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selfconcept) wrote2025-11-13 07:51 pm
selfconcept) wrote2025-11-13 07:51 pm
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HELLO
"..."
GOODBYE
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"..."
GOODBYE
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[ Edanura doesn't finish that sentence, but Hien will just tell him— ]
"I can't even handle normal whispers, so it's pretty bad."
[ He looks at Edamura though. ]
"... 'm not cute."
"I can't even handle normal whispers, so it's pretty bad."
[ He looks at Edamura though. ]
"... 'm not cute."
[CAN'T EVEN HANDLE NORMAL WHISPERS. . . moe. don't know why it is but it is]
I think you are. [he says so matter-of-factly, without any sign of his usual bluster. a pause] Unless you really don't want to be? Then I could say "good-looking" or even "handsome". . .
I think you are. [he says so matter-of-factly, without any sign of his usual bluster. a pause] Unless you really don't want to be? Then I could say "good-looking" or even "handsome". . .
[ The way Hien has to pull someone off to the side whenever they want to whisper so that they can be out of hearing range from everybody else and just speak quietly instead of whispering it to his ear... Hien would have made a face if he saw Edamura rank Hien as cute in one of the returnee questions. ]
"... I'm just me. Not any of those."
[ He quietly huffs as the red gradually recedes from his face. ]
"... I'm just me. Not any of those."
[ He quietly huffs as the red gradually recedes from his face. ]
[HE DEFINITELY MEANT TO RANK HIEN AS NUMBER ONE I JUST FORGOT THE RULES—]
Yeah. At the end of the day, I guess you are "just Hien."
[he likes that the most, he thinks. just Hien]
[. . .]
[it's a little bold, but he reaches out to skim fingers across Hien's collar again, before gripping it lightly]
. . . I'm going to do something really stupid, okay?
[what kind of warning is that. . . though after a beat, he clarifies]
It's not your ear again, I promise.
Yeah. At the end of the day, I guess you are "just Hien."
[he likes that the most, he thinks. just Hien]
[. . .]
[it's a little bold, but he reaches out to skim fingers across Hien's collar again, before gripping it lightly]
. . . I'm going to do something really stupid, okay?
[what kind of warning is that. . . though after a beat, he clarifies]
It's not your ear again, I promise.
[ It's really funny how Hien associates collar gripping as a sign of instigating violence instead of anything else, but it obviously doesn't match with Edamura, so he's looking at him in confusion despite what he literally just did two minutes ago. ]
"... Okay?"
[ ????????????????? ]
"... Okay?"
[ ????????????????? ]
[STOP LOOKING SO CONFUSED HE IS GOING TO LOSE HIS NERVE]
. . . okay.
[he steels himself again with a deep breath, the pink on his cheeks flaring to a bright red. any further hesitation is going to give him time to change his mind, so. . . he shuts down the part of him that likes to overthink, and taps into his reckless impulsivity for a bit of momentary courage]
[then he tugs on Hien's collar at the same time that he dips forward]
[all so he can steal a li'l kiss. the very slightest brush of lips, nothing more than a brief, fleeting peck. he is gone in an instant, heart hammering wildly in his ears, but!! he still did it!!]
. . . okay.
[he steels himself again with a deep breath, the pink on his cheeks flaring to a bright red. any further hesitation is going to give him time to change his mind, so. . . he shuts down the part of him that likes to overthink, and taps into his reckless impulsivity for a bit of momentary courage]
[then he tugs on Hien's collar at the same time that he dips forward]
[all so he can steal a li'l kiss. the very slightest brush of lips, nothing more than a brief, fleeting peck. he is gone in an instant, heart hammering wildly in his ears, but!! he still did it!!]
[ Hien truly is a man whose head is empty at most times. Of all things, for some reason, he didn't expect this. He looks mildly surprised, which is saying that Hien is actually very surprised on the inside.
But instead of looking like a dead fish out of the water, Hien leans back in to return the small peck without missing a beat despite his feelings. ]
"'Stupid', huh?"
But instead of looking like a dead fish out of the water, Hien leans back in to return the small peck without missing a beat despite his feelings. ]
"'Stupid', huh?"
[ah—]
[. . . despite his boldness, reciprocation is not at all what Edamura expected. he jolts a bit in surprise when Hien leans in with a peck of his own, so taken off guard by the counterattack that he doesn't have time to savor it. it leaves him blinking owlishly, mouth parted, eyes wide. a little dumbfounded!]
[. . .]
[his grip on Hien's collar tightens, then loosens as he ducks his head, letting his bags curtain his features. very bashful!!]
. . . you can decide if it's stupid or not.
[he is grinning a li'l bit. a bit lopsided, a bit goofy]
You asked if there was anything I wanted to do before I left. I guess. . . that was it.
[. . . despite his boldness, reciprocation is not at all what Edamura expected. he jolts a bit in surprise when Hien leans in with a peck of his own, so taken off guard by the counterattack that he doesn't have time to savor it. it leaves him blinking owlishly, mouth parted, eyes wide. a little dumbfounded!]
[. . .]
[his grip on Hien's collar tightens, then loosens as he ducks his head, letting his bags curtain his features. very bashful!!]
. . . you can decide if it's stupid or not.
[he is grinning a li'l bit. a bit lopsided, a bit goofy]
You asked if there was anything I wanted to do before I left. I guess. . . that was it.
[ Hien would usually tease, but he can't bring himself to do it. Edamura is so cute... ]
"No regrets?"
[ Hien leans in again to do a little eskimo kiss, which is rubbing their noses together for a bit. ]
"No regrets?"
[ Hien leans in again to do a little eskimo kiss, which is rubbing their noses together for a bit. ]
[NO. . . THAT'S SO CUTE, TOO. . . Edamura tilts his head up to accept that li'l nose rub, eyes slipping shut as he basks in the small display of affection. it's encouraging, and although he isn't quite sure exactly how much he should be encouraged. . . he lifts a hand to brush knuckles across the apple of Hien's cheek, anyway]
Yeah.
[comes an easy reply, given with his next exhale]
No regrets.
[if there is anything he has learned in his five weeks stuck in Purgatory, it's that]
Yeah.
[comes an easy reply, given with his next exhale]
No regrets.
[if there is anything he has learned in his five weeks stuck in Purgatory, it's that]
[ It really could have been anyone else, but no. Hien sighs and looks at Edamura. ]
"Good."
[ He reaches out to ruffle Edamura's hair.
we can end it here unless you want a few more tags in ]
"Good."
[ He reaches out to ruffle Edamura's hair.
we can end it here unless you want a few more tags in ]
[ and that is a threat ]
"Who were they again? I remember feeding Rafayel and he choked on a tentacle."
"Who were they again? I remember feeding Rafayel and he choked on a tentacle."
"There was a book that was supposed to have records of my memories and experiences... basically, everything that I am, in that book. But it was empty. And for some reason, I was extremely convinced. I was also being written out of a picture book that depicted the situation at the time."
[ He doesn't mind talking about it, since he's largely calmed down now. ]
[ He doesn't mind talking about it, since he's largely calmed down now. ]
[ Hien is quiet. He gets where Lucien is coming from, but... ]
"... Have you considered how it would look to the public if you had to give that speech while being injured? I'm assuming you had to give one out for political reasons."
"... Have you considered how it would look to the public if you had to give that speech while being injured? I'm assuming you had to give one out for political reasons."
[ "Why is it always churches" good question, Yosuke. Hien wishes he knew. ]
"Yeah. We regrouped in the forest on the outskirt of town. Before that, I met this blond guy who was being creepy at me and bit my neck. I killed him and wandered out, and then into the forest because I saw smoke coming out. The villagers were all over there, and I saw a few of you there as the cultists. You guys were praying... something about fireworks? Rafayel came back and he was infected with black goo, so he killed the woman who had Sylus's attention earlier and I killed the rest. Then there were tentacle monsters coming out of the bonfire and for some reason, all I could think of was to 'return to the sea'. I was obsessed with the idea. That compulsion made me carry Lucien, but he and Sylus stopped me and the latter got us all to the river... in which we eventually escaped."
[ ... ]
"That's it from my end. You'll have to ask the others for their point of view."
"Yeah. We regrouped in the forest on the outskirt of town. Before that, I met this blond guy who was being creepy at me and bit my neck. I killed him and wandered out, and then into the forest because I saw smoke coming out. The villagers were all over there, and I saw a few of you there as the cultists. You guys were praying... something about fireworks? Rafayel came back and he was infected with black goo, so he killed the woman who had Sylus's attention earlier and I killed the rest. Then there were tentacle monsters coming out of the bonfire and for some reason, all I could think of was to 'return to the sea'. I was obsessed with the idea. That compulsion made me carry Lucien, but he and Sylus stopped me and the latter got us all to the river... in which we eventually escaped."
[ ... ]
"That's it from my end. You'll have to ask the others for their point of view."
"And you're not?"
[ Just looks at Sylus and leaves his own hair alone. ]
[ Just looks at Sylus and leaves his own hair alone. ]
Mm. I know you will.
[ Hien nuzzles against Tsukasa's hand. ]
But I'm really glad to hear that. I really am. Thanks, Tsukasa.
[ Hien nuzzles against Tsukasa's hand. ]
But I'm really glad to hear that. I really am. Thanks, Tsukasa.
"Not really a matter of leads, but I'm going to see if what Purgatory gives me will work. If it works, then it works. If it doesn't, then I'll go to another world to find a different solution again."
"Then call me by my name. Nothing else."
[ He knows it's Dahut's habit, but this is also why he's mentioning it. Break that habit. ]
[ He knows it's Dahut's habit, but this is also why he's mentioning it. Break that habit. ]
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