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[personal profile] lustro 2024-04-21 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He - doesn’t have a comeback for that - ]

… Now you’re just making things up.

[ He holds out his arms. Come closer?

Ah, wait, should he have rolled up his sleeves, too… ]


Do you like cute things?
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[personal profile] lustro 2024-04-21 11:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Mm, if I’m on a list of things you like, then I guess… that’s fine. I can be cute for a day.

[ Into his arms is good; he settles them loosely around Mika. They’re close and comfortable enough that Mika can feed whenever he feels ready and he has more access to Ginger if he wants to touch his hair again. He seems to like doing that?

And overall, keeping Mika close makes Ginger feel more at ease. They have a term now: family. Mika’s family - it’s a little like being claimed.

Ginger likes that. ]


Yuu-chan, cute things, flowers, family - what else? Tell me more.
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[personal profile] lustro 2024-04-22 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
Eh?! That??

[ His ears go red. Nooot something he expected to make the list. Isn't that the same as saying he - uh - he tastes good?? A-aaaa... He can't say it doesn't make him happy to hear that Mika finds him palatable. But... embarrassing......... ]

W-well, you know, it's yours to taste whenever...

[ It's not like there's another vampire who wants his blood anyway. What makes him taste good...? Is it the demon half... the angel half... Mmmmm... What does Ginger even taste like...? ]

... Ah, I've never had curry before. I don't need to eat, so it's always been things the others like to try for fun. Like cakes and chips. Little things.
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[personal profile] lustro 2024-04-22 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, sometimes humans come up with really interesting ideas. Like - chocolate with the flavor of flowers. Or, um, coffee flavored things.

[ He likes the seasonal items because they feel - special. ]

And I like sharing. [ With Rum, especially, but with his coworkers, too. Speaking of sharing: ]

If I eat the things you like, will… will my blood - um. Could I share those flavors with you?
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[personal profile] lustro 2024-04-22 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
!!

[ In his eagerness he almost leans in too close, head bump barely avoided. But this is really exciting news! If it means Mika can taste the dishes he used to like - ]

Then let’s! The things you used to like - and maybe dishes you haven’t tried yet.

[ Ginger’s tall. He can do this for Mika. ]
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[personal profile] lustro 2024-04-22 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
[ It doesn’t sound weird at all to Ginger. ]

Oh - it’ll be like we’re sharing meals, like a family. [ In a tone that says he likes the idea. Mika is so smart. ] I’m there when you eat, and you’re there when I eat. It’s only fair.

And it’s not like I’d ever say no to spending more time with you?

[ He’s the type to glue himself to Rum, to miss him when they’re not partners for a day (eternity, longing, wasting away), to mope when he has plans with other friends for the evening (the night is long and endless). Imagine having more than one friend before coming here. Honestly can’t relate. ]
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[personal profile] lustro 2024-04-22 06:05 am (UTC)(link)
I remember.

[ And he did think Mika meant what he said. ]

But I... have to limit myself, or else I'll want to monopolize your time. I mean, I do want that.

[ But he knows that gets annoying. He's annoying, Rum says so all the time. Most people need the occasional alone time; rarely are they like Ginger. Needy, clingy... even in the way he touches Mika. ]
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[personal profile] lustro 2024-04-22 08:02 am (UTC)(link)
[ It’s not as easy of an answer for Ginger. He think… being careful would make him happier. It hurts when he’s with Rum because the chance of heartbreak is high - and he’d die without him, he’d die alone.

Mika… Mika won’t break his heart. They’re not in love, but they care for each other. Deeply, he thinks. Mika is his heart’s guardian angel, in a way.

And Mika is not and should never be a replacement for Rum. They’re both important to him in different ways. They’re both special, one of a kind. ]


Controlling it… It’s important that you have… a choice. I’m not tying you to me. [ But - please, please choose to stay, until you go back to your Yuu-chan. ] What would make me happiest is if seeing me made you smile with your heart, like you did earlier.

[ It was pretty. ]

Mm. When you feel like smiling, I hope you do. I want to see all your smiles.
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[personal profile] lustro 2024-04-22 09:39 am (UTC)(link)
[ (It’s a happiness tennis ball, so Ginger will bring it back to Mika every single time, wag wag) ]

Mika, you’re brilliant! That’s a good plan. [ He’s wagging now - though his metaphorical tail did slow to an uncertain stutter when Mika mentioned that he’d stopped smiling.

He hopes Mika will talk to him enough to fill in the emptiness of two years; he hopes Mika finds reason to smile at Yuu-chan again, at Ginger, at the things he likes. The things they both like. And maybe -

Maybe… one day Mika can talk about himself and smile. ]
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[personal profile] lustro 2024-04-22 08:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Please…

[ Please do pester him. So easy to beg. ]

Hm? [ He shivers slightly with anticipation. ] You can tell when I look at you?

[ That… only makes sense, right? He likes Mika; he likes attention and affection. And he gets all of that, here.

… Then when Mika smiles, he wonders how his pulse reacts. Faster? ]
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[personal profile] lustro 2024-04-22 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He laughs a little, soft in the quiet of Mika’s room. What a strange… compliment? He’ll take it as one. ]

I’ll put that on my resume.

[ Does Mika want him to tilt his head? He leans into the hand at his jaw, exposing more of his neck to the dim light. Not quite a nuzzle. Puppy behavior, honestly. ]

I… think the end result will be the same. [ Because, well. ] Are you sure it doesn’t make you uncomfortable?

[ He’s almost certain it’ll just happen again and again. Dreads the day it happens outside of feeding. If it’s with someone other than Mika… ]
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[personal profile] lustro 2024-04-22 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Mika…

[ The problem with names is: once it becomes important to him, familiar in the way it feels on his tongue, the name can be said with a million different inflections.

He says Mika’s name in red, heavy in the air and like a plea.

It’s the affection, but also the way Mika settles in his arms, head by his shoulder. Mouth by his neck where that feeling will scorch him from within. Those lips say his name. To his shame, he already feels the start of it - just on memory alone. ]


I can’t ask that. [ It would be a mistake. He’d make himself sick. ] I don’t want to desire you in an impossible way.

[ And it would, at that point, become desire. Even worse, a habit, another need. And then his wicked mind would be free to think of all the ways Mika could… help. ]

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