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@crystalkiss
girlboss
you don't even exist on the scale like what the fuck are you doing on this uquiz queen you have an empire to build
“Damn right.”
husk-d
He listens, watching her face as she talks. He moves with her, one of his hands coming up to brush her hair off her face, and his hand lingers to touch her cheek. He raises his eyebrows as he listens.
Such a simple little dream, a quiet existence in a little house in the woods… Something he’d never seen for himself before. But as she talks, it sounds so nice. Having a home, being in nature, being with someone he…
“Heh, you know..” He sighs, pulling her in a bit closer. “…I’ve had dreams like that too.” He admits quietly, “Just you n’ me, doin… Normal stuff.” It always seemed so impossible, or even silly to even think about.
“…They’re kinda nice, huh?”
Her expression was soft, something very rare that only Husk himself got to see from her. There was also a hesitance, but.. When he admits to having dreams like that too, it vanishes in an instance. Instead, replaced with something more.. domestic. Loving, even.
“You have..?” She asks, her eyes searching his. Not that she thought he was lying, but, just to really memorize how he looked in this moment. Aki easily presses against him, getting comfortable as her head rests more on his chest than it does on a pillow.
Was that life even possible for them? They were villains, wanted murderers. This shouldn’t be something achievable for them, and thus, they shouldn’t think about it. And yet..
“..Yeah, they are. ..I like em..”
husk-d
A quiet, happy chirp sounds at the hand in his hair. It almost makes him feel a bit sleepy. He closes his eyes, listening to her words. He’s probably too tired to go another round, but maybe her dream would give him some ideas…
However, he’s met with a surprise. “Oh.” He opens his eyes, looking just the slightest bit puzzled. “I mean. I guess there’s other stuff t’ dream about.” He certainly has had dreams too, lots of them. But those were private, shaken off for being too chimerical. But he finds himself being curious. He nuzzles into her cheek again, giving her a couple little kisses to encourage her.
“I’m still interested in hearin’ about it.” He feels weird. This is so… Soft? He’s never really talked about dreams before, not since he was a teenager.
“What were we doin’?”
The chirping brings a smile to her face. She always finds it so adorable, and she finds herself keeping her hand in his hair to ensure the noise continues. Soft pink eyes soak in his features, unable to look away from him.
“..Yeah, guess there is.” She hums. It felt.. so strangely vulnerable. When he asks, she can’t even find a good enough reason to decline. “Well..” Aki starts, taking a slow breath. “We were.. in this little house, in the woods.” She adjusts how she’s laying, gaze turning more towards the ceiling in recollection.
“We weren’t particularly doing anything specific, just.. Living, I guess. Eating, cleaning, lounging around without a care in the world.” Her voice had become.. quieter, softer in a way. “I guess we lived there, in this particular dream world. No league, no heroes, just us and the little house among all the trees...”
husk-d
“Oh ho, a dream about you n’ me, hm?” He asks with a grin, snuggling in close to her before ducking his head down a bit to kiss at her neck. He’d left a few marks behind the night before, so he gives them a bit of a revisit. “What were we doin’? Gimme all the dirty details.” Of course he’s assuming it was a dream that was sexual in nature. What else could it be?
“Ah, me? Slept like a baby.” He kisses up her jaw before resting his head beside hers, basically nuzzling into her cheek. “No dreams fer me, though. I don’t dream too much when I get that sorta treatment before bed.”
“Mmmhm.” Ah, of course he would think that. Not that she blamed him, given the, well, nature of their relationship, and what it has been since the very start. Part of her wanted to play along, but.. Was that what she wanted? Was it better to just stay as they were, or.. Could that dream be reached? She couldn’t go too deep with her thoughts, not when he kissed her neck like that “Ah, well..”
“Heh.. Course.” Her free hand cards through his hair, “Normally I don’t either. So.. I guess it’s pretty odd for me to dream after that, let alone somethin’ not even dirty.” She admits, finding herself unable to come up with a good enough lie. Not that she likes the idea of doing that anyway, strangely enough. Everyone else in the world she could lie to their face till they die, but.. He’s become quite the exception.
Quite.
It.. scares her, in a way.
husk-d
He only hums in response, keeping up his personal attentions. He knows she can’t kiss him back, he’d effectively kissed off whatever lipstick she’d been wearing the night before. But it’s okay, with her mouth free she can talk to him.
He props himself up on his elbows so he can get a good look at her, half lidded green eyes soft. “Why wouldn’t I be? I always treat my girl right the mornin’ after she rocks my world.” He hums, kissing her forehead before settling back in beside her, arms tangling around her.
“Ya sleep okay, babe?”
Soft, sleepy giggles spill from her lips as the affections continue. As much as she wanted, she had no idea where her lipstick got tossed off to; but, she didn’t want to pull away anyway, not right now. “Mm..~ That you do”
“I slept great” Aki hums with a smile, propping her crystalline arm under her pillow to prop up her head just a little more, adjusting so she could get a better look at him even with the fresh sleep in her eyes. “I had a dream, actually..” She trails off, remembering the details. It was.. domestic. A sweetness she’s never truly had but..
“About us” She decides on, vague enough but telling. “It was lovely. Though.. Nothing beats the real thing~.. What about you? Sleep alright?”
@crystalkiss he’s being soft and he simply must be soft with his queen
When he wakes up and sees her beside him, affection for the woman swells in his chest as he pulls her in closer, pressing kisses about her head and as he pulls her closer, he kisses her face, too. So gentle, so loving.
Weirdly unlike him, but somehow it’s the most like him he’s been in a long time.
Even in her slumber she easily cuddles up to him. She gives a hum as the kisses wake her up- unable to help a giggle when she realizes what’s going on.
“Well aren’t you affectionate this morning..~” Pink eyes open to look up at him, full of adoration. Honestly.. it was really nice. Her hands come up to cusp his face- she’d return the favor, but she wasn’t wearing lipstick, and she was not aiming to crystalize his handsome face.
@knifelizard: he's stomping down the hall, arms full of junk food, heading toward the newly-constructed game room in the PLF hideout — paid for in full by re-destro himself. when he passes by aki, he pokes his head into the room she's in. "hey! gatherin' in the game room. first night without the boss here." which he's actually not happy about at all — this is a distraction and he's pretty sure everyone knows it. "actually," he falters. "everyone else is lame so right now it's just me. which is why you're coming too." he frees up one of his hands enough to gesture ahead of him down the hallway. "free food, y'know? come hang out."
Aki never had a whole lot of exposure to games- well, okay- not a whole lot of positive exposure, before she joined LoV. Because of that, she was never really in any rush to engage herself with Spinner’s hobby. But, she had.. literally nothing going on tonight. Husk was out doing his thing, and she had no bounties or tasks lined up. She figured she would just drink for a bit to pass the time, when Shuichi came poking his head in.
At first, she just raised a brow, it seemed like an obvious distraction for the one who was probably closest to their boss. But.. admittedly, when he falters, she simply gives a sigh and gets up. It’s something, and the two were on some form of good terms.
“Sure, why not. Free food sounds good to me.” Course, company would be at least mildly appreciated.
But she wasn’t going to admit that much.
Attention: She is soft for one man and one man only
husk-d
A content rumble settles in his chest, not unlike a purr. “Busy, eh? That’s my girl.”
It’d be easy to just pick her up and cart her off for the typical dalliance. but honestly he’s just content to be around her. “Aw, you missed me? Shucks, doll.” His finger rests on her chin, keeping her head tilted up so he can kiss her properly. “I missed you too.” He admits, “What were ya reconnin’ for? and how many folks you get?”
“You know it~” She hummed, stepping closer to keep the distance between them rather small.
Sure, they could be halfway to their shared room by now, but this was just as good too. “Sure did- No one treats me like you do, baby” She lets him, as she has many times. letting her lips part for the proper kiss. “Yeah~?” A smile returns to her lips, tilting her head “Oh, just some stuff for the boss, seeing how the chaos is in certain agencies. I think I nicked about half a dozen, so I picked up quite a few pretty pennies.” She pats her purse, which is stuffed to the brim from the looks of it. “Could afford to get you a couple new shirts, even” Ah, what a jokester.
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@husk-d : Husk snakes his arms around her, kissing the top of her head. “How’s it going’ beautiful? Haven’t seen ya ‘round much lately.”
“Got sent out for some reconnaissance, picked up some quick contracts on the way, you know how it is.” Aki easily wrapped her arms around him, her heels making it easier to kiss his jawline. “But I should have some more free time now, which is good, cause I’ve missed my big strong Chousuke~”
husk-d
He gets into bed, not really noticing that she’s facing him or even looking at him. He sighs, rubbing the heels of his hands into his eyes. He’s exhausted, now. He’d been feeling fine up until the moment he hit the pillow and suddenly his eyes were burning to be shut.
He takes a deep breath, sighing on the exhale before he finally rolls over to face her side of the bed. Eyebrows raise when he sees her looking back at him. Shit.
“Sorry. Did I wake ya?” He asks, low voice quiet. It isn’t like him to apologize. Instinctively, a hand comes up and brushes a bit of hair off her face. He didn’t know he was doing it.
He doesn’t want to talk about this. Doesn’t want to talk at all. He could get up and leave again, but that would make this worse. He’d feel worse. He’d been so tired moments before but now he’s awake, body unwilling to drift off like he wanted to.
He’s quiet for a moment before he mutters, “Look Aki, I’m sorry. I dunno what’s going on, but I hate this. I don’t… Get close to people. I don’t…Usually care.” He thinks about the couple he’d killed an and a half earlier. The man had pleaded for the girls life. It made him feel sick, and sad. “…Yer upset. And I’m not good at dealin’. So.. I’ll go, if ya want me to.”
Pretending to be asleep wasn’t going to help much, especially if it turns out that she wants to move. So she’s simply, watching. He looks tired, she doesn’t blame him. Once he rolls over, her gaze doesn’t falter- though her expression softens easily enough.
The apology is a surprise, she wasn’t really sure how to respond to it “Doesn’t really matter..” She sighs, her eyes closing for a moment to give them a brief break. The touch was.. gentle, so much so she almost didn’t realize it was happening by how little of a reaction it caused.
Tired eyes open back up to look at him once more, not saying much of anything either. She tells herself over and over that she doesn’t want to face this right now, but she might have to- in some degree. She doesn’t want to be left alone again.
“..Neither do I.” Aki mutters, before taking a long breath and releasing it in a sigh. “‘m sorry too, Chousuke. I don’t know how to explain it. It’s not anything you did, and it’s not.. something that can just be fixed. Hell, I don’t know why it still bugs me so much when the day comes ‘round. I just want to fucking forget it.”
Her gaze goes off to the side, frustrated- at herself, at this. “..I.. usually deal with this alone. But.. I don’t- want to be left alone tonight.” Her voice was quiet- abnormally fragile. “Please..?”
husk-d
He gets up and goes for his drink. He fixes it himself at the bar, and downs it pretty quickly. He’s mad. And he’s mad that he’s mad. Why does he care that she’s upset? No, it’s not even that, why won’t she tell him WHY she’s upset? So he can fix it. He figures that talking about the past was what brought it up, surely. He’d made peace with all the shit he’s done. Hadn’t she?
He sets his glass down, running his hands over his face, groaning in the back of his throat. He makes a snap decision then, that he’s not going to bed. Not yet, anyway. He’s too angry and agitated.
So he goes out into the world, unseen and unheard. It’s too late to stalk about a bar, but by good fortune he finds a pair of people likely coming home from a night on the town. He follows them, going into swarm to sneak into their apartment by way of doors and cracked open windows. He makes quick work of both of them, dispatching them without struggle. Two snapped necks later, he’s sitting on the floor between them, looking back and forth from their bodies. A man and woman. And just like that he’s thinking about Aki again. Dammit. DAMMIT.
He does what he does best, and he leaves, two desiccated corpses left where they lay. He feels tired, the way someone would after a large meal. He returns to the hideout. It’s been about two hours so he figures she’s asleep again. He almost doesn’t go back in.
But some little grain of guilt for running off like he did forces him back into the room that more often then not, they shared. He sheds most of his clothes and carefully gets back into bed, hoping not to wake her. He doesn’t want to talk, or explain his behavior. Just like she didn’t to do for herself.
If it was something that could be fixed, if it was something she had done, she wouldn’t be so silent on it. But it wasn’t that simple, and she didn’t know how, if at all, it could be helped- she was almost always alone when this feeling came to the surface. Touch made her skin crawl right now, only remembering what had been done to her. It’s been so long, why did she still get hung up on it like this?
Aki only lays there, staring off into the darkness of the room and listening. It was maybe half an hour after he had left that she lifts her head to look towards the door, wondering when- if- he was coming back. Did she piss him off that much? It’s not like she could hear anyone talking to each other.
“Not the only one who needs a drink..” She mutters at the hour mark, rising from bed and finding her robe- thin, old, and the only other piece of clothing she cared for besides her suit, but enough to make her way out to the bar. Dragging feet only pause when she comes to see the bar holding no one but a lone empty glass. There’s a burning feeling in her gut that she doesn’t like, it’s heavy and twisting’ there’s a name for it but she refuses to acknowledge it right now. She curses under her breath and gets herself a drink, downing it and a second one before simply marching herself back to bed.
She doesn’t take her robe off, simply untying the worn belt and crawling back under the covers. One more layer to separate skin from skin. The villainess wants to go to sleep, to just forget this interaction happened or that it bugged her as much as it did, but she felt.. small. All alone like this..
Aki moves till she’s more in the middle, facing his side of the bed. Dull pink eyes didn’t close for a while, only for maybe ten minutes before Husk found his way back to the room. She’s not asleep yet- but she doesn’t move, nor look. Facing this right now wasn’t what she wanted to do, but that didn’t mean she wasn’t curious about his behavior after being gone for a couple of hours.
The bed shifts, and she recognizes his familiar form getting under the covers. She considers her options, not wanting to make this any worse than it was. There was.. relief in knowing that he had came back- but still that burning feeling that he had been gone for that long in the first place.
husk-d
He stares at her. Well, he stares at the back of her head. He opens his mouth to say something but nothing comes out. So instead, he sighs. He stares up at the ceiling. He doesn’t know what to do, or how to feel. He feels. Bad. Bad that she’s turned away from him. Upset that he’ll be falling asleep alone, after getting so used to falling asleep with the pressure of her head on his chest.
“…I need a drink.” He mutters. Yes, it’s two am. Does he care? No. He gets up, getting up stiffly and grabbing his pants.
She doesn’t expect him to understand, it’s not like he’s been given an real explanation for her behavior beyond a vague sentence about how it has to deal with something in the past. She lays there, looking at her crystalline arm as each solid digit flexes one by one. It cannot be felt like her other arm, only giving the slightest pull of her quirk. But all the same, an arm that is no longer truly there always aches when this day comes by.
Aki curls up as he leaves the bed, trying to make up for the lack of joined body heat she’s missing out on. Maybe she’ll apologize later, when her head is clearer..
husk-d
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“Some things you can’t go back to. Some things need left alone. Don’t mess with the memories of a life passed on.”
“Easier said than done.” Her voice comes flatly, back turned to him. Not that she wanted to be cold to him- she was mainly in her own mind right now.
“Go back to sleep, it’s fine.”
“Hey, has anyone ever told you that you’re mighty fine!? If they did, they’re probably blind.” // @crystalkiss
Ah. this is probably one of the ones Giran was talking about. “You must be Twice. You seem like quite the brave one.”
husk-d
“I like games..” He mumbles, enjoying the fingers in his hair much more than he thought he would. A little shiver even shoots up his back and his knees almost go weak. Weird. He covered up the feeling by dipping down to kiss her neck, feeling her body reach under his mouth stoked the fire growing in his belly. He smiles against her, mouth opening just enough to give her a couple playful nips to her warm skin.
When she pulls his hair, it’s his turn to shudder. It’s been a very long time since someone’s tugged on his hair like that and he’d forgotten how much he liked it. He doesn’t make a sound, but the desire to brings a quiet rumble to his chest, wanting to do more, but wanting to save it for when they’re alone in a dark little room.
Her breath on his neck, and then on his ear is enough to make him feel a bit weak, hands tightening more on her hips, pulling her body as close to his as possible. Her command is met with something of a hungry growl. “I’ll show you all night, baby.” He growls, hands wandering a bit over her body.
She does not need to tell him twice. As soon as the word ‘yours’ slips past those beautiful lips she’s in his arms. “Yes, ma’am.” He picks her up in a fluid motion and is already off, knowing exactly which dark little room to take her to.
“Same here..” She purrs, though its quieter now- if only because her breath is light now. She honestly wouldn’t mind saying ‘fuck it’ and getting things done right here, right now, maybe even against these crates. When was the last time she was this eager, anyway?
Granted, this was different- not just because of the fact that they were working ‘together’ and thus there would be no murder at the end, but because- well, he has four arms. Twice as much touch to her body than she’s experienced; there was surprisingly not that many people with multiple set of a limb type that had a bounty on them, after all.
The way he reacted to her was something she was just eating up, taking a moment to add a few more nibbles to his neck before chuckling lowly. “Good, I like a man who can last all night~..” She whispers to his ear, having to keep herself from making any early noises from how his grip on her tightened.
“Oh~!” She hadn’t expected to be carried, but she won’t complain- especially since it makes it easy for them both to get there quickly. Being in his strong arms was a bonus, too. She was already getting additional ideas.