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🌺Nicknames🌺

Kai and Cole have been dating for around six months by now. The couple is now sitting in the living room of the Bounty, cuddled up on the couch.

Cole was cradling his hand through Kai's freshly washed, and currently ungelled, hair while Kai was tracing little patterns onto Cole's board chest.

Suddenly Kai broke the comfortable silence.

"Hey Cole?" The fire element called out, grabbing the attention of his lover.

"Yes firefly?" Asked the earth element.

"Can I ask you something?" Kai questioned.

"You already did." Cole chuckled at his own awful sense of humor while Kai rolled his eyes.

"Coleee." Kai whined, his tone pleading as he was already a bit annoyed.

"Okay, okay. What is it firecracker?" Cole continued to stroke Kai's soft hair. An apology of some sort for annoying his boyfriend.

"I was wondering.." Kai began but trailed off for a second to sigh at the feeling of a big, warm, comforting hand wrapping around his torso.

"Why do you call me by nicknames?" He mumbled.

Cole was silent for a second, confused.

"What do you mean my star?" He asked, genuine confusion written on his face.

"I mean..like you constantly call me 'firefly' or 'firecracker' and 'star' and others like these, and I was just wondering why don't you just call me by my real name?" Kai mumbled while blushing.

Cole was dumbfounded. Did Kai not like the nicknames?

After a little silence he asked quietly.

"Do you not like the nicknames..?" Cole asked.

And Kai was struck. It's not that he didn't like them, he adored them. He just found it embarrassing how easily he makes a fool of himself when Cole calls him his star.

"I just..." He began but stopped as he began blushing. This was going to be embarrassing.

"I just always melt a little when you call me by a nickname and..and I end up making a fool of myself each and everytime you call by one because I'm so lost in how your voice sounds when you call me 'star' or something..and it's embarrassing to be clumsy because of it...." Kai admitted while hiding his face in Cole's chest as he was blushing a crimson red.

Cole let out a sigh of relief as he broke out in a huge grin. He suddenly sat up and pushed Kai down on the couch, pinning him down on the cushion. Kai's face flushed up even more.

"So you don't want me to call you my little star..?" Cole chuckled as he saw how red his lover's face has gotten. He leaned down and peppered little kisses all across Kai's face. A peck on his lips here, a kiss on the cheek there.

The pair giggled together as they went back to cuddling, but changing their position. Now with Cole on top of Kai.

"I adore when you call me by a nickname, so please, continue on doing so..." Kai whispered, only for Cole to hear.

"Are you sure darling? I can call you by them when we aren't around the others if you'd prefer that." Cole offered but Kai just shook his head.

"I can live with the embarrassment that comes with me being clumsy because of the nicknames and your voice..." He admitted softly, making Cole's heart melt.

In the end they came up with a compromise, Cole would continue on calling Kai by nicknames, but not on missions or when they're fighting. To make sure Kai won't lose his focus.