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"I'm home." Altus shut the door behind him, taking off his shoes and making sure to put it neatly on the shoe rack. The lights in the living room were on but there was not a soul in sight. He placed his briefcase on the coffee table and sank into the couch, closing his eyes. His head was still buzzing from all the ruckus that had happened at work. One of his colleagues had misplaced a file that had to be discussed in a meeting with an important client, and while the file was found just in time before the meeting, the whole project team had to stay back to listen to their manager raising hell for the disorganisation of the files.
Not to mention, since the project was under his supervision, Altus got the full brunt of the lecture. When they were finally dismissed from the meeting room, he had a mind to give a stern warning to the colleague who had misplaced the file, but he was too tired after the whole fiasco. Besides, by how pale and shaky his colleague had looked, he deemed that she had probably learnt her lesson. She also dropped by his desk before leaving to apologise to which he only told her to be more careful in the future.
He was brought back from his reminiscence of the day's happenings when he heard the sound of footsteps approaching. Familiar fingertips brushed through his hair, the nails scraping his scalp making his skin tingle. Slowly, he blinked his eyes open to see the grinning face of his beloved partner. The hands in his hair cascaded to cup his face and he nuzzled into the warmth, feeling his fatigue lighten at the comforting touch.
"You look terrible," the purple eyes were filled with mirth as the hands squished his cheeks.
Altus only hummed in response, reaching to pull Nayuta's right hand to lightly bite at the palm. He tightened his hold when the hand wanted to run away, chuckling as he kissed the place he just bit. His lover pouted at him, but let him drop more tiny smooches to the open palm. After one lingering kiss on the wrist, he looked up again to the flushed face of his lover.
"Come sit with me," he patted the space next to him on the couch.
"Hmm, since you asked nicely," Nayuta walked around the couch to stand in front of him, "but for you to relax…"
Slender fingers wrapped around his necktie, pulling it off and discarding it on the coffee table. His top two buttons were swiftly unbuttoned and the same fingers then pushed him until he was fully lying on the couch with his head resting on one of their pillowy cushions. Seemingly satisfied with his obedience, Nayuta then climbed to lay on top of him, grabbing Altus's arms to wrap around him in what he deemed the perfect cuddling position.
He propped up his chin to look at Altus, "There we go. Now, tell me what happened for you to come home later than usual."
Altus smiled, tightening his hold on his lover as he started to recount the whole fiasco in his office earlier in the day, accompanied by the occasional hums and offended 'bruh's from Nayuta. By the end of it, his lover seemed more frustrated about it than he ever was, complaining about his colleague's work ethics as well as their organisation skills. Coming from him though, it seemed fair considering that Nayuta was quite the perfectionist in everything he does.
Honestly, seeing how mad he was in Altus's stead, it simmered down all of the exasperation from the day he had. As much as Nayuta tried to be menacing while he was mad, the short-haired man had always seemed just like a cute angry kitten in his eyes. Really, it was like magic how he already felt so much better. He didn't even register the fact that he started laughing until his felt a pinch on his arm.
"Bruh, here I am trying to listen to you like a good boyfriend and you're laughing at me?" Nayuta huffed, sitting up from his previous position and crossing his arms.
"Sorry baby, you're just too cute," he said truthfully, watching in amusement as those purple eyes squinted at him.
"You know what? Whatevs. We're done here. Go shower, and I'll reheat dinner for both of us," Nayuta was quick to slide off his lap and pulled him up to stand together.
"You're not joining me?" He tried, putting on his best puppy eyes in an attempt to convince his lover.
But Nayuta was quick to reject, pushing him slightly, "No, no, I've already showered, and it would take too long if I joined you. I want to eat."
"Nayu?" Altus stopped him just as he stepped towards the kitchen.
"Hmm?"
"You're my favourite." I love you.
Any other day, Nayuta would've rolled his eyes and jokingly respond with his usual phrase, 'You say that to everyone' but instead of that, his lover only pulled him closer and placed a small peck on his lips.
"You're my favourite too." he whispered before quickly fleeing to the kitchen with burning ears.
Altus chuckled, his steps feeling a million times lighter as he stepped towards the bathroom. He could always trust Nayuta to make him feel better even on his worst days.