Into The Rose Garden (Seidou x Kanae/Karren)

Chapter Forty-six - Casual

It's the very next day, and Seidou calmly takes a sip from his morning cup of coffee. Although his sleep had been improving, he still has a long way to catch up and get his body back to normal.

He sighs peacefully, feeling...the most relaxed he's ever been in a while. However, Kanae soon walks down from his room, grumpy and messy. He turns to Seidou, rudely stopping Seidou from saying any comment. "Not...a word, borg! Ouch...my head..." The male mumbled that last part to himself.

However, as Kanae waited for his cup of joe to brew, he turns to the older male. "Hmph...what happened to your pajamas...?"

He was talking about Seidou's...given pajamas. Instead Seidou was wearing a tank top and some striped pajama pants. Seidou sighs. "Last night, I needed to wash my pajamas, but I forgot. So Matsumae offered me these...to sleep in..." The male blushed softly, from the mention of the female. 

Kanae scoffs, picking up his freshly brewed coffee. "You know, you could've slept naked, if you really needed to." Suddenly, Seidou becomes beet red. "WHAT?!"

Seidou slams his hands onto the table. "I wouldn't do that, I've never done that!" Kanae chuckles softly, shrugging as he did so. "Borg, I don't know your life." Kanae calmly stated before drinking from his mug.

Something was strange about Kanae, like he was so...refreshed. Seidou calms himself down, noticing the change in Kanae's often strict attitude. 'What's going on with him...?' The male thought.

Seidou cleared his throat. "U-Um...Kanae, you seem...rather chill this morning? Did you sleep well?" Kanae rolled his eyes. "Does my headache say I slept well?" Seidou just shook his head, with no comment.

Kanae continued. "Though, yeah...I feel a little better today. Like, a small weight had been lifted from my chest. However...I can't pinpoint why. I tried remembering what happened last night, but it's all a blur at the moment. Do you remember what-?" "NO! N-No, I do not! I-I drank a lot myself!" The older male twirled his hair. 

To which Kanae shrugged it off. "Oh well, whatever it was...I hope it wasn't anything sinister or at the very least, questionable." Seidou clenches his fist, shutting his eyes with frustration. 'Dammit, I just want to see the look on his face...!' To which he pushed the thoughts away by sighing deeply and reminding himself of the promise made with Matsumae.

Kanae drinks a little from his mug, to which he begins conversation. "Hey, Seidou...?" Seidou turned his head to the younger male. "Hmm, what is it Rosewald?" "Are you asexual?" 

Seidou quickly spits out his coffee, wiping his face shortly after. "WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO ASK THAT?!" Kanae shrugged slightly. "Well, I know that you like Matsumae, but to what extent? And you did tell me that you didn't think you were into guys-!" "I'M NOT!"

Kanae continues. "And plus...you got offended when I made that joke about you jerking it in your bedroom." "Well yeah, I wasn't going to! That is so-!" "Inappropriate?" Seidou blushes softly, putting on a pouty expression.

Seidou sighs softly. "No...I'm not...asexual. I'm just-... Forget it, don't ask me that again!" Kanae scoffs. "Why not? We're both men here, it's nothing to hide." "I just...don't like talking about it, ok?" Seidou rested his chin on top of his palm.

"Why are you so nosey about this anyway? It's very unsettling." "Eh, I guess it was just a part of German culture. From the age of eight or nine, we're taught about new experiences and pleasures to figure out as we grew older. So to us, sex was just this casual part of our lives."

Seidou motions his hands back and forth. "Woah woah woah woah, when I think of the word 'casual', I imagine things like weather, hobbies and getting to know about the other person. Not how someone...! Ugh, gross, I don't want to even think about it!"