Domestic fluff + lore dump.
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A small yawn escaped Daisuke as the music he just selected played in his ears. He then arranged the cushions and found a better position on the couch. Closing his eyes, he lazily listened to Squid Squad, cozily wrapped in Ray's hoodie.
Speaking of which, Daisuke felt hands cupping his cheeks and taking off his headphones from behind, before slowly tilting his head backwards. He opened an eye with a smirk to peek at Ray, who was leaning over the back of the couch, looking at him.
"You stole one of my clothes didn't you ?" Ray asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Don't know what you're talking about." Daisuke answered innocently.
"Sure..." Ray rolled his eyes. "You have your own sweatshirt, why borrow mine ?"
"You know the reasons, you do that too."
"...True. Okay fine, you can have it. But just this once or I'm stealing yours next time."
"Deal." Daisuke replied with a wink.
Ray took his hands off his head, a satisfied smile on his own and stepped over the couch in swim form to sit on it. He landed next to Daisuke with an inky splash and shook the ink as he turned into humanoid form again.
Daisuke noticed he was only wearing a simple short-sleeved black shirt today, revealing a bit of muscle. This was kind of unusual, because Ray always preferred loose and baggy clothes. Basically everything that could hide his buff arms.
Of all people, Daisuke knew Ray liked to stay fit but not to show off, especially with others. He was very uneasy about that, mostly due to past experience and people making comments he found awfully discomforting.
It even resulted in him having body dysphoria. Fortunately, he was doing better with it and his friends also helped a lot. So Daisuke couldn't help but cover Ray with a soft gaze, glad to see he was getting more confident about his appearance.
"Something's wrong ?" Ray wondered, having sensed Daisuke's stare.
"Nothing. You just look good in that, really." He assured him.
"Well, since you have my hoodie I'm kinda forced to show a bit."
"Then you're giving me an excellent reason to not give it back." Daisuke chuckled.
"Hey ! That's stealing-"
Ray suddenly got shut up by Daisuke putting a finger on his lips with flirty eyes. Ray's ears pricked up out of surprise and he gave him a little confused look before Daisuke gently let go of him, not giving more explanations on why he did that.
"You're beautiful Manta, remember that."
"I... Thanks." Ray's ears slightly wiggled out of contentment because of the compliment. "But you are too y'know, very."
"Glad to hear that."
Daisuke patted Ray on the head in return, to which his ears wiggled even more. With a smile, Daisuke then laid against the couch, putting his headphones back on his ears while inviting him to do the same. Ray eagerly got closer to him and placed his head on his shoulder, nuzzling into his neck.
Enjoying each other's touch, warmth and company, even if it was this simple, they stayed like that for several minutes, too comfortable to move anyway. Until Ray's ears pricked up as he thought of something and he turned to the side.
"What's wrong ?" Daisuke asked, wondering what got into him all of a sudden.
"Something's missing."
"What ?"
