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Arthur frowned when the sunglasses were put on him. "Is it that noticeable?" he mumbled. He followed Aki to the door, looking over at his hand when he held it out to him expectantly. He hesitated. How would Leon react to this? His best friend, and his old friend/new enemy... Would he hate Aki for it? Arthur hesitated, but took his lover's hand, immediately feeling better once he felt that warmth.
It all disappeared, however, once the door opened to show the lazy Sin. Nikolai's hair was slightly disheveled, just like his suit and his half-tucked shirt; he looked like he had just woken up from a nap. Then again, he always looked like that.
He started off by eyeing Aki carefully, as if trying to recall where he had seen him. It didn't seem to click by the uncaring look on his sleepy face. "Can I help you, dearie?" he finally asked. He noticed the other person on the porch and looked over, pausing when he saw that it was Arthur.
The smaller Sin tensed up, his grip on Aki tightening slightly as he gulped thickly. Nikolai looked as though he were trying to decipher what was reality and what was from his dream, but Arthur knew that gaze all too well. That sleepy stare was watching his every movements, every bead of sweat on his face. It was like a giant spotlight, and it burned.
Nikolai didn't say anything the entire time, which made him feel even worse. Why was he so eerily quiet? Usually when he was like this he was about to attack!
Nikolai did move, but not to lash out at any of them. He moved back and slammed the door shut. A bead of sweat rolled down the side of Arthur's head as he heard the click of the door locking followed by a muffled, "It's nothing, dearies! Just a piece of trash that seems to have bumped against the door."

Another bead of sweat rolled down the side of Arthur's head as Aki started yelling and banging on the door. He winced when the door swung open to show Leon about to yell, only to suddenly break out in a smile. Next thing the Sin knew, Leon and Aki were hugging while talking about his and Arthur's relationship. He blushed the more they talked about it, feeling more like a kid who was being bragged about by a proud parent.
Speaking of kid, once Arthur was inside the house he was greeted by the miniature Leon, who waddled up to him to hand him a stack of envelopes.
"Uncle Nikki told me to hand this to you because he doesn't wanna get his hands dirty from touching trash," Aysun explained loudly. Arthur blinked, feeling yet another bead of sweat roll down the side of his head. He felt daggers at him and followed them over to see Nikolai casually drinking his coffee from the dining table, glaring at him all the while with those half-asleep eyes.

"I do hope you didn't just call me crazy, dearie," Nikolai called out from the kitchen. Long ago he would've been furious about the comment of Leon's ex, but not he had gotten far better about it, especially considering the legion of exes he left behind. In fact, there had been times when they exchanged stories about exes. Aysun would try to join in, trying to list words that started with the letter X so he could fit in, the poor dear.
Arthur, meanwhile, scratched his cheek bashfully when Aki called him both crazy and sexy. Was that... flattering? Looking away, his gaze was sucked back into the vortex of Nikolai's glare. That guy was definitely crazy. He absorbed hundreds of souls in one day and broke through Heaven's defenses in a fit of rage, then he almost destroyed the other Sins.
The longer he stared him, though, the more Arthur could feel his brand pulsating. Was it a reaction to being near another Sin? Deciding not to question it, he looked over at Aki. "Well we've got the mail. You wanna stick around a little longer or head out?" he asked.

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"Dearie," Nikolai asked slowly as he lounged on the bed, his chin held up by the palms of his hands and his legs swinging lazily behind him. "Do you still have your high school uniform?"

"You should get it out and put it on later," Nikolai grinned, his sleepy eyes twinkling with mischievous ideas. "I'd love to have a chance to sleep with you back when you were such a delinquent~"

"Ahh~ That only makes me want to see you in it more," he purred. "Come now, dearie, I've tamed more bad boys than there were in your gang. I'll be fine, surely."

"My, my, already getting in the mindset, are we?" teased the Sin as he rolled over on his back. He grinned and waved Leon off. He had only heard stories of the young man in his punk years, never having seen a photo. What would he look like? How exactly would he act? That sweet man that gives his kid a roll of quarters for the crane game? Him a bad jerk? The thought was almost laughable. Nikolai half expected to see Leon walk in and threaten to give him a swirlie.