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/CLINGS FOREVER

The Let's Fucking Cuddle Meme

action is fun and smut is nice and mysterious magical hijinks through space and time are the bomb diggity. and sometimes you just want to aggressively cuddle your friend/sibling/parent/pet/lover/acquaintance/this new person you are meeting now.

this meme is for just that: latching on and not letting go until that what/whoever has been cuddled.

how this works;
1. post your character with as much/little information as you want (name/series/preferences/whatever).
2. go to rng for a number for where and why the cuddles are happening. or just pick one.
3. respond to others.
4. cuddle. but like. really cuddle. no one is letting go until everyone is completely thoroughly cuddled.

a. where
1. by a heat source : because outside is cold but this fire/space heater/demon is warm and cozy and just right. winter is just getting started, okay.
2. away from a heat source : wow going out into the snow during a rainstorm a million miles from the nearest blanket was a poor choice--but wait. there's snuggles.
3. a private place : maybe you're watching a movie on the couch, maybe you're catching up on the newspaper in the breakfast nook, maybe it doesn't matter because whatever you're about to be cuddled.
4. a public place : cuddle time waits for no man or no "more appropriate" setting sometimes. out in a park, in an airport, in the middle of a food court--the time for snuggles is now and other people be damned.
5. somewhere else : if somehow a place which is unrelated to heat and/or neither in or outside. even in such a place there can still be cuddles.

b. why
1. the sleepies - it's been a long day and all you want to do is close your eyes for a bit. do this by claiming someone as a cuddle you can sleep on.
2. bad weather - heavy rain, thunder, blizzard, monsoon; these are things which ruin plans. luckily, they cannot ruin cuddles.
3. because surprise - is your buddy working too much and needs a distraction? are you being ignored when you need a hug? does the love just need to be spread? whatever it is, they won't see it coming until they're being snuggled.
4. activity conducive - maybe you're watching a movie or reading a book or squished together in a train car or dancing to the point of exhaustion or waiting in line for a thing. it's just super easy to change whatever you're doing into being a pile of cuddles. so do it.
5. so emotion very love - it's totally platonic but still totally overwhelming. the love you have for this person just needs to be expressed, and only a clinging of cuddles will do. hug them. hug them now and also forever.
6. jeepers creepers - was it a spider in the washroom, a ghost in the attic, a bad dream, a figment of your imagination, an actual serial killer? probably all. probably a nightmare ghost spider serial killer breaking out of your imagination. clinging to someone might fix it.
7. there, there, little friend - sick in bed, just been dumped or having some other sort of crappy day, you need someone to wrap their arms around you and make everything go away.
8. that other thing - whatever, you do what you want. you go, cuddle friend. you do your thing.

lovingly squished together out of these memes and cuddled together.

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[There's a woop of success when Souda finds the damn heater, and he works to clear the area a bit more victoriously.]

It's over here when you're ready!

[Souda almost forgets about the cold in his success.

Almost.

He squats down in front of the heater, making sure it'll work once he gets something burning in there, and is glad to find that it seems to be in working order.]

[A minute passes in which Souda might hear some furious rustling in the corner over there, followed by a few soft grunts of exertion. Chihiro emerges from the gloomy corner with his arms full of small strips of wood which he carries over to where Souda is sitting in front of the heater.]

I found some! Do you think this will be enough?

Alriiiight, looks good!

[He looks over Chihiro's way, taking the wood when offered and breaking up enough to fill the heater. The heater has its own flint starter attached to it, so a few flicks of that, and the fire flickers alive.]

S-weet! [With a grin, Souda lifts his hand to offer Chihiro a high-five, simultaneously wiggling over to give him room to sit.

[With a grin he returns the high-five before moving to sit down on the floor next to him with his knees pulled up close to his chest. The heat from the fire is already working wonders to make the place feel warmer, even though he hasn't quite stopped shivering yet.]

N-now we just have to wait for the rain to stop.

Yeah... Sorry about that.

[Whining? Of course not.

Souda's just disappointed; he was going to teach Chihiro how to replace a bicycle's chain, but the bicycle in question was in the front of the shop-- somewhere they'd have to go out in the rain to get to. No back entryway.]

Man... Next time I'll show you for sure.

It's okay. I'm excited to learn, but I can wait too.

[He says softly, glancing up at the mechanic without moving his head. There are a lot of things Chihiro can do, but basic repair on anything mechanical isn't one of them. He's a bit more adept around computers (though he can't exactly build them, persay) but everything else is a bit foreign to him.]

Is it hard?

Ehhhhh... Not exactly.

I mean, some of it has to be hard-- my old man's pretty hopeless, but I mean, once you get the hang of it... It's about knowing how things have to go together to work.

[He leans forward a little, reaching his hands out to the heater for a few seconds.]

I see....so....like a puzzle, then? ...sortof.

[He mimics Souda and does the same after a moment, his shivering starting to decrease.]

It's like that with codes too...if you don't know how they're supposed to be written, just one mistake can cause the entire program to malfunction.

Yeah, that's exactly it. Puzzles kinda work the same way.

Everything has a place and something it does... But then again, it's also kinda like-- machines are the only thing that always make sense to me.

[He leans back on his hand, more toward Chihiro; their friendship allows enough familiarity, after all.]

I mean, except when I can't solve the problem, but that happens to everybody.

[He shifts so he can rest his chin on his knees with a thoughtful hum, letting the heater continue to warm his hands while Souda talks.]

Yes, of course. Not every problem has a good, clear answer anyway.

Nah, you're right.

Anyway, point is, I'm pretty sure you'd be kinda good at it. Cos, y'know, structures, and all that.

[Like Chihiro had mentioned, programming relied heavily on set structures as well. Souda gestures vaguely with his free hand, watching Chihiro.]

Kinda helps that you're so small, actually, when it comes to stuff like cars.

Oh...thank you.

[He blushes a little, glancing down.]

Eheh...I can't see myself working on cars any time soon, though...bicycles are probably my limit.

[Chihiro giggles, having a hard time imagining himself being able to do what Souda can with things like engines and motors.]

I dunno, maybe I shouldn't teach ya. I mean, if you can fix your bike yourself, what're you gonna come to me for?

[Of course, he's joking, and gives a chuckle of his own.]

I'll still come to you! I don't even have a bike...

[But, you know, that has to be a skill worth having, right?]

Maybe I can teach you how to code a few things after you teach me how to fix a bicycle.

Yeah... Sounds like a plan.

[Souda looks over his shoulder toward the garage door, sighing.]

I mean... whenever this lets up.

I can't believe I left the bike in the front...

It's okay. I'm sure it will stop soon.

[Though from the sound of things, it may not. It's still raining pretty hard out there.

And as if to punctuate that, there's a sudden, loud boom of thunder outside that rocks the garage. The sudden noise causes Chihiro to exclaim softly and jump hard, closer to Souda's side.]

[Chihiro isn't the only one to jump-- and with much more of a dramatic sound. In a garage, the sound of thunder isn't easy to register at first, and Souda being the weenie he is, he can't keep himself from the shock and from grasping Chihiro's shoulders.

After a brief pause, Souda draws in a breath and lets it out slowly.

Thunder. He totally just screamed over thunder. Good going, Kazuichi.]

[Well if the thunder didn't scare him, Souda's sudden shriek of terror does that well enough. Chihiro stiffens and immediately covers his face with his hands, to protect himself from God knows what as he feels something take hold of his shoulders. It takes him a moment after the thunder has subsided to a low rumble to realize that it's just Souda, and not something smashing its way through the garage to attack them both.

He peeks through his fingers up at the mechanic, his voice soft.]

A-are you okay, Souda-san?

Yeeeaaaah, I'm fine!

[It comes out sheepish, high pitched-- he's a little frazzled. Souda's probably the only one capable of freaking out pretty much exactly like a Scooby Doo cartoon.]

That was. Really loud.

[An understatement. Regardless, it takes him a few moments to move-- to finally let go of Chihiro and shove his hands awkwardly around his own middle.]

[He nods shakily in agreement, his arms finding their way around his legs again as Souda moves away.]

It...sounds like it's just getting worse.

Y-yeah...

[Souda whines, slumping forward as he listens to the howling wind and the rattling of the garage door.]

But it's not... flooding, at least? [Small comforts.]

It'll be fine!

[Well that causes Chihiro to look over at the door of the garage quickly, his eyes widening a bit.]

...Y...yes...

[...don't mind him just sliding a bit closer to you, Souda.]

[At least Souda isn't too thick to realise he's gone and worried Chihiro. He puts on a grin, giving him a thumbs up, and scooches a little closer.]

Don't worry about it! You can count on me if anything else happens.

[Ah, yes, the reliable Kazuichi.]

[He smiles slightly in spite of his uncertainty, because now all he can think about is them getting horribly flooded in here with all of this heavy stuff they could get caught under and...

yeah.]

You...don't think anything else will happen...do you?

Eh--haha-- no! Of course not! Why would anything else happen?

[Man, when Chihiro makes faces like that, it kind of makes Souda feel bad for being such a weenie.]

It'll be fine. It'll let up in no time! The lights are still on and everyth--

[As if to knock Souda down a few pegs, the lights cut off on cue, leaving the only light from the wood-burning heater.]

...Aw man...

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the most reassuring

Souda...

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