[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.]
[Gojyo's gotta kiss him after that, yeah? I mean, he's gotta.
So he does. Long, slow and sweet. One large hand sliding back to cup the back of Hakkai's head, tangling in his hair there.
He doesn't have the time or inclination to overthink this. Not today, anyhow. Right now, for this slice of time, he was just gonna let himself be happy.]
[Well that makes one of them. Not because Hakkai wants to overthink this. Absolutely not. He would prefer to under-think, for once in his goddamn life.]
[Fortunately, he doesn't have time to venture down that over-thinking path. Because he's too busy returning that kiss and threading his own fingers through Gojyo's hair in return.]
[He'll figure out how to stop overthinking this later.]
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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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Date: 2023-07-11 04:28 am (UTC)[It's easier to lift a hand, to let his fingers rest along the side of Gojyo's face. Thumb brushing those lines there - the scars there.]
... I suppose I should, as someone who loves you... say it more often then?
[NAILED IT.]
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Date: 2023-07-11 04:50 am (UTC)That easy grin is back. If his voice sounds a little giddy please ignore it Hakkai.]
You'd be the first so I guess we got no choice but to test out your theory, yeah?
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Date: 2023-07-11 04:58 am (UTC)I do enjoy testing my theories.
So yes. We have no choice at all.
[How terrible.]
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Date: 2023-07-11 05:52 am (UTC)So he does. Long, slow and sweet. One large hand sliding back to cup the back of Hakkai's head, tangling in his hair there.
He doesn't have the time or inclination to overthink this. Not today, anyhow. Right now, for this slice of time, he was just gonna let himself be happy.]
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Date: 2023-07-11 06:22 am (UTC)[Fortunately, he doesn't have time to venture down that over-thinking path. Because he's too busy returning that kiss and threading his own fingers through Gojyo's hair in return.]
[He'll figure out how to stop overthinking this later.]