week four | dates

[showhost]

You worked up your courage and asked someone out on a date! Good job!





Now you have to hope the producers are kind re: where they send you.

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[inparfait]

Shut up... [ things he should be doing and which he does do after. he's nuzzling in further also.

the problem is the more he breathes and gets a sense of his head, the more he feels embarrassed about everything. he's supposed to be a strong demon!

...he's less embarrassed about the feelings, but only marginally so. still. ]

[aspirings]

[How very scary.]

I should be scolding you more, in all honesty. At least tell me honestly next time we shouldn't go into a place like a shrine.

[It's not like it's a hardship for him!]

[inparfait]

I can go! [ he shouts that and then has to take a few deep breaths afterwards because he's an idiot. ]

I just can't hang around too long. The air's bad for me, but I have to deal with worse in Hell when Seiya comes after me.

[aspirings]

[idiot. Tsukasa just arches an eyebrow at that, looping an arm loosely around Minami.]

You aren't listening. [The chiding is gentle, though, and warm, like all things Tsukasa does.]

I don't want you to put up with things simply because you can, if they make you uncomfortable or aren't good for you.

I would much rather do something else with you.

[inparfait]

[ he was definitely about to protest again, but that simple action settles him. this feels nice even if his lungs still feel weird. ]

...fine. But I want to do everything with you.

[aspirings]

Then we'll do everything!

[Really, what else could you expect Tsukasa to say. He's Like This.]

But in more reasonable doses, that's all. I'll need you to speak up to do that, though. Will you do that for me?

[inparfait]

Mmmnnnnph! [ he's dying (affectionate). ]

This is why I fell for you, even before I was sure if your soul would work for what I needed. [ god, he was just saying that and now his cheeks are hot again for non asphyxiation reasons. ]

...but yeah. That makes me happy. Really happy. More than that, but I don't know how to say it.

[aspirings]

[Tsukasa, a stupid boy: "what's why he fell for me?"

Oh well. It's fine. It probably doesn't matter.]

No need to worry. [Earnestly:] You've already said far more than I thought you would, to be honest.

[It's really cute.]

So thank you for that, Minami.

[inparfait]

[ lifting his head to pout, because he has his priorities in order. ]

I'm not afraid! I just— [ minami, a stupid demon. ]

—don't understand it yet.

Maybe I'm a lil afraid.

[aspirings]

"Afraid"...?

[Huh...]

Of saying things like this? Or the feelings themselves? [Or???]

[inparfait]

Mmnn... the second one. I like you and you like me, and no one could tell me otherwise! [ not even himself, which was definitely a thought he had in the early days, but it didn't last long. ]

I never wanted feelings like this and I hated that I had them. But now I don't hate them anymore. I think I like them now, actually.

But it still makes me feel weird sometimes, because I'm a demon and you're gonna make sure I stay one.

So I'm a demon who's fallen in love? And that makes me so happy, but that seems wrong, but also right.

Just like the way my heart feels right now.

[ ...he absolutely knows what he just confessed to just now. probably. ]

1/3

[aspirings]

[.........?

"So I'm a demon who's fallen in love?"

So I'm a demon who's fallen in love?

who's fallen in love?

in love]

[aspirings]

[A very small part of him that is always thinking about shows thinks--

Wow, that would be an excellent line for the climax of a romance.




--while the rest of him thinks:

faklsndklams??]

3/3

[aspirings]

[He opens his mouth and all that comes out is something like:]

Huhganksd?

[And then he flushes bright red and covers his mouth with a hand.

Hang on. Processing.]

[inparfait]

Huh? [ ...nope, he might not have realized? jury is still out.

he does smile though as he always does, when tsukasa's face looks like this. ]

[aspirings]

Ah. I. Er.

[sorry

still gonna have to give him a minute]

[inparfait]

'Kay. [ he'll wait patiently as he's learned (!) to do, placing a hand on top of tsukasa's so he can feel some of that flush himself. ]

[aspirings]

[Okay Tsukasa. Get it together. Deep breath in. Deep breath out.

Form actual words, carefully lowering his hand alongside Minami's.]

I. I see... I'm--really happy to hear that, Minami. Truly.

[inparfait]

[ blink. ]

Which part? [ did you think you were getting off so easy tsukasa-

intentionally or not- ]

[aspirings]

[help]

A... all of it...?

[inparfait]

Hmmn....you haven't turned that red in a while though, so it had to be something specific.

[ sorry, he's not buying it. ]

[aspirings]

I-it is true that all of it made me happy, though...!

[But.

Ah...]

... You said... you've fallen in love.

/2

[inparfait]

Oh.

[ now his braincell has to process, hold on. ]

[inparfait]

[ actually no it doesn't, not really anyway.

there's a lot of things minami will struggle with in the future, but this isn't one of them. how could it be? even with the parts of him that are new, that he never asked for and that he's slowly coming to accept, he's always known what he likes.

well, what he—

he breaks out into a grin, exuberant, bright, pointy, and loud. ]

Yeah, I do! I love you, Tsukasa!

[ he literally just realized this now, but that doesn't change anything. ]

[aspirings]

[oh my god?




oh my god????????

oh my god

He's gone, face buried in his hands as he tries to process this. Minami is so exuberantly loud about it. He's so not prepared for this.]