It's saturday night for the boyfriends, which means movie night. But a small issue needs to be solved...
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"Manta."
Ray stopped staring at the ceiling when Daisuke leaned over the couch from behind to look down at him, kissing him on the forehead in the process. His long tentacles blocked his eyesight and Ray gently pulled Daisuke's hair away with a smile to see his face.
"Yeah ?"
"Wanna watch a movie tonight ?" He asked.
With no splatfest planned and all of their friends busy on their side, they had the evening to themselves and it didn't happen in forever. They will finally be able to enjoy this moment together, just the two of them.
"Sure." Ray nodded. "Which one ?"
"I was thinking of Sonic 1 and 2, it's been a while."
"Sounds good to me." He shrugged.
"It settled then." Daisuke smirked, satisfied.
Ray gave a quick caress on his cheek, to which Daisuke quickly purred in return before he changed to swim form, slipping over the couch and falling on his lap. Ray caught him, delicately hugging him close in his buff arms and Daisuke wrapped his squishy tentacles around his torso, comfy.
"Since it's gonna be long, maybe we could have popcorn with it." Daisuke proposed.
"I'd be down for that, which flavor would you want me to make ?"
"Sweet duh, obviously. Not like there's other options."
"Well actually there's like, salted popcorn y'know." Ray raised an eyebrow, not really understanding his point.
"Okay yeah but it's definitely not the tastiest." He argued.
"I mean, sweet is nice but so is salted, you shouldn't be this categorical."
Daisuke frowned and looked up to him to give him a side-eye as Ray tilted his head, his ears flopping confusedly. Daisuke rolled his eyes and escalated Ray's chest to boop him one the nose, making him blink.
"Shut up, I do what I want."
"Sure, think that way." Ray chuckled, sticking his tongue out to him. "But that won't prevent me from cooking both for tonight."
"Dude wha- C'mon, sweet popcorn is good enough and everyone's favorite choice by far. I don't understand why you prefer otherwise." Daisuke huffed, upset.
"Have you even tried salted popcorn before ?"
"No need to when you already know which one is the best."
It was now Ray's turn to side-eye him for such rude and incoherent reasoning, and all Daisuke did was smugly winked at him. "That's not how things work Dai, and you're giving me a valuable reason to make you try it out."
"You can't force me if I don't wanna."
"But I could convince you with cuddles."
Daisuke pretended to think about it even though he wouldn't change his mind. He scoffed, amused and hugged Ray a little more, hearing him grumble a bit. "Tempting, still no."
"Guess I'm just gonna spill the entire salt in the popcorn then..."
"Erk, don't you even dare boy." Daisuke warned him.
"Make me."
"And what's coming next ? Spice ? Sour ? Bitter ?"
"Stop exaggerating." Ray rolled his eyes, exasperated.
"I'm not exaggerating, I'm just serious when it comes to food. Especially yours."
"But I'm the one cooking..."
"That's why I do that Manta. Your cooking skills are the best in the world, y'know that's what I think. And that's also the reason I'm making sure they're put in good use." He assured him, a tentacle brushing against his cheek.
This immediately removed Ray's pouty face by a sweet smile as his ears wiggled, a soft blush spreading on his face. Seeing his expression, Daisuke's eyes widened and his heart melted, finding him way too adorable.
"Cod, I so need to hug you RIGHT now you're too darn cute !"
"Huh ? W-Wait !"
Daisuke unexpectedly turned back into humanoid form to do as he said and pulled Ray in a vigorous hug. Ray squeaked and tightened his grip around Daisuke when his back bumped into the couch because of their combined weight.
Ray carefully opened an eye after a second and saw Daisuke looking at him, still having his arms wrapped around him during this small fall who was just laying a little more on his chest. A chuckle escaped the two and Ray kept Daisuke close, kissing him on the lips before he sat on his lap.
"Sorry for knocking your balance off."
"Don't be, it's perfectly fine. I'm quite liking this honestly." Ray admitted.
"The fact that I'm crushing you ?"
"Yup, it's nice."
"Silly." Daisuke giggled before refocusing. "Alright, back to the main subject. Because we still don't know what we're eating."
"Well, I may have an idea."
"Go on."
"What about, persnaps, we split the difference with salted butter caramel popcorn ?"
"Sweet AND salty ?" Daisuke jokily gasped.
"Best of both worlds." Ray teased.
"That's one hell of a deal you got there."
Daisuke stopped hugging Ray with a satisfied smile to cup his neck in his hands, pulling his face closer to his, but with a slightly more serious gaze though. "But I swear to cod, if you burn yourself with the pan in less than thirty seconds AGAIN I'm banning you from the kitchen for two days."
"Hm, fair."
