Snuggles

[buckynats]

snuggle with someonespecial

What better time than these cool, crisp mornings or rapidly lengthening nights to jump right under a warm blanket with that irreplaceable person in your life? Even if you're not sleeping together - heck, even if you've not been straight with your feelings and you're not officially an "item" - there's nothing wrong with cuddling up. Grab a book, get some hot cocoa, turn on the TV (if you're in an era where the tube's available), or just enjoy each other's presence on the couch or in the bed.

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[udderchaos]

Woah.... I bet you looked so cool when you were pulling it off though.

[ haru lets his eyes shut as he leans into reki's gentle touching. he figured it might be easier for him to work with his face if he wasn't staring at him so intently. ]

Shame about your board though... You'll be able to make another though, right?

[rekd]

Yeah, yeah. That's the thing about decks.

[ there's a cut—no, it looks like a scratch. reki reaches for haru's hand, and it's harder to disinfect the cut like this, but he can't let haru feel that sting alone. it's just important to him for some reason. ]

They break all the time, but there's nothing that can't be fixed. It's worth it, y'know, if you care enough. It'll be worth the time it takes, and then it'll be better than it was before. Stronger.

[udderchaos]

You can really tell how much care you put into your decks... I'm always impressed.

[ if... they keep talking about the boards, maybe reki won't be as irritated. he'd like to keep his irritation to a minimum... he already worried him enough as it is. ]

[rekd]

Yeah, that is right, Haru. You're always impressed.

[ at least reki's making himself laugh, even if it is quieter than usual. he keeps their fingers linked, finessing a bandage out of his box and unwrapping it single-handed. you learn a lot of tricks like this when you're constantly breaking your arms. ]

You think you'd be used to all my shit by now. But no. You always have that look in your eyes...

[ there's a furrow in his brow now. ]

I don't want that look to go anywhere.

[udderchaos]

I guess it's because... being able to work this hard, to make all these cool things with your own two hands, it's kind of freeing in a sense... And I find that really amazing... I find you very amazing, Reki.

[ He gives Reki's hand a tiny squeeze while he continues grabbing things. ]

[rekd]

[ reki frowns as he spreads ointment over the bandage, laser-focused. not because this is hard, but because it's something to do to get out of his own head. ]

You're the one who's amazing. One day, I'm gonna make you see just how much.

[udderchaos]

And maybe one day I'll get you to see the same thing. How amazing you are...

[ His face softened into a smile, finally opening his eyes to look at Reki. ]

[rekd]

[ ugh, don't look at him, haru—he's barely holding his shit together right now. but also don't stop, because it feels right, having haru's eyes on him. reki lets himself get lost in his gaze for a second... and then it's back to work, gingerly applying the bandage to haru's cheek. ]

If we can do it together, you got a deal.

[udderchaos]

Mmmm, I think I can agree to that. It might be more impactful if we both realize at the same time "Wow I'm actually pretty cool!"

[rekd]

Then we can be cool together. Epically ever after.

[ the corner of his mouth twitches, like a smile is trying to break through. dammit, haru. ]

I gotta grab something. Will... You won't leave, right?

[udderchaos]

I wasn't really planning on leaving any time soon. You don't have to worry...

[rekd]

[ reki sighs all of the tension out of his shoulders and lifts their linked hands up to his mouth, brushing his lips over haru's knuckles. he can't help but check for injury there too, but he's quick and sly about it.

sucks to let his hand go, but he has to slink into the kitchen and retrieve a cold pack. lucky for haru, they always have four or five chilling in the ice box. this is the kyan household, after all. it takes him a little longer to put together some steaming hot tea and nuke last night's leftovers too, but he manages the plates and cups and packs like a seasoned waiter and lets himself back in carefully, holding out his offerings to haru. ]

I'd make you something fresh, but...

[ "I didn't want to leave you alone" is the end of that sentence and he doesn't like the way it sounds. ]

[udderchaos]

[ Haru was just casually looking around Reki's room. It's not like he hadn't been there many times before, but he just liked how fun and totally reki his room looked. When Reki came back in, he tilted his head, only for his eyes to widen a little. ]

Reki... You're seriously going to make me feel spoiled. You didn't... have to get all this for me.

[rekd]

Chill out. It's leftovers and instant tea.

[ as if he's not glowing at the thought of haru feeling spoiled, that he can make haru feel that way at all. once they've got everything balanced in its place, reki flounders across the bed and lays his head on haru's knee, reaching up to hold the ice pack to his face. ]

[udderchaos]

[ Haru leans down a bit to make it easier for Reki to reach up, that soft smile never leaving his face. It was... cute. Touching even. Reki didn't even ask what happened, but he's fretting over him this much... ]

Your mom's cooking is great though, so any leftovers of hers is like treasure.

[rekd]

[ haru's smile is so infectious that it makes reki want to smile too. but he knows what's coming, what he has to say, and he knows what haru is going to say in return and how badly it's going to sting so he doesn't. ]

What if you ate it every day, would you still think it's a treasure?

[udderchaos]

Probably. Your mom seems like the "I made this with love in every bite" types.

[rekd]

Then don't leave. Just stay here.

[udderchaos]

[ haru’s face softens a little more when he hears that. reki might not have exactly said what was bothering him, but he was pretty sure he could tell with just that. reki hated to see the stress the main house had on him, and after looking at his face, it probably made Reki panic further. he couldn’t just leave though. he might not be one of Akito’s top favorites in the family, but Akito would notice him being gone...

he doesn’t say anything at first, choosing to reach down to gently push Reki’s bangs back, just to get a look into those soft amber eyes of his.]

Your kindness for me... it seriously makes me want to cry, in a good way I assure you.

[ god... reki didn’t even know about the curse on haru and still he wanted to defend and protect him... would it be the same if he did let it spill? it’s not like reki would be too affected by it... unless he let his guard down and his sisters embraced him... but still he wonders.]

[rekd]

[ here he goes. reki doesn't want to hear this, so much so that he claps his hands over his ears tightly, drowning out the voice he loves so much.

he gets it. there's his family and those adorable little cousins of his and haru's probably the only thing holding them all together. but they're also tearing him apart like this, and even if reki doesn't know specifics, he doesn't need to. he's seen haru's lifeless room and his bloody face and that's enough of the story to convince him. ]

I can't let you go back there. I won't let you go back there. We can figure it all out together if you just stay.

[udderchaos]

[ haru’s fingers go back to Reki‘s hair, gently combing through and gently tugging on a few strands. instead of answering him—]

Once upon a time... god wanted to have a banquet. So he invited all of his animal friends to this banquet. The rat told the cat, but he told him the wrong day so the cat would show up late.... the day of the banquet all the animals raced up the hill to reach god. The rat hitching a ride on the ox’s back and making it first to see god, the ox next... the tiger, then the rabbit, the dragon so on and so forth...

It wasn’t just an ordinary banquet though. God was lonely and this banquet made him realize that. Wouldn’t it be better if we could all be together forever?

[rekd]

[ this is a... strange interlude. the zodiac? it feels like it comes out of nowhere.

but then, does it really? reki hears that word—the ox—and the crumpled expression on his face eases. right, this. he gazes up at haru, trusting that the fingers in his hair and the story he's reciting will take him where he needs to go. and on a selfish level, it's nice, to have his hair petted while someone tells him a story.

reki doesn't even need to know about the curse, honestly. he already knows haru has magical powers—he sees them every time he calms like this under haru's hand. ]

[udderchaos]

[ haru really didn’t need to tell him. reki could go his whole like not knowing, but... maybe haru was a little selfish. maybe he wanted to know reki would accept him curse and all... maybe he just wanted to make reki understand the little things he does, like when playing with his sisters he was affectionate, but never once let them hold onto him or made us silly excuses like “i’m shy” whenever his mom wanted to give them hugs.

he just... wanted reki to know, even if reki hated him afterwards.]

So god made a promise with the animals. We’ll have a banquet over and over. We’ll meet in the next life and have one again and again.

[ haru changes his voice a little, to sound like an eager child] Wow..! Being reborn just to meet each other again and again..! That’s so romantic..!

But what if that promise became twisted... something beautiful turned to shackles, you can’t break free from... because of that promise you can’t defy fate or defy god...

[rekd]

[ whatever it is that haru needs to tell him, reki's listening. he's got his gaze fixed on haru's eyes so that he can read into that dark calm within them, and his arms are wrapping around his waist, squeezing tightly. they won't come undone, either. wherever he's going with this, they're going together.

the language he's using—shackles, speaking of something twisted—reki's never heard him talk like this before. but it's okay. reki just holds on a little more, like the meager strength of his embrace could ever be enough to break any chains haru might find himself in. ]

[udderchaos]

[ haru melts a little from his gentle hold that slowly grew and grew. this feeling could never feel like a shackle to him, reki’s warm embrace felt so... loving and free. his fingers gently continued, thoufh they slowed until he was pushing reki’s bangs back, holding them there. ]

What would you say if I told you that story was real?... That the Sohma family holds the spirits of those animals who started everything?