A Heart To Heal (BL)

CH 6.1 - Level Up! (PA)

Nagisa grabbed a package out of the mail slot. "For Kirishima Yuto, from Yamashita Kaoru,". He read the message that came along with the postage note. 'Happy Birthday, Kirishima-kun! I hope my incompetent son treats you well today!'. Nagisa felt his soul fly out of his body.

"Ka-chan..."He muttered to himself. "Sometimes your words hurt me more than you think...". Nagisa lifted the package up and groaned. "This is pretty heavy. What did Ka-chan buy for him??". He brought the abnormally large package inside along with a few letters and a small box from Hitomi.

'My family really adores Yuto. They don't even know that we're together, except for Hitomi,' He thought to himself as he set the packages out on the coffee table. He had begun to worry about how to tell them that Yuto, who used to be his brother-in-law, was now his lover. He tried making up different scenarios in his head and figured out how to respond to them but they sounded super dumb that he just groaned to himself and discarded them.

Hearing Yuto yawn from his room, he made his way there, excited. "Good morning my birthday boy,"He wished him happily and pulled Yuto onto his lap. Yuto rubbed the sleep from his eyes before he put his arms around Nagi's neck. "Good morning Nagi,"He mumbled sleepily and felt himself get kissed on the head.

"Mmm...My Yuto-chin is officially 19 now. Well...internationally anyway. What should I do when you're so cute?"Nagisa cooed and pecked the boy on his neck over and over again. "Nagi, it tickles,"Yuto huffed but he propped himself up and hesitatingly pecked Nagisa on the lips. "I'm grateful to be able to celebrate my birthday with you, Nagi,". Nagisa chuckled and pinched his cheeks, pouting.

"Come on, smile for me. It's your birthday! It's a special day!". Yuto looked away, his face flushed. "You...you want me to smile for you?"He asked and Nagisa cupped his cheek gently. "Please~ My Yuto is extra cute and handsome when he smiles at me,". Yuto hid his face in the man's chest but Nagisa ruffled his nose against Yuto's soft hair. "Please~~ Yuto~ For your stupid old dog~~"He pleaded and Yuto giggled a little when he said "stupid old dog".

"Hehe.."Came Yuto's soft voice and he looked up, his small smile plastered on his face. 'Please,' Nagisa thought as he held Yuto's small body close to him. 'I will show you and prove to you that I'm willing to do anything in the world to keep you by my side for as long as I live so please...'. Yuto nuzzled into the warmth of Nagisa's chest and sighed in contentment. Nagisa kissed his head sweetly and wrapped his arms around the boy's waist. '..help me to help you realise how beautiful you look when you smile at me,'.

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Using a sharp knife, the cake that Nagisa had baked for Yuto the other day was split into two decent sized portions. Yuto was undeniably impressed with Nagisa's ability to bake something edible considering that he didn't even know how to make a decent cup of coffee for himself. "I'm touched that you wanted to bake this for me, Nagi,"He said as he handed Nagisa his cup of coffee and set down a glass of chocolate milk on the dining table.

"I'm not a mean baker but I wanted to make you happy,". Yuto shook his head and held up his finger that had the ring on it. "I'd be happy with anything you get for me. You really didn't have to, the ring was enough,". Nagisa eyed the large package and the small on the coffee table box and huffed. "Yuto, you don't have a clue what kind of competition I'm up against...".

Eyeing the small bunny hill of presents, Yuto shrugged. "And? I'd always love anything you give me,". Without realising, he sat himself down in the living room, Nagisa watching him as he tore the presents open like a child. He started with Hitomi's small box. Nagisa expected it to be some lousy trinket with a nice message but it was...a watch?! Yuto slipped the watch out of its casing and showed it to Nagisa. "Your sister sent this to me,". Nagisa held it for him, and it looked expensive. Nagisa read the message on the inside.