Buzz. BUZZ. BUZZ!
Akuma rolled over, feeling the perfect numbness of sleep replaced by a throbbing and impetuous headache. Who was awake at ten o'clock on a Sunday? He grabbed his phone and checked the contact name. Fuck.
"Oh fuck..." he groaned, pressing the button to answer. He knew that if he hung up or ignored that he'd just keep calling.
"Hello Nii-sama," came a far-too-happy voice on the other end.
"I should've known that when I woke up with a headache the source would be you, ototo-chan," Akuma sighed, clamping a hand over his forehead and pushing the hair up.
"What do you want anyway?"
"You're coming to Queensbury to visit our parents for the weekend. You haven't seen them in two years Nii-sama, it's not fair on them you're a grouch," his younger brother Gaichu answered huffily. He wasn't going to let his parents be disappointed by Akuma a third year in a row.
"How about no?" Akuma growled, taking the phone away from his ear. A string of curses from his ototo began, and rang through the room despite speaker phone being off.
"You're not going to shut up unless I come are you?" Akuma sighed, knowing how persistent Gaichu could be.
"Look, I'll come as long as you don't make me pretend like I want to be there,"
"Deal," was the immediate response
"But I'm bringing Katie and I told our parents you were bringing your boyfriend. So don't disappoint them, mkay?"
"You told them what?!" But Gaichu had already hung up. Akuma pushed his hair back behind his ears and got up, shrugging into boxers, skinny jeans and a shirt then packing spare underwear. He added some kohl to define his eyes and debated whether to call his lov- boyfriend!- or not. He decided that another phone call this early would make him insane and poured himself a cup of Camomile tea before walking to his boyfriend's house.
When he knocked on Kaiko's door, he was surprised when it was opened immediately and his innocent stood in a light blue dress shirt, beige khakis and carrying a brown duffel bag. He'd dyed the front of his blonde hair purple. Kaiko gave his boyfriend a small, innocent smile.
"Good morning Akuma-kun. Your ototo called me and told me about the trip. He didn't trust you to actually come get me," Kaiko explained as if this was the most normal occurrence in the world. Well, in their relationship it was. It was funny to Kaiko how everyone seemed to irritate Akuma just by existing.
"Bastard..." Akuma snarled before turning back to Kaiko.
"Well come on or we'll miss the bus,"