003. and in every raindrop... // open post.

[icarusalsoflew]

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[larue]

[ Blinking now at Makoto. The... time?

Oh fuck.

He really doesn't want to wake Hikaru, but he also kind of needs to know. ]

Shit, shit, shit-- [ moving his shoulder as gently as he can manage now, free hand scooping up Mitsuru ( thank God, still sleeping ) from where the kitten is burrowing into his and the Blade King's shared warmth.

To Makoto, he murmurs, because there is no way he can get his arm out from under Hikaru's head without moving enough to wake him. ] Who are outside?

[shuryoinai]

Both of them. Kaz, in fact, has been awake for a while.

[It's a treat to see Josh this flustered and Hikaru so unguarded. The Blade King normally got up at even the smallest disturbance. Filing all of this away for reference: he can bug Josh on the matter later.]

Game plan?

[Translation: still need my help?]

[larue]

How... long?

[ Laying back now. Because no way is he going to wake him just yet. ]

Kaz. Up, I mean.

[shuryoinai]

7 AM, give or take a few minutes.

[He hopes, LaRue, that you can now see why this is a Problem.]

[larue]

[ And here is the series of expressions that flash across his features:

Crap. Okay. Wait. How to handle this.

Glancing over now at Hikaru still sleeping and then... Eureka. ]

Makoto... [ The cogs are turning in his head now, my friend. ]

[shuryoinai]

[This is too cute.]

Yes?

[In THAT tone. What are you thinking, bro? It looks interesting.]

[larue]

[ Still looking at Hikaru, and indulging in ghosting his thumb on the younger man's chin. ]

We're going to come out like we were talking all morning.

[ Well, they kind of did. ]

Watch them. But don't step in unless it's necessary.

We just need a little time.

[shuryoinai]

Got it.

[There's one last look and a lifted eyebrow in your direction before he's walking back through that wall.

Sigh. Love.]

[larue]

[ He takes a minute for himself. He's never seen Hikaru like this before: all of twenty-one, the years somehow falling away in repose.

Leaning in though after a while, to press a kiss gently against the Blade King's forehead, all the while aware that Mitsuru is now stirring awake and peering at him with one eye. ]

Hikaru... [ a whisper. Just. He doesn't want to wake you abruptly.

A gentle press of lips on one eyelid. ] Hikaru.

[icarusalsoflew]

[That kiss and the first time you're calling out to him already has him shifting just a bit. The next one, though, has him making a quiet noise, and - a heartbeat later - opening his eyes. It doesn't take him all that long, though, to really see you and smile.]

Hey.

[Yeah. This is kind of nice.]

[larue]

[ And he kind of just... yeah. Leaning in now, arm draping over your shoulder as he shifts so that he can kiss you full on the mouth.

That goes on for a bit ( one, two, okay one more... ) before he pulls back just a little before he gathers you close.

Forehead pressed to yours now, the tip of his nose lightly bumping your own. ]

Good morning, sunshine.

[icarusalsoflew]

[All of that was more than enough to wake him up. He's pliant in your grip, though, and rather responsive to those kisses. Yes, they've left him just a bit breathless in the aftermath.]

Good morning to you too.

[Now he kind of doesn't want to move.]

[larue]

[ And neither does he, to be honest. Which is why he groans a little as he buries his face in your shoulder, mouth pressed to the warmth of your skin. ]

So, uh. Apparently it's ten-thirty [ a little bit past that now, actually ] and Kaz has been up since seven and he and Stan are outside.

[ Here is a pitiful puppy look up at you, Hikaru. ]

[icarusalsoflew]

[Oh.

Oh.

Glancing down at you now, looking just a little bit alarmed.]

That's... a bit of a problem.

[Beyond the kitten that is now getting up with a tiny feline stretch, and mewling to express his hunger.]

[larue]

[ He makes a bit of a face and mouths: Kind of. ]

Makoto uh... clued me in.

[ Because he otherwise wouldn't have known.

Which would have been awkward if he'd... gone out. ]

[icarusalsoflew]

[He's going to dwell on the pleasant implications of Makoto helping out with all of this later.

Pulling himself up now, very quietly.]

We could pretend that we've been up for a while. I mean, we looked fine to them yesterday?

[And they were fine now, so they can totally do this.

(Did he just read your mind without knowing it? Probably.)]

[larue]

[ To be fair, it was what he was thinking about when you voiced it for him. However, he's just suddenly remembered the reason he ended up in this room.in rhe first place.

Getting that familiar warm flush at the back of his head now as his fingers worry on the hem of your pajama bottoms. ]

Um. About that.

[icarusalsoflew]

Yes...?

[Watching you in the same way that Mitsuru is watching him, only for different reasons. Kitten wants Food. He wants to know what you're thinking, because that flush isn't much to go on right now.]

[larue]

[ He's going to... ease into it.

Because he doesn't want his blademate in trouble. Not when everything seems to have worked out for the best. ]

You never asked how... I knew.

[ He looks askance, before looking back with an expression that pretty much spells out: About this. About you. And me. ]

[icarusalsoflew]

[Oh, right.

Sitting up now, looking pensive.]

To be fair, there wasn't any real room for me to ask.

[There were bigger things on the plate last night, weren't there?]

[larue]

[ Watching you carefully... and then shifting close to cup a hand at your nape and leaning in to press a tender kiss to that mouth.

When he pulls back, the look in his eyes is, he hopes, reassuring. ]

Yeah. But... just. We wouldn't be here if the slip up hadn't happened. [ Leaning in for a second kiss now, ghosting his mouth hesitantly over yours. ] I've gotten good at reading you, but I'm not psychic.

Sin-Eater, right? Not one of the Touched.

[icarusalsoflew]

[Fair point. He's responding to that, just... not as much as he could be.]

Who was it?

[Is he worried? A little. Just a little.

Wait no. Okay. Maybe a little more than a little.]

[larue]

[ Catching that, and applying gentle pressure to where his hand is still resting at the base.of your neck. ]

Does it matter?

[ He already knows the answer. It's kind of on your face. Still, the look on his is: Should it? I'm here now. With you.]

[icarusalsoflew]

[That makes his lips purse just a bit, but then he tries for a smile and shakes his head.]

I guess it doesn't.

[As things stood, Josh was right? So.]

[larue]

[ Still watching you, and totally catching that.

Head bowing now as his hand falls away.

Sorry, Stan. He'll have your back though. ]

It was Stanley. [ He shifts a little away -- doesn't mean to. But he does. ] I was having something of an... epiphany.

And he kind of just... slipped.

[ Turning his attention to Mitsuru now and picking the kitten up and setting the tiny creature on his lap. ]

He said... you were already shelving your feelings.

[ A pause as he worries a little on his lower lip.

Might as well go for broke, right?

Looming away now before he adds, in a really soft voice: ] Hearing that... hurt.