Five Sugars

Lane flinched, feeling his wrist caught in a tight grip all of a sudden. He lifted his eyes from the coffee he had been just stirring…

And met the familiar emerald eyes, staring intently straight at him.

"Um… Yes? Is there anything you need from me, Team Leader?" he asked, tilting his head.

Damien's voice was hoarse, as he said, or rather muttered under his nose, "Five sugars."

"…What?"

"You put five sugars in your coffee." A flicker of some odd flame ignited somewhere in the depths of the clear green eyes. It was faint, barely visible, but still enough to send tingling shivers down Lane's spine.

He indeed did so. Although he made up his mind to avoid sweets in public, nothing was healthy in the excess. There was no need to be so strict with himself, 'cause how was he supposed to keep on living that way? If it was just coffee, then no one would notice if he sneaked some sugar in…

Or so Lane thought.

Clearly, he had been wrong.