peeked in to the living room and smiled faintly. He grabbed a blanket from the linen closet and carried it back in to the room. Sighing_

quietly to himself he unfolded the blanket and draped it neatly over the pair.

shifted a bit as he stirred from his nap, moving to rub at his eyes lightly as he felt the blanket over himself. "Berwald?"

"Hm?" He asked, his eyes narrowing to focus on the other.

blinked a few times as he rubbed the the sleep from his eyes. "You're home."

nodded, leaning down to kiss his forehead as he hummed in affirmation.

smiled a bit as he sat up and moved to wrap his arms around Berwald's shoulders and pull him down onto the couch. "Good I want to hug you

for a while."

blinked in surprise, but hugged him back. "Ah." He hummed quietly, making himself comfortable on the edge of the couch.

settled in against him comfortably closing his eyes. "So want me to make you dinner?"

shook his head, leaning over to kiss the side of his head. "'S okay."

smiled faintly at that. "You sure?"

nodded. "Hungry?"

shakes his head a bit. "I'm okay."

nodded again, wrapping his arms lightly around the other man. "Ah."

far to happy about the arms around him. He settled in against him and closed his eyes again, enjoying his warmth. "You're cute today

Berwald."

blinked in confusion. "Eh... ah... Thanks?"

nods a bit as he glanced up at him. "Mmm have you been sleeping?"

shook his head. "Work."

sighs a bit, "you work to much."

sighed quietly and said nothing as he pulled the other closer to him,

happily settled close to him as he cuddled into him. "Though it does mean I get to cuddle you more when I do get you."

let out a quiet chuckle as he relaxed against him. "Tired?"

shakes his head as he leaned up and kissed him lightly. "Nope, content." He smiled a bit, "glad you'll finally hold me like this."

"Ah." He nodded slowly, returning the kiss. He had missed spending time with Tino, regardless of what they were doing.

really enjoyed spending time with him as well, he was quite glad they weren't fighting over something silly. He shifted to rest his head on

Berwald's shoulder as he closed his eyes.

watched him with a small smile and rested his head atop Tino's before running his hand over his back affectionately.

hummed softly in appreciation as he got more comfortable. "So when we first met... is this what you wanted us to be like?"

"Hm..." He mumbled quietly, unsure of how to answer. He couldn't really remember what he had wanted back then; it was more than long enough_

ago that any memories had been tainted with what had happened between them. Though the distinctive longing for some kind of closeness and_

intimacy had always remained. Granted, he had a feeling his younger self had been much more selfish in his desires, but what they had now_

felt better than anything he could have hoped for then... "S'pose so..."

would have glanced up at him with that and kissed him except he didn't want to move and disturb how comfortable this was. He smiled as he

thought about that. He didn't really remember much of how they'd met to be honest. "Well it doesn't matter now, I'm not going anywhere."

smiled against Tino's hair and kissed the top of his head. "No?"

grinned now as he tightened his hold on him. "Nope."

"'M glad..." He wouldn't have shown it, but he had, at times, felt insecure about his relationship with Tino. He knew that they had their_

ups and downs... though he had hoped that despite everything, Tino would be happy with him.

perfectly happy with him, granted there were moments... but he wasn't about to give up on Berwald just because of an argument or two.

would be relieved to hear that. He mumbled in to his hair before pulling back reluctantly. "I should change..." He was still wearing his_

suit from work, and he didn't think that was the best "cuddle" attire...

shifted a bit reluctantly as he pulled away, he was going to protest that but stopped. "I'll make something to eat then."

shook his head. "Y' don't have to..."

nodded, "I want to." He leaned up and kissed him, "now go change and I'll make something simple."

sighed with a nod as he stood up, giving him a light peck on the forehead. "'Kay."

got up as well and smiled. He headed for the kitchen and made some simple open sandwiches.

went to change in to a pair of pajama pants and a t-shirt. He hung his suit up neatly, not wanting to wrinkle it too much.

set both plates out on the table with some tea before he sat and waited for him.

walked back downstairs to the kitchen. He sneaked up behind Tino and kissed the top of his head before moving to sit down.

startled a bit at the unexpected kiss but smiled as he watched him sit down. "See simple dinner, nothing much."

nodded as he began to eat. "Thanks."

watched him for a second before he quietly ate his own food.

glanced back up at him. "Y' wan't' watch a movie in th' room after this?" He figured the bed would be more comfortable for cuddling than the

couch.

nods at that and smiles, "sounds wonderful." He finished his small dinner and got up to clean the dishes, letting Berwald finish his own

meal.

finished shortly after and carried his plate to the sink.