✧ — four seasons green tea.

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[ hien asking this of someone who ran away from home and has lived independently for more than half his life is, honestly, kind of funny. elysium doesn't look particularly uncomfortable, but his gaze does drift off to the side. what, does this mean he's the only one hien says this to? ]

… Huh? [ that snaps his attention over to him. ] You don't need to go that far.

[ it's different, so different, when you're forcing someone's hand jokingly over having it offered freely. ]

Rather… you already sound like you have your plate full doing things for other people. Be a little more selfish with your time, or something.

[selfconcept]

[ Look... he can't forget the time when the cats messed with Elysium when he himself was tiny, even if he missed out on seeing most of it. ]

"... Elysium, it's just distracting cats."

[ ??????? ]

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? There are so many of them.

[ said like he's sending hien off to war ]

[selfconcept]

"It's not like every single one will be coming after you all at once."

[ He could just teleport them to his room, but Hien is not the one with the brain cell at the moment. ]

"Oooor... I can carry you."

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[ …

the very harrowing thoughtshare of elysium being buried beneath an even larger mountain of cats than back when hien was tiny, while hak rolls on the floor laughing. this keeps happening to him somehow? the cats want him dead. ]

[selfconcept]

[ Ah............

He kinda finds it funny, but he does his best not to laugh. Elysium and his cats... poor guy. ]

"... Am I the only cat you can handle, nya?"

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[ they hunt him for sport…… ]

You're the only cat I want to handle. [ … flatly: ] Nya.

[selfconcept]

[ Okay.

He almost snorts at this. ]

"Alright, alright. Come on."

[ He takes out a few dried anchovies. ]

"This will distract them long enough."

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I'm not sure how to feel about you dipping into your emergency rations.

[ he reaches over to swat the anchovies back where they'd come from. ]

There's an entire area out there for the purpose you're talking about, isn't there? Without any demonic creatures to worry about—knock on wood. We might as well make the most out of the places that spring up.

[selfconcept]

[ Hien has no idea which place Elysium is talking about, but... ]

"Do you not wanna go to my room that much...?"

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After last week, don't you think the beds have been kind of lacking? My back…

[ he's delicate… ]

[selfconcept]

[ Well. Yes. Hien agrees that the beds are lacking, but... he just looks at Elysium like. Okay. Sure. Your back. Whatever.

But it's not like he can say no. ]

"Fine, fine."

[ Though he's not sure where. The pillow fort? The sleepover corner? Considering Hien committed Violence in a different pillow fort with everyone wearing their pajamas, he's not sure which one to go to. ]

"Then take the lead."

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[ oh. right.

he tentatively reaches over to pat hien's shoulder. pat pat. ]

Sorry. Your back, too.

[ there is zero sympathy in this tone. kill him. but yes, there is more than one reason why, and giving him any valid excuses for it would be too charitable. that said, if hien didn't actually want to get up to funny business, the more distractions there are the better, no?

so yes, he does end up leading him to the sleepover corner. it's fine. ]

[selfconcept]

[ binch

Hien would kick elysium for that, but he has a lot of self-restraint right now. Here's the description for the sleepover corner so that I don't have to keep going back to the game page for it:

Eventually, you reach a much cozier, smaller area. The ceiling here no longer towers high above you. It's just a sweet little blanket fort, filled with soft cushions and warm blankets and a little, crackling fireplace to cozy up beside. There are books and board games and puzzles scattered about. A plate of your favorite treats and a table with your favorite drinks laid upon it are set up inside. You get the feeling that you may be able to rest here without any of these offerings doing you harm.

And look, he meant it when he said literal sleeping. His drive has also been shot to hell from what transpired today and from Elysium's earlier words that won't leave his head.

"Maybe I should have just slept here all week..."

Instead of just lazing around random parts of the maze because the ground was mattress. ]

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[ thanks… me loading the log everytime and waiting the 29832938 seconds it to takes to load because everyone went crazy.

the thought earns a quiet snort of laughter, his elbow brushing against hien's side. ]

A lot nicer, yeah? I doubt whatever's coming after is going to be any nicer.

[ no but there's a resort which is also pretty swanky, but he doesn't know this. ]

[selfconcept]

[ Hien will never get used to luxury, so he nods. This definitely counts, even though it's just a cozy little space. The fireplace is nice. Hien thinks he would be able to go to sleep even better with the sound of the crackling fire in the background. ]

"I could sleep anywhere I wanted this week..."

[ There's a wistful sigh, because he knows it'll be going away soon. That shouldn't be his main concern. He gets a bunch of cushions and pillows and then pulls Elysium down to flop on their sides. ]

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[ haki you are too fast why did i type the same word twice… reaches into past to throttle myself

but, whatever!!!! he's just going to huff as he goes down. no hot cocoa? or any of papá elysium's hot carajillo? alright… he has no complaints as long as they end up by the fireplace. fine. ]

Have higher standards for yourself. If you're going to enjoy a vacation, you should enjoy it to its limit.

[ … ]

Turn.

[ spoken like he's talking to a pochi. i find it so funny that he's somehow never actually seen hien in his dog form. ]

[selfconcept]

[ it's fine i do it all the time without meaning to

The hot carajillo can come next week. Hien wants to sleep first and foremost and hopefully get Elysium to relax too. He listens and then

just pauses. ]

"But I wanted to face you."

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You had the entire time at the library to stare at it and now your complimentary time for it has run out.

Pay up by turning.

[selfconcept]

[ ...................................................

Hien sighs and turns. He doesn't want to be the little spoon. ]

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[






he is the little spoon. elysium makes himself comfortable… ]

If you're dissatisfied, stop forgetting to drink milk.

[selfconcept]

[


He supposes this was inevitable. ]

"What? Why milk..."

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So you can try and grow taller.

[ futilely.


pats his head. ]

[selfconcept]

[ The only reason why I'm not shocked at Elysium being 6'2" tall is because I looked at the stat sheet last night because I keep forgetting that he has a good 10 centimeters or so over Hien.

It's funny that he says that, because... ]

"There is not a single world where any of my variations are taller than the height I'm at now."

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[ crying

i think about how everyone in my last game was like he gives off 5'10" energy at most. meanwhile i've just been constantly haunted that hien is thorns height so i sadly have a very good visual of their difference at all times. ]

Oh…

That's so sad. It's okay. You're taller than Dahut and Mitsuba at least, right?