A Genius Thrown to the Wolves

Ice Cream Ch. 28

There was a bit of rustling, but eventually Hisoka came out looking exhausted, and a now dressed Kiyotaka followed behind him in the outfit Hisoka had given him the day before.

Bel wanted to chuckle, but decided against it since he didn't currently know where he stood in this situation. "Seriously! How is it that hard to change someone?" Hisoka muttered under his breath as he made his way to the kitchen to make breakfast. "Have you eaten yet?" Kiyotaka asked him, "Umm, no I haven't, I was going to try- " "Hisoka make enough for 3" At that request Hisoka turned and glared at Bel, but Kiyotaka delivered a quick smack to his chest, "Quite it." It was short and simple but the man rolled his eyes and went back to cooking, adding 2 extra eggs in to the bowl for their 'guest'.

Hisoka grumbled out his announcement that breakfast was ready. He set the food down and sat down exhausted. He'd had to watch Kiyotaka openly converse with this Bel person the whole time he was cooking. It was even worse because Kiyotaka kept looking over, the bastard new what he was doing. So when the 2 made their way to the table Hisoka grabbed Kiyotaka and pull him onto his lap resting his head in the nook of Kiyotaka's neck. Of course Kiyotaka showed no reaction to the action, actually, he did scoot back further so Kiyotaka certainly didn't hate it, that was good.

Bel looked on and had the biggest reaction of all, he was blushing from ear to ear at the open display of affection with him sitting just a foot or two away. He had been waiting to get food, but finally started adding to his plate after Kiyotaka began to fix his and Hisoka's. Bel felt a little bad for the guy, he really did look tired, he didn't think someone as monotone as the boy in front of him could be so troublesome. Though it did look like it was all good fun. For the most part. As they finished up, Kiyotaka took the initiative to clean up from breakfast, seemingly as an apology for his taunting earlier. While Hisoka refused to let him clean up everything, it was cute watching them clean up together. It was also funny watching Hisoka tae a moment to rub Kiyotaka's lower back (just above his tail, but Bel can't see these features) and seeing Kiyotaka tense up slightly before smacking him. It also made Bel a little jealous. If only he'd met Kiyotaka first, maybe then he could touch Kiyotaka like that. Bel sighed, there was no use thinking like that, he told himself. He wasn't first and if wanted any kind of relationship with the boy, it would have to be friendship.

Bel was brought out of his thoughts when he felt air being blown at his forehead, and seeing Kiyotaka's face only a couple inches away. A blush immediately made it's way to his face. Hisoka was swift to come in and create distance between the two. 'This is going to be hard' Bel thought to himself.

Despite what had happened that morning, the three got along quite well the rest of the day. All three of them had decided to sign up for their next fight, then went to look around the city. On their way through Kiyotaka had found and ice cream shop, so they all took a break to enjoy the sweet treat. Kiyotaka had licked his ice cream a few times before a content look crossed his face shocking both of them, but Hisoka was the most shocked because he was the only one to see the briefest smile cross his face. It was the most angelic thing he'd ever seen. He was determined to see it again. He had to. He also needed to find out why he'd smiled because he knew Kiyo better then to assume he just really liked ice cream.

"You really like ice cream huh Kiyotaka?" Bel said. "I do like it, I've only had it a few times though." "Really? Like when you were little?" "No, I haven't had it in almost a year and the first time I tried ice cream was about 4 years ago." "You never got ice cream when you were a kid?" "No. I wasn't aloud to." "Ah, but at least you can eat it all you want now!" Bel said enthusiastically, but didn't realize how monumental that statement was to Kiyotaka, who'd turned away from Bel, letting Hisoka be the only one to see the uncontrollable smile that was taking over his expression. That's when Hisoka really saw one piece to the smile earlier, it was, once again, related to his free will and the fact that he had any at all. Hisoka was getting a little closer to figuring out his kitten's past, but there was still a lot he was eager to know. After this incident he knows that Kiyo's father is definitely behind the trauma his Kitten has gone through. He hated it. He hated the man that had no right to treat what was his that way.

That being said, the dark twisted part of him was silently thanking the biological father of his kitten, because with him, he might not've been able to form this relationship with the boy he now craves.

The three of them continued scouting out the city after finishing their ice cream. They even had a nice dinner out at an Italian themed restaurant before walking back to the arena with the street lit up with colorful lights. They took their time getting back and when they parted ways felt content with how they had spent their day. Hisoka and Kiyotaka were changed into pjs, sitting on the couch, Kiyotaka's head in Hisoka's lap, ears and tail flicking and swaying, happy at the attention they were receiving and Hisoka's breath calming at the purring coming from the boy in his arms. But, he had a question he needed to ask.