Work Text:
“Sakuma-senpai, let me go already!”
Koga grumbles, trying to get Rei’s hands off of him. But Rei, the cocky handsome bastard, kept his hand on Koga’s nape, tugging on the small ponytail. Now, Koga is only human after all, and he wants nothing more than letting Rei’s hands all over him for hours, but—
The assistant photographer cleared her throat for the second time in the span of a minute.
From the corner of his eyes, Koga could see Rei rolling his eyes before tugging him forward by the back of his collar. If Koga is in his right mind, he would be embarrassed about it. But now, the attention made him blush and giddy from the tip of his hair down to the tip of his fingers.
They stopped just before the backdrop, and Koga immediately felt Rei’s touch all over him once again. The older man fixed the stray strand of hair on Koga’s head, loosen up his tie but also made it not too messy, and pats Koga down for any unseen dust. The grey haired young man blinks, a bit surprised by Rei’s action but stays still anyway.
“Koga,”
Rei exhales as if he was letting go of one’s lover off the battlefield, and Koga tilts his head upwards to meet those ruby eyes. Rei stays silent for a second, pale fingers stroking the underside of Koga’s eye, his expression unreadable. The younger man obediently stays, not pulling away even though he could hear the staff grumbling under their breath. Golden meets ruby, and neither of them wants to pull away first.
“Smile for me.”
Koga raises an eyebrow at the request, not understanding what Rei wanted with that. Nonetheless, he flashes a small grin — yet genuine — to the other. He could see Rei’s eyes widening before his expression changed into one of his usual expressions.
“Good boy.”
Rei mutters, touching Koga’s cheek gingerly. Koga blinks, before jolting when one of the staff clears her throat near them. He steps back, holding Rei’s hand in his. He squeezes the calloused hand in his hold one last time before waving lightly towards the older man.
Rei feels like he’s been scorched alive. To see the boy’s bright eyes focused at him, and only him from such a short distance left him yearning for more. The leader of UNDEAD sits calmly in his seat, carefully masking his inner thoughts. Rei wished he could hide the boy safely somewhere else, where others won’t even glance at him. But he’s not that cruel, he knows if he did that Koga really won’t look at him.
Funny how that little puppy claims that he is Rei’s biggest fan, his most devoted follower… ah, Koga, couldn’t you see that you’ve got the Sakuma Rei wrapped around your fingers?
Rei couldn’t take his eyes off of Koga, following every movement of Koga’s figure as the younger man got into different poses. Truthfully, he could hear the staff gossiping behind his back ever since they saw him showing up with Koga here. After all, he doesn’t actually have a job lined up today. He emptied his schedule for the sole purpose of accompanying Koga to his first ever solo photoshoot.
“You’re so protective of him it’s honestly kinda gross.”
The black haired man remembers Kaoru’s expression as he said the exact same sentence this morning. Rei didn’t grace him with an answer, instead only smiling at the blonde as he fixed his jacket — that Koga picked, by the way. The blonde only sighed and shrugged at him, finally leaving Rei alone for the time being. Rei peeked at the clock, humming an UNDEAD melody to himself.
People would laugh if they found out that he, Sakuma Rei, is feeling impatient because of one boy. Oh well, it's not like Rei has never hinted of his fondness towards his one particular group member in nearly every interview he had.
“Senpai!”
Koga waves at him, his whole being practically radiating excitement all over. Rei covers his lovesick smile with one hand, waving back to Koga with the other. The grey haired man immediately clings to Rei as soon as he got closer, linking their arms together casually. Rei welcomed the touch, ruffling Koga’s hair affectionately.
“Did you wait long?”
Koga asks with that sweet smile of his. Rei felt butterflies fluttering around in his stomach.
“No, I just came down a few minutes ago.”
The UNDEAD leader answered smoothly, his free hand playing with Koga’s ponytail. Koga looks unbothered by the action, thankfully.
And that was what brought them both here today. Once they got here, Koga had a clear air of nervousness mixed with some eagerness that Rei had to soothe him with quick forehead kisses (yes, plural). The expression Koga gave him afterwards was so worth it.
Rei observed Koga asking for assistance with a serious face, and he couldn't help but feel proud of the younger man at this moment. His train of thought was briefly paused when Koga's golden eyes meet his ruby ones, resulting in Koga’s small wave at him. Rei waved back, letting the other see the affectionate expression on his face. Rei chuckles as he saw Koga's face reddened.
From all of the choices he made in his life, Sakuma Rei never regretted giving the boy the time of his life back then.