potosi | so drop that thing like a fumble

[ living in eos tower has become infinitely preferable to mei's former life down in diedo--for starters, he has a real bed to sleep on (kazuya's), a fridge that is always full of (kazuya's) food, a working shower (that is kazuya's), and a lot of good company (koushi--what, did you expect kazuya again?)

so he greatly enjoys his chances to sleep in when he gets them. since he's living here without paying any rent, mei's fully committed to his house-crasher lifestyle and is living it up by skipping out on his morning runs on saturdays in favor of this. passed out asleep in his pjs on a pile of pillows, probably drooling a little on the pillowcases.

he's so out cold that he doesn't really notice koushi's fingers at first, but the voice in his ear makes him stir. hmm... sounds nice... maybe he's having a really nice dream. ]

Mmmrhm. [ comes his grunt of an answer as he semi processes what's been said and mei arches a little up against those fingertips when they come over his skin. it feels nice, too, and he rubs his cheek into his pillow. ] 've minutes.

[ mei's always cute (if you ask suga), but... if he absolutely had to pick, this might be when he's at his cutest. all drowsy and cuddly, hair mussed and limbs heavy and skin warm with sleep. so he huffs a little laugh against mei's ear, then angles his head a little to nose up underneath the ~~mullet~~ hair at the nape of his neck so that he can trail a series of little kisses down his spine. ]

It's already almost noon. [ but... the little arch of mei's back is enough of a request, so. suga slides his hands back down again, the same gentle pressure as before. ] You'll end up sleeping the whole day away, at this rate.

[ well, that much is true, because mei is always cute, even when he's been drooling on kazuya's nice pillowcases. he gives a very uncute yawn and nuzzles his cheek in a little closer, his brows furrowing as he starts to get closer to awake. almost noon...? that's pretty late.

but he's feeling decadent and lazy, so, nah. noon sounds just fine to mei. he snakes an arm up from where it's settled near the pillows and decides to sling it around koushi, instead, applying enough pressure to hopefully get him to flop down too. ]

Nnnope. [ he hums, and promptly hooks around the other warm body now in his bed. hello~ ] Sleep with me, then.

[ okay, how's suga supposed to resist an invitation like that?? ... he can't.

which is why he lets himself get dragged down onto the mattress with a stifled giggle, cuddling right up against mei until he's close enough to nose at his cheek. mei's stash of pillows is ridiculously comfortable -- did he steal all the spares from around the apartment? -- and the blankets are snuggly and pleasantly warm with body heat. ... all in all, the perfect nest to curl up in for the pursuit of a lazy mid-morning nap. ]

Hard to tell if that's a pick-up line or a real invitation. [ reaching out, giving mei's nose a playful tweak. ]

[ ha, success! mei looks just fine with this turn of events, considering all he does is shut his eyes again and make a low humming noise of success as he gets comfortable. getting comfortable for mei has always involved inserting himself into people's space, so he does just that, sliding his leg between koushi's so their ankles are crossed and throws his arm over his shoulder. suga's nice and warm and comfortable, and yeah, he could totally fall back asleep like this. perfect.

however. he opens an eye to look at him, and mei's mouth falls into a lazy half grin, even as he wrinkles his nose at the tweak and reaches up with his free arm to bat his hand away, like a cat. ] Maybe it's both.

[ he didn't go for a run this morning... that'd be some good exercise. ]

[ he grins back at him, only laughing as mei reaches up to bat him away. but instead of going in for another playful pinch of his nose, suga settles for bumping their foreheads together and nuzzling up against him affectionately. there are some things about amoi that suga likes -- and one of them is this, that it's so easy just to cuddle up to someone that he likes. ]

I don't know... [ time for an eskimo kiss. ] I'd call a foul on you if you seduced me and then just fell asleep.

[ ... yeah, he still doesn't super get baseball terminology. ]

[ aw, suga, back at it again with the baseball terms. it's kind of cute how bad he is at it, and mei's not enough of a killjoy to totally embarrass him for it like some people might be. he does grin like a little shit though, even with the way he comes into his space to boop their noses. ]

What kind of a guy do you think I am, huh? [ some of the sleep has fallen away from his voice, and his tone is teasing, playful as he hooks his arm around koushi's waist instead of his shoulder and pulling him in flush. ] I've got a way better track record than that!

[ he ducks in to steal a kiss, still soft and melty around the edges. ] There's no way I'd leave you unsatisfied.~

[ if at first you don't succeed...

... you should maybe knock it off with the baseball stuff until you brush up more on the sport, but suga refuses to be beaten so easily!

especially when his reward is mei looping an arm around his waist and tugging him in flush, voice going warm and playful. it's enough to make suga laugh against his mouth as the pitcher swoops in to steal a kiss, sliding the fingers of one hand up the nape of mei's neck to tangle loosely into his hair. ] I guess I forgot who I was talking to.

[ nipping the cute pink swell of mei's lower lip playfully. ] What kind of ace would you be if you couldn't deliver in the clutch, huh?

Seido's. [ WOW, RUDE

mei laughs, though, mostly because he at least knows suga will probably not reprimand him for that. probably? seido is just some random team and definitely not miyuki's. but either way, he's just fine with cuddling with suga as he comes in close, with his fingers curling in his hair, and he spreads the fingers of his hand across his back a little wider to hold him tight, muffling his shitty grin to kiss him again instead.

yeah, morning cuddles. afternoon cuddles, technically, but he gets left out of this nice circle too often in his opinion thank-you-very-much, so he's going to take advantage of his koushi time. mei presses another kiss to his mouth, then another, like he's taking the edge off waking up with each sweet smooch. ] We could stay in bed all~lll day. Just you and me.

[ ... mei's just lucky that suga thinks the shitty grins are cute. (and that suga hasn't really been keeping up with team names.) ]

That must be one of your rivals from back home. [ and his own grin widens a little, eyes sparkling with a laugh. ] People normally don't bother making jokes about the teams who don't give them a pretty hard time.

[ buuuut. teasing or not, he's still more than happy to melt into those affectionate little kisses, snuggling up even more comfortably into the little pocket of body heat that they've made for themselves. it's unbelievably nice, just being able to be this close to someone in a way that's so utterly uncomplicated; they're friends. friends who kiss and cuddle and fool around, sure, but the friends part stays a steady constant. ]

Mm, you think? [ his voice is slow and drawling, pleasantly kiss-drunk. ] I'm pretty sure someone would interrupt eventually.

[ ... and, to be fair, it'd serve mei right. a little. ]

They're pretty good. [ mei allows that much, anyway, especially because suga's eyes are lit up and he looks awfully cute, smiling like that. besides, mei's always willing to fluff his own feathers a little, always ready to preen, and his smirk goes a little lopsided. ] You're right, though. Seido's Kazuya's team--they're not quite good enough, though.

[ or, weren't. but puffing your chest out for your friend-with-benefits doesn't involve that particular spiral of self loathing, so mei's just fine with preening a little over it. after all, he's so nice and comfortable and happy here, there's no reason to engage with that now.

mei frees the hand that's between them to reach up and cup koushi's cheek, just because it's there; his skin is soft and warm and he likes touching him, holding him close like this. his thumb strokes over his cheekbone, once or twice. it's an absent touch, affectionate and fond. ] Maybe I don't wanna share.

[ ... oh.

wow, mei probably deserves a flick on the ear for being that savage. ... but miyuki's not around to be offended, which means suga doesn't really have to worry about defending his honor... and a happy mei is warm and cuddly and sweet. (freshly punished mei tends to be huffy and pouty, which is also adorable, but definitely less conducive to cuddling.) so suga lets him off the hook! for now.

(forever.)

instead, he only grins warmly over at mei in response, leaning into that hand at his cheek. ] Well, if that's the case...

[ suga leans forward to press another kiss against mei's mouth, nice and sweet and slow. and then, after only pulling back in the slightest: ] I'm all yours, ace.

[ mei deserves no such thing! he's never done anything wrong in his whole life. besides, suga is right--he's feeling pretty content and cuddly with his new bedmate, and being punished would surely sour that.

using the hand on his cheek to hold him in place, mei tips up to press a kiss to koushi's forehead, a sweet little peck before he ducks back down to curl up next to him. ] Now that's what I'm talking about.

[ ace, huh. kazuya could sure learn something from koushi's sweet talk. ] I can't think of a better place to be right now, anyway.

[ and he ducks in to kiss him again, another one. soft and sweet and lazy. ]

so drop that thing like a fumble

done and done ♥

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