Feel My Heart Beat

Healing

Asami slowly came to. He felt groggy and far too tired. There was also a strange emptiness in his chest. A weird hollow feeling. He struggled to regain his bearings and was startled when he felt something shift against him. He opened his eyes and blinked at the blonde strands obscuring his view. Asami moved his head back a little and realised that he had been sleeping with his face buried in his soulmates neck. Akihito was lying with his back pressed against Asami's chest while playing some sort of game on his phone. Asami squeezed the arms wrapped around his soulmates waist and burrowed his face back into the crook of his neck. It was warm and comforting. He was just so tired. He had no idea just talking about something could be so damn draining. It felt like he had run a marathon. Like he had been the one chasing Akihito across rooftops and not just talking about his past. A gentle hand carded through his hair. On one hand it made Asami feel slightly irritated, he wasn't a child that needed comforting, but on the other hand it did feel nice. Soothing. He was too tired to comment on it though and decided he would leave it alone as long as Akihito didn't make it a habit to pet him in future.

"How are you feeling?" Asami just grunted in reply. "Tired still huh?" He didn't even bother replying to that and just snuggled closer. Akihito made quite a comfortable pillow. "It's kinda cute you know." There was a soft chuckle. "You're this big bad imposing figure normally but you get real cuddly when you're sleepy." Asami squeezed his arms tighter and his little lover made a very satisfying wheezing squeak sound. He loosened his grip after a few seconds and Akihito grumbled. "Okay, okay. You aren't cute at all." Akihito started playing with his hair again and Asami huffed. "So I was thinking that once you're feeling up to it we could go for a quick trip to the supermarket and then come back and watch a movie or something. I'll make hotpot for dinner and we can have some snacks and stuff. I called Kirishima-san," Akihito paused as though waiting for Asami to say something but continued on when he didn't. "I told him that we had talked and that I thought it would be a good idea for you to relax for a few days. He said you could take as much time off as you want. I figure your workaholic tendencies will kick in after a few days but you should take some time to recharge a little."

Asami finally moved back a little and Akihito wriggled around in his arms until they were facing each other. "A few days is fine. Kirishima is always getting on my case about taking weekends anyway." Akihito's face brightened. He must have been worried he would put up a fight about it but Asami was honestly far too tired to deal with anything right now.

"How about we go shopping soon and then you can nap while I make us a light lunch. Then we can hang out on the couch with snacks and a movie. And tonight you can help me make dinner!"

Asami blinked in surprise. "Help you make dinner?"

"Yeap!" Akihito was giving him that big goofy grin. "It'll be fun."

"I don't know about your definition of fun but I doubt I'm going to be able to help much."

"That's fine! I'll teach you. It's all part of the fun." Akihito laughed at Asami's dubious look. "I've been teaching Kamiya-san how to cook and he's been doing great so I'm sure I can teach you.

"You've been teaching the guards how to cook?" Asami couldn't quite keep the note of incredulity out of his voice.

Akihito nodded, looking pleased with himself. "Most of the guards can cook and Ueda even helps me with groceries but Kamiya didn't know how to cook anything that didn't involve a microwave."

Well. That would explain why Team Takaba was often jokingly referred to as Team Housewife by some of the other security personnel in Sion. Still, perhaps it was just that friendly mothering that had inspired such loyalty in his guards. Even Suoh had been impressed by the dogged loyalty all the members displayed. And although they all still a little wary of impromptu parkour marathons, they showed a remarkable amount of pride in his abilities all round. Any time someone made a snide remark about them 'babysitting' Akihito, one of his guards would jovially invite the commenter to put their money where their mouth was and join them in an half hour full speed dash across Tokyo's rooftops. Asami had even caught Kirishima chuckling at the immediate back peddling of the commenter. It was even more amusing when Akihito had spontaneously made his team do just that the day before. He had apparently needed to think. Asami wondered if that was the day he had spoken to Kirishima and if that was what he was thinking about.