#justdatingthings

[reversesock]

#justdatingthings Part of the charm of being in a relationship isn't found in the amor, the grand shows and trapping. Contentment can just as easily come from the little things - or even the silly things - about being close to someone. At first, you're either naturally standoffish or wary or you're intent on impressing them and not looking like a total nerd. That's how the "getting to know you" process works, unfortunately. As you get more serious...you may actually get less so? Maybe you'll let them see your dorky humor, your weird laugh, your bizarre hobbies, your bed head. It could end up that the two of you have more fun playing video games together, Netflixing and chilling, baking cookies, or sword fighting (if you're in the olden days, where Netflix and cookies are scarce). And, really, you can't help that their clothes are so comfortable on you. It's a good thing you guys are together. You really did gain a best bud. Character, preferences, etc. You know the drill! Thread. Go forth and kill spiders, share clothes, snuggle together for warmth, play Mario Kart, open jars, bake brownies, hang out on the drawbridge of a castle, slay vampires, whatever you dudes get up to. ♥

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[bellfry]

[This is not what she had in mind... but is Master some kind of bird? Does she wants Kiyohi to lay an egg here!?]

Now we just need to... to...

I admit I didn't think this far ahead.

[fujimaru]

We just need to start layering! That's part of what a nest is, right?

[ She's talking like she has any actual idea of what she's doing, but really, it's just more of the usual wing it and see what happens that's served her well outside of Chaldea as well. ]

I guess the other option is to make it like a tent, but I don't have anything to make a support for those...

[bellfry]

The only nests I'm familiar with are birds. So we should make a bowl...?

[That's how bird nests look like, right?]

As for a tent... I could wedge you bed in the middle. But it would also get in the way.

[fujimaru]

It's probably best not to move the bed. I'll need it there later.

[ Time to roll blankets into long lopsided tubes, to try and curl them into a somewhat bowl-like shape. ]

[bellfry]

[Kiyohi hums and haws at this. She isn't sure if this is the way to go...]

I know what I just said... but would a rolled up blanket still be nice to lay on? What if we just made a giant pile instead and... swam through it, for lack of a better word.

[fujimaru]

Swimming through blankets is sort of a pain... when you've got this many, you just kind of want to curl up, right?

[ Or, at least, that's how she's always felt. ]

[bellfry]

So... in that case, we just lay them on top of one another, and slip in the middle somewhere!

Then we can curl up like some kind of cat!

[Kiyohime will never dress like Tamamocat. She has too much modesty for that.]

[fujimaru]

That sounds good to me. It'll be cozy, and that's the point, right?

[ Ritsuka's feelings on clothes like that are mixed, certainly, but while she'd probably be entertained by dressing up as a Servant, she's not interested in making one dress up like another.

Though with enough blankets, no one can see anything. ]

[bellfry]

Exactly. Now then...

[Kiyohime will start to layer blankets, on on top of the other.

...... Before she grabs Ritsuka herself during the middle of it all.]

A blanket is something I want to drape over myself, right?

[fujimaru]

[ She doesn't protest that. Honestly, she's pretty used to getting bodily hauled around by Servants; even Mash does it on a semi-regular basis. ]

Yyyyes? That's the idea of them. And a blanket nest just has more.

[bellfry]

... Could you please take the hint that I want to throw you onto the blanket pile, because I'm calling you a blanket?

[Having to explain makes it lose charm, dammit!]

[fujimaru]

You--

[ Oh. ]

--ohhhhhhhhhhhh. Really?!

[bellfry]

Yes...

[She sighs. A large one.] This is what I get for trying to be subtle.

[fujimaru]

No, I think I was just too excited about a nest... sorry.

[bellfry]

You can make it up to me by covering me, blanket.

[fujimaru]

Yes ma'am.

[ But what she does first is step back and bow, gesturing grandly to the... well, it's more of a pile than a proper nest, but you know, the effort was there. ]

You first, and then I'll cover you.

[bellfry]

[Being called "ma'am" sure makes her let out this small noise of glee.

Sure, she can do this. But first she'll be proper and take off her geta... before quickly leaping onto the pile.

There was the sound of "wheeee" coming from her if you listened closely.]

[fujimaru]

[ Cute... sometimes, when she's not being a terrifying yandere, Kiyohime is in fact very cute.

Ritsuka waits until she's settled, then climbs onto the pile herself, grabbing one edge and then tugging it with her. All the better to get wrapped up with, right? ]

[bellfry]

[Look she just has trust issues because of a CERTAIN SOMEONE...

Kiyohime lights up at what is happening, but how could she not? Finally, something is going her way for once!]

Certainly far from a nest... but I think this works nicely.

[fujimaru]

[ Everyone deserves nice things once in a while! And as long as she's not tipping into the whole yandere girlfriend end, Ritsuka is happy to indulge.

Once she's settled, Ritsuka scoots closer and leans up against Kiyohime's side, letting her head drop to rest on her shoulder. ]

It's good enough. It tried, that counts.

[bellfry]

[Kiyohime thinks she should be the one resting her head on a shoulder, but she can take this for now!

... Gonna make fun of her though.]

And no gold stars to hand out that say "you tried".

... Ah, but I should probably put my horns away if I'm going to be huddled up like this.

[What?

She has Shapeshift.]

[fujimaru]

[ She makes a little agreeable noise at the teasing. Whatever, it's another day in her life; she can take it. She's more curious about the comment. ]

You can do that?

[ Listen, Ritsuka doesn't think about these things terribly often. Shapeshift, like Clairvoyance, is one of those skills that's so out of her normal range of expectations that it doesn't naturally occur to her. But-- ]

I wanna see.

[bellfry]

[Kiyohime has to shuffle a little, to be face to face for this. She doesn't have to do this, but she wants to.]

Then watch and be amazed.

[It doesn't take long. Her horns almost dematerialize into light, like when an ascension happens... but in reverse.]

I do hope you'll still like to look at me though. My horns are a special part about me...

[Charm points!]

[fujimaru]

You really can make them go away...

[ Without thinking, really, Ritsuka reaches up to touch the spot where the left horn would have been, petting her fingers through Kiyohime's hair. It only takes a second beyond that to transition to just petting her. ]

They're cute, but it's easier to touch you this way.

[bellfry]

[oh god oh man oh god oh man

Kiyohime can't properly respond, she's too busy having her heart flutter about.]

Ah, you, uh, more...

[That confusing mess of words had a message in it. A message delivered as she tried to snuggle in closer.]