Being with you every day is

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Who; Nida skyward_eyes & Ignis faithfulsupport
What; Birthday dinner
Where; Their house
When; February 7th -ish
Warnings; Possibly romantic stuff. Will update as needed




Ignis had a heck of a time trying to convince his husband to do something for his birthday. And of course he got met with resistance. Not wanting to cause an issue he let it slide but it still irked him. So the two compromised and decided to do a joint birthday party on Ignis' day who didn't mind sharing. And actually he was looking forward to sharing the day with his husband. So they planned a night for just the two of them, dinner and of course their cats.

The cats were off sleeping wherever so it gave the two men extra time together which pleased the advisor turned professional chef. He'd arranged the time off at the Lodge and left it in completely capable hands so he had the entire day before and day of his birthday off. The other chef even agreed to let Ignis have the third day off but Ignis was more than likely going to make an appearance because he was the owner of the establishment even if he wasn't going to be actually cooking anything.

Orders would need to be placed, ingredients replenished, and there were a million other things to do. So he kept that under his hat and bought plenty of food to cook.

Gifts for his husband lay sitting out on the table, crisply wrapped as they were in green paper. Dinner was going to be prepared, but for the moment he was sitting completely dressed fresh from a warm shower, but was standing in front of the mirror, trying to figure out how to style his hair. Should he leave it down?

And when he heard Nida, Ignis called out to him. "I'll be there in a few moments to start dinner darling."

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[skyward_eyes]

"Well, I suppose that works," Nida smiles, catching Ignis's hand in his own. "I only started the chopping. I admit, you're still better at it than I am.

[faithfulsupport]

"It's simply a matter of practice." Ignis smiled, kissing the side of his husband's head as they made their way to the kitchen.

And once he got there, he started making drinks for them so that they would have those handy during their dinner prep work. "Shall I make you some tea before we get started darling?"

From experience he knew that if he got too involved in something he wouldn't stop to do anything else.

[skyward_eyes]

Ooooh, drinks. Nida is always happy for god drinks.

"Please do. Something light and fruity I think. So, tell me. I know you're planning something. What's the plot, beloved."

[faithfulsupport]

"Light and fruity coming right up." Ignis replied, reaching up into the cabinets to get that done for his husband. As he set things down on the counter and he looked back over his shoulder. "I'm working on cooking dinner for this birthday thing, as I wasn't able to do so when it was your actual birthday."

[skyward_eyes]

"Lovely. You always have such good things for this," Nida said as he kept working. "Except, you know, it's YOUR birthday. I should take care of you, beloved."

[faithfulsupport]

"You wouldn't allow a birthday, and I've never shared mine. So it is a treat for me to do this." Ignis smiled. He really didn't mind this whole thing, and he was so used to doing the caretaking that it would be hard for him to sit and do nothing.

Maybe the lads back home could do it easily enough, but he couldn't.

[skyward_eyes]

"Well, then this will just have to work for us, and we could take turns on whose year it is to be in charge of celebrating," Nida suggested.

Wouldn't that be its own delight?

[faithfulsupport]

That comment got Ignis to smile. "Then by all means, next year it's decidedly your turn to plot all of this out."

He had readied the table, and set to putting the flowers in a vase along with water and food for them. And that too was going on the table, right in the center.

[skyward_eyes]

Oh come on. Nida snickered at that statement.

"Fine, you win. EVen though it's actually your birthday."

[faithfulsupport]

Ignis smiled. "I had every intention of winning at least this little skirmish of ours." Normally he really didn't mind who 'won'.

[skyward_eyes]

"Ah, a battle, I fear that since I can so easily take you in a fight, I should let you win."

That wasn't true at all. Ignis was very talented, and while Nida had more experience, he knew Ignis would easily outclass him with time. Except that NIda was very happy to fight dirty.

[faithfulsupport]

Ignis laughed. "That is as long as you're not distracted, as I seem to recall happened the last time you were attempting training with Jacob."

Thinking of that time still made him smile.

[skyward_eyes]

Nida snorted in amusement with that note.

"I've trained with Jacob since then. But yes, you did distract me, you beautiful man."

Though he knew that he was just as likely to lose, and that was a thrill.

[faithfulsupport]

"I'm always quite happy to provide a distraction." Ignis replied impishly. He then opened the refrigerator after getting the tea steeping to check to make sure everything was in order for the rest of dinner and for dessert.

"We should be all set for our little birthday dinner at this point."

[skyward_eyes]

"You are a distraction, beloved."

He smiles and watches his beloved work. This? This was going to be its own wonder.

"You sure there's nothing I can do to prepare better? To make you smile?"

[faithfulsupport]

The advisor grinner, pleased with himself over being something that he never thought he could ever be. Never in his wildest dreams would he ever think he was a distraction.

But then he looked over at his husband. "You being here is enough reason to make me smile." And mentally he told himself to say the words he was thinking at that moment. "And I am one very lucky man indeed."

[skyward_eyes]

Oh. Nida's heart jumped at that. Very lovely.

"You know I'm lucky to have you too? Blessed actually."

[faithfulsupport]

Ignis set down a few things and walked over and wrapped his husband in his arms, taking a deep breath and simply enjoying the moment. "You have quite the knack of saying the sweetest things."

[skyward_eyes]

Does he? Nida looks shocked by that. "Beloved, I just speak truth. As a man who lived so much of his life with lies, that truth is so much more important."

[faithfulsupport]

He sighed and gently squeezed the man in his arms. "True as that might be, it is proper to thank someone for their kind words or behaviour." Or both as it was in this particular case at least.

[skyward_eyes]

Well that's not so easy to argue with, so Nida doesn't. Instead he just lets himself be squeezed even as he smiles.

"You are worth it, though. All I do for you. All I give you."

[faithfulsupport]

"And I am forever grateful for your presence in my life." Ignis replied softly. He had no idea what he'd do without Nida now that he knew the man and he'd become such a huge part of his life. The man had come in and started filling holes in the advisor's heart and life that he didn't even realize that he'd had until his husband came along and changed his life forever.

[skyward_eyes]

"You're not going to lose me either," Nida said. He was still researching, if slower now, how to either stay here or go to Ignis's world. He won't lose his husband. He refuses.

[faithfulsupport]

Losing his husband was a huge fear that Ignis had. He just didn't give a voice to it because it frightened him. That was a thing he couldn't really defeat, though he did still do inquiries here and there.

"I will certainly hold you to that one."

[skyward_eyes]

"Hold me to anythign you want, beloved," Nida smiled at him, before leaning in to kiss him. Again. He loves kissing Ignis.