Tobio mumbled something into his pillow and Kei watched him fall asleep before ending the call and looking around. He had twenty minutes before he had to leave, and twelve dozen bouquets to figure out what to do with. ~fin~
“No you don’t,” Kei said fondly, “since then you wouldn’t be playing in Rome. But thank you for the sentiment. I wish I was with you too.” Tobio hummed. “I love you,” he said after a yawn. “Love you too.” “Happy birthday, Kei.” “Thank you, Tobio. I’ll talk to you later.”
“Don’t be sorry, idiot.” Kei turned the camera back around to face himself, letting Tobio see exactly how not-mad Kei was. “I like them. A lot, even. Thank you.” “Wish I was there with you,” Tobio mumbled, settling back down in bed.
“Oh my god, Tobio —” Kei broke off into laughter again. He cast an eye at the clock on the wall, mirth tempered by knowledge he had to go soon. “I’m sorry —” Tobio started, sounding dejected, and Kei couldn’t let that stand.
“I’ve never ordered flowers online before,” Tobio grumbled. “Didn’t know how much it’s supposed to cost.” “And the listings? They didn’t say “a dozen roses”?” “They were all pictures of just one flower! I thought it was like a build-your-own dozen, with all the different colors!”
Kei laughed, long and loud and very much in love with his boyfriend. His clueless, adorable boyfriend who was accidentally incredibly romantic, which was actually very much his MO, now that Kei was thinking about it. “You didn’t think the order was a little expensive, King?”
“A dozen…” “Bouquets. I have twelve dozen roses in my apartment right now.” Kei flipped the camera, showing the rainbow of flowers on the ground. “Oh…”
“I don’t need a dozen bouquets, Tobio. I don’t have space for all of these! I have to go to work in twenty minutes and I have no clue where to even put them —” “The flowers were delivered?” “Yeah, all twelve dozen of them!” “…I ordered a dozen roses.” “You ordered a dozen bouquets of roses.”
“I like them just fine. I would have liked one bouquet just as well, though.” Tobio blinked, a million miles away but amazingly right in the palm of Kei’s hand. “What?”