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Chigiri had been peacefully going through his night skin care routine when he hears heavy footsteps that grow louder with each step. The red head doesn’t verbally acknowledge the newcomer and instead continues to gently rub toner into his skin.
“Chigiri,” Kunigami greets him with a grunt and a nod before looking forward into the mirror.
“Kunigami,” Chigiri greets in return and watches the ginger get ready for bed through the big, shared mirror. If the redhead is now taking his sweet time rubbing in the serum on his face, no one needs to know.
“You just finished your hair care?” Kunigami asks with an eyebrow raised while looking at Chigiri through the mirror.
“Yup, it’s very peaceful to soak in the bath with no one else around,” Chigiri comments.
Kunigami hums, “I feel that way about exercise, it feels great to end the day with a nice quiet workout before hitting the showers.” Their conversation ends when Kunigami starts brushing his teeth.
Kunigami proceeds to splash water on his face after spitting out the toothpaste. Chigiri assumes Kunigami is done but is pleasantly surprised to see him reach for the face wash and take a pump of it in his wet hands then rubbing them together to lather.
“The musclehead has a skincare routine, how surprising but refreshing,” Chigiri reflects while waiting for the serum to dry a bit before applying his moisturizer. But then he shakes his head, “wait, that's the bare minimum ugh,” Chigiri reminds himself.
Chigiri brings his attention back to Kunigami through the mirror and watches in silent horror as the ginger vigorously rubs the lathered-up face wash onto his face. Chigiri can’t even giggle at how silly Kunigami’s face looks, all scrunched up to avoid getting soap in his eyes and mouth.
“He would not have to worry about that if he was not rubbing so quickly and harshly,” Chigiri thinks and rolls his eyes as he attempts to focus on his own face again and reaches for his moisturizer.
Chigiri doesn’t really understand why he continues to watch this disaster, but he just can’t tear his eyes away from the horror that is Kunigami doing his skincare routine and at this point was doing his own skincare through sheer muscle memory.
Kunigami reaches for his own moisturizer after wiping all the excess water off his face. He picks up a small amount of face cream with a finger once he opens it and places it on his palm. Chigiri’s eyes widen because he can already predict what atrocity is to come next.
Kunigami rubs the cream into his palms before bringing them up to his face and once again starts to vigorously rub whatever moisturizer is left on his hands into his skin.
The sound of harsh rubbing of the skin is what finally makes Chigiri snap, and he goes to grab Kunigami’s wrists to stop that aggravating sound.
Kunigami’s eyes widen at the sudden movement and stares at Chigiri with his mouth slightly open. The red head’s pretty eyes twitch in annoyance with his eyebrows crinkling, along with his teeth bared like he's about to growl with his canines peaking. Such a heated look leaves the ginger speechless but also a little confused. Kunigami never thought he could ever garner such a reaction from Chigiri. The fiery look in his eyes framed with pretty long lashes has Kunigami’s heart skipping a beat. He hopes he does not get obsessed with it.
The two boys continue to stare at each other, with Kunigami’s wrists still in Chigiri’s hands, the only sound being Chigiri’s huffs.
Kunigami speaks first, “what’s wrong princess?” he asks softly, attempting to not piss off Chigiri even more.
The mention of his nickname has Chigiri taking a deep breath to calm down before he glares at the other with a pout on his lips. Kunigami smiles at how quickly Chigiri can go from hot to cold, from a fiery look that just might burn you if you get too close to an icy look that pierces into your soul and can potentially freeze your heart.
“You and your damn harsh rubbing is what’s wrong, your poor skin would probably be crying if it could speak, this is not soccer or exercise where going hard will help you, you gotta be gentle with your skin man or you’ll get premature wrinkles which would suck since you’ll probably end up with wrinkles anyway with how much you frown,” Chigiri rants.
Kunigami would laugh out loud at how Chigiri is able to give him advice and insult him at the same time had he not been worried for his own well-being just a little bit, not that the redhead could actually cause any long-lasting damage to him physically.
“Sorry,” is all Kunigami can think of to say.
Chigiri lets go of his wrists and reaches for the moisturizer. “You should be sorry, to me and your skin hmph, you should also be thankful that I’ve decided to be kind and show you how it’s done,” Chigiri complains.
Kunigami doesn’t understand what Chigiri means until he watches the other reach towards his face with cream on his fingertips. The ginger tips his head back automatically with a gulp.
“That’s okay, I think I got it,” Kunigami stutters. But Chigiri isn’t having any of it since he rolls his eyes and grabs Kunigami by his chin to keep him still. Kunigami could very much resist the hold and run away, but the touch of Chigiri’s soft skin has him frozen in place.
“Tch shut up, I will only be doing this once, so watch and learn,” Chigiri orders.
Kunigami can only nod in response and Chigiri takes that as permission to continue his mission to save the hero’s skin. He starts by dotting Kunigami’s face with small amounts of cream. Then, with three fingertips, he massages the moisturizer into his skin with gentle circular motions.
“It would be better if you put moisturizer directly onto your face rather than wasting it on the palms of your hands,” Chigiri explains, voice devoid of all the anger from just moments ago.
Kunigami hums in response, too busy staring at Chigiri who is focused on his cheeks and does not want to interrupt Chigiri in any way. He really does like the soft touch of the redhead’s fingers.
“Would it ever feel as soft as this if I did this myself,” Kunigami wonders. When he realizes that “no it wouldn’t”, he decides he is going to enjoy this once in a lifetime opportunity, to have Chigiri’s full attention and care directed towards him.
“Lean down, my arms hurt from all this stretching,” Chigiri complains and immediately Kunigami bends down till they’re face to face. It’s not too much, but honestly if Chigiri asked, Kunigami would go down to his knees, six feet under even. Kunigami is kind of concerned about how Chigiri has him in the palm of his hands, figuratively and literally.
Chigiri is now focused on evenly spreading the cream on Kunigami’s forehead. “You have to make sure you properly moisturize your forehead since it is prone to wrinkles that are due to dryness,” he narrates aloud.
A lack of response from Kunigami has Chigiri looking down in search of the other’s eyes. Chigiri’s hands abruptly stop at the highest point of Kunigami’s cheekbone when he sees Kunigami’s eyes looking down and seem to be focused on Chigiri’s lips. The realization has Chigiri licking his lips slightly out of nervousness. He watches Kunigami lick his own lips in response before looking up again to meet Chigiri’s eyes.
Kunigami’s eyes widen slightly when he realizes he has been caught. Chigiri watches as Kunigami’s cheeks start to turn red, and if that's not enough, he can also feel the warmth radiating from the other’s skin against his fingertips. Chigiri mindlessly grazes Kunigami’s warm cheeks, in awe of how Kunigami’s cheeks seem to get redder with each gentle touch and how his own hands look so pale in comparison to his sun kissed skin.
Kunigami was counting Chigiri’s eyelashes and wondering if they are long enough for the tips to touch his skin when the feel of Chigiri’s soft fingertips against his cheek urges him to lean more into Chigiri’s hand before looking into his eyes yet again.
Chigiri was never that interested in the color orange, so he never knew there could be all these different shades of the color just in Kunigami’s eyes. It’s like staring directly at the sun during golden hour, when the sun is not too bright it hurts your eyes and not too warm it burns your skin. When the sun is less bright white yellow but more golden and the entire sky is all kinds of shades of orange. Who needs to see that view ever again when Kunigami has it trapped in his eyes.
And with that thought in mind, Chigiri leans in closer, eager to learn about every color and every emotion that has ever appeared in Kunigami’s eyes. And maybe, just maybe, Chigiri is also curious to know what Kunigami’s lips would feel like against his own, if he would be rough with his kisses just like he is with his hands and skin. The red head then remembers how they ended up in this position in the first place.
“Fuck, what am I doing,” he panics before starting to move his hands off Kunigami’s face. But Kunigami is quick to grab Chigiri’s wrists in his hands and keep him close.
Kunigami decides not to do anything impulsive that would have their entire worlds turning upside down when he sees the panic in Chigiri’s eyes. But he can’t help himself and chooses to indulge himself a little by pressing a soft kiss against Chigiri’s hairline. He smiles when he sees Chigiri’s face turning as red as his hair. You can’t tell where his hair ends, and skin begins.
Feeling the warmth on his face, Chigiri attempts to hide from Kunigami, but the other boy still has his wrists so all he can do is tilt his head as far away as he can.
“Chigiri,” Kunigami calls with a sweet tone.
“What Kunigami?” Chigiri replies while attempting to force his blush to disappear so he can confidently look the ginger in the eye.
“Thank you,” Kunigami makes sure Chigiri is looking into his eyes as he says that.
Chigiri isn’t sure what Kunigami is thanking him for, but he takes it as a way out, “You’re welcome, someone needed to save your poor skin,” he replies with snark.
His response has Kunigami letting go of Chigiri to laugh and Chigiri starts to laugh along with him as well. Once their laughter fades, they share one last look that screams of longing and hope for the day they can act on all their desires openly and freely, with no care in the world.