Eden walked back to their room feeling hotter than he would have liked.

It had taken almost everything inside him to not pull Tadashi closer to him and at least feel his lips pressed against his own.

It burned where the tongue had licked him. He could still feel it and it was almost too overwhelming.

He could only imagine what it would feel like if they took things further.

He was so freaking hot. He thought about being pressed against his chest. To just inhale that manly scent of him that he always wanted to every time they were close together.

This got harder with the more time that passed with them together. But unless something could convince him otherwise, he still wasn't changing his mind about Tadashi.

When he got back to their room, Eden noticed that Mikhail was still awake. He lay on his side looking at the door and doing nothing else. Eden got the feeling he'd been that way since he left the room.

"You waited for me?" Eden asked as he approached him.

He nodded but didn't say anything else.

"That makes me happy," he replied.

"It does?" Mikhail sat up.

"Uh huh. It makes me feel special. Do you know how adorable you are?" Eden poked his nose.

They finally settled together on the bed. Mikhail wrapped his hands around him and pressed his face against his side.

He loved cuddling. Which Eden wasn't expecting the first time they met. It seemed no matter how much his real self was hidden inside, he couldn't suppress all of it.

Eden took his wrist and put their hands together. The hand was so small against his it was too adorable. He admired it before Mikhail did something he didn't see coming. He entwined their fingers and squeezed tight.

    The expression on his face was unreadable when he looked down at Mikhail.

   The little boy was really threatening to become the love of his life at this point. He didn't speak much, nor did he smile. He struggled with expressing himself and showing any kind of emotions but until he broke out of his shell, Eden wanted to be there every step of the way.

   "What's your favorite food?" Eden asked as the soft little hand continued to squeeze his.

  "Spaghetti," said Mikhail.

    "Would you like me to make you spaghetti tomorrow?" Eden asked him.

He nodded against him and Eden smiled. "Alright," he kissed the back of his hand. "Should we sleep?"

    He nodded again.

Mikhail slept first, and even after he was out, he didn't let go of Eden's hand.

•••

Eden was up before Mikhail the next day, and when he got to the kitchen, he stopped to stare for a while.

The hottest man he knew stood a few feet away, and by the looks of it, was starting to make them breakfast.

His hair was messily held up but that seemed to make him look even hotter for some reason.

Eden pretended to look elsewhere when Tadashi's eyes just suddenly located his.

Ah shit! He felt a little embarrassed but quickly covered it up with a question. "Shouldn't you be getting ready for work?"

Eden tried to ignore the way the grey shirt loosely hugged his muscles. He shrugged and the movement seemed to accentuate them even more.

"Leave it," Eden walked over to where he was. "I'll do it."

Their fingers brushed together when he took the frying pan from him and assumed the role before him. He tried to pay no mind to it.

Tadashi thankfully didn't argue. "Alright, I'll uh... go get ready," he said before leaving.

Eden got distracted with his thoughts a little after that. As much as he hated to admit it, he didn't know how much time had passed because he was too busy fantasizing about Tadashi.

    It took him a while to notice Mikhail standing and staring up at him.

   "Good morning sweetie!" Eden said cheerfully, quite happy to see him.

    Mikhail scratched the back of his ear and looked away. "Morning," he nearly muttered.

"Did you brush your teeth?" Asked Eden.

    He nodded, still not looking at him, so he approached him after taking the pan off the heat.

    Eden lifted him up in his arms before he could understand what was going on. "Hmm, not sure I believe you, let me see."

    His arm was wrapped around the back of Mikhail's thighs so that the boy was now looking down at him. He showed his teeth just as Eden asked.

"Hm? That's a beautiful smile you got there sweetie," said Eden.

    Of course he knew it wasn't really a smile, his dead eyes were all the indication for that.

    After hearing the praise, Mikhail immediately stopped and looked down at Eden's chest, where he was continuously clenching and unclenching his fists in what could have been nervousness.

    He almost thought something was wrong until the boy looked back up. "Like... like this?" He asked and stretched his lips a little wider, trying to mimic what he'd just done a few seconds earlier.

    Eden was both emotional and ecstatic. He pushed back his gasp but couldn't hold back the rest. He squealed and hugged Mikhail tighter.

"That is so beautiful!" He spun with Mikhail in his arms.

  "What's going on?" Tadashi asked worryingly while walking into the room, a towel on his shoulder and a hair dryer on his hand.

    Eden paused and realized he was louder than he thought he was. "Oh..." he laughed. "Nothing, nothing to worry about."

   Tadashi seemed to visibly relax. "Okay. Hey good morning Mikhail!" He smiled at him.

"Morning," said Mikhail, taking glimpses between Tadashi and Eden.

Tadashi smiled again and made to go away, content with the answer he got.

"I could help!" Eden started then continued when Tadashi turned back around. "I could help with your hair."

"Are you sure?" Tadashi's eyes quickly assessed the breakfast Eden had already made.

"Yeah," replied Eden while setting Mikhail down. "Come here sweetie." He motioned to the chair and Mikhail sat down. Then he gave him his breakfast.

"You can start eating, we'll join you soon okay?"

"Okay."

     Tadashi sat down and Eden got to doing his hair. "Hey, about why I was screaming, guess what?"

"What?" Tadashi chuckled. "You seem excited."

    "I am! Just guess," he said.

"Hmm," said Tadashi. "Mikhail said something funny?"

"No."

"You saw a pink cat?"

  Eden laughed and lightly slapped his shoulder. "Come on," he laughed about it and Tadashi laughed too.

"Tell me," said Tadashi. "I'm bad at guessing... sometimes."

    "Fine," Eden gave in. "Such a spoilsport."

    Tadashi made a small sound and Eden got on with it. "Mikhail smiled."

  "Really?" Tadashi asked and at the same moment he turned around so that he was hit with a blast of air from the machine.

"Fuck, fuck!" Tadashi said after spluttering and almost choking on air.

Eden laughed so hard he almost cried. "What was that face!"

"Shut up, you did me dirty," said Tadashi and Eden laughed harder.

"But really?!" Tadashi asked again.

  It fueled Eden's excitement. "Yeah really!" He exclaimed. "I wanted to tell you earlier but it was possible he could shrink under too much attention, so I didn't."

"I understand. I hope I'll see it when he's ready," he said. "You're incredible."

"Nah, he did it all on his own," Eden deflected his praise.

   Tadashi didn't say anything, he relaxed as Eden finished with his hair.

    Eden turned the machine off and tried to convince himself to not let this become a hobby. His offer to do it for him had left his mouth before he could properly even talk.

    Tadashi took his hand in his and just out-of-the-blue brushed his lips over his knuckles. Eden tried so hard to control himself.

    He could have pulled it away, back to himself...back to safety, but he let him go ahead and pepper kisses all over it.

    Eden sighed as his eyes closed momentarily. When he realized how needy he sounded, he quickly grabbed his hand back before Tadashi could go further. Why did they keep dancing around each other? When would they stop?

    It was turning out to be one heated moment after another with the threat of things getting worse every time. He only hoped he could handle it. And before it got too far, he hoped he'd be strong enough to put a firm stop to it.

     Mikhail was quietly eating his breakfast when they joined him. His eyes snapped to them, then back to what he was eating.

    Eden sat right next to him and Tadashi sat across from them. There was some sort of tension between the three of them, and yet at the same time, there was a sort of chemistry, however small.

    Tadashi watched quietly as the two interacted, Eden being such a fucking natural.

    He could watch them all day, but he had work. And so he left to change when he was done eating, faster than anyone else.

    The next time Eden saw him, he was impeccably dressed in his suit. Again, Eden tried to unglue his eyes from him.

"I'll see you both later," said Tadashi.

     He leaned and kissed Mikhail's cheek, causing him to stop chewing. His hand that gripped his fork went still too as his eyes remained stuck to his plate.

    Tadashi moved over and kissed Eden's cheek next, lingering in a way that could possibly pass for teasing, and then he was out the door.

"Eden?" Mikhail's voice pulled him out of his trance.

"Hmm?" He answered in the only way his voice wouldn't come out weird.

"I feel warm."