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The sweet scent of honey and lavender lingered on the cold bed.
The alpha drew closer, wanting to stench the sweet scent into his nose forever and permanently. He knew it was impossible but who was Iwaizumi if he didn’t try?
As he breathed in the scent, he couldn’t help but rumble. His omega is back in his arms again. Or well, was in his arms.
Iwaizumi sat up, rubbing his left eye while looking around with the other. His omega was nowhere in the room but his scent still lingered along with the smell of baked chocolate.
He quickly got out of bed and put on a pair of sweatpants because he didn’t like the idea that the omega was away from him for so long, even if it was two hours. It was also summer in California and the alpha forgot to turn on the aircon. Though it seemed the omega already turned it on. Iwaizumi shivered in the coldness.
Honey and lavender assaulted his nose when he quietly stepped out of the room but he didn’t mind. It only meant that this wasn’t a dream. It meant that the omega was finally , after three months apart, that Oikawa Tooru was finally in his arms. Well not in his arms at that moment but the need for Oikawa in his arms was loud.
He walked a few steps to where the scent brought him to the kitchen. There he was, in all his glory, the man haunting Iwaizumi’s dreams.
Oikawa was humming quietly to a song while cooking something on the stove. Maybe agedashi tofu or maybe caramelized sugar. It doesn’t matter because the omega turns around from his spot and gives him the sweetest smile.
“Evening mi amor, how was your nap? You look like you dreamt of me,” the omega softly said. Iwaizumi’s shirt was slightly loose on him but it fit him perfectly in Iwaizumi’s eyes. His neck was littered with hickeys and bite marks but it looked right.
Iwaizumi preened and ran to his omega to pick him up. “I always dream of you, Toru. Always and forever you,” the alpha said before sharing a tender kiss. As usual, the lips that touched his own were soft and plush. It was short-lived though when the timer of the oven went off.
Oikawa chuckled when Iwaizumi put him down but didn’t let go. Even when Oikawa was about to open the oven door, Iwaizumi quickly grabbed the oven mitt and took the three cake pans out. The omega looked at him and pouted.
“Get out of the kitchen, it’s your special day. You need to be treated like a prince!” Oikawa whined, not putting muscle into shoving the arm wrapped around him. The alpha grumbled, he was not leaving the omega alone. Especially since he just got him back.
Iwaizumi hummed before shaking his head. Oikawa sighed, Iwaizumi knew that the omega liked this; their small intimate moments.
Despite popular belief, Oikawa isn’t one for big romantic moments. It was a front just for his fangirls but only Iwaizumi knew that the omega liked those small intimate moments. When it’s just the two of them and their love is on full display. When they can show sides that the public doesn’t need to know, the sides that only come out around each other.
Iwaizumi likes those moments too. Especially now.
“Hajime, can you please get some fruits out of the fridge? I wanna try something I saw online,” Oikawa asked, pointing at the fridge like Iwaizumi didn’t know.
The said man scoffed before saying, “It’s my apartment baby. I know where everything is.” Iwaizumi did let go of the omega though. Not before lightly smacking the omega’s ass. Oikawa rolled his eyes while Iwaizumi went to get the fruits out of the fridge.
Strawberries and blueberries were placed on the counter and strong arms found their way around Oikawa’s waist again. The omega looked at him weirdly and turned to him confused. “We have more fruits in the fridge, mi amor. ”
“I am not putting pineapple on my birthday cake,” Iwaizumi argued, burrowing his nose into the omega’s scent gland. The beautiful scent of lavender and honey filled his nose with a small hit of mahogany, Iwaizumi’s scent.
Oikawa scoffed. “There are also bananas, oranges, and raspberries. I think raspberries go well with the chocolate,” the omega argued back. Iwaizumi rolled his eyes before shaking his head no, “My birthday cake, my rules. I only want strawberries and blueberries.”
“Okay then, sorry birthday boy,” Oikawa huffed, finishing leveling the cakes before placing them in plastic wrap. He quickly covered them and turned to the other, “Put these in the fridge, please? They need to cool down before we can ice them.”
Iwaizumi nodded and took the three cake layers. While Oikawa was washing the fruits, the alpha took it upon himself to keep himself busy. He used the restroom, made the bed, and turned on some slow music so the house wasn’t that quiet.
As much as Iwaizumi loved the quiet, it wasn’t great for thoughts. Oikawa seemed to catch on with the sudden change of atmosphere and looked at his lover.
“ Guardián de mi corazón, what is wrong?” Oikawa quietly asked, checking the sugar to confirm it was cooling down before giving his full attention to Iwaizumi again. The omega opened his arms as an open invitation to lay inside and who was the alpha if he didn’t accept?
He quickly was embraced in the warmth of his omega and sighed contently. It still kept his thoughts running through.
What if he wasn’t enough? What if one day, Oikawa will find someone better in Argentina? Oh, how the thought kept running.
“Hey, if you are thinking about me ever leaving you stop it right now. It's foolish. How could I leave you when we are bonded for life?” That’s true, there was a mating mark to prove it too. “If I realized that you didn’t deserve me, I would have left a long time ago. We have been best friends since we were five and mated for two years. I couldn’t have asked for someone better,” Oikawa reassured, giving out a comforting scent. Iwaizumi sighed, trying to fight the thoughts away.
“Hajime, look at me.” And Iwaizumi did. Green eyes met brown and a small smile was looking at him. Oikawa kissed his forehead, nose, cheek, then lips. It lasted until Iwaizumi pulled away to catch his breath.
Fuck those thoughts for even showing up when he knew that the omega in front of him loved him so much. Iwaizumi loved him so much. They loved each other so much.
“Happy birthday Hajime. I love you until death has to force us apart.”
“Thank you, Toru. I love you so that even death can’t pull us apart even if he tries. I will find my way back to you even if it means a few rules will be broken.”
“I know Hajime, I know.”