You’re welcome, Nonny-Mouse! I hope you enjoy.
CHRISTMAS
“You’re the best mentor, you know. Thank you.” Haise Sasaki holds out a Christmas present for his friend.
Arima smiles and accepts the gift. He feels bad he didn’t buy anything for Sasaki.
“You really don’t have to beat yourself up. You’re always doing that.” Sasaki shakes his head. “Can’t you be happy for once?”
“You make me happy,” Arima tells him, and his heart thumps in his chest.
He opens the perfectly wrapped gift to see a framed photograph of 0 Squad. Laughing.
“This is fabulous.”
“I’m glad you like it.” Sasaki sighs. “I had to ask Akira. You’re rather difficult to shop for, you know.”
“So are you,” Arima says lamely.
“Not really.” Sasaki’s face is illuminated by glowing lights, and – and –
From the moment Arima met him in the sewers, Sasaki’s had his heart.
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NEW YEARS
Sasaki calls Arima, exhausted after a night helping an intoxicated Akira groom her cat over and over.
“Come over and I’ll brew you coffee,” Arima tells him.
They talk and talk over coffee, and finally Sasaki asks what he’s been wondering.
“Do you like me?”
Arima starts. “Of course.”
“Not like that. At the party last night, Hairu said you were off pining for me.” Sasaki’s face is bright red. “Is that true?”
Arima sighs.
When he looks up, Sasaki kisses him.
A New Year, indeed.
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VALENTINE’S DAY
“Arima!” Haise rolls over and wakes his boyfriend by peppering his face with kisses.
“Well, that is a pleasant way to awaken,” Arima mumbles. “We could make it more pleasant, though.”
“Oh, really?” Sasaki pulls Arima atop him.
Arima suckles the skin of Sasaki’s chest. He stokes his muscles, and his smile grows with every moan.
When Sasaki is inside him, he feels open and free and beautiful. They’re both part-ghoul, and they understand each other in ways most people don’t.
They collapse next to each other, covered in sweat.
Arima reaches over to their nightstand. “I got you something for Valentine’s Day.”
“Chocolate?” Sasaki laughs at the box. “Well, it just so happens…”
Arima guffaws as Sasaki pulls out the exact same box.
“You’re hard to shop for, you know,” Sasaki says again.
Arima pulls him in for another kiss.
Mercy and Magic 