@so-owlyoudoing HELLO THERE! I do apologize for this being quite late and on the very last day of February, but here it is! Your @valensemblestars gift! Some cute MadaRinNiki (mainly Rinne) planning an outdoor picnic but the weather making them look like clowns for thinking it'd be outdoors! The fic will be below the cut as it is quite long (though I wish I made it longer ;;).
“I’m baaaack!” A very familiar voice to the main resident of the apartment chimed out. Truly, it wouldn’t be the same without Rinne in the apartment. Placing the knife he was using to cut some vegetables, Niki headed over to the front door. Crossing his arms, Niki looked at the older man before complaining, “Rinne! You’ve been out basically all day! Where have you even been?! And with my wallet too!” The redhead flashed a quick grin before handing the missing wallet to its rightful owner. “Don’t worry honeybee, I haven’t emptied it~ Just a little bit is gone for what I’ve got planned this evening.” Niki let out a sigh, putting his wallet in the same pocket as he usually did. He really should get a new place for where his wallet goes, but that wasn’t his main focus. A look of suspicion was casted towards Rinne, mainly due to the fact that whilst the redhead could be quite sweet, Rinne’s plans usually weren’t. Not on the surface anyways, much like another certain someone in their lives. It had been quite some time since the two had last seen the solo idol, perhaps a couple of weeks or a month ago? Who knows. Rinne, upon noticing Niki’s suspicion, quickly reassured the younger of the two. “Don’t worry, it isn’t gonna be too flashy, not to mention, a certain someone might be appearing.”
“If you say so, but how are you so sure Madara’s gonna come? Sure, the three of us have texted a few times, but usually when we make plans, it’s kinda difficult to get Madara to come, mainly due to his schedule.”
“Would ya believe me if I said Kohaku had a part in making sure that there was a much higher probability in making sure Madara would be available?”
“I’d believe that Hiiro and Aira finally helped Tatsumi and Mayoi get together rather than play family with them as the parents more than that.”
“Heyy! Give me a little bit of faith, will ya? Little ol’ Rinne can sometimes get the little bee to listen!” Rinne pouted, almost as if he were the same age as Niki, and not two years older. Niki let out a quiet laugh. “Alright, I’ll give you a bit of faith, but not too much! ...I don’t need to do anything in this plan though, right?”The two had begun to walk towards the kitchen, as if it were second nature. “Weellll…” Rinne’s voice trailed off, looking at the carrots that were being cut into matchsticks. “If our dearest chef wouldn’t mind preparing the actual meal, then would it count as you having a role in the plan?” A sheepish smile spread across the redhead’s face. The chef let out a quiet sigh before nodding. “Yes, Rinne. It does count. You’re lucky I hadn’t started on dinner yet so I can easily swap what I planned for a more picnic style dinner! And also include things that Madara would enjoy too!” Niki would’ve continued with his little rant, but he didn’t merely due to the fact that he had to quickly come up with a picnic style dinner with what he had already taken out and prepped. A salad would be a nice and quick option, perhaps some simple sandwiches to go with it, or even a soup. He could also quickly make some lemonade, or even a strawberry lemonade! Actually, the lemonade, soup, sandwiches, and salad would be just fine. Easy to make, transport, and eat with little to no complaints. The chef’s train of thought quickly was stopped by him hearing a rustling of a bag, to which he turned around to look at. It was Rinne placing a plastic bag onto the counter next to two wooden picnic style baskets. Niki couldn’t help but smile at Rinne’s somewhat childish antics as the elder of the two began folding two typical picnic-themed blankets and setting them on top of the baskets. Niki took that as his unofficial cue to quickly get the dinner ready, which, knowing his own skill, would only take an hour and a half to two hours.
It didn’t take long for Niki to get caught up in making the simple ham and cheese sandwiches whilst applying the right amount of lettuce, tomato, and even mayonnaise on certain ones as well as making sure that the egg drop soup wouldn’t get messed up, especially the egg ribbons. Honestly, he was more focused on the soup compared to the sandwiches, and the simple salad was already finished with a squeeze bottle of some store bought dressing sat next to it. Rinne had been oddly quiet, something uncharacteristic for him. Well, that was until Niki heard the redhead quietly whisper, “Shit… It’s seriously raining? Now?” His voice seemed to have a pout to it. A knock soon came from the door. It could’ve been either HiMERU, Kohaku, or Madara knocking, though Madara was the most probable culprit of the knocking. There was no reason for the other two bees to be in the area at this point in the evening. “Rinne! Could you get the door?” Niki called out, which garnered no verbal response but the chef could hear the redhead going towards the door and opening it.
Conversation could be heard, but it was mainly Rinne doing the talking. By the time Niki heard the door to the apartment close, he was already putting the egg drop soup and the sandwiches into their respective containers. Peering into the living room, the chef smiled a bit. The person who had knocked on the door was Madara, and quite honestly, he looked like a sopping wet cat due to the rain. A small laugh must’ve escaped Niki as he heard Madara call out, “Nikiii! What’s so funny, you can always tell Mama ya know?” Niki let out another small laugh before replying, “You look like a sopping wet cat, Madara, and besides, you know you don’t have to keep up with the whole ‘Mama’ thing whilst you’re here.” As Niki spoke, he had been putting the dinner into the baskets Rinne had bought, but judging based off of Madara’s appearance, it was unlikely they’d be going outside to have the picnic that Rinne had planned. The brunette looked at the baskets, seemingly in confusion before asking, “Eh? What’s with the picnic baskets? It is raining quite heavily out there, as you can clearly tell.” Niki just vaguely gestured towards Rinne. “It was Rinne’s idea, but I guess plans are cancelled, which would explain why he’s sulking.” Thunder was heard not long after Niki spoke, only confirming his assumption. “It was supposed to be nice today too, which is why I chose today to have it! Now it’s all gone to waste cause Mother Nature or whatever decided to ruin my plans.” Rinne mumbled, leaning onto Madara. Madara merely hummed, thinking for a moment. “Perhaps we could have it indoors? Nothing dictates that a picnic has to be inside, plus, we’ll still be spending time with each other.” Rinne excitedly gasped, a smile bright on his face once more, only for him to pout yet again.
Madara looked at Rinne, confused, “How come you’re pouting again?”
“Cause I wasn’t the one who thought of that even though the answer was obvious.”Rinne replied, sitting back up due to Madara still being wet.
Niki quickly retrieved some towels as well as some of Rinne’s clothes for Madara to borrow for the night in order to be dry, offering them to the brunette who took them and headed to the bathroom. The chef hummed as he began to move the furniture out of the way in order to put one of the picnic blankets on the floor. Madara ended up returning about as quickly as he had left, now wearing some of Rinne’s clothes that were too big on the redhead. Rinne had gotten up from the couch and grabbed the two baskets, bringing them into the living room. His mood seemed to have improved from before, his usual smile back on his face. Madara took one of the blankets and unfolded it, letting it sway in the air for a bit before setting it onto the hardwood floor. It wasn’t perfectly straight on the floor, but to be fair, neither were the three of them. Rinne quickly set the baskets onto the blanket, the other blanket falling off of it. Madara grabbed the fallen blanket and set it off to the side, humming as he sat down. Rinne sat down as well, followed by Niki, who had returned from the kitchen in order to grab some silverware. It’d be difficult to eat salad and soup without some sort of utensils. Well, actually, just the salad since the soup could theoretically be drunk like a liquid. Honestly, an evening like this would’ve occurred, the three of them happily chatting, occasionally leaning onto each other or holding hands, and eating, with or without the rain. All three of them considered themselves lucky that they were able to spend an evening just enjoying each other’s company, not having to worry about too many assumptions about them, and they really were lucky. Not all idols were able to have a relationship like the three of them, even less with part of the relationship unofficially officially out to the public, yet Madara, Rinne, and Niki made it work, and that’s all that mattered.
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