KIWI | LASHTON

「 thirteen 」

entering the dark apartment, luke collectively toed his shoes off beside the door and dropped his keys and wallet on table near the door. he kept a firm grip on the weighted sack in his hand that was meant for all the odd cravings ashton had. the sandy-blonde removed his outer most articles of clothing that kept him mildly warm in the severe new york winter, leaving his belonging behind as he sought out the pregnant man.

he smiled softly when he entered the bedroom, finding the source of his happiness bundled up in mountain of blankets. studying the pregnant man, luke relished in the sight of the slightly greasy brown hair tied back into a bun on ashton's head while the man's glasses slowly edged to the bottom of his nose over time before being shoved back up.

ashton was typing hastily on his laptop when luke cleared his throat, stepping further inside the master bedroom and closing the distance between ashton and him. "i brought all the things you listed off," he mused softly, crawling on the edge of the bed.

a guilty expression pegged the pregnant man as he eased his laptop close, slipping the glasses off. he quickly disposed the classes next to an empty carton of day old takeout and gallon of ice cream. luke steady the empty containers that needed to be disposed of before they enveloped the bedroom in their stench. the sandy-blonde hoped off the bed, holding the bag of food he bought for the pregnant man.

"i'm sorry," ashton apologized sheepishly, tugging a blanket to partially cover his tinted cheeks.

luke chuckled, shrugging to the younger man. "ash, it's no big deal," he stated as he held up the bag. "i'll just put it away till you have another odd craving."

"that's not what i'm sorry about..." ashton piped up softly, adverting his eyes from the containers on the nightstand.

luke shook his head fondly till he eyed the ice cream a little closer, and he released a noise of frustration, dropping the entire bag of food he purchased. "ashton!" he complained loudly, the hurt evident in his electric eyes. "that was my ice cream! you even made fun of me for eating mint chocolate chip..."

ashton ducked entirely underneath the blanket to avoid the willowing being that was luke beside him. "but your baby doesn't," he teased back, peaking out to eye the sandy-blonde.

luke suppressed his smug grin attempting to pry up his facial features. he tried to mask his expression to faux frustration, but ashton's words had the older one in a bit of daze—his baby. "what will you use an excuse when our baby is no longer inside of you?" he inquired, pursing his lips.

ashton ducked his head out of the blankets, eyeing the amused blonde. encouraged by his own antics, the pregnant man merely shrugged in response. "we will cross that bridge soon enough," he teased.

"nope, i am choosing that bridge now," luke persisted.

"well, i am not spilling my reasons till we get there," ashton stated firmly, challenging the older one.

"oh, we will see about that," luke answered, discarding all concern about the entire topic.

luke instantly clambered on top of the bed, ripping the pregnant man's blanket made mountain apart to get to the younger one. the actions earned a loud squeal from the younger one that thrashed around, burying himself further out of the sandy-blonde's reach. luke chuckled softly, rolling his eyes since there was only so far ashton could hide beneath before reaching the end.

tossing the bundle of blankets that he unraveled aside, luke found the pregnant man laughing and shrieking at the bottom of the bed. he squirmed beneath the sandy-blonde man, calling out his surrender and pouring out apologies one after another as he tried catching his breath. luke merely raised an eyebrow, amused entirely too much at their positions.