[It IS weird and stupid this week. There is not, like, dying urge forcing him to touch, or kiss, or whatever other things two guys are trying to ignore here with Cloud. But... there's still an urge? Like a natural sort of... acceptable okayness with the idea of it.
But he is stupid and has similar thoughts. Maybe Cloud was having a week. Maybe it's only when Lup is involved. "Cloud literally said he doesn't kiss people he doesn't like." Wow, suddenly he has forgotten that was said. It must be redacted week.]
[ they're so stupid. jason. cloud is literally wearing your clothes still.
anyway cloud peers at jason for a second before he peels himself off the railing, shoving his hands in his pockets. he doesn't have the urge, but part of him still wants to touch too, and he. does not want to be rejected or mocked so instead in the pockets they go!!!
ZERO BRAIN CELLS ARE IN THIS ROOM ]
Sure. Can't access the castle, though. That's where we stayed. [ he points in the vague direction of it ] Participants couldn't go there without us, so I guess that counts for me too, now. Maybe if I brought my mask along.
[Cloud. Jason literally told you five seconds ago he liked seeing you with the pants unzipped. THEY ARE BOTH MORONS.]
We can see Lup's old room, but not yours? Tch. What a cop-out. [Cloud does not try to touch him, and he really just accepts that as giving Cloud the desired space. Idiocy. But he does walk alongside Cloud almost shoulder to should anyway.] A sexy mask?
Wasn't so much a room as... an abandoned church, to be fair. All the places we had were based on memories we couldn't remember.
[ the realm was rude. but jason says that and cloud huffs, elbowing him lightly ]
Not unless there's something I should know about you and wolves. [ he nicely does not say anything about jason maybe being into half-animal masks, because his dad is batman. that's gross. ] I've got it in my room if you actually want to see it. Pretty crazy, considering the thing literally exploded in my face when the code decided it was time to unmask for everyone.
It is not unusual for them to bully each other, so he elbows the elbow back without even thinking about it at all. They clack funny bones and are on the ground in pain (no).]
Maybe I'm into the lone wolf type. [Maybe he is the lone wolf type unfortunately. Out of the family. Stop, don't talk about his dad.] ...Sure, show me sometime. You think I know what it's like being a host? I was hunted for sport.
...Is that why your face looks so funny all the time?
[ THEIR FUNNY BONES. im going to pretend they both hurt each other and are pretending to be tough about it while their arms are ringing.
and, look, okay, well if jason wants to trade gallows humor: ]
No, that's from when I was shot in the head. [ the scar's odd, like a burst around his eyeball, and he personally doesn't care about it, but it's funny. dying is funny. ]
[Yes, they clacked funny bones and are trying really hard to be manly while feeling the righteous vibrations of God in their arms.]
Cloud.
[THIS MAKES HIM LOOK AT THE SCAR, and then he looks quickly away so he's not looking. But he actually has a rather concerned and scolding expression to him.]
[ he?? just??? and he just made the same joke?????
i hope jason looks back because cloud's disgruntled expression is absolutely a pout ]
... Yeah, I know. I'm not bothered by it. [ a little sulkily, like when he is being scolded by tifa. this is just how he sounds when he is scolded. jason made a getting murdered joke why can't he :/ ]
[He does look back for a moment, yeah, and he has to double-take because he didn't expect Cloud to be pouting. He looks like he feels somewhat guilty.]
Hey. Stop that.
[Nudges Cloud, but NOT WITH HIS ELBOW, with his forearm.]
[ he raises an eyebrow and takes a hand out of his pocket to nudge back. he still looks like he's pouting and has no idea, but this is just what his face looks like. ]
I'm not doing anything. [ and never mind that; ] You're the one with the look.
[ ... it's a nice laugh. it doesn't make him blush and relent a little. that's his imagination. but he does roll his eyes ]
I know what my face looks like. [ he doesn't need a mirror!! but he leads the way ] C'mon, let me show you the stupid way they had to call for us.
[ he's heading for the planetarium. it's partially because it's a stupid way, and partially because once they're in it's a very pretty place. a million glittering stars on an infinite ceiling.
also it's dark and there are no mirrors, he's running away from them ]
That’s fine. The last time they were together with mirrors, their reflections attacked them.
This place garners the exact same reaction from him the other one did when they were with Lup. He doesn’t stop so much as slow down, and he tips his head back to look over all of the stars along the ceiling.]
You really don’t see things like this in the city ever.
[Right, the calling. He is paying attention maybe.]
[ it was also partially to show it off. he likes stars! he misses them! the sky in nibelheim was so clear because mako doesn't pollute like that :/ ]
Yeah. I never went inside here if I could help it, though. [ there's a quirk to his lips ] Participants would come in here, "wish upon a star", and we'd feel it. It was so stupid. We had phones. I'd text them to meet me somewhere and hope they left whatever weird offerings behind.
[ there's a deliberate pause, because it's for a punchline; ]
For a solid while, Lup kept giving me crabs.
[ Long Suffering Tone. is he trying to make Jason laugh. maybe. ]
[Jason likes the stars, too! But only because you don't get to see them like this in Gotham because of the light pollution. :pensive:
He listens to Cloud while looking around at the ceiling still.] Wish upon a star, huh? [Fucking MoM.] Only slightly more embarrassing than ringing a bell at a desk.
[His head lowers, and he glances at Cloud. He does laugh! It's quieter, but it's the same genuine laugh he gave before.] Crabs? I might need to take you to see a doctor. [A joke!
astralfire — Yesterday at 3:08 PM i was like THE BEACH but then saw it has to be from the main body of the post fluorescentness — Yesterday at 3:09 PM >:[ i want to catch crabs ]
[ cloud's glancing back with a wry smirk, pretending he isn't pleased to hear jason laugh like that. why?? does he have it this bad??? affection week was a nightmare and now he has feelings and it's terrible. (it did not give him feelings.) ]
It's Lup. Of course she did. Then she got mad when I didn't keep them all. [ it's a fond kind of annoyance. he shakes his head ] The hell was I gonna do with a bucket of live crabs?
[Cloud has it bad. And Jason will continue to charm Cloud for some time since he seems to be able to laugh a lot easier.
Cloud's exasperation twists his lips. He raises a hand to laugh more into it. Immediately in answer:] Eat them. [A chuckle comes out of him.] You could have even eaten them in front of her.
They didn't tell you how to roast crabs over a fire in SOLDIER training camp? I'll have to teach you in case she brings you any more.
Roasting dozens of two inch long crabs, my favorite. [ they were a little bigger than that. but despite his complaint there's a pause, considering, then: ] Sure, city boy. Teach me how to roast crabs.
[ he knows how to roast things, but he's never had to roast crabs, so. sure. why not. he nudges jason by gently kicking his foot with his own this time ]
C'mon. Showing you the book store, next. [ because jason is a nerd ]
... Uh... I think they were hard-shelled? Kinda looked like rocks.
[ the pirates crab are not based on any real crabs, I do what I want. He's looking a little surprised Jason knows so much about crabs. Again, new england, what is that, etc.
he... makes no move to get out of Jason's arm around his shoulders, even though there's a clear second of hesitation. he didn't tense up tho this is progress ]
It had stories from people's worlds, so maybe you'll find something familiar. [ maybe they can actually read in this one he means. he'll lead them out while going .w.? mentally
.w. is affection...Real? absolutely stupid, will never ask, etc ]
[At the hard-shelled crabs. They'd have to use a pecan cracker to get those bad boys open, and they would make a mess. But he will still show Cloud.
Also someone help Cloud from shorting out when his boyfriend puts an arm around him. He'll have to deal. Jason doesn't put any weight, but he drapes the arm over and down the front anyway. They have to be hip to hip for this. Cloud is suffering.]
Maybe. If you wanted me to read something to you, I could always find a few things in the library, you know.
[ cloud is suffering. and also thinking maybe it WASN'T just a sex thing last week... wow... incredible... the slight peeking of a brain cell in the distance.
jason's not putting any weight, and cloud doesn't take his hands out of the jacket, but he does lean into him after they've been walking a few feet. pretend there's no slight flush. ]
Pretty sure I'm a little old for bedtime stories. [ dry. like they are not blatantly doing boyfriend things in public. that is probably not the kind of things jason meant either. ]
[Yeah, imagine another bisexual man actually liking you because you did more together than just have sex. Imagine that.]
Are you trying to say I'm a kid because I read before bed?
[He raises his hand up, the one attached to the draping arm, and pinches Cloud's nose with two fingers. This is already making him laugh because he knows Cloud is going to be fussy about it. He expects it.]
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But he is stupid and has similar thoughts. Maybe Cloud was having a week. Maybe it's only when Lup is involved. "Cloud literally said he doesn't kiss people he doesn't like." Wow, suddenly he has forgotten that was said. It must be redacted week.]
Show me around.
[Guess who ELSE is never asking, thanks.]
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anyway cloud peers at jason for a second before he peels himself off the railing, shoving his hands in his pockets. he doesn't have the urge, but part of him still wants to touch too, and he. does not want to be rejected or mocked so instead in the pockets they go!!!
ZERO BRAIN CELLS ARE IN THIS ROOM ]
Sure. Can't access the castle, though. That's where we stayed. [ he points in the vague direction of it ] Participants couldn't go there without us, so I guess that counts for me too, now. Maybe if I brought my mask along.
[ it's a joke. mostly. he's considering it. ]
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We can see Lup's old room, but not yours? Tch. What a cop-out. [Cloud does not try to touch him, and he really just accepts that as giving Cloud the desired space. Idiocy. But he does walk alongside Cloud almost shoulder to should anyway.] A sexy mask?
[Look. He has to.]
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- a stupid moron ]
Wasn't so much a room as... an abandoned church, to be fair. All the places we had were based on memories we couldn't remember.
[ the realm was rude. but jason says that and cloud huffs, elbowing him lightly ]
Not unless there's something I should know about you and wolves. [ he nicely does not say anything about jason maybe being into half-animal masks, because his dad is batman. that's gross. ] I've got it in my room if you actually want to see it. Pretty crazy, considering the thing literally exploded in my face when the code decided it was time to unmask for everyone.
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It is not unusual for them to bully each other, so he elbows the elbow back without even thinking about it at all. They clack funny bones and are on the ground in pain (no).]
Maybe I'm into the lone wolf type. [Maybe he is the lone wolf type unfortunately. Out of the family. Stop, don't talk about his dad.] ...Sure, show me sometime. You think I know what it's like being a host? I was hunted for sport.
...Is that why your face looks so funny all the time?
[:)]
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and, look, okay, well if jason wants to trade gallows humor: ]
No, that's from when I was shot in the head. [ the scar's odd, like a burst around his eyeball, and he personally doesn't care about it, but it's funny. dying is funny. ]
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Cloud.
[THIS MAKES HIM LOOK AT THE SCAR, and then he looks quickly away so he's not looking. But he actually has a rather concerned and scolding expression to him.]
Your face is fine.
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i hope jason looks back because cloud's disgruntled expression is absolutely a pout ]
... Yeah, I know. I'm not bothered by it. [ a little sulkily, like when he is being scolded by tifa. this is just how he sounds when he is scolded. jason made a getting murdered joke why can't he :/ ]
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Hey. Stop that.
[Nudges Cloud, but NOT WITH HIS ELBOW, with his forearm.]
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I'm not doing anything. [ and never mind that; ] You're the one with the look.
[ jason, please? ]
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[He reaches out and flicks Cloud's nose upward with one finger. His face just looks like that, but it's fine. Stop pouting.]
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I'm not doing anything! [ this is hilarious because it makes him go :T!! more ]
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But it’s a very… real, genuinely boyish laugh. He seems more like a twenty year old in this moment. Unburdened.]
Yeah, okay. Weren’t you supposed to show me around? Take me to find a mirror. I’ll show you.
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I know what my face looks like. [ he doesn't need a mirror!! but he leads the way ] C'mon, let me show you the stupid way they had to call for us.
[ he's heading for the planetarium. it's partially because it's a stupid way, and partially because once they're in it's a very pretty place. a million glittering stars on an infinite ceiling.
also it's dark and there are no mirrors, he's running away from them ]
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That’s fine. The last time they were together with mirrors, their reflections attacked them.
This place garners the exact same reaction from him the other one did when they were with Lup. He doesn’t stop so much as slow down, and he tips his head back to look over all of the stars along the ceiling.]
You really don’t see things like this in the city ever.
[Right, the calling. He is paying attention maybe.]
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Yeah. I never went inside here if I could help it, though. [ there's a quirk to his lips ] Participants would come in here, "wish upon a star", and we'd feel it. It was so stupid. We had phones. I'd text them to meet me somewhere and hope they left whatever weird offerings behind.
[ there's a deliberate pause, because it's for a punchline; ]
For a solid while, Lup kept giving me crabs.
[ Long Suffering Tone. is he trying to make Jason laugh. maybe. ]
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He listens to Cloud while looking around at the ceiling still.] Wish upon a star, huh? [Fucking MoM.] Only slightly more embarrassing than ringing a bell at a desk.
[His head lowers, and he glances at Cloud. He does laugh! It's quieter, but it's the same genuine laugh he gave before.] Crabs? I might need to take you to see a doctor. [A joke!
astralfire — Yesterday at 3:08 PM
i was like THE BEACH but then saw it has to be from the main body of the post
fluorescentness — Yesterday at 3:09 PM
>:[ i want to catch crabs ]
She just doing it to get on your nerves?
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It's Lup. Of course she did. Then she got mad when I didn't keep them all. [ it's a fond kind of annoyance. he shakes his head ] The hell was I gonna do with a bucket of live crabs?
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Cloud's exasperation twists his lips. He raises a hand to laugh more into it. Immediately in answer:] Eat them. [A chuckle comes out of him.] You could have even eaten them in front of her.
They didn't tell you how to roast crabs over a fire in SOLDIER training camp? I'll have to teach you in case she brings you any more.
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Roasting dozens of two inch long crabs, my favorite. [ they were a little bigger than that. but despite his complaint there's a pause, considering, then: ] Sure, city boy. Teach me how to roast crabs.
[ he knows how to roast things, but he's never had to roast crabs, so. sure. why not. he nudges jason by gently kicking his foot with his own this time ]
C'mon. Showing you the book store, next. [ because jason is a nerd ]
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[This is what happens when your city boy is a New England sort of one. Living by the bay. Having too much crab. It's fine.
He hits Cloud back gently with his knee, but puts an arm around Cloud's shoulders to make up for it.]
The book store. My favorite.
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... Uh... I think they were hard-shelled? Kinda looked like rocks.
[ the pirates crab are not based on any real crabs, I do what I want. He's looking a little surprised Jason knows so much about crabs. Again, new england, what is that, etc.
he... makes no move to get out of Jason's arm around his shoulders, even though there's a clear second of hesitation. he didn't tense up tho this is progress ]
It had stories from people's worlds, so maybe you'll find something familiar. [ maybe they can actually read in this one he means. he'll lead them out while going .w.? mentally
.w. is affection...Real? absolutely stupid, will never ask, etc ]
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[At the hard-shelled crabs. They'd have to use a pecan cracker to get those bad boys open, and they would make a mess. But he will still show Cloud.
Also someone help Cloud from shorting out when his boyfriend puts an arm around him. He'll have to deal. Jason doesn't put any weight, but he drapes the arm over and down the front anyway. They have to be hip to hip for this. Cloud is suffering.]
Maybe. If you wanted me to read something to you, I could always find a few things in the library, you know.
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jason's not putting any weight, and cloud doesn't take his hands out of the jacket, but he does lean into him after they've been walking a few feet. pretend there's no slight flush. ]
Pretty sure I'm a little old for bedtime stories. [ dry. like they are not blatantly doing boyfriend things in public. that is probably not the kind of things jason meant either. ]
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Are you trying to say I'm a kid because I read before bed?
[He raises his hand up, the one attached to the draping arm, and pinches Cloud's nose with two fingers. This is already making him laugh because he knows Cloud is going to be fussy about it. He expects it.]
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