for the prompt ask game - 3 or 52 with rpg!!
3. “You look adorable in- wait is that my shirt?”
As Lacktwo opened the door to his house for Sou, the other uttered that very question, causing Lacktwo to absent-mindedly look down and double-check, as if he hadn't put the garment on a moment earlier.
And indeed, it was Sou's. From the soft grey of the fabric, to the chunky knitted loose threads, it was unmistakably Sou's signature sweater draping over Lacktwo's shoulders. The fabric was warm, and smelled faintly of vanilla, probably from all the baking he'd been practicing lately. All of his boyfriends had terribly comfy clothes (which they all endeavored to get him to wear occasionally), but the sweater was one of his personal favorites.
His face a smidge red, Lacktwo replied, "It is. Do you want me to give it back?"
Sou smiled softly back and stepped into Lacktwo's house, probably taking it upon himself to walk him to their date. "At some point, yes, but I don't mind you wearing it at all. It looks really nice on you."
"I barely realized I had it on," His face felt hot from something that he couldn't quite place. The compliment from Sou settled over his skin warmer than the sweater did, cozy and warm in his chest. "Sun stole mine earlier, so I just grabbed whichever one I found first." Lacktwo huffed, in a somewhat vain attempt to clear his head from the feeling.
"Of course he did." Sun was the one who loved loaning and borrowing clothes the most out of the lot of them, without a doubt. Sou enjoyed it too, probably more than he let on, judging by that smirk that had fallen on his face ever since he saw Lacktwo. X liked it too, but he was always a tad bit annoyed that his clothes hardly fit the others. "Well then, shall we go? I wouldn't want to keep the others waiting."
"Of course." Lacktwo grabbed his boyfriends hand like it wasn't a big deal (it was, somehow even the gentlest contact sent a jolt through his skin), and together they walked down the street, towards whatever date the others had decided to plan. Normally, not knowing exactly what his plan was and how to achieve it was more than a little stressful; one of the many byproducts of his life with interpol was a need to stay on schedule, though he did tend to improvise occasionally.
But with Sou's reassuring hand in his hand, and the idle chatter he made with the people that they passed, Lacktwo found it easier to put all of that aside. Everything about Sou was so quietly warm, Lacktwo felt he should be sweltering, but he was just endlessly comfortable. It was a feeling he couldn't place, but he felt something similar with all of them.
Somewhere in his heart, Lacktwo hoped that he made them feel that way too.
"Helllooo?" Sou stretched out the syllable playfully, and smirked down at Lacktwo in a way that very subtly made his heart flip. "You must've been really zoned out there. Thinking about something interesting?"
Lacktwo bristled a bit, and looked away, floundering for an answer that didn't make him look like a pining idiot (spoiler, he was.) "Nothing too- well, consequential." He pulled the sweater closer to himself, and spotted a saving grace out of the corner of his eye. Motioning to the colorful shop, he continued, "Oh, but wouldn't it be nice to get some flowers for the others?"
Sou followed his hand to a small flower shop, and smirked. "I think that's an excellent idea!" Striding inside, the two of them looked over the flowers intently, looking for something that the other would like.
"Sun would want something bright colored, orange would contrast his hair well... X would probably like something more low-key, Lilies or something blue, maybe.." Lacktwo realized he was muttering aloud as he looked over the flowers, and looked up to see Sou smiling fondly, only to start chuckling when their gazes met. "Shut up-!"
He moved to pull his hand away, jokingly offended that his boyfriend would laugh at him, but Sou just grabbed it again in a placating manner. "Sorry- Sorry. That was just- I really adore you, Lacktwo."
Those words were said so earnestly, so utterly full of love, that it very quickly short-circuited his brain, and made his whole face go red. He sputtered for a moment, searching for the right words, all the while Sou was smiling like he was the world. "Wh- Y-you can't just say something like that out of nowhere!"
"My deepest apologies,"
"Don't be an ass about it!" That only made Sou laugh more, and Lacktwo attempted to regain his pride, trying to get those words out of his head as he looked over the flowers.
Eventually, through plenty more bickering (and compliments, Lacktwo couldn't just let that one slide so easily), they managed to select two beautiful flowers, one for each of the other two. And just as they'd finally made their purchase...
"Lack? Sou?" A familiar voice rang out.
Turning around in mild disbelief, the two saw the equally surprised faces of X and Sun, who were supposed to have been at the date site already. Incredulous, Lacktwo asked "What are you two doing here?"
"I should ask you two the same thing!" Sun exclaimed confidently, as if he had made a brilliant point.
X was smiling slightly in spite of himself, clearly amused with how this had played out. "We wanted to surprise you guys since we were running late."
"That's what we were planning on," Sou sighed, with a fond grin on his face.
"Right." Lacktwo said, turning back to the lady at the counter so they wouldn't waste anymore of her time.
"Hey Lack! Is that Sou's sweater?" Sun interjected, which caused a whole new uproar of teasing.
After what felt like hours of jokes (which was likely only 5 minutes), they had all checked out, and exchanged their various gifts. Holding X's hand, listening to the others talk amongst themselves, and idly twirling around the soft blue hydrangea that had been his gift in his hand, Lacktwo figured that there was nowhere else he'd rather be, than warm and with them.
