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post maze-run

[selfconcept]

[ reference.

Sometimes you just stand there and think everyone is dying and then it all was just a dream.

anyway this is a ffa thread as your heart desires ]

[ordimame]

[sometimes you are a man dressed in a crisp Victorian suit with bunny ears and a fluffy tail who just lived out perceived years amidst a bunny fae clan and have just returned to the real world and?? shit feels weird??]

[. . .]

[softly, but with feeling]

What the hell.

[selfconcept]

[ Hien just stares at him before reaching out to grab a bunny ear. ]

1/2

[ordimame]

[startled yelp as he jerks back, skittish like a real bunny]

Careful, they're sensitive—!

[ordimame]

[wait]

H. . . Hien?

[spoken as though he has not seen Hien for years]

[selfconcept]

"Mm. It's me. You're getting shiny... like a bald person."

[ Better than dying. He reaches out for the bunny ear again, but gentler this time. ]

[ordimame]

[he can do so without Edamura jerking away this time! the ear is soft and velvety, and it twitches underneath his fingertips]

[Edamura does not speak. in one smooth motion, he crosses the distance between them and pulls Hien in for a tight hug]

[selfconcept]

[ Soft... Hien looks at them a little longer before withdrawing his hands, but then he's hugged. Huh. ]

"... Hey? What's wrong?"

[ He gently rubs his back. ]

[ordimame]

[clings tightly, fingers curling white-knuckled into Hien's shirt. his ears droop a bit, flopping cutely over the back of his head]

It's been— [years, he almost says. . . before he realizes that no, it hasn't been. not really, anyway]

. . . it feels like it's been a long time. That's all.

[selfconcept]

[ Hien is not the type to hold himself back. This is why it's difficult to restrain himself when Edamura looks so cute, but he also looks... sad? He's not sure if that's the right word for it. Either way, he keeps rubbing his back to try and soothe him. ]

"It's okay. I'm here. Yuma and Ilulu are too. You're with us now."

[ And whatever kept his inner thoughts up with cuteness has now piledrived into the abyss, because he can't stop thinking about how waxy Edamura got. (He is delulu atm) ]

[isdf]

[Residual powder from myriad chalkboard erasers dust his uniform, which Yuma ignores in favor of staring at the words on the diploma he was surreptitiously given before returning to the flower field. While Edamura has a potential existential crisis, Yuma moves to put it away in his pocket when he feels something and fishes out the strawberry candy inside.

What the? He looks up and around at the others.]

[selfconcept]

[ He looks down at the candy. ]

"Is that melting?"

[ He looks up to see Yuma's face. ]

"Holy shit you're also melting."

[ no he isnt ]

[isdf]

Melting?

[He glances down at the candy, then looks up at Hien.]

No, that's not true. Both the candy and I are perfectly fine.

[selfconcept]

"Huh..."

[ He looks at Edamura and goes over to him and then returns. ]

"Yuma, can I touch your face?"

[isdf]

[What the.

Yuma blinks out of his daze, the long mental image of kissing with fervor between Hien and Edamura imprinted in his mind's eye.]

I have no objections, but why?

[selfconcept]

"I need to confirm something."

[ But he'll wait and ignore the thoughtshare. ]

[isdf]

[Yuma nods after a brief pause. He'll not be commenting on what just transpired with Edamura.]

[selfconcept]

[ Poor Edamura. Hien is good at ignoring things if he wants to.

Anyway, he puts a hand on Yuma's cheek. It's nothing out of the ordinary, but he's gentle about it. He lightly touches the other cheek too, then his shoulder.

...

Time to test something else. ]

"Does the thought confuse you?"

[ordimame]

[he is having an existential crisis but at least he looks cute while it's happening]

. . . Yuma?

[said like he can't believe that Yuma is here?]

[isdf]

[Why does he sound so surprised?]

What is it, Edamura?

[ordimame]

[he says nothing]





[just lurches forward to pull Yuma into a tight hug]

[isdf]

[The hug takes him by surprise, enough so that he doesn't react when he's pulled into the embrace, his arms hanging at his sides.]

Wha . . . Edamura?

[ordimame]

[that's okay. he doesn't have to react. Edamura is still holding him close, face buried against his shoulder]

I— I really, really missed you!

[isdf]

[?]

We were only apart for a short period of time. What happened?

[ordimame]

A short time for you! But for me, it's felt like--

[. . .]

. . . I was living with a family of anthropomorphized bunnies.