It was quite late at night. It was very quiet; he could hear the sound of crickets in the bushes as he walked slowly. The night air was chilly and crisp and the black canvas of sky was sprinkled with little stars that seem to twirl around in his eyes. He stretched his long arms, hitting the man next to him in the process. He laughed at the painful yelp.

"Itai!"

Toshiya smiled and pouted at the same time as he looked away, his giggles fading but the smile remained. The gentle breeze blew against his face softly, making all the tiredness fade away. He fingered the soft strands of his hair in an absentminded action, and he began to hum. Hmm…mmm…

"That song…"

"Hm? The tune just got into my head," the bassist looked at the older man.

Kaoru nodded silently as he continued to hum but the tune slowly ended at some point and they walked in silence. The crickets were still chirping. Somewhere far from them, a dog began barking. The stars twinkled above them. Toshiya pouted; the apartment was still quite a distance more. Suddenly he felt something touch the tips of fingers before his hand was enveloped in another hand.

Toshiya looked to his left but Kaoru wasn’t looking at him. Kaoru was gazing at the dark sky but his hand was tightening around Toshiya’s. The younger man smiled, blushing to himself from the warmth blossoming in his heart.

Kaoru can be so sweet sometimes…

They passed a park and Toshiya dragged Kaoru to the playground. As Toshiya bounced around like an overgrown child, Kaoru just watched with an amused smile on his lips. He looked at the taller man as he sat on the swing. "Your legs are too long for you to play with that!" Kaoru laughed and Toshiya stuck his tongue out cutely at him.

Whatever Kaoru said, Toshiya tried out everything in the playground despite the white signboard with red letters across it stating ‘Only children are allowed’. After a while, the two of them sat on the…the round board that can spin around…like a merry-go-round. Kaoru leaned against the centre of it with Toshiya leaning with his back against his chest.

Kaoru brushed the black hair of his lover gently, the fingers caressing the neck underneath. "Already 24, but still act like a kid," he said the way a mother would tell her son.

"I do not act like a kid," Toshiya said defensively, tilting his head to let the cool air touch the bare skin of his neck.

Kaoru could feel the strands of Toshiya’s hair tickling his neck. "Never grow up."

Toshiya did not answer. He just pouted and rest against Kaoru’s body, feeling the warmth radiating from the layers of clothes and his lover’s breath blowing gently on his neck and sometimes his cheek. His lips slowly curled into a smile as his eyes drifted shut. He began to hum again.

He felt a pair of arms encircling his slim waist. He felt soft lips grazing the back of his neck, just under the hairline. The lips slowly kissed their way to the side and then below his ear. Toshiya didn’t open his eyes but giggled softly at the ticklish sensation. "Kaoru!" his eyes fluttered open and in his lover’s arms, he turned around to face him.

"Hm?" Kaoru had a lazy smile plastered on his features but even that made him look sexy, Toshiya thought. The guitarist cupped the younger man’s face and kissed him on the lips. "Wanna kiss you…" He did it again. "…more and again…" His lips traced over Toshiya’s jaw then back to the parted lips, "…I will never tire of kissing you…"

Toshiya succumbed to the gentle caress of lips, kissing Kaoru back. His hands, which was cold, touched Kaoru’s neck; he felt the older man tense up at the contact then relaxed, the arms on his waist pulling him up. Toshiya looked into Kaoru’s eyes and he felt himself blush in the darkness of the empty park. They whirled slowly on the round rotating board which creaked a little under the weight of the two adults. Toshiya climbed into Kaoru’s lap, looping his arms around his neck and his lips descended upon his lover’s.

Then they sat together, looking at the stars. Kaoru was holding Toshiya’s hand, bringing them up to his lips to kiss his knuckles. "I love you, Toshiya…" he whispered softly into his ear, an arm snaking around his waist, holding his close.

Toshiya leaned back. "Me too…" he said.

Then Kaoru began to laugh.

"Mou, what’s so funny?" Toshiya frowned, pouting.

"When I say ‘I love you’ and you say ‘Me too’, don’t you mean ‘Yeah, I love myself too’?"

Toshiya hit Kaoru’s chest with a palm. "You get what I mean right?!" he said, half-growling at his lover.

"What do you mean?" Kaoru’s eyes twinkled and his voice turned husky as he asked.

Toshiya pushed his away and stood up. "Old man," he mumbled.

Kaoru just laughed. Then he started to hum Toshiya’s song. Toshiya stood on the swing, swinging back and forth slowly, listening to Kaoru.

"That’s how it sounds like ne?" Kaoru finished.

Toshiya shrugged. "Yeah, I guess…you wanna compose it into a song?"

Kaoru smiled softly as he pulled himself up, taking a step towards Toshiya. He leaned against the pole of the swing. "Iie, it’s your song so you should write it if you want."

"You think I should?"

Kaoru’s turn to shrug. "It sounds good." Kaoru helped Toshiya down. "We should go back. It’s so late now."

Toshiya walked next to Kaoru, this time he hooked his arm around Kaoru’s. The crickets were still chirping. They walked through the park and onto the cemented pavement again.

"Kaoru…?" Toshiya’s fingers tighten around Kaoru’s arm.

"Hm?"

Suddenly Toshiya leaned in and gave him a quick peck on his cheek. "Aishiteru."

Kaoru turned sideways to look at his lover who has begun to giggle. "You never change!" he said with a gasp. That similar incident had occurred on a night very much like this, three years ago. It was that night that they found out each other’s feelings…Toshiya had kissed him that way too.

Toshiya pouted cutely and clung on to Kaoru’s arm, not replying to his statement.

Kaoru sighed but a soft smile appeared on his lips as he slid an arm around the other man’s waist.

When they reached their apartment, the little stars still continued to twirl around in the blackness of the night sky.