#nanaju

“Ready to go?” Nanao asked.

Taiju smiled at him. “Whenever you are.” They both grabbed their bags and then each other’s hands. After two years of dating, this wasn’t an uncommon sight in Binan High School. They didn’t care who watched them; they were just happy to be together.

They had until the end of the hallway before they were separated again. So they used the time to chat about whatever happened in the day.

But the end of the hallway came much too fast. And with a quick peck, they let go of each other’s hands.

“See you later,” Nanao said.

“See you later,” Taiju replied. But neither one moved away. They leaned in, held each other and gave each other another kiss, longer this time, the kind you would be stared at for. And neither one minded.

Someone cleared their throat. Nanao expected a teacher but instead, saw Ata standing there with Maasa.

“Good afternoon, Ibusuki-kaichou,” Nanao said with his arms still around Taiju.

Ata looked like he was gonna explode.

“I should go,” Taiju said and let go of Nanao. Without the grandiose displays of affections as a goodbye, he walked upstairs with the rest of the Student Council. Ata glared at Nanao until he was gone from sight.

Then Nanao walked downstairs to get to the clubroom. He had his own meeting after all.

The rest of the club was already there when he arrived.

“Good afternoon, everyone,” Nanao said.

“Good afternoon. You seem to be in a good mood, Wakura-senpai,” Ryoma said.

“He’s always in a good mood after walking with Unazuki-senpai,” Taishi replied.

“Of course I am,” Nanao replied, “He is my boyfriend.”

“It’s great that you spend time together,” Ichiro said.

But not nearly as much as Nanao wanted.

-

“Taiju, let’s go get ice cream,” Nanao said at the end of the day.

“I would like that,” he said, “After the meetings?”

“No. Let’s blow them off,” Nanao replied, “When was the last time we took some time for ourselves?”

Admittedly, it had been a while, especially since they had both become magical boys. Not that that was stopping their relationship, but it did make things harder.

“I don’t think Ata would appreciate me doing that.”

“Please, Taiju?” Nanao smiled at him.

“Well, I guess if you’re asking so nicely.” He smiled back at him. They left the classroom and ditched their clubs, instead walking to the ice cream store that they liked so much. It was nice to spend some actual time together.

They sat on the steps and ate their ice cream. It was a pleasant afternoon. The sun was shining and the air was warm. It was the perfect day for a date.

“So, why did you want me out of the school?” Taiju asked.

“Because I wanted to spend time with you,” Nanao said, “It seems like we’ve had no time to ourselves since we became magical boys.”

At that moment, Taiju’s phone started ringing. He pulled it out of his pocket and answered the call. “Hello?”

“Unazuki-san. Where are you?” Ata asked.

“I’m getting ice cream with my boyfriend.”

Ata sighed. “Come back here. We have plans we need to accomplish.”

Taiju looked at Nanao, who regarded him sadly. “I’ll be back soon.”

Ata hung up the phone and Taiju put it back in his pocket. “Is there another reason why you wanted me here?”

“Ichiro-kun wanted to spend some time with his sister. It’s her birthday,” Nanao explained, “I was supposed to distract you so you couldn’t create a monster.”

“It was a good try,” Taiju said as he stood up.

Nanao stood up as well. “Well, if you’re going to make a monster with your kids, I should tell my kids what’s about to happen.”

“Then we should walk back together,” Taiju suggested.

They joined hands and headed back to the school. It was the best date they’d had in a while.

-

“Nanao, can I talk to you for a minute?” Taiju asked.

Nanao thought that was weird. He never asked; he just talked.

“Sure,” he replied.

They walked out into the hallway, like normal. When they reached the staircase, Taiju said, “Can you come up here with me?”

“Are you trying to kidnap me?” Nanao asked.

“There’s only one way you’ll find out.”

Well, that was ominous. But still, Nanao trusted him. So the two went up the stairs together. On the top floor, in the entryway to the student council room, Taiju stopped.

“What-” Taiju grabbed Nanao and slammed him against the wall. His hands were pinned next to his head. “Oh. So you did want to kidnap me?”

“Ata asked me to do this.”

“Really? How bold of him.”

“He didn’t specify how I was supposed to distract you. I thought you would enjoy this too.”

“Am I struggling?” Nanao asked. He was not. Taiju had a strong grip but he was sure he could break it if he really needed to. But he kind of liked this.

“No. You’re being good.”

“How unlike me. Well, you have successfully kidnapped me. What are you going to do with me now?”

Taiju kissed him. He was sloppy, tongue in his mouth, pressed up against his body, his grip tight on his wrists. And Nanao was enjoying this. He didn’t even care why Ata wanted him “kidnapped”.

Nanao’s phone started ringing. The boys stopped kissing and looked at each other.

“I’m not going to allow you to answer that,” Taiju said.

“That’s fine.”

He kissed him again. His phone finally stopped ringing and he didn’t care. He liked being pinned down like this. Taiju was so hot when he took charge.

Nanao’s phone started ringing again. Now he was getting concerned. He pulled back but Taiju pressed in closer. Now he really wanted to check his phone.

Nanao turned his head to the side and said, “Stop.”

Taiju backed off.

“You made a monster, didn’t you?” Nanao asked, “That’s why Ata wanted me “kidnapped”.”

“Yes,” Taiju admitted.

“I need to go,” Nanao said. He got his right wrist free as checked his phone. He had a missed call from Ryoma and Ichiro and now Taishi was calling him.

“What’s going on, Taishi-kun?” Nanao asked.

“Monster,” he replied. Nanao could hear the sounds of fighting in the background.

“I’ll be right there.” He hung up and got his left wrist free. “It was a good try. When there isn’t a monster, feel free to kidnap me again.”

“I’ll look forward to it,” Taiju said but he didn’t make eye contact.

Nanao headed down the stairs. His juniors needed him.

-

It was a bit pathetic to watch Ritter Diamant yelling at Fiore when he didn’t care. At this point, Luna had seen it many times. Stella was trying to get them to stop fighting but the rest of the Edelstein and Happy Kiss just looked bored.

So Luna walked over to Ritter Rosenquartz. He seemed just as bored and as the monster had been defeated, it wasn’t like they were about to make another one.

“Come around here often?” Luna asked.

Ritter Rosenquartz smiled. “Only on occasion. And you?”

“Only on the occasion you are. We should meet more often.”

“Sorry I have a boyfriend,” Ritter Rosenquartz replied.

“I see. I bet he’s handsome.”

“I think so. Though, I’ve heard you have a partner too.”

“I wouldn’t know. I haven’t seen him much,” Luna said, “Maybe we should go out to make him jealous.”

“Wakura-senpai, could you please stop flirting?” Neve asked.

“Unazuki-san, we’re leaving,” Ritter Diamant said. He turned around and disappeared.

“Until next time then,” Ritter Rosenquartz said as he and Ritter Amethyst disappeared as well. It seemed they were never gonna catch a break.

-

Nanao and Taiju were going to get a date, even if it made their friends mad. So on their day off, they met up at Taiju’s house and turned off their phones. No one was going to interrupt this.

Taiju already had the ingredients assembled for their creation. They were going to bake a cake together and no monster was going to stop them.

Nanao put his hair in a ponytail before they started.

“That style looks good on you,” Taiju said.

Nanao smiled at him.

They set to work. While Taiju was measuring the water, Nanao flicked some flour at him.

He stopped what he was doing and looked at him. “What was that for?”

“What was what for?” Nanao was mixing the dry ingredients. It could have been an accident. But Taiju knew it wasn’t.

Taiju smirked to himself. He flicked some water at Nanao, who backed away with a quick laugh.

“Don’t be mean to me. I’m your boyfriend.”

“You’re also my enemy.”

Nanao just gave him a smile.

Nothing else of note happened while they finished preparing the cake. When it was put into the oven, Taiju cracked open the tin of frosting he’d gotten. He stuck his finger in it and asked, “Want to try?”

Nanao opened his mouth, only to have the frosting slathered on his nose. He smirked at Taiju, knowing he was going to get revenge, as he wiped it off. But Taiju just laughed. If his phone had been on, he would have taken a picture.

“I’m going to get you for that.”

“I’d like to see you try.”

While they waited, they put on a movie.They cuddled on the couch under a warm blanket, Nanao resting half on top of Taiju but he didn’t mind at all. They didn’t pay much attention to the movie, content to just be in each other’s company without being torn apart.

“How mad do you think Ibusuki-kaichou is right now?” Nanao asked as the movie played. It was about a woman who had been cursed and was living with a wizard.

“I don’t think he’s happy that he can’t contact me,” Taiju said, “I’ll probably have a few messages on my phone later. And what about your friends? Will they miss you?”

“They’ll be alright as long as there aren’t any monsters. Which there aren’t, right?”

“No. No monsters.”

“Good.”

It was so calm in comparison to how their lives had been lately. It felt almost too good to be true. And when the timer for the cake went off, they both jumped like it was a monster after them. Both were embarrassed but neither said anything as they got off the couch.

With bated breath, they checked on the cake in the oven, only to find their task complete. Taiju took it out and as it cooled, they finished the movie, cuddled up under the blanket.

Once the movie was done, they frosted the cake. They both focused in their task until Nanao ‘accidentally’ put frosting all over Taiju’s fingers.

“You did that on purpose,” Taiju said.

“You can’t prove it,” Nanao replied and went straight back to cake decorating. He got out some sprinkles and dumped them on the cake, and the hand Taiju was trying to clean. “You look almost good enough to eat.”

Taiju took some frosting from the bowl and smeared it on Nanao’s fingers. “So do you.”

And they both laughed.

When it was finished, it was beautiful. A chocolate cake with white frosting and a plethora of rainbow sprinkles.

It tasted as good as it looked, sweet and moist and worth all the effort and teasing they’d put up with to make it.

But once it was done, Nanao had to go back home. They both stood in Taiju’s living room and turned their phones back on. As expected, several messages and missed calls came through for both of them.

“Let me guess, Ibusuki-kaichou?” Nanao asked.

“He wanted to make a monster today it seems. Let me guess, your friends?” Taiju replied.

“It seems they never stop. My kids have so much energy. But I should find out why they’ve been texting me.”

“I should too.” Taiju walked Nanao to the door.

“Have a good night, enemy,” Nanao said.

“I’ll see you in school tomorrow, enemy,” Taiju replied.