Prerhythm Arch

Mirage (Part 5)

      "Tomorrow is the day we leave, Soraru-san, so make sure you pack everything tonight," MafuMafu reminded the blue-haired male as they ate dinner with the rest of the guild.

"You guys are going on a honeymoon already? Wow, how did I miss the wedding?" Amatsuki asked in a fake surprised tone.

Soraru sent him a pointed look. "Shut up, it's not a honeymoon. We're just visiting MafuMafu's hometown for a few weeks."

At this, Amatsuki made an overdramatic gasp. "So, Mafu-kun's finally taking you to meet his parents?!"

"N-No, that's not it at all! We're going to see some friends of mine since one of them has a birthday coming up! Urata-kun is the one who offered to take us with him," MafuMafu explained quickly.

"Ehh, but you should totally take Soraru-kun to meet your parents while you're there," Amatsuki stated.

"I don't think that's a good idea..." MafuMafu mumbled.

"Why not? I'm sure they'd love to meet the person you're dating. Plus, you and Soraru look so happy together, there's no way they'd have anything bad to say about it," Lon pointed out.

"I haven't even told them that I'm dating anyone yet, though," MafuMafu said quietly.

"Huh? Why haven't you told them yet?" Kashitaro asked confusedly.

"Honestly, I haven't really spoken to them since I let my hometown a few years ago," MafuMafu replied. Before anyone had the chance to say anything to this, though, he quickly added, "But I lost contact with a lot of people while I was traveling, so it's nothing personal, really."

"If you don't feel like introducing me to them, that's fine. I'm not going to ask you to do something you don't want to do," Soraru said simply while moving his food around on his plate.

MafuMafu smiled slightly, seemingly relieved about this. "I'll keep that in mind. Thanks."

Amatsuki sighed as he munched of a portion of his dinner. "Man, Soraru-kun is so lucky. I wanna take a vacation and go see Mafu-kun's hometown too."

"You can't take a vacation when you don't do any work," Soraru stated plainly.

"Hey, I do plenty of work! Just yesterday I swept the floors!" Amatsuki exclaimed.

"Wasn't that because you slept through morning training and had to make up for it, though?" Lon commented.

Amatsuki turned to her and gave the blonde an exasperated look. "Just whose side are you on?"

Lon smiled sheepishly and went back to eating her dinner, leaving Amatsuki to deal with his fate.

"Come on, Amatsuki-kun, calm down. We're just joking around," Kashitaro chuckled as he lightly rested his hand on the brunette's shoulder.

Amatsuki looked like he wanted to say more, but ultimately decided not to and went back to eating as well. Everyone finished their meals not long after that, and they began to clean up the mess. Lon was excused from cleaning tonight since she had cooked dinner, so now it was just the four male members of the guild in the kitchen. Having four people in there at a time made it a little cramped, so they all alternated between picking up dishes from the dining room table and cleaning them in the kitchen sink. It wasn't the most efficient method, but it worked. Clean up was mostly uneventful, with only small conversations made here and there, and after about fifteen minutes or so it was over. MafuMafu and Soraru each headed off to their own rooms to pack for the upcoming journey. The whole way to his room, MafuMafu grinned to himself. He was really looking forward to tomorrow.