[Hmm, Midorima staying over long enough to plan for lunch... He perks up a little at that, glancing at the door to the hall and the rest of the apartment.]
It's more that I have dietary restrictions. Anything too unhealthy sets me off quite easily, but as long as I'm careful, it isn't an issue. Do you have something in mind?
Burgers? Hamburgers? If we're going to have something like that, I want beef. ♪ It's fine for me to have something like that once in a while, so long as you don't choose an item that's too over the top.
[Don't get him like jalapenos or something and he'll survive. Normal ass burger.]
Have you found a book yet? I don't want to nap until you're next to me, you know?
[ He's the health police apparently. Deal with it. Burgers a good choice though. Affordable and delicious and filling.
Midorima's just over here reading the backs, but if Eichi's going to be impatient he'll pick something. Not after like, intentionally reading an entire next cover though. Whatever the most sciencey thing on Eichi's shelf is is what Midorima picks, then comes back over with. ]
Ehh, but we could play the pocky game with a french fry?
[He's absolutely going to steal one from Midorima if he gets some for himself. But this is fine, otherwise, he doesn't need fries. Midorima can enjoy the most science-y book being a fairly complicated one about Chroma and Demichroma, largely. Eichi shifts whenever he re-enters, patting the bed next to him. Come here.]
[ Fairly complicated is good. Midorima read a book about quantum physics for fun once.
....He goes to the other side of the bed and just kind of pushes Eichi across the bed for it. He wants this side that wasn't patted because he doesn't come like a dog, thank you. ]
Play the what?
[ If he knows what it is, he's not going to share that he knows. ]
[He just assumes Midorima doesn't know, because he's excitedly hoping that's the case. But then he's pushed across the bed, and he looks so startled and offended by it. After Midorima is sitting, Eichi flops a little over his lap, burying his face against a thigh.]
This is my side... [His dresser? His water? His phone and everything? Ah. He doesn't actually care that much, at least not while he's as tired as he is. Can he sleep like this, if he behaves? He wonders.]
[He wraps his arms around Midorima's waist in an attempt to stay where he is, the rest of him going deadweight. But he's entirely light, and is no match for Midorima, so he can easily be pried off if he continues.]
I'll behave, so can't you let me use you as a pillow this once? Part of this moon is this troubling feeling that makes my chest ache when we're too far apart after something so intimate, you know? [Is that entirely part of the moon? Well, shh.]
I'm already dealing with your coldness, so give me this much. Should I say "please?"
[ He has a solution. One that works for his tsun, works for Eichi's need to snuggle, and works for Midorima's desire to read.
As such, he gets his hand under Eichi's pits and picks him up like a wayward cat. He himself lays down on the bed on his side, then lets go of Eichi so he can turn his back to him. ]
[With his back to Eichi, he can't see the way he sort of pouts. But it doesn't matter anyway, he's aware... And he's too tired to argue about it. Defeated, he moves in to hook his arms around Midorima, pressing his face into his back and breathing in deep enough to sigh.
Fine, like this is fine!!]
You can just wake me up if I seem to be sleeping for too long.
[ Midorima does what he wants. This is what it's like to be swept up into his pace.
Admittedly, it's a much nicer pace than most people get though. He's letting Eichi keep his arms around him? Midorima needs his to hold his book or else he'd consider the other way. ]
I'll wake you up when I'm hungry.
[ Which is probably going to be around 11, the earliest possible lunch time. ]
[Eichi says it clearly enough, even if Midorima's back sort of muffles it. Hmm. He likes Midorima and all of his quirks. He understands the controlling way he is and the need for distance. But it still feels like just a halfway point of what he wants, being the only one holding on like this.
Because he's dealing with Iris traits right now, he might be more agreeable with it than he'd normally be. He might have spite slept on his own, otherwise, not that it would bother Midorima at all if he did...
But he at least can feel the warmth of someone else nearby. Someone who hasn't gone home and left him here alone. Who's planning on staying through lunch, and who knows how much longer. His eyes close, and he drifts off again before too long, breathing softly, and his rabbit ears flicking occasionally from over his head. Warm... Midorima is warm, and subconsciously, he wants even more affection, even in his sleep. So he can't help but snuggle a little closer in his sleep, including trying to slip one of his legs in a relaxed position between Midorima's, just for the contact of it.
He's asleep, so there aren't any ulterior motives. He just wants contact.]
I only came to participate in LIFE suit testing with the intention of purchasing one if they truly were able to generate extra chroma.
[ Midorima doesn't produce enough on his own to not feel horrifyingly exhausted all the time. He would've let Eichi latch onto him all day if it meant getting a suit so he could go back to being his usual touch-free self. But getting squeezed or chroma-zapped to death probably isn't a good idea, especially since he already metabolizes chroma faster than the other blessed anyway. ]
[ Midorima's picnic plans may be ruined, but that isn't going to ruin his need to eat more. In fact, once Mayuzumi sees the kitchen, he'll probably see a rice cooker that was once full-- it's already got a pretty heft dent in it. Midorima just makes the whole thing during Cordis so he can fill up on it to try to fill the food void. ]
If you end up with Cordis traits, you should prepare yourself with extra food. Cordis metabolism is extremely high during the cycle, so food and chroma have a much higher consumption rate.
[ ...Though the food gets curbed a little more if you can moonlace, but since Midorima doesn't moonlace a lot, he eats a lot. As evidenced by the way he goes to sit at the table with his bento to start opening it up instead of waiting for Mayuzumi to get his food. He's hungry and he's not going on his picnic, so he's going to start.
He sees something with redbeans in it and his ears perk up as if he's seen something exciting, even if his face is still serious. Mayuzumi may never figure out if it's the gap moe or the pheromones. ]
[ Is Midorima trying to save Mayuzumi or kill him here?? That ear twitch just now was too cute, dangerously cute!
He really has to focus on chopping these vegetables or he might end up losing a finger to gap moe at this rate; he forces his gaze downwards to the cutting board. ]
So you end up a bottomless pit more or less, huh. I get it.
Does moonlacing help with that at all, or are you stuck eating all the time no matter what?
[ Because as standoffish as the guy can be, Mayuzumi can say that Midorima is at least good-looking enough that it can't be tough for him to find people who'd want to help him out; being unapproachable even has an appeal for some people, doesn't it? And besides, who wouldn't want to cuddle the guy when he's being this adorable? It's even working on him and he isn't even interested in Midorima that way! ]
[ it's a good thing that tsumugi's so engrossed with this that he didn't notice midorima's already awakened, because he would've stopped right there out of sheer embarrassment. it'd be too late for him to stop anyway, something that he'd dimly discovered when he'd done it with eichi the first time. still, he does try his best to keep it down as much as possible --
until he pulls out midorima's cock, that is. he really couldn't resist anymore, and he starts laving his tongue up and down his length, working his mouth on the rip and lapping up any beads of precum that's starting to leak out. ah, right, he hasn't prepared breakfast yet, but he's already feasting on his roommate's dick for no real reason other than the moons getting a hold of his thoughts. tsumugi truly is terrible...
it's fine, it'll all be over soon. the sooner midorima comes, the sooner tsumugi will clean up and creep out like nothing's happened. though it is kind of weird that his roommate would still be asleep - or at least tsumugi thinks he still is, despite all the loud sucking sounds he's been making with his mouth. and if his tentacles wrapping around his shaft won't wake him up somehow, nothing will. ]
[ Midorima stops reading and glances over his shoulder when he feels Eichi trying to pry between his legs after a genuinely embarrassing moment of fluster. He just had sex with this person not too long ago, he shouldn't still be feeling tense about physical contact, and yet when Eichi's trying to meld to him like a baby koala he can't help but get embarrassed by how affectionate he is even in his sleep. But he does seem to be asleep, so Midorima lets him for a little while, though finds that he has some trouble concentrating on his reading.
After a few moments of this he gives up on the book, then shifts to get out from Eichi's grip. He'll try not to wake him up, but he just wants to push him over so he can get on his back so he's more comfortable. If he wakes Eichi up he'll make some kind of excuse, but if he manages to do it without waking him up, once he's on his back, he'll pull Eichi back over to his side. ]
Moonlacing provides chroma, which provides energy. It helps if you're willing to do it, but it's still much higher than normal.
[ He pushes up his glasses. Don't make him talk about this while he's trying to eat?? ]
Once you start on one or the other, it turns into more of a craving than a necessity, from what I understand.
[ At least that's how it is with food. He's pretty sure he's eaten past the point of being full, which is impressive for him since he's usually not a big eater. He's been told it works the same way with moonlacing though. Just because it's easy for him to find people doesn't mean that Midorima's willing to let himself be cuddled so easily. ]
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