[Kasuka's POV]

The beginning of their day was pretty tame, most of the good festival events happening later. They walked around the street that their hotel was on and asked direction to the castle so they could go there the next day, Kasuka feeling glad that he'd gotten a hotel fairly close to it. On the sides of the streets were vendors everywhere, little trinkets that someone had carved catching his eye before Izaya spotted something to eat, both of them tugging on the other accidentally before laughing.

There was a whole bunch of treats that they found neither had ever tried before - fried squid, Izaya had never had Takoyaki, Kasuka had never had Taiyaki, etc - making them, admittedly, full almost constantly until nighttime hit. Sure, Izaya wasn't one for sweets, but he would still eat a small portion before letting Kasuka finish it, just to stay in the spirit was his excuse. Then on most other streets - it seemed that their own was mostly food and snacks in between the perpendicular streets - were games to be played. Most of them were childish, honestly, but Izaya seemed to light up at the idea of playing a couple and making Kasuka play with him.

They found a couple traditional ones, like scooping for a goldfish, which Izaya casually won just because of his scarily steady hands. Kasuka almost got one but it ended up slipping through at the last minute. The ruby-eyed man looked almost depressed at the fact that he couldn't keep the fish that would have been his prize, simply because they couldn't take 3 fish along with them on any sort of normal transport, at least not safely. But Kasuka made a point to find a charm for one of Izaya's phones of a shockingly similar looking fish so that he wouldn't be too upset. To his own pride, it worked.

Another game that they found was lottery, and though Kasuka thought his boyfriend would easily beat him at this one too, it seemed that the other had a lot more skill than luck. Izaya had already tried 3 times with all of his strings being attached to nothing, and when Kasuka tried he actually won a mask that Izaya had been looking at in a nearby store, even if a bit smaller than the one they could buy. To say he got another kiss for giving it to him was an understatement.

Kasuka kept trying to pry Izaya away from the games eventually, since it was getting near midnight and the two would still be there another day. He wanted the man to have something new to do the second day if the castle didn't take as long as planned, but every time he tried to get him back to the hotel there was a pout thrown at him and Kasuka relented saying "One more." for about the 5th time until Izaya finally consented to going back, spending the entire time throwing glances at prizes that he could be winning at that very moment.

The actor tried not to give in again and they soon made it to the hotel, stretching once they reached their room. Izaya flopped onto the bed, looking up at the mask that Kasuka won him and giggling to himself before glancing over at Kasuka who was watching him in amusement from the other bed. He couldn't help it, he was overjoyed that he could make the other look so happy and bubbly and see him get happy when he did something well and pout when something didn't go his way. For a while after he personally met the man, the same thing had always been able to cheer him up, even when something upset him. They were alike that way, never showing people the real side of them because they didn't need to see it - it wouldn't benefit Kasuka or Izaya to let them either, so there was no true point to putting down their masks. But they'd both been so open with each other, it was odd to think they ever had one on.

Izaya interrupted his deep thinking when he suddenly got up and moved over to the same bed as Kasuka, sitting in his lap and shifting to curl up on him again, just like the first time they kissed. "I thought you were going to put your phone charm on once we got back here." Kasuka mused, wrapping an arm around him and resting his cheek on Izaya's hair contently.

"I was going to, but now I want to sit with you. And I wanted to thank you for all of this, Kasuka... I haven't been to a festival since I was a kid, let alone since I was able to act like one.. It means a lot." Izaya mumbled against his chest, obviously blushing again though the actor didn't point it out. Instead Kasuka just let out a hum, rubbing Izaya's back lightly to give his hands something to do.

"You don't have to thank me, Izaya. I haven't been to one since I was almost 10, too, so I know how you feel. I wanted to do this for a while and I thought you would be the perfect person to go with.. I was certainly right, you've been adorable since you woke up today." Kasuka chuckled, earning a small whack to the head from his boyfriend. At least his sides didn't pay this time. He rubbed his head with a small smile. "But really, I can't think of anyone else I would rather be with right now, experiencing this."

The room was silent for a few minutes before Izaya began snickering softly, tilting his head up to look at him. "Since when did I start liking this mushy shit you do?" he mumbled, earning a peck on the lips from the ravenett he was laying on.

"Since you started to become a little more human and stopped locking yourself in that palace of yours." Kasuka admitted, gazing down at him still. That seemed to get a reaction from him, eyes closing and a small, knowing smile on the ruby-eyed informant's pale face.

"You should know better than that, Kasuka. A God doesn't become human over night or over eons, you've simply gotten closer to being my equal." Kasuka laughed.

"So, am I no longer human either?"

Izaya was quiet again for another moment before peeking up at him through his bangs. "Maybe, maybe not. You could just be a very blessed human, maybe an angel. You are definetly not a God yet.. But you also aren't a monster." the man murmured, trailing off after that and allowing Kasuka to roll onto his side, having Izaya curl against his front instead. The rest of the night was spent in silence as Izaya fell asleep against him and Kasuka watched him for a short time, just admiring him before falling asleep as well.

Chapter 14~

Sorry everyone but I may die from rereading this before I finish the next chapter, this was too much~!

You guys have no idea how much I love these two and their cuteness, and oh fuck I'm so sorry for giving all of you lovelies diabetes!

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