D A B

another tiring day has passed for kaneki, he just got home after tutoring some of the students that requested to learn with him personally despite of him being an online teacher. money is still money, he can't ignored it when he's still in his early 20s. a sigh escape his chapped lips due to the cold weathers.

“aish, i hate cold weather”he mumbles, watching his breathes turns to fog before dissapearing into the thin air

he keeps dragging his feets along the cold pavement and stop suddenly when he hears his name being called.

“kaneki hyung!”

he turns to find the owner of the voice and there he saw a guy wearing a light pink sweater running towards him. kaneki tilt his head to the side, trying to remember who is him. the running guy stop infront of him and offers him a big smile.

“you seems doesn't regonize me”he pouts

“wait, you are xeni right? the popular junior at my high school”kaneki starts to form a smile as he remember

“what popular, i'm just ordinary student, hyung” xeni replied with a little huff at the end

“yeah, of course getting a bunch of chocolates during Valentine Days isn't popular”he shakes his head a little

“i i can't deny that but you are as much as i do, hyung. the juniors always talk about you” 

“a bad or a good one?”he raised his eyebrows

“of course a good one!” 

kaneki just chuckles softly, looking down at his wrist watch and then back at xeni.

“if you want to, you can come to my place and have dinner there”he offers

“ah really?”xeni ask unsure

“oh i'm sorry if it sounds weird, you looks cold with your rosy cheeks and my place is warm. i won't try anything funny”he resures while waving his hands

xeni laughs when he saw how kaneki seems freaking out and just nod his head. kaneki lead the way to his place and both of them walks in silence, admiring the beautiful cold city night.

“i actually followed you at SNS”kaneki breaks the silence, looking at xeni from the side

xeni widen his eyes. "r really?! i never reliased that, i'm sorry for not following back”

“hey it's fine. besides all of your photos are beautiful especially your selca”kaneki grins

“m my selca? what a are you trying to say, h-”

“oh that's my house”kaneki cuts xeni off, casually grabbing his hands before crossing across the road when there is no cars around

xeni looks at their intertwined hands, the red colors stars to appear on his pale cheeks not because of the cold weather but the warm that he felt at his hands. kaneki however didnt reliased that the younger is a blushing mess right now and keep dragging him until he reaches at his apartment units.

he takes a key out from his pocket before unlocking the door, swinging the door opens before getting inside, still holding hands with the younger. 

“h hyung” the younger calls out

kaneki turns his head to look at xeni and down at their holding hands, he quickly released their hands and looks away, ashamed of himself. xeni pout slightly at the lost of the warmness

“do you want to eat anything?”kaneki ask, taking off his jacket and place it on the sofa

“i i've been craving for p pancakes”xeni mumbles but loud enough for him to hear

kaneki nods his head in understatement before walking towards that xeni assumes was the kitchen placed. he follows behind him close and take a seat at one of the stools at the island tables, watching kaneki taking out the ingredients for the pancakes. 

“so xeni, how have you been?”kaneki ask, placing the frying pan on the stove before turning the gas on

“i've been great, hyung. after graduated from college, i work as a part timer at a cat cafè. i still waiting for the company to let me in”xeni grins, starting to swing his legs back and front

“that's great to hear, bet you're famous at the college too, yeah?”he chuckles, flipping the pancakes over

“well y yeah kinda, i used to have this guy i liked and i confessed to him but after that i ran away without hearing his reply”xeni looks down

kaneki places the already cooked pancakes at the table and pats his shoulders while taking a seat infront of him

“this smells great, thanks hyung”xeni said, cutting the pancakes into a small pieces before digging in

kaneki just smiles fondly at the younger watching him eating at the pancakes he made. xeni then lift his head only to caught kaneki that has been staring at him. he can feels his cheeks growing red from the intense stare from him

“h hyung do you want?”xeni said, offering the fork to kaneki

kaneki leans forward and eat the piece of pancake while xeni still holding the fork. he blinks for a couple of times and feels his cheeks burn even more

“you're blushing, it's so cute”he states

“i i'm not cute”xeni huffs, puffing his cheeks

“yeah, right”

they fell into a comfortable silence once again, only the clanking sound from the utensils filled the airs. after xeni is done, he push the plate away, thanking the older.

“oh wow, isn't that pepero?”xeni points at the plastic bags that has been lying ontop of the counter shelf

“oh yeah, my students gave it to me as souvenirs from Japan. i don't really eat them though”kaneki takes the plastic bag and offers it to xeni which he gladly took it, smilling happily

he tears the box open and an idea popped in his mind.

"hyung, i i really want to play pepero k kiss”

“sounds fun, how it played”

“a person need to bit the end of it and the other one need to eat the other side of pepero whoever eat till the end, they lost”

kaneki nods his head, taking a pepero stick from xeni's hand and place it between his lips. xeni blush at the sudden boldness of his hyung, regardless he place both of his hands ontop of his shoulder and lean forward biting the rest of the pepero stick until their lips almost touch. before that could happens, xeni pulls away face red as ever while kaneki nods in amuse, finally understand the game.

“okay, my turn”kaneki beam, placing the pepero stick between xeni's lips.

without hesitance he leans forwards, bitting the pepero stick with a fast pace and stopping when their lips brushing agaisnt each other and lean forward eating the rest of the stick and in result, making their lips meeting agaisnt each other. xeni back away, his eyes widen in suprise

“guess i lost”kaneki pouts

“h hyung, you d did that on purpose!”xeni exclaims

“maybe”he shrugs

xeni just let it slide, he..kind of like it too. 

“hyung, can i be honest?”xeni fiddles with his thumbs

“yes, of course”was his reply

“i like you”

“can i be more honest? i like you too”

xeni blinks his eyes rapidly, he suddenly didn't know what to say and what to do. he never thought he will go boldly with his confession

“a and i its embarassing to admit but i was kind of jealous seeing how you close with your classmate eventhough i its because you guys are in the same class”

kaneki let out a laugh

“my classmate? don't you see how we always fighting we each other? there's no need to be jealous over them”

“i i know but i- better wash the plate” xeni scuriedly walks away with the plate at his hands, turning the water tap on

kaneki stood up from his seat and walks behind xeni, hugging his waist from behind before placing light kisses along his neck. this of course makes xeni's body tense

“h hyung”

kaneki didn't heard any of it, he continue to give light kisses down to his shoulder. xeni turns his body to face kaneki, face burns from embarassment and that's when kaneki reliased he's getting into a deep trouble

“x xeni, i'm sorry that i-”

before kaneki could finish his sentence, xeni wraps his arms around his neck before crashing his lips against kaneki's one. at first, his eyes widen in shock but he start to close his eyes and kiss him back as much. they move their lips in synch as it were made for each other until kaneki break them, resting his forehead agaisnt xeni's and look directly into his eyes

“xeni, will you be the honor to be my boyfriend?”

xeni blinks his eyes rapidly, unsure if what he's hearing right now is true and feel the heat coming back again to his cheeks.

“y yes. yes! obviously - i mean of course!”

“i really want to hug you right now”kaneki said

“what hold you back, i'm all yours, hyung”

with xeni's reply, kaneki place his hand at xeni's waist before pulling him closer making their chest bump into each other. kaneki picks xeni up in a bridal style, making his way towards their bedroom. xeni yelp in suprise, face paint crimson red as he hides his face at the crook of his neck

“h hyung where do i sleep if i'm here all the time?”xeni ask with his soft voice

“then the bed is yours and mine, well it's ours”kaneki chuckles, placing xeni on the bed softly

xeni blushed even more

“cheesy hyung”

they shared cuddles and kisses that night.
 
                                    THE END