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Sticks & Bones // IC Inbox
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Oh, be careful, Ain. If you say stuff like that, it makes it sound like you love me.
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[Just. Deadpan. He's not sure how he expected his eventual-one-day love confession to Elsword to go, if he did it at all — if they were still on Elrios he probably would've taken this to his grave — but it definitely was never like this.]
That's... that's what I'm trying to say. I'm not doing a good job of it... but I do. I have for a long time.
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Elsword doesn't say anything for the longest time. His hands are still on Ain's face and he's just, y'know, staring at him. After a time, he very quietly lets out a Single Vowel. ]
…Eh?
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[Well now Ain is sitting up and scrambling to explain himself, somehow, as if he has to justify I have feelings for you to a guy who has obliviously been running a polycule for five years. Ain's cheeks are red-red, and he quickly grabs his crossed ankles with his hands as his gaze darts literally anywhere but Elsword's face.]
It's— it's not like it's hard to fall in love with you...! You're fantastic and you're always there for others, for me, and it... I... I've really always loved you, so... I don't know, you were the first person I ever got romantic feelings for. I didn't say anything at the time because I didn't really understand what being attracted to someone felt like until I was already here.
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He stays quiet, but only because there's a hundred things that he wants to say. "Sorry" and "Why?" and "I think I like you too" and "I don't know what I'm feeling either because I don't really understand this stuff well either" and "How come I haven't noticed?" and "Is all this really okay if that's how you feel?" and "Oh fuck, is THAT why we were married?" and- ]
I don't... really do any of that stuff well enough, though... [ And what he says is the dumbest of all! Huzzah- ]
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You— [Elsword what do you MEAN.] You're the glue that's holding all of us together. Whenever something goes wrong, or someone's having a bad day, it's your energy that brings us all back.
[Yes, Ain has given advice to Eve and Ara before, but Ain wouldn't say he's good at advice. He just has experience in making choices that no one should have to make.]
I think you're pretty harsh on yourself... you're doing all you can, and that's what we care about the most as a collective, I think.
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But what if he keeps messing up? How much more can everyone else handle before they realize how off-brand of a glue Elsword is???? He squeezes his hands together. He has to get better. He has to be better.
He sits upright, squishing Ain's cheeks with his hands again to get him to face Elsword, and then he just... very gently presses his lips to Ain's.
This is probably something Elsword still wanted, but more than that, he hopes it makes Ain happy. He knows he's dealing with so much right now, and he deserves to be happy. ]
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He puts his hands on Elsword's shoulders... the armour is in the way, so they slide down to his chest eventually instead.]
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It only lasts about four whole seconds before Elsword parts with the tiniest pop sound.
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And then he leans in for another. Then another. And another.
Mwah mwah mwah. ]
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Ain actually starts giggling the longer this goes on, especially between each little kiss. It makes it hard to actually focus on the act of kissing proper, but maybe that's easier for both of them, nervous as they are. It doesn't need to be perfect, after all.
Knowing where the snaps on Elsword's pauldrons are helps this out immensely, though, because as they share little pecks and giggles, Ain is taking those off so he can actually properly throw his arms around Elsword's neck moments after. A full embrace.]
Elsword~ hehe~.
[Smooch smooch, peck peck.]
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He's relaxed, at the very least. Something he doesn't do enough, if ever. ]
Um, so... do... I need to talk to your other partners? Like to ask them if... um... [ Elsword really out here like "do I have to ask for their blessing?" like he's asking a girl's dad if he can marry her. Like, yeah, talk to your partners, but also?? Boy??? ] O-or is that too forward?
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Haha, you can, but they already know how I feel about you... it's not like I haven't talked about it. You have to be transparent about that sort of stuff in an open relationship like we all have. [You know, don't sell someone on an emotional connection before being like "hey I have 20 other emotional connections".] I'd like for all of you to get along, though, so don't feel shy talking to them~.
[You know unlike Add, whose first conversation with Wolfwood was a fight, as Ain would find out like a month later.]
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[ Elsword is, y'know, the least shy person, he thinks. ]
I guess I just don't know how any of this works...? I mean, not even if there weren't others, I don't think? I guess I never thought about it. Is it nice? I have so many questions...
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[shut UP ain you eat all the pastries downstairs]
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I... love your enthusiasm, Ain. But... I'm still... [ What's the word he's looking for here? He thinks on it a moment. ] ...absorbing this all? It's a lot to take in. I mean, I don't know how I didn't realize...
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Anyway, not saying "no", just... not right now?
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[Yeah someone should probably tell Elsword that it's weird to spoon your friends at night, but then again the whole group wants to rail him stupid so... no one's going to have this conversation. Surely Raven thinks it's funny when Elsword is jetpacking??]
So, what's on your mind now?
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You said you loved me for a long time, and I noticed a... sort of... "difference", I guess, in you after some time. Is that correlated? Maybe that is why I missed it...? And, I guess, what sort of things do you expect from me? If there's a time gap here, does that mean when we go back there's suddenly going to be a blink from everyone else and suddenly we're... really close?
Are we... together now???
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[Gosh, Elsword is so cute, but Ain doesn't really know how to explain that first part. He should probably ease Elsword into the discussion of him being not human, huh.]
Maybe you missed it because I didn't really have emotions at all until a while after we met...? [Do you remember how he threatened to kill a child... Yeah.] It probably seemed like I was just opening up. Haha, I didn't know what any of those feelings were either, in your defense. I still don't know a lot of them.
[He's gotten better! He's learnt what betrayal and depression and loneliness feel like! Yay!]
I don't have expectations... Not really. I just want kisses~. Nothing about us really has to change other than that. We can snuggle up more, if you want. It's not like we haven't done most things I do with my other partners already... We've already bathed together, we usually cuddle, so I'd say we're checking off most things couples do.
[Ain isn't going to touch on the topic of the Other thing he does with his partners, which is suck a lotta dick. That's for way later. And he and Add had a pretty hands off relationship, too, so that might not even be on the table for Elsword either.]
I don't know about the time bubble... But yes, I'd like to call you my boyfriend, if you're okay with it. You can say no.
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I guess that just all sounds like stuff friends do? I guess I'm just worried about... doing a good job. [ He wants a good grade in being a boyfriend. ]
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Haha, well, we were already very close, so it's not like we have to change too much. I just want kisses... haha, and maybe I'll bring you flowers sometimes? If you wanted them.
[Ain does have a few that he grows. Not as many as Flamebringer next door, but definitely a few.]
I don't think you have anything to worry about~.
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No, but really, Elsword is just so sure boyfriends have a lot to consider and such, and Elsword is just... well, Elsword. He sighs, putting his head against Ain's shoulder. ]
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[Bonks his head into Elsword's. Bonk bonk bonk. Nuzzle.]
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Elsword will nuzzle back of course, letting himself ponder on this for a moment. It isn't as that he feels insecure around Ain or anything, this is just new waters for Elsword, and considering Ain already has a fiance and other partners, he feels way out of his league?? Maybe he really shouldn't worry about it that much? ]
Well, that's good to hear. You shouldn't have worries. You know I'd do anything to make them go away, too. [ Part of the reason he wants to fight Suri so bad. The other part is because he wants to see the rest of the ESP again. ]
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I know. That's one of the reasons that I love you, you know.
[Ain loves him sooo much. So much, in fact, that he Must kiss Elsword on the cheek. Sue him.]
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In fact, it's something I know you'd do, too, you know. You're an amazing person, Ain.
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