Anyways, tell me what you think about this and how both of them think of the situation!

I think it's pretty cute and endearing~

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