[Speak for yourself, Gojyo. You're adorable. He almost never gets to see this man flustered. He can't remember ever seeing it, to be honest.]
Yes. Is that such a surprise?
[Logic says, yes, he realizes it would be, given Gojyo's history. But... they've always been a pair, haven't they? Ever since that first meeting. Being separated is, on some fundamental level, wrong.]
Even in another world, we managed to locate one another.
[Hakkai was right. It wasn't exactly surprising. Not from him. There wasn't a bone in his body that thought Hakkai would take off and leave him behind, at least without a damn good reason. And probably a self sacrificial one about how it was somehow better for Gojyo, blah blah blah.
But it was one thing to think of it in terms of a friend. A good, loyal friend who had become an immutable part of his life. Comrades who'd been through it all. This ... made it different for him somehow. It had him feeling vulnerable. Which was okay with Hakkai because he trusted him, but uncomfortable. Unsure.
No one had ever been happy just being around him before. No one who really knew him, anyway.
But he's him so it's not like he can just say any of that shit. So he clears his throat, cheeks still pink.]
[It's true. Leaving would only be a last resort. If there were no other option, if he really one day did become a danger to Gojyo somehow, or something like that. Under no other circumstances could he think of turning his back on his friend. Even before this evening.]
[He shifts, back onto his back. Easier to talk this way, so he isn't craning his neck the whole time.]
As eloquent as ever, I see.
[You did nail it. He understands, in other words, and won't ask for more. For a more detailed, more wordy response. That's fine enough for him - because, as usual, what matters is the unspoken. The understanding here between the two of them.]
I believe that I always was. I made my peace with it long ago.
[Gojyo waggles his eyebrows suggestively. Super suggestively. Don't laugh Hakkai this is a very serious seduction happening exclusively in his eyebrows.]
You're gonna get the Gojyo special, baby. All my best pickup lines.
[Though those eyebrows quickly stitch together in a concerned frown. He reaches forward to press his hand to Hakkai's forehead.]
[Gojyo waggles his eyebrows suggestively. Super suggestively. Don't laugh Hakkai this is a very serious seduction happening exclusively in his eyebrows.]
You're gonna get the Gojyo special, baby. All my best pickup lines.
[Though those eyebrows quickly stitch together in a concerned frown. He reaches forward to press his hand to Hakkai's forehead.]
[Another overexaggerated waggle. C'mon, he's pitching you some Gojyo brand high quality eyebrow woo here, Hakkai. Look at him.]
Don't think I've ever heard you say you had nothin' on your mind unless you were trying to get me to stop asking me about was on your mind. I think I broke you.
You're stalling. You're totally stalling. Oh my god.
[There's that slow grin again.]
You think I'm hot.
[Gojyo knows he's attractive. It's an attribute he uses to his advantage as often as possible. But knowing he's hot and knowing Hakkai thinks he's hot are totally different things and his brain might explode now.]
[Hakkai is not, in any way, prepared for that. He makes a startled noise - but ultimately doesn't pull away. Why would he? He's surprised, not opposed.]
[Or he wasn't until he's called 'cute'.]
Cute.
That's hardly the word I would use. You're incorrigible.
[Is it that surprising? No. Does he feel the same? Absolutely. But still, hearing it - and hearing it put so simply, so honestly, is strangely jarring. Like it hammers home all the reality of this thing between them. It's real. Just like Gojyo actually being here.]
[Does he deserve this?]
[He probably doesn't. Not a second chance. Not another love. He's probably the least deserving person in the world. Gojyo absolutely deserves someone to care for him, to stay with him. And Hakkai has no intention of doing anything less. He just - does he - is this right - for Gojyo's sake - ]
[Things get more and more tangled up the more he tries to think about it.]
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Date: 2023-07-08 11:20 pm (UTC)Yes. Is that such a surprise?
[Logic says, yes, he realizes it would be, given Gojyo's history. But... they've always been a pair, haven't they? Ever since that first meeting. Being separated is, on some fundamental level, wrong.]
Even in another world, we managed to locate one another.
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Date: 2023-07-08 11:39 pm (UTC)But it was one thing to think of it in terms of a friend. A good, loyal friend who had become an immutable part of his life. Comrades who'd been through it all. This ... made it different for him somehow. It had him feeling vulnerable. Which was okay with Hakkai because he trusted him, but uncomfortable. Unsure.
No one had ever been happy just being around him before. No one who really knew him, anyway.
But he's him so it's not like he can just say any of that shit. So he clears his throat, cheeks still pink.]
Yeah-- no, I-- yeah.
[Nailed it.]
Heh. Guess you're stuck with me.
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Date: 2023-07-09 12:12 am (UTC)[He shifts, back onto his back. Easier to talk this way, so he isn't craning his neck the whole time.]
As eloquent as ever, I see.
[You did nail it. He understands, in other words, and won't ask for more. For a more detailed, more wordy response. That's fine enough for him - because, as usual, what matters is the unspoken. The understanding here between the two of them.]
I believe that I always was. I made my peace with it long ago.
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Date: 2023-07-09 01:00 am (UTC)That's why I leave the words to you, right? You and your fancy education.
[It was a miracle Gojyo could read and write, honestly.
He chuckles.]
Yeah? Just figured you'd stick on the couch you bled on, huh?
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Date: 2023-07-09 04:42 am (UTC)[That's teasing. Frankly, he likes Gojyo's vocabulary as it is. It's refreshingly frank.]
[He shakes his head.]
Let's not talk about bleeding, hm? Not right now.
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Date: 2023-07-09 05:47 am (UTC)Yeah, ain't my best pillow talk.
[Gojyo shifts, looking back up at Hakkai's face with a teasing glint in his eye.]
Somethin' else you wanna talk about?
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Date: 2023-07-09 06:11 am (UTC)I suppose I'll be witnessing your best in the future?
[Somehow that makes him laugh. It's strange to think about, though, not really in a bad way.]
You know, it's odd. For once, there's very little on my mind.
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Date: 2023-07-09 08:17 am (UTC)[Gojyo waggles his eyebrows suggestively. Super suggestively. Don't laugh Hakkai this is a very serious seduction happening exclusively in his eyebrows.]
You're gonna get the Gojyo special, baby. All my best pickup lines.
[Though those eyebrows quickly stitch together in a concerned frown. He reaches forward to press his hand to Hakkai's forehead.]
Hmm. No fever. You sure you're feelin' alright?
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Date: 2023-07-09 08:32 am (UTC)[Gojyo waggles his eyebrows suggestively. Super suggestively. Don't laugh Hakkai this is a very serious seduction happening exclusively in his eyebrows.]
You're gonna get the Gojyo special, baby. All my best pickup lines.
[Though those eyebrows quickly stitch together in a concerned frown. He reaches forward to press his hand to Hakkai's forehead.]
Hmm. No fever. You sure you're feelin' alright?
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Date: 2023-07-09 10:27 pm (UTC)[They will, one day, work. But right now it's just funny. Even though he's trying his best not to actually laugh.]
[It helps that he goes a bit cross-eyed when Gojyo presses his wrist to his head.]
Yes, yes I am. Please put your hand down.
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Date: 2023-07-10 02:19 am (UTC)[Another overexaggerated waggle. C'mon, he's pitching you some Gojyo brand high quality eyebrow woo here, Hakkai. Look at him.]
Don't think I've ever heard you say you had nothin' on your mind unless you were trying to get me to stop asking me about was on your mind. I think I broke you.
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Date: 2023-07-10 04:32 am (UTC)[You say that like it's a bad thing. But his smile probably gives him away.]
Shouldn't you take that as a compliment? You've always been able to derail my trains of thought, after all.
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Date: 2023-07-10 05:00 am (UTC)[He closes his eyes, a pleased smile stretching his mouth wide -- until his eyes pop open on a sudden thought.]
You weren't having dirty thoughts about me, were you?
[A hand comes to his chest, clutching his shirt in obvious scanda.]
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Date: 2023-07-10 05:21 am (UTC)...
I have to go do the laundry now.
[Oh my god.]
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Date: 2023-07-10 05:29 am (UTC)Wait wait--
[He suddenly makes himself heavier on top of Hakkai, just in case.]
I was kidding! You seriously-- ?
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Date: 2023-07-10 05:34 am (UTC)[Somebody.]
You're - your elbow is in my - I can't breathe.
[Your elbow is getting him right in the chest, Gojyo. And yes, he is stalling.]
Please move.
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Date: 2023-07-10 05:38 am (UTC)You're stalling. You're totally stalling. Oh my god.
[There's that slow grin again.]
You think I'm hot.
[Gojyo knows he's attractive. It's an attribute he uses to his advantage as often as possible. But knowing he's hot and knowing Hakkai thinks he's hot are totally different things and his brain might explode now.]
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Date: 2023-07-10 05:58 am (UTC)[Yes he is.]
[But now he has no way left to stall! No nonsense to say to make Gojyo get off this subject.]
... Yes. I do have eyes, you know.
[Well. One eye. But that's beside the point.]
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Date: 2023-07-10 06:06 am (UTC)Just as suddenly he jerks back up, cupping Hakkai's cheeks with flustered determination.
And kisses him.
It's a quick, fierce thing before he presses their foreheads together.]
Aaaaaaaaaah. You. Are too fucking cute. You're killing me.
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Date: 2023-07-10 06:18 am (UTC)[Or he wasn't until he's called 'cute'.]
Cute.
That's hardly the word I would use. You're incorrigible.
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Date: 2023-07-10 06:40 am (UTC)[He repeats it, determined, just as firm as that kiss had been.]
You get all flustered and squirmy. It's cute as fuck.
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Date: 2023-07-10 06:47 am (UTC)[No. Better plan - ]
I'm surprised you're not used to it. One would think a stunning individual such as yourself would fluster a great many people.
[... Hakkai don't. Use that many syllables.]
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Date: 2023-07-10 07:10 am (UTC)Yeah, been called hot before. [And worse. And better.]
But it's different when it's someone you love, yeah?
[He says it plain as day. Like the sky is blue and the grass is green. No flustering or hesitation. Simple, smiling fact.]
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Date: 2023-07-11 04:16 am (UTC)(frozen) 2/3 i lied
Date: 2023-07-11 04:25 am (UTC)[Love]
[Is it that surprising? No. Does he feel the same? Absolutely. But still, hearing it - and hearing it put so simply, so honestly, is strangely jarring. Like it hammers home all the reality of this thing between them. It's real. Just like Gojyo actually being here.]
[Does he deserve this?]
[He probably doesn't. Not a second chance. Not another love. He's probably the least deserving person in the world. Gojyo absolutely deserves someone to care for him, to stay with him. And Hakkai has no intention of doing anything less. He just - does he - is this right - for Gojyo's sake - ]
[Things get more and more tangled up the more he tries to think about it.]
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