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Varmt and Kaldt were at the airport walking around while waiting for the plane to let them board. They had a whole hour to kill. 

“Where do you want to go first?” Varmt asked Kaldt. 

“Maybe we could take a look at the branded clothes’ store?” Kaldt suggested. 

“For ideas or for laughs?” Varmt said jokingly.

“Both?”Kaldt said.

“This way!” Varmt said and took the lead. 

Varmt had been at this airport many times, so he was pretty familiar with the surroundings.  

There were cheaper stores with clothes and anything between the earth and the sky. But both males went for the most expensive one. 

“Here it is.” Varmt stopped by the entrance to a store that almost looked empty. There were a few clothes racks and a sofa in the middle of the store. The sofa was facing a wall of mirrors. The changing rooms were behind the mirror walls.

“Let’s begin with this one.” Kaldt said and walked up to one of the clothes’ racks and started going through it. 

Varmt stood there a second and watched Kaldt, in his knitted grey sweater and tight navy blue sweatpants, and appreciated what he saw. He quietly moved up behind him and snuck his arm around Kaldt’s waist.

“I really like this one” he said and gave Kaldt a loving gaze.

Kaldt almost dropped the hanger and turned bright red from blushing as he was caught by the red headed male in a green tank top, matching hotpants, tights underneath, a pair of white knee high socks and gradient green sneakers.

“Ah- ehm… Look at this?” Kaldt said and held up a chocolate brown tank top. 

“I’d rather look at you.” Varmt said and smiled as Kaldt just had to look away. Varmt looked over at the tank top and smiled even more. “I think this would look even sexier on you. I can just imagine you being covered in chocolate while wearing it.”

“Stop it!” Kaldt said as he broke free from Varmt’s grip. 

Varmt could see that Kaldt was obviously not impressed by the situation, but that he kind of liked it anyway. Varmt knew that Kaldt didn’t like to show affection in public.

“Let me hold on to that.”  Varmt said as he took the tank top’s hanger from Kaldt.

“Are you planning on buying that?” Kaldt asked with a far from impressed tone.

“Maybe I will, maybe I won’t.” Varmt answered in a mischievous voice and started going through what was left on the rack.

“Oh…” Kaldt answered to that and also went through the rack.

Varmt caught Kaldt giving him short innocent glaces when going through the rack as he found a matching pair of hotpants to the tank top.

“This I just must buy for Kaldt.” Varmt thought as he gave Kaldt a cheeky smile and Kaldt answered by being suspicious towards him.

“I think we are done here at this rack.” Kaldt said and moved over to another one that really seemed to catch his eye. 

Varmt watched Kaldt and could see the other male was truly distracted by the new rack with clothes on hangers. He somehow managed to sneak up to the store’s desk and buy the matching tank top and hotpants, putting them into his backpack, and back to where Kaldt was without him taking notice.

“Found anything more interesting?” Varmt asked as he looked over Kaldt’s shoulder.

“Not really, they only seem to have boring clothes here.” Kaldt answered and was kind of finished with that rack.

“Let’s move on to a café.” Varmt said. “Have a good drink before we have to board the plane.”

“Okay” Kaldt said and followed Varmt who knew the way.

Varmt stopped by a fancy looking café that had hoovering lamps over each table. 

“This place has the best smoothies, cookies and tea.” Varmt declared. “Their sandwiches are good too.”

“Do they serve anything that is not good?” Kaldt jested. 

“Why would they do that?” Varmt asked in return, not catching on to the jest. 

They sat down at a table for two and not long after that a waiter came up to their table and explained to them how to make the order.

“Welcome. You see the tablets on the table in front of you. You choose what you want on that and when you´re done just send the order to the kitchen and we will prepare it for you. And when it is done I’ll bring it to you.” the waiter said before leaving them alone again.

“I know what I want.” Varmt said and ordered his usual salad from the place. 

“I’ll try…. erhm… I think I’ll try the salad too.” Kaldt said making it easy for himself.

They both made their orders and tried their best to send it at the same time. It did not take long until the food was served to them and they both agreed that it looked tasty. 

The salad had lettuce, small tomatoes, chopped cucumbers, pineapple, green apple, sweet paprika,  quinoa and was topped with sliced avocado. At the side there was a small bowl of dressing. 

“This is really good.” Varmt declared the obvious.

“I agree.” Kaldt said between his bites.

They finished their meal and there was not much time left before the plane would take off.

“Let’s get to the gate.” Varmt said as he paid the waiter for their meal. 

“Thank you for the meal.” Both Varmt and Kaldt said as they left the café.

They went straight to the gate to not miss their plane. They passed the gate with the tickets and passports ready. On the plane they sat down in their seats in first class. It was like a small room with the two seats next to each other. At their sides there were wall mounted tables they could unfold in front of them. 

“I love how soft the seats are.” Varmt said as he leaned back.

Kaldt didn’t say anything and started to examine the table at his side that was attached to a wall mount he could rearrange to be in front of him.

The plane started to move and Varmt looked out the window and Kaldt followed the take off on the tablet.

“This is really cool.” Kaldt said, impressed that he was given a front view of the take off on the tablet.

“It really is.” Varmt said as he looked out on the other planes, small vehicles and the airport building.

As the plane lined up with the runway, Varmt had a great view of the airport building. The roof was part solar panels, and the design of the complete building that was revealed on take off, was a bird that had the planes under it’s wings and the road ahead at it’s beak. 

It was a swift and easy take off and it didn’t take long until the plane was in position for the rest of the flight.

“Now we have 10 hours to kill before we get there. Anything you want to do or talk about?” Varmt asked Kaldt.

“What is this? A prison I have to spend 10 hours with you in?” Kaldt asked.

Varmt only laughed at Kaldt’s response. “Maybe you want to join the mile high club?” Varmt suggested.

Kaldt only gave him a glare. If you could die from a glare, then Varmt would be dead.

“Or not…” Varmt said a bit disappointed and stretched his arms as high as he could and then let one arm slide down to pet Kaldt on the arm, stopping at his hand.

Kaldt blushed as he took Varmt’s hand and they sat like that for a while.

A little bit later there was a knock on their small room and a flight attendant had a peek inside.

“Do the gentlemen want something to drink?” she asked.

“I think we would like a glass of green Ice tea.” Varmt said and looked at Kaldt to see if he was fine with it. Kaldt agreed with a nod.

“Two green Ice teas coming up.” The flight attendant said before she went away to get it.

It didn’t take long until she arrived with their order.

“We’ll serve lunch at 12 and you’ll get what you ordered when you booked the flight.” she informed Varmt and Kaldt.

“Thank you. Looking forward to it.” Varmt said with a smile and the flight attendant smiled back as she went away and closed the door behind her.

Kaldt sipped his tea and approved of it.

“Looking forward to when we arrive, it is not a full business tripp after all.” Varmt said.

“I’m curious about what kind of person Adachi is.” Kaldt said.

“Oh noes! I might get me a rival!” Varmt jested.

“Ha ha… very funny…” Kaldt said and glared at the amused Varmt.

“But seriously. What are you most looking forward to do?” Varmt asked.

“Looking forward to see some sightseeing. But I also want to have a peek in their clothes stores for ideas and such.” Kaldt said.

“You can never let go of work completely can you?” Varmt asked.

“What work? I don’t work. I have a hobby.” Kaldt countered.

Varmt only laughed at the response.

Kaldt was almost offended.

“Well. What do you want to do then?” Kaldt asked Varmt.

“I only want to spend some quality time with you.” Varmt said and winked at Kaldt.

“Stop it you sassy bitch.” Kaldt said and blushed while being annoyed at Varmt.

“You know I can’t.” Varmt said as he leaned closer to Kaldt, who did his best to try and not look at him.

Varmt reached out a hand towards Kaldt and someone knocked on the door. Varmt took his hand back and gave the door a look.

The flight attendant opened the door and brought the lunch they had ordered.

Varmt had ordered their pasta salad and Kaldt had ordered a sandwich with eggs, mayo and shrimps, with a dash of salad.

“Salad again?” Kaldt asked.

“Sea food again?” Varmt countered.

Kaldt only snorted at Varmt’s counter.

They ate their meals during silence as Varmt knew when he was supposed to be quiet around a grumpy Kaldt.

As they finished their meals Kaldt leaned back with a satisfied sigh.

“Am I allowed to speak with you now? Did that sandwich fill you up?” Varmt asked Kaldt.

“Yes you are allowed to. What’s on your mind?”

“Nothing much. I just wanted to spend the next nine hours knowing you don’t hate me.” Varmt answered.

“I don’t hate you, you silly buffoon.”  Kaldt answered. “Not yet at least.”

“Honest. I like that.” Varmt said that while giggling. 

They talked some more about all and everything. Even Kaldt managed to take a nap until dinner was served at 6 pm. 

The flight attendant once again came and knocked at their door and left them with their dinner. Varmt had ordered another sallad. But this time it was a pasta salad with tomatoes, red onion and goodies.

Kaldt had ordered an onion soup with a dash of creme fraiche in it.

Both had a bottle of water to drink.

They ate, they talked, relaxed and soon the time for the plane’s arrival at The Yellow Leaf City arrived.

The plane landed and Varmt and Kaldt followed the landing on their plane tablets. It was a smooth landing.

Yellow Leaf City, even called The Golden Leaf City. It is one of the richest city in the world. The architecture is mainly focusing on history of the old. Many buildings look like temples with sloping roofs on each floor that are held up by pillars and fences. Everything is in the colours of yellow from the top, red, orange and gold down to the bottom. The main transportation in the city is the subway, hidden away underground. No cars are allowed in the city.

The center of the city is a big park stretching from the east to the west, with water ways in a wave pattern across, mixed in with pathways, open areas and woods.

In the east of the town is a mountain chain that stretches north passing even The Green Leaf City. At the foot of the mountains, in The Yellow Leaf City, is the hot springs that is connected to the Art and Food district to the north and the Health and Wellness, that contains the vacation, self care, fashion and beauty, to the south.

Dividing the Yellow and Green Leaf city is a river that on the Yellow side has most of its food stores and restaurants next to it.

Both on the north and south side of the park are lined with shopping centers that contain different categories of stores.

The origin of the city´s name comes from the trees growing there, that have yellow leaves around spring to summer and at the end of the summer they turn darker and shifts into the colour orange, then later on into winter it turns blood red and falls off the trees. The trees also contain yellow flowers that bloom around spring time, that later on turn into orange plums around fall time. The holidays are very focused around the trees and their different phases.

They went to the subway and got easily to the hotel. They got the key to the room and were pleased that their luggage had already arrived. 

“That was a long flight!” Said Varmt before laid down on his side of the bed. 

Kaldt just grunted as an agreement before he flopped himself on the bed.

They were like that for a bit without saying anything, resting from their long journey. The time was 5.00 am after all.

After a while Varmt said: “Maybe we should sleep?”

“I don’t think I’m up for sleeping together right now…” Kaldt answered, truly tired.

Varmt laughed. 

“Me neither, I don’t think I can perform right now.”

“Oh… you meant as is actual sleep where you rest….” Kaldt said as he noticed that Varmt was deadly tired too. 

They both got their sleepwear on and were about to get into bed as Kaldt said: “Just let me sleep now, no strange ideas now if you please.”

“What?! Me? I would never do anything to you when you sleep. But it was a good idea.” Varmt said with a mischievous smile as he got into the bed next to Kaldt.

“Don’t!” Kaldt said and rolled over on his side to not face Varmt.

“Don’t be like that. I’m only teasing.” Varmt said and looked at Kaldt’s back. “Good night. See you at 10.”

“Good night.” Kaldt replied and soon enough they both slept. 

The clock turned 10.00 and Varmt’s alarm went off. Varmt woke up to the sound immediately and turned the alarm off. He sat up in bed and turned to look at the still sleeping Kaldt.  

“How should I wake Kaldt up?” Varmt said out loud. “Maybe I should give him a gentle push? Or maybe give him a sweet kiss? Or smack him with my pillow?” Varmt asked and looked at his pillow. “The pillow it is!” Varmt said and took the pillow and started hitting all over Kaldt with it.

Kaldt was walking along one of the main streets with a lot of things to look at. And all of a sudden there is a samuraj jumping out of the bush, armed with a pillow, and he starts hitting Kaldt with it. Kaldt can’t understand what is happening and wakes up to Varmt hitting him with a pillow.

“Stop that! But at least you are not a samuraj!” Kaldt said while covering his head with his arm.

The confused Varmt stopped directly.

“What did you say?” Varmt asked, not sure he had heard it right. “I can be your samuraj if you want.”

Kaldt realized what he said and frowned.

“Don’t mind me. It was just a dream.” Kaldt explained as he sat up.

“Oh, okay.” Varmt said and started to hit Kaldt with the pillow again.

At first Kaldt was surprised by the sudden attack. But quickly enough he grabbed his own pillow to counter the attack. They both gave each other a good beating before Varmt backed off.

“Stop! Stop! I just wanted to wake you up and I think you are awake now.” Varmt said while laughing.

“You don’t say!” Kaldt said and threw his pillow at Varmt. “ You are cleaning this mess up!” he said before he turned his attention to his bag with clothes. He quickly grabbed a hold of his stuff and went into the bathroom.

“You’re not too angry I hope?” Varmt asked as Kaldt stomped away.

Kaldt looked back out from the bathroom at Varmt. “Not yet at least. I just need to cool down in the shower a bit.” he said and went back to his business. 

Varmt giggled and started to put the pillows and blankets back on the bed. Varmt then took out the tank top and hotpants he bought at the airport and put them neatly on Kaldt’s side of the bed. He then prepared to take a shower and as soon as Kaldt was done Varmt made way to the bathroom. When they passed each other Varmt stopped Kaldt and gave him a quick kiss on cheek. Kaldt countered and gave Varmt a deep kiss on the lips before they went on to their own business again. 

As Varmt got in the shower he could hear Kaldt from the bedroom.

“Did you buy that and wanted me to wear it?”

“Maybe tonight?” Varmt answered hopefully.

Varmt didn’t hear any answer but at least Kaldt didn’t seem to get angry at the gift. Varmt smiled for himself as he showered.

They both finished up and got dressed. Kaldt did not wear the tank top and hotpants. Varmt was a tiny bit disappointed. 

They both left the hotel room together to get some brunch. Kaldt had used his X-watch to look up a nice little place for them to eat at that was not too far away. It was a swift walk to the place “Chozilly”, that was both a cafe and a restaurant in one premises and they entered the cafe side. The name of the place lived up to what it meant. It was a really cozy place with soft furniture and dim lights. They went up to the counter and looked at the menu boards for what the place had to offer.

“Hello there gentlemen, what are you looking for today?” a shaved, muscular person asked. The confectioner was even more muscular than Varmt and surely did his best to not hide it.  

“That spicy curry from the lunch menu sounds interesting.” Varmt said.  

“I would like the bagel and an orange juice, thank you.” Kaldt ordered.

The confectioner turned to Varmt.

“Would you like something to drink?” 

“Yes, please. I would like a glass of water with a hint of lime.”

“Is that all?” The confectioner asked and tapped in the order on the register machine.

“Yes thank you.” Kaldt said and prepared to pay with his X-watch.

“That will be 172, please.” the confectioner said and pointed at a little black box that Kaldt touched with his watch to pay. “Thank you. Take a seat and I will be with you in a moment.” he then said and left the counter to prepare their order.

Varmt and Kaldt sat down at a table by the cafe’s windows listening to the sweet sounds of a boyband currently playing on the speakers.

Kaldt looked at his X-watch.

“We need to prepare for the meeting with the Adachi Co. Looks like the meeting place is not too far away from here.” Kaldt said.

“We should be able to make it with the two hours we have left.” Varmt said as he looked up the current time. As he did that the confectioner came by with their order.

“Here is your order. Enjoy the meal. If there is anything you need, just ask. I’ll be over by the counter.” he said and gave them both a flirty smile.

“Thank you.” Kaldt said and Varmt only nodded as a thank you.

They started to eat and Kaldt gazed over towards the counter and gave the confectioner a “I’d tap that” kind of look.

Varmt catched on and coughed to get Kaldt’s attention.

“I agree with you. But I wouldn’t let you do it alone. You’d had to bring me along the way.” Varmt said and winked at Kaldt.

“We don’t have the time for it right now. But we could come back later and have dinner here while we continue that thought.” Kaldt countered with amusement.

They finished their food and soon went ahead to the fashion and beauty district, just to look up some fabrics and inspirations before the meeting with the Adachis.

Varmt and Kaldt stopped outside the Adachi building and looked up on the sign that made it obvious too who the whole temple-like building belonged to.

“Are you ready?” Varmt asked Kaldt that only answered with a nod before they entered the store section of the building. They made their way to the counter to ask for directions.

“Hello, excuse me, we had an appointment with the Adachis today. You don’t happen to know where we should go?” Kaldt asked the employee behind the counter.

The black haired woman locked her blue eyes on Kaldt and took a thoughtful break before she answered.

“If you mean that you’ll meet with the owners, you are in the wrong place. You should head to the back of the building to see the receptionist instead.” she answered and gave them a soft smile.

“Thank you Miss.” Kaldt answered and gave her a small bow before he took Varmt’s hand and led the way to the backside of the building.

“Are you ready again?” Varmt asked with a silly smile on his face.

“Are you serious?” Kaldt asked and looked on the proudly smiling read head.

“Always for you, I am.” Varmt answered and winked at Kaldt.

“not right now!” Kaldt said as he shoved his elbow in Varmt’s side to get him to be serious for real.

“Aouch! Okay, okay. I’m just kidding. I’ll behave,” Varmt said and gave Kaldt as small smile.

The both males walked through the door and up to the receptionist’s counter.

“Hello. We had an appointment with the Adachis today” Kaldt said.

“And who might you be?” she asked and looked at the two males.

“We are Varmt and Kaldt from from V&KTS” Varmt said.

“Welcome. Have a seat over there by the couches and they’ll come and get you as soon as they are ready.” she said as she pointed at some furniture at the side of the room.

“Thank you.” both Varmt and Kaldt said as they left the counter, to sit down by the couches.

They didn’t have to wait long before a man in a red kimono, long black hair and dark eyes walked up to them with two people in tow.

“Welcome to the Adachis, you must be Varmt and Kaldt.” the man said and held out a hand to greet them.

The both males stood up and Kaldt took the man’s hand and gave him a firm handshake before Varmt broke free from his surprised state and could do the same.

“My name is Kazumichi Adachi and I am the owner of this company. With me I have my two secretaries Yamaguchi and Aoki.”

“Greetings, my name is Varmt Varmeste.” Varmt said.

“And I am Kaldt Kaldeste.”

“Let me show you around before we get down to business.” Adachi said before he led the way to show off his company.

The first stop was at the trash room.

“In here we have the trash, we make sure sort all trash here. Like we have this paper recycling machine. You just put the paper in on top and when there is enough trash the machine itself processes what it has and in return you get new fresh pages down here.” Adachi said as he took up a fresh looking bundle of paper and handed it over to one of his secretaries. 

“We also make sure to take care of all the left over fabrics that’s generated so we can send it away to one of our industries and get that recycled too. We make all own fabrics. We try to recycle absolutely everything here.”

Both Varmt and Kaldt nodded impressed.

The next stops through the building were the designer area, the store, the break area and the showroom that was also used for parties and new design releases. Before they got to Adachis office where they would start their meeting for real.

Varmt and Kaldt were shown the way into a big office with different areas that could be closed off with sliding doors. The panels on the doors had beautiful paintings of dragons shifting in yellow and blue, with a hint of red on them. The framework was painted gold. They were sitting down in a couch area, with a table, that fit the theme of the art on the doors. Varmt and Kaldt sat next to each other facing Adachi and his secretaries on the couch in front of them.

Varmt leaned back on the couch and got comfortable as he watched Adachi and his two secretaries checking through a sketch tablet they had with them. Varmt noticed that Adachis kimono had some really detailed embroideries on it. The secretaries seemed to be a bit more casually dressed, one of them had a simple white shirt tucked into his black pants, while the other one had pants and an armless matching cardigan in shimmering green that was obviously a designer piece that was a one of a kind.

“I´ll show you our latest works.” Adachi said as a screen lowered itself down from the roof and showed a picture of a design idea. Varmt was impressed how Adachi brought up the subject and peeked over at Kaldt who was sitting with his legs crossed and the work tablet in his hands.

“I got my inspiration from Valla Kalla City, and mainly thought that I wanted your input on the designs.” Adachi said as he looked up on Varmt and Kaldt.

“What is the information so that I can connect and share our ideas on the screen too?” Kaldt asked.

“Give me a second.” Adachi said as a pop up notice showed up on Kaldt´s tablet, asking him if he wanted to connect to the screen.

Varmt looks up on the screen as his and Kaldt´s ideas shows up next to the Adachi´s.

They went through their ideas with undergarments for men, women and unisex versions. Their ideas were easy to combine and mix together, so the inspiration angle was just right between the two companies. They went through some ideas to decide what they wanted to go for, corrected and changed it to fit their theme before they sent the work off for a second opinion.

“Nice round up.” Adachi said. “Now we can rest until we get feedback back on the ideas.” 

“Thank you for the hard work.” Varmt said and Kaldt put away the tablet, getting ready to leave.

“Are you busy tonight?” Adachi asked as he let his secretaries finish with the tablet.

“What? Who?” Kaldt answered, confused.

“We don’t have any specific plans.” Varmt answered as he hoped that Kaldt had forgotten their plans to go back to Chozilly, he really didn’t like the idea to share Kaldt with someone else. “What do you have in mind?”

“Maybe we could get to know each other some more over dinner?” Adachi said and the secretaries went ahead and gathered their stuff before they left the room, knowing that their boss didn’t ask them.

“Ehm… maybe?” Kaldt answered a bit unsure as he looked back at Varmt.

“Yes, why not?” Varmt answered thinking that it wouldn’t hurt to get some dinner for free.

Adachi smiled gently. “Then it is settled. Do you want to come as you are or do you want to get changed first?” 

“Where are we going?” Kaldt asked.

“To where I live. I know that Mekko would love some company and to meet you guys.” Adachi said. 

“Who is that?” Kaldt asked.

“We can come as we are.” Varmt answered not feeling the need to fear anything.

“Mekko is my husband. He is really good at making dinner.” Adachi said and smiled at Kaldt, to try and calm him down.

“You’re married?” Kaldt asked.

“Stop asking questions and just go with the flow for a second.” Varmt said as he was getting kind of annoyed at Kaldt’s suspicion, giving him a pet on the shoulder while smiling sillying at him.

“Sorry. It’s okay.” Kaldt answered with a bashful smile. Wanting to hide from the current situation imagining how it would feel to shake Varmt in frustration.

“Are we done with the questioning now? Mind to follow me?” Adachi asked while smiling at the both males.

“We are done.” Varmt countered and got up from the couch.

Kaldt only nervously sighed and followed Varmt’s example to stand up.

“Good, then follow me.” Adachi said as he lead Varmt and Kaldt out from the office.

Adachi got into an elevator with Varmt and Kaldt. He used his keycard on the card reader in the elevator and then sent a text message on his phone. Both Varmt and Kaldt were surprised that they went up another floor. The doors to the elevator opened up into a hall, where they could put away their outdoor clothes and shoes. One side for the guests and the other one for the residents.

“You can borrow some slippers, or just wear your socks on. I welcome you to my home.” Adachi said as he opened the door to his home.

“I would have loved a bit longer notice, before you arrived my dear husband. But I know you too well.” a voice said as a gorgeous man walked around the corner to stand in the doorway. He was wearing a white Yukata with golden details to it. His blond hair laid in a neat swirl on his head and his blue eyes brought attention to them, even his pale skin gave of a warm glow to it. Making it hard to look away from him. He crossed his arms and gave Adachi a cheeky smile with a glare, then unfolded his hand fan as if he tried to cool himself off. “Welcome to our home my dear guests.” the gorgeous man said as he reached out a hand to greet Varmt and Kaldt. “And don’t worry dear husband. I’ll deal with you later.” he said and finished with a little mischievous giggle.

Both Varmt and Kaldt took his hand and greeted him.

“I am Varmt.” Varmt said.

“And I am Kaldt.” Kaldt said.

“These are our collaborators from V&KTS for the new underwear collection.” Adachi said while smiling happily at his husband.

“I am Veijo Elden Adachi, but you can call me Mekko.” The gorgeous man said. 

Varmt and Kaldt couldn’t let go of Mekko with their gazes. Mekko noticed their fixed gazes and gave them an extra smile.

“I know, Isn’t he a nice piece of art?” Adachi said to brag about his husband.

“Oh~ shut up you. Looks are overrated anyway.” Mekko said as he turned away to lead the way into the kitchen.

Both Varmt and Kaldt looked away trying to fix their gazes at something else, ending up locking eyes. Almost as it was the first time they saw each other.

“Are you coming?” Adachi asked as the two of them forgot to follow.

They all sat around the dinner table, eating the food that Mekko prepared for them. Somehow their conversation ended up on the subject of how each couple met each other.

“I can still remember the day when I ran into a person looking like an angel at my company, all the other models seemed a bit mediocre compared to him. I just had to bide my time and decided to talk with him last about the collection. Because I was really curious about him.” Kazumichi said.

“I didn’t even notice. I was really focused on the collection’s steps and plans. Getting your hair and makeup done, it don’t give you much time to think about your surroundings.” Mekko said, also thinking back to the past.

“So when I got to talk with him, I knew that this person I really want to keep talking with.” Kazumichi said as he gave Mekko a loving gaze.

“Our story isn’t as grand as yours. We basically got to grow up together.” Varmt said.

“Oh, getting to know your lover your whole life. That can’t be too bad.” Kazumichi said. 

“We didn’t have much choice as our parents died when we were five. Our parents’ friend took us and our sisters in and raised us as their own.” Kaldt said.

“Just to be clear… Your parents are not the same? At least your looks tell us you are not related?” Mekko asked, a bit shocked over the information.

“Me and my twin sister Varma and Kaldt and his twin sister Kalda were picked up from the daycare by our parents’ friend. We didn’t think much about it back then. But we were a bit sad when we got to know that our parents were dead.” Varmt said.

“Sad to hear that. But nice to hear that you found each other.” Kazumichi said with a sad smile.

“Oh, I know. Why don’t you join in on the company’s outing we will have tomorrow eve?” Mekko asked, to leave the sad topic.

“Yes, it is a great idea!” Kazumichi said thrilled by the idea. “Then you can meet even more of our staff and models.”

“Cheers to love and new friendships!” Mekko said and led them into a toast.