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( oh
that's
!!!!!
Hwylryn smiles so, so bright. )
You want to kiss me?
( It's hard to ask if Hwylryn wanted to or not - instead of muddling around his sea-deep thoughts, let's crack him open and look inside: the answer is yes. He has. But that's also it's not a native thing for him, it's not a dragon thing exactly. It's something learned, and this - the holding, the touching, the coiling - is what he knows most naturally. Despite his forward demeanor, he's a little afraid to ruin what he has; he treasures it with care, and just holds it close.
But maybe Ish will regret introducing kisses, because now there's nothing to stop Hwylryn from wanting and asking for them and taking them. You keep giving him cookies!!! When will you learn actions have consequences!!!!!
But for this very first one, he's patient.
He grins so wide, his eyes narrowed but bright, like a delighted kitty cat. )
Well, why don't you?
( Since you know how :) )
that's
!!!!!
Hwylryn smiles so, so bright. )
You want to kiss me?
( It's hard to ask if Hwylryn wanted to or not - instead of muddling around his sea-deep thoughts, let's crack him open and look inside: the answer is yes. He has. But that's also it's not a native thing for him, it's not a dragon thing exactly. It's something learned, and this - the holding, the touching, the coiling - is what he knows most naturally. Despite his forward demeanor, he's a little afraid to ruin what he has; he treasures it with care, and just holds it close.
But maybe Ish will regret introducing kisses, because now there's nothing to stop Hwylryn from wanting and asking for them and taking them. You keep giving him cookies!!! When will you learn actions have consequences!!!!!
But for this very first one, he's patient.
He grins so wide, his eyes narrowed but bright, like a delighted kitty cat. )
Well, why don't you?
( Since you know how :) )
[ does he want to...
i'm not writing another essay again, but the answer is not no, and the only reason the answer is not a simple yes is because he feels like he's been thrown back thousands of years, staring up at the cotton candy skies of elysia instead of the humid glass panes of the greenhouse. he's never thought of anyone this way before and while he knows he's capable of it (because he has a heart and that's something not even he could forget), perhaps the simplest explanation is that the fact that he feels anything at all has arrested all of his thoughts from going any further.
but he's getting called out so he has to respond, that smile notwithstanding (that smile is in fact very distracting, just like all the notes he saw before, maybe for the first time).
it's hard to say what's natural to him, he who came to be in a humanoid form with the ability to transform as easily as he could breathe. he who clung to norna's hands and chased after her for hugs, he who would curl up next to her as a snake so he could better fit alongside her and fill in all the space until they were one. ]
I—
[ didn't say that, but he also didn't not say it, and arghhhhhhh. he bites back a fine, because it's more than fine. in what way? arghhhhh x2.
...
he leans in and presses their lips together. the kiss is soft, another contrast in how he is. he gets a little lost in the sensation of how it feels, warm and—he won't hold the contact too long if he has his way and he will also be furiously looking away again after. though this time it is exceedingly obvious the reason that he's doing so is because he's flushed red. ]
i'm not writing another essay again, but the answer is not no, and the only reason the answer is not a simple yes is because he feels like he's been thrown back thousands of years, staring up at the cotton candy skies of elysia instead of the humid glass panes of the greenhouse. he's never thought of anyone this way before and while he knows he's capable of it (because he has a heart and that's something not even he could forget), perhaps the simplest explanation is that the fact that he feels anything at all has arrested all of his thoughts from going any further.
but he's getting called out so he has to respond, that smile notwithstanding (that smile is in fact very distracting, just like all the notes he saw before, maybe for the first time).
it's hard to say what's natural to him, he who came to be in a humanoid form with the ability to transform as easily as he could breathe. he who clung to norna's hands and chased after her for hugs, he who would curl up next to her as a snake so he could better fit alongside her and fill in all the space until they were one. ]
I—
[ didn't say that, but he also didn't not say it, and arghhhhhhh. he bites back a fine, because it's more than fine. in what way? arghhhhh x2.
...
he leans in and presses their lips together. the kiss is soft, another contrast in how he is. he gets a little lost in the sensation of how it feels, warm and—he won't hold the contact too long if he has his way and he will also be furiously looking away again after. though this time it is exceedingly obvious the reason that he's doing so is because he's flushed red. ]
( If Ish hadn't done it, Hwylryn would've - but he's really happy that Ish did, first. Really, really happy.
Ish kisses soft and sweet, and Hwylryn follows in kind - light as sunshine; the breeze; the lapping waves at shore. Hwylryn's kiss is lingering, but not forceful - he'll keep Ish a few moments more maybe than he might've stayed, but lets Ish pull away to have his embarrassment. And he allows it, because he wants to know how Ish looks after he's been kissed - no, after they've kissed, for the first time. And he isn't disappointed in the least.
Ish will find Hwylryn's dragon rubbing its head happily against the underside of his jaw. If it could purr, it would. )
You're sooooo cute, did you know that?
( Alas, Ish turned away means he's wide open... With great mischief, he presses another kiss to the corner of his jaw, where the sensitive skin of his ear connects - and if he can get Ish to look his way when he does it, whether out of surprise or otherwise, he's going to catch his lips again (his secret evil plan). If Ish doesn't, then he will have to suffer a very different, grim reality: Hwylryn will kiss him again, the second kiss just against the tragus of his ear, which means now his voice is super close to it (his other secret evil plan). )
Way too cute.
Ish kisses soft and sweet, and Hwylryn follows in kind - light as sunshine; the breeze; the lapping waves at shore. Hwylryn's kiss is lingering, but not forceful - he'll keep Ish a few moments more maybe than he might've stayed, but lets Ish pull away to have his embarrassment. And he allows it, because he wants to know how Ish looks after he's been kissed - no, after they've kissed, for the first time. And he isn't disappointed in the least.
Ish will find Hwylryn's dragon rubbing its head happily against the underside of his jaw. If it could purr, it would. )
You're sooooo cute, did you know that?
( Alas, Ish turned away means he's wide open... With great mischief, he presses another kiss to the corner of his jaw, where the sensitive skin of his ear connects - and if he can get Ish to look his way when he does it, whether out of surprise or otherwise, he's going to catch his lips again (his secret evil plan). If Ish doesn't, then he will have to suffer a very different, grim reality: Hwylryn will kiss him again, the second kiss just against the tragus of his ear, which means now his voice is super close to it (his other secret evil plan). )
Way too cute.
[ ah, he's made a terrible, terrible mistake hasn't he? to kill a witch, you need not pour water on them or tie them to a burning pyre, but simply bestow upon them a flurry of kisses.
here he is, trying to have his embarrassment and figure out just what is happening in his heart, when the smaller dragon (this too is his hubris because it's his fault that it exists) adds to it. he barely has time to process that when hwylryn sees fit to stomp on his corpse. kissing skin he didn't even know was sensitive is unfair enough, but the real killer is:
cute? cute??????
he turns back to refute this slander, when he's hit with a second kiss on the lips.
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.
what was he screaming about again? he doesn't remember, all he can remember is the feeling of hwylryn's lips on his. again he doesn't linger, but this time he doesn't turn away.
why dodge if you're already dead. ]
You—I—just kill me already!
here he is, trying to have his embarrassment and figure out just what is happening in his heart, when the smaller dragon (this too is his hubris because it's his fault that it exists) adds to it. he barely has time to process that when hwylryn sees fit to stomp on his corpse. kissing skin he didn't even know was sensitive is unfair enough, but the real killer is:
cute? cute??????
he turns back to refute this slander, when he's hit with a second kiss on the lips.
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.
what was he screaming about again? he doesn't remember, all he can remember is the feeling of hwylryn's lips on his. again he doesn't linger, but this time he doesn't turn away.
why dodge if you're already dead. ]
You—I—just kill me already!
( ohhhh nooooooo everything about this makes Hwylryn grin, grin enough that he can feel it in his cheeks as he tries not to laugh for the sake of Ish's pride (but it's an endeared laugh, for what it's worth) - though, perhaps that's a lost cause at this point. )
Why would I kill you when I like you soooooo much?
( And there's not a falsehood in that. )
Three's a really nice number, though. Can I get a third, please? Pretty, pretty please?
( three ways 2 torment ish with kisses: goad him into kissing, stealing a kiss, asking very nicely for a kiss? (he can think of more but he's starting to have mercy. maybe.)
One hand releases Ish from Hwylryn's nefarious hold to brush back his hair again, once again to get a proper look at his face - his apple-red cheeks that much richer than the blush he'd worn before. )
But I can also wait. We can make it special.
( hwy probably isn't helping ish's predicament )
Why would I kill you when I like you soooooo much?
( And there's not a falsehood in that. )
Three's a really nice number, though. Can I get a third, please? Pretty, pretty please?
( three ways 2 torment ish with kisses: goad him into kissing, stealing a kiss, asking very nicely for a kiss? (he can think of more but he's starting to have mercy. maybe.)
One hand releases Ish from Hwylryn's nefarious hold to brush back his hair again, once again to get a proper look at his face - his apple-red cheeks that much richer than the blush he'd worn before. )
But I can also wait. We can make it special.
( hwy probably isn't helping ish's predicament )
[ the rollercoaster that is this wednesday—
he has some compartmentalizing to do which is still a work in progress, but regardless of where he ends up, he'll be here regardless. not in the primrose suite, but wherever else hwylryn goes after he's experienced the Photobooth and had some time to himself.
there's no sound to announce his arrival, but he does call out to make himself known immediately, hand outreached. ]
Hwylryn.
he has some compartmentalizing to do which is still a work in progress, but regardless of where he ends up, he'll be here regardless. not in the primrose suite, but wherever else hwylryn goes after he's experienced the Photobooth and had some time to himself.
there's no sound to announce his arrival, but he does call out to make himself known immediately, hand outreached. ]
Hwylryn.
[ he should wait, he absolutely should, but he might be really weak to please actually. or he might just be trying to save the microscopic sliver of pride he has left. either way, he's an idiot.
hwylryn will get his third kiss. ish is so pouty, but there's a brightness in his eyes and in how he holds himself, even if he's still very much dead. ]
I don't need to wait. I waited for 1800 years, so. [ GRUMBLE, GRUMBLE.
yeah that was his first kiss. first three kisses and his head is entirely empty. ]
hwylryn will get his third kiss. ish is so pouty, but there's a brightness in his eyes and in how he holds himself, even if he's still very much dead. ]
I don't need to wait. I waited for 1800 years, so. [ GRUMBLE, GRUMBLE.
yeah that was his first kiss. first three kisses and his head is entirely empty. ]
( Ish is pouty, but Hwylryn treasures it just as much as each one that came before. He returns it - of course - but this time he does not force lingering, even if he's never quite the first to break it, because each kiss has its own character, and he loves every faucet they represent. )
Then I'll say sorry for being so late.
( He thinks it's terrible no one has kissed Ish before? He's not that hard to get to know, and he's really sweet if you just try to know him (what he'd been trying to say at the Primrose meeting lowkey), and...
wait )
Then I'll say sorry for being so late.
( He thinks it's terrible no one has kissed Ish before? He's not that hard to get to know, and he's really sweet if you just try to know him (what he'd been trying to say at the Primrose meeting lowkey), and...
wait )
No!?!? I'm not—I wasn't interested in any of that stuff before!
[ tense change, because...
he guesses he might be now????
his heads still empty. ]
[ tense change, because...
he guesses he might be now????
his heads still empty. ]
( Can you imagine still having firsts after so many thousands of years... because this is a first for Hwylryn - at least, as far as his memory extends. And he??? what does he do with this feeling?? normally he'd grasp this thing he wants and loves and he would hold it in his hands as his treasure and he would take it deep, deep underwater, and he would set it pretty in the kelp and the coral like a pearl, and he would keep it close and adore it, for however many hundreds of years, but he can't do that right now? he is beached, for better or worse, he can't steal Ish away into a home made of sea-shaped rock and whale bone, he can't just pick him up and put him in a clamshell and leave with him, and it drives him a little bit insane to be so, grounded, what is he supposed to do with this feeling except
just )
... That... makes me really happy.
( His hand comes to rest against Ish's cheek, cupping where he wants to grab (Ish, the concept of Ish, the whole of him). Anyway, he thinks Ish would like hearing that? And: )
... Does that make you happy?
( because that's what hwy wants to hear, he thinks. before he gets carried away. before he sweeps ish up in this current of great emotion, )
just )
... That... makes me really happy.
( His hand comes to rest against Ish's cheek, cupping where he wants to grab (Ish, the concept of Ish, the whole of him). Anyway, he thinks Ish would like hearing that? And: )
... Does that make you happy?
( because that's what hwy wants to hear, he thinks. before he gets carried away. before he sweeps ish up in this current of great emotion, )
Edited (forgor) 2025-03-27 05:51 (UTC)
( late night wednesday probably works... post midnight on technically-thursday...???
After the necessary resolution at the photobooth, Hwylryn drifted toward a dimmer section of the aquarium, and simply stayed there. Unlike his usual habit, he has not gotten into the tank once - instead, he's sat upon a plush bench, and has been staring at the main tank, from that distance, for this full length of time. In his lap, in his hands, is a cold hot chocolate - undrank; taken, like many things he takes, just to have.
He does not look up immediately when he hears this familiar voice, but he does not avoid it. His eyes turn toward Ish, brows furrowed slight, a smile worked on his lips. It does not seem fake, so much as it seems the expression of an aching wound; raw, and untreated. )
... Ish.
( A beat, and he sets the cup aside. He drifts toward Ish, and to this outstretched hand, if Ish allows it, is Hwylryn placing one hand below it, and one hand above. He clasps it from both sides, and speaks softly: )
That was cruel.
After the necessary resolution at the photobooth, Hwylryn drifted toward a dimmer section of the aquarium, and simply stayed there. Unlike his usual habit, he has not gotten into the tank once - instead, he's sat upon a plush bench, and has been staring at the main tank, from that distance, for this full length of time. In his lap, in his hands, is a cold hot chocolate - undrank; taken, like many things he takes, just to have.
He does not look up immediately when he hears this familiar voice, but he does not avoid it. His eyes turn toward Ish, brows furrowed slight, a smile worked on his lips. It does not seem fake, so much as it seems the expression of an aching wound; raw, and untreated. )
... Ish.
( A beat, and he sets the cup aside. He drifts toward Ish, and to this outstretched hand, if Ish allows it, is Hwylryn placing one hand below it, and one hand above. He clasps it from both sides, and speaks softly: )
That was cruel.
It's confusing. [ that first, because it is.
he let's his eyes slide closed because it helps but also because he's wants to, leaning into the touch in the very same way the little dragon did earlier.
his face is still bright and hot. ]
...but yeah. [ quietly, but not meekly. trying out the shape of it. seeing if he will combust, but he doesn't. seeing if he himself will reject it, but he doesn't. ]
he let's his eyes slide closed because it helps but also because he's wants to, leaning into the touch in the very same way the little dragon did earlier.
his face is still bright and hot. ]
...but yeah. [ quietly, but not meekly. trying out the shape of it. seeing if he will combust, but he doesn't. seeing if he himself will reject it, but he doesn't. ]
( Wahh... He lets Ish work it out slowly, happy to just watch him figure out these firsts, happy he gets to be the one there for him for this. It's like everything falls away, and it's just the two of them in this warm little bubble, in a world no bigger than this chaise.
And would that he could sink it to the bottom of the sea. )
... Can we... figure out that feeling together?
( He strokes Ish's cheek with his thumb, happily letting him lean into his palm. The little dragon's own rubbing has slowed into a cozy little movement, as if drifting off, but, if it could be emitting little hearts in its contentedness, it probably would be. )
... I want to find more things that make you happy. Things that we can do.
( Now, these don't have to be specifically romantic things - really, he's just thinking of anything, as long as they can do them together. (But if they're doing them together, then maybe that's inherently romantic?) )
And would that he could sink it to the bottom of the sea. )
... Can we... figure out that feeling together?
( He strokes Ish's cheek with his thumb, happily letting him lean into his palm. The little dragon's own rubbing has slowed into a cozy little movement, as if drifting off, but, if it could be emitting little hearts in its contentedness, it probably would be. )
... I want to find more things that make you happy. Things that we can do.
( Now, these don't have to be specifically romantic things - really, he's just thinking of anything, as long as they can do them together. (But if they're doing them together, then maybe that's inherently romantic?) )
I know. [ he doesn't deny this, nor does he deny the way hwylyrn captures his hand.
his lips are still curved into the slight smile he had when he appeared and for a moment he simply looks down at hwylryn, almost a mirror to what was not even a day ago. time's a funny thing and he still doesn't know what he's thinking (will he ever know?), but that doesn't stop him from taking his other hand to gently cup hwylryn's cheek if he doesn't resist. ]
What can I do for you? Right now.
his lips are still curved into the slight smile he had when he appeared and for a moment he simply looks down at hwylryn, almost a mirror to what was not even a day ago. time's a funny thing and he still doesn't know what he's thinking (will he ever know?), but that doesn't stop him from taking his other hand to gently cup hwylryn's cheek if he doesn't resist. ]
What can I do for you? Right now.
Didnt I already say yes before?
[ the flusters back again, though his eyes stay closed. he's not used to being looked at in this way, especially after everything he's done and currently doing.
his actions will have to speak for him (yes), as his body slowly untenses and starts to settle into this novel, precarious position. (his pride, but his everything right now, why is he the one on hwylryn's lap!) ]
What kind of things?
[ the flusters back again, though his eyes stay closed. he's not used to being looked at in this way, especially after everything he's done and currently doing.
his actions will have to speak for him (yes), as his body slowly untenses and starts to settle into this novel, precarious position. (his pride, but his everything right now, why is he the one on hwylryn's lap!) ]
What kind of things?
( Ah...
A sort of relief crossed his expression, despite his eyes reddish from his earlier tears, like maybe there was a sense that all this between them would be gone. But it remains, and it's just ... complicated.
That's all right. Things don't have to be simple for him to love them. )
... Please, stay with me.
( He presses his cheek to Ish's palm.
His dragon, which has been flopped out in a wiggly line a completely still on the couch, its eyes closed, begins to stir slightly. )
It doesn't matter where.
A sort of relief crossed his expression, despite his eyes reddish from his earlier tears, like maybe there was a sense that all this between them would be gone. But it remains, and it's just ... complicated.
That's all right. Things don't have to be simple for him to love them. )
... Please, stay with me.
( He presses his cheek to Ish's palm.
His dragon, which has been flopped out in a wiggly line a completely still on the couch, its eyes closed, begins to stir slightly. )
It doesn't matter where.
Edited 2025-03-27 19:30 (UTC)
I like hearing you say it.
( :D
He settles in, and Hwylryn only steadies his grip around his waist with more certainty. As before, he's fascinated watching Ish's expression shift.
He hums thoughtfully, the sound melodic... )
Why don't we go on a date?
( :D??? )
( :D
He settles in, and Hwylryn only steadies his grip around his waist with more certainty. As before, he's fascinated watching Ish's expression shift.
He hums thoughtfully, the sound melodic... )
Why don't we go on a date?
( :D??? )
[ oh, that expression... ]
Alright. Then, somewhere else? I'll pick. [ he doesn't mind staying here, but as he looks at the little dragon stir slightly, his instincts whisper in his ear. ]
Alright. Then, somewhere else? I'll pick. [ he doesn't mind staying here, but as he looks at the little dragon stir slightly, his instincts whisper in his ear. ]
[ his eyes snap open at that, the reds of his cheek matching his eyes. of course that's why his expression says, but once again he doesn't get that out. ]
A da— [ aaaaaaaaaa continues!!!
okay, he's pushing through it even if now it's worse. why is he more aware of hwylryn's hands now? ]
Not now, right? I need— time.
[ small text real, he's doing his best. ]
A da— [ aaaaaaaaaa continues!!!
okay, he's pushing through it even if now it's worse. why is he more aware of hwylryn's hands now? ]
Not now, right? I need— time.
[ small text real, he's doing his best. ]
Aw, and I thought that would be an easy one... But I'll wait for you, however long it takes.
( he'll let ish live (maybe), he figures ish needs to steel his heart... ganba his little noodle... )
Then, why don't we start with things you like normally? ( thinkin about his profile... ) We already eat together...
( though it's not high-end cuisine, he sees ish eats stuff in a fancy way (gazing at that lemon) )
( he'll let ish live (maybe), he figures ish needs to steel his heart... ganba his little noodle... )
Then, why don't we start with things you like normally? ( thinkin about his profile... ) We already eat together...
( though it's not high-end cuisine, he sees ish eats stuff in a fancy way (gazing at that lemon) )
[ an easy one- ]
We can go on a date!! A real date!!!! [ yes he's shouting this let's hope sousuke isn't outside- ]
We can go on a date!! A real date!!!! [ yes he's shouting this let's hope sousuke isn't outside- ]
Edited 2025-03-27 21:26 (UTC)
I'm sure!! [ don't look at him like that you two. or if you do look at how DETERMINED he looks. while still being flushed because who knows if he'll ever reset at this rate. ]
Okay. Wherever you want.
( He's fine with moving. It's not like he was swimming; just wallowing, and tormenting himself, a little - reminding himself how far he was from his real body, and the sea.
He lets the hand above Ish's hand drop and holds him with his other hand tight. )
( He's fine with moving. It's not like he was swimming; just wallowing, and tormenting himself, a little - reminding himself how far he was from his real body, and the sea.
He lets the hand above Ish's hand drop and holds him with his other hand tight. )
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