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Kojiro’s morning would always be the same. He'd get up at 6 a.m., so he’d have time to go out for a jog before hitting the gym at 7 a.m., and then he’d be back at 9 a.m. to start getting ready for work.
But once in a while, his routine would be crushed by a pink hurricane, just like today.
Of course, he woke up at 6 a.m., as usual, but after feeling the weight on his left arm and some hair on his mouth, he just snuggled a little further into his friend and went back to sleep.
After a few minutes, he woke up again with a very annoying noise that could only be Carla's.
"Carla, stop, please. It’s too early for this."
"Master has an appointment at 8 a.m." A clear robot voice sounded from somewhere in his room.
"Why would he?" He asked out loud, turning over and looking for the bracelet to shut down, "I can wake him up, but please stop that noise."
"Very well, I’ll be back in 10 minutes."
Kojiro let out a long sigh when that thing finally stopped. It’s only 6:45; if Kaoru has something to do at 8, why in the world would he wake up so early?
Apparently, the only way to find out is by waking him up. But he’s so comfortable right now. Kojiro loves nights out with Kaoru, and the mornings are the reason. He doesn’t even care to move his gym section to later, whenever he has time, and cut it short to an hour. All he cares about is snuggling with his best friend in the morning. So, he’d stay in bed as long as Kauro slept, which usually was after 10 a.m. And he always wakes up grumpy at that time, saying that it is too early to be alive. Kojiro doesn’t know why Kaoru needs to get up so early, and he needs to prepare himself for all the accusations he’ll have to deal with the moment he tries to wake up the other man.
He checks out the watch on the wall again, and it's only been a couple of minutes. He’s just brushing Kaoru’s hair out of his pretty face and admiring how beautiful he is. He feels so lucky to be able to see his bestie so up close and so calm. He doesn’t want to start thinking about what will happen when Kaoru finally gets a boyfriend, and then someone else would be the luckiest person in the world to wake up like this every damn day. Unfortunately, Kojiro could never be that person. But he’d always be his best friend and always be there whenever he needed him.
Kaoru’s face was so close to him that he could just lean in and kiss him right now. But he's a coward and could never risk their friendship like this. He brushed his nose gently on Kuru’s forehead, saying his name and shaking his body a little bit.
He only got Kaoru coming even closer to him and burying his face on Kojiro’s shoulder.
"Arg, come on, Kaoru, you’re killing me here."
He tries shaking him again and patting his head to calm the wild cat down.
"Wake, wake, princess."
"Urg, shut up." Kaoru murmurs.
"I’m sorry, baby, but Carla is about to start crying again. You have an appointment and need to wake up."
"No."
Kojiro laughs to himself. How can this grown ass man be so cute first thing in the morning? He could never handle how cute Kaoru could be sometimes.
"Come on, princess." This time, he couldn’t control himself and placed a kiss on top of his friend’s head. "I can make you some breakfast before you go."
"No." He murmurs again. "I want to stay here forever."
Okay, maybe he’s still sleepy; he definitely didn’t mean literally, right? But Kojiro is just so tired of pretending and going around in this little game they have been playing for so long. So he opens his big mouth to finally say what has been bottled up in his chest forever.
"I’m all your Kaoru; you can stay forever or as long as you wish."
It’s quiet… Maybe he went back to sleep and didn’t hear his shitty confession. But the body next to him started to shake, and he could hear some giggling.
"What’s so funny, shithead?"
"Your joke!" Kaoru said, moving his head a little back but not so far yet. "Kojiro, you seem to belong to everyone and no one at the same time; how can you say that?" He’s still laughing.
Kojiro couldn't believe this. What's so funny about being in love with your best friend for over two decades?
"Kaoru is not a joke." He whispers more to himself. Now he can’t face his friend anymore. What if this is what breaks them forever, and it’s all his fault? Would Kaoru believe him if he said he was still drunk from last night?
A hand is pulling his face up and brushing his cheek. The face staring at him looks so worried and a little hopeful in the eyes.
"Why are you crying, big baby? You can’t say stuff like that to me first thing in the morning. I’m not fully awake, and I could easily misunderstand you."
That is his chance to fix things and play it as a joke. But he’s so tired of all this pulling and pushing. He’s laying down with the love of his life on his arms, brushing his tears away, and looking so beautiful so early in the morning. "It should be illegal to look this beautiful so early in the morning."
He has never seen the face looking back at him so red in his entire life.
"OMG, did I just say that out loud?"
"You’re so stupid, Nanjo!" Kaoru hit his shoulder but kept his hand right there, over his heart. He can definitely feel how nervous Kojiro is right now. It’s now or never.
"I’m not joking, Kaoru. Not about you staying forever. Definitely not about you being the most beautiful person I have ever seen in my life." He reached out his hand to brush Kaoru’s hair out of his pretty red face. "And not about being completely lost in love with you for so long."
He can’t believe it; he finally shut Kaoru up. He’d be dying laughing if this were not the most important moment of his life. It looks like Kauro is still looking for a joke in his eyes, but he’s so serious. He could not believe he had actually just done that. And now, holding the back of Kauro’s head, he brings him even closer, almost brushing their lips together and never breaking eye contact.
"If you don’t move away, I’m going to kiss you princess." Kojiro whispers right into his mouth.
BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP
Still staring into each other's eyes, they start to laugh like crazy.
"Carla, I’m awake."
Without further instructions, the device shoots off.
When they finally stop laughing, Kaoru is still in his arms. Why? Kojiro needs to try again, but before he thinks of something funny to say, Kaoru is already kissing him.
And wow, it’s definitely the best kiss of his life.
"I kind of love you too, you idiot."