#🍷 : ares & yumi

[amoreemioo]

@hypesboy / yumi day

“so,” it was said with a loud sigh as ares flopped down onto the couch beside her. he had a water in one hand, and a bowl of chips in the other, both of which he held out in offering. “happy birthday,” his smile grew with his words, as if he hadn’t said those two little words a dozen times today. from the time he woke her up, until right now, it’s been all about her birthday! 

now, ares wasn’t the best chef. but he could drive, and he could pay — which is how their day started. waking her up, forcing her into comfy clothes, and loading her in his car. they went to what he’d have to say was their favorite little diner for breakfast, and even got them to stick a single birthday candle on yumi’s plate. 

but that wasn’t the end of it. sure, they went home, but only after a good breakfast. and then? well, he put her on a timer, to be frank. get dressed, look good! we have a full day ahead of us. and he hadn’t been lying. a relaxing, long walk through their cities best botanical garden. a mini photoshoot while they were there, of course. it was only right that they documented all of the flowers, themselves included. right?

and then a coffee break felt necessary. very necessary, so they popped into a cute little café for a few. 

but it didn’t mean their day was ending, no, because sooner rather than later they were crossing through the doors of a local art museum. there was no rush, either. they could take their time, enjoy every piece as was deserved. lunch followed, only the best sushi. 

it was kind of funny, really, but ares loved all of these things just as much as she did — it only made it that much better, though, didn’t it? spending quality time with his best friend, seeing what the city had to offer.

but it served a dual purpose. 

it left their apartment open for their friends to get inside and decorate. balloons and cakes, drinks and music. it was like their home was turned into a personal night club, that’s how good it looked by the time ares was ushering his friend back inside their apartment.

but now? now, with everyone gone and the music turned down. with their bellies full of good food and drinks, and more memories than he knew what to do with? he was happy to be able to just sit back and talk, to keep his eyes on her and check in.

“was it a good day?”

[amoreemioo]

@hypesboy / the besties <3

from the moment they landed, right up until this exact moment, ares had been smiling. he had been excited. of course he was! this had to have been one of his favorite parts of the world to come see, and doing so with yumi? it just made it that much better. experiencing things with your best friend, someone you cared about, made it even better in his mind.

and sure, ares was still excited, still smiling, still happy. but maybe he was a little surprised, enough so his brows cocked and he glanced to yumi to make sure he understood correctly.

“did she say naked?” suddenly he was kicking himself, he could have put an extra bag of snacks in his backpack instead of swim trunks.

“i don’t care — we can do something else if you don’t want to, like, bare all.” yeah, ares was snickering a little as his shoulders shrugged. truly? he didn’t care in the slightest. but just because he enjoyed the freeing sensation of nudity didn’t mean his bestie did. hot springs were always fun and relaxing, but surely that could be a little stressful.

or not, he didn’t know. which is why he was simply looking to her for the go ahead, or the abort mission.

[amoreemioo]

❛ here, you can borrow my jacket. ❜ YUMI AND ARES 🫶💓💖💕

       "oh, no — no!" ares was laughing out by the time his second no filled the air, and to follow his words he was reaching out to stop yumi from pulling her jacket off. "i am not takin' that from you!" his smile was in place, truly touched by the gesture. and yeah, he'd do the same thing if their situations were flipped. if she mentioned a chill? feeling a little cold? he'd be peeling his jacket off in seconds to hand it over. so it wasn't so far fetched for her to do the same, of course.

       however.

       "you'll be cold, i can't!" and cue ares moving to smack her hands away from whatever attempt there might be at getting the coat off. "we'll be inside soon, i'll be fine!"

[amoreemioo]

” is everything all right? you look kind of tired. “ (yumi and ares THE BFFS!!!)

it seemed the coffee might not have kicked in yet, apparently. still ares found a soft huff of a laugh escaping with a nod of his head. “i’ve been up since two something.” and, well — now it was almost eight something in the morning, and when we add in the fact that he hadn’t fell asleep until, what, almost one? maybe he was a tad tired. not enough to go crawl back into bed, though. he just needed a little time to get over this, is all.

“just a nightmare.” that was putting it a little on the mild side, wasn’t it? sleep paralysis was a whole other category of bad. “d’you want a cup?”