In Another World

Kisses

Four months earlier

"A class trip?" Aki repeated, staring at Denji.

"Yeah, to Kyoto!" Denji exclaimed. "Please sign the permission slip, Aki! Reze's gonna go and she said that she would spend her free time with me! Like, as in, a date! I promise I won't destroy anything and I'll make sure Yoshida keeps an eye on Power! Please, please, please, please, please!"

Aki frowned as he read through the paperwork. "I don't know, Denji... I just don't know if you're capable of controlling yourself like that. And you being gone a whole week at that? You're going to break something."

Denji got on his knees. "Please, please, Aki! I've never had a girl consider dating me before! I might even get to have my first kiss! I'll do anything!"

"Anything?" Aki asked, an eyebrow lifting.

"Anything," Denji repeats, eyes wide and hands clasped together.

"Keep your room clean. Even when we move in a couple of months. I don't expect you to clean up all of Power's messes, but I do expect you to clean up your own," Aki said.

"You have a deal!" Denji exclaimed.

Present day

"So, they're really out of the house for a full week?" Angel asked into his phone from where he sat on his bed. "I thought it was weird that they never came home today. So I can... I can just come over and we don't have to worry about the two of them interrupting us?"

"That's right," Aki replied. "I'm going to order fried chicken. Do you want to come over?"

Angel hesitated; it had been a week since they first started dating, and nothing major had happened between them. They received a great deal of teasing from Denji and Power, (they could make him blush even if Angel wasn't struggling with it) held hands more openly, and cuddled. They hadn't kissed yet and Angel... by god did Angel want to.

On the other hand, however... he was nervous. He was nervous that Aki was going to try something and then end up grossed out by Angel's very real penis. It wasn't that he didn't believe Aki when he said he was gay, he just knew that the other man was still getting used to the idea of being gay. He'd only known he was gay for a month and a half, so there was a lot to catch up on.

"I'll come over," Angel finally decided.

"Good," Aki replied. "I'll see you soon?"

"Yeah, just gimme a second," Angel said, looking down at the threadbare sweatshirt he was currently wearing. He was not as cute as he could be.

Angel had been doing something new over the past week: putting in some effort. It wasn't a ton, but he was making sure he was consistently washing his body and wearing less destroyed clothes, just in case either Aki came over or he went over to Aki's. Usually, he went over to Aki's, but he came over to Angel's for the first time this week. Aki needed some peace, as well as to cuddle his boyfriend, so they curled up on Angel's couch and held each other for a while. They had cuddled on his couch for an hour when Aki announced that he needed to get to bed, but he had planted the most wonderful kiss atop Angel's forehead. He couldn't stop thinking about it.

Angel had forgotten how nice it was to touch someone and found himself constantly craving Aki's touch. Maybe he was touch-starved, or maybe he just actually felt the most loved when he was being touched, but either way, he clung to any opportunity Aki gave him to have skin-to-skin contact. Hell, even through cloth it felt really good. If he had the opportunity, then he would gladly have Aki feel him all over.