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[mischief is immediately derailed by curiosity. Though he just waits to see what Curtain tells him]

... The last night in the previous place, I read your mind a bit.

[Confusion]

...what?

I used your own ability on you.

...ah.... when you were testing what all you could steal.

[does not seem bothered just wry and a little wary]

[oh wait he figured it out. there's the rising embarrassment and uncertainty]

--Wait, while we were...

[alarm, also embarrassment, but it's mostly at the idea]

—No! No. Before that. Much before that.

[...relief]

...what did you learn, then?

[the embarrassment just increases]

... You talk a lot inside your head.

[amusement, suspicion]

I feel like you could have guessed that without reading my mind?

Anything else?

You were really struggling with my flirting.

... And also you think my arms are big?

[OH

that time

sudden flush of embarrassment. time to put his face onto Curtain's shoulder]

[chuckles. taking this opportunity to hug him with one of his big, strong arms.

he's just genuinely fond and amused]

Anyway... What I was trying to say is... it was helpful?

[the embarrassment just becomes a richer hue but he doesn't not enjoy the hug]

It is quite a good ability.

[there's just warmth and more fondness. leaning in to nuzzle his ear, then speaks close to it, low]

And this is a little like that, I think.

[there's fluster but some arousal mixed in at the nuzzling, and he gradually unclenches enough to drape his arms fully around Curtain's shoulders. His face stays hidden but his posture sinks into something more comfortable.

Various emotions skitter around, fondness, surprise, wry humor, maybe a small bit of sorrow. He seems to be Thinking About A Lot again.]

I wasn't expecting it.

[very low-key concern and curiosity, but really, this is just business as usual, so he tries to focus on what's actually being said instead of the other million emotions that Jae contains.

also wrapping his other arm around him, then nuzzling his ear a bit again]

Well, if it ever becomes inconvenient, just let me know. It can be undone, right?

[It turns out big arm hugs are LIKE a thunder blanket. The emotions even out to a warm mix of Interest and Comfort.]

Only if you want.

...I could also probably temporarily um... 'deafen'...? Lock down? Prevent the emotions from coming and going.

Edited 2022-06-10 05:45 (UTC)

[it turns out that seeing an attempt at comfort is actually effective also feels really nice, so there's more fondness and a quiet sort of satisfaction from him.]

I'll leave it up to you, in that case.

[catches his earlobe between his lips to kiss it]

[There is a even further sensation of warm comfort and a little bit of Jae's soul is restored, at the hug. AV Forgot.]

I think...

[The kiss to his earlobe gets an embarrassed warm flush.]

...It's quite helpful in this kind of situation...? Even if maybe it's a bit embarrassing too.

[that's getting looped right back at him because of his own objective. his soul was like 90% intact anyway so this just fills up the metaphorical gauge to the top. a light squeeze with his arms as that happens... I guess this is kind of cuddling now?]

It's fun...

[it may in fact just be cuddling now. foiled by robes.

though he is somewhat idly reaching up into Curtain's hair, finding the hair tie and slowly working it out with a bit of lazy curiosity]

I'm glad you think so, since I forgot about this effect a bit...

[it should come off easily, though his Finch ribbon is also there, so he'll have to do something about that]

I'm surprised you'd forget about something like this.

...throughout most of my story, I was rarely in the same place as my incarnation. Especially after I became a constellation. So it actually came up not too often.

[he does pause over what to do with the ribbon, and then just drapes it over one of curtain's shoulders for the moment so that he can run his fingers through the hair in a low and methodical way. It actually reminds him quite a bit of managing the feather Curtain no longer has, so it's a bit soothing.]

[his hair is in fact very soft and well-cared for, a man doesn't choose to grow his hair this long just to neglect it. the gesture is also soothing for him, a little bit nostalgic, but he's definitely enjoying it]

Good thing we already had experience with it.

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