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Kagami was out patrolling for Worms and was just about to make a shortcut through an alley when he heard the noise and instinctively went outside of it, crouching down and getting out his Zect Gun. If needed, he could get his belt, but something told him he wouldn’t need it.
And need it he did not , considering when he took a better look, carefully peering around the corner, it was just Yaguruma and Kageyama. He nearly called out to them before realizing that they were in a position that would have scandalized Tendou so bad he’d probably vaporize on the spot, if he didn’t shoot lasers out of his eyes to vaporize the two Hoppers .
After all, Yaguruma had Kageyama pinned against the wall, Kageyama’s legs around his waist with their pants shoved down as Yaguruma lazily pushed in and out of Kageyama. It didn’t look very comfortable for Kageyama, yet the brief look Kagami caught on his face was more one of happiness than not.
Kagami took as deep a breath as he could manage under the circumstances, considering that he really didn’t want to get caught. Whatever these two did was none of his business. And it wasn’t like he hadn’t suspected them of being more than captain and subordinate back in their Shadow days. If they were together, well, then that was that. Although they might want to not have sex in public alleyways, since Kageyama was starting to moan and whine.
He was just about to make his escape when he heard…Tendou’s name?
“Aibou, you need to be quieter than that. What if Tendou heard you? What would you do?”
“Ah, Aniki, you just, ahhh, feel so good, please, more, ah,” Kageyama panted out.
“You need to be quieter, or I’ll have to punish you,” Yaguruma warned.
Kageyama’s noise made it sound like he wanted that, and that was just too much information that Kagami did not need.
“You didn’t answer my question, aibou. If Tendou Souji came right now, would you open your mouth for him? Let him use you like Mishima used you back in Shadow?”
Kagami scowled. He had always had bad vibes around Mishima, and while Kageyama wasn’t his favorite person by any means, Mishima was just creepy .
“How…how did you know that?” Kageyama asked.
“ Everyone knew you slept your way up to your position.”
Kagami winced. He had heard the rumors, but he hadn’t known it went all the way up to Mishima .
“I only ever wanted you , Aniki, please, ah, touch me, Aniki, please .” Kageyama sounded desperate.
“Answer my question about Tendou and I will.”
“Tendou Soujirou can burn in hell,” Kageyama spat out.
“That’s where we’re headed, aibou. But I’m sure you’d still open your pretty little mouth for Tendou, get closer to the light. It’s not for us, aibou. You know that.”
“I do, ah, Aniki, I’m never going to look at him again, please! just, ah, I want you,” Kagayama now sounded close to tears.
There was the sound of what sounded like intense making out and then the sound of a high whine.
“You’re so beautiful when you come, aibou,” was the last thing Kagami heard before he realized he better get out of there before the Hoppers found him. He left as quietly as he could and got out to the main road, hoping his face didn’t show what he had heard. Or that he was now thinking some vague thoughts that involved him and Tendou maybe, possibly doing something similar.
He was lost in thought and therefore just ran into Tendou, who looked annoyingly put together. Well of course he did, he hadn’t heard the Hoppers having sex, and he was Tendou Souji , Ruler of Heaven, Quoter of Grandmother.
“Kagami,” Tendou greeted him with a nod. “What could possibly have made you so distracted?”
“Why does Kageyama call you Soujirou?” Kagami blurted out, mortified but also grateful that his mouth hadn’t said something even stupider .
“Ah. It’s my name, is it not?”
“Your name is Souji .”
“I couldn’t lie, now, could I? Grandmother said this: ‘Those who lie will wish they had told the truth’, so I gave my full name.” His hand traced through the air, doing his name, and adding the character that made the sound for the “rou” of “Soujirou”. His entire aura was just incredibly smug.
Kagami knew his mouth was hanging open. It wasn’t like Tendou was lying , he had given his full name to Zect. But with more. Of course, the character Tendou had added was the one for “ man” . What else could it have been? It just made his name even more literal.
“You--”
“If you are not going to say anything intelligent, I suggest you don’t say anything at all. I have dinner to make, which is at seven. Goodbye.”
Kagami watched as Tendou calmly walked away. How Tendou managed to insult him while also clearly inviting him (well, clear for Tendou, at least) was beyond Kagami.
“Dinner at seven.” Despite himself, Kagami smiled.
Kagami was done with his early shift and was about to head over to his apartment when he heard someone speaking English. He stopped, ready to help if they needed it despite being off the clock, when he realized that the one speaking was Tendou Souji , who was on the phone, and clearly back from France.
Tendou hung up and smiled gently at Kagami. Kagami wasn’t sure what he was feeling for the guy. Happiness and relief that he was back. Annoyance that he had never told Kagami that he spoke English. A weird skipping in his heart over that smile.
“You speak English!” was what came out of Kagami’s mouth.
“Why wouldn’t I speak English?”
“You speak it like an American! I thought you were a tourist !”
Tendou gave one of his cryptic smiles. His hand started going up, and Kagami knew he was about to get a Grandmother quote, only he didn’t really want to hear Grandmother. So instead, Kagami grabbed Tendou’s hand before he could get it up in his favorite pose.
“Welcome back, Tendou,” he somehow got out, having seen Tendou’s expression. Even for Tendou, this one was hard to read. Maybe he was out of practice, since Tendou had been gone for so long.
“I’m back, Kagami. Now, let’s go, I must go see my sisters.”
“Let’s go, he says, like I wasn’t heading home,” Kagami muttered, although he couldn’t keep the smile off his face.
The reunion at La Salle was full of Jyuka cheer, Hiyori’s version of happiness, and Misaki giving Kagami knowing glances. Daisuke even showed up, Gon still completing his sentences. Tendou basked in the attention, looking more pleased than he usually did.
When the party moved to the Tendou household, it wasn’t a very long party. Jyuka had a sleepover, and Hiyori left when she had had enough, which was a longer period than it was in the past. That only left Kagami and Tendou, alone in the house.
Kagami wasn’t sure why that made him so nervous.
“Uh, do you need help with anything?” Kagami asked, fiddling with the pillow in his hands. “I know Jyuka kinda went overboard with…” he gestured at the decorations Jyuka had put up. Apparently she got advance notice of certain people coming back from France, while Kagami had to just adjust to the fact that Tendou was back.
“You may help me take down these decorations, yes. I will get out the vacuum, please place the decorations on the table.”
Kagami nodded, placing the pillow back and only feeling mildly insulted that Tendou picked it up and thumped it, putting it back two centimeters from where Kagami had placed it. After all, this was Tendou he was dealing with, in Tendou’s house .
It didn’t take too long for most of the decorations to come down. There was a lot of glitter that made Tendou frown, but Kagami wasn’t too worried. If anyone could get glitter off anything, it was Tendou.
Sure enough, somehow Tendou got all the glitter off the various pieces of furniture. Kagami wasn’t sure if he was supposed to point out that there was definitely some leftover in Tendou’s hair. He decided against it, because it was just really kind of…humanizing. Even the One Who Walked The Path Of Heaven could be brought down by glitter.
“Well, I guess I’ll leave then,” Kagami said once he figured everything was in order. It was barely early evening, the sun getting ready to set.
He didn’t get a response, which was unusual. Tendou was a dick but he said his goodbyes. Kagami looked over and saw that Tendou had actually fallen asleep , in the chair he sat in after making Jyuka breakfast.
“So even Heaven’s Chosen One is affected by jet lag?” Kagami asked, quirking a smile.
He wasn’t sure what came over him, if he was being honest. Maybe it was because Tendou had been gone so long, maybe it was because he just looked so cute yet so handsome, maybe it was because he knew, on some level, that Tendou would never initiate it himself. But he came over and gave Tendou a gentle kiss on the lips.
Tendou’s lips curved into a smile against his.
Kagami threw himself backwards, finding his wrist grabbed with unsurprising strength.
“Do you mean it?”
“Do I-- Tendou, of course I mean it, why else would I kiss you!” Kagami responded, flustered. “Weren’t you asleep ?”
“I was. However, someone pressed their lips on mine, which is why I am now awake. Are you going to take responsibility?”
Kagami stared at him, unable to figure out how to respond. It was the wrong thing to do, considering that the more time Kagami took, the harder Tendou’s expression grew.
“I am not going to be someone who kisses and leaves, Kagami.”
“I-- I’m not going to go anywhere , you’re the one who went to France ,” Kagami sputtered out.
“So you’re going to take responsibility?”
Kagami groaned. He was fairly sure this was Tendou-speak for “kiss me again” but he was terrified of being wrong. His high school girlfriend and college boyfriend had actually used their words to say what they meant.
“Kagami.”
He threw caution to the wind and kissed Tendou again, finding that he still vaguely tasted of the fruit pastries they had had earlier.
When they broke apart, Tendou looked both smug and startled, although Kagami wasn’t sure if other people could figure out the “startled” part.
“Um…” Kagami said, face burning as it sank in what they had just done.
“I still have dinner to make. You are welcome to stay for dinner and the night, if you so wish. However, since I’ve been gone, I need to go grocery shopping. If you need anything from your apartment, you can use that time to get it.”
Kagami’s head spun. If he was interpreting this correctly, and it was highly possible he was not , Tendou wanted to do more and was giving him the opportunity to do so.
“I-- yes, I’ll do that,” Kagami managed to get out. Tendou looked too calm now that plans had been made, which, terrifying. Tendou having plans probably meant that Kagami was going to die before the night was over.
One trip to the apartment to get a change of clothes and take a quick shower and a pit stop to get supplies (Kagami was going to die if he was wrong about what Tendou wanted. Hopefully it would be a quick, painless death.) later, Kagami was back in the Tendou residence. The stove had pots on it, and it smelled incredible . Tendou was nowhere to be found, though.
“Tendou?”
“Yes?” Tendou came out of the bathroom, wearing silky red pajamas that were a very similar shade to Kabuto’s armor. Kagami felt his mouth go dry as Tendou finished toweling his hair. “Dinner will be ready in five minutes, please wait at the table.”
Kagami honestly wanted to skip the dinner and just kiss Tendou senseless, but defying Tendou was a great way to have his life span shortened.
Plus, if there was anything Kagami missed about Tendou, it was his cooking.
“This honestly might be better than I remember,” Kagami said after his first bite. Tendou didn’t respond, just looked immensely satisfied.
“How was France?” Kagami asked after a while.
“Quite interesting.” He offered no more information. Of course not. Kagami had forgotten he wasn’t really the type to share stories about himself. “What about you, Kagami? How is being a police officer working out?”
“Oh, you know, still a rookie, so a lot of dealing with the kindergartners as they cross the street--which, you’re going to need to visit them, they asked where you are.”
Tendou raised his eyebrows. Kagami wished he wouldn’t look so hot when he did that, it really wasn’t fair.
Somehow, Kagami managed to get through the dinner without horribly embarrassing himself, and helped with the dishes. He wasn’t sure what to do now that he had kissed Tendou, so the entire time he was drying dishes he was agonizing over his next move. If anything went wrong, he could as good as forget having Tendou in his life. Tendou would simply ignore him and while being ignored by the Heavens was nice every once in a while, Kagami was now used to having their self-appointed Ruler very weirdly care about him.
Once the last dish was put away (and put away fully, no leaving dishes in the drainer for Tendou), Kagami found a very intense looking Tendou staring at him, making him startle backwards. Tendou easily reached out and steadied him, although something about his grip felt off to Kagami. Tendou was nervous , Kagami realized. And while that was mildly frightening, the idea that he, Kagami Arata , made Mr. Cool nervous, it also grounded him. Misaki’s and Tadokoro’s assurances that he could be an idiot swam in mind, and those slightly insulting thoughts gave him the confidence to surge forward and kiss the infuriating man that was Tendou Souji.
There was some slight hesitation at first, on Tendou's part. But once he got the hang of it, he clearly believed in giving as good as he got. Kagami wasn't sure if he'd have any brain cells after this, but it was hard to care when Tendou’s tongue was in his mouth, and Tendou’s hands were around his waist, clenching and unclenching the fabric of Kagami’s shirt. For his part, Kagami had his hands in Tendou’s hair, which was absurdly soft, the waves easily winding through his fingers.
Breaking the kiss took a lot of willpower, but there was no way Tendou was going to allow him to go farther in the kitchen .
Tendou’s eyes crinkled into a smile when Kagami dared look at him, and Kagami was oddly reminded of the feelings he had gotten through the suits when fighting Kabuto the one time. It was like Tendou knew that Kagami could be better than he actually was, he just had to do it.
If asked, Kagami had no idea how he managed to get the supplies and into Tendou’s bedroom. Maybe through Clock Up, although it wasn’t like he had put on the belt or anything. Either way, he had one Tendou Souji beneath him, and he was undoing the buttons of the soft pajamas, and Tendou wasn’t protesting, just watching Kagami, his lips slightly parted. Every pass that Kagami made with his hand was met with a small shiver and sigh.
Some part of Kagami was confused on how he wasn’t the one on his back, getting devoured by Tendou, but the bigger part was too busy trying to figure out what made Tendou feel good. It seemed like that pretty much everything Kagami did caused a reaction.
“You’re very sensitive,” Kagami murmured, kissing Tendou before he could respond to that.
Still, when Kagami got up, Tendou’s mouth was clearly about to go into “Grandmother said” mode, which Kagami did not want to hear when he could very easily feel Tendou’s erection poking into him, so he covered Tendou’s mouth with his palm.
“I-- did you just lick me?” Kagami asked, removing his hand in shock and wiping it on his shirt. “The Ruler of Heaven is licking people?”
“When in an unfair situation, there is no playing unfairly,” Tendou said calmly.
Kagami had to close his eyes. He liked this guy, somehow, for some reason, and wanted to have sex with him, and to do that he couldn’t kill him.
“Are we continuing with this or are we going to be going to sleep?”
Kagami shook his head and kissed Tendou again instead of answering. Tendou relaxed as Kagami settled on top of him, intent on keeping Tendou’s mouth occupied for a while.
When he pulled away, Tendou’s lips were kiss swollen and both of them were extremely hard. Kagami swallowed, getting fully undressed before reaching for the lube. Tendou watched with interest, but made no moves that indicated he wanted to prep. Somehow, Kagami was in charge here. Tendou might rule his household, might do whatever he wished when it came to Zect, but here, in this bedroom, Kagami was the one with the power.
“I’m going to prep you, then?” It came out more of a question than Kagami wished, and it made Tendou’s eyes narrow, even as he nodded, the movement looking a bit sharp for all the kissing they had just done.
His mouth dryer than ever, he slipped Tendou out of his pajama bottoms and black boxers, staring at the sight of Tendou Souji naked. Naked for him.
“Kagami Arata, I thought you were prepping me?”
“Right, right, I was,” Kagami said, shaking himself out of his daze. Despite his words, Tendou looked far too smug, like he was pleased that he was making Kagami forget how to function by being ridiculously good looking.
Fortunately, Tendou was receptive to the preparations, moaning low in his throat whenever Kagami did something he liked.
“Ready?” Kagami asked once he figured Tendou was stretched enough.
He got a nod that was slightly wide-eyed in return. Kagami took the deepest breath that he had ever taken in his lifetime, put on a condom, slicked himself up, and started entering Tendou. He went slowly, both to get Tendou adjusted to him, and so that he didn’t lose himself.
Because Tendou felt so good , and he was being responsive , albeit quietly, because Tendou was Tendou and not going to stop being Tendou any time soon, and it was all very overwhelming.
Once he bottomed out, he took a second to catch his breath. Tendou looked like he wasn’t quite sure how to feel, an expression Kagami had never seen on his face and probably wouldn’t ever again. He leaned down to kiss Tendou, whose arms came around him, one hand carding into Kagami’s hair.
“Move,” Tendou said after a few moments of kissing.
Kagami did as he was told, trying to get a good rhythm. Tendou’s legs wrapped around him, the feeling of Tendou under his hands, the sweet sounds he was making meant Kagami knew he wouldn’t last very long. He moved his hand onto Tendou’s cock, which gave him the loudest moan yet.
“Tendou, I’m, I’m close,” he told him.
“Then come,” Tendou said simply.
Kagami swallowed, and came, filling the condom and nearly collapsing onto Tendou. He wanted to just stay there, but Tendou hadn’t come yet and Kagami was determined to make him feel good. He pulled out, feeling weirdly triumphant when Tendou pouted at that. He discarded the condom as quickly as he could, knowing that Tendou could get all pissy at any second, but fully intending on getting him off.
Tendou’s expression when he took his cock in his mouth was priceless . Kagami would have smirked around it if he could figure out how, but he was too busy trying to get Tendou to let go. He felt Tendou’s hand in his hair, pulling at it a little, more like he was trying to keep himself grounded than to cause pleasure or pain.
It didn’t take too long for Tendou to come with a rush, probably more because he was wound up over any technique Kagami had, but it was still a powerful feeling, seeing Tendou Souji undone. He carefully got up, swallowing and watching Tendou. He wanted to kiss him but felt pretty sure Tendou wouldn’t be kissing him again until he brushed his teeth.
Tendou was clearly collecting himself, Kagami noticed. He kept quiet, afraid to break whatever spell Tendou was under to have had sex with someone like Kagami.
“Come, let us bathe,” Tendou said, sitting up and collecting the clothes that were on the floor, as well as the sheets. He didn’t seem bothered that he was naked as he made his way to a door Kagami hadn’t noticed.
Kagami nodded and followed obediently. Tendou deposited the soiled clothes into a laundry basket and started filling the tub, which was…really big.
“Sit, I’ll wash your hair,” Tendou said, pulling out a bathing chair.
It felt nice, getting washed by Tendou. He was surprisingly gentle when it came to washing Kagami’s hair, as well. Tendou didn’t want to be washed by Kagami, instead sending him into the tub, where he was treated to the view of Tendou bathing.
When Tendou joined him in the tub, it was against Kagami’s chest, which was yet again surprising. Maybe Kagami needed to stop being surprised by Tendou.
“When is your lease up?” Tendou asked, his hands trailing in the water.
“When is my le- what?”
“When it’s up, you’ll move in with me. If you are going to be responsible for the kiss, that is.”
Kagami wanted to get up, see what in the hell Tendou was on about now, but he couldn’t do that without completely sending Tendou out of his arms, which he didn’t really want to do.
“So? When is the lease up?”
“Two months.”
“I see. That gives you plenty of time, then. Unless, of course, you are not taking responsibility.”
“I-- Tendou, you are so weird . Just telling me to move in.”
“Do you not wish to?”
Kagami thought about it. If he moved in (and it was an if ), he’d have to deal with Tendou every single day. Which was a lot. But he’d also get Tendou’s food. And probably more sex. And it wasn’t like he hated the idea of moving in. God, what a Tendou move.
He wouldn’t have it any other way.
“Well?”
“In two months, I’ll be telling my landlord I won’t be renewing my lease.”
Even though he couldn’t see it, Kagami could certainly feel Tendou’s triumphant smile.
They stayed in the tub a while longer. Kagami got some pajamas that were in the same shade of Gatack blue and nearly freaked out about it until Tendou said it was part of a set and he didn’t secretly have Kagami’s measurements or anything. (They were a little too big, and the same size as the gray pajamas Tendou now sported, but Kagami wasn’t convinced that Tendou didn’t have his measurements. This was Tendou , after all.) Tendou put new sheets on the bed and fell asleep promptly, like Kagami had kept him up past his bedtime or something. He didn’t move at all, which meant Kagami was afraid of not waking up in the morning, because he slept like he was attacking people in his sleep.
But Kagami was alive in the morning, somehow, and Tendou might have given him a smile that was going to keep him going for the rest of the day, and Kagami might have had no regrets on that moving in thing that was happening. Tendou might have also said to call him by his given name, which meant that Kagami was going to do the same thing.
And if life was crazy, well, that was just how it was when one was dating the Heavens’ Chosen One.