✠ODDBALL✠​:

she’s caught off guard for a moment ,     pink cheeks burning a   brighter   shade at the attention he did not hesitate to put upon her for her very shameless staring .       she has a moment of regret then   ;     she should have just kept her mouth shut ,     right   ?       NO   !       usagi was never one to regret her appreciation of others ,     physical or otherwise .       arms fold across her chest ,     lower lip juts out ,     a soft pout gracing her lips as she huffs .

❛     fine ,     i   was   staring   !     ❜       blonde brows furrow ,     sapphire hues flashing with a spark of sudden irritation ,       ❛     what’s wrong with trying to avoid the confrontation that comes with awkwardly ogling someone you think’s cute   ?       you’re acting like it’s not something literally   everyone   does .       like it’s the worst thing in the world to lie about staring at someone like that .     ❜

                                                       Was this supposed to make him feel some sort of sympathy & let things slide? How apparent was it that she knew not the type of person he was. Television only showed so much; they focused on the blading & nothing else. Never will you see on the sports channels the story of athletes unless it covers a stark decline on their chosen profession. That, will never be him. Kai will retire before falling off that cliff. Arms folded over his chest causing his arms to tense at the tightness. Hardened biceps expanded in size from this, not on purpose as he no desire to show off.

                                                       ❛ I know you were, hence why I pointed it out. ❜ He replied, not interested in the why. His hand moved from the untucked arm while the other (the right) stayed where it was. His index fluttered back & forth between them. ❛ Because now, this is happening & something tells me I shouldn’t let you off the hook so easily. You wanted no awkwardness? ❜ As he stared, crimson dipping deep into sapphire. ❛ Well too bad. Now you got it with me, staring right back at you. ❜

✠HOTARU✠​:

       “ i know i am. i’d like to consider it one of my more endearing qualities, ” hotaru teases, body only too malleable, allowing him to pull her close without resistance. though her hands are reluctant to release his, they are gentle as one rests atop his head, the other against his shoulder. idly, her fingers stroke through his hair, careful to avoid tugging or any sudden motions. the quiet serenity of the scene makes her heart swell, overwhelmed with the feeling she cannot quite identify. contentment doesn’t seem to do it justice.

       “ we can do whatever you’d like to celebrate this weekend. ” though her tone is soft, it leaves little room for argument. her schedule is clear, after all. an unintended benefit of having to place her life on hold for several weeks. if she’s being honest with herself, it’s a bit reckless to make such claims & refuse to budge, but it’s in her nature. her stubbornness may be less endearing, but it serves her well on rare occasions. “ … unless of course you’re busy. then we’ll find another day. ”

       reassuring, her hand lightly squeezes at the curve of his shoulder, allowing the contact to be steadying. part of her still feels strangely exhausted after having finally returned from her vacation. kai is the first person she wanted to see upon her return, but having heard from takao ( it’s not a common occurrence for any of his friends to reach out to her, though she did give them her contact just in case ) was enough to accelerate her need to visit him. she still feels awful for letting the dates slip by her mind. but if he gives her direction, she’s more than willing to make up for her slight.

       “ i just really wanted to see you today. is that alright ? ”

                                                    How odd. Everything she said, sincere of course, was ODD to him & Kai wasn’t quite sure if that was reflective of him or his upbringing. If he wasn’t the best, then he was doing something WRONG. First place meant everything—anything below that was MEANINGLESS & losing to Takao the first time left Kai CLAWING his way back to the top. Its how he knew he was worth it. It was how he knew he was special. It was how he knew his grandfather gave a shit. It took Kai a long time to be OK.

                                                               The climb is still pretty steep.

                                              ❛ I’m not busy. ❜ For himself, he cared less. For her, he’d make time. Besides, something told him that attempting to PUT IT OFF any longer would result in things happening whether he LIKED IT OR NOT. Threats meant nothing. Disappointment did. ❛ You’re just gonna have to plan everything. I won’t soil your ideas with my input. ❜ Let it all be a SURPRISE, or something along those lines. Even though his birthday was next to MEANINGLESS for him, Kai could humor her attempt & try to find some sunshine through the ever looming overcast.

                                             ❛ Just us, right? ❜ As a brow rose at her. ❛ I’m not giving you THAT much free reign you know. I know you don’t think they’re an issue but, I’d rather not have my team attempt to sing me happy birthday. ❜ The less people, the better. Besides, Kai’s birthday (besides his weight & other various things) was a BEST KEPT SECRET; he wanted to keep it that way & no matter how much he cared for Hotaru, she could find her own way home if she uttered it to anyone else.

✠HOTARU✠​:

       she is like a waxen doll, so easy to overheat & melt away. her insides feel as though they may be burning, overwhelmed with a warmth that feels equal parts new & unfamiliar. it’s a sensation that she’s felt more than once before, any time she’s found herself tangled up in him, or come dangerously close to it. sometimes she finds it in the magnetism of his gaze, or in the way his arms cocoon her with such ease.

       kissing kai has only become easier as time has passed. in the beginning, she always felt clumsy, foolish even. afraid that he would think her far too naïve. now she molds her lips against his with an almost practiced ease. all of her previous thoughts seemingly vanish into oblivion. hotaru leans into him, her fingers reaching to clasp at the front of his shirt, holding fast to the fabric, thrilled at the very suggestion of his closeness.

       every part of her that his hands graze feels as though it’s been struck by a match, suddenly ignited by this same underlying heat but doused in gasoline. she unsuccessfully swallows a low sound threatening to rise from her chest, her lips only too eager to chase his. the way kai pulls away from her immediately leaves the firefly dazed, lashes fluttering as her eyes reluctantly open. she can already feel the beginnings of a pout forming on her features.

       without his lips against hers to anchor her in place, hotaru can feel her head spinning, faster even than the words that had tumbled in a free fall from her lips a mere moment before. not so subtly, her frame sways, shifting her leg to press the exposed skin of her thigh more firmly against his palm before it can retreat. “ i should be asking you that, ” she answers breathlessly, a hint of laughter underscoring her words. her hands relax, fingers lazily tracing his collar. “ you know i won’t be mad if you just ask me to stop talking, right ? it would take much more than that for you to hurt my feelings. ”

                                                       How dare she look at him with such an alluring pout. To CALL for him to return without having to utter ONE SINGLE WORD. Kai metaphorically yanked his self applied leash back; she will not be under attack. She will not be made to succumb to him. In due time that goes without QUESTION. But now, He kept himself at bay. He had to. Kai was liable to eat Hotaru ALIVE with a toothy smile on his face. & the best part? Something told him she would not think to STOP HIM.

                                                     Kai remained in control of himself; it was one of his more BETTER characteristics that made one of his many flaws seem so minuscule. As her thigh came up into his palm, out of reaction, he couldn’t help but give it a SQUEEZE. How much more of her he thought of squeezing, of holding, of marking, of conquering. To know that she will return home to that LUXURIOUS lifestyle & be around those whom did not see him WORTHY of her attention & time not the same person she was when she left him. She’d come back as something different. She’d come back as his.

                                                           FULLY.
                                                   COMPLETELY.

                                                       Reel it in Kai. He released her thigh, not wanting to bruise such pefect skin…not like that, anyway. His head hung back some, as if it were heavy but it swung back slow as he kept control of the motion. His hair fell back, revealing the rest of his face before coming back up slowly while coming forward; his chest finding itself perched right inbetween the valley of her clothed breasts. ❛ Out of all the people I’d kill for to stop talking, you’re not in that category. ❜ Besides, how was he to make her emit such SINFUL, SENSUAL MUSIC from his songbird if she was told to stop talking? Perish the thought.

✠HOTARU✠​:

        she wavers, a low-lit candle that flickers in the wake of an autumn breeze, still burning but weaker somehow. his assertions are enough to halt hotaru in her tracks, violet hues flitting in uncertainty, glancing from his features to the floor as she searches for the words that feel so elusive. would it even matter ? kai has made it clear before that his perception of his birthday was as an event hardly worth celebrating. but it is in her nature to remember these things, to try to treasure the people who claim pieces of her heart. to show them how much they mean to her on those special days of the year.

         “ it matters because i didn’t even call you, ” she insists, a bitter taste lingering in her throat. it’s a ginger guilt, one that makes the inside of her stomach plummet with lead stones. being so far from home with her parents, so many things had distracted her. new places & experiences, new memories to build. it was an exciting whirlwind of a time, one that she treasures already, that she’ll hold close to her heart for the weeks ahead. but that wasn’t enough to lessen the disappointment in herself, the forgetfulness which would allow her to overlook something so significant.

         how to make him understand ? her lips purse, everything in the girl at war with herself. earlier in their relationship, she may have submitted to her more timid nature, but now … she cannot imagine making herself small in his presence. not anymore. they’ve progressed far past the need for that. he allows her to speak her mind, to be seen for all the complexities that define her. it’s a special kind of familiarity & comfort that he brings her, one that she wants to offer him in return. the tension in her frame lessens, a breathy little exhale tinged with amusement falling from her lips.

         “ it isn’t just a birthday, it’s your birthday, kai, ” hotaru steps to shorten the distance between them, both of her hands reaching for one of his. tenderly, her fingers clasp around his, offering a light press against his palm. little firefly smiles sweetly, a warmth blossoming in her chest, pushing away the sourness of her shame. “ you are important to me. which means your birthday is important to me too. which is why i am sorry i missed it. and - ” she raises her chin slightly, mischief woven into the curl of her grin. “ i plan on making it up to you. i don’t know how yet, but i will. ”

                                                   What could he say to that? She didn’t call, that was true & yet, Kai didn’t even bring it up to her so she could REMEMBER to call him. What would it have mattered? If only she could see the missed MESSAGES & CALLS on his phone from that day; he only answered one, Yuiry, the wolf of Neoborg & his ever wanted message—the same one presented EVERY SINGLE YEAR without fail to the ex-team captain. The message always read ‘hey fuckface. happy birthday.’ to which, he always replied back 'yours is next jackass. thank you.’ It means a lot to not WONDER & QUESTION their friendship.

                                                         & now, he had her & Kai did not think it APPROPRIATE to bother her on her vacation with family (to which looked at him as though he wasn’t worth Hotaru’s attention & time but that is neither here nor there) all for him. In many aspects, Kai did not value his birthday as something to be celebrated. He did not have the WORST life growing up by far but, to be around those who were SUPPOSED to make you feel one way & instead went out of their way to do the opposite, many things found themselves being soiled due to it. He cared very little for HOLIDAYS & even less for his own BIRTHDAY. He did the BARE MINIMUM for others in those regards & prayed that they didn’t expect MORE from him than he was willing to give.

                                                         & yet….he was willing to give MORE to Hotaru as she took his hands in hers. His songbird who spoke sweetly enough to him to even be mistaken as something LYRICAL in make. Softs hands held his own; he felt his own hands were in some cases UNWORTHY to touch hers with how rough they had become over the years. It isn’t just a birthday, she said. It was HIS birthday. He had no doubt that she cared; that his friends (yes they were friends) cared. The hurdle was to get HIM to care. His head tilted some; the hair that made up his bang tilted with him as he looked to her. His smile was nearly NON-EXISTENT. He smiled a lot with her, more than he thought he could. ❛ You’re hopeless, you know that? ❜ A small chuckle followed his words as he removed his hands from hers & instead, gently, fixed themselves around her waist.

                                                      Since he was sitting, Kai was staring right at Hotaru’s abdomen & this was more than fine. Muscles tensed, causing the short sleeves on his shirt to tighten around prominent bisceps & both hands & forearms brought her closer to him; his head leaning forward to place itself on her clothed stomach half his face buried in the fabric & the other half hidden by thick strands of light blue fading into what looked to be gray. Kai breathed out. ❛ Thank you. ❜

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. ———— тαιкασ

      ——   He’s contemplating it. Though he knows the Kai waking him up in his brief daydream fantasy is nothing like the rude awakening the real life Kai would smite him with. …Could be fun but he never texts so hopefully it’s not actually an emergency. 

     ✉ ◜I’m up I’m up.◞
     ✉ ◜What’s got you so wound up first thing? Is everything good?◞

     He couldn’t resist at least asking.

    ✉ ◜You’d really come and get me?◞

                                                        Had he really forgotten so fast? Was this not HIS idea in the first place? & to think, it was he who actually kept the schedule & went out of his way to participate. He was sure there was IRONY in here, somewhere. He hated irony. His back leaned itself against the door seeing no reason to even attempt to knock on it—Takao will be out here soon enough, he was sure lest the idiot looked for Kai to make well on his threat.

[ 💌 :-KINOMIYA ]: I’m already here.

                                                   The phone, pocketed. His patience, thinning. His hand, rising to the door that lead to Takao’s room while he gave three, solid, BANGS on the door. Grandpa already let him in. How nice.

cont.

                                            could he truly BLAME the other for thinking so low of him? why, was it not he who has told them all on several occasions that he, indeed, possessed the capacity to kill without a second thought about it? kai always did have that LOOK about him. there was an audible snort. ❛ calm down. I don’t have the necessary tools to get away with it at my disposal anyway. ❜
@mythosbornc

multlfarlous‌:

. ———— тαιкασ 

     ——    ◜’If I were dating you’ huh?◞ Tyson makes a grandiose show of his gloved hand raised to his chin, brows drawn in his moment of very much contemplating the notion. There was a drawn out noise as he lifted his eyes unabashed at his long time friend and rival, but a laugh broke through in a breath and brows raised unconvinced. 

      ◜I don’t wanna say I’d be a terrible partner but we act like a married couple already! Plus I don’t think you’d be able to handle me doting all over you.◞ 

                                             This had to be the WORST use of his time. What in the world was he THINKING when he let the blader through his door this time? They sat out in the garden area around the back of his home & somehow, managed to stumble upon this question. Now, up until this point, Kai knew NOT how they managed to even ge on this topic but….color him curious. Despite that LARGE MOUTH OF HIS, Takao was not repulsing. Yet, Kai kept his poker face (as always) with arms folded & legs folded underneath him as they sat & he awaited this ridiculous answer.

                                        There was an audible SNORT from the phoenix towards the dragon. ❛ Something tells me if I even gave you the OK to dot on me, you’d do it REGARDLESS.  ❜ He stated in a MATTER-OF-FACT tone while giving his head a bit of a tilt. ❛ Doing that wouldn’t make you a terrible partner. Who knows, it might get you some doting back.  ❜ Sometimes it was hard to tell if Kai was JOKING OR SERIOUS. His voice was always so DEADPAN!

[ SMS Baby Boy Blue ]: Make sure I am buried with the utmost honors–and keep my grandfather away from my funeral.

[ SMS Baby Boy Blue ]: Its my death, he’ll make it his moment.

[ SMS Baby Boy Blue ]: That being said, since you asked so nicely I guess I can stick around a bit longer—milk you for all you’re worth. You know, a regular monday.
@austerre cont. x