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Small hands worked over a buzzing sewing machine, feeding many layers of fabric through it. The petite body in a pink jumper was surrounded by dozens of mannequins and dress forms. Pinned with various fabric samples, loose articles and bodice patterns, the shape of the mannequins themselves were barely recognisable to anyone but him.
Sharp blue eyes darted across the newly made stitches, the ball of his right foot stepping on the machine pedal with varying pressure. His right hand removes the pins on the fabric almost robotically, securing them onto the pin cushion around his left wrist. He unconsciously bites his bottom lip, whether in determination or frustration only he knows. If his lip aches he doesn't notice.
Stitch, stitch, back stitch.
The noisy sound of the sewing machine fades as the soft melody in his ears flood his brain once more.
Snip.
Cutting off the excess thread, he lifts his arms (and the garment) over his head and screams-
"FINALLY!!!"
With a throw, the garment lands on the shoulder of a dress form behind him. He spins in his chair giddily before exiting his studio, the fatigue he felt slightly masking his joy of completing his new fashion line.
Stepping into the living room, he spots his boyfriend on the couch with glasses on his nose, book in hand and hand on chin. He looks concentrated, and Ramuda decides he is to be the focus of his concentration starting... now.
"Gentarooooo~ I'm finally done~ Comfort me, please? ♡" Ramuda dives into Gentaro's lap, snuggling his face against the dark fabric of his hakama.
"My, my. I heard you the first time." Gentaro chuckles as he sets his glasses and book aside. He motions for Ramuda to get up, positioning him on his lap with their bodies pressing together, pink head on his shoulder and slim legs locked around his waist.
"There, there, good boy. Congratulations for finishing them." Gentaro cooed, his voice a whisper beside Ramuda's ear before a soft kiss lands on his temple. He buries his fingers in soft pink hair and massages it, gradually removing the many pins and clips and letting Ramuda's bangs unravel onto his forehead. Ramuda leans more on Gentaro, his eyes closing in contentment and seemingly purring in his grasp.
"Do you want to have lunch?" A mutter as Gentaro halts his hand movements, which summons a groan from the snuggled up pinkette. He quickly resumes.
"Uweh? Gen-chan cooked? How rare..." He answers in a soft tone, his pitched up voice betraying him as the fatigue of working continuously for the past few days finally took its toll on him.
"Oh, not me. Our beloved Dice did." He states matter of factly, earning a questionable gaze from down below. "That better be a lie." Ramuda pokes at his cheek, pouting. "Ahah~ Yes it was a lie. I wouldn't allow him to cook without your permission."
Ramuda scoffs and muses. It's not that Dice's cooking was strictly bad or anything. There was just one time when Ramuda expressed his craving for an omelette, Dice decided to buy a whole tray of eggs (probably on Gentaro's dime), and proceeded to cook all of the eggs into one giant omelette, as he put it 'Don't they have the same expiry time? So it had to be in one go!'
Needless to say, Ramuda didn't eat another egg dish for at least a month. Gentaro found the whole thing amusing though. Ramuda concluded that the incident just cemented the fact that one of his boyfriends is a lovable dumbfuck.
"Thank gosh~ I don't need the same leftovers for a week, thank you very much!" He flips his head on Gentaro's shoulder, enjoying the tiny vibrations from Gentaro's body as he chuckles.
"Don't worry, I cooked one of your favourites." Patting Ramuda on the butt, Gentaro proceeds to carry Ramuda as he walks into the kitchen. Ramuda lets himself be carried, the smell of food filling his nostrils, his mouth salivating. "Carbonara?"
Gentaro hums in approval, setting him down on the kitchen counter. He pecks a soft kiss on his forehead before moving around the kitchen, spooning a ladle of hot pasta from the steaming pot onto two ceramic plates. After he is finished setting up the table, they both take their seats, a short itadakimasu! later and they're digging into their piping hot food.
"It's so good, Gen-chan! ♡" Ramuda takes another bite with a content smile on his face. "For you, of course." Gentaro smiles too, reaching out to hold Ramuda's unoccupied hand.
Then, the sound of the front door opening followed by a loud "Eh?! You guys eating without me?" breaks their serene atmosphere, replacing it with a lively one as their small smiles turn into toothy grins.
Dice makes his way into Ramuda's apartment after shuffling to remove his shoes as he was clutching a plastic bag containing something. "It smells awesome! Smells fancy." He says as he struts into the kitchen, setting down the plastic bag on the counter.
"Daisu~ I missed you~" Ramuda exclaimed as he turned in his seat, arms outstretched in anticipation. Dice happily gave him a big hug plus a small ruffle of his hair. "So you done with your work?"
"Yep!" Ramuda yipped as he pressed his face into Dice's stomach. He was always so warm.
Dice pulled away to grab a plate for lunch as well. He gave Gentaro a prompt kiss before getting the ladle.
"I won big today, y'know?! That's why," he pointed to the bag on the counter, "I bought you guys cake."
"Uwah, really?! What flavour?" Ramuda gave his cheek a peck as Dice sat down beside him with a loaded bowl.
"Carrot cake for you, strawberry shortcake for you. Your favs, yeah?" He pointed to Gentaro and Ramuda with his spoon as he spoke, eyes glinting in smugness. Smiling, the two expressed their fond thanks.
The dining table was never dull with my posse, Ramuda thought as they chatted and laughed over nice warm food.
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"So what do you wanna do?" Dice questions as he nudges Ramuda, the three of them doing dishes at the sink.
"Mmm...maybe sleep? I'm really tired~" the pinkette answers as he wipes a stray water drop on his face with his shirt sleeve. "Oh, I know! We should all take a nap together! Okay? Okay!" He glances up to meet both his lovers eyes, deciding for them.
After finishing the dishes, with Ramuda in lead, they make their way into their shared bedroom. It was originally Ramuda's, but once he knew how nice it felt to sleep between two warm bodies everyday, he opened his room to them.
Ramuda pounced straight into the king-sized bed, pulling the comforter over his body. "Uwaaa….it's been so long since I slept here." He pats the empty spaces beside him, beckoning the other two.
After staying in the apartment for a while, Gentaro realized that once Ramuda starts his sewing spree, he tends to stay cooped up in his studio, which houses a bed. He could stay inside for days, sometimes even sacrificing eating or drinking for the sake of chasing time. While he failed countless times in trying to fix Ramuda's destructive behaviour, he decided he could at least bring him food and water during those periods so that he wouldn't starve. And at least, it allowed him to see his boyfriend during those busy times (but maybe that was the real reason).
"Hey~~~ I can see you thinking, Gen-chan!" Ramuda snapped his fingers in front of his face, breaking him from his thoughts. Humming, Ramuda moved to snuggle into his chest. On the other side, Dice was spooning Ramuda, his face buried in cotton candy hair.
"Oh~ I'm just thinking how I'd like this moment to last forever~" Gentaro said with the voice of a shy girl, which earned a groan from Dice and a small giggle from Ramuda before it died down to quiet breaths.
Well, it's not a lie. He thinks as he wraps his arms around his boyfriends, letting his mind drift and his eyes droop.
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It was around five in the afternoon when Dice woke up. The Tokyo skies were already dark, the almost-disappearing sunset coloured their room a dim orange through the blinds. Blinking wearily, he glanced at the two by his side.
Ramuda somehow turned in his sleep, facing him now with Gentaro hugging him from behind. Huffing a small laugh, Dice poked Ramuda's cheek while he observed his face. One poke and Ramuda's face scrunched up, his lips pouting. Cute.
He kept poking his cheek gently, loving the way his cheeks bounced and smushed. Like marshmallows.
His continuous absent-minded poking stirred Ramuda up, looking for the source of the offending movement. Once he saw that it was Dice's finger, he turned his head and took the finger into his mouth.
Startled, Dice let out a small yelp. He meets Ramuda's eyes which sparkled in amusement, his small tongue lapping the pad of his finger. Dice twitched at the sudden sensation.
Slightly embarrassed, Dice slowly pulled out his finger, looking like he was caught doing something bad. Ramuda giggled and raised an arm to wrap around his head, scratching the spot near his nape.
Almost immediately, he melts into the touch, his eyes closing in contentment. He really is like a dog, Ramuda thinks.
"Having fun without me?" The two limbs around his thin waist links together, signaling Gentaro's awakening. He moves to lean into Ramuda more and rests his chin on fluffy hair, to which Ramuda responds with a pat to his hands.
"Mmm….is there anything you want to do later?" Gentaro mumbles with his eyes closed, voice heavy with sleep.
Humming, Ramuda contemplated his choices. "I found a new cafe online...let's go there after dinner?" Ramuda suggests while he continues to scratch Dice, moving to rub circles behind his ear now.
"Sure, but what's for dinner?" Dice answers with a dazed look, too absorbed in the comfortable touch.
"Maybe the Izakaya nearby? We can have ramen." Opening his eyes, Gentaro voices. He pulls back his arms and moves to sit up.
"I'm super down for ramen!"
"I'm fine with that, let's go~♡"
The three of them started getting up from bed, changing into clothes suitable for the cold weather outside. Ramuda decides that the three of them should wear coordinated scarves, ones that he made no less.
Warm and energised, they leave their apartment into the bustling night of Shibuya.
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"Are we really going to buy all of those?!" The taller two of the trio asked, one more in excitement and the other more in shock.
"Of course! This new store has so many interesting treats, we have to try them all!" Ramuda bobbed, happily ordering away at the counter. Dice and Gentaro exchanged looks of wary faces.
"But...they're huge." Dice points to a worker making rainbow cotton candy that's at least 2 feet tall, beaming with delight but also slightly terrified. "That's like, half of you!"
"It's the size of everything here that's amazing!" Ramuda ignores Dice's comment and hands the cashier their cash, before leading them to sit at a table to wait for their snacks.
"It certainly is astounding." Gentaro looks at the shop sign which literally has the word LONGEST, and at the amount of patrons in the store. It truly is booming with young people, mostly fixated on taking good photos of their gigantic food.
Ah, humans capturing the aesthetics and form of consumables into permanence, how strange indeed.
"I don't know what you're thinking but stop it. Our food's here." Dice patted Gentaro's shoulder, dragging him to collect their treats from the counter.
Ramuda ordered the rainbow cotton candy, Dice a stick of fried potato, and Gentaro a churro stick. All of them being extremely long and unconventional to eat. Gentaro and Dice were visibly baffled at the size while Ramuda seems extremely happy with his portion.
"Let's go outside and take some cute photos!!♡" Ramuda yipped as he led the way outside the shop where it wasn't so crowded. "Oh my God, the thing is covering your whole head!" Laughing, Dice follows behind him with Gentaro chuckling as well. Ramuda pouts, "That's part of the charm!", but laughs too. Being silly together is always fun.
Ramuda then positions them to various 'super adorable!' poses and snaps so many that can't possibly all be uploaded online. After he is satisfied, finally they take a bite from their food.
'How are we supposed to eat this?' Gentaro asks himself, looking at his long churro on an even longer stick. He was just about to ask them when he saw that they were already chewing with their mouths full, big smiles on their faces.
"It's so good!!!" Dice and Ramuda exclaim with gleaming eyes. Dice hurriedly scarfs down his potato snack, "I'm gonna get another one!" before running back into the store.
One, two, three.
The same mess of blue hair retreats out the door and speedwalks towards them, shouting a "I forgot my wallet, please lend me some cash!" with his hands clasped tightly together, ignoring strange looks from the people around him.
Sighing, Ramuda reaches into his pocket to give Dice enough to buy another while Gentaro merely chuckles and re-attempts to eat his own snack. A few moments later, Dice comes out of the store with three sticks of fried potato on each hand. Ramuda winces as he is reminded of the egg incident while Gentaro always finds it funny.
Together, they walk down the streets of Shibuya back to their home. Even though their scarves were speckling with tiny dots of snow, their hearts were filled with warmth and love.
And hey, there's cake waiting for them back home.