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[ Kai tilted his head back to gaze at Rook upside down with a wide grin on his face. ]
I know what you were thinking and considering with the paints.
[ If his mind drifted briefly towards the same direction, well, no one needed to know. ]
Am I going to sit in your lap as we do this if you're not keen on moving?
I know what you were thinking and considering with the paints.
[ If his mind drifted briefly towards the same direction, well, no one needed to know. ]
Am I going to sit in your lap as we do this if you're not keen on moving?
[.... how dare you look adorable like that. h o w d a r e.
Rook huffs and tries to look as innocent as possible (not that successful) before burying his face against Kai's skin. he smelt of salt water and wind and Rook kind of loved it.]
Mmm, I won't say no. I can still paint, see?
[ sticking his hands up, Rook wiggles his fingers in front of Kai's face to prove his point. it might be awkward, but he could manage.]
Rook huffs and tries to look as innocent as possible (not that successful) before burying his face against Kai's skin. he smelt of salt water and wind and Rook kind of loved it.]
Mmm, I won't say no. I can still paint, see?
[ sticking his hands up, Rook wiggles his fingers in front of Kai's face to prove his point. it might be awkward, but he could manage.]
[ An ache seeped through his chest, a longing for commitment and belonging like he had never felt before but he pushed it all aside, ignored it in favor of focusing on Rook and his 'you can be more' activities.
Rook could be everything.
Rook WAS everything. ]
Okay, we can try but no funny business. Your hands wander on the canvas - in front of us before you try and claim my body is one.
[ He tried to move them forward, towards said canvas and all the paints. He made sure to purchase very bright colors and some shimmery ones as well. Maximum pretty. ]
Rook could be everything.
Rook WAS everything. ]
Okay, we can try but no funny business. Your hands wander on the canvas - in front of us before you try and claim my body is one.
[ He tried to move them forward, towards said canvas and all the paints. He made sure to purchase very bright colors and some shimmery ones as well. Maximum pretty. ]
[ Kai was not the only one that wished for things that they could not have. Rook knew that, if he could, he would give Kai everything he wanted. would be his and his alone but-- he couldn't. not as the demon he was and always would be. his nature was to seduce, to inspire lust and want and need in beings, and while that did not always mean sex, it often did for him.
and that kind of infidelity would never fly between him and Kai.
closing his eyes a little and breathing more of the siren in, Rook sways forward, absently nodding at the words and lips curling into a smile when Kai amends his words.]
Mmm, you ruin all of my fun, beautiful. But okay, I can do that.
[ he would do anything Kai asked of him. that he could achieve, of course. ]
What about my body though, mmm? Can we paint that?
and that kind of infidelity would never fly between him and Kai.
closing his eyes a little and breathing more of the siren in, Rook sways forward, absently nodding at the words and lips curling into a smile when Kai amends his words.]
Mmm, you ruin all of my fun, beautiful. But okay, I can do that.
[ he would do anything Kai asked of him. that he could achieve, of course. ]
What about my body though, mmm? Can we paint that?
[ They rested on a precarious balance between what they could be and what they could actually have, nearly tipping back and forth with a sort of intense longing that Kai at times drowned under. The yearning to have every bit of Rook stole the air from his lungs and broke every vibrating piece of his heart.
How tragic to fall for someone who could never have the capability to really want you back.
Smiling he turned in Rook's arms to push him back to sit in the chair. ]
Maybe if I like what you paint on the canvas there, I'll paint you next.
[ Wider smile as he sat down in Rook's lap. ]
But you're going to struggle with me positioned like this.
How tragic to fall for someone who could never have the capability to really want you back.
Smiling he turned in Rook's arms to push him back to sit in the chair. ]
Maybe if I like what you paint on the canvas there, I'll paint you next.
[ Wider smile as he sat down in Rook's lap. ]
But you're going to struggle with me positioned like this.
Mmm, is that a challenge there, darling?
[ Rook is still smiling, quiet and soft, as Kai pushes him into a chair and moves to sit in his lap. the demon knows that this is torment for them both, that is pushes them closer and closer to the line that they can never cross, but--
Rook can't stop himself. can't bear to pull back no matter how much it hurts them both.
at times like this he can't help but think about how much he deserves the damnation that he has.]
I might, or I might not. Won't know until we try now will we?
[ Rook is still smiling, quiet and soft, as Kai pushes him into a chair and moves to sit in his lap. the demon knows that this is torment for them both, that is pushes them closer and closer to the line that they can never cross, but--
Rook can't stop himself. can't bear to pull back no matter how much it hurts them both.
at times like this he can't help but think about how much he deserves the damnation that he has.]
I might, or I might not. Won't know until we try now will we?
[ Given how things were, Kai really should have been strong enough to back away and put much needed distance between them but for some reason he just couldn't. Having even just a fraction of Rook made the pain mostly worth it of not having all he wanted. They were like some really messed up version of Romeo and Juliet.
Picking up the paintbrush, he gripped the cart with the paints on it closer to them. He handed off said brush to Rook. ]
Let's see who's right but it's usually me. You have a really bad losing streak here, Rook.
Picking up the paintbrush, he gripped the cart with the paints on it closer to them. He handed off said brush to Rook. ]
Let's see who's right but it's usually me. You have a really bad losing streak here, Rook.
I wanted to check with you on something
so
I work Saturday night for that big singles event
But I'm off for most of the following week
I'm going to the poetry reading at Haven on Wendsday
[Wednesday, she says, not Valentine's Day.]
and of course I'm running the Juno Februata event the day after that at Halo
...and Minseo roped me into going to Seollal at the Blind Tiger on Friday night too
I was wondering if you'd want to come with me for any of that?
so
I work Saturday night for that big singles event
But I'm off for most of the following week
I'm going to the poetry reading at Haven on Wendsday
[Wednesday, she says, not Valentine's Day.]
and of course I'm running the Juno Februata event the day after that at Halo
...and Minseo roped me into going to Seollal at the Blind Tiger on Friday night too
I was wondering if you'd want to come with me for any of that?
[This is what happens when you do thoughtful things, Rook. You get the witch thinking about romance and then stuff happens. Not that she's asking him with romance in mind, but, well, it's not not at the back of her mind at least.
Don't ask her to make sense of her thoughts and feelings right now. She is flying by the seat of her pants.]
You could come with me to all of them if you don't think you'd get sick of me by the end
I wasn't sure the poetry and seollal events would be your thing so, you don't have to go to those if you don't want? and since I'm running the event at halo I can't really play until after it's all over so there's that too.
but if you wanted to for any of them
or all of them...
[She leaves the "I'd like that" unspoken. Unwritten.]
Don't ask her to make sense of her thoughts and feelings right now. She is flying by the seat of her pants.]
You could come with me to all of them if you don't think you'd get sick of me by the end
I wasn't sure the poetry and seollal events would be your thing so, you don't have to go to those if you don't want? and since I'm running the event at halo I can't really play until after it's all over so there's that too.
but if you wanted to for any of them
or all of them...
[She leaves the "I'd like that" unspoken. Unwritten.]
[ he isn't going to ask questions. what he is going to do however is stare at his phone for a minute with a blinding smile on his face because this is... yeah. okay. yeah.]
Pretty sure I won't get sick of you, I will teach you the banishment spell for me though in case you get tired of me. And I can just keep you company at Halo if you want, or keep people toned down if that would help?
Pretty sure I won't get sick of you, I will teach you the banishment spell for me though in case you get tired of me. And I can just keep you company at Halo if you want, or keep people toned down if that would help?
I don't think a banishment spell is going to be necessary
Encouragement at Halo wouldn't be a bad thing considering how people are going to be randomized into their pairings for the event...
As for the rest, you don't hate poetry or anything right? I don't want to drag you if you're not going to enjoy it or want a nap instead...
[She doesn't want to go with him if he's not going to be into it.]
Encouragement at Halo wouldn't be a bad thing considering how people are going to be randomized into their pairings for the event...
As for the rest, you don't hate poetry or anything right? I don't want to drag you if you're not going to enjoy it or want a nap instead...
[She doesn't want to go with him if he's not going to be into it.]
You know, I was kind of responsible for a few famous sonnets. And-- whatever. I love-- I love art in all forms actually.
[ he isn't sure he has ever actually told anyone that. but he does; paintings, literature, sculptures, jewelry. Rook adores it all, has more than a few stashes in places to remember things long past.]
I can do slight encouragement too. Nothing too pushy though.
[ he isn't sure he has ever actually told anyone that. but he does; paintings, literature, sculptures, jewelry. Rook adores it all, has more than a few stashes in places to remember things long past.]
I can do slight encouragement too. Nothing too pushy though.
[ he is so okay with this actually. ]
Mmm, I am going to let you guess first, see how close you get. It isn't something that I get to talk about often. But-- I mean, I love museums, some of the shit they have is hilariously wrong but, still fun. I collect too, moreso paintings and finery but--
Art is an expression that seems pretty specific to humanity. Angels and demons they don't-- we don't have that.
Mmm, I am going to let you guess first, see how close you get. It isn't something that I get to talk about often. But-- I mean, I love museums, some of the shit they have is hilariously wrong but, still fun. I collect too, moreso paintings and finery but--
Art is an expression that seems pretty specific to humanity. Angels and demons they don't-- we don't have that.
[She laughs, absolutely called out correctly.]
Yes, actually. I grew up near a lot of art and nature and museums. We had programs in school when I was growing up...
I'll leave the talk of poetry and sonnets for Wednesday, but I want hear about your collections, though, and the things you like best.
Yes, actually. I grew up near a lot of art and nature and museums. We had programs in school when I was growing up...
I'll leave the talk of poetry and sonnets for Wednesday, but I want hear about your collections, though, and the things you like best.
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