aterat | I'm having a party, a party for two

Who; Jacob

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What; Quiet New Year celebration
Where; Yuki's place
When; New Year's
Warnings; None, will change if needed?

Yuki was nervous. He'd never had a New Year's like this and compared to last year's sorrowfully solitary one, this was a full blown party. Of course there was none of the other Sohmas gathering around or some private exclusive sort of banquet being held. Everyone's curses had been broken as Yuki had been told that he 'was the last' so he somehow highly doubted there would be anything of that sort going around anymore anyway back home. This marked his second New Year's here and he wanted to make it something to reflect on and make him smile on days that might be challenging in the new year ahead. And of course he only invited Jacob, the only person he wanted to spend it with. Hopefully this would go well for the older man as well and bring a smile to that handsome rugged face.

So he opted for dressing in a simple blue kimono that he'd had commissioned after finding a pattern in a book in the Wizard's tower. He'd ordered food from the tavern and had made tea, that much he could accomplish before everything seemed to shut down early due to the day/evening. And like the one tea set that he'd gotten for Nida sensei and his husband in October, Yuki ordered a blue tea set.

He'd spent about two days cleaning and scrubbing everything he could get his hands on in preparation ahead of time as was custom. And now the hardest part, waiting.

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"Am I making you embarrassed?" He couldn't stop grinning at Yuki. "Sorry. I just like watching you." That was a good thing, wasn't it? Jacob couldn't take his eyes off of Yuki and he didn't want to. The way that he moved and the slight blush to his cheeks was too alluring to ignore.

"You're really cute." So really it was Yuki's fault.

Jacob did look down at the food and start eating. "Where did you get this? The tavern? It's good." They had met there before in the past and had really good roasted meats.

"No.." Yuki replied, trying to just shake it all off. He was embarrassed, but it wasn't because of what would be considered a normal reason. He really just wasn't used to having someone so interested in him. Even with most of his dealings with Machi, her brother had still annoyingly been present.

Of course the redness got worse when Jacob pointed out being cute. Even if guys didn't typically like being called cute as he'd pointed out to Miss Honda, with this man he found that he didn't mind too much.

Fortunately the food started getting attention which allowed Yuki's face to go back to normal. But he smiled at the praise. "They do a really good job there. I..haven't yet gone to the Hunting Lodge to get better cooking."

But he planned to change that.

"Ah, that's where Ignis cooks right? I think Nida mentioned it." Jacob began to eat and hoped that it helped Yuki relax. It was embarrassing and he was nervous but he wanted the pair of them to be comfortable around each other. It'd take some time and familiarity but Jacob wanted to help it along as best he could.

"I still like this. Maybe because it isn't perfect." Sometimes food that wasn't perfect was better because of the memories associated with it. That's how Jacob was with food.

"What's your favorite food? I don't think you've told me." He'll ask Ignis to teach him how to make it.

"Yes." Yuki replied with a nod. It would take a long time to be able to walk there or get a ride. But that was another reason he thought that possibly looking into getting lessons to ride a chocobo would be helpful. Riding one of them and being able to rent them would help since trains and cars weren't available here in this place.

Hearing that Jacob was happy with the set up made him relax and set everything down so that they'd be ready to eat. If they could both eat, that was really the point.

But as he sat down, he had to think. What was his favourite food?

"I'm not too fussy about food." he smiled.

Jacob walked or ran everywhere in the city. It was time-consuming but it was calming without the same distractions that weighed him down at home. He also enjoyed walking Yuki to work in the mornings before heading to the workshop. Those minutes were precious to him and he didn't want to shorten them. Plus, birds could be terrifying and large birds were more daunting than facing down a werewolf head-on.

"Is that so?" He wondered if Yuki hadn't had a chance to eat a lot of different foods. Jacob's childhood had been similar but after his parents' deaths, he'd had the chance to explore and open his mind to how bit the world was. "That doesn't seem right. We should definitely try a lot more foods and find your favorites." Jacob didn't consider that there were people out there who weren't as interested in eating as he was. It was one of the few characteristics he shared with his sister.

"It's probably stereotypical of me to like beef best. Though I mostly lived on Ramen noodles before I came here. They're easy and cheap but can be fixed up with lunch meat and other stuff." Assembling food wasn't difficult but Jacob hoped to surprise Yuki soon with a meal made by his own hands.

"So what do you want to do tonight?" He asked in between bites. "Wait until midnight and kiss?" It was strange but he didn't know what to do without TV. Most of his New Year's celebrations involved watching something on the TV. He wondered if that was normal.

Yuki wouldn't trade the pick ups for anything. He loved going to sleep knowing that when he gave himself some time to wake up, he would be seeing Jacob's handsome face. And that was worth everything to him. It gave them time to talk about their nights and when he was picked up after work, they spoke about how their days went.

He smiled as he looked up at Jacob now. "Well there's a lot of different ones we can try." To him that almost sounded like an adventure and guaranteed way to spend more time together and eat together more often. Those things he could definitely get behind doing on a regular basis.

"Ramen noodles?" he asked, thinking of the way it was prepared back home. He wasn't sure he could make it himself, but he could go and ask someone to make it. That would also mean a trip to the Wizard's Tower and Historium to see if such a recipe would be available, but he'd scour the local bookshops as well.

"Uh.." Yuki's face went red and his mind went blank at Jacob's brazen suggestion about the kiss before midnight. He looked down at his meal and tried to think of something to say..but nothing was coming out.

I'm having a party, a party for two

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