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[hasteful]

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[nightchild]

...Don't phrase it like that...

[HE DOESN'T WANT



TO BE JEALOUS



OF GAROU!!!!!!!!!!

puts a pair of goggles around buzen's face]

[hasteful]

[GOGGLES? he's so confused and uncomfortable. he immediately tries to shake them off like a dog who was forced into a sweater he doesn't like]

Do I look like Kuwa...?

[nightchild]

[i can't believe itsuki finally made buzen uncomfortable, physically

he lifts the goggles so they're not over buzen's eyes]

I think we need these if we're gonna go swimming in the ocean.

[itsuki is both a malewife and a mom, he's the type of guy who gets everything you might possibly need on a trip]

[hasteful]

You're overthinking it! The ocean's been there forever, and these eye things are totally new! I'm sure we can do just fine without them.

[or at least buzen can? he will take them off and put them on itsuki....

and then turn to wander off because he wants to look at the next thing!]

[nightchild]

[HE REALLY BLINDED ITSUKI AND WANDERED OFF.....

itsuki pulls off the goggles... he grabs another pair just in case and follows after,]

It's been around forever, so it's had time to get more -- [what's the word again] polluted? It's not as clean as it used to be.

[tho he guesses if buzen gets EYE GERMS he could just get repaired and be as good as new.... itsuki's twink body though...]

[hasteful]

[yea he doesn't want goggles and was like 'that's that!' but buzen will just laugh at that and then reach out for itsuki's hand again.]

Then you should wear them, I guess.

[BUZEN JUST DECIDED HE DOESN'T WANT TO]

[nightchild]

[HE JUST DOESN'T WANT TO?

itsuki shocked because buzen has never denied him anything except for wearing GOGGLES I GUESS??? IM SHAKING]

First the ice cream, now this...

[he holds onto both pairs anyway because he wants the illusion of choice... and looks at a hello kitty beach towel with a vaguely shocked expression on his face,]

[hasteful]

[help

buzen is just going to look confused, tilting his head]

Is something the matter?

[nightchild]

[itsuki will just

wrap the towel around buzen, drawing him closer.]

I won't make you wear the goggles, but...

[he leans in, places a light kiss at the corner of both eyes]

You have to tell me if your eyes start feeling strange, okay? If you don't, then I'll be really mad at you.

[DON'T JUST FORGET TO TELL HIM BUZEN!!!]

[hasteful]

[he obediently stays still? it's so funny that itsuki probably gets whiplash because sometimes buzen is very obedient and sometimes he really is not,]

Mm, okay. I will.

I don't want you to be mad.

[how funny that he's just barking at itsuki in another thread while he's saying this,]

[nightchild]

[HE DOES IN FACT GET WHIPLASH? but it also keeps things exciting? he thinks that now but he's crying in that other thread]

...I'm happy to hear that, but I'd also like it if you didn't want to be hurt.

[itsuki says, while running onto a battlefield. he'll gather the towel to himself and move on, picking up a few more things]

I can't seem to stop worrying even though I know it's different for you.

[hasteful]

[buzen just laughs at that, tilting his head]

I just don't think a little water will be enough to hurt me... but it's not like I'm reckless on purpose or anything.

Ro-san scolded me for that too, back at the Prism. I don't mean to be ungrateful for your worry....

[nightchild]

[itsuki smiles in reply, though it's a little crooked. he can sense the 'but' there???

but also they're on a date, so maybe itsuki doesn't want this soft, teasing moment to lead into a real argument. he heads to the register, slipping his hand into buzen's]

Ana-chan, huh? I wish I could have seen that.

[being scolded by roxana... itsuki isn't that much of an M to get excited by that, but he feels like it must be really effective.]

Aren't you supposed to listen to your master?

[hasteful]

[buzen will take itsuki's hand!

but also - ]

Well, she warned me really early.... way before she was my master.

Our first week there, I think?

[nightchild]

Buzen...

[he gives him a sort of squinty eyed look as if to ask 'i feel like i know what you were doing to get scolded like that and yet']

And now? I feel like she has to have warned you more than once....

[hasteful]

[he pauses... like he's thinking about it... and then he shakes his head.]

No, just the once. I apologized, and... well, I really don't mean to cause people reason to worry...

[ . . . . ]

I've been trying to do better. Am I not...?

[nightchild]

[there's a thoughtful look on his face at that, and he squeezes buzen's hand as if to reassure him,]

...It's so different here, compared to the prism. You still have your mission, but... I feel like there's a big difference between getting hurt there and getting hurt -- here?

[hm, it's hard to word this....]

Sorry, I'm not sure where I'm going with that... But I think you are doing better, and I believe you when you say that you're trying. That's the important thing.

[hasteful]

[buzen will squeeze itsuki's hand at that, nodding with the reassurance]

I never want to do anything to make you worry.... so trust me a little more, okay?

[he leans in to press a kiss to his cheek]

Even if it's a little cute that you worry so much.

[buzen is a sword... he's not going out of his way to get hurt, he just has a different understanding of his own capacity for handling things,]

[nightchild]

[a little cute.........

itsuki makes a small amused noise,]

I guess it's a habit of mine -- worrying about the people I like. [at least buzen doesn't call him MOM like garou does.....

itsuki doesn't know if he'd survive buzen calling him that............. words itsuki can escape from because buzen doesn't understand them: mom, bottom, etc.]

And I like you best, which means I'll worry about you the most.

[hasteful]

[that makes him laugh a little, amused]

Do you fuss over Kiyo-san and Yasu-san that much? I guess Kiyo-san would like it, though.

[being doted on......]

[nightchild]

[itsuki laughs too, then looks thoughtful]

I did try... But it honestly felt like they fussed more over me.

I know I come off as pretty easy-going, but I've always been good at taking care of myself...

[itsuki's just confused bc he couldn't big brother the swords]

[hasteful]

You were able to look after both you and Zuha-san, right? I've always thought you were pretty responsible, you were looking out for me from early on after all...

[when buzen was saying literally whatever?

he would've banged itsuki week 0 if itsuki was serious about asking?]

I was always pretty confused about people's impressions of you....

[nightchild]

[the person at the register will get to see itsuki's face change from ??? to the embarrassment of recalling that exact moment in week 0, wow]

Well, to be fair... I tried my best to be annoying...

[the self-awareness of this moment and the fact that buzen will be like :o annoying?

itsuki takes the bag and links his hand with buzen's, hurriedly]

I was different around them compared to how I was with you. That's all.

[hasteful]

Annoying...?

[the look of confusion on buzen's face truly shows how little he understands this. he interlaces their fingers as always! this is itsuki, his annoying boyfriend....]

I see... What were you doing around them?

[nightchild]

[THE WAY HE DOESN'T WANT TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION]

Um... [UHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhHHHHh....]

I was... hitting on... [KOFFS] Being too care-free! Yeah.

[YEAH]