Mizuki took a deep breath, the familiar sound of the kids giggling and the shouts of the adults and their own muffled laughter echoed in the street and a large smile climbed on his face.
He missed this.
Walking down the busy streets of his country was his favourite thing to do. He loved the sound of his people being joyous and the music that played all around different corners of the street. It made him feel like there was actual meaning to life. That if he had to suffer the terrors of war, he at least had a welcoming and content home to go back to.
And the fact that now he knew that somewhere in the kingdom there was his sweetheart napping and getting the rest he deserved just brought him a different kind of pleasure.
He felt his lip tilt in a smile as he recalled the moments he had spent with Eren just an hour ago.
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"What are you doing?" Eren whispered with wide eyes when he felt Mizuki grasp his hips and move him on his lap.
After they had eaten breakfast Mizuki had set the platter back on the bedside table and he was now pulling Eren as close as he could which meant Eren was now sitting on his lap with his legs on each side of him and their chests inches apart.
"I just want to hug you." Mizuki mumbled as he buried his face in Eren's neck and breathed in his scent.
"Does it have to be like this?" Eren asked but despite his words he shuffled closer and raised his arm to wrap it around Mizuki's neck, his hand immediately tangling in Mizuki's long dark strands of hair.
"Mhmm." Mizuki hummed in content as his eyes closed at the feel of Eren's small hand in his hair.
Mizuki pressed a kiss against Eren's neck and he felt Eren freeze. Mizuki smiled against his bare skin and continued to softly nip his neck and slowly he felt Eren relax again.
Mizuki's lips parted as he started leaving more open mouthed kisses on his skin and then he softly bit on the flesh making Eren gasp softly and his arms tighten around Mizuki.
"M-Mizuki." Eren whimpered when Mizuki gently licked the bite mark he left and then he started sucking on it, surely forming a mark but both of them didn't care enough to stop him.
Mizuki pulled away when he felt Eren pull his hair and when he met Eren's flushed face he grinned. Eren rolled his eyes at the smug expression on Mizuki's face but the smile on his face was evidently giving away his glee.
He grabbed Mizuki's face and pulled it closer until their lips were inches apart and then he pressed them together in what was supposed to be a gentle kiss but Mizuki was craving Eren and nothing could have made him kiss him gently.
And so he pushed his tongue past Eren's lips and they both moaned against each other at the contact of their tongues meeting. Eren tried to battle for dominance in the kiss but Mizuki wouldn't give up the lead so easily and soon enough Eren succumbed to Mizuki's mouth and let him do whatever he wanted.
Mizuki ran his hands over Eren's sides, occasionally squeezing his waist and Eren kept one of his hands on Mizuki's cheek as the other fisted Mizuki's long hair.
When Mizuki felt like they were running out of breath he finally detached his lips from Eren's and they both panted as their foreheads connected.
"You're the prettiest person ever." Mizuki whispered and Eren blushed as he tried to look away but Mizuki gripped his jaw and made sure his face was rooted where it was before.
Mizuki moved closer and rubbed his nose against Eren's and he softly smiled at him. "I like you so much Eren. I've never felt this way about anyone in my life. I've never wanted to cherish someone as much as I want to cherish you."
"D-don't say things like that." Eren whispered as he blinked his eyes, trying to hide the fact that his eyes had actually teared up.
"Don't cry, baby." Mizuki whispered as he brushed the corner of Eren's eye.
Baby.
This time Eren didn't try to stop him from calling him that. He couldn't even deny the fact that the name made his insides turn with unmistakable pleasure. He could handle sweetheart. But baby?
God, it made it so much harder to conceal all the affection he was dying to give to Mizuki.
But he was just so so scared of what will happen in a couple of days that he didn't want to make it any harder than it will already be.
Saying goodbye to Mizuki was not something he was looking forward to.
"Eren?" Mizuki asked as he searched Eren's honey eyes that seemed lost.
"I'm not crying." Eren said and a wide smile came onto Mizuki's smile.
"You know, those were the first words you told me." He recalled and Eren's eyes widened as the memory flashed through his mind.
"You were so mean to me back then." Eren said and Mizuki scoffed.
"You were the mean one. You made fun of my kidnapping skills. In fact I was very kind to you." Mizuki defended himself and Eren grinned as he remembered Mizuki's horrible kidnapping skills.
"I was saying nothing but the truth." Eren snarked and Mizuki stuck his tongue out at him.
"Anyways." Mizuki said to change the subject. "I have to go now but I'll be back in a few hours."
"What why?" Eren frowned as his arms involuntarily tightened around Mizuki making the taller man smile.
"I'll be back soon, sweetheart. I just have something very important to do. In the meanwhile you should take a nap, yeah?" Mizuki softly said as he pulled Eren off his lap and pushed him back so he laid down.
Mizuki slid out of the bed and pulled the comforter over Eren making the boy frown.
"I just woke up and I'm not even tired." He pouted. "Can't you stay for a bit longer? And then I'll sleep, promise."
Mizuki felt his heart clench at the adorable expression on his face and he genuinely considered staying but he knew he couldn't.
"But you must be tired since you didn't have enough sleep last night and you've been sleeping outside for a long time before that. I want you to get all the sleep you can, okay?" Mizuki said and Eren huffed and turned around, pulling the cover over his head.
"Come on, sweetheart, don't be like that." Mizuki frowned but Eren didn't budge.
"No goodbye kiss?" Mizuki teased but when Erne didn't move he sighed.
He climbed on the bed and knelt down until his head was near Eren's and he pressed a kiss on it through the cover and whispered a soft goodbye.
"I'll be back before you know it."
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Mizuki hurried his steps as he recalled the sadness Eren was feeling about Mizuki leaving. He turned the corner and when he saw the family store he grinned.
He pushed open the door emitting a gentle bell sound from it.
"Hana?" He called out.
"Mizuki?!" He heard the woman's loud voice call our from the back and he chuckled.
Growing up Mizuki never had any friends except his own sister which was honestly quite sad but with her company he had never felt the need to have more friends. With him being crown prince everyone respected him too much to even act friendly and he had never bothered to look for one.
But when Rin started getting music lessons from the lady at the music shop he realized that she was the only one who didn't bother to call them by their title. Her and her wife became Mizuki's favourite people except his family and he had come to look at them as though they were his long lost aunts.
"Hi." Mizuki grinned when she came out of her back room and she immediately approached him to hug him.
"I'm so glad you're back safely, dear!" She said as she pulled away and checked him for any injuries.
"I'm completely fine Hana." He said as he pushed her hands away.
"Have you heard from Emiko?" He asked, referring to her wife and her shoulders dropped.
"No." She said sadly. "But I heard most troops are returning this week as the soldiers from Yarisha are retreating."
"I've heard as well." Mizuki smiled at her. "I'm sure she'll be back soon."
"She had better!" Hana exclaimed. "She needs to be here before the festival."
"Oh right! The annual festival is coming soon. You must be terribly busy with the preparations." Mizuki said and she nodded.
"Yes but I love organizing it. I better see you there." She said and he nodded.
"Of course, I'll be there." Mizuki promised.
"What brings you here? I doubt you only came to visit me." She said and he gave her a guilty expression.
"I actually want to buy something..."
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Mizuki walked down the familiar hallway with the hard case in his hands and when he arrived in front of Charisa and Marius he tried his best to conceal his excitement but by the curious and slightly shocked expressions on the guards he figured he failed.
He gave them a small nod as they moved away and let him enter the room and he was pleased to see Eren softly breathing in and out as he slept.
"Not tired, my ass." Mizuki mumbled to himself. He walked to the bed and after opening the case and gently getting the object out from it he set it on the bed and put the case on the floor.
He moved closer to where Eren was and ran his hand through his curls. "Eren." He said as he continued to stroke his hair and Eren stirred.
"Wake up, sweetheart." Mizuki said and when Eren blinked his eyes open he gave him a wide smile.
"Hey." He softly cooed. "Look what I brought."
"Go away." Eren groaned out.
"Come on, don't tell me you're still mad." Mizuki said but by the frown on Eren's face he realized that Eren was indeed still mad.
"Look at what I got you and then you can decide if you should stay upset or not." Mizuki said and Eren slowly pushed himself to sit up.
When his eyes fixed themselves on the instrument on his bed they widened and a small gasp left his lips. "Mizuki?"
"Yes?" Mizuki asked with a grin but then he saw tears fill Eren's eyes as his lower lip wobbled and his smile dropped.
"Eren? What's wrong? Do you not want it?" Mizuki asked with panic as he grabbed Eren's hand.
"I'm sorry-I should have asked you first. I just thought that you might like to play again since you said you couldn't anymore. If it's making you upset I'll take it back. I'm sorry Eren. Please don't cry." Mizuki said.
"No no no." Eren said as he hurriedly wiped his face.
"Don't take it back. I-I love it. I just-It's been so long since I've seen one and I can't believe that you got this for me." Eren said and then he sat on his knees and launched himself on Mizuki, throwing his arms around him in a tight hug.
"Thank you." He whispered and then he pulled away and kissed Mizuki's jaw. "You're forgiven."
"God sweetheart." Mizuki breathed out. "You scared the fuck out of me."
"Sorry." Eren sheepishly said as he pressed another kiss on the corner of Mizuki's mouth without really realizing his own actions and Mizuki tried not to scream in ecstasy at the fact that Eren was being so affectionate to him.
Thank fuck he thought of the brilliant idea of getting Eren a violin.
"Play for me?" Mizuki asked and Eren's expression and heart twisted as he recalled the last time someone had said those exact words to him.
Fuck.
"Okay-Um just give me a minute." Eren said as he pulled away from Mizuki and shakily grabbed the violin.
"I might be bad because it's been so long." He whispered as he stared at the violin with wonder. He never thought that he was actually ever going to hold one again.
He didn't tell Mizuki the whole story of his dad prohibiting him from playing it. He hadn't only told him it was a useless hobby only made for weak and stupid people but he had also destroyed his violin in front of him with Aslan laughing in the background as Eren cried.
"Can I lay my head in your lap while you play?" Mizuki asked and Eren gave him a shaky smile as he nodded his head and sat criss crossed. It wasn't the best position to play but if Mizuki wanted to lay on his lap then he would let him.
Mizuki beamed at him and moved so he could rest his head against Eren's right thigh. Eren smiled at him nervously and then he started to do the familiar steps he always used to do before playing it.
When he was done he moved the violin in the correct position and raised his other arm to start playing. He took a deep breath and then his hand moved as he started playing his favourite song.
Mizuki closed his eyes as the music filled his ears and a huge smile filled his face at the fact that Eren was good-no wonderful.
He hadn't expected anything else and all he could do was be filled with pride as he listened. God, he was amazing.
When Eren finished he set the violin and stick next to him and he nervously glanced down at Mizuki who opened his eyes.
"That was beautiful, sweetheart." Mizuki praised and Eren's heartbeat picked up.
"Really?"
"Really." Mizuki said as he grabbed Eren's hands and brought them to his lips to gently kiss his fingers. "You're beautiful."
"Thank you." Eren whispered as he leaned down and pressed a kiss against Mizuki's forehead.
Hello!
Thoughts?
I've been thinking of the violin scene for sooo long and now that I've finally written it I feel so happy. This is probably my favourite chapter so far.
I just love them so much. They make my heart go â¨â¨ð¦ð¦ ð¥ð¥ð¥ð¦â¨â¨
-till next time <3