Winter Vacation: Interlude

Kou looked at the one queen-sized bed dreadfully. The sound of the door shut startled him causing him to drop his bag on the floor accidentally.

"Are you okay?" Suoh looked at him questioningly. Kou rubbed his neck sheepishly and glanced at the giant blonde picking up his fallen bag to put it on the bed. "You must be tired. You can have the bath first before going to bed."

"Suoh-san, umm..?" Kou felt his face getting hotter when he tried to utter his words.

"Yes?" Suoh looked up from his phone where he had been texting Kirishima on updates.

"Umm there's only one bed…"

"….Ah yes, it seems so, if you're feeling uncomfortable I can sleep on the sofa-"

"No, no! I can't make you do that! I think the bed is big enough for the two of us…" Kou's face seemed to get impossibly redder.

"Alright, but my offer still on if you changed your mind later."

Kou nodded before barricading himself in the bathroom to calm his nerves. "You can do this, Kou. Only few nights with him, it's just like a sleepover with Akihito and Takato."

He turned the tap to fill the tub with warm water and started to strip off his clothes when a knock made him squeaked quite unmanly.

"Y...yes?"

"I am just wondering if you want to order some room services since we haven't had dinner yet."

Kou's stomach growled in response. "S...sure!"

"Any preferences?"

"Anything is fine, thank you." When he was sure Suoh moved away from the bathroom door already, Kou let out a breath of relief and slowly descended into the bath, his muscles relaxed in the process.

His moment of bliss was cut short by a phone ringing in his jeans pocket. He retrieved it from the floor without leaving the tub. The call was from Akihito.

"Hello?"

"Yo, Kou. You're doing alright over there?"

"Yeah, thanks for asking when you got me in this mess in the first place," Kou grumbled, he heard Ryuji's voice in the background demanding Akihito to eat dinner with him. "Shhh Ryuji. Papa is on the phone right now. Go to your dad please. Anyway, what mess? I bet you will thank me later."

Kou rolled his eyes. "I am going to hang up on you now. Let me enjoy my bath in peace."

"What? No, wait a moment- Ryuji! Let go of Papa's leg!"

"Daddy being mean to me!"

Kou hang up and sighed in the water letting his phone to drop on his pile of clothes. After soaking in the bath a bit longer and his skin started to go pruny, he went out of the bath and get a towel when he realised he did not bring any of his clothes to change into with him in the bathroom. He facepalmed himself for being an idiot, now that he had to go out there with just a towel wrapped around him.

"It's okay… we're both males," He reasoned with himself. "It's nothing to be ashamed of, Kou."

He peeked through the door and saw that Suoh had his back to him, busy arranging the food on the only table there. Kou tip toed stealthily towards the bed where his bag is that he did not see Suoh's bag on the floor which led him to trip over and fall flat on the floor. Suoh turned around at the noise and saw the fallen figure of Kou. Kou cringed in pain because he bumped his forehead when he fall, he got on his knees unknowingly give Suoh a show of his ass that are barely covered with towel.

"Kou-san?"

Kou froze and realised where he was and stood quickly grabbing his towel tight. "Sorry, I forgot my change of clothes." He grabbed his bag and ran back towards the bathroom slamming the door behind him.

The dinner between them filled with tense awkward atmosphere as Kou still embarrassed from earlier, only exchanged comments on the food before Suoh went for a bath. Kou immediately went to lie on one side of the bed and pretended to sleep when Suoh came out of the bathroom. He felt weight dipped on the bed when Suoh climbed into bed, adjusting his position so that he maintained a space between them.

"Goodnight, Kou-san" Suoh murmured softly which make Kou's heart beating wildly than ever, he could feel his face blushed in the dark and thank god he got his back towards Suoh. After some time, he felt himself succumbing to sleep, tired from their journey Kou finally fall asleep.

Suoh was awake for a long while, listening to the soft and steady breathing next to him. Kou shifted next to him, rolling over deep in sleep, eyes closed and lips slightly parted. Suoh's fingers brushed some stray hair from the younger man's face, a bemused smile on his face before he too went to sleep.

TBC or not….

Akihito: Alright, what have you done to Ryuji?

Asami: ...Nothing

Akihito: What do you mean nothing? He said you are being mean to him.

Asami: I did nothing, dear. Trust me.

Akihito: Ryuji?

Ryuji: Daddy did nothing, so he's being mean! (puffing his cheek)

Akihito: ...