[drabble] A Burberry Christmas
Title: A Burberry Christmas
Pairing: RyoKame (Nishikido Ryo x Kamenashi Kazuya)
Rating: PG/PG-13
Summary: What Ryo wants the most for Christmas is for Kame to move in with him but, of course, there's no way he'll admit that, so it's time to see whether Kame can catch Ryo's subtle hints. But first, Ryo has to figure out how to explain that he broke the bottle of Burberry cologne that Kame bought just last week.
Warnings: none that I can think of...lol, manipulative/scheming boys maybe? ♥
Note: written for kamexkame ♥
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Another one of the Christmas drabble requests :) This one is for the awesome and wonderful kamexkame ♥♥♥ I really hope you like it, and hopefully, even though the holiday season is over (well, nearly over if you count new year's), and this is a bit late, you still enjoy the fic :DDD I tried to do your prompt justice, and well, I'm going to cross my fingers that I didn't fail at that XDDD
Also, thank you (again) to pinkeuphoria1 for looking over the fic :D
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When Ryo wakes up every morning, Kame is the first thing that comes to his mind. It has nothing to do with Kame actually being there when he wakes up, but instead, it has everything to do with Kame's essence in his room, or, more precisely, the scent of Burberry cologne that remains on the pillow next to him.
"Kame," he mutters incoherently before he really wakes up, "Turn off the Burberry."
It takes a moment for Ryo to realize how much that doesn't make sense, and he finally turns to Kame, fully expecting to see Kame with an amused little grin on his face, probably waiting for Ryo to realize what he has just said. Kame's also probably prepared to make some teasing comment. That’s the way it works after all; Ryo has his snark, and Kame has his teasing.
Except this morning, the teasing ends up being silence because Kame isn't even there. Ryo scowls to himself, sitting up, when he remembers that every time Kame has work early in the morning, he leaves at ridiculously early hours so that he can stop by his apartment to pick up his things and change. Meaning that Kame's not there to make comments such as 'I didn't realize cologne had an off switch, Ryo’.
Great, so now Ryo's subconscious mind has obviously been contaminated by Kame's teasing, because he has just teased himself.
Ryo scowls at nothing in particular, slightly incensed that Kame isn’t there to make that same comment, and that Kame isn’t there for Ryo to glare at for making that comment. It’s not as fun glaring at the imprint of Kame's essence that has somehow made a home in Ryo's subconscious mind.
Ryo really needs to speak to Kame about this imprint of Kame's essence moving out. Ryo, after all, only puts up with Kame's teasing because he lo - well, he has his reasons, but those reasons certainly don’t apply to an imprint of Kame's personality, particularly since that imprint can’t so much as kiss, much less dazzle Ryo with amazing sex.
Yes, of course; that’s exactly why Ryo puts up with Kame's teasing and the fragrance of Burberry on his pillows: because of the amazing sex.
Yes, that’s the only reason.
Ryo grits his teeth and glares at the picture of Kame and himself that Kame must have placed on the dresser at some point, probably recently, because Ryo only noticed it this week. He glares at it nonetheless; it can be the physical representation of Kame's essence until he can find the real, breathing, able-to-have-sex, Kame and talk to him about this recent annoyance.
He decides to be the better man - well, really, the only real man, the essence not being real and all - and ignores the essence. Heading into the bathroom so that he can also get ready for the day, Ryo spots on his bathroom counter what must be the source of the Burberry fragrance on his pillows.
Ryo picks it up and gingerly takes a slight whiff.
You do know that the big bad Burberry cologne isn’t going to attack you, right Ryo?
Ryo growls at Kame's essence and slams the cologne bottle back down. He then stomps back to the shower, deciding that perhaps it’s best to drown out all thoughts with a cascade of scalding hot water.
While he’s in there, watching as the water makes his skin all red, Ryo decides that there’s only one thing to do to get Kame's essence out of his mind. It’s only there because the real Kame isn’t around to make those same comments anyways, right?
So there’s a simple solution to all this, Ryo thinks triumphantly, as he steps out of the shower. He just has to make sure Kame is around more, and one way for that to happen is if Kame would get that ridiculous notion that he needs his own apartment out of his head. Ryo's apartment would do just fine.
Ryo pauses in his victorious moment, nose twitching; is it just him or has the fragrance of that damned Burberry gotten stronger?
It’s probably some sort of symbolic sign from the essence of Kame in his mind: now that Ryo has decided that Kame should move in with him, he’ll have to be accustomed to smelling Burberry day in and day out, but Ryo doesn’t mind at all -
“Fuck.”
But first, Ryo has to figure out how to explain that he broke the bottle of Burberry cologne that Kame bought just last week.
* * *
"Hey baby," Ryo greets with forced cheer as he picks up his phone, which has been blaring out Kame's personalized ring tone for the past minute.
There's a brief silence on the other end.
"Oh no, what did you do now?" Kame asks cautiously.
Ryo grits his teeth, "Nothing," he says firmly, blithely ignoring the fact that he's called in sick to work and is now browsing a department store trying to find the Burberry products so that he can replace the one he broke this morning.
"Right," Kame says disbelievingly, "And why don't I believe that?"
"Because you're a suspicious boyfriend, shame on you," Ryo tries to turn the tables on Kame.
"I think it's more likely because of the fact that the last time you tried to sweet talk me, it was right before I found out you got us kicked out of the hotel because you reduced the bellhop, who just happened to be the owner’s son, to tears." Kame deadpans.
Ryo glowers and scares a little girl at the same time.
He takes a deep breath, counting to ten, and congratulates himself when he doesn't snap at his lover over the phone, "You know what," he says after a long moment, "We should have dinner tonight or something. At my place."
There's a surprised silence on the other end, "Alright…" Kame says slowly, "Should I buy some food on the way there?"
Ryo grins, "I was hoping you could cook." he admits unashamedly.
Ryo can just see Kame rolling his eyes, "Is that what this is about? You just wanted me to cook for you?"
"Yeah," Ryo agrees quickly, "You have your key right?" he asks, his lips turning up into a smirk.
"I think so." Kame replies slowly.
"Great. I knew there was a good reason to give you a key. It's almost like you live there, you know?" Ryo hints with a wide grin. There's no way Kame can miss that huge ass hint, right? It has to be the hugest hint ever.
"Sure?" Kame answers after a long moment, "Are you feeling alright Ryo?" he adds after a moment.
And Kame totally misses the hint.
Ryo feels like growling, but he has a feeling he's already scared the sales clerk at the Burberry product section enough, based on the way the woman is looking furtively in his direction and inching slowly away.
"I've got to get back to filming. See you tonight." Kame says.
"Yes. Tonight. At my place, where it's almost like you live there too," Ryo tries again hopefully.
"Bye." Kame says quickly, although Ryo is almost sure he hears Kame mutter something about picking up some medicine later as the younger man hangs up.
Ryo hangs up as well and turns to the Burberry sales clerk with a forced smile.
Damn Kame for making life so difficult, because everything in the world would be so much better if Kame had only taken the fucking hint -
Because that was such a great hint, Kame's essence has returned, only further proving Ryo's theory that it only appears when Kame isn't around.
Ryo glowers at nothing in particular, scaring the sales clerk even more, and he vows to himself that he will get Kame to move in, and get that annoying essence out of his head, as soon as possible, even if he dies trying.
* * *
Ryo is fuming as he finally makes his way back home, glaring at the bag with the Burberry logo that, including its contents, cost him ten thousand yen; he can't help but wonder if maybe that's why Kame is always so damn thin - because he spends all his food money on ridiculously overpriced cologne. Ryo glares; that one tiny bottle of cologne cost him ten thousand fucking yen.
Yeah, well, that's because most people use one bottle for months instead of getting them broken by their boyfriends, Kame's essence sniffs indignantly.
Ryo growls at it, tells it to shut up and that it was an accident. It wasn't like he meant to break it.
When Ryo steps back into his apartment, he quickly steps into the bathroom, opens the packaging the cologne comes in and puts it where the other broken one had once stood. Hopefully Kame won't notice a difference.
You really think that I'd miss the fact that the entire bathroom smells like Burberry came out with air freshener and you ran to the store and decided to empty the entire canister by spraying it in the bathroom?
Shut up, Ryo tells Kame's essence, even as he determinedly turns the radio on, sets the volume high and sits back to relax after a long day of -
A long day of browsing through department stores, scaring Burberry sales clerks, and thinking up ways to convince me to move in with you?
A bark interrupts Ryo - and the essence, so Ryo doesn’t really mind.
Ryo glances down at the small dog he’d kidn - er, procured from Kame's apartment, and smirks as he runs his fingers through the dog's hair, petting it and making victorious cooing noises. The dog whimpers and backs away. Ryo's smirk freezes.
And when I arrive and ask 'what the hell is Ran doing here?', what will your answer be?
Ryo growls at Kame's essence, but then replies with a hint of derision that his answer will be that he stopped by Kame's apartment to get something and Ran looked sad and wouldn’t let him leave so Ryo took her home, and lo and behold, Ran seems to be rather comfortable in Ryo's apartment, like it's home.
Really? Seriously?
Ran is looking restless and whining; Ryo sighs impatiently. Then he picks Ran up, plops Ran on the mess of old pillows and blankets in a basket that makes up Ran's new makeshift dog bed. The dog continues to whine, and Ryo glowers.
You do realize that once I move in, Ran will too, right?
Ryo growls, stalks to the bathroom, sprays a bit of the newly bought Burberry cologne onto a cloth and brings it out, throwing it in Ran's basket bed. The dog sniffs at it for a few moments, before giving a happy yip and then she proceeds to curl up around the new addition to her makeshift bed and settle contently on the Burberry-scented cloth.
Ryo smirks at his genius.
I can't believe you're making my puppy sleep with a wash cloth, Kame's essence scolds.
"Shut up," Ryo says out loud, "Your puppy will be fine," he snaps, "It's not like it doesn't go rolling in the mud whenever you take her on a walk anyways."
He groans; now he's actually answering the essence out loud. He really, really, really needs to get Kame to move in soon, before this essence of his becomes more powerful.
But since the dog has finally shut up, Ryo decides to relax while waiting for Kame; as he relaxes and stretches on his bed, his exhausting day of frantically trying to find that Burberry cologne and putting up with Kame's essence catches up with him, and he falls asleep within minutes.
He wakes up, about an hour or so later, to a tiny furry body that is pawing at the pillow that Ryo had taken to resting on in his sleep. Ryo wrinkles his nose first, at the scent of Burberry filling his senses, and then he lets out a yelp and proceeds to chase Ran off his bed. The dog whines like a little kid asking for candy, as she trudges back to her basket bed and proceeds to curl up on the other Burberry-scented object in the apartment.
Ryo glares at the dog and then at the pillow; obviously, the scent of Kame was more powerful on the pillow. Ryo purposely makes sure his head lies against that pillow, a victorious feeling filling him.
It's not long later that Ryo's phone rings and he picks it up right away, recognizing the ring tone.
"Hey, I’m going to a bit late okay? I need to go home and feed Ran -”
"Ran's here." Ryo cuts in.
"What?"
"Ran's at my place."
"What the hell is Ran doing at your place?" Kame asks incredulously.
"I went to get something from your place, and she wouldn’t let me leave so I brought her with me," Ryo says in his best nonchalant voice, "She seems to like it here. Like it's her home,"
"Really? Seriously?" Kame asks disbelievingly.
"Yes, do we have to go over this again?" Ryo snaps.
"Again?" Kame's voice is confused, "Ryo…are you feeling okay?"
"I'm fine," Ryo curses when he realizes he has confused essence Kame and real Kame for a few seconds there, "And your dog is fine too. I made her a makeshift bed."
"With what?" Kame asks cautiously, as if fearing Ryo may answer with something like 'wood' or 'the floorboards and air'. Any other time and Ryo might have, but he doesn't want Kame to freak out on him this time.
"Pillows. Blankets. A wash cloth with your Burberry cologne on it. She seems to like that."
"You're making my puppy sleep with a wash cloth?" Kame asks in alarm.
"Shut up, she's fine, stop asking me that; we discussed this already." Ryo snaps.
Kame pauses, "Sure we did, Ryo," he said in a placating tone of voice, "I'll be over soon." he adds, and Ryo can hear a distinct mutter of 'definitely with some medicine'.
"Sure," Ryo agrees.
He hangs up and crows victoriously at Kame's essence; then, he realizes that he has another problem to face: namely, the dog whining at him and pawing at Kame's Burberry-scented pillow.
“No,” Ryo says petulantly, even though he will never admit it, “It’s mine.”
* * *
Ryo hasn’t appreciated how exhausting shopping can be until today, when for the second time after arriving back home, he realizes he’d fallen asleep without meaning to. When he opens his eyes groggily, he is aware of two things: one is that he is lying on a pillow that smells distinctively of Burberry, which causes him to smirk victoriously - sleepily, but victoriously. The other is that a small, furry, body is lying near his head, curled up and asleep and obviously basking in the scent of Burberry as much as Ryo had unconsciously been.
Ryo scowls at Ran, but after a moment, just gives up and rolls his eyes.
Then, he comes to a third realization: that it’s been an hour since Kame called, and that there are sounds coming from outside his bedroom. Ryo stumbles up, not even bothering to smooth down his wrinkled shirt, and wanders into the living room and kitchen areas, where he sees the all too familiar and all too welcome form of Kame moving about.
Well, that explains why there’s a lack of the voice of Kame's essence in his mind right now, Ryo thinks with a grin, as he sleepily walks over to Kame. He takes delight in the startled expression and sound that Kame lets appear when he promptly pulls Kame to him possessively.
Finally, finally, he can have a few hours without that essence of Kame bothering him. The essence of Kame really just says the same things Kame would say, but it’s not quite the same - Ryo puts up with Kame for his reasons, and none of those reasons apply to an intangible representation of Kame.
Besides, if he’s to be rid of that essence of Kame in his mind, he needs to butter up Kame to try to make him think that it’s his own idea to move in, and that Ryo is just a gracious boyfriend who gives him what he wants. Yes, that’s the only way to do it, and as long as Kame has no idea, and hasn’t caught onto the clues so far, Ryo can probably make this work without having to admit the truth.
“Hey sleepyhead,” Kame greets him with a cheerful tone of voice as he turns to look at Ryo.
Ryo doesn’t answer; instead, he bumps his head against a spot between Kame's shoulders and his neck, letting his cheek rest there, and then he sniffs, “You really do smell like Burberry all the time,” he accuses with a smirk.
“And you’re starting to take after Ran if you’re starting to sniff me when I come home,” Kame returns playfully.
Ryo tries not to let it show that his heart just thumped loudly; he wants to break into a huge smile at the fact that Kame has just called his place home.
“Yeah, well, I had to find out why she kept trying to steal your pillow,” Ryo says nonchalantly, “You’ve really got to teach her to stop that,” he says in a reprimanding voice, “She keeps barging in and trying to steal that pillow. Since it smells of Burberry, I guess.”
Kame has a huge smirk on his face, “And why do you care if she takes my pillow?” he questions after a moment.
Ryo glowers, “I don’t. But it’s the principle of the thing, train your dog properly.” He demands.
“Hey, it’s not my fault; Ran has obviously taken after some of your traits as well,” Kame says, his smirk widening, implying that he thinks that Ryo is the one who was being possessive of the pillow in the first place.
Unfortunately, Ryo has no answer to that, so instead, he decides to shut Kame up his own way, and gripping Kame's wrists, he pushes him back until the younger man is half-leaning against and half sitting on the kitchen counter, and kisses him.
Kame's breath hitches a little when they slowly withdraw from the kiss, “You do realize that, by now, I know you’re just trying to shut me up because you don’t have a good comeback right?” he asks with a grin.
Ryo doesn’t have a good response to that either, so he just mutters darkly, “Shut up,” against Kame's lips.
“Great comeback Ryo,” Kame mutters, before he reaches behind him and knocks at Ryo's head with a previously unseen object, “For you.” He says even as he pushes Ryo away a little so that he can place it in Ryo's hand. Then, to Ryo's confusion, he seems intent on feeling up Ryo's forehead.
“What?” Ryo blinks. He looks down at the bottle-shaped object in his hand and blinks again, “Medicine?”
“Hm, I’m surprised, I thought you had a fever or something,” Kame remarks with his hand against Ryo's forehead.
“Why?” Ryo can’t help but ask in complete surprise.
“Because you kept saying nonsense on the phone all day,” Kame raised a perfectly plucked eyebrow, “And acting weird. Really weird.” He frowned, “Are you sure you’re not sick? You should probably take some anyways, you were acting really weird.”
Ryo groans mentally; of course, of course Kame would decide to take his purposely left hints as acting weird, it could never be easy with Kame after all. Sometimes, his lover seems to exist to challenge Ryo in all ways possible.
To his displeasure, Kame is sliding off the kitchen counter and attempting to get Ryo to take the medicine, if the way he’s looking at the dosage instructions is anything to go by, “I think this is the medicine that made Maru gag a little, but well, he says it worked…” he trails off as Ryo grabs the bottle out of his hand, and places it on the counter.
“I’m not taking it,” Ryo says firmly.
“Yes you are,” Kame stares Ryo down.
Ryo stares back, realizing that unless he wants to tell Kame everything, such as that his Christmas wish is for Kame to move in, he’ll need to take the medicine. Stupid, stubborn boyfriends.
He grudgingly takes the medicine from Kame, looking at the dosage instructions before pouring the required amount, “This had better not kill me.” He warns.
Kame rolls his eyes, “If I wanted to kill you, I’d use less obvious methods Ryo. It’ll just make you really drowsy so that you’ll sleep.”
Ryo groans before taking a tentative sip. Then he gags, “I think I’d rather drink your Burberry cologne than more of this,” he complains.
Kame grins, “I’ll keep that in mind next time you make me angry.” He leans in, peering curiously at Ryo, “Is it really that bad?”
Ryo gets a wicked smile on his face as he pulls Kame to him, crushing his lips against the younger man’s, “You tell me,” he breaths out after a few moments.
Kame makes a face, “Kiss good. Medicine ugh,” he replies, looking like he wants to gag as well, “Well, at least you won’t try to get sick while I’m at work again will you?” he demands, “I was worried about you all day since you kept acting so weird.” He says defensively.
Ryo blames it on the medicine; if he hadn’t been drugged, then he probably would have retained some common sense; common sense which he’s obviously lacking right now because he leans in and hisses out, “I’ve been trying to convince you in subtle, genius, ways that it’s a good idea for you to move in,” into Kame's ear.
Kame's eyes widen a fraction and he looks intently at Ryo, “What?”
Ryo curses the medicine; it’s the reason he’s lost all his will power as well as his ability to subtly suggest things, “It’d make a great Christmas present, you know,” he continues. He keeps blaming the medicine, even though he knows very well that it hasn’t been long enough for the medicine to actually take effect yet, “And it’s this medicine’s fault that I’m being all weak and admitting this and -”
He doesn’t get to finish because, disgusting medicine and all, Kame is kissing him, “Shut up Ryo,” Kame mumbles against Ryo's lips, “You’re ruining a perfectly good moment.”
Ryo doesn’t argue.
He blames that on the medicine too.
* * *
Weeks later, on Christmas Eve, Ryo is still blaming the medicine - at least to Kame. The younger man is sitting next to Ryo in bed, looking amused, “So basically, the next time I want you to admit to something your manly pride won’t let you admit to, I just have to feed you medicine?” he asks and Ryo is almost sure he hears a devious tone in Kame's voice.
“Don’t even think about it,” Ryo orders as he pushes Kame against the headboard of the bed, leaning in to brush his lips against his lover’s.
Kame gives a breathless laugh as Ryo pulls away just a little, “Well, it’s not like I mind giving you this present.” He admits.
The mention of presents reminds Ryo that he still hasn’t given Kame his present; he gets up and goes in search for the present that’s hidden in his closet. When he comes back, Kame has a perplexed expression on his face as he takes the bag with the Burberry logo.
“Your present,” Ryo mutters, looking away.
Kame looks amused, “I admit, Ryo…I actually didn’t expect you do get me anything.”
Ryo glares, “Are you saying I’m a bad boyfriend?” he accuses, trying not to sound a bit wounded at that.
Kame laughs, “No. Well. You see,” he looks really amused now and Ryo has a feeling he doesn’t want to know, “I thought you figured it out but I guess with all the moving and all you haven’t had a chance to really think about it.”
Ryo looks perplexed, “What are you talking about?” he demands.
“Well,” Kame grins brightly at Ryo as he unwraps his present and he blinks at yet another product from Burberry’s winter line of fragrance for men. He takes it and sprits a little on his wrist, sniffing it, “My Christmas wish was that you would admit out loud to me that you wanted me to move in. You normally would have figured that out after thinking about it for a while; your clues were pretty obvious. Must have been all the moving and how busy we were because of the moving in.” he pauses to add, “And your territorial struggles with Ran.” He adds with a smirk.
Ryo's jaw drops, and he doesn’t even protest when Kame takes his wrist and sprays a little of his new Burberry present on him as well, “No way. You’re lying. You were totally oblivious. To all my clues!” He growls out.
Kame smirks, “Maybe I was, maybe I wasn’t.”
“You’re totally lying.”
“Maybe I am, maybe I’m not.” Kame's smirk widens.
Ryo growls, pries the new Burberry cologne out of Kame's hand, and promptly decides to wipe that smirk off of Kame's face.
He kisses Kame deeply as the scent of the Burberry cologne fills the air.
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And that's it~~
Merry Christmas kamexkame!! (lol, even though I said it to you already, I just feel like I should say it again since this is your (slightly late) Christmas present XDDD) Hope you liked it and all that and adfjdfl; thank you for giving me such a lovely prompt to work with, it was an awesome prompt, lol, I had so many ideas, and finally the finished product looked like this <3 so I hope I did your wonderful prompt justice in writing this fic :DDDD
Also, some general author's notes:
I don't quite remember whether Ryo has a dog, I know he used to have a family dog, but that was a few years ago. Well, for the sake of this fic, let's say he doesn't.
And lol, I actually did research on the Burberry fragrances lol XDDD and a Burberry men's fragrane product (100 ml) realy does cost 10 000 yen, which is like $90 US
Okay, I'm done~~ hope you enjoyed the fic!!! :D
(p.s. i am slowly but definitely working on the other requests; hopefully i can get most of them posted before school begins again :D)
Pairing: RyoKame (Nishikido Ryo x Kamenashi Kazuya)
Rating: PG/PG-13
Summary: What Ryo wants the most for Christmas is for Kame to move in with him but, of course, there's no way he'll admit that, so it's time to see whether Kame can catch Ryo's subtle hints. But first, Ryo has to figure out how to explain that he broke the bottle of Burberry cologne that Kame bought just last week.
Warnings: none that I can think of...lol, manipulative/scheming boys maybe? ♥
Note: written for kamexkame ♥
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Another one of the Christmas drabble requests :) This one is for the awesome and wonderful kamexkame ♥♥♥ I really hope you like it, and hopefully, even though the holiday season is over (well, nearly over if you count new year's), and this is a bit late, you still enjoy the fic :DDD I tried to do your prompt justice, and well, I'm going to cross my fingers that I didn't fail at that XDDD
Also, thank you (again) to pinkeuphoria1 for looking over the fic :D
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When Ryo wakes up every morning, Kame is the first thing that comes to his mind. It has nothing to do with Kame actually being there when he wakes up, but instead, it has everything to do with Kame's essence in his room, or, more precisely, the scent of Burberry cologne that remains on the pillow next to him.
"Kame," he mutters incoherently before he really wakes up, "Turn off the Burberry."
It takes a moment for Ryo to realize how much that doesn't make sense, and he finally turns to Kame, fully expecting to see Kame with an amused little grin on his face, probably waiting for Ryo to realize what he has just said. Kame's also probably prepared to make some teasing comment. That’s the way it works after all; Ryo has his snark, and Kame has his teasing.
Except this morning, the teasing ends up being silence because Kame isn't even there. Ryo scowls to himself, sitting up, when he remembers that every time Kame has work early in the morning, he leaves at ridiculously early hours so that he can stop by his apartment to pick up his things and change. Meaning that Kame's not there to make comments such as 'I didn't realize cologne had an off switch, Ryo’.
Great, so now Ryo's subconscious mind has obviously been contaminated by Kame's teasing, because he has just teased himself.
Ryo scowls at nothing in particular, slightly incensed that Kame isn’t there to make that same comment, and that Kame isn’t there for Ryo to glare at for making that comment. It’s not as fun glaring at the imprint of Kame's essence that has somehow made a home in Ryo's subconscious mind.
Ryo really needs to speak to Kame about this imprint of Kame's essence moving out. Ryo, after all, only puts up with Kame's teasing because he lo - well, he has his reasons, but those reasons certainly don’t apply to an imprint of Kame's personality, particularly since that imprint can’t so much as kiss, much less dazzle Ryo with amazing sex.
Yes, of course; that’s exactly why Ryo puts up with Kame's teasing and the fragrance of Burberry on his pillows: because of the amazing sex.
Yes, that’s the only reason.
Ryo grits his teeth and glares at the picture of Kame and himself that Kame must have placed on the dresser at some point, probably recently, because Ryo only noticed it this week. He glares at it nonetheless; it can be the physical representation of Kame's essence until he can find the real, breathing, able-to-have-sex, Kame and talk to him about this recent annoyance.
He decides to be the better man - well, really, the only real man, the essence not being real and all - and ignores the essence. Heading into the bathroom so that he can also get ready for the day, Ryo spots on his bathroom counter what must be the source of the Burberry fragrance on his pillows.
Ryo picks it up and gingerly takes a slight whiff.
You do know that the big bad Burberry cologne isn’t going to attack you, right Ryo?
Ryo growls at Kame's essence and slams the cologne bottle back down. He then stomps back to the shower, deciding that perhaps it’s best to drown out all thoughts with a cascade of scalding hot water.
While he’s in there, watching as the water makes his skin all red, Ryo decides that there’s only one thing to do to get Kame's essence out of his mind. It’s only there because the real Kame isn’t around to make those same comments anyways, right?
So there’s a simple solution to all this, Ryo thinks triumphantly, as he steps out of the shower. He just has to make sure Kame is around more, and one way for that to happen is if Kame would get that ridiculous notion that he needs his own apartment out of his head. Ryo's apartment would do just fine.
Ryo pauses in his victorious moment, nose twitching; is it just him or has the fragrance of that damned Burberry gotten stronger?
It’s probably some sort of symbolic sign from the essence of Kame in his mind: now that Ryo has decided that Kame should move in with him, he’ll have to be accustomed to smelling Burberry day in and day out, but Ryo doesn’t mind at all -
“Fuck.”
But first, Ryo has to figure out how to explain that he broke the bottle of Burberry cologne that Kame bought just last week.
* * *
"Hey baby," Ryo greets with forced cheer as he picks up his phone, which has been blaring out Kame's personalized ring tone for the past minute.
There's a brief silence on the other end.
"Oh no, what did you do now?" Kame asks cautiously.
Ryo grits his teeth, "Nothing," he says firmly, blithely ignoring the fact that he's called in sick to work and is now browsing a department store trying to find the Burberry products so that he can replace the one he broke this morning.
"Right," Kame says disbelievingly, "And why don't I believe that?"
"Because you're a suspicious boyfriend, shame on you," Ryo tries to turn the tables on Kame.
"I think it's more likely because of the fact that the last time you tried to sweet talk me, it was right before I found out you got us kicked out of the hotel because you reduced the bellhop, who just happened to be the owner’s son, to tears." Kame deadpans.
Ryo glowers and scares a little girl at the same time.
He takes a deep breath, counting to ten, and congratulates himself when he doesn't snap at his lover over the phone, "You know what," he says after a long moment, "We should have dinner tonight or something. At my place."
There's a surprised silence on the other end, "Alright…" Kame says slowly, "Should I buy some food on the way there?"
Ryo grins, "I was hoping you could cook." he admits unashamedly.
Ryo can just see Kame rolling his eyes, "Is that what this is about? You just wanted me to cook for you?"
"Yeah," Ryo agrees quickly, "You have your key right?" he asks, his lips turning up into a smirk.
"I think so." Kame replies slowly.
"Great. I knew there was a good reason to give you a key. It's almost like you live there, you know?" Ryo hints with a wide grin. There's no way Kame can miss that huge ass hint, right? It has to be the hugest hint ever.
"Sure?" Kame answers after a long moment, "Are you feeling alright Ryo?" he adds after a moment.
And Kame totally misses the hint.
Ryo feels like growling, but he has a feeling he's already scared the sales clerk at the Burberry product section enough, based on the way the woman is looking furtively in his direction and inching slowly away.
"I've got to get back to filming. See you tonight." Kame says.
"Yes. Tonight. At my place, where it's almost like you live there too," Ryo tries again hopefully.
"Bye." Kame says quickly, although Ryo is almost sure he hears Kame mutter something about picking up some medicine later as the younger man hangs up.
Ryo hangs up as well and turns to the Burberry sales clerk with a forced smile.
Damn Kame for making life so difficult, because everything in the world would be so much better if Kame had only taken the fucking hint -
Because that was such a great hint, Kame's essence has returned, only further proving Ryo's theory that it only appears when Kame isn't around.
Ryo glowers at nothing in particular, scaring the sales clerk even more, and he vows to himself that he will get Kame to move in, and get that annoying essence out of his head, as soon as possible, even if he dies trying.
* * *
Ryo is fuming as he finally makes his way back home, glaring at the bag with the Burberry logo that, including its contents, cost him ten thousand yen; he can't help but wonder if maybe that's why Kame is always so damn thin - because he spends all his food money on ridiculously overpriced cologne. Ryo glares; that one tiny bottle of cologne cost him ten thousand fucking yen.
Yeah, well, that's because most people use one bottle for months instead of getting them broken by their boyfriends, Kame's essence sniffs indignantly.
Ryo growls at it, tells it to shut up and that it was an accident. It wasn't like he meant to break it.
When Ryo steps back into his apartment, he quickly steps into the bathroom, opens the packaging the cologne comes in and puts it where the other broken one had once stood. Hopefully Kame won't notice a difference.
You really think that I'd miss the fact that the entire bathroom smells like Burberry came out with air freshener and you ran to the store and decided to empty the entire canister by spraying it in the bathroom?
Shut up, Ryo tells Kame's essence, even as he determinedly turns the radio on, sets the volume high and sits back to relax after a long day of -
A long day of browsing through department stores, scaring Burberry sales clerks, and thinking up ways to convince me to move in with you?
A bark interrupts Ryo - and the essence, so Ryo doesn’t really mind.
Ryo glances down at the small dog he’d kidn - er, procured from Kame's apartment, and smirks as he runs his fingers through the dog's hair, petting it and making victorious cooing noises. The dog whimpers and backs away. Ryo's smirk freezes.
And when I arrive and ask 'what the hell is Ran doing here?', what will your answer be?
Ryo growls at Kame's essence, but then replies with a hint of derision that his answer will be that he stopped by Kame's apartment to get something and Ran looked sad and wouldn’t let him leave so Ryo took her home, and lo and behold, Ran seems to be rather comfortable in Ryo's apartment, like it's home.
Really? Seriously?
Ran is looking restless and whining; Ryo sighs impatiently. Then he picks Ran up, plops Ran on the mess of old pillows and blankets in a basket that makes up Ran's new makeshift dog bed. The dog continues to whine, and Ryo glowers.
You do realize that once I move in, Ran will too, right?
Ryo growls, stalks to the bathroom, sprays a bit of the newly bought Burberry cologne onto a cloth and brings it out, throwing it in Ran's basket bed. The dog sniffs at it for a few moments, before giving a happy yip and then she proceeds to curl up around the new addition to her makeshift bed and settle contently on the Burberry-scented cloth.
Ryo smirks at his genius.
I can't believe you're making my puppy sleep with a wash cloth, Kame's essence scolds.
"Shut up," Ryo says out loud, "Your puppy will be fine," he snaps, "It's not like it doesn't go rolling in the mud whenever you take her on a walk anyways."
He groans; now he's actually answering the essence out loud. He really, really, really needs to get Kame to move in soon, before this essence of his becomes more powerful.
But since the dog has finally shut up, Ryo decides to relax while waiting for Kame; as he relaxes and stretches on his bed, his exhausting day of frantically trying to find that Burberry cologne and putting up with Kame's essence catches up with him, and he falls asleep within minutes.
He wakes up, about an hour or so later, to a tiny furry body that is pawing at the pillow that Ryo had taken to resting on in his sleep. Ryo wrinkles his nose first, at the scent of Burberry filling his senses, and then he lets out a yelp and proceeds to chase Ran off his bed. The dog whines like a little kid asking for candy, as she trudges back to her basket bed and proceeds to curl up on the other Burberry-scented object in the apartment.
Ryo glares at the dog and then at the pillow; obviously, the scent of Kame was more powerful on the pillow. Ryo purposely makes sure his head lies against that pillow, a victorious feeling filling him.
It's not long later that Ryo's phone rings and he picks it up right away, recognizing the ring tone.
"Hey, I’m going to a bit late okay? I need to go home and feed Ran -”
"Ran's here." Ryo cuts in.
"What?"
"Ran's at my place."
"What the hell is Ran doing at your place?" Kame asks incredulously.
"I went to get something from your place, and she wouldn’t let me leave so I brought her with me," Ryo says in his best nonchalant voice, "She seems to like it here. Like it's her home,"
"Really? Seriously?" Kame asks disbelievingly.
"Yes, do we have to go over this again?" Ryo snaps.
"Again?" Kame's voice is confused, "Ryo…are you feeling okay?"
"I'm fine," Ryo curses when he realizes he has confused essence Kame and real Kame for a few seconds there, "And your dog is fine too. I made her a makeshift bed."
"With what?" Kame asks cautiously, as if fearing Ryo may answer with something like 'wood' or 'the floorboards and air'. Any other time and Ryo might have, but he doesn't want Kame to freak out on him this time.
"Pillows. Blankets. A wash cloth with your Burberry cologne on it. She seems to like that."
"You're making my puppy sleep with a wash cloth?" Kame asks in alarm.
"Shut up, she's fine, stop asking me that; we discussed this already." Ryo snaps.
Kame pauses, "Sure we did, Ryo," he said in a placating tone of voice, "I'll be over soon." he adds, and Ryo can hear a distinct mutter of 'definitely with some medicine'.
"Sure," Ryo agrees.
He hangs up and crows victoriously at Kame's essence; then, he realizes that he has another problem to face: namely, the dog whining at him and pawing at Kame's Burberry-scented pillow.
“No,” Ryo says petulantly, even though he will never admit it, “It’s mine.”
* * *
Ryo hasn’t appreciated how exhausting shopping can be until today, when for the second time after arriving back home, he realizes he’d fallen asleep without meaning to. When he opens his eyes groggily, he is aware of two things: one is that he is lying on a pillow that smells distinctively of Burberry, which causes him to smirk victoriously - sleepily, but victoriously. The other is that a small, furry, body is lying near his head, curled up and asleep and obviously basking in the scent of Burberry as much as Ryo had unconsciously been.
Ryo scowls at Ran, but after a moment, just gives up and rolls his eyes.
Then, he comes to a third realization: that it’s been an hour since Kame called, and that there are sounds coming from outside his bedroom. Ryo stumbles up, not even bothering to smooth down his wrinkled shirt, and wanders into the living room and kitchen areas, where he sees the all too familiar and all too welcome form of Kame moving about.
Well, that explains why there’s a lack of the voice of Kame's essence in his mind right now, Ryo thinks with a grin, as he sleepily walks over to Kame. He takes delight in the startled expression and sound that Kame lets appear when he promptly pulls Kame to him possessively.
Finally, finally, he can have a few hours without that essence of Kame bothering him. The essence of Kame really just says the same things Kame would say, but it’s not quite the same - Ryo puts up with Kame for his reasons, and none of those reasons apply to an intangible representation of Kame.
Besides, if he’s to be rid of that essence of Kame in his mind, he needs to butter up Kame to try to make him think that it’s his own idea to move in, and that Ryo is just a gracious boyfriend who gives him what he wants. Yes, that’s the only way to do it, and as long as Kame has no idea, and hasn’t caught onto the clues so far, Ryo can probably make this work without having to admit the truth.
“Hey sleepyhead,” Kame greets him with a cheerful tone of voice as he turns to look at Ryo.
Ryo doesn’t answer; instead, he bumps his head against a spot between Kame's shoulders and his neck, letting his cheek rest there, and then he sniffs, “You really do smell like Burberry all the time,” he accuses with a smirk.
“And you’re starting to take after Ran if you’re starting to sniff me when I come home,” Kame returns playfully.
Ryo tries not to let it show that his heart just thumped loudly; he wants to break into a huge smile at the fact that Kame has just called his place home.
“Yeah, well, I had to find out why she kept trying to steal your pillow,” Ryo says nonchalantly, “You’ve really got to teach her to stop that,” he says in a reprimanding voice, “She keeps barging in and trying to steal that pillow. Since it smells of Burberry, I guess.”
Kame has a huge smirk on his face, “And why do you care if she takes my pillow?” he questions after a moment.
Ryo glowers, “I don’t. But it’s the principle of the thing, train your dog properly.” He demands.
“Hey, it’s not my fault; Ran has obviously taken after some of your traits as well,” Kame says, his smirk widening, implying that he thinks that Ryo is the one who was being possessive of the pillow in the first place.
Unfortunately, Ryo has no answer to that, so instead, he decides to shut Kame up his own way, and gripping Kame's wrists, he pushes him back until the younger man is half-leaning against and half sitting on the kitchen counter, and kisses him.
Kame's breath hitches a little when they slowly withdraw from the kiss, “You do realize that, by now, I know you’re just trying to shut me up because you don’t have a good comeback right?” he asks with a grin.
Ryo doesn’t have a good response to that either, so he just mutters darkly, “Shut up,” against Kame's lips.
“Great comeback Ryo,” Kame mutters, before he reaches behind him and knocks at Ryo's head with a previously unseen object, “For you.” He says even as he pushes Ryo away a little so that he can place it in Ryo's hand. Then, to Ryo's confusion, he seems intent on feeling up Ryo's forehead.
“What?” Ryo blinks. He looks down at the bottle-shaped object in his hand and blinks again, “Medicine?”
“Hm, I’m surprised, I thought you had a fever or something,” Kame remarks with his hand against Ryo's forehead.
“Why?” Ryo can’t help but ask in complete surprise.
“Because you kept saying nonsense on the phone all day,” Kame raised a perfectly plucked eyebrow, “And acting weird. Really weird.” He frowned, “Are you sure you’re not sick? You should probably take some anyways, you were acting really weird.”
Ryo groans mentally; of course, of course Kame would decide to take his purposely left hints as acting weird, it could never be easy with Kame after all. Sometimes, his lover seems to exist to challenge Ryo in all ways possible.
To his displeasure, Kame is sliding off the kitchen counter and attempting to get Ryo to take the medicine, if the way he’s looking at the dosage instructions is anything to go by, “I think this is the medicine that made Maru gag a little, but well, he says it worked…” he trails off as Ryo grabs the bottle out of his hand, and places it on the counter.
“I’m not taking it,” Ryo says firmly.
“Yes you are,” Kame stares Ryo down.
Ryo stares back, realizing that unless he wants to tell Kame everything, such as that his Christmas wish is for Kame to move in, he’ll need to take the medicine. Stupid, stubborn boyfriends.
He grudgingly takes the medicine from Kame, looking at the dosage instructions before pouring the required amount, “This had better not kill me.” He warns.
Kame rolls his eyes, “If I wanted to kill you, I’d use less obvious methods Ryo. It’ll just make you really drowsy so that you’ll sleep.”
Ryo groans before taking a tentative sip. Then he gags, “I think I’d rather drink your Burberry cologne than more of this,” he complains.
Kame grins, “I’ll keep that in mind next time you make me angry.” He leans in, peering curiously at Ryo, “Is it really that bad?”
Ryo gets a wicked smile on his face as he pulls Kame to him, crushing his lips against the younger man’s, “You tell me,” he breaths out after a few moments.
Kame makes a face, “Kiss good. Medicine ugh,” he replies, looking like he wants to gag as well, “Well, at least you won’t try to get sick while I’m at work again will you?” he demands, “I was worried about you all day since you kept acting so weird.” He says defensively.
Ryo blames it on the medicine; if he hadn’t been drugged, then he probably would have retained some common sense; common sense which he’s obviously lacking right now because he leans in and hisses out, “I’ve been trying to convince you in subtle, genius, ways that it’s a good idea for you to move in,” into Kame's ear.
Kame's eyes widen a fraction and he looks intently at Ryo, “What?”
Ryo curses the medicine; it’s the reason he’s lost all his will power as well as his ability to subtly suggest things, “It’d make a great Christmas present, you know,” he continues. He keeps blaming the medicine, even though he knows very well that it hasn’t been long enough for the medicine to actually take effect yet, “And it’s this medicine’s fault that I’m being all weak and admitting this and -”
He doesn’t get to finish because, disgusting medicine and all, Kame is kissing him, “Shut up Ryo,” Kame mumbles against Ryo's lips, “You’re ruining a perfectly good moment.”
Ryo doesn’t argue.
He blames that on the medicine too.
* * *
Weeks later, on Christmas Eve, Ryo is still blaming the medicine - at least to Kame. The younger man is sitting next to Ryo in bed, looking amused, “So basically, the next time I want you to admit to something your manly pride won’t let you admit to, I just have to feed you medicine?” he asks and Ryo is almost sure he hears a devious tone in Kame's voice.
“Don’t even think about it,” Ryo orders as he pushes Kame against the headboard of the bed, leaning in to brush his lips against his lover’s.
Kame gives a breathless laugh as Ryo pulls away just a little, “Well, it’s not like I mind giving you this present.” He admits.
The mention of presents reminds Ryo that he still hasn’t given Kame his present; he gets up and goes in search for the present that’s hidden in his closet. When he comes back, Kame has a perplexed expression on his face as he takes the bag with the Burberry logo.
“Your present,” Ryo mutters, looking away.
Kame looks amused, “I admit, Ryo…I actually didn’t expect you do get me anything.”
Ryo glares, “Are you saying I’m a bad boyfriend?” he accuses, trying not to sound a bit wounded at that.
Kame laughs, “No. Well. You see,” he looks really amused now and Ryo has a feeling he doesn’t want to know, “I thought you figured it out but I guess with all the moving and all you haven’t had a chance to really think about it.”
Ryo looks perplexed, “What are you talking about?” he demands.
“Well,” Kame grins brightly at Ryo as he unwraps his present and he blinks at yet another product from Burberry’s winter line of fragrance for men. He takes it and sprits a little on his wrist, sniffing it, “My Christmas wish was that you would admit out loud to me that you wanted me to move in. You normally would have figured that out after thinking about it for a while; your clues were pretty obvious. Must have been all the moving and how busy we were because of the moving in.” he pauses to add, “And your territorial struggles with Ran.” He adds with a smirk.
Ryo's jaw drops, and he doesn’t even protest when Kame takes his wrist and sprays a little of his new Burberry present on him as well, “No way. You’re lying. You were totally oblivious. To all my clues!” He growls out.
Kame smirks, “Maybe I was, maybe I wasn’t.”
“You’re totally lying.”
“Maybe I am, maybe I’m not.” Kame's smirk widens.
Ryo growls, pries the new Burberry cologne out of Kame's hand, and promptly decides to wipe that smirk off of Kame's face.
He kisses Kame deeply as the scent of the Burberry cologne fills the air.
-- END --
And that's it~~
Merry Christmas kamexkame!! (lol, even though I said it to you already, I just feel like I should say it again since this is your (slightly late) Christmas present XDDD) Hope you liked it and all that and adfjdfl; thank you for giving me such a lovely prompt to work with, it was an awesome prompt, lol, I had so many ideas, and finally the finished product looked like this <3 so I hope I did your wonderful prompt justice in writing this fic :DDDD
Also, some general author's notes:
I don't quite remember whether Ryo has a dog, I know he used to have a family dog, but that was a few years ago. Well, for the sake of this fic, let's say he doesn't.
And lol, I actually did research on the Burberry fragrances lol XDDD and a Burberry men's fragrane product (100 ml) realy does cost 10 000 yen, which is like $90 US
Okay, I'm done~~ hope you enjoyed the fic!!! :D
(p.s. i am slowly but definitely working on the other requests; hopefully i can get most of them posted before school begins again :D)