firstworldproblem | IC Inbox 2 (Imeeji)

Valour 5: Is it that obvious?
Valour 5: I guess it is since I've been baking
Valour 5: That's a yes

Hades: You are baking sweets besides.
Hades: But I will be there shortly, my dear.

[And he will arrive just a minute more than the twenty estimated. Knocking lightly to not wake any other night people. Sebastian must be a night person.]

[ He's right. The cake was a dead giveaway. But once he is there he will invite him in, leaning in to kiss his cheek as he takes his hand ]

What was that project?

[He was going to show him in flower petals but the sight of him as an adult gives him more pause than he would have expected.]

Will you tell me what has been bothering you first? I will admit I am a little worried.

[He does squeeze his hand. He’s holding papers in his other hand which are the likely project culprit.]

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It's nothing to worry about. There have simply been a lot of thoughts in my head as of late. I'm going to share, I just — don't know where to begin.

But I am fine.

[He thinks about countering that he’s not alright but instead puts the papers on the table and kneels. He kisses his forehead and wraps his arms around him.]

Let’s see if we can do better than fine after this.

Maybe I simply needed to have you by my side to feel better.

[ He'll immediately wrap his arms around him as well, keeping him close and then leaning in to kiss him on the lips briefly ]

Some of those pages are homework. An easy win to get you excited.

[He kisses him back a little more firmly, indulging but also wanting to reassure.

He stands and takes his hand leading him somewhere to sit.]

We can talk about my little project first if that would put you more at ease.

[ Well. He's right about it getting him excited because although he'll let him lead him away, he will take those pages right with him because he wants to examine them ]

It would, actually. and I am curious.

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[He sits down and just watches him enjoying the look as he is engrossed in knowledge.]

One day I won’t be able to use this trick on you, but I will maximize its efficiency until then.

Part is my current work in progress for using aether to augment rather than mimic your abilities.

The others are where I left off in your studies.

[They are drills about the six elements along with umbral and astral. How to balance and unbalance them.

The last two pages are for his scrapbook. Just pictures here and there. Wildfire if that has happened. The setup at the small shrine. Vergil. Lahabrea. Lily. A bit random when all is said and done. Freshly glued.]

[ The homework excites him - unsurprisingly, but when he gets to the last two pages he's just completely floored. So that's what he needed those 20 minutes for. ]

... How do you always manage to do just the perfect thing for me. Did you put it together because I worried you?

[He laughs and shakes his head.]

Even I cannot claim to be that good. If I am going to keep the poor old man on a schedule, I would not want to also force him to sleep in late. So when I can I get up early, and I simply wanted to finish this before too much time passed.

My fingers were covered in glue when you sent your message so I finished what I had started. No more foresight than that.

You still brought it to me now. So you get the same amount of points in my book.

[ he'll rest his head on his shoulder, eyes falling shut for a moment as he closes his eyes ]

You keep giving me one more reason to love you every time I see you.

[He kisses his forehead and pet up and down his spine.]

I have always attempted to get you to swoon one way or another in my presence be it knowledge or other.

You are quite welcome and it is quite deserved, my dawn.

[He gives a dramatic pause.]

I do believe I was promise lopsided cake.

I've noticed that you've actually started using pet names more.

[ and of course, it's still as effective as ever. He'll get up and offer his hand for him to take ]

Like I said, the taste is fine.

Have I not ever been perceptive.

It also helped you were so direct about it.

[He takes both of his hands and is pulled up.]

[ Cute. He'll lead him toward the kitchen - and it's a mess. He didn't really bother putting everything back in place after his experiment, at least not yet.

The cake is sitting on the table and it looks as awful as promised. It's chocolate and it's everywhere. ]

How brave are you feeling.

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[He doesn’t answer but instead he leans on the counter, chin in hands and opens his mouth expecting to be fed.]

[ He laughs at that, and takes a fork to grab a piece of the monstrosity, feeding it to him right after ]

How charming.

[He eats it and of course is dramatic and makes an exaggerated motion of licking off the fork.]

Your first, you said?

I was hoping I could maybe impress you with it. But it did turn out to be harder than I thought.

Glad to see you're enjoying it.

Oh, I am impressed. It tastes as good as you described and the thought behind it is rather warming.

[He opens mouth again to be fed.]

[ There's a small smile at that, and he'll cut another piece before feeding it to him again ]

I think you weren't entirely wrong about me and Caeli. Lately ... there have been a few instances in which I thought I may have developed a crush after all.

But my feelings on a relationship have not changed. And if anything I want to suppress those thoughts as much as possible.

I know you're jealous, and I don't want to make it worse. But I can feel myself panicking and you're not just my lover and partner, you're also my closest and dearest friend. I need your point of view.

[ a pause, then he adds ]

And part of me does feel as though I'm hurting you just for having any sort of emotional attachment to him.

[He does pause for a moment. He knew they were getting close and he’s just beginning to realize after seeing him as an adult that he truly has no idea how far the relationship has grown.

But after that moment he takes his hand and tries to catch his gaze.]

You are going to have emotional attachment to others. Nothing I can say will change that. And it should not. The last thing I want to do is stifle your growth. Not now. Not when you can finally blossom.

Of course I will be jealous. Especially with someone as charming as Caeli. If I did not like him and see how he does bring out a side of you, I would not be worried about him.

You know my history, my worries, my fears. There are few I would share such depths with. As aptly stated you are my dear friend as well.

But put that all aside for a moment. Tell me. What do you want?

He does bring out a spontaneous and reckless attitude from me that I hadn't experienced since I was actually young. Which is exciting, of course, but it does have some downsides. I take stupid decisions and end up taking potions too often, for one.

[ a pause, then he continues ]

I've asked him if he'd be interested in me trying — ... my more violent urges on him. He's agreed and even gave me a knife to use on him alone.

But I haven't made up my mind yet on whether I want to go through with it or not.

That's a second stupid decision. Logically I should not risk losing control but what if it helps? Violence is the last thing I want to inflict on you or Lahabrea, but he enjoys it.

[ he's looked away as he talked about this, but now he does meet his gaze ]

I don't know what I want. I know what I don't want.

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