Red Roses, Aster, and Peonies

26

Alfred yawned, placing his hands on the ones wrapped around his waist, feeling the chin on top of his head. He hummed, pushing his head back, trying to wiggle out of Ivan's grasp. He had to get dressed.

"Alfred, go back to sleep," Ivan grumbled. Alfred moved his head to the side, looking at the alarm clock.

"It's seven o'clock," Alfred said, pushing against his chest, "we need to get dressed, c'mon."

"Uh..." he moaned, taking his arms out from around Alfred's waist, trying to get circulation back into the one that was under him, "fine."

Alfred pushed himself up, looking around the room. He knew he would be waking up in a hotel, but it still made him uncomfortable. He jumped off the bed, popping both his hips before he walked over to the dresser, pulling out his clothes for the day.

"Do you have to get dressed, I really was enjoying the view," Ivan said, blatantly staring at his ass. Alfred giggled a little, spinning around and slapping his thigh, just at the rim of his boxers.

"Yes," he alliterated, laughing a little as he grabbed Ivan's, tossing them back at him, hearing Ivan groan as his shirt flew into his face.

He heard Ivan get up as he got dressed, pulling up his black yoga pants and almost throwing the long, loose black shirt on before putting the orange scarf around his neck, letting it hang in front.

"The people here wear black a lot," Ivan noticed out loud. Basically all demon... fashion, or clothing he supposed, was based around the color.

"Black means purity," Alfred yawned, "so it became popular around three thousand years ago because of that, then the civil war happened and black kept them hidden at night, so a lot of black cloth was produced. Not to mention, it matches with everything."

Ivan nodded, putting on the grey shirt and tying the ribbon around the neck, before Alfred started laughing, walked over, and untied it.

"No," Alfred giggled, "oh God please no."

"What? Why is there ribbon if not to tie?"

"It's there for... the look, I guess," Alfred said, shaking his head before Ivan put on his dark grey pants, moving his legs a bit to test how loose they were. Very loose, he decided, as Alfred helped put the long coat, even darker than the pants, over his shoulders, running his hands down the dual layers of gold buttons before looking at Ivan.

"You look stunning," he said, turning around and grabbing his scarf.

"I better," Ivan said, noticing there was a belt and putting it on, the gold and orange beads somehow matching in a way he hadn't thought of. He felt Alfred start to wrap his scarf around his neck, and he pecked him on the forehead.

Alfred chuckled, smiling lightly as he put the necklace around Ivan's neck, slipping it under his scarf. He relaxed as he felt Ivan's arms around him, hugging him.

"What's wrong? Are you tired?" Alfred asked, pecking him on the ear.

Ivan just groaned in reply, making him giggle and wrap his arms around his neck, "Aww, my big baby's tired?"

He felt Ivan laugh against his shoulder so he kept going, "Come on, let mama give you a kiss~"

Ivan started flat out laughing, pulling away to kiss him hard, keeping his hands on his lower back as he pushed his head back, feeling Alfred purr against his lips.

He pulled away, letting Alfred catch his breath before kissing him on the area between his eyebrows and letting him go.

"Put your socks on," Alfred said, shaking his head as he slipped his grey cloak on, wrapping the long piece loosely around his neck twice before tying it and tucking it in, messing around with his hood for a few seconds to make sure it was flat as Ivan put his socks on. It was one of the ones with non-slip rubber on the bottom, and he'd never worn them before so he was definitely uncomfortable.