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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-13 02:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[ they are so soupy for this.

this is really like the least romantic few days possible, but here we are. thorns has to think about how funny this is. ]


... Yeah. Unless you still wanted to date other people?

[ he assumes the answer is no???? ]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-10-13 02:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[ their cuddling was their only saving grace. even still, it's up in the air if they'll manage to do it again without being feverish to blame. ]

After Scien? No thanks.

[ but he realises how unromantic this is as well and it's almost implying that the bar to clear is sc*en, so shortly after as a follow-up, he mumbles: ]

I never really wanted to date anyone other than you, anyway…

[ kitten has been found dead in a ditch so many times ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-13 02:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[ thorns officially gives up on flirting today.

he walks over and squats down so he's more at level with him. ]


You look great...
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-10-13 02:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course I do. I did the cutting.

[ thorns does not know it's the compounded effect of his hair being black and short. that's too much change in a relatively short amount of time……

but he throws his arms around thorns and buries himself in the crook between his knees. what is he even whining about, then? he needs to be smacked.
]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-13 02:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[ it was extremely high level cuddling.

this is now back to being awkward as thorns clearly does not know how to proceed from here. he doesn't respond immediately. ]


Okay. [ uh ] We can date.
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-10-13 02:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[ meanwhile, elysium has dated and has no excuse for being so awful at this except that the other person this time is now thorns.

thorns!!!!!!!! he also doesn't respond immediately as this is still blowing his mind somewhat. help.
]

Yeah. [ ] But before we do anything, we should get cleaned up. Are you still hungry?
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-13 04:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[ thorns is so confused about what's going on here. he has no idea what is the proper response to console him?

he pats elysium on the head. ]


Right...

[ save him ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-13 04:37 pm (UTC)(link)
No...

[ even if he were he isn't sure if he'd be able to finish now without throwing up. he pokes at a soup stain on elysium's shirt. ]

You're kind of messy.
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-10-13 10:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[ has thorns ever grieved in his life. does he know it isn't a linear process… maybe if he learned to live with elysium's death he would understand elysium's feelings about his hair. they would not be here if he did but still?

he will just keep hanging onto thorns for the next five minutes unless he says something to tilt him off the face of terra.
]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-10-13 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he pokes thorns' soup stain back. it's on his cheek. ]

At least my mess isn't on me.

[

then, with all the courage he can muster he wraps his hand around thorns'. at this time, lacing fingers is too advanced.
]

C'mon.
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-13 11:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[ thorns just pats him the entire time. internally, he is thinking about what should tomorrow's breakfast be. perhaps they can make healthy smoothies so it's quick... he does not understand the hair.

but after a while, ]


Would a massage make you feel better?
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-13 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[ oh my god? they are holding hands... they are literally never going to progress to the kissing stage unless they are somehow even more delirious than they already have been. ]

Right.

[ ... ]

Do we introduce each other as boyfriends now...
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-10-13 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[ thorns is doing so well… elysium sniffles. thorns could be thinking the rudest thoughts in his head but the fact that he isn't saying any of them touches the heart.

something like a beat later, he peeks up.
]

Kiss me?
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-10-13 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[ they're those fifty volume shoujos where it takes ten years for them to progress to any given stage. it's fine. there has to be some kind of counter force to the other thread.

but oh god. he'd been trying to drag thorns back to his room and now he's frozen in place again. it takes him an embarrassingly long moment to remember what he was even doing in the first place.



!!! explodes in animal crossing flowers.
]

You want to show me off?

[ he looks so happy!!!!!!!!! ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-14 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
[ why is the bar below the ground.

but thorns automatically leans over to give elysium a kiss as instructed. he waits to see if there are any other asks. ]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-10-14 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
[ it means thorns has learned tact. that's such a marked improvement.



he looks at thorns like he wants another one. will this be the one time where beaming his thoughts into thorns' head is successful?
]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-14 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
[ that isn't exactly where he was going with it, but elysium looks so happy? it's cute. he has to bask in how cute this is for a few seconds.

and then he just nods. yeah, sure, whatever you say princess. ]


... If that's fine.
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-14 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
[ for once, thorns can figure this out... although it helps that elysium had literally just asked for a kiss and that giving them is one of thorns' favorite activities.

so elysium can have another one, and then a third. ]


Te amo.
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-10-14 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
[ immediately: ]

Yeah!

[ and then people are going to ask how far they've gone or the things they done as a couple so far and it'll just be sad clown noises. but, anyway. elysium's room. he hands him a shirt and starts wiping away at his face with a makeup wipe even if his room is right there… boyfriend shirt… ]

Should we start going to class together?

[ elysium's morning classes and thorns' afternoon ones… this is a test of love ]
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-10-14 12:31 am (UTC)(link)
[ he just very quietly mumbles under his breath: ]

Life is worth living after all…

[ and then returns the three kisses in succession. he is a simple soul. ]

Te amo más, mi luz!
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-14 12:46 am (UTC)(link)
[ well. thorns is immediately thinking of how their class schedules are not really compatible at all for this. there is a reason thorns does not choose morning classes if he can help it and it's because he is not a morning person.

...

he isn't sure if he can do it. even going to the gym early is such a stretch. ]


We can try...
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-10-14 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
[ the mental imagery of thorns going to the gym then to school only to pass out on the floor

this will be the shortest honeymoon period known to man.
]

Okay. I'll wait for your classes to finish, too.

[ look how fair!!!!! ]
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-14 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
[ thank god. elysium just needs to not look at any other mirrors until he has truly accepted peace, or until his hair grows back.

thorns quite seriously starts wondering if he can create a hair growth formula...? ]


Let's go shower.
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[personal profile] oversea 2025-10-14 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
[ oh...

actually thorns is now just thinking about their schedules and how conflicting in general they are. he accepted the modeling gig because he was trying to find ways to not be around elysium while he was actively dating other people, and now look what happened. ]


You look happy.
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[personal profile] transmit 2025-10-14 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
[ this is how they've lived in harmony this entire time, through having an hour at most interactions with each other on a regular basis. this is about to be so inconvenient for them when they return to their regular lives…

but that is not a current problem. elysium, optimistic, believes it will simply work itself out.
]

Aren't you? [ he pinches thorns' nose. ] You're dating the hottest guy on campus.