We are walking through the park. A leaf falls from time to time, and occasionally some of the last birds sing.
I keep sniffing and coughing as it probably wasn't a good idea to go out in this state.
Hoshi looks at me with a worried expression. "Are you alright?.... I'm really sorry for making you sick, I almost feel bad that I'm already healthy haha…" He laughs, clearly feeling guilty.
"I'm alright. But you shouldn't get too close to me so YOU don't get sick again!" Now I give him a worried look.
"You know, as long as I'm with you I don't mind getting sick." He smiles, as if it was nothing for him to be sick. "Shall we go to my place?" He suggests.
"But I have work waiting on me at home, remember?"
"Right… Let's head to your place then." Hoshi looks at me, his expression tender as always. I hope he won't catch a cold from me. He doesn't deserve it.
For the rest of the day I can't take my eyes off him.
When we got home, he told me to sit down, and started exploring my kitchen, just to make me some warm tea. I told him he doesn't have to, but he wouldn't listen. He puts the water to boil,and then, after I navigate him, he finally finds the tea in my upper cupboard. Strawberries with raspberries - my very favored one, and probably the only one I drink. The smell of a hot, sweet tea fills my apartment as soon as he fills my cup with the boiling water.
"Here you go. I added some extra honey so it's as sweet as your smile. Hope it's not too much tho, because your smile is sweeter than the sweetest candy." He smiles warmly as he gives me the tea. I blush at these words and look him in the eyes with a chuckle. " I don't exactly know how you prepare it, but I love it this way, so I tried my best to make it good for you." He says as he lends me the cup.
Hoshi brings some extra coziness and calmness inside this place. His calm voice makes my heart beat slower, and the tea warms up my petty body.
We are sitting behind my tiny, round table near the window, on the same tall chairs I sit on every day when I eat my breakfast. My eyes observe nothing, but Hoshi's memorable smile, and his lips moving as he lets out sweet giggles.
I am having a lot of fun trying to teach him the things I need to study. It's a good way because I'm repeating, and Hoshi is learning something new. After every sentence he says wrong, he chuckles, and tries again. He won't give up until he's right, and it never lasts long until he is. He keeps smiling widely as he speaks, guessing and learning with me, repeating how lovely I look when I smile at him.
"When were instant noodles invented?" I blurt excitedly. I bet he doesn't know this one! A teasing smirk forms on my face, as I see him wondering.
"Wait- you don't have to learn this tho. Do you?" He smirks back. "Are you trying to prove your smart-ass knowledge?"
Maybe I do, "Maybe I do."
"I love it." and he doesn't mind. *blushing crazily out of pure love*
However, Hoshi is having a lot of fun lecturing me in the kitchen. I always thought I could make cinnamon rolls well, but he proves me wrong. While rolling the dough I made, he points out all types of mistakes that I made, and explains them in a difficult way. He appeared a little too serious about it, until he noticed my silence.
Feelings of being dumb vs feeling astonished by his knowledge cope inside of me, and I don't know which to express. I end up speechless for a while. I manage to gather some words for a question.
"Where do you know all this from??!" I ask, clearly surprised, and a little disappointed at my performance of making this dough. My expression showing a little bit of sadness.
"From my mom." He smiles, but he became a little flustered. "Sorry for lecturing you Nikko. The dough is actually well made, we just both use different techniques and different recipes!" He says reassuringly, probably noticing my sudden lack of confidence. He apologises with his eyes, and eventually persuades me that it wasn't his intent to be harsh.
"I believe your cinnamon rolls must taste way better tho! I'd love to try them one day…" I laugh looking him in the eyes. He smiles shyly, and asks me a question I wanted to hear. "Would you like me to bake you some cinnamon rolls?"
I can't help but smile widely at him. "I'd love you to bake me some cinnamon rolls."
I started blushing, and chuckling, and Hoshi couldn't help but fall for it too. It's already night, and we're laughing like idiots in my tiny kitchen. It's the best night ever.
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"Don't worry about it. I'm not that sick that I couldn't bring it here." I say, as I go to the kitchen for the cinnamon rolls we baked, while Hoshi worries for my health every time I sneeze. We decided to treat ourselves after today's hard work, and watch some movie. I let Hoshi pick a hopefully good one, and maybe even some, that could be a good conversation topic later tonight. I wanna spend as much time with him as possible.
I bring some cozy blankets, and we both get comfortable on our bean bags that I have instead of a couch. The movie he picks, I never even heard of. But after all that doesn't mean it has to be bad, right?
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If Hoshi was mine, I'd cuddle him. One bean bag would be occupied by two, and the movie would be forgotten in the background, our fingers intertwined together-....But that's just my thoughts, that last only until I start realizing how horrible taste in movies he's got.
Some scientists are traveling to space…aliens start appearing, and some other sci-fi creatures come later. They begin to fight each other with some unknown objects. Is it a fight between the real world, and the universe? What is the point of this? The movie seems professional, but the plot is crazy! What in the world am I witnessing right now?
When the last alien dies, and it's finally over, I can't help but express my thoughts out loud.
"It was terrible!"
"Whaaat? I loved it!"
I gave him a frowned look. "The movie was way too unrealistic and incredibly cringe. I hated the vibe, the plot, the genre,... and except the actors, everything was just-, bad…"
"Nooo, the plot was awesome. It was unrealistic, but that's what movies are for - to escape from reality. And the CGI effects were more than awesome! How couldn't you love it?? "
"Your taste in movies is horrible! Next time, I'll pick a movie." I laugh. Hoshi is quiet for a while…. He smiles, and observes how I laugh at his horrible taste in movies.
He chuckles, and finally says something. "So, you want a next time?" He looks me in the eyes, smiling warmly.
"Of course I do!" I smile back at him. His expression is also more than happy, it's peaceful, and calm.
This place gives me so much happiness, and I'm grateful for it. Thank you, Nikko, for making your life a dream.