Lipstick, On Your Neck

The Defense Club clubroom found itself a lot quieter than usual. And also out of the ordinary: Nanao and Taiju were the only ones in it. And the reason for that was actually quite simple. Karurusu and Furanui were gonna visit Earth again to see them.

It was something they did every few months, just to keep in touch with the boys. It was kind of a rare occasion. But when their arrival time was coming closer, they realized Kyotaro was still not at the clubroom yet, so Ata and Ryoma went off to look for him, imagining he had probably fallen asleep somewhere again. And then Ichiro noticed they had run out of snacks, so he dragged Maasa and Taishi along with him to buy more, saying they couldn't just not offer the brothers anything to eat.

And that was how Nanao and Taiju found themselves alone in the clubroom. Nanao didn't mind the quietness, just having Taiju around drinking tea with him made him happy.

They heard hurried steps coming from outside. Then, the door opened.

"Hello!" Karurusu hopped in with his usual smile, Furanui following behind him. "Where's everyone?" Karurusu asked, looking around the room.

"Ata and Ryoma went to look for Kyotaro. Ichiro, Taishi and Maasa are bringing snacks." Taiju explained.

"Do you want some tea while we wait for them?" Nanao suggested.

"If it's not too much trouble." Furanui said, while Karurusu was already happily taking a seat at the table.

Nanao went to grab the teapot, Taiju coming with him to carry the extra cups. But before they went back, Taiju started whispering to him.

"Did you see Furanui's neck?" Taiju asked with a smirk.

Nanao raised an eyebrow, then leaned in closer. The only thing he had noticed was different about the princes was that Karurusu had some blue lipstick on his lips. But Taiju could be even more perceptive than him when it came to small details. "What about it?"

"I'm pretty sure I saw something blue on his neck. The shade is identical to the lipstick Karurusu is using." He chuckled. "I might have seen a hickey as well, but I saw it so quickly that it might just be more well hidden."

"Hmm…" Nanao smirked, holding the urge to glance back at the two who were just chatting at the table. (Well, more like Karurusu was talking nonstop, and Furanui was listening.) He didn't want to be too obvious. He had always wanted to find a way to tease them, he didn't want any risk of losing this opportunity. "How likely do you think it is for Karurusu to spill the beans?"

"More likely than Furanui, at least."

"Good enough." Nanao finally picked up the teapot and went towards the table, Taiju right behind him.

Taiju set two cups down on the table: one in front of Karurusu, another in front of Furanui. Nanao started filling up Karurusu's cup first.

"Sorry that it took a while." Nanao said.

Karurusu shook his head, his smile never leaving his face. "Don't worry about it! We didn't even notice. Right, Furanui?"

When Furanui looked at Karurusu, there was a single second where he seemed a bit embarrassed. But he was just as quickly back to his usual, more composed expression. "Didn't notice at all."

"See?"

"I'm glad." Nanao finished filling Karurusu's cup and smiled, moving over to fill Furanui's before he kept talking. "By the way, I don't think I ever saw you wearing lipstick before. It looks nice."

"Oh, thank you!" Karurusu said. "It's been a while since I tried out any makeup."

"Is there any reason why you picked blue?" Taiju asked, and Nanao noticed the way Furanui tensed up.

"Well, duh! It's Furanui's color!"

Furanui blushed, looking down at the table with his teeth clenched.

Nanao laughed as he finished filling the cup. "It's his color? I guess that explains why his neck is a bit blue as well!"

"Huh!?" Furanui immediately rubbed his neck, desperately trying to get rid of the lipstick that was still there.

Karurusu had seemed a bit confused at first, but seemed to understand when he saw Furanui's reaction. "Oh, did you not clean it properly because we were in a hurry after-" He was interrupted by Furanui quickly covering his mouth with his hand, glaring at him.

Taiju laughed. "So it seems our guess was correct."

Furanui froze, eyes widening. But his hand was still firm enough that Karurusu couldn't pull it away.

"That is, unless you have some other explanation?" Nanao asked with a smirk.

Furanui groaned, then let go of Karurusu and crossed his arms. "Fine. We were making out earlier. Are you happy?"

Nanao laughed. "Well, finally finding something that makes you embarrassed definitely makes me happy.

Taiju nodded. "I guess there sure is a lot of brotherly love between you."

Karurusu giggled and wrapped his arms around Furanui's shoulders. It made Furanui's blush deepen.

"You better not tell anyone else about this." Furanui said through gritted teeth.

"Hmm, maybe if I were to get something in return." Nanao chuckled. He knew what he wanted. Something to make Karurusu embarrassed as well, since he was clearly not affected by this situation at all. But it'd probably be more effective to say that at a time when Karurusu wouldn't be around. "But I'll talk about that with you later."

Furanui sighed in frustration, and Karurusu raised an eyebrow. "Why are you so grumpy? Cheer up!" He kissed Furanui's cheek, with enough pressure to leave a lipstick mark on it. "So what if they know?"

"I don't want them knowing exactly because you being like this in front of them is embarrassing!"

"So you're the type that gets shy with PDA? I didn't expect that." Taiju chuckled.

Furanui opened his mouth to argue with him, but stopped when he heard Ichiro's voice in the distance. ("Do you think this is enough for everyone?" He said.) Furanui quickly started rubbing his cheek to get rid of the lipstick mark. And when he did that, both Nanao and Taiju noticed the yellow nail polish on his nails.

Ichiro walked in with Taishi and Maasa, each of them carrying a shopping bag with different snacks in them.

No one had brought up the previous conversation. Not even when Maasa complimented Karurusu's lipstick. But it was still pretty easy to notice the blush on Furanui's cheeks, and Nanao had to hold back on the urge to laugh at that.

He looked forward to getting a secret or two about Karurusu out of him later.