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[Not even the cosmic forces holding back Ain's rizz can ruin this for them since Add is so laser-focused on Ain coming up to him, Ain putting his gay little twink hands on his hips, Ain leaning in to a plant a romantic male-on-male kiss directly on his lips—

Ah.

The lipgloss is different, but it's still lychee flavoured. He must really like lychee.

He's getting a lot of useful data from this.

... unfortunately, Ain is still going to get shocked out of nowhere. Not in a painful way, but. Emotional highs tend to have that effect on Add and Dynamo. He has just enough functional brain power to consider this, though, so he's quick to grab Ain by the wrist should he start to pull away too soon.

He stares into Ain's eyes for a moment, still looking hopelessly lost and warm and maybe a little scared again, also he might be one wrong answer away from crying]

I'm going to shock you and you're going to have to like it. Okay?

That's... that's fine, right?

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[Sorry Wolfwood, you're going to have to third wheel for a bit longer. You'll get a kiss soon too but let him have this—

Of course, he does take the initial jolt as a "back off" warning, like he said he would, so he's surprised when Add grabs onto him so suddenly. ...right, okay, he'll just have to be zapped sometimes. It's not like he hasn't been before. He still doesn't want to risk frightening Add off, especially when he's already looking quite emotional, so...

He moves the hand that isn't currently being grabbed away from Add's hip and up to his cheek, cupping it like something precious with his thumb delicately brushing Add's cheekbone.]

That's fine, [he echoes, voice impossibly soft,] and in that case, you can just push me away if you don't like something I do. I won't be upset with you.

[Boundaries are important, that has to be established immediately. The floodgates to Ain being generally way too touchy are opened, though, so good luck Add.

Still, he doesn't want to end their kiss too early, so with his hand still against Add's face, he presses their lips together again. Still no more forceful than the first, but he's going to introduce the idea of lip movements a short few seconds later.

Please don't pass out and die, Add.]

[Pushing... is not something he will do automatically, so. That's good. He is establishing boundaries!

Still feels like he might pass out but he is barely clinging to life over here. By the start of the second round of practise(????), he comes to realization that hey, this is his first (well, second) kiss? That's something to be proud of, he thinks. His experience with romantic behaviour is purely based on what he's seen other people do, and anatomy books (the library did not have many extensive details on kissing but he knows what a dissected human lip looks like...??), so he is woefully behind Ain in terms of skill and dexterity, but clearly it couldn't have been that bad if Ain still went back in for a second try... unless. it was so bad he needed the second try to improve upon it. but.

the brain has rebooted and now he's thinking too many thoughts about this. Determined not to be bad at kissing, Add ??????????? tries to do SOMETHING with his lips. Is he succeeding?? Remains to be seen.

He is also still giving Ain terrible static, sorry to his hair it's going to be ruined after this. Add is already working on blueprints at the back of his mind for something he can make to reduce the static discharge effect, maybe a necklace or a choker or something since Ain probably wouldn't want to do Nasod surgery for this...]

[He's succeeding! Look, Ain is easy to please, he never thought he'd get this far so he's thrilled with whatever. Add could've chickened out and kissed his cheek and ran instead, and somehow Ain still would've found it in him to be thrilled with these developments.

He should not press Add too much further, probably. Maybe. Ain's got some modicum of self-control, it's simply waning by the second. Boy cute... Boy is so cute. Add feels like he's developing a fever all of a sudden, but Ain knows better than to think he's somehow fallen ill. He must be giving the man a heart attack over here.

...

He actually giggles into the kiss when he feels his hair standing on end, and the lack of self-control gets the better of him. When they part, Ain gets the idea to lick across Add's bottom lip in a way that can only be described as playfully fruity. Sorry he's like this.]

Haha... deep breaths, Add~. You look like you're going to combust.

[ainchase ishmael you cannot say that after you liCKED HIM]

[Unfortunately Add plays to win, so chickening out after the confession wasn't an option. Feeling him giggle like that was already pushing him over the edge, but then Ain makes the insane decision to lick his whole bottom lip on the way out, like Add is no different from that cute little sucker he had in his mouth just a couple minutes before. His body jolts, shoulders rigid.

... and then he gasps for breath, hands suddenly on his knees. He, uh. May have forgotten! To breathe at all, for awhile!!

Dynamo is huddled around him in case he actually starts to pass out, though. He will not be faceplanting on the floor immediately after making out with Ain for the first (and also second) time... but he may need to be gently lowered to it. Or perhaps given a chair. Please give him a couple minutes to cool down, this is still a lot for his brain to process.]

[Damn NOW who’s the third wheel here-

Wolfwood doesn’t interrupt, obviously. He’s not even remotely surprised that Ain just Goes For It when given the opportunity, though he’s more surprised that Add is able to take the affection without literally blowing up. He still remembers the first time he kissed Ain, and it pretty much felt the exact same. Even someone with experience like himself can be made to feel out of his element when faced with such a boundless fount of excited energy such as Ain.

He DOES wonder if he should leave, given that his presence is undoubtedly interrupting the sweet moment just by proxy, but he instead remains near the floor feeding Dachie like a horse. Given that every time he tries to pull away, Dachie stops him with a paw planted on his knee, he’s pretty well stuck either way. He ends up sinking down to fully sit for a second, his knee unable to take the strain of squatting for much longer than that.

Unfortunately for Dachie he does not have infinite cubes to feed, just enough to keep him satiated until Add starts making dying sounds nearby, which prompts Wolfwood to wipe the sticky Dachie slobber off his hand onto his pantleg as he pushes himself back up to his feet with a little difficulty.

Well, that answers that, doesn’t it? Add will need to actually put his feelings into words at some point, otherwise he’s pretty sure Ain will throttle him, but for now…this is enough. More than could be expected, really.]

[Oh—]

Nikolaus, I think I killed him?

[Yeah, Add's gonna be guided into that rickety chair in the corner. Please sit down babe. And also while you're vulnerable he's giving you a cheek kiss kthx—

Dachie (covered in sugar) trundles over to Add and barks. Hi, are you living? What if we pet Dachie right now, would that help us be living? He noses up under Add's hand, hi pet Dachie he is not asking.

Meanwhile, Ain flounces over to Wolfwood and wraps his arms around the taller man's neck.]

I think he's fine. [did you CHECK] Your turn!

[Sorry Wolfwood, Add stole most of his lipgloss, but you can have sloppy seconds if you want?]

[the cheek kiss is not helping him stay alive rn he is OVERWHELMED!!!

He'll be fine, yeah. Dachie demands pets and he's already shoving his sugar-coated nose into Add's hand... he grimaces at the sticky owldog, but he knows escape isn't an option. Pets for Dachie.

Anyway, it's Wolfwood's turn on the boyfriend.]

[No, Ain most certainly did NOT check, but Wolfwood imagines if Add were actually dying Dynamo would have alerted them. It takes all of his self control not to laugh softly- not AT Add, but in more of a “yeah buddy I was there too once upon a time” kind of way- as Ain sidles up to him and wraps his arms around his neck. Wolfwood, in contrast, wastes no time laying his hands on Ain’s hips as he leans in to press a few lazy, open-mouthed kisses to those semi-sweet lips of his.

And yeah, he isn’t even hesitating despite Add’s lips being there seconds prior. Don’t worry about it.]

He’s still alive, but you gotta be gentle with ‘im, babe. Pretty sure he’s got smoke comin’ from his ears right now.

[Smooch smooch]

[Ain is way too thrilled with his life to stop and think "maybe this is like, not something everyone is into" but who cares he has kissed TWO boys today HELL yeah. His tail has not stopped wagging. He is kissing his Wolfwood... much deeper than he kissed Add but to be fair Wolfwood won't die on him maybe.]

I was gentle! I didn't shove my tongue in his mouth at all!

[YOU GOT PRETTY FUCKING CLOSE]

Yeah maybe wait until after yall’s second date for that one.

[He chuckles, happy to let Ain get his french kissing out here. Wolfwood does not mind a little (or a lot) of tongue, if the way he kisses him back with earnest is anything to go by, letting his tail wrap around his waist gently.]

Thanks for givin’ us another chance.

[They'll have to plan that... but that'll be when Wolfwood isn't here, y'know, Ain has some modicum of respect for the boys. Just... not enough to not make out with one while the other watches, sorry. This will get worse. Only Ezell could stop him now.]

I think you're on your third or fourth~. [Ain.] Haha... I wasn't going to stay mad forever. Probably. At some point, I think I'd probably give up and talk to you guys first, but I would've been extra mad about it.

[Probably a good thing that they came by... anyway Ain punctuates this by kissing Wolfwood again. Lovely.]

Sorry…again. I mean it.

[They kiss, and Wolfwood hums into it before bonking their foreheads together gently, his larger nose brushing against Ain’s.]

S’there anythin’ I can do to make it up to you?

[Hmmmmmmmm...]

You guys can agree to not kill each other, but I think we covered that. Haha, why don't I leave that up to you? I take donations in the form of clothes, food, and DVDs~. Ooh, or you guys can come watch The Bachelor with me!

[say no. god, say no—]

[AIN…BUDDY.]

How ‘bout you come over and we can binge it together. I’ll even make you dinner. Whatever you wanna eat, you name it.

[Just don’t worry if Angelina tries to lay in your lap the second you get on the couch because she WILL do this.

And as he says this, he’s just going to loop the end of his tail around Ain’s, twisting them together a little before giving him one last lingering kiss.]

In the meantime though, we should make sure Add’s still breathin’.

[Tempting, hmmm... his desperation to see straight people being just The Worst on public television (recordings of public television) win out within about .5 seconds of Wolfwood suggesting it. Sorry not sorry babe but you're getting smooched again, this time audibly. With their tails twisted together, it's more difficult to wag his, but the end is still free enough to wiggle across Wolfwood's calf.]

Haha, okay~.

[He's tugging Wolfwood like, a whole two feet to the left where the chair is, and crouching down to look at Add's face.]

Babe— [ain you are Going to end his life] —are you still breathing?

[While Ain is busy with Wolfwood, Add has been silently petting his (Ain's) emotional support artifact (where is Karte, anyway???). He still has that sucker gripped tightly in his other hand, held slightly up and away to keep it out of Dachie's reach... he can't even take the wrapper off with his other hand occupied, but it's fine. He's gonna save it for later so he can stare at it and get weirdly emotional and then maybe Karte will steal it.

But for now, he's doing what he does best and overthinking everything. It's hard not to slide back into bad habits when Wolfwood is outshining him again, holding Ain in his arms so effortlessly as they kiss and talk and laugh without any need for Add... getting over his jealousy won't be as simple as saying "this is stupid imma stop doing that", apparently. But then Ain returns to his side, crouching down to stare at him with those warm, loving eyes and call him babe.

He would like to say something cool here, like "no thanks to you" or "like I'd go down that easily" or even just a basic "yeah". Unfortunately, he is at his emotional limit. Add nods and warbles out a strained little noise, tears filling his eyes, he is GOING to cry this is what he gets for not crying in therapy.]

Ah— oh no— Nikolaus, I broke him!!

[There's only one thing to do when you see a man crying... and that is to stand up and hug Add as tight as he can, a hand in the back of his hair while the other tries to draw soothing circles into his back. There there.]

Are you okay? Do you need something?

[He's being pulled into a hug before he can protest. Dynamo jitters in place like they, too, have no idea how to navigate this predicament, while Add just stands there stiffly and awkwardly with his hands at his sides while Ain tries to soothe him. He's still hopelessly trying to hold back tears, but... at this stage, all he can really do is damage control.

With slow, shaking arms, he reaches up to hold Ain tight against him, face buried in his shoulder so he doesn't have to look at Wolfwood while he starts quietly sobbing into their shared boyfriend. Dynamo draws itself around them both, pressing gently into their shoulders and backs.]

S... shut up. Stupid.

[Ain bonks the sides of their head together in a way he hopes is comforting, humming a brief tune. If he's honest, he doesn't actually know how to comfort people, but... maybe if he wraps his tail around one of Add's legs... (And perhaps, if Dachie rests his little head on Add's lap and starts owl hooting at him...)]

Haha, what if I don't want to shut up?

[Poor Add, it's been an emotional day for him. If he just talks and babbles annoyingly as usual, he wonders if it'll help.]

I can sing you a lullaby~ or I can pick you up again and carry you like a bride aaaaaall the way back to the bakery~.

[Add is no longer quietly sobbing. He is Loudly Sobbing.

at least these are happy tears but they are also horrifically embarrassed tears he is going to DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!! why are bodies like this!!!!!!!!!!!! he needs to surgically remove his own tearducts and replace them with new ones that work right (no)]

[Oh Fuck He Did Something Horribly Wrong—

(Dachie, who is Too Large to be a lapdog, wiggles his upper half into Add's lap and further squirms to try getting all the way up. Unfortunately he is a big lad and there's no space for Dachies, and so he ends up comically draped over Add's legs with his own little paws dangling above the floor and his head hanging down. Are you comforted yet? Does the owldog blanket provide joy in these dark days?)

Figuring that it would now be too much to move Add and his creature, Ain instead looks at Wolfwood over his shoulder and mutters,]

There's a tissue box on the top shelf of my storeroom. Do you mind...?

[And then, back to Add:]

Deep breaths, my love.

[Unfortunately (?) for Add, he will be sung to, he doesn't have a choice now. Ain is no mindreader, he's perceiving this whole thing as sheer anxiety and nothing else, so if the singing doesn't help the embarrassment then Oops. It's a quiet lullaby in the celestial tongue and sounds a little too much like church music, Ain's voice low and soft like he's trying to put Add to sleep.

It is also directly in his ear now.

Sorry.]

[When Add just starts fucking bawling, Wolfwood stands there like a deer in headlights that doesn’t know what to do. He’s never been good at comforting for as much as Add thinks he’s this social savant, and for a moment he’s convinced that Add is crying because he kissed Ain in front of him too much. It becomes pretty clear soon that isn’t the case, but still…he knows how embarrassing it is to cry like this in front of everyone, so he gets it. There’s a reason he rarely sheds a tear himself.

When Ain asks for tissues, Wolfwood nods and makes himself briefly scarce, stepping away to go into the storeroom for the box. He’s not gone too terribly long at least, returning to hand the box over while trying not to bring a whole lot of attention otherwise to the Situation.

He would pick up Dachie and remove him but he’s pretty well splooted, and also he thinks he might get his fingers eaten if he tries.]

[It's all over. He flew too close to the sun, and now Ain is singing lullabies in his ear and he is never going to live this down. He'll be haunted by this for the rest of his life. He is going to Die from cringe.

A dynamo slips out of formation to retrieve a tissue, tugging a single square loose with its sharp tip like it's done this before. It's... a little easier, once he can bury his entire face in something. It's still gonna take awhile for him to calm down, but the snot and tears aren't dribbling grossly down his face anymore. Deeeeeep breaths.

...

...

Okay. He's... fine. He's normal now.

He puts a hand on Ain's shoulder, gently pushing him away. He's fine and normal ignore how he's still avoiding eye contact and rubbing at his face.]

Ugh... biological impulses are so messy.

[Ain now thinks his singing has helped Add to calm down and will forever sing to him, you're welcome you've landed yourself a songbird—

He does let go and take a step back when instructed to, tucking his tail around his own ankles while he whistles for Dachie to move. Dachie does not move. He is splooted.]

Aww, don't feel too bad~. I didn't cry at all before I came here, and now I have a breakdown every other week. [ain this is not a good thing, this is super unhelpful actually] I think this forest just makes you more emotional or something.

[No it's called being in touch with your feelings you DIPSHIT]

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cw: the boys are kissing i guess this shouldve been up there earlier but yknow. the gays.

cw: wolfwood stands in the corner and watches the boys kiss. dachie is also there.

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zahliya said he's broken now, yeah

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