It felt like he was only noticing it now that Kazuki hadn't cut his hair for a good while. Soushi leaned his elbows on the table and watched Kazuki over the counter, studying the ponytail on his boyfriend. It hadn't been that long before, that was for certain, but thinking about it, he did have to admit this hadn't happened overnight. Kazuki's had let his hair grow out, it had been like this for a while, but it was starting to get inconvenient, in Soushi's opinion.

Kazuki didn't seem to mind at all, of course, and he had just started to keep it on that ponytail while working in Rakuen. It was kind of cute, Soushi thought, at the same time he found the longer hair annoying.

"...What are you looking at?" Kazuki asked, catching his intense stare, and Soushi leaned back and picked up his cup of coffee, composing himself. He figured he should've said something, but this didn't feel like a good moment.

"Nothing," he quickly replied, taking a sip of the coffee. Kazuki gave him a slight smile and went back to his work on cleaning the kitchen, and Soushi shifted a little in his chair and leaned his arm against the table again.

It wasn't that much longer than it had used to be from the front, and Kazuki did keep his hair neatly as ever, but this was just... different. Different from how Kazuki used to have it before. Was it that Soushi had gotten used to the old hairstyle, or did he prefer it over this? He leaned back in his seat again and finished the coffee, then returned to staring at Kazuki. What exactly was his problem with how Kazuki kept his hair, again? He sighed then got up from his chair. He needed to confirm it.

There were no other customers in Rakuen anymore, and Kazuki was about to be finished with his work anyway. He was wiping the stove area as Soushi walked around the counter then stopped behind Kazuki and wrapped his arms around his waist. "Ah-! Soushi!" Kazuki froze, pausing his work for a moment. He then glanced over his shoulder before turning back to his cleaning work. "What are you doing? Here?"

"Mmm." Soushi pressed his face against Kazuki's neck, nuzzling a little.

Except the damned ponytail was in the way.

And this was why it wasn't a good thing Kazuki had let his hair grow, Soushi thought to himself as he raised his hand and pushed the ponytail out of the way to get his chance to kiss Kazuki's neck. He made a mental note to bring this up at some point, but right now, as Kazuki leaned his head away a little to allow him to continue his kisses, Soushi figured he could get back to the complaining part later.