Shotgun Wedding Log: Sakura Flavoured Trio

[mikazuki_chan]

Since Akio had a long, late shift at the convenience store, and Kenta was out hosting, the twins had enjoyed an evening to themselves the night before. Now, Yue's waiting for Akio to swing by with a rental car to pick him up so they can go on the most delightfully ridiculous grocery run ever.

There had been a weirdly long line at the car rental place that day, and Akio had no idea why except that it was to annoy him. Eventually he got the keys to a minivan, which was a bigger vehicle than he'd been expecting to get, but he had no complaints. He took the keys, grabbed the car they belonged to, then headed on back to the apartment to pick up Yue. When he got there, he apologized, "Sorry it took so long. They were weirdly busy today. Anyway, ready to go?" He asked.

Yue laughs seeing the minivan as that was bigger than he'd been expecting too. He climbs on in, "No problem. But how many cases do you think I'm gunna buy?" he teases, again about the size of the vehicle. Also he's just generally in a great mood, between the previous evening and this ridiculous voyage. And you'd better bet he had not told Yui about the plan to buy a bunch of cases of sakura booze again.

"Hey, don't complain. It was this or a dinky smart car. Didn't think there would be enough space for even one case." Akio teased, not really thinking that Yue was actually complaining at all. "That being said... you are planning on buying a rather ridiculous number, aren't you~?" He added with a grin, remembering the story of last year's outing where the taxi got loaded up with cases of sakura booze. "By the way, where are going to get this stuff?"

"We could have fit more in the smart car if I sat on your lap," Yue proposes, clearly a joke as he would actually die of embarrassment driving around the streets of Tokyo sitting on his boyfriend's lap, but.... he is in a good mood. The model tells Akio the store he'd gotten them from before, sure Akio knows the one he's talking about.

The very idea of how that would work made the drummer laugh. "Nevermind the fact that I don't think we'd both fit behind the wheel of a smart car, the logistics of where your legs would go...." He shook his head in amusement. Also, he knew that Yue would never actually go for such an arrangement, so the rest of the logistics didn't actually matter. Still super amusing image, though. With the information about where they were going, Akio got driving in the right direction.

Yue smiles, glad Akio had found that amusing. He doesn't want to be too distracting while Akio's driving, but he ends up humming happily to himself, looking out the car window. It's pretty rare, as a Tokyoite, that he is actually in a car, so he finds it enjoyable.

Thankfully, the traffic wasn't that heavy for Tokyo, so Akio didn't need all of his concentration, so he was able to enjoy Yue's happy humming. Being the drummer that he was, he couldn't help but lightly drum his fingers on the steering wheel, making a kind of beat to back up that humming.

The model, after a short time, realizes Akio's playing along with him, and breaks out into a larger smile. That said, he's not disappointed when they arrived either, as 'surprising' Yui with a mountain of Sakura booze is a fun quest indeed. Once the car is safely parked, Yue gets out, "Alright, let's go! We can each grab a cart..."

Stuffing the keys into his pocket, Akio couldn't help but laugh at that announcement. "A cart each, huh?" He responded, honestly not *surprised*, if he thought about it, but it was still amusing thinking of two carts piled high with this stuff. He did grab his required cart, though, and headed into the store with Yue.

"I only got one cart last time; and it didn't last til the next sakura season, so...." This, is the model's 'logic' at least. He model leads the way to the drink aisle, though once there it takes a moment to find it. He does though, and points it out, "There, that's the one."

That reasoning made Akio chuckle in amusement. "Sounds like it's a good thing I got the van." He observed. Once they got to the right aisle and Yue pointed out the correct drink, the drummer moved his cart into position so they would be able to load up both carts easily. "Wow... this is really pink, huh? Or is that just the case?" He asked, lifting two cases at a time into the cart.

"The drink is a light pink, mostly clearish colour," Yue admits, the case definitely being far more bright. Stores don't typically keep that many cases out on the floor though, so they only get a cart-and-a-half before they've wiped the place out. The model is pleased, "This is awesome. Yui's gunna kill me."

"Interesting." Akio responded regarding the colour of the drink. Yue's pleased announcement once they had transferred the entire display into their carts made him chuckle and shake his head. "He really might. And me with you for being your accomplice." He added, then grinned, "So, since we didn't get a full two carts' worth, are we going to hit another store to remedy that?" He asked as he started heading toward the register with his laden cart.

"Hmm, well. Let's see how much this costs me first," Yue replies, definitely not the sort of person who does the calculation before approaching the register. But as they wait in line, he realizes that if Akio's drinking some too, this might last even less long than the ones he bought last year. So yeah, once they're loading the cases into the van, he double checks, "You don't mind hitting up another store?"

Akio definitely took that response to mean 'if there is still money that can reasonably be spent on this, then yes', and when that question came as they were loading up the van, there definitely being more room still for more cases, he knew he was right. "Nope, I don't mind. After all, we have a van that can take a good amount more, so it's not even like we need to drop all this off first, *then* go to another store." Once the carts were returned and they were back in the front seat, he asked which location they should hit next, then got the car in gear for them to head to the next store.

"Thanks," Yue says, since he really does appreciate his boyfriend going along with this nonsense plan. On the way to the next store, he points out, "Especially I realized if you end up liking it too, there'll be twice as many people drinking it as last year."

That additional realization brought a short laugh from the drummer. "If I end up drinking so much of it that it causes you to need that much more, I'll have to do something to pay you for it." And he wasn't talking about money~

"Actually this whole situation would be extra funny if you tried it and didn't like it," Yue admits, since then Akio would be on team Yui after helping buy and carry it. Sadly, it being alcohol, they can't just have Akio try it now to determine before they get more.

"Well, that would just mean lots of tipsy Yue time, I guess." Akio responded, not really thinking that tipsy Yue from trying to drink the alcohol before the next year was a bad trade for him not ending up liking the alcohol. Though, there wasn't really an alcohol that the drummer had met that he hadn't liked yet, so he wasn't going to count on himself not liking it just yet.

They go through the same procedure at the next store, Yue leaving most of the lifting to Akio. It just makes sense, the drummer can count this as a workout and Yue can enjoy watching. Soon enough they're on their way back to the apartment.

Akio only joking complained about the division of labour once, but the truth was: he enjoyed Yue watching him with that look in his eye. The drummer knew that he looked hot, even if he was only lifted two and three cases of the alcohol at a time into their carts, then from the carts into the car. Once they were on the way back to the apartment, though, he had to ask: "So... how are we getting these all upstairs? Do you have a dolly we can use? Or something?" He was sure the twins must have something like that for maintenance or whatever, he just didn't know where such a thing would be kept.

"Mhmm. There's a maintenance room in the basement, and there's a flat, cart thing," Yue explains, clearly using the correct technical term for the item. What? Yui's the one who knows the technical terms, although the model is actually fairly handy.

"Even better." Akio responded with some relief. Transferring ridiculous numbers of cases of alcohol from shelf to cart to car was fine, but doing multiple trips with cases in arms up and down the elevator would not be enjoyable. Any kind of cart would be welcome in getting this crazy task done.

Once they arrive at the building, Yue leaves Akio with the car and rushes off to get the cart, then brings it back. He does help to load it, but he can only really manage a case at a time so Akio is definitely still doing the bulk of the work.

Getting the cart loaded up was somehow an enjoyable task as they worked together. Once they had it as loaded as it was going to get while still being maneuverable, Akio spoke up, "Looks like it's going to take a couple of trips." Not surprising when they had basically cleared out two stores' worth of the stuff. "So, which apartment are we storing this all in?" He asked even as they headed into the building with the first load.

"Hmm, I think the spot with the most space is your laundry room?" Yue admits, since the twins' laundry room has an awful lot of litter boxes and other cat supplies in it. "But we should stack at least a few in our kitchen for effect."

The effect being making sure Yui knows what had happened.

The fact that they could stack the stuff high in the laundry room if they had to, because Akio could just use the laundry room across the hall if needed, made that choice the most logical. "Alright, so this load straight to the laundry room, then we'll divide the next one between the laundry room and the kitchen?" He confirmed as they got on the elevator. Thankfully, no one else was in there to goggle at the insanity they were involved in.

"Perfect," Yue agrees, pretty much on cloud 9 between the previous evening and today's shenanigans. Honestly his life, overall, has been scary awesome recently. They enact their plan quickly, although the model is feel tired after all that lifting (and of course, he only did a fraction of it!) But they need to return the vehicle before they can rest. Well - he could abandon Akio to it but that's rather ungrateful so he comes along for that trip.

Honestly, Akio had expected Yue to hang out at the apartment while he returned the van, but he wasn't upset to continue having his boyfriend's company, especially for the walk back to the apartment. "So, do you think Yui-kun will discover your ridiculousness before we get back?" He asked after they had handed in the keys and paid for the rental, not as clear on the older twin's schedule as Yue was.

"Hmmm, nope. If I remember right we have a bit of time to ourselves before he gets back," And he's pretty sure he remembers right. Because as lovely as it had been spending the previous evening with his brother, he's excited to have alone time with Akio today too. "Although I'm kinda tired after all the physical labour."

"Oh nice~" Akio responded with a grin in his boyfriend's direction, though he didn't say or do anything more obvious than that while they were walking along in public. "That's alright. We can veg for a bit. Maybe catch up a little?" He was sure Yue would catch his actual meaning that he couldn't say out loud: gossip about how Yue's night had gone the night before. After all, the model had been in an excellent mood all day, and Akio doubted it was entirely about the sakura alcohol.

Akio, being as good at reading Yue as he is, can surely tell by some quality of the model's smile in response to the idea of 'catching up' that he certainly had something to share, "Oh yes, resting, catching up, sampling the sakura booze...."

That smile surely spoke of tales to be told, and Akio was so there for that. He kept his anticipation mostly to himself for now, though, not wanting to inadvertently embarrass Yue out on the street. "Mmm~ Yes, we have to discover if I'm going to help you with that stack of booze." He agreed.

There are certain things that shall not be spoken in public, and Yue's activities with Yui certainly fall in that category. He walks beside Akio, close but not touching or holding hands, as they're on a rather busy street. "Yes. If you like it, we may have to buy more next year."

Akio's fingers nearly itched to twine with Yue's, but he knew that wasn't the best idea, so he resisted. "If that's the case, we'll need to plan where to put the cases a little better next year. Also.... maybe plan a route to hit enough stores." Akio agreed with amusement.

"Hmmm... if I were an organized person, I could probably just call the store and make an order or something," Yue shrugs. He's not an organized person; all those genes went to his twin. And Yui is probably not gunna help out with this task. As for the topic of where to store them next year, he jokes, "Well, who knows, we may have renovated the whole place by then."

"Even if you were, I doubt any one store would get enough stock in to cover your order. We did clean out the floor stock at two stores to buy what we did this year. If we need more next year, that might be three or more stores' worth of cases!" Akio responded with a slight shake of his head. The idea that they might have renovated by this time next year brought a small half-smile to the drummer's lips. "As much as I'd love that idea, I'm not sure we'll have *that* much disposable income by then to have redone everything. Maybe the new wall and entryway?" Of course, even if they had that much done by then, they could store stuff in the area that used to be the hallway between the two apartments, so they could fill that area with cases if they wanted.

"Hmm, I guess that might be a quick timeline - but we've almost paid off the boiler, and once that's done that monthly cut of our income could go into saving for reno so... who knows?" Yue replies. And while he doesn't want to jinx it... shotgun has been ridiculous from the start so who knows how well the band could be doing by then.

"True." Akio agreed with a more hopeful smile. He hadn't actually done any research into what something like they were envisioning would cost, but he was thinking it would likely be in the hundreds of thousands of yen, at least. And that just seemed like a lot to him. He could be wrong, though. Maybe they would be able to get some deals along the way too... or do some of the work themselves to keep the costs down that way. So... maybe it would happen faster than he was thinking.

Thankfully, it wasn't that far a walk from the rental place to the apartment (the reason he had chosen that rental place to begin with), so it wasn't much longer before they were re-entering their building and heading for the elevator.

Yui is definitely planning on doing a lot of the work - most things that don't involve plumbing or electrical. And he can supervise those to make sure the work is good and not a rip off, at least. But that's not important currently.

What is important is that Yue and Akio are in the elevator, and nobody else is, so he finally lets his hand slip into his boyfriend's. "Thanks again for helping me be ridiculous."

Akio breathed in deeply and relaxed as that hand slid into his. "I love you being ridiculous." The drummer assured his boyfriend with a light squeeze of that hand. "I'm delighted to be part of your silliness, especially when it's as cute as getting a ridiculous amount of pink alcohol."

"Well, they say to find someone who will support your endeavors, right?" At the emphasis on the alcohol's colour, he laughs, "Hopefully we don't turn pink like flamingos or something."

That description made Akio snort in amusement. "Sounds about right." He agreed, rather than replying that he was pretty sure that was about more serious endeavors than pink alcohol. "Oh my god. I'm not sure, but that might make us even gayer than we already are if we turn into flamingos." The drummer responded with a sudden laugh. The image was just ridiculous, but also kind of fun. He was sure Yue would make a cute flamingo.

"I feel like it would be pretty difficult to get gayer than we are," Yue admits, what with literally being gay men. The elevator ride to their floor doesn't involve any residents, thankfully, and he laughs upon arriving at the top, "Wait, which apartment are we going to?"

"True...." Akio agreed, trying to think of a way for them to be *literally* gayer, and not coming up with anything. When they got to the top, he was automatically going to go into 'his' apartment, but then paused at Yue's question. "Hmmm.... good question. Do you think your brother is home yet? Is it better to be *in* the apartment when he discovers the cases for your amusement, or to walk in after he's had a chance to discover them?" He asked, thinking this would be the decider.

"Oh, you're right. It would definitely be better to *be* there when he finds them~ So let's go to catland," Yue easily decides - whereas on another day, he likely would have gone to Akio's and probably gotten fucked. Not that that *can't* happen in catland, although it depends on things like Kenta being home or not. He opens the door to the twins apartment, leaving dealing with Reno entirely to Akio.

"Catland it is." Akio agreed easily, following Yue into the other apartment. Amazingly enough, Reno actually didn't make a dash for the door so much as he seemed to beeline quickly toward the drummer, who was already leaning down to accept the red cat into his arms. Reno almost seemed to leap into the man's arms, and Akio gave 'his' cat lots of love, kisses, and pets, which were returned to him as purrs, head bumps, and a couple of licks. Eventually, though, he had to let the cat down so he could take off his boots off and properly enter the apartment.

Yue watches on, thoroughly amused. If the whole threesome doesn't work out; they'll have to give up Reno to Akio in the end, as the red cat had clearly made his choice. He gets off his shoes and goes to knock at 'his' bedroom door, wanting to determine straight away if Kenta is in or not.

Akio noticed Yue going and knocking on the door of the room that Kenta was borrowing from the younger twin and went into the living room to settle on the couch and cuddle some more with Reno, who surprisingly hadn't gone running off after being let down. "You attention starved today, buddy? Isn't your second favourite person here all the time?" He asked the cat, giving him some more pets. Akio might like to pretend to forget Kenta's name, but he didn't deny that the host was absolutely Reno's second favourite person.

At the knock on the door, Kenta glanced over from what he was doing, but didn't move to open the door. "Hey, Ayase-san! You can come in!" He called out, assuming it was Yui knocking on the door. That said, he went back to the origami butterfly he was working on. He doubted that Yui would have much to say about this hobby of his, so he didn't even try to hide the nearly finished creation.

"Wrong twin," Yue declares as he opens the door to 'his' room. It is a pretty cool piece of origami, close enough to being done that its butterfly shape is evident already, but he doesn't stare or anything. "Akio and I are hanging out here for a bit, while we wait for Yui to come home. Just wanted to let you know." He feels confident that Kenta would feel free to come hang out if he wanted, at this point in their experience of 'all living together'. The host can probably guess that he'd also been checking to see if they were alone or not, but that's fine.

At that declaration, Kenta looked up, hands immediately stilling so that he wouldn't make a mistake while he wasn't looking at the butterfly. This was only the second time he had done this particular pattern, so it was open on his phone in front of him while he worked. "Oh! Hey Yue-kun!" He said, then listened to what the other man was saying. "Cool cool. Were you needing me to head out...?" He asked, not sure if the throuple was looking to spend time together over here this afternoon. He didn't really have any plans for before work, but he *could* get changed and clear out if that was needed.

Yue shakes his head, personally invested in chasing Kenta out as rarely as possible, especially with easy access to the other apartment. "No, it's just nice to know who's around, right? You can come hang out later if you want too." He gives a little wave then, and heads back out of the bedroom and to the kitchen. Time to celebrate the ridiculous beverages they'd acquired by consuming some.

"Okay." Kenta responded with a friendly smile, then brightened slightly at the offer. "Sure! Maybe I will after I finish this." He said, not sure that he actually would, but the offer was certainly nice to have. Once Yue left, he went back to finishing up the piece of origami.

Seeing Yue coming back out of the room and making for the kitchen, Akio asked, "Guess Kenta-kun is here?" Really, it was less a question and more a request for confirmation of what he was already pretty sure of.

"Mhmm, I offered that he could come hang out it he wants; he's practicing some origami so I don't know if he will though," Yue agrees. He brings back a couple bottles of the very-pink drinks, and offers one to Akio as he settles on the couch, "And now, we enjoy the rewards of our quest."

Akio accepted one of the drinks with the hand that wasn't still petting the red cat that was resisting getting in his lap, but was sitting up and leaning heavily into his side. "Thanks! Does he do a lot of origami? Or is this new?" He asked, not at all familiar with Kenta's hobbies beyond the fact the other man liked wearing cat ears and contacts sometimes.

"I wouldn't say I've seen him do it a lot, but... I think the designs he does look complicated, so I guess he's good at it, so he probably does it a lot," Yue admits, perhaps an odd answer for an ex-boyfriend but whatever. He smiles at Reno being a cute brat. He opens Akio's drink since the drummer is down a hand, then opens his own, and taps the necks of the bottles together, "Cheers."

"Oh? So more than just paper cranes, then." Akio responded thoughtfully, then smiled at Yue opening his drink for him. "Thanks. He's being oddly needy, and I want to reward that." He explained, obviously meaning the cat. He had to smile again at that cheers, then echoed it before taking a sip of the drink. He swirled it carefully in his mouth, considering the flavour, then swallowed. "Hmmm.... not really what I would have imagined, but not bad either." He stated, then took another considering sip.

"It looked like a butterfly today," Yue says, so definitely not the standard crane or frog. As for Reno being needy, he shrugs. Cats are mysteries at time. Although... Reno 'doesn't live' with his chosen person, so he could just really be excited to have Akio over. "I seriously do not even know why I love this stuff so much, but it's like. Perfect. Sweet but not too much so," the model admits, before enjoying another sip. It's just so refreshing!

"Mm! That's it! It's not as sweet as I thought it would be. I thought it would be more like a mouthful of sugar, but this is actually pleasantly drinkable." Akio replied with a bit of a nod to himself before taking a more proper drink. "A butterfly, huh? I don't think I've ever seen an origami butterfly before. Sounds complicated." He added, agreeing with Yue's earlier assessment.

Just as Akio was saying that, Kenta appeared from the bedroom, no cat ears in sight and dressed fairly casually (at least for the host) in jeans and a close-fitting t-shirt. He did have contacts in: his green ones, but they were also just normal contacts. And in his hands was the aforementioned paper butterfly, having caught that the pair was talking about it just as he was coming out. "Want to take a look?" He offered, holding the butterfly out to the other two men.

"It looks like a freezie or something, I guess that's why you think it would be sweeter," Yue admits. He looks over at Kenta joining them, "Oh, we were just talking about that. I'd love to see it now that it's done." he agrees, since it had been pretty cool when he'd briefly seen it earlier. He notes the host's contacts, mainly because he's more used to the other man wearing blue ones.

"I think it's because the container is so unapologetically pink, actually." Akio replied, then nodded at Yue's reply to the host, taking a look at the folded piece as it was passed to the younger twin. "That's really impressive, Fujimoto-san. I have no idea how you would even do that. Is it just one sheet of paper?" He asked, noting that the wings seemed to be a different colour from the body.

Kenta nodded as he took a seat in a chair, "Yeah, the paper is just different colours on each side." He replied, glad that his folding technique had been good enough to not make it obvious that one side was technically the 'back' of the paper. "What are you two drinking?" He asked, curious at the very pink drinks. Not that he was judging, but both men seemed much more the beer type than the fruity cocktail type.

"It's so pretty -- you should give it to your boy, I bet he'd be super impressed," Yue advises. He doesn't know the violinist super well but he definitely thinks he'd be impressed, and enjoy something so delicate. As for the booze, he laughs, "Oh, you weren't around for this last time... I'm obsessed with this seasonal sakura booze. I bought like 5 cases of it last year and Yui got super mad at me -- so I bought like 16 cases of it this year. Go ahead and try one when you want." He uses when because he doesn't know what Kenta's plans for the day are, and he wants to make it clear that the host can try it whenever he wants, it doesn't have to be now.

When Yue was done looking at the butterfly, Akio carefully took hold of it and turned it this way and that to look at it. This meant that both hands were occupied, and neither was petting Reno. The cat took exception to this and stood up in the drummer's lap to rub his head multiple times against Akio's chest. "Okay, okay, I get it!" He told the red cat, then handed the butterfly back to Yue so that he could go back to petting the cat.

Kenta blinked at Reno's behaviour, then laughed. "He likes you too, huh?" He asked, though it seemed that Reno liked Akio even more than he liked the host, At least, if that behaviour was any indication.

That explanation of the booze, though, "What!?" The host exclaimed with a laugh. "Maybe I should get out of here before your brother comes home and realizes what you've done! I mean, I'm sure you can distract him with sex this year, but still!" He added with a cheeky grin. Being in the know about the relationships here totally meant that he could make jokes, right? "Thanks for the offer, though. I might try one later. Not now, though. I want to be able to hide quickly from Ayase-san's wrath~"

Yue laughs and accepts the butterfly back from Akio, pretty amused watching Reno be so needy. Maybe this is part of the kitten growing up, too. "We think Reno has chosen Akio, although you were definitely in the running for a while." He laughs at the booze situation, and says, "Well, I think the fact that I actually *make* money and wasn't being ridiculous with my allowance will temper his reaction somewhat -- but I guess there is *that* if needs be."

He's not sure that would work with Yui being asexual, but Kenta doesn't know about that (as far as he knows) so he's not going to mention it.

Thankfully, Kenta wasn't jealous of the cat showering attention on the drummer at all. Instead, he just smiled at the observation. "Probably for the best. I'd hate to have broken his little heart when I eventually move out! And it would have been just as sad to separate him from his cat family to take him with me." Though he was sure that Naoto would have loved him having a cat around when the other man came to visit his eventual new place. Or..... when they moved in together, someday? Maybe? Maybe thinking that would bring trouble. Best not to think that far ahead just yet.

When Yue agreed with him on how Yui's ire could be tempered, the host grinned. He had no idea that Yui was asexual. It just wasn't a situation he would have imagined with the older twin taking up with the two on the couch. Absolutely would not have crossed his mind. "Well, with two of you, I'm sure you'll find a way to distract him~" Kenta replied with a wink.

Akio just shook his head gently, but let a grin cover his lips. Just because he hadn't had the pleasure of going 'all the way' with Yui yet didn't mean he couldn't come up with excellent ideas for distracting Yui if it was necessary. Thinking that, though.... he was pretty sure there was a story to be had from Yue about last night~ He wasn't going to be rude and suggest that Kenta leave, but he was really hoping the host would go back to his room soon enough so that Yue would gush at him about whatever had happened!

Yue smiles at Kenta's kind thoughts about Reno and the cat's family, and certainly agrees. "Yes, this way is probably for the best. Are you thinking about getting yourself a feline friend when you get a new place?" It's an important factor, as you'd have to find an apartment that allows cats, and those are often more expensive. Yue definitely does have news to gush to Akio about, but even though Kenta knows about things, there's no way he's doing it in front of his ex.

Kenta chuckled at that question, "You know, I was just thinking that. I mean, my love of cats is obvious, and Naoto-kun loves cuddling your cats when he's over, especially Fujin, so I think it would work out if I did. But..... I don't know how viable that will be, so I'm not going to make it a must have for the apartment to allow animals. You know." He added, knowing that Yue certainly did know how having/wanting a pet could complicate a housing search.

Akio shrugged at that and suggested, "Who knows? Your boy might end up making a lot of money now that his band is back on its feet. Maybe you and he can get a place together that allows pets." He wasn't *quite* suggesting that Kenta be a kept man, but he was definitely suggesting that their combined earnings could net them a more expensive place, and therefore one more likely to allow a cat.

"That's a bit of a long term goal. They haven't officially been together all that long....?" Yue looks to Kenta then. He knows that Kenta and Naoto had been kind of off again on again together, but officially was just recently he's pretty sure. "If Naoto-san likes an older cat like Fujin -- there are always lots of older cats needing homes, but most people want kittens so they don't get adopted as much. And they're easier as a first time cat owner because you're not training them from 0. But yeah, more important to just get a nice place."

The fact that Kenta had *just* been thinking about not borrowing trouble by thinking about moving in with Naoto right before Akio made that suggestion would absolutely have made him choke if he had been drinking something, so he was glad he'd declined the sakura booze earlier. However, Yue's observation saved him somewhat. He nodded at the question, "Yeah, it hasn't been all that long yet. Like... a month, I think? Shit, I should probably see if I can remember what day, exactly it was." He added, mostly to himself, thinking it would be awful if he missed the date at anniversary time and Naoto knew it and was disappointed he forgot or something. When the rest of what Yue said registered, the host blinked. "Huh? Oh! Yeah, adopting an older cat would probably be better. Kittens look cute, but I think they'd take too much energy?" He admitted, definitely liking the idea of an older cat, even if by 'older' they ended up with a cat that was two or three years old, not like ten.

Akio smirked a little to himself as he watched Kenta's reaction to his suggestion, but hearing that the pair had only been together for a month, he had to admit that thinking about moving in together was a little premature. He'd thought they'd been together longer, but clearly he was wrong. "Yeah, worry about the place first, then worry about roommates, furry or otherwise." The drummer agreed, then smiled at the cat that had suddenly put his paws on the drummer's chest so he could butt his head against Akio's chin.

"Well, and you have to *train* a kitten. They don't come litter trained. An older cat will know... well, how to *cat*. How to be a housecat," Yue agrees. He tries to remember the exact day but can't, and then suggests, "Maybe you texted someone that day so you could figure it out that way?" The model gives up and gets his phone out to snap a shot of Reno and Akio because this is adorable.

"Yeah, no. Cat that knows how to cat already sounds way better than that, thanks. Also, since they're already grown, you already know what they're going to be like, for the most part, I'd think. No choosing just based on colour or markings or whatever." Kenta responded, thinking he had no idea why someone would want a kitten if they were that much work. Same with puppies, honestly. Too much energy, too much work. The suggestion about him maybe texting someone was a good one, though, he thought. "Oh! That's an idea! I'll have to look. Actually, maybe I'll do that now. Just in case your brother comes home sooner rather than later. By the way, I'm going to put on loud music and not come back out til dinner. Just so you know~" He added, making it obvious that he was going to leave the trio to whatever they wanted to do, wherever they wanted to do it, until dinner time at least.

Akio smiled at Yue as his and the cat's picture was taken. When Kenta announced he was heading back to the bedroom, he didn't exactly show that he was excited, but he didn't suggest the other man stay either. The longer they had between Kenta disappearing and Yui appearing was time to get the full story of last night from Yue~

Yue nods, "The personality can change, sometimes a *lot* between kitten and cat; and if you get a *much* older cat like Fujin, they're usually more chill than they were in their youthful prime." He smiles at Kenta's 'offer', recognizing it for what it is, "Ok~ have fun." He doesn't *watch* the host go like he's desperately waiting for the alone time, instead turning his phone around to show Akio the photo he's just taken.

"Thanks." Kenta replied, retrieving his butterfly from Yue before heading to the bedroom, closing the door, and turning on music as advertised. Music choice? Devillic, obviously.

Akio looked at the photo and had to laugh lightly at how adorable it had turned out. "I can't decide if that should be shared with fans because it's adorable, or never be allowed to leave your phone, also because it's adorable."

"I guess the decision is up to you," Yue admits. He's more inclined to keeping it for himself, but he's loved photos of musical artists, disarmed, with kittens before and doesn't care strongly enough to protest. He sidles up to Akio's side, trying not to laugh as he recognizes Devilic playing.

"Hmmm... then at least for now, it should live only on your phone." Akio decided, then smiled as Yue moved closer to him. He couldn't get an arm around the other man, sadly, with the cat demanding pets from one hand while the other held his drink, but he enjoyed the closeness nonetheless. "So~ I believe you enjoyed last night~?" He prompted, absolutely wanting to ask about that immediately, now that Kenta was otherwise occupied.

"Mhmm, that I did," Yue agrees, not minding at all that the cat has been chosen over him in this instance. In fact, he gets his arm around Akio, which isn't how they usually sit, but he thinks his boyfriend will appreciate the extra contact anyways. "Unless you've been holding out on me, last night is the first time Yui has done *sexual* things since discovering he's ace~"

It was a different dynamic than normal, having Yue's arm around him, rather than the other way around, but the drummer actually did enjoy it. And having the confirmation of what he'd suspected made him even happier. "Ooooooh~? No, I haven't been holding out on you at all~ So.... care to share~?" He asked, definitely hoping that Yue would, and wouldn't skimp on the details~

"So~ We were hanging out last night, lying in his bed, cuddling and kissing like normal." Basically, the advent of the twins dating just changed things from them cuddling in bed a lot, to cuddling in bed *with kisses* a lot, and Yue's here for it. "And then I said something like 'This is awesome, I love this, I would be interested in doing more, but I'm also happy to keep doing this.'. Like. wanted to make sure he knew I was happy either way, right?"

"Mhm~" Akio responded positively, a smile dancing on his lips as he listened to Yue set the scene. He could easily imagine how sweetly the pair had been curled up in bed, kissing, possibly lightly touching. He'd watched it, and participated in it, enough to have a very good idea of what that would look like.

"And he thought about it, then asked what I wanted to do. And I wanted his dick in my mouth so I told him as much, and he agreed~" Yue replies happily, taking a drink as a form of dramatic pause. That alone would already be delightful news. BJs were still kind of new to Yui, and it was the first sexual encounter after Yui had come to understand himself. But the truth was, Yue's not done yet~

"Mmmm~" Akio hummed appreciatively at the image conjured by Yue's evocative words. There were gentler, more poetic ways to have worded that, but he knew that the other man had used exactly the words he had to illustrate what the encounter had been like: not quite dirty, but not something soft and gentle either. "And I take it he enjoyed that~?" He asked, pretty much figuring that was where things had gotten to, since that was where things had been at before Yui's self-revelation.

"Mhmm, that he did," Yue agrees, "I did that thing where I--" and he describes which of his many favourite techniques he's tried out on his brother this time around. And then carries on, "So then, I was expecting him to use his hand, but *he* asked if I would be willing to talk him through *blowing me*." His excitement about even just the idea of that offer comes through with his excited delivery of that sentence, and yes, the reveal that he'd been burying the lede all day.

Akio listened with appreciation to the technique that Yue had used on Yui. He certainly knew that *he* enjoyed when the model performed that on him, so he was glad to hear that Yui had enjoyed it too. However, that revelation that came after was a treat indeed! "Really~?! You must have been bursting all day to share that!" The drummer exclaimed, his own excitement evident in the way that he shifted just slightly to face his boyfriend a little more. "So~ How did that go~? I know he's new to it all, but how was it?"

"I was! but I also wasn't gunna mention it in the supermarket!" Yue agrees. He'd known this gossip session would come at some point, so he'd just tried to contain his excitement and get on with the plans for the day until the time came. They're both under the assumption that, as with handjobs, Yui's comfort level with an act seems to progress, and often start with Yue, so this is exciting news all around. "I mean... I coached him through the classic, beginners, mouth on tip and hand on shaft technique." He shrugs, the BJ had been amazing *because* it was Yui, but obviously the guitarist isn't really skilled at it.

"Well, obviously~" Akio responded, though *he* totally would have had no problem talking about similar things to Yue in public, though he would have kept his voice soft. Knowing that no one else would overhear him, but having the *possibility* that they could would make the telling even more thrilling. Yue wasn't really all that into things like that, though, and only sometimes let him get away with things like that. Yue definitely wouldn't do it himself, though.

The description of the technique that the model had coached their boyfriend through, though, definitely made sense. "Makes sense. That's the easiest and least intensive version for a beginner." He agreed with a couple of nods to himself. "How was he after?" By this, he definitely meant emotionally and psychologically, not how good the blow job had been. A first BJ generally wasn't *great* in his experience, but the point was to introduce Yui to the idea as he was ready for it, not to expect perfection the first time. Practice made perfect, after all, and if the older twin decided to become good at something, Akio was pretty sure lots of practice would be on the horizon~

"Good, he seemed really good after," Yue has to admit. They'd returned to comfortably cuddling and kissing after some clean up, and the older twin had seemed nice and relaxed about it.

"That's good." Akio responded with a smile. Knowing that Yui hadn't had an adverse reaction of any kind after the act was relieving, especially with the other man's sexuality. Not knowing a whole lot about asexuality, other than the little he'd been able to find online so far, he wasn't going to take for granted that Yui would be good after anything they all did together; far more than he would with someone he didn't know was asexual. "So..... anymore details~? Or gushing~?" He pressed lightly. Now that he had the Yui psychology question out of the way, he was very curious what it had been like: what Yui's mouth had felt like, what the whole experience had been like~ But... only if Yue wanted to share that, of course.

"Do you know how *difficult* it is for me to try to explain what to do while *also* being *pleasured* by *Yui*? The whole situation was actually, kind of a disaster," Yue admits, with great humour, "But I definitely did enjoy myself!"

"Oh, I can definitely imagine~" Akio replied with a grin, "I bet the point where you went non-verbal was tons of fun~ Did you finish in his mouth? Or no?" He asked, curious how *that* had gone too. Had Yui attempted to swallow? Had he gotten a facial? Had Yue gotten the older twin to move away in time to not result in either?

"We had kind of talked about the *finish* before we started, so I signalled that I was going to cum and then he removed his mouth and finished with his hand, so... it was just like a hand job at the end there," Yue admitted. Getting Yui to swallow right away seemed like a lot, neither was really interested in facials, so it had seemed the easiest way.

"That was smart." Akio responded with a small nod, his hand still absently petting the cat that had settled in his lap. "No shame in having him finish you by hand. Definitely better than letting something happen that makes him less excited at the idea of trying it again." He added, since he was definitely thinking that now that Yui had tried a blow job with Yue, there was a higher chance of having a chance at that himself. He would have to remember to talk about the various possibilities to finish with Yui when the time came, though.

"I think the important part was that he had a dick in his mouth, and didn't dislike it," Yue agrees, since he thinks that's well worth celebrating. The model had, of course, swallowed, so that part had been easy enough.

"Oh, agreed~ Something I hadn't dared to actually think about, honestly. Not that it would have been devastating if he never wanted to... or, I guess, never wants to have my cock in his mouth. I'm very happy with what I get in that department." Akio added with a grin for Yue, "But.... now I get to imagine it, and that is very exciting~ So, so~ did he look up at you while he did it? Or was he super focused? Or am I asking for more details than you want to talk about?" Even with them all being boyfriends, it was reasonable that Yue would want to keep some of the intimate details to himself.

Yue laughs, really he should have been aware that Akio would want more details than any normal person ever would. So he sips his drink and does his best to answer the other man's questions until he's satisfied.

Since it seemed like Yue was happy enough to answer questions as he asked them, Akio kept asking until he was satisfied. And damn, now he was hoping to have the experience himself sometime soon. "Mmmmmm~ I'm super happy for you, but now I'm also hoping I get to have my own experience sometime soon too~" He admitted with a bit of a laugh. Just as he said that, though, Reno stood up in his lap, stretched his back up as far as it would possibly go, then hopped off and promptly disappeared. "Well... I think that's the longest he's ever sat still with me before."

"I think that's the longest I've ever seen him sit still at all," Yue admits, but he's not surprised to see the cat go. Meanwhile~ it seems to him that a seat on Akio's lap has become available, so he slides on over there.

"Oh yeah?" Akio asked, grinning as he found Yue sliding into the spot that Reno had just vacated. He got his free arm around Yue's waist, then took a good drink from his half-done drink. "Seems my lap isn't going to get cold, though~"

"Although he is a hider, so...." Yue admits. Some cats are climbers, and you can easily find them staring at you from a high perch, but others like to lurk low, under furniture, and thus are harder to notice. "Mhmm, I was next in line for the best seat in the room~"

That just made Akio laugh. "I'm kind of surprised that cat takes precedent over you in the lineup for my lap." Akio responded, clearly not well-versed enough in the rules of cats to know that this was true.

"I mean, what was I supposed to do? Move Reno?" Yue replies, his tone suggesting that that was clearly ridiculous. Although truthfully he totally would have moved the cat had he really wanted to. He smiles, glad to be face-to-face and snuggled up with his boyfriend.

"....Yes?" Akio replied, slightly hesitantly. After all, that was exactly what he would have thought Yue would do, but the way the younger twin had worded that made it seem like this was the wrong answer. That smile, though, immediately brought an answering one from the drummer's lips. "I love you, you know." He couldn't help but state. maybe it was something of a misnomer, but looking into that beloved face, he just wanted to say it.

"Life is much, much easier if you don't move the cats unless you absolutely must," Yue replies simply, without really properly explaining why this is so. His smile broadens at Akio's declaration, and returns it in kind immediately, without doubt, "I love you too~"

"Hmm... I'll just take your word for that." Akio responded with a bemused smile. To be fair, he had never tried to actively move a cat from where one wanted to be, so he didn't actually know what would happen if a cat was disrupted, so taking the word of a cat expert was probably for the best anyway. That immediate response to his declaration made the drummer smile even more, and he brought his hands slowly up Yue's back, applying gentle pressure to encourage the other man to lean closer, even has he stretched as much as possible to meet the other man's lips. Sometimes having taller boyfriends sitting on his lap made things a little more complicated, though definitely no less enjoyable~

In truth, nothing actually happens when you move a cat, aside from just a feeling of guilt that eats away with you, but it's fine if the drummer doesn't understand. He presses into Akio's hands as they move against him, loving the warmth they spread, and easily leans down to kiss Akio, immediately knowing what the other man wants.

Akio couldn't help but smile into that kiss, feeling the way that Yue responded to his touch. Even when it wasn't overtly sexual, he liked that the model obviously welcomed his hands on him. He didn't try to deepen the kiss any further than where it had started. He hadn't forgotten that they were in cat land, the land where Yui had deemed that sex did not happen in the living room, so he wasn't even going to tempt himself if he could help it. Still, he enjoyed the long, easy kiss, further enjoying the taste of that vaguely sweet sakura drink on Yue's lips. Strange, even though he was drinking the same thing, somehow he could taste it anew from the other man's mouth.

"Mmm~ Akio-kun," Yue murmurs when the kiss ends, still caught up in the moment -- JUST sitting here, kissing Akio, even without it leading to anything is still so amazing. He's gazing lovingly into the drummer's eyes when Kadaj starts kicking up a fuss near the door. That has one, obvious meaning, so he looks over to the door in time to see his brother come on in.

"Tadaima," calls out the eldest twin, closing the door then picking up his ridiculous catdogbaby. He immediately notices his boyfriends in an intimate position, and then his eyes narrow when he spots a certain bottle of alcohol on the table. "Oh no...."

Akio returned that loving gaze, but didn't say anything. Really, there wasn't anything that needed to be said. He let his hands slide slowly down Yue's back, but when Kadaj started making all that noise, his hands stopped around midway down the model's back and he glanced around the other man to the door in time to see Yui come in. "Okaeri~" He called back, almost falsely sweet, then just barely held back a snicker at the expression and accompanying words of woe when the older twin's gaze shifted to the pink bottle.

"Okaeri," Yue says, clearly way too happy, and fully acting like he doesn't know what Yui's problem is. "Hmm, is something wrong?"

Yui heaves a long-suffering sigh, and asks, "How much did you buy?" Although he doesn't really wait for an answer, immediately heading to the kitchen. At which point he's surprised because there's actually fewer cases than he was expecting. He pokes his head back into the living room, looking at Yue with an expression somewhere between confusion and concern.

"Hmmm?"

"Are you-- are you *hiding it* somewhere?" Yui comes back into the living room, still trying to figure out the full situation.

"Hiding, no. There was just too much to fit in the kitchen so it's in Akio's laundry room," Yue replies cheerfully.

Yui can't facepalm since his hands are full of cat, so he buries his face in Kadaj's back instead.

Since Yue wasn't answering Yui's question about how much of the alcohol had been purchased, the drummer kept his peace as well. Honestly, he could totally see the appeal of this little prank Yue had pulled: seeing Yui just drop his head into the cat's back, much like a facepalm or headdesk (facecat? headcat?) was just too amusing, and a small snicker did escape Akio's lips. "Care to see how interesting doing laundry will be~?" He asked the older twin, eyes twinkling lightly as he observed the older twin from behind Yue. Still, no one had revealed just how many cases there were.

"Oh god, of course, you roped Akio-kun into this," Yui realizes, with dawning horror, that recruiting a muscular man with a driver's license meant this was likely extremely insane. But he nods, "Yes. Let's go see if you can even reach your washing machine anymore." He shakes his head, but he is of course not actually angry. He hadn't even been angry last year, and he must admit that Yue actually *makes* money now, so is doubly free to spend his funds on whatever he wants. He waits for his boyfriends to join him.

Yue is all about this prank, but it's still a bit painful giving up that wonderful spot on Akio's lap. But he does, and helps Akio up too.

With that horrified realization, Akio actually barked out a loud laugh. Had Yui actually thought that Yue *wouldn't* recruit him for this, somehow? "Depends on your definition of 'reaching'." He responded with a grin, then accepted Yue's help in getting up. Losing the other man from his lap wasn't best case scenario at any time, but he had hopes that he could enjoy some fun with one, or both, of his boyfriends later. And right now? Well, this was all about Yue's fun, so he really had no complaints as they moved to gather their shoes and make their way across the hall to 'his' apartment.

Yui leads the strange procession to Akio's apartment and into the laundry room. Kadaj is perfectly nonplussed, happily draped in Yui's arms. Yue follows closely behind his brother, not wanting to miss anything. Yui opens the door to the laundry room, and he'd thought he'd prepared himself, he's stunned, "Where did you even *find* this much to buy?"

"We had to go to a couple different stores~" Yue admits proudly.

Akio trailed his boyfriends, not quite as invested in Yui's reaction as Yue was, but still wanting to see what happened when that door opened. "Correction," He said with a grin, "We cleaned out the *entire displays* of two stores to get that much." Honestly, he was kind of proud of this achievement now too.

Yui is a wonderful mix of frustrated, disbelieving and amused. He points out, "I'm not helping you drink any of it," shakes his head, and walks out of the laundry room. Yue just ends up laughing, quite satisfied with the response. It may not be huge or over the top, but well, that's just what Yui's like.

Akio also laughed at that reaction from Yui. He might not be quite as familiar with the older twin's humour as Yue was, but he was getting more used to it as they spent more time together. And this.... this was funny. "Don't worry. I think that's my job. And maybe Fujimoto-san's as well." He added, though whether that last ended up being true or not depended on whether the host ended up enjoying the drink or not.

"You like it?" Yui asks, a surprised questioning tone to the simple question, as he definitely did not like the stuff himself. His brother insists it's refreshing, but to him it's too sweet and too artificial.

Akio shrugged vaguely. "It's certainly not the first thing I would reach for as a drink, but it's tasty enough. Not nearly as sweet as I was afraid it would be, what with the colour of the bottle." He admitted. "I probably won't drink as much of it as Yue will, but I can do my part." He added with a smile.

Yui shakes his head again, pretending to be 'disappointed' in Akio's 'taste', when really it does matter to him. Then, more earnestly he admits, "Honestly it bugs me a lot less this year - this is your money even more so than the spending money I used to give you, so it's up to you what you want to do with it."

Yue smiles, having known that would be what Yui thought about it, but glad his brother wanted to make sure it was clear, "Things sure have changed, ne?"

Akio just grinned more broadly at that response from Yui in regards to his 'taste'. He knew the other man was teasing, and even if he hadn't been? Well, Akio wasn't really known for changing his tastes just because his boyfriend didn't agree with it. Hearing the twins talk about the changes over the last year, though, his grin softened to something of a doting smile. Things certainly had changed. What a wild year it had been, for all three of them.

"Alright, now that you two have had your fun, what are our plans for the day?" Yui asks, nuzzling Kadaj who finally seems to have properly settled down.

Yue shrugs, "We don't make plans, you're the plan-haver."

"Only plan I had today involved renting a car, and that plan has been carried out." Akio chimed in, "If *you* have plans, though, Yui-kun, I guarantee we are all ears~" He added, knowing that whatever the older twin was interested in doing, there was a good chance that he and Yue were game.

"Oh, I don't know," Yui admits, not immediately having anything jump to mind. Yes, despite that intimate position he'd initially found his boyfriends in, nothing much springs to mind.

Yue is amused at Yui being so.... so asexual about things. If he had known this was a thing that exists, he's confident he would have figured this out much sooner. He suggests, "Well, we could head to the bedroom, or the playroom, or just go to the couch...?"

Akio's lips quirked into an amused smile as well, hearing that admission from Yui. "I'm happy with all of those options." He put in, leaving the decision up to the older twin. He was certainly curious which choice he would make, especially with the playroom being an option (though, honestly, he didn't expect it to be the one chosen).

"The playroom?" Yui echoed, his tone of voice clearly a question. He's kind of surprised that Yue was bringing that up as an option as well.

"Why not the playroom?" Yue replies lightly, not pushing hard for this but he's feeling naughty today given the pranking, and he sees no reason not to bring it up. "Seems to me you like a lot of photos of things that have happened in the playroom, right?"

Akio almost physically held his breath as Yui asked about the playroom and Yue explained. If the older twin was at all curious enough to actually choose that room, he didn't want to shove his foot in his mouth and say anything that might startle Yui or make him uncomfortable enough to back out of satisfying that curiosity.

Yui *blushes* at thinking of those photos - and now that they're a trio he's had more access to the photos, and access to *all* the photos instead of just the ones he'd accidentally stolen. He's not *disinterested* in those types of things, more like he doesn't see how he fits in with them.

Wait, wait wait wait wait. Yui seems not disinterested, but Yue can tell there's some concern holding him back -- but Akio's here and the older brother is blushing and it seems entirely too possible for this to go sideways and he's not sure how to ask what he needs to ask win this situation without it going sideways.

As the silence stretched between the three of them and Yui blushed, but didn't protest the idea of the playroom, Akio did his best to hold his tongue. He was almost certain he would mess things up if he said anything, especially when Yue seemed to be at a loss for what to say. He tried, very very hard, to keep his peace, but he couldn't just leave things well enough alone. "So... I'm going to preface this by saying that whatever you end up wanting to do, we'll all be happy, Yui-kun. But.... can I ask what you're thinking right now? Because.... it kind of looks like you might be interested, but that there's something keeping you from saying so?" Yeah, he was so going to regret speaking up, wasn't he? Even coming at this as gently as he could, he felt like he was going to shock the older twin into backing away, rather than coming closer.

Not quite how Yue would have approached this, but he couldn't come up with anything that didn't involve shooing Akio away, which he also didn't want to do. He does head over to his brother, gently taking the other man's hand and suggesting, "You can talk to us, ne?" Emphasizing once again the importance of communication in this relationship.

There's definitely an element of *pressure* having both his boyfriends very interested in his thoughts, but he gets it, and he'd definitely gotten himself into this position. "I.... I do like looking at photos of 'play time', but I guess.... that seems like a you two thing? Like I don't know where I'd fit in at all?"

Akio took a soft breath, then smiled at Yui, glad that Yue had gone for the physical touch with their boyfriend. "How you fit in depends on what you want to do, honestly." He responded gently. "I know you like to learn things, though, so if you just wanted to start mostly watching with things being explained as they happened, that would be fine. I don't mind narrating my thoughts and actions, if that would be of interest to you. And if you wanted to try something, well then we could talk about how to get to you doing those things." Obviously some things would require more controlled practice on Yui's part than others for him to participate safely.

"Won't I be in the way? And like... if I decide it's actually too much for me, then I'll be ruining the mood for you two...?" Akio had talked about a place where the drummer had learned this stuff before, and he kind of wishes he'd gone and checked that out at some point instead of ending up in this position here.

"You will absolutely never be in the way, Yui-kun." Akio assured the other man, only now moving to join Yue closer to the older twin and placing a gentle hand on the other man's arm just above the elbow (since Kadaj was still held in his owner's arms). "You are always welcome, you are always wanted, and we are always happy when you join us." He added, hoping the other man could tell that he was being completely genuine.

"And if you decide it's too much, all I would ask is that you don't just run away. The absolute *only* way that the mood could be ruined is worrying that we've done something to upset you. Just let us know that things have gotten to the point that you're ready to deal with, and that you'll rejoin us later. Because we want you to be happy, and we want you to enjoy being with us." He offered a smile to the other man, then, hoping Yui would be interested in trying something today, but absolutely ready to accept that Yui wouldn't want to actually take them up on this offer just yet. Even just talking about it was progress in the drummer's mind, honestly.

Yui nods, appreciating the way his boyfriends are speaking to him, touching him, including him. He gets, intellectually, that they have sex on theirs minds -- he'd seen them on the sofa when he'd arrived, after all. Kadaj is just contently curled up by his chest purring, which is calming. He suggests, "Maybe... we can go look in the playroom? I haven't really been in there at all."

"Sure!" Akio agreed easily, then turned so that they could head for the playroom all together. Once they got there, though, he let go of Yui's arm so that he could open the door and let Yui and Yue in. "Feel free to look around, poke into things, ask questions about stuff, whatever." He offered, but kept mostly out of Yui's way so that the other man could move about without feeling like the drummer was directing, or distracting, the guitarist's exploration of the room.

Yui, before heading into the room, lets Kadaj down and closes the door, hoping it doesn't prompt too much whining from the cat. But so far they'd kept him out of this room, so he feels like that should be continued. He *recognizes* the room and especially the chaise lounge from the photos. He feels out of place though, not even sure where to start looking.

Yue is perfectly comfortable in this place, heading over to sit on the chaise lounge that basically is a piece of furniture he'd specifically chosen for the purpose of getting railed on.

Once the door closed, Akio could see that Yui was just.... lost in the room. With Yue moving to sit on the chaise lounge (and honestly looking unintentionally sexy while doing so), the drummer realized that he might have to give *some* navigation. "If you're not sure where to start... maybe just take a walk around the room first? Don't be afraid to touch things, if you want to." Not everything in the room was for sex. There was some equipment that Akio used for working out, as well as the drummer's practice set back in the corner. In fact, most of the sex-related items, other than the chaise, were put away in the closet.