Shotgun Wedding Log: Got Ready for Summer
That evasion was all Keiji needed to hear to understand that, whatever the other man had been thinking about, it wasn't something Mikoto wanted to, or felt comfortable, talking about. And that was fine. So, the singer just continued rubbing soap into all of the areas that he could reach on his lover's back and continued to enjoy the delightful feeling of Mikoto pressed up against him. "Mmm~ This feels nice." He said, steering what little conversation there was away from whatever the blond didn't want to talk about just now.
Mikoto nods, very willing to latch onto that more innocent topic. "Mmm~ It does. Even if sex didn't feel great, I'd still wanna do it to make you clean me up in the shower after~"
Keiji just laughed at that. "If sex didn't feel good, I'm sure we'd still take the opportunity to clean each other." He retorted lightly. The fact was, sex felt amazing, but so did this. The intimacy was just as amazing.
"Hmm~ So I don't have to do anything special for you to clean me like this?" Mikoto asks, his tone finally back to the blond's more normal, playful tone, where it's clear he's not being serious at all. He knows Keiji would do it anytime he asks, after all~
"Nope, not at all. You could have even showered already and be squeaky clean, and I would still clean you up again." Keiji confirmed with a smile. He knew, obviously, that Mikoto was just being silly and fun, so he was happy to play along. Of course, it was also true, but Mikoto obviously knew that too.
"Mmm~ I'll keep that in mind. Although I think if I had already showered, I would ask you to help mess me up first, before cleaning me up again~" The blond advertises. And this is honestly quite similar to what they'd done today, so he's definitely not lying,
"Well, I'm definitely happy to do that too~" Keiji agreed with a chuckle. "That said, I think I've done as well as I can on your back from here. Wanna turn around so I can do a mediocre job on your front~?" He teased, though he was mostly serious about the actual thought.
Mikoto definitely wants his lover's hands on his chest and stomach, so he easily agrees, "mhmm~" And of course, being a brat, he turns around in the slowest, most rubbing-his-body-against-Keiji's way that he possibly can.
Mikoto might think this made him a brat, but Keiji totally loved it. "You are so lovely." He complimented as that soapy back finally settled in against his chest. Then, the singer began rubbing the soapy loofah slowly over his lover's chest.
"I'm too short to rub my ass up against your groin," Mikoto complains, but he's still loving the opportunity to lean his body back, press his body back into Keiji's, and feel that loofah running over his front.
Keiji laughed at Mikoto's complaint, and continued soaping up his lover's chest, and then down toward Mikoto's stomach. "I could try to get lower to fix that." He said with amusement, but honestly willing to try just that if requested.
Mikoto shakes his head at the idea of Keiji trying to get lower, as that would cause other issues, "But then we wouldn't be pressed together the same way. It's fine, I just need to like, ionno, invent shower safe high heels or something."
That brought another laugh from Keiji's lips. "That's true, we wouldn't." That comment about the heels brought a snort, "I can just imagine them. Little suction cups on the bottom, or something." He teased as he continued doing his best to 'clean' Mikoto from this angle.
The blond laughs at the idea of little suction cups on the heels - and also just because he likes Keiji's laugh, and it feels good laughing together. Feels almost as good as that loofah moving over his stomach. "Or maybe I just stand on one of those bath stools?"
"I think that might be more dangerous than just normal heels in the shower." Keiji commented with further amusement. "Especially when I have my arms around you." Not that he was overly strong. Not like Akio anyway. But he was pretty sure he could support Mikoto in the shower on heels and not kill them both.
"I mean, they're also designed not to slip around though?" Mikoto reasons, while he doesn't sound super sure. He does have a lot of confidence in his own balance, in either case. "Regular heels are no good though - don't want them to get ruined."
Keiji shrugged at the logic about the stool, but leaned in to press a kiss to the side of Mikoto's damp neck. "Could always buy a cheap pair *just* to wear in the shower." He suggested.
The blond chuckles at that idea, although it gets closer to a giggle as he feels Keiji's lips against his neck, "Mmm. Would you like that?" He immediately thinks of those stripper heels with the thick, plastic bottoms, as they'd probably survive a shower decently well. Maybe not the safest thing to wear though.
"Honestly?" Keiji murmured in a low voice near Mikoto's ear, "Yeah, kinda. I mean.... anything that involves you... and heels... and naked? Kinda great~" He continued, then added, "Unfortunately, I really can't clean any more of you from here."
Mikoto's eyes half-close, just enjoying the soft rumble of the singer's amazing voice, lowered and by his ear. "Mm, I'll see what I can do then." the blond replies. And he certainly has a better understanding of where to cheaply get a pair of shoes like that than most guys would. Since Keiji can't clean any more of him in this position, he asks, "Mmm~ then where do you want me?"
"I'll look forward to that then~" Keiji responded. The question, though, brought a soft sigh. "I wish you could stay right here, but... mmm...." Keiji stepped back a miniscule amount, then squatted down so that he would work on washing the lower half of Mikoto's body -- back and front.
Mikoto feels particularly pampered as Keiji decides to move rather than asking him to move at all. He does get his hands on the wall, not that he really needs bracing. Those hands sliding up and down his legs feel amazing, and he just lets himself relax and focus on that.
Since he didn't want Mikoto to have to move, the cleaning wasn't exactly the most effective, but that probably didn't matter at all. The only part that did matter, Mikoto's butt, he took extra care of, but otherwise he just did whatever he could without doing a really thorough job.
Mikoto doesn't mind the haphazard cleaning. He wasn't that filthy in the first place, bottom aside, and it feels great anyways. When Keiji, alas, finally finishes, the blond heaves a disappointed sigh - not at the cleaning, but just that it was over.
Hearing that sigh, Keiji smiled some. "I could keep going, if you want. Just because you're clean doesn't mean I can't keep soaping you up." He offered, though rinsing off could sometimes be almost as nice.
"Don't tempt me," Mikoto teases, since he would probably accept that invitation, and then who knows how long they'd stay in the shower. He reaches to take the loofah from Keiji, adding, "Besides, you deserve a turn too."
Keiji chuckled at that as he stood back up properly. He did smile as that loofah was taken from him, though. "I definitely won't argue against getting a turn~"
Mikoto gets some more body soap on the loofah, even though honestly it was probably fine from before, and starts QUITE happily running it (and his other hand for good measure) over Keiji's chest, "Of course. Who wouldn't want to be washed by me, ne?"
"Mmmm~ A very excellent question: I can't think of a single person that would be against that." Keiji agreed, happily, enjoying his lover working the soap all over him, with hand and loofah.
Mikoto could, in fact, think of some people who may not enjoy it - for example his youngest sister, but he feels no need to be so logical about it since this is way funnier. The loofah is there for cleaning, and his hand is there to shamelessly feel up Keiji to Miko's heart's content.
And Keiji was enjoying that hand moving all over him. Maybe it wasn't intentional, but it *was* helping move soap around, so one could argue that it *was* helping to clean some. But even if it had somehow been impeding the cleaning, the singer wouldn't have cared. "Mmmm~ This is definitely worth getting dirty~"
"Don't worry. I'll make sure to often get you dirty then~" Mikoto easily promises, his hand coming up to rest on Keiji's shoulder, steadying him while he brings the loofah lower, going over his boyfriend's hips and as much leg as he can reach from here.
That promise brought a warm laugh from the singer. "I'm sure you will." He agreed, then just enjoyed Mikoto working on cleaning him. "Need me to turn?" He asked, not sure what his lover wanted to do next.
"Hmm," Mikoto considers this crossroads of options carefully, then shakes his head, "Nah, I'll do your legs first, then your back." This way when he finished, he could finish hugging Keiji from behind, which seems nice.
"Sounds good to me." Keiji responded easily. He could see the appeal of doing legs now, then and standing finishing off with his back. Honestly, though, he would be very happy with whatever Mikoto wanted to do.
Mikoto crouches down, able to do fronts and backs of the legs easily enough from the front. Even if it does take some time since Keiji's legs are so *long*. And yes, that hand is still there, enjoying trailing over Keiji's skin under the excuse of helping to clean. That settled, he says, "ok, you can turn around now."
Sure, they could *argue* that that hand was cleaning, but at this point it was much more feeling him up, and maybe bracing Mikoto, than actually cleaning. Not that the singer was complaining, though. When Mikoto told him he could turn around, though, he requested, "Come back up here so I can kiss you first~" Made sense to him that he needed a kiss before he turned his back on the blond.
"Oh," Mikoto replies. He'd been planning on having Keiji turn around first, and standing up as he cleans the model's ass, but, he isn't so married to his plan that he doesn't want to give Keiji what he'd asked for. So he does comply, standing up and tilting his face up.
Keiji wasn't at all aware of Mikoto's plan, but since the blond didn't protest, and got up so they could have his desired kiss. When that beloved face tilted up to him, Keiji leaned down just enough to meet those lips, and truly enjoyed the kiss he had asked for.
Mikoto brings his hand to rest lovingly on the younger man's chest as he leans up into the kiss, and it leaves him smiling gently up at Keiji. Then he suggests, "Now turn around for me, ne?"
"Mmm~ As you wish." Keiji agreed with a smile of his own, then did turn around.
Mikoto brings his hand-and-loofah to one leg, around the upper thigh, then runs them up over that buttocks -- kind of what his plan had been, just that he's already standing. He repeats that with the other side, then cleans Keiji's back. When he's finished, he presses his chest up against his lover's back, wraps his arms around him, and kisses the back at whatever height his lips happen to fall.
Keiji enjoyed Mikoto cleaning him from butt to shoulders, but the better part was absolutely when the blond pressed up against his back and those sweet lips connected with his back. "Mmmm~ That feels wonderful." He commented, getting his arms around the other man's that were around him.
"Mm, I'm glad," Mikoto agrees, since it feels wonderful to him as well. If forced to choose, he prefers being cleaned to cleaning, but that doesn't mean he dislikes this way at all. And he's not usually the big spoon but... he rests his ear against Keiji's back, and it's not as good as his favourite position lying on top of the model but it is kind of similar.
Keiji smiled as he lightly twined his fingers with Mikoto's, just enjoying the feel of the blond leaning against his back like that. Soon enough they would need to properly rinse off, but maybe not just yet. It was nice to just stand together like that, with the sound of the water falling in the background.
It's difficult to hear over the falling water, but Mikoto's pretty sure he can hear Keiji's heartbeat, which has certainly become part of what he likes about his usual position. He enjoys the ways their fingers are entwined, and he rests this way for a while. Without moving a millimetre, he does eventually ask, "Should we get out, at some point?"
Keiji also enjoyed their time standing together, and as inefficient as it was, he did eventually get rinsed enough that he could reply positively when that question came. "Yeah... probably. Unless we want to become mermen." Not the worst fate, in his opinion, but not the most preferable one.
"I mean, mermen are pretty hot though, right? Dunno where they keep their dicks tho..." And obviously that's somewhat important to Mikoto. He finally does pull back from Keiji -- running his hands over the younger man's back to get any last suds that he'd accidentally been protecting wiped off.
"I mean.... they must keep them somewhere, right?" Keiji replied, now also wondering where merman dicks resided. Did fish have dicks? "Do dolphins have dicks? They're mammals..." Seriously, this was going to bother him now. Not enough not to enjoy the feel of those hands on his back, but enough that he wanted to check it out on his phone when they were dry.
Mikoto giggles uproariously that he had prompted that question, and tempts his boyfriend, "Well, we'll have to get out of the shower to find out." Since obviously phones lead to google leads to answers about dolphin dicks. He does a spin to make sure he's got all his suds off, and steps out of the shower.
Those giggles would never not get a smile from Keiji, so he was also amused as he responded, "Okay, let's get out then." And then did exactly that: getting out of the shower so that he could start drying off and caring for his skin and hair. He might be curious, but that wouldn't stop him from taking care of himself first.
While it's still cooler outside of the shower than in, the coming of summer means it's not unbearable. One light shiver, and then the blond is drying himself off and feeling more or less fine. They both go through the usual rituals around face and skin care, and head out of the bathroom.
Showing just how curious Kaiji still was, rather than worrying about clothing he went straight for his phone with only the towel wrapped around his waist. "Okay... let's see.... Do dolphins have penises...." He narrated as he typed his question into Google. And Google immediately gave him a much bigger answer than he thought he would get. "Well.... dolphins have penises.... Apparently both their penises and balls are tucked inside their bodies.... and their penises are always semi-erect?" He said, scanning one of the first articles to come up. "Oh! Uh.... and they're prehensile? Like... they can use them like we would use our hands..." Definitely more information that he had bargained for.
"What the fuck?" Mikoto responds, reacting to those frankly bizarre facts. The idea that Keiji had originally googled the information was only natural, as far as he was concerned, "I mean... I think that kind of makes sense for mermen? But makes me want to be one less."
Keiji chuckled at Mikoto's reaction. "I mean, I think it would be worse if mermen couldn't have dicks at all. And just imagine! As mermen, I could give you a 'handjob' *with* my cock." He added, starting to laugh even more. The idea was just too funny to him.
"Yeah, see, that's skivving me out, somehow," Mikoto replies. He's not disputing the *logic* of it, just... the initial reaction was 'wtf ew weird'. He turns off the music in the living room, a clear sign that he was thinking of moving over to the bedroom.
"Good thing we're human, then." Keiji responded easily, closing the tab with his dolphin inquiry. There had been a lot more on the article, talking about dolphin vaginas, and interactions with humans, but he really didn't want to know more than those headlines. He knew more than enough, and Mikoto was the opposite of interested. He set his phone back down, then moved to wrap his arms loosely around the blond. "Bedtime~?"
Mikoto is perfectly satisfied with Keiji's dick. Lord knows if he could even get some weird prehensile hand dick in his mouth even. He leans lightly against Keiji when those arms wrap around him, and he nods, "Mhmm. At least, like, to lie down and kiss, if not sleep yet." Sure they could kiss now or in the shower but the bed gets rid of the height difference and makes it much lazier.
"Hmmm... sounds perfect." Keiji agreed before placing a kiss on the top of Mikoto's hair and giving him a hug, then letting him go to take his lover's hand instead. "Let's go cuddle, then." He said, drawing the blond along with him to the bedroom.
The blond smiles, a sweeter, softer smile than most get to see from him. But one he frequently exhibits when Keiji treats him so lovingly. This is all he'd ever wanted from a relationship, after all. To be someone's adored prince. He's easily led to the bedroom, letting Keiji take the lead.
Even if he had been so inclined, Keiji couldn't help but smile in return at that sweet, soft smile on the blond's lips. That expression filled his heart with a calm, earnest happiness that he could only vaguely equate with seeing Kaiya safely sleeping in her bed. The two feelings weren't really alike at all in the grand scheme of things, but at the core, they really were. And that was how the singer knew it was love. He wouldn't say it. Not until he was sure Mikoto would be okay hearing it, but he couldn't help it if his gestures and actions reflected that feeling, just a little bit. He led them over to the bed, tossed his towel into the hamper, then crawled into the bed, holding his arms open welcomingly for Mikoto to join him.
Mikoto is at least in a place where he really enjoys feeling love from Keiji's expression, and actions. In particular, the way they all but live together at this point, the way having the other man in his bed feels MORE normal than sleeping alone. He happily slips under the covers and into Keiji's arms, pausing just long enough to turn off the light before wrapping his arms around Keiji, their bodies close.
Once Mikoto was cuddled safely in his arms, Keiji let out a soft sigh that almost deflated him at the same time; just relaxing entirely in his lover's arms. Just like Mikoto felt more normal sleeping together, Keiji was able to fully relax in a way that he couldn't when he fell asleep alone. He just felt safe, and happy in Mikoto's arms, and it was a feeling he hoped never to lose. "Mmmm.... I hope it won't be weird for Akio-kun and Ayase-kun to always share a room on tour... eventually... assuming Keigo-kun comes with us..." It might seem like a misnomer, but the thought thread made sense to Keiji: happy in Mikoto's arms, never wanted to not have that if he could help it, always room with Mikoto, clearly Keigo and Rei would feel the same... Akio and Yui sharing a room always might be weird, given Akio was dating Yui's identical twin.
Despite having said he wanted to make use of the bed to kiss, he's happy enough just cuddling and relaxing at first. He doesn't entirely know how Keiji had gotten to that thought. He's relaxed enough that his honest first reaction is confusion, but when his brain clicks he's able to keep a straight face as he says, "Hmm, I don't think it'll be a big deal? I think Akio-kun and Ayase-kun are good friends in their own right."
Yes. *friends*. Must not snicker.
"Mmm? Yeah, I guess they are, huh?" Keiji agreed, thinking about it. After all, Yui actually allowed Akio to call him 'Yui-kun' rather than 'Ayase-kun'. "Well, that's good. It would be awful for Ayase-kun to feel uncomfortable about the rooming situation." He added, then smiled at Mikoto. "Is it weird that I'm thinking about rooms on tours?" He asked, mildly curious what Mikoto thought of his idle musings.
Mikoto inwardly relaxes. Looks like he hadn't given away the secret by accident - helps that he's good at lying about gossipy stuff, and also that the lights are out. "I think it's cute that you're thinking about it -- I don't know if Keigo-kun will be able to come though? Between his situation, and their cat..."
"Ah~ That's true. I forgot about Bou-chan." Keiji admitted, then half shrugged, "Well, I guess that means that the three of them can decide who gets the single room, or if they all want to bunk together sometimes." Keiji continued, totally *not* in the know about Akio and Yui's situation. That said, though, he really had nothing much more to say about it all, and he smiled and leaned in a little to press a kiss to Mikoto's forehead. "As long as we always get a room together, the rest doesn't really matter."
"I, personally, can't imagine anybody wanting to room with Rei-kun aside from Keigo-kun. I mean, I love the kid but...." Trying to relax after a long day on the road with the energizer bunny in your room seems pretty horrid. ALSO Akio and Yui would want to share a room to make out, but he can't tell Keiji that part. And wow, it feels really weird actually, to have a secret from Keiji. "I think everyone knows to give us a room together."
That observation made the singer chuckle. "Yeah... he does have a bit too much energy. I can only imagine what sharing a room, nevermind possibly a bed, would be like. Especially with after-live excitement." Keiji admitted, just imagining Rei literally zooming around a hotel room. That image with interrupted by Mikoto's assurance, though, and it made him grin. "I think so too. Or, at least, I hope so!" After all, neither of them had even attempted to be subtle about their feelings for each other at the last several band events.
"It's their problem if they don't know; cuz I'll sneak into your room anyways, and... I mean, I'm not shy and I'm not quiet," Mikoto replies, which is the kind of sentence that falls apart if you think about it too much. But the 'sneak into your room' part is separate from the 'not quiet' part, as for the latter the blond is referencing how he is during sex.
And that just made Keiji laugh, rather loudly. "I guess that means you would only have to sneak the first time, because after that, there would be no point. Everyone that mattered would already know you and I had been in the same room~ And rather likely why~" He added with a grin, having known *exactly* what Mikoto meant about his volume.
"And depending on who it is, they would either flee the room -- or watch," Because Mikoto KNOWS Akio would watch unless specifically sent out. Let's be real. That man is a voyeur. "Honestly, they should also be worried about who ends up in the room beside us~"
"Are you planning on leaving the door open or unlocked when you sneak into my room!?" Keiji almost yelped, though it was followed with a light laugh. He also had no doubts about who would be the one to want to watch. After all, one of the first times he'd even slightly admitted to himself that he found Mikoto attractive was when the blond had been fucked by Yue with Akio watching them. "Hopefully the hotel's walls will be thick enough not to be a problem? I mean, people have sex in hotel rooms all the time, right?"
Mikoto laughs, entirely at the tone Keiji had used there, and doesn't really focus on the words themselves. Besides, if he's in the hotel room, doesn't matter if it's locked or not, as the other people in the room would be able to unlock and leave. "Hmm, it's probably fine. Depends on the hotel, I guess."
For some reason, in this hypothetical scenario, Keiji had been imagining that he would get the magical single room and hadn't been thinking of the person he was hypothetically sharing with needing to vacate. He had, for some crazy reason, interpreted Mikoto's comment meaning that someone else might *follow* him into the room. It didn't really matter though, as the conversation moved on. "Hmm, that's true. Being a new band, we probably won't get to be in the nicest places. Actually... for the first while, could we just be sleeping on a bus, or in a van? Or crashing in motels or inns?" That would certainly be worse for privacy.
Mikoto had definitely been imagining if someone was fool enough to room with Keiji instead of him, from the beginning, and didn't realize the singer was thinking of a single room. "Hopefully we don't have to stoop to sleeping in manga cafes or whatever." Although that was far and away the cheapest option.
"Hmmmm..... which would be better? Manga cafe? Or van?" Keiji pondered, honestly thinking either would be pretty awful. "Or.... spending the night at a 24 hour McDonald's." He added, thinking that sleeping in one of those chairs, half on the table, would probably be worse than either of the previous options, especially adding in the not so great food they all would have eaten to buy their 'spot'.
"Ok, you've never been to a manga cafe," Mikoto can confidently declare based on even bringing McDonald's in. "In the manga cafe you have your own room, that you can lock, and a lot of them have futons. You just have to go out to a communal bathroom, and there's no showers - which isn't that dissimilar from some hostels. Van... I mean, assuming it has beds, it has more privacy, and we're already paying for it so I guess it would be the cheapest?"
Privacy for the band as a whole, not the individual members.
"I definitely haven't ever been to a manga cafe." Keiji affirmed, though he didn't think it sounded too awful, honestly. Much better than several places he and Kaiya had lived. If he'd known about manga cafes back then, he certainly would have availed them of it, assuming he had the money to do so at the time. That said... "Well, the van probably won't have a bathroom at all, so communal bathroom kinda trumps no bathroom, but cheap might trump easy bathroom access." After all, in a pinch, behind a tree *was* an option.
Mikoto chuckles lightly, "This is all wild speculation; we don't have any plans for tours yet anyways. Who knows, the financial situation could be a lot better by then." ALSO. he'd wanted to come to the bed for kisses, and that had barely happened. He has thoroughly lost interest in the topic of conversation, so he leans in for a smooch instead.
"True." Keiji agreed. And anything else he might have said was lost when Mikoto leaned in for that kiss. "Mmmm~" The singer hummed into that kiss, quite pleased with this turn of events, and wrapped his arms a little more securely around his lover, absolutely welcoming more of the same... or maybe a little more~
The blond isn't super interested in more at the moment, he is interested in kisses, and lots of them. Lots of lovely, sweet romantic kisses, to take his breath away in a totally different way than the desperate panting that comes with sex. When one kiss ends, he presses another, and another, but keeping things sweet for a change.
Keiji took his cue entirely from Mikoto. With the blond keeping the kisses sweet, the singer fell right into that mood, meeting those lovely, romantic kisses easily, and letting his hands move in only the softest, chastest ways over his lover's back, shoulders, and arms.
Mikoto lets his eyes close, soaking in all the lovely romantic sensations -- those touches, the kisses, and his love for the other man. Sure, he won't admit the love. Sure, he's still too scared to hear the other man admit it. But it's there, he feels it, and he's sure Keiji does too.
There was no question at all in Keiji's mind that this was love, whether they put it into words at all. Just like they were clearly committed to each other, whether they used traditional relationship labels or not. The actions and emotions were much more important than the words. Hopefully, one day, he would be able to put his love for Mikoto into words that the blond could listen to, but until then he would do everything to just show the other man just how much he was loved, and save the words for song lyrics. For now, he just let them get carried away by sweet kisses, gentle touches, and the feeling of their breathing, and hopefully their hearts, falling into sync.
Honestly, if it weren't for Keiji's family situation, there's a fair chance that they'd be *living together* already, despite only recently having adopted 'lovers' as a relationship term. The reality of what they're doing is wonderful to Mikoto, and the way Keiji helps him avoid his triggers only convinces him further of the other man's feelings for him. Some of the kisses prompt a gentle sigh, as they make his chest feel warm and full.
Those sweet, gentle sighs in their kisses made Keiji's chest feel equally warm and full. Feeling Mikoto relax and just melt into the romantic feeling around them... it just felt wonderful. Like floating in a little love bubble in the clouds. The thought made him smile, just a little, into the next lovely kiss. He could imagine, actually. Maybe it would make a good, but rather different, sort of song for Shotgun one day.
Mikoto nods, very willing to latch onto that more innocent topic. "Mmm~ It does. Even if sex didn't feel great, I'd still wanna do it to make you clean me up in the shower after~"
Keiji just laughed at that. "If sex didn't feel good, I'm sure we'd still take the opportunity to clean each other." He retorted lightly. The fact was, sex felt amazing, but so did this. The intimacy was just as amazing.
"Hmm~ So I don't have to do anything special for you to clean me like this?" Mikoto asks, his tone finally back to the blond's more normal, playful tone, where it's clear he's not being serious at all. He knows Keiji would do it anytime he asks, after all~
"Nope, not at all. You could have even showered already and be squeaky clean, and I would still clean you up again." Keiji confirmed with a smile. He knew, obviously, that Mikoto was just being silly and fun, so he was happy to play along. Of course, it was also true, but Mikoto obviously knew that too.
"Mmm~ I'll keep that in mind. Although I think if I had already showered, I would ask you to help mess me up first, before cleaning me up again~" The blond advertises. And this is honestly quite similar to what they'd done today, so he's definitely not lying,
"Well, I'm definitely happy to do that too~" Keiji agreed with a chuckle. "That said, I think I've done as well as I can on your back from here. Wanna turn around so I can do a mediocre job on your front~?" He teased, though he was mostly serious about the actual thought.
Mikoto definitely wants his lover's hands on his chest and stomach, so he easily agrees, "mhmm~" And of course, being a brat, he turns around in the slowest, most rubbing-his-body-against-Keiji's way that he possibly can.
Mikoto might think this made him a brat, but Keiji totally loved it. "You are so lovely." He complimented as that soapy back finally settled in against his chest. Then, the singer began rubbing the soapy loofah slowly over his lover's chest.
"I'm too short to rub my ass up against your groin," Mikoto complains, but he's still loving the opportunity to lean his body back, press his body back into Keiji's, and feel that loofah running over his front.
Keiji laughed at Mikoto's complaint, and continued soaping up his lover's chest, and then down toward Mikoto's stomach. "I could try to get lower to fix that." He said with amusement, but honestly willing to try just that if requested.
Mikoto shakes his head at the idea of Keiji trying to get lower, as that would cause other issues, "But then we wouldn't be pressed together the same way. It's fine, I just need to like, ionno, invent shower safe high heels or something."
That brought another laugh from Keiji's lips. "That's true, we wouldn't." That comment about the heels brought a snort, "I can just imagine them. Little suction cups on the bottom, or something." He teased as he continued doing his best to 'clean' Mikoto from this angle.
The blond laughs at the idea of little suction cups on the heels - and also just because he likes Keiji's laugh, and it feels good laughing together. Feels almost as good as that loofah moving over his stomach. "Or maybe I just stand on one of those bath stools?"
"I think that might be more dangerous than just normal heels in the shower." Keiji commented with further amusement. "Especially when I have my arms around you." Not that he was overly strong. Not like Akio anyway. But he was pretty sure he could support Mikoto in the shower on heels and not kill them both.
"I mean, they're also designed not to slip around though?" Mikoto reasons, while he doesn't sound super sure. He does have a lot of confidence in his own balance, in either case. "Regular heels are no good though - don't want them to get ruined."
Keiji shrugged at the logic about the stool, but leaned in to press a kiss to the side of Mikoto's damp neck. "Could always buy a cheap pair *just* to wear in the shower." He suggested.
The blond chuckles at that idea, although it gets closer to a giggle as he feels Keiji's lips against his neck, "Mmm. Would you like that?" He immediately thinks of those stripper heels with the thick, plastic bottoms, as they'd probably survive a shower decently well. Maybe not the safest thing to wear though.
"Honestly?" Keiji murmured in a low voice near Mikoto's ear, "Yeah, kinda. I mean.... anything that involves you... and heels... and naked? Kinda great~" He continued, then added, "Unfortunately, I really can't clean any more of you from here."
Mikoto's eyes half-close, just enjoying the soft rumble of the singer's amazing voice, lowered and by his ear. "Mm, I'll see what I can do then." the blond replies. And he certainly has a better understanding of where to cheaply get a pair of shoes like that than most guys would. Since Keiji can't clean any more of him in this position, he asks, "Mmm~ then where do you want me?"
"I'll look forward to that then~" Keiji responded. The question, though, brought a soft sigh. "I wish you could stay right here, but... mmm...." Keiji stepped back a miniscule amount, then squatted down so that he would work on washing the lower half of Mikoto's body -- back and front.
Mikoto feels particularly pampered as Keiji decides to move rather than asking him to move at all. He does get his hands on the wall, not that he really needs bracing. Those hands sliding up and down his legs feel amazing, and he just lets himself relax and focus on that.
Since he didn't want Mikoto to have to move, the cleaning wasn't exactly the most effective, but that probably didn't matter at all. The only part that did matter, Mikoto's butt, he took extra care of, but otherwise he just did whatever he could without doing a really thorough job.
Mikoto doesn't mind the haphazard cleaning. He wasn't that filthy in the first place, bottom aside, and it feels great anyways. When Keiji, alas, finally finishes, the blond heaves a disappointed sigh - not at the cleaning, but just that it was over.
Hearing that sigh, Keiji smiled some. "I could keep going, if you want. Just because you're clean doesn't mean I can't keep soaping you up." He offered, though rinsing off could sometimes be almost as nice.
"Don't tempt me," Mikoto teases, since he would probably accept that invitation, and then who knows how long they'd stay in the shower. He reaches to take the loofah from Keiji, adding, "Besides, you deserve a turn too."
Keiji chuckled at that as he stood back up properly. He did smile as that loofah was taken from him, though. "I definitely won't argue against getting a turn~"
Mikoto gets some more body soap on the loofah, even though honestly it was probably fine from before, and starts QUITE happily running it (and his other hand for good measure) over Keiji's chest, "Of course. Who wouldn't want to be washed by me, ne?"
"Mmmm~ A very excellent question: I can't think of a single person that would be against that." Keiji agreed, happily, enjoying his lover working the soap all over him, with hand and loofah.
Mikoto could, in fact, think of some people who may not enjoy it - for example his youngest sister, but he feels no need to be so logical about it since this is way funnier. The loofah is there for cleaning, and his hand is there to shamelessly feel up Keiji to Miko's heart's content.
And Keiji was enjoying that hand moving all over him. Maybe it wasn't intentional, but it *was* helping move soap around, so one could argue that it *was* helping to clean some. But even if it had somehow been impeding the cleaning, the singer wouldn't have cared. "Mmmm~ This is definitely worth getting dirty~"
"Don't worry. I'll make sure to often get you dirty then~" Mikoto easily promises, his hand coming up to rest on Keiji's shoulder, steadying him while he brings the loofah lower, going over his boyfriend's hips and as much leg as he can reach from here.
That promise brought a warm laugh from the singer. "I'm sure you will." He agreed, then just enjoyed Mikoto working on cleaning him. "Need me to turn?" He asked, not sure what his lover wanted to do next.
"Hmm," Mikoto considers this crossroads of options carefully, then shakes his head, "Nah, I'll do your legs first, then your back." This way when he finished, he could finish hugging Keiji from behind, which seems nice.
"Sounds good to me." Keiji responded easily. He could see the appeal of doing legs now, then and standing finishing off with his back. Honestly, though, he would be very happy with whatever Mikoto wanted to do.
Mikoto crouches down, able to do fronts and backs of the legs easily enough from the front. Even if it does take some time since Keiji's legs are so *long*. And yes, that hand is still there, enjoying trailing over Keiji's skin under the excuse of helping to clean. That settled, he says, "ok, you can turn around now."
Sure, they could *argue* that that hand was cleaning, but at this point it was much more feeling him up, and maybe bracing Mikoto, than actually cleaning. Not that the singer was complaining, though. When Mikoto told him he could turn around, though, he requested, "Come back up here so I can kiss you first~" Made sense to him that he needed a kiss before he turned his back on the blond.
"Oh," Mikoto replies. He'd been planning on having Keiji turn around first, and standing up as he cleans the model's ass, but, he isn't so married to his plan that he doesn't want to give Keiji what he'd asked for. So he does comply, standing up and tilting his face up.
Keiji wasn't at all aware of Mikoto's plan, but since the blond didn't protest, and got up so they could have his desired kiss. When that beloved face tilted up to him, Keiji leaned down just enough to meet those lips, and truly enjoyed the kiss he had asked for.
Mikoto brings his hand to rest lovingly on the younger man's chest as he leans up into the kiss, and it leaves him smiling gently up at Keiji. Then he suggests, "Now turn around for me, ne?"
"Mmm~ As you wish." Keiji agreed with a smile of his own, then did turn around.
Mikoto brings his hand-and-loofah to one leg, around the upper thigh, then runs them up over that buttocks -- kind of what his plan had been, just that he's already standing. He repeats that with the other side, then cleans Keiji's back. When he's finished, he presses his chest up against his lover's back, wraps his arms around him, and kisses the back at whatever height his lips happen to fall.
Keiji enjoyed Mikoto cleaning him from butt to shoulders, but the better part was absolutely when the blond pressed up against his back and those sweet lips connected with his back. "Mmmm~ That feels wonderful." He commented, getting his arms around the other man's that were around him.
"Mm, I'm glad," Mikoto agrees, since it feels wonderful to him as well. If forced to choose, he prefers being cleaned to cleaning, but that doesn't mean he dislikes this way at all. And he's not usually the big spoon but... he rests his ear against Keiji's back, and it's not as good as his favourite position lying on top of the model but it is kind of similar.
Keiji smiled as he lightly twined his fingers with Mikoto's, just enjoying the feel of the blond leaning against his back like that. Soon enough they would need to properly rinse off, but maybe not just yet. It was nice to just stand together like that, with the sound of the water falling in the background.
It's difficult to hear over the falling water, but Mikoto's pretty sure he can hear Keiji's heartbeat, which has certainly become part of what he likes about his usual position. He enjoys the ways their fingers are entwined, and he rests this way for a while. Without moving a millimetre, he does eventually ask, "Should we get out, at some point?"
Keiji also enjoyed their time standing together, and as inefficient as it was, he did eventually get rinsed enough that he could reply positively when that question came. "Yeah... probably. Unless we want to become mermen." Not the worst fate, in his opinion, but not the most preferable one.
"I mean, mermen are pretty hot though, right? Dunno where they keep their dicks tho..." And obviously that's somewhat important to Mikoto. He finally does pull back from Keiji -- running his hands over the younger man's back to get any last suds that he'd accidentally been protecting wiped off.
"I mean.... they must keep them somewhere, right?" Keiji replied, now also wondering where merman dicks resided. Did fish have dicks? "Do dolphins have dicks? They're mammals..." Seriously, this was going to bother him now. Not enough not to enjoy the feel of those hands on his back, but enough that he wanted to check it out on his phone when they were dry.
Mikoto giggles uproariously that he had prompted that question, and tempts his boyfriend, "Well, we'll have to get out of the shower to find out." Since obviously phones lead to google leads to answers about dolphin dicks. He does a spin to make sure he's got all his suds off, and steps out of the shower.
Those giggles would never not get a smile from Keiji, so he was also amused as he responded, "Okay, let's get out then." And then did exactly that: getting out of the shower so that he could start drying off and caring for his skin and hair. He might be curious, but that wouldn't stop him from taking care of himself first.
While it's still cooler outside of the shower than in, the coming of summer means it's not unbearable. One light shiver, and then the blond is drying himself off and feeling more or less fine. They both go through the usual rituals around face and skin care, and head out of the bathroom.
Showing just how curious Kaiji still was, rather than worrying about clothing he went straight for his phone with only the towel wrapped around his waist. "Okay... let's see.... Do dolphins have penises...." He narrated as he typed his question into Google. And Google immediately gave him a much bigger answer than he thought he would get. "Well.... dolphins have penises.... Apparently both their penises and balls are tucked inside their bodies.... and their penises are always semi-erect?" He said, scanning one of the first articles to come up. "Oh! Uh.... and they're prehensile? Like... they can use them like we would use our hands..." Definitely more information that he had bargained for.
"What the fuck?" Mikoto responds, reacting to those frankly bizarre facts. The idea that Keiji had originally googled the information was only natural, as far as he was concerned, "I mean... I think that kind of makes sense for mermen? But makes me want to be one less."
Keiji chuckled at Mikoto's reaction. "I mean, I think it would be worse if mermen couldn't have dicks at all. And just imagine! As mermen, I could give you a 'handjob' *with* my cock." He added, starting to laugh even more. The idea was just too funny to him.
"Yeah, see, that's skivving me out, somehow," Mikoto replies. He's not disputing the *logic* of it, just... the initial reaction was 'wtf ew weird'. He turns off the music in the living room, a clear sign that he was thinking of moving over to the bedroom.
"Good thing we're human, then." Keiji responded easily, closing the tab with his dolphin inquiry. There had been a lot more on the article, talking about dolphin vaginas, and interactions with humans, but he really didn't want to know more than those headlines. He knew more than enough, and Mikoto was the opposite of interested. He set his phone back down, then moved to wrap his arms loosely around the blond. "Bedtime~?"
Mikoto is perfectly satisfied with Keiji's dick. Lord knows if he could even get some weird prehensile hand dick in his mouth even. He leans lightly against Keiji when those arms wrap around him, and he nods, "Mhmm. At least, like, to lie down and kiss, if not sleep yet." Sure they could kiss now or in the shower but the bed gets rid of the height difference and makes it much lazier.
"Hmmm... sounds perfect." Keiji agreed before placing a kiss on the top of Mikoto's hair and giving him a hug, then letting him go to take his lover's hand instead. "Let's go cuddle, then." He said, drawing the blond along with him to the bedroom.
The blond smiles, a sweeter, softer smile than most get to see from him. But one he frequently exhibits when Keiji treats him so lovingly. This is all he'd ever wanted from a relationship, after all. To be someone's adored prince. He's easily led to the bedroom, letting Keiji take the lead.
Even if he had been so inclined, Keiji couldn't help but smile in return at that sweet, soft smile on the blond's lips. That expression filled his heart with a calm, earnest happiness that he could only vaguely equate with seeing Kaiya safely sleeping in her bed. The two feelings weren't really alike at all in the grand scheme of things, but at the core, they really were. And that was how the singer knew it was love. He wouldn't say it. Not until he was sure Mikoto would be okay hearing it, but he couldn't help it if his gestures and actions reflected that feeling, just a little bit. He led them over to the bed, tossed his towel into the hamper, then crawled into the bed, holding his arms open welcomingly for Mikoto to join him.
Mikoto is at least in a place where he really enjoys feeling love from Keiji's expression, and actions. In particular, the way they all but live together at this point, the way having the other man in his bed feels MORE normal than sleeping alone. He happily slips under the covers and into Keiji's arms, pausing just long enough to turn off the light before wrapping his arms around Keiji, their bodies close.
Once Mikoto was cuddled safely in his arms, Keiji let out a soft sigh that almost deflated him at the same time; just relaxing entirely in his lover's arms. Just like Mikoto felt more normal sleeping together, Keiji was able to fully relax in a way that he couldn't when he fell asleep alone. He just felt safe, and happy in Mikoto's arms, and it was a feeling he hoped never to lose. "Mmmm.... I hope it won't be weird for Akio-kun and Ayase-kun to always share a room on tour... eventually... assuming Keigo-kun comes with us..." It might seem like a misnomer, but the thought thread made sense to Keiji: happy in Mikoto's arms, never wanted to not have that if he could help it, always room with Mikoto, clearly Keigo and Rei would feel the same... Akio and Yui sharing a room always might be weird, given Akio was dating Yui's identical twin.
Despite having said he wanted to make use of the bed to kiss, he's happy enough just cuddling and relaxing at first. He doesn't entirely know how Keiji had gotten to that thought. He's relaxed enough that his honest first reaction is confusion, but when his brain clicks he's able to keep a straight face as he says, "Hmm, I don't think it'll be a big deal? I think Akio-kun and Ayase-kun are good friends in their own right."
Yes. *friends*. Must not snicker.
"Mmm? Yeah, I guess they are, huh?" Keiji agreed, thinking about it. After all, Yui actually allowed Akio to call him 'Yui-kun' rather than 'Ayase-kun'. "Well, that's good. It would be awful for Ayase-kun to feel uncomfortable about the rooming situation." He added, then smiled at Mikoto. "Is it weird that I'm thinking about rooms on tours?" He asked, mildly curious what Mikoto thought of his idle musings.
Mikoto inwardly relaxes. Looks like he hadn't given away the secret by accident - helps that he's good at lying about gossipy stuff, and also that the lights are out. "I think it's cute that you're thinking about it -- I don't know if Keigo-kun will be able to come though? Between his situation, and their cat..."
"Ah~ That's true. I forgot about Bou-chan." Keiji admitted, then half shrugged, "Well, I guess that means that the three of them can decide who gets the single room, or if they all want to bunk together sometimes." Keiji continued, totally *not* in the know about Akio and Yui's situation. That said, though, he really had nothing much more to say about it all, and he smiled and leaned in a little to press a kiss to Mikoto's forehead. "As long as we always get a room together, the rest doesn't really matter."
"I, personally, can't imagine anybody wanting to room with Rei-kun aside from Keigo-kun. I mean, I love the kid but...." Trying to relax after a long day on the road with the energizer bunny in your room seems pretty horrid. ALSO Akio and Yui would want to share a room to make out, but he can't tell Keiji that part. And wow, it feels really weird actually, to have a secret from Keiji. "I think everyone knows to give us a room together."
That observation made the singer chuckle. "Yeah... he does have a bit too much energy. I can only imagine what sharing a room, nevermind possibly a bed, would be like. Especially with after-live excitement." Keiji admitted, just imagining Rei literally zooming around a hotel room. That image with interrupted by Mikoto's assurance, though, and it made him grin. "I think so too. Or, at least, I hope so!" After all, neither of them had even attempted to be subtle about their feelings for each other at the last several band events.
"It's their problem if they don't know; cuz I'll sneak into your room anyways, and... I mean, I'm not shy and I'm not quiet," Mikoto replies, which is the kind of sentence that falls apart if you think about it too much. But the 'sneak into your room' part is separate from the 'not quiet' part, as for the latter the blond is referencing how he is during sex.
And that just made Keiji laugh, rather loudly. "I guess that means you would only have to sneak the first time, because after that, there would be no point. Everyone that mattered would already know you and I had been in the same room~ And rather likely why~" He added with a grin, having known *exactly* what Mikoto meant about his volume.
"And depending on who it is, they would either flee the room -- or watch," Because Mikoto KNOWS Akio would watch unless specifically sent out. Let's be real. That man is a voyeur. "Honestly, they should also be worried about who ends up in the room beside us~"
"Are you planning on leaving the door open or unlocked when you sneak into my room!?" Keiji almost yelped, though it was followed with a light laugh. He also had no doubts about who would be the one to want to watch. After all, one of the first times he'd even slightly admitted to himself that he found Mikoto attractive was when the blond had been fucked by Yue with Akio watching them. "Hopefully the hotel's walls will be thick enough not to be a problem? I mean, people have sex in hotel rooms all the time, right?"
Mikoto laughs, entirely at the tone Keiji had used there, and doesn't really focus on the words themselves. Besides, if he's in the hotel room, doesn't matter if it's locked or not, as the other people in the room would be able to unlock and leave. "Hmm, it's probably fine. Depends on the hotel, I guess."
For some reason, in this hypothetical scenario, Keiji had been imagining that he would get the magical single room and hadn't been thinking of the person he was hypothetically sharing with needing to vacate. He had, for some crazy reason, interpreted Mikoto's comment meaning that someone else might *follow* him into the room. It didn't really matter though, as the conversation moved on. "Hmm, that's true. Being a new band, we probably won't get to be in the nicest places. Actually... for the first while, could we just be sleeping on a bus, or in a van? Or crashing in motels or inns?" That would certainly be worse for privacy.
Mikoto had definitely been imagining if someone was fool enough to room with Keiji instead of him, from the beginning, and didn't realize the singer was thinking of a single room. "Hopefully we don't have to stoop to sleeping in manga cafes or whatever." Although that was far and away the cheapest option.
"Hmmmm..... which would be better? Manga cafe? Or van?" Keiji pondered, honestly thinking either would be pretty awful. "Or.... spending the night at a 24 hour McDonald's." He added, thinking that sleeping in one of those chairs, half on the table, would probably be worse than either of the previous options, especially adding in the not so great food they all would have eaten to buy their 'spot'.
"Ok, you've never been to a manga cafe," Mikoto can confidently declare based on even bringing McDonald's in. "In the manga cafe you have your own room, that you can lock, and a lot of them have futons. You just have to go out to a communal bathroom, and there's no showers - which isn't that dissimilar from some hostels. Van... I mean, assuming it has beds, it has more privacy, and we're already paying for it so I guess it would be the cheapest?"
Privacy for the band as a whole, not the individual members.
"I definitely haven't ever been to a manga cafe." Keiji affirmed, though he didn't think it sounded too awful, honestly. Much better than several places he and Kaiya had lived. If he'd known about manga cafes back then, he certainly would have availed them of it, assuming he had the money to do so at the time. That said... "Well, the van probably won't have a bathroom at all, so communal bathroom kinda trumps no bathroom, but cheap might trump easy bathroom access." After all, in a pinch, behind a tree *was* an option.
Mikoto chuckles lightly, "This is all wild speculation; we don't have any plans for tours yet anyways. Who knows, the financial situation could be a lot better by then." ALSO. he'd wanted to come to the bed for kisses, and that had barely happened. He has thoroughly lost interest in the topic of conversation, so he leans in for a smooch instead.
"True." Keiji agreed. And anything else he might have said was lost when Mikoto leaned in for that kiss. "Mmmm~" The singer hummed into that kiss, quite pleased with this turn of events, and wrapped his arms a little more securely around his lover, absolutely welcoming more of the same... or maybe a little more~
The blond isn't super interested in more at the moment, he is interested in kisses, and lots of them. Lots of lovely, sweet romantic kisses, to take his breath away in a totally different way than the desperate panting that comes with sex. When one kiss ends, he presses another, and another, but keeping things sweet for a change.
Keiji took his cue entirely from Mikoto. With the blond keeping the kisses sweet, the singer fell right into that mood, meeting those lovely, romantic kisses easily, and letting his hands move in only the softest, chastest ways over his lover's back, shoulders, and arms.
Mikoto lets his eyes close, soaking in all the lovely romantic sensations -- those touches, the kisses, and his love for the other man. Sure, he won't admit the love. Sure, he's still too scared to hear the other man admit it. But it's there, he feels it, and he's sure Keiji does too.
There was no question at all in Keiji's mind that this was love, whether they put it into words at all. Just like they were clearly committed to each other, whether they used traditional relationship labels or not. The actions and emotions were much more important than the words. Hopefully, one day, he would be able to put his love for Mikoto into words that the blond could listen to, but until then he would do everything to just show the other man just how much he was loved, and save the words for song lyrics. For now, he just let them get carried away by sweet kisses, gentle touches, and the feeling of their breathing, and hopefully their hearts, falling into sync.
Honestly, if it weren't for Keiji's family situation, there's a fair chance that they'd be *living together* already, despite only recently having adopted 'lovers' as a relationship term. The reality of what they're doing is wonderful to Mikoto, and the way Keiji helps him avoid his triggers only convinces him further of the other man's feelings for him. Some of the kisses prompt a gentle sigh, as they make his chest feel warm and full.
Those sweet, gentle sighs in their kisses made Keiji's chest feel equally warm and full. Feeling Mikoto relax and just melt into the romantic feeling around them... it just felt wonderful. Like floating in a little love bubble in the clouds. The thought made him smile, just a little, into the next lovely kiss. He could imagine, actually. Maybe it would make a good, but rather different, sort of song for Shotgun one day.