Divinity | MxM

Chapter 21

Raiden and Seki are walking slowly towards the entrance of their 'home', both laughing their asses off because of something Raiden said.

Or well, Raiden is laughing his ass off at what he's explaining, but he can't tell if Seki is laughing at the story or at him. But honestly, he doesn't really care because seeing Seki laugh just a little is a new experience. The male always smiles and is polite when doing so, but laughing is surely a new sight. 

"And then, he quit," Raiden finishes off, which leaves them in another fit. Seki smiles brightly and can't help but hold a hand in front of his mouth to try and hold himself back from crying out. 

"Of course he did, you guys can't have been easy to work with," Seki replies, clearly enjoying Raiden's storytelling of a time where his and Kei's mistakes at work ended up with a juice covered employee who then quit on them. 

"What do you mean? I would say we made working an interesting experience," Raiden replies back with a beaming smile as well.

They laugh a little at that before silence slowly falls between them. They manage to reach the front door before it gets awkward and step inside. Since it's now dark outside and they have spend most time talking all evening, it's probably not too early to turn in and call it a night.

"I'm gonna go to bed... I have to get up early tomorrow, I'm meeting up with the guys to see how much money they lost," Raiden adds with a roll of his eyes. They typically waste a lot of money on betting, but hopefully Misaki won something this time, considering he was voting for Botan.

"Sure, it's getting late," Seki says, as he stops in the middle of the entrance. He turns around and looks at Raiden, who had to stop himself from walking into the other, since he halted out of nowhere.

They are pretty close, and Raiden looks slightly down at the other in confusion.

"Thank you... for today. It really turned into a good evening after all," Seki mumbles softly. Raiden doesn't even get to catch on to the words he said before he feels himself flinch. The soft and cold feeling of Seki's fingers against the side of his face immediately makes him shiver.

It feels like Seki managed to lift his hand and reach it out in less than a second. But at this point it must be because Raiden is somehow in a complete trance every time Seki touches him. He can't seem to focus on anything other than Seki's purple eyes, and it freaks Raiden out so much he barely realized Seki was reaching out for him in the first place.

This time though, he doesn't pull away or anything. He just stares as Seki smiles up gently at him.

"It really means a lot to me," the elder adds, before he slowly lets his hand fall down by his side. Immediately, the skin of Raiden's cheek feels tingling and empty from sensation. Almost as if it has turned numb. 

Seki turns around and starts walking towards the stairs.

Suddenly, a lot of thoughts start to roam in Raiden's head, making him both confused and frustrated. But it seems that his body has a tendency to react faster than his mind. Therefore, he ends up calling out for the surpreme.

"Wait," he says, making Seki stop right by the bottom of the stairs. 

As he stands there, wearing the beautiful golden attire with the authentic old stairway in the background, he looks like a painting. Too beautiful to be real.

"Tomorrow afternoon, clear some time for me," Raiden spills, "I'm taking you somewhere."

Seki tilts his head a little at that, "Take me where?"

"It's a surprise."

Actually, it's not really a surprise. It's simply the fact that Raiden has no idea why he has requested this from Seki. He doesn't know what specifically they are supposed to do together, but he guesses he has the entire night to figure it out.