After working so much for the last few days, Soushi could guess there would be a lecture on the matter. It had been days, though, and he wanted to see Kazuki. "I know the sign outside says you're not open for another half an hour, but could you give me some coffee?" He inquired as he sat down by the counter at Rakuen, placing down the data tablet he was carrying. Everything around here looked the same, and Kazuki gave him a smile, appearing happy to see him. Not so bad, in the end? Maybe.

"Coming right up," Kazuki replied, pouring him a cup of coffee. "I haven't seen you at all in the last few days," he then pointed out as Soushi took a sip of his drink. All right, there it was. Was he worried or just plain angry? Soushi admitted he wasn't that good at reading people, although even he knew this one was his own fault. "Kenji said the other day that you've been overworking. Honestly," Kazuki leaned on the counter and stared at Soushi with a hint of a frown on his face. "Had you not showed up, I would've dragged you home tonight."

Soushi sighed, raising his hand to his face to adjust his glasses a little. Kazuki was angry, after all. "It's not as much overworking as... Ah. Preoccupied?" He explained. "There were certain important tests we were running, and someone had to watch over them and make the calculations and..." He trailed off, studying Kazuki's unimpressed expression. "It was only for a few days. I was here just the other day, wasn't I?" He paused to think. "All right, maybe it was last weekend..."

There was something in the way Kazuki looked at him. "The last time I saw you was when I brought takeaway to Alvis a couple of days ago. You've sure been preoccupied, all right," Kazuki complained. "Honestly, I..." He went quiet at that point, like there was something else he wanted to say, but he appeared bothered about it.

"Did you, by any chance..." Soushi questioned with a hint of a smirk. Maybe there was a chance of getting out of this without getting lectured too much. "Miss me?"

A pink hue rose to Kazuki's face at that point. "I-" he began to say, pausing to compose himself. "That..." Another pause; he then folded his arms, his expression turning annoyed. All right, Soushi thought. Perhaps he really shouldn't have pushed his luck after all. "And what are you going to do about it if I did?" Kazuki asked. "It's been days since we properly saw each other, and it just might be that I'm done being lonely."

"...I..." Soushi stared at Kazuki blankly for a moment. The look on Kazuki's eyes - for that moment Kazuki looked in his direction, anyway, as Kazuki was too quick to catch himself looking miserable and looked away, moving on to pretend he was busy in the kitchen - made Soushi feel rather guilty. "Ah. I guess I deserved that one," he finally added with a lower voice. "I'm sorry, Kazuki. I should've considered your feelings on this matter more carefully."

"Mmm," was Kazuki's only reply; he concentrated on wiping the kitchen counter clean, making Soushi feel like he wasn't exactly forgiven just yet.

This would require some drastic measures. "I swear I'll work on not doing that again. Also, aren't you technically on a break now?" Soushi wondered, adjusting his glasses again. "Is there any way I could make this up to you?"

Kazuki paused his work and looked at him. "It's fine, just..." He glanced around as if to make sure there wasn't anyone around. Which there wasn't, since Soushi was the only customer, but it did make Soushi a bit curious. "Been days since we did anything," Kazuki whispered, embarrassed.

So that's what this was about. Soushi finished his coffee and stood up, a smirk on his face. "You could've said so straight off. Come on," he held out his hand. "Let's take care of this right now." Kazuki looked at him dubiously but circled around the counter, removing his apron in the process. "How about..." Soushi picked up his tablet then looked around. Doing anything in the cafe area in bright daylight was out of the question and would've met a strict denial from Kazuki, and dragging Kazuki upstairs might've worked but held the risk of Mizoguchi showing up in the middle.

There was the toilet, of course. Soushi took Kazuki's hand and dragged him along into the small space. "What, here?" Kazuki protested, but Soushi simply locked the door and knelt down on the floor, placing the data tablet against the wall. "What are you ever doing?" He continued, even if the question was already half answered by Soushi proceeding to undo Kazuki's pants. "Seriously, we're in..."

Soushi glanced up with a dead serious look on his face. "Didn't I just say I'd take care of this?" He questioned. "Sit down. Or you can stand too if you so wish, just lean on the wall or the door. I'll make it up to you for ignoring you for so long." He ran his fingers over Kazuki's crotch, finding him half-erect. Good, he figured; despite the protests, it appeared Kazuki wasn't actually all that against the idea.

Since Kazuki was too puzzled to decide if he wanted to sit down or stand still, Soushi pushed him against the door and moved Kazuki's underwear out of the way. "Try to stay quiet," he instructed. "There are no customers since the cafe's not open, but Mr. Mizoguchi could come by." With that, he leaned in to take the tip of Kazuki's hard-on in his mouth.

"Ah... gh, Soushi...?" Kazuki quickly slapped both his hand over his mouth to silence himself. He tensed under the caresses, and as Soushi raised his hand and wrapped his fingers around the base of Kazuki's sex, he could feel Kazuki freezing completely. Was what he was doing uncomfortable? He sucked on the tip carefully and rubbed Kazuki's skin tenderly under his fingers.

Kazuki mumbled something muffled against his palm, but Soushi did get the desired effect out of him - or rather, it made Kazuki shiver just a little and press his hips against Soushi's touch. This was definitely more like it, and Soushi kept at it. He found himself quite enjoying doing this; the thought reminded him of the fact that Kazuki was right and it had indeed been several days. Maybe he needed to take Kazuki's offer of getting dragged home tonight?

Those quiet sounds Kazuki were making were quite delightful; was Kazuki usually this noisy, even when doing his best to silence himself? Soushi discarded the thought and focused on his current task, taking more of Kazuki's erection in his mouth and sucking harder for a moment before pulling away and licking on the tip while fondling Kazuki with his fingers again. If this was an apology, he needed to make it good, and-

Whatever he had been planning got cut off on that particular moment; he felt Kazuki's body straining up as he pressed himself against the door, failing to keep himself completely quiet. Soushi could've sworn for a second he caught Kazuki mumbling his name, but he didn't have much time for congratulating himself for that as Kazuki came right on the very moment.

Already? Soushi found himself frowning a little, his eyes taking a quick glance at his tablet leaning at the wall for the time. Three minutes and twenty-five seconds? Considering Kazuki's usual stamina, this had to be some kind of a record, Soushi thought as he stayed still for a moment, fairly certain he caught most in his mouth. He swallowed then, raising his hand to wipe his mouth. On average Kazuki could definitely take longer than this - had the last few days made him this frustrated? This was worth mentioning in the records he kept, Soushi figured.

"Um. Ah, Soushi?" Kazuki's questioning voice snapped him out of his analysis, and he stood up. "You..." Kazuki averted his eyes a little, appearing embarrassed as he pointed at Soushi's face. "Your glasses, you... Got... Something on your..."

Soushi turned to look at himself in the mirror. "...Oh. That," he calmly replied. "So there is," he stated, taking the glasses off. "I can just clean them, nothing to worry about." Kazuki still looked rather bothered, but he was too busy fixing his clothes. Soushi opened the door, and Kazuki escaped back into the cafe area.

The place was still empty, at least, Soushi noted, which means nobody saw them do anything. He smirked and took a moment to clean his glasses - and his face, as he noticed Kazuki had been too sudden to finish after all. "All good," Soushi stated, picking up his tablet and stepping outside. "So? Not even a thank you? Am I to assume that I'm not forgiven yet?"

"That, that was..." Kazuki's face was still quite red. He got his apron back on and sat down in one of the bar stools next to the counter. "I... Er. Could've waited till the evening," he muttered. "You didn't have to..."

"But I wanted to," Soushi cut in as he got his glasses back on. He then looked at Kazuki with a smile. "So does that plan about dragging me home still apply, even if I did show up here today? After working so much, I think I could use a proper dinner and sleep. Maybe that other stuff that you could've wanted till the evening for, as well," he added with a hint of a smirk.

Kazuki finally returned the smile. "You better show up for dinner, and don't you dare being late. I might just not be done with your 'make it up to you' part, if you really want to be forgiven."

"Dinner it is. See you tonight," Soushi replied, heading to the door. This worked quite fine; Commander Makabe was out for a few days on one of the other island facilities, so they would have the house to themselves. Right now, he needed to get back to work for a bit himself, but as he walked towards the closest Alvis entrance, he set an alarm on his tablet to make sure he'd made it to Kazuki's house for dinner. No overworking was allowed tonight.

First he's have to stop by his room, though. His latest observations needed to be recorded.

Author's notes:

Something for the "glasses" prompt of the KazuSou week although not officially that anymore, but actually more like fanfic of a fanfic! Events of entry 23/xx/2150 of Soushi's research log, the one Mizoguchi reads in the start of chapter 5 of The Misadventures of Soushi's Mixed-up File.

- Lady Harken (February 2016)