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Who: Touya and Shishiwakamaru
Where: teahouse
When: Right after Shishi returns from the temple
Summary: Touya and Shishi have a talk about what Touya read on Shishi's laptop.
Shishi was still more disturbed than he wanted to admit after what happened with Suzuki. Ink stained clothes in hand, he quietly entered the teahouse and headed upstairs, hoping Touya was at work. He was still wearing the blue yukata he had grabbed from Suzuki's closet so it was bit large on him and he still had some black ink in his wet blue hair that was tied up in a messy knot.
Touya was stretched out on Shishi's bed, reading. Lately, after all of the confusion Jin had made him feel, it made him feel more centered and rooted to spend leisure time in Shishi's room, or with his lover. When Shishi was near, his confusion faded away neatly. And so he was right there to look up and observe his lovers appearance when he came in. He didn't even need to guess who Shishi had been with. Bemused, a faint twist to his lips, he inquired, "Have fun with Suzuki then?"
Shishi blinked in surprised at Touya's words, a faint red appearing on his cheeks before he forced a smirk. "...the clown dumped ink on me," the tengu said as he tossed his dirty clothes in a corner to be dealt with later before sitting by Touya on his bed. It was not a complete lie but for some reason, Shishi was hesitate to explain everything.
"Mmm... polite of him," he murmured softly, closing his book and setting it aside, shifting to rest his head comfortably on Shishi's leg. "I haven't seen much of you lately. You seem to be spending so much of your time with Suzuki."
Shishi was silent for a few moments, moving one hand to intertwine his fingers in Touya's hair, he knew it was true and he felt a twinge of guilt which was strange for him. "I have? I didn't realize, but I think Suzuki and I need some apart time...I got black ink all over my kimono! Unforgivable!" A good a reason as any...
"You always say how he annoys you, but I know how you two get," he teased. "You flirt ridiculously."
"With Suzuki?! I do not!" Shishi protested quickly. 'He flirts with me but its only natural since I am of course perfect...."
"Shishi," he sighed. "You left your laptop open the other night. I came in to close it and I'm afraid I couldn't help but notice a few things. Namely, I saw Jin mentioned. And that he was angry. From there, I just had to know why, as I rarely see him mad. You two flirt all over in private entries, Shishi."
Shishi froze, unsure what to say or do. Suzuki had told Jin was angry over not being invited out with them but...."I...um..." for once the samurai was without something to say, not sure why he was feeling like he got caught doing something he shouldn't.
Touya blinked up at him, reached up a hand to touch his cheek. "What's that?" He still appeared amused. "So, have you slept with him yet?"
Shishi blinked before he turned a bit more red. "No....of course not!" he finally got out after a moment, shaking his head.
Shishi's horror surprised him and he sat up. "No need to get upset," he soothed, reaching out to grasp one of Shishi's hands, entwining his fingers with the others. "I don't care if you do."
"...you don't?" the tengu was surprised as he stared at Touya.
"Why should I?" he asked. "I trust you to come back to me." He smirked then. "I spoil you, after all, and no matter how you may feel about Suzuki, he does often infuriate you, which I do not do. Besides, it's not normal for most demons to settle with only one lover! And you're far too young to do such a thing anyway."
Shishi seemed to relax a bit, smirking then, wondering for a moment how much Touya knew what had happened between him and Suzuki but decided not to ask. "That you do...Suzuki is already having an affair with his mirror anyway so there is no chance of anything else happening...," the tengu chuckled, shoving what happened that morning out of his mind.
"Anyway," he added, voice lower now, almost hesitant, "It would... make things easier if I were, to, say, want to take another lover. Just from time to time, of course."
"Who?" Shishi asked, raising one eyebrow in question.
"Just... you know. Anyone that happened to.. catch my interest." His voice lowered even more, knowing Shishi's temper. "Like Jin..."
"....I am much more attractive than Jin," the tengu stated after a moment in an arrogant matter...despite the fact he had ink in in his messy hair.
"It's true, you are," he agreed quickly. "But I have known him for a very long time."
"...I understand," Shishi shrugged, he knew he was no position to get huffy since he was in the same situation with Suzuki.
"Though it would probably help keep things stable if we remain living here," he added, surprised at how Shishi had not lost his temper. He knew the samurai was possessive.
Shishi wanted to get annoyed but with...much effort he kept calm and he nodded. "Agreed...Suzuki has turned the temple into his own circus anyway," he smirked.
"I can only imagine," he chuckled. "So... that's it then, isn't it?"
"...I wonder how you can even stand Jin without wanting to sew his mouth shut," Shishi stated but he was smirking. "But I suppose if you have known him a while you are used to it like I am used to the damn clown."
"Exactly," he agreed, moving to straddle Shishi. A slightly undiginified position, perhaps- especially for one as old as he, but there were some advantages to being short.
Shishi smirked and rested his arms around Touya's waist despite the sleeves of the yukata being longer than his arms and flopping over his hands, forgetting all about Suzuki for now at least.
He leaned forward and kissed Shishi lightly, murmuring between kisses, "I don't need to have you with me every night to know you care for me."
Shishi pulled Touya closer, returning those kisses, smirking. "Oh good..." he muttered back, not want to admit to such feelings still but they were clear. Shishi was not good with admitting things at all.
His fingers reached up, undid Shishi's hair, twined in the long, stained strands. "It feels like you still need to properly wash your hair, though I'm thinking you made an attempt."
"I know, someone had eaten the soap," Shishi wrinkled his nose. "I got Suzuki back worse though, annoying clown..."
"....eaten the soap?" he inquired eyebrows arching. "Another reason I'm glad to be out of there. Anyway." He swung back off of Shishi's lap, stood. "The landlady is out doing her morning errands. Come. I'll wash your hair for you."
"It had bite marks in it," Shishi stood and nearly tripped over the bottom of the yukata. He reached up and let down his hair as he followed Touya.
Going into the bathing room, he pushed aside the shower curtain and turned the water on. "I'd rather wash some of that out down the drain before allowing you to sully the water in our bathtub," he teased.
"Alright," Shishi smirked as he sat on the edge of the tub, "You wouldn't know how to get ink stains out of clothes either?"
"Ah... I know how to get mud, blood and other such things out, but Shinobi have little to do with ink, as you should know. I'm lucky to be literate at all, and I certainly didn't learn it in those years." Deftly he reached up, took his shirt off and tossed it aside, a faintly teasing look in his eyes.
"I suppose I will just make the clown replace the kimono if it's ruined since it was his fault then," Shishi shrugged with a grin.
"I'll try," he assured his lover, stepping neatly out of his pants and into the warm stream of water. "Coming?" The tone was falsely innocent.
Shishi slid of the robe and tossed it aside and joined Touya, shaking out his hair. "...thank you."
"Anything for you," he replied glibly as he gently guided Shishi to kneel on the floor of the shower so he could reach his hair, meaning more by those words than he had initially meant when speaking them.
"You do spoil me...a lot," Shishi chuckled as he sat on the floor of the shower and allowed Touya to wash the ink out of his hair.
His fingers worked through the strands, getting rid of the last of the ink. Then he just massaged his lovers scalp for a few moments before leaning down to kiss the top of his head.
Shishi's eyes were closed as he leaned back, enjoying having his hair washed. Shishi loved the attention...especially from Touya.
Stepping back, he cleared his throat. "Well, I think you're clean enough for the bath now, if you're interested. Or we could just.. stay here for a while."
"Mmm a bath sounds nice," Shishi nodded, reaching up to run his fingers through his hair, glad it was finally free of ink.
Touya stepped back and out of the shower then, careless of his nudity in front of Shishi, and went to uncover the bathtub. "A bath it is then."
Shishi turned the water off as he found a clip to pin up his hair to keep it out of his face, watching Touya.
He watched Shishi for a moment with open appreciation in his eyes. No, he wasn't about to give him up for Jin. "Shishi," he began slowly.
"Hm?" Shishi looked at Touya, leaning against the counter.
"Do you need a bath -right now-... or do you think it could wait an hour... or two?" The look in his eyes was certain to make his meaning entirely clear.
"Well since the ink is out of my hair...it can wait," Shishi smirked, picking up on Touya's meaning.
Carelessly recovering the bath, he walked out of the bathroom and directly to his room- the nearest room, knowing his lover would follow, and fairly certain he would follow quickly. He had been with Suzuki that morning, after all, and had probably been boiling with sexual frustration since he had- it seemed- fled quickly.
And Shishi was right behind Touya, after that incident in the shower, he had a lot to work off and he only paused to nudge the door shut behind them.
Where: teahouse
When: Right after Shishi returns from the temple
Summary: Touya and Shishi have a talk about what Touya read on Shishi's laptop.
Shishi was still more disturbed than he wanted to admit after what happened with Suzuki. Ink stained clothes in hand, he quietly entered the teahouse and headed upstairs, hoping Touya was at work. He was still wearing the blue yukata he had grabbed from Suzuki's closet so it was bit large on him and he still had some black ink in his wet blue hair that was tied up in a messy knot.
Touya was stretched out on Shishi's bed, reading. Lately, after all of the confusion Jin had made him feel, it made him feel more centered and rooted to spend leisure time in Shishi's room, or with his lover. When Shishi was near, his confusion faded away neatly. And so he was right there to look up and observe his lovers appearance when he came in. He didn't even need to guess who Shishi had been with. Bemused, a faint twist to his lips, he inquired, "Have fun with Suzuki then?"
Shishi blinked in surprised at Touya's words, a faint red appearing on his cheeks before he forced a smirk. "...the clown dumped ink on me," the tengu said as he tossed his dirty clothes in a corner to be dealt with later before sitting by Touya on his bed. It was not a complete lie but for some reason, Shishi was hesitate to explain everything.
"Mmm... polite of him," he murmured softly, closing his book and setting it aside, shifting to rest his head comfortably on Shishi's leg. "I haven't seen much of you lately. You seem to be spending so much of your time with Suzuki."
Shishi was silent for a few moments, moving one hand to intertwine his fingers in Touya's hair, he knew it was true and he felt a twinge of guilt which was strange for him. "I have? I didn't realize, but I think Suzuki and I need some apart time...I got black ink all over my kimono! Unforgivable!" A good a reason as any...
"You always say how he annoys you, but I know how you two get," he teased. "You flirt ridiculously."
"With Suzuki?! I do not!" Shishi protested quickly. 'He flirts with me but its only natural since I am of course perfect...."
"Shishi," he sighed. "You left your laptop open the other night. I came in to close it and I'm afraid I couldn't help but notice a few things. Namely, I saw Jin mentioned. And that he was angry. From there, I just had to know why, as I rarely see him mad. You two flirt all over in private entries, Shishi."
Shishi froze, unsure what to say or do. Suzuki had told Jin was angry over not being invited out with them but...."I...um..." for once the samurai was without something to say, not sure why he was feeling like he got caught doing something he shouldn't.
Touya blinked up at him, reached up a hand to touch his cheek. "What's that?" He still appeared amused. "So, have you slept with him yet?"
Shishi blinked before he turned a bit more red. "No....of course not!" he finally got out after a moment, shaking his head.
Shishi's horror surprised him and he sat up. "No need to get upset," he soothed, reaching out to grasp one of Shishi's hands, entwining his fingers with the others. "I don't care if you do."
"...you don't?" the tengu was surprised as he stared at Touya.
"Why should I?" he asked. "I trust you to come back to me." He smirked then. "I spoil you, after all, and no matter how you may feel about Suzuki, he does often infuriate you, which I do not do. Besides, it's not normal for most demons to settle with only one lover! And you're far too young to do such a thing anyway."
Shishi seemed to relax a bit, smirking then, wondering for a moment how much Touya knew what had happened between him and Suzuki but decided not to ask. "That you do...Suzuki is already having an affair with his mirror anyway so there is no chance of anything else happening...," the tengu chuckled, shoving what happened that morning out of his mind.
"Anyway," he added, voice lower now, almost hesitant, "It would... make things easier if I were, to, say, want to take another lover. Just from time to time, of course."
"Who?" Shishi asked, raising one eyebrow in question.
"Just... you know. Anyone that happened to.. catch my interest." His voice lowered even more, knowing Shishi's temper. "Like Jin..."
"....I am much more attractive than Jin," the tengu stated after a moment in an arrogant matter...despite the fact he had ink in in his messy hair.
"It's true, you are," he agreed quickly. "But I have known him for a very long time."
"...I understand," Shishi shrugged, he knew he was no position to get huffy since he was in the same situation with Suzuki.
"Though it would probably help keep things stable if we remain living here," he added, surprised at how Shishi had not lost his temper. He knew the samurai was possessive.
Shishi wanted to get annoyed but with...much effort he kept calm and he nodded. "Agreed...Suzuki has turned the temple into his own circus anyway," he smirked.
"I can only imagine," he chuckled. "So... that's it then, isn't it?"
"...I wonder how you can even stand Jin without wanting to sew his mouth shut," Shishi stated but he was smirking. "But I suppose if you have known him a while you are used to it like I am used to the damn clown."
"Exactly," he agreed, moving to straddle Shishi. A slightly undiginified position, perhaps- especially for one as old as he, but there were some advantages to being short.
Shishi smirked and rested his arms around Touya's waist despite the sleeves of the yukata being longer than his arms and flopping over his hands, forgetting all about Suzuki for now at least.
He leaned forward and kissed Shishi lightly, murmuring between kisses, "I don't need to have you with me every night to know you care for me."
Shishi pulled Touya closer, returning those kisses, smirking. "Oh good..." he muttered back, not want to admit to such feelings still but they were clear. Shishi was not good with admitting things at all.
His fingers reached up, undid Shishi's hair, twined in the long, stained strands. "It feels like you still need to properly wash your hair, though I'm thinking you made an attempt."
"I know, someone had eaten the soap," Shishi wrinkled his nose. "I got Suzuki back worse though, annoying clown..."
"....eaten the soap?" he inquired eyebrows arching. "Another reason I'm glad to be out of there. Anyway." He swung back off of Shishi's lap, stood. "The landlady is out doing her morning errands. Come. I'll wash your hair for you."
"It had bite marks in it," Shishi stood and nearly tripped over the bottom of the yukata. He reached up and let down his hair as he followed Touya.
Going into the bathing room, he pushed aside the shower curtain and turned the water on. "I'd rather wash some of that out down the drain before allowing you to sully the water in our bathtub," he teased.
"Alright," Shishi smirked as he sat on the edge of the tub, "You wouldn't know how to get ink stains out of clothes either?"
"Ah... I know how to get mud, blood and other such things out, but Shinobi have little to do with ink, as you should know. I'm lucky to be literate at all, and I certainly didn't learn it in those years." Deftly he reached up, took his shirt off and tossed it aside, a faintly teasing look in his eyes.
"I suppose I will just make the clown replace the kimono if it's ruined since it was his fault then," Shishi shrugged with a grin.
"I'll try," he assured his lover, stepping neatly out of his pants and into the warm stream of water. "Coming?" The tone was falsely innocent.
Shishi slid of the robe and tossed it aside and joined Touya, shaking out his hair. "...thank you."
"Anything for you," he replied glibly as he gently guided Shishi to kneel on the floor of the shower so he could reach his hair, meaning more by those words than he had initially meant when speaking them.
"You do spoil me...a lot," Shishi chuckled as he sat on the floor of the shower and allowed Touya to wash the ink out of his hair.
His fingers worked through the strands, getting rid of the last of the ink. Then he just massaged his lovers scalp for a few moments before leaning down to kiss the top of his head.
Shishi's eyes were closed as he leaned back, enjoying having his hair washed. Shishi loved the attention...especially from Touya.
Stepping back, he cleared his throat. "Well, I think you're clean enough for the bath now, if you're interested. Or we could just.. stay here for a while."
"Mmm a bath sounds nice," Shishi nodded, reaching up to run his fingers through his hair, glad it was finally free of ink.
Touya stepped back and out of the shower then, careless of his nudity in front of Shishi, and went to uncover the bathtub. "A bath it is then."
Shishi turned the water off as he found a clip to pin up his hair to keep it out of his face, watching Touya.
He watched Shishi for a moment with open appreciation in his eyes. No, he wasn't about to give him up for Jin. "Shishi," he began slowly.
"Hm?" Shishi looked at Touya, leaning against the counter.
"Do you need a bath -right now-... or do you think it could wait an hour... or two?" The look in his eyes was certain to make his meaning entirely clear.
"Well since the ink is out of my hair...it can wait," Shishi smirked, picking up on Touya's meaning.
Carelessly recovering the bath, he walked out of the bathroom and directly to his room- the nearest room, knowing his lover would follow, and fairly certain he would follow quickly. He had been with Suzuki that morning, after all, and had probably been boiling with sexual frustration since he had- it seemed- fled quickly.
And Shishi was right behind Touya, after that incident in the shower, he had a lot to work off and he only paused to nudge the door shut behind them.