↻ ⏮⏸⏭ ↺

[souninind]

code

VIDEO

VOICE

TEXT

ACTION

Comments

Yaaaaaaaaass

[souninind]

[At some nebulous point in the month of May... Sanemi will be able to get the drop on him! Wow!

...Well, for the most part. Tengen will realize he's there with juuuuust enough time for Sanemi to see a very !!! expression and an attempt to catch him, but like. That's it, wow.]

[purifyingwind]

[ Wow, fuck everything else this automatically made it the best day ever. Sanemi graciously allows himself to be caught, since he'd already achieved his goal, and even assists by wrapping his arms around Tengen. He's grinning like a fucking fool, though. SO wide. ]

Gotcha.

[souninind]

[Oh, well, okay, getting got isn't so terrible if it means seeing that wild grin and being held like this. The catch assist is appreciated, and he even does a little spin with him for the drama of it all.]

What am I being got for today, huh?

[purifyingwind]

[ Some way, somehow, either by virtue of circumstance or riding the high from his success, they’ve stumbled into one of those exceedingly rare good Shinazugawa moods. Being spun makes him scoff rather than rage, and his grin's gone surprisingly soft when he crowds in close. ]

There gotta be a reason? [ There is. He’s just being coy. ]

[souninind]

No.

[Sanemi crowds in close, and Tengen takes the chance to nuzzle in at his temple when he does, taking full advantage of that good mood of his.]

But is there?

[purifyingwind]

Yeah.

[ Not that he’s going to elaborate immediately, apparently. No, he’s going to sneak in a kiss first. He’s going to keep peppering in distractions – or maybe it’s just an excuse to be affectionate. He has his moments! ]

[souninind]

[He'll gladly take those little distractions! He'll even give them right back with returned kisses and affections.]

Yeah?

[purifyingwind]

[ Eventually, he acquiesces. Enough dawdling! As nice as it is to simply sit there and kiss – he's touch-starved on the best of days, so this all feels a little better than it likely should – he did come here with a purpose.

He lightly tugs on one of Tengen's earlobes. ]

Did you pierce your own ears?

I hate him

[souninind]

[He isn't touch-starved, and these have been some good days... so alleviating his companions' touch-starved natures (idiots) is always nice. But, of course, he gets to the point soon enough, and the question itself is an unexpected one!

Though maybe it shouldn't be, all things considered.]

Yeah, ages ago. Flashy, right?

He had to whip it out sometime...

[purifyingwind]

[ Sanemi only scowls for half a second at the word drop. Flashy. Yeah, they were flashy alright. It's part of the reason why he's here. ]

Do you think you could do it to someone else?

Truly........

[souninind]

[Scowl well deserved, but Sanemi still gets a smirk in exchange.]

Yeah, easy. Why, you interested?

[purifyingwind]

Maybe, yeah.

[ The urge to bite is so strong that Sanemi's eye twitches. Thankfully, they're all in the process of domesticating him so he doesn't. Yet. ]

Got my blood drawn the other day and it made me think about it.

[ What. How is that even related. ]

[souninind]

[He could bite. Tengen really wouldn't mind, but a domesticated Sanemi is good too. Cute.]

Don't tell me the needle got you going.

[It makes sense in a way... but he still has to give him a hard time about it. Gently. Ish.]

[purifyingwind]

Wh –.

[ He flushes, blatantly scandalized by the suggestion. Since he's already touching it, he's going to tug on Tengen's ear. ]

No! What the hell! Why is that the first place your mind went!

[souninind]

Ah-!

[Okay, okay, deserved, but so worth it for that flush.]

Come on, it's you, what was I supposed to think, huh?

[purifyingwind]

ANYTHING BUT THAT.

[ They were having such a nice moment! Sanemi starts wriggling. Put him down, please and thankies, you have earned his ire. ]

I'm not some fucking freak that gets turned on from a single prick! Forget it, stay the hell away from my ears!

[souninind]

[Nuh. Not putting you down. Holding tighter and snuggling instead, deal with it!!]

What, don't tell me it's because you're being a big sap and want to match?

[...Is that it? No way, right?]

[purifyingwind]

[ This fucking guy. Sanemi's resistance is a token effort at best, but that doesn't mean he Isn't going to be stubborn. Especially now that Tengen is asking embarrassing questions. ]

Fuck you. I'm not telling you shit.

[souninind]

So that's a yes. I'm flattered.

[Sanemi. Sanemi if you just admitted it, he'd be flustered about it-]

[purifyingwind]

[ Ugh. Fuck this. What if he comes off like some kind of possessive asshole? Or the opposite, even, like he wants to be –.

Okay. Don't go down that line of thinking right now. Sanemi screws his face up into a sulky snarl. ]

So what if it's a yes? [ Does that count as admitting it. ] It's almost like I like you or something, asshole.

[ Fuck! Embarrassing! He shoves his head into the side of Tengen's neck. He lives there now. ] Maybe it wouldn't be so fucking awful if it was obvious. I'unno.

[souninind]

[He's... allowed to be a possessive asshole. Tengen might even be into that for reasons it would take a hell of a lot more than some sulky cuddling to admit.

As-is though... yeah, he flushes anyway at the admission and thanks whatever higher power might be listening that Sanemi isn't looking so he can have some chance of it going away before he does.]

Or something, huh? I think it's pretty obvious already.

[purifyingwind]

Not obvious enough.

[ It's muffled, sure, but the grumbling should still be audible. ]

's not like you're fucking tied at the hip to any of us, but... [ Grumpily twining a piece of Tengen's hair around his pinkie. When he speaks again, his voice is smaller still. ]

The people here are flirty as shit, so... [ Grumble grumble. ]

[souninind]

To who~?

[Though as Sanemi grumbles, elaborates, speaks softly while tucked in close, it becomes a bit more apparent - still, he can't... be entirely certain, can he?

He could make assumptions, but...]

...I could be, you know.

[purifyingwind]

[ Sanemi doesn’t feel like it’s his – place, to talk this way. He’s an outlier in all this. An outlier with incredibly strong feelings, as it turns out, but an outlier.

He keeps his face hidden. ]

… not really my place to say.

[souninind]

[Sanemi might consider himself an outlier - with strong feelings, sure - but he's also an "outlier" with strong feelings felt about him in turn, so the implications of this particular bend in the conversation are...

Well, it's hard to believe they got here from talking about piercings, of all things.]

Why do you say that?