a voice in my head says...
The ash stood proud for a centimeter or so and then curled over delicately, flirting with the floor and ready to drop when the small dog next to Ruki barked at him. If he was of a nervous disposition, he might have jumped but he didn't - it had been all too easy getting used to having a dog in his home again and sudden outbursts of noise or energy were both expected and welcomed.
He noted the cigarette and knocked it into the nearby ashtray, one eyebrow raised as he glanced at the dog who in turn cocked it's head to one side and edged one paw towards it's master's leg. Ruki bit the cigarette between his lips and rubbed one finger into the short fur between the dog's perky ears.
The pictures which he had been staring at on his laptop screen were not quite public property yet, a few days, a week at most and they would be printed and realeased.
They were dark and they were red and raw energy oozed from them and he could almost smell the wet leather...
The Reita on the screen was truly something else; an orgasm waiting to happen. He took a long drag of his cigarette and breathed the smoke out thoughtfully, his attention turned to the sleeper next to him.
Akira hadn't been sleeping very well in recent days, the run up to the tour causing him more stress than he would ever talk about to anyone, even Takanori. He shifted now on the sofa where he'd fallen asleep, the manga which he had been reading about to fall on the floor; which it did with a bang loud enough to wake him and momentarily startle the puppy.
He turned his dazed face towards Takanori, the imprint from the sofa's leather stitching a red mark on his face and one side of his usually flat blonde hair quite wild and tangled.
"You let me fall asleep!"
To which the younger one meerly replied, "Indeed." He reached forwards and closed the laptop, he didn't need that Reita, that was the public's Reita - their property who someone like Ruki could only admire and touch briefly if he was lucky.
It was grouchy, messy haired Akira glaring at his phone to get the time and scratching his stomach, yawning and then kissing Ruki briefly on the cheek with just a the first touches of stubble on his chin.
That was all he needed.
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*grins* I love those guys. I should really get around to finishing their new year story. Maybe I will and then re-up it for next new year XD