It all started a few days ago, this relentless routine of sleepless nights. For the last five years, ever since they started living together, Midorima had bought a gift that Takao hinted at for his birthday. Mostly he felt like cheating for taking the hints, but his boyfriend always acted so happy and surprised that Midorima thought either Takao was very good at acting, or he was just unaware of how he was pointing him in the right direction. It was probably the latter. Takao had the tendency to show his love for things in general. He always seemed so genuinely happy to show Midorima whatever it was that pleased him. And for five years, Midorima had taken this routine to heart and followed the line of his boyfriend’s happiness and managed to get him what he wanted. And Takao always smiled and thanked him, first conventionally and then, later in bed, very much sexually. It was the best part of Takao’s birthdays. Not that their sex life was lacking in any way, but on Takao’s birthdays..It was something else. Even now, thinking about it made Midorima blush and left breathless.