you let out a yawn and lean back onto the tree stump you're resting at, empty food containers set to the side as you and your lover soak up the sunlight.
the forest is quiet today, and tighnari seems to appreciate that; his head lays comfortably on your lap as your nimble fingers thread through his hair and scratch and the base of his big, soft ears. they twitch at the slightest touch and you're grateful that tighnari has closed his eyes or else you and your lovesick grin would be in for a whole new world of teasing.
though, something claws at the back of your mind.
"tighnari?" you whisper, so quiet that the man himself wouldn't have a clue that you had even opened your mouth if it weren't for his inhuman sense of hearing.
he hums, ears perking up slightly, and you aren't sure whether to be relieved or disappointed.
"are you sure you don't have any other duties to attend? i wouldn't want there to be something important and-"
"are you trying to get rid of me?" he asks, cracking an eye open and cutting you off, and you aren't sure if he's joking or if he's actually concerned.
"well, no-"
"then, you should get some rest while we're taking a break, rosebud. nothing will have changed while we were gone." he once again cuts you off, this time reaching up to guide your stray hands back to his head.
and you only sit there and soak up the sunlight. and, you suppose that it wouldn't hurt to take a break from your duties for once; at least, that's what you tell yourself. only for a few minutes, you reason, waves of drowsiness hitting you like a raging sumpter beast.
you make sure to give tighnari's soft ears one last scratch before you drift off to a peaceful sleep.
you let out a yawn and lean back onto the tree stump you're resting at, empty food containers set to the side as you and your lover soak up the sunlight.
the forest is quiet today, and tighnari seems to appreciate that; his head lays comfortably on your lap as your nimble fingers thread through his hair and scratch and the base of his big, soft ears. they twitch at the slightest touch and you're grateful that tighnari has closed his eyes or else you and your lovesick grin would be in for a whole new world of teasing.
though, something claws at the back of your mind.
"tighnari?" you whisper, so quiet that the man himself wouldn't have a clue that you had even opened your mouth if it weren't for his inhuman sense of hearing.
he hums, ears perking up slightly, and you aren't sure whether to be relieved or disappointed.
"are you sure you don't have any other duties to attend? i wouldn't want there to be something important and-"
"are you trying to get rid of me?" he asks, cracking an eye open and cutting you off, and you aren't sure if he's joking or if he's actually concerned.
"well, no-"
"then, you should get some rest while we're taking a break, rosebud. nothing will have changed while we were gone." he once again cuts you off, this time reaching up to guide your stray hands back to his head.
and you only sit there and soak up the sunlight. and, you suppose that it wouldn't hurt to take a break from your duties for once; at least, that's what you tell yourself. only for a few minutes, you reason, waves of drowsiness hitting you like a raging sumpter beast.
you make sure to give tighnari's soft ears one last scratch before you drift off to a peaceful sleep.
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cw : ooc , angst , miscommunication trope bleh , tighnari in his toxic era , slight jealousy at one point , unedited
an : the title is a plant pun .
wc : 1.3k
your heart had been filled to the brim, overflowing with warmth and love and an undying tenderness. though, you guess you couldn't exactly call it "undying" anymore; because just like how plants shrivel up when neglected and uncared for, you too had witnessed your relationship slowly lose its life. the vitality and intimacy that it once promised had faded long ago.
you suppose the moment you really noticed what was happening, it was already too late; and maybe that's the reason you noticed anything at all- that you somehow felt that your break was far past due.
that day- the day you finally came to a realization that you had been unloved, uncared for, and unwanted- it had been your birthday.
the night before, tighnari had mentioned that his patrol would probably take longer than usual, as a few new withering zones had been spotted near gandharva ville, and he had personally tasked himself with seeing that they were taken care of.
you, of course, understood; even sharing his sentiment- after all, your shared love of the forest was what brought you two together in the first place. it's not like you were expecting him to dote on you the whole day while the thing you both swore to protect was in danger.
if only you had placed as much importance on your relationship as you did your home, because while the two of you had worked so hard on maintaining the safety of the forest, you failed to protect the one thing that mattered to you even more.
once your birthday finally arrived, you had patiently waited for tighnari to finish patrol- as you fell asleep the night before, he had whispered in your ear that he would make it up to you by treating you to dinner and a night that you were sure to never forget.
and so, you went through your day as you typically would, minus the birthday wishes and occasional present from the residents in gandharva ville. you went through your day as normal, and waited. and waited. and waited.
by the time dusk began to leave its mark on the sky, you started to give up hope; hope that you would be able to celebrate a day so important to you with the one you love, and hope that you might even see him at all that night.
by midnight, you had already cooked dinner and fallen asleep, leaving a plate of now-cold food at your boyfriend's spot at the table. you lay on the couch, lamp on and face covered by a book. at that point you had already given up hope that he would come home before your birthday ended.
and sure enough, tighnari didn't return home that night.
for months, that was how it was. tighnari would whisper empty promises and sweet nothings in your ears and then leave you for sometimes days on end, always coming to comfort you after the damage was already done.
sometimes it would be summons from the akademiya- which he had sworn up and down that he never wanted to associate with again- sometimes it would be that there was a danger to the forest, one that he had to see to personally- and others it would be that he had to travel, whether to gather rare herbs for collei's eleazar, or to help some distant family member with "urgent matters".
you knew that tighnari was busy- you witnessed the fact personally on a daily basis- but never had he found a way to make time for everyone, and everything, in his life but you; it was wearing you thin.
one day, that final thread snapped.
once again, he had dismissed your pleas to spend some time together, leaving the hut at daybreak and saying that he needed to tend to something that required his attention immediately. the lack of context made you suspicious, but you didn't have much energy left in you to care; you simply went back to bed, reminding yourself to bring him a lunch later.
and so, you brought him lunch. though, the problem was that he wasn't in gandharva ville. or in chinvat ravine. or in ghanda hill.
you had searched through just about all of avidya forest, and had even asked multiple forest watchers, though you had no idea where tighnari could possibly be. in a last-resort act of desperation, you decided to stop by the pardis dhyai before the sun set.
and by some miracle, he was there. only, he wasn't alone. he was with some crab-looking machine and a very pretty blonde girl in foreign attire.
you weren't exactly sure what to do, so you instead did nothing. you stood there dumbly as they talked- it looked like they were having a heartfelt conversation, the girl was even tearing up a bit- before one of the groundskeepers yelled at you from below to stop standing in the middle of the path.
tighnari slowly began to look your way, yet you were already scurrying off; throat tight and vision blurred.
you hadn't been sure as to when how or you managed to return home unharmed, or where you had dropped the forgotten lunch along the way, but none of that mattered as you locked yourself in the bathroom and cried; the bottled up emotions from months past finally erupting out of you.
you cried. cried for yourself, and for what you knew your relationship would have to become. you cried for all the times you and tighnari rested at the trunks of the large trees in avidya forest, where you nodded off and he scribbled notes about some new species of mushroom. you cried for the times you would giggle softly and smile through kisses while everyone else slept. you cried for all the raw and irrevocable affection you held for your lover, and all that he didn't. you cried for broken trust and forgotten promises and time you were sure to never get back for as long as you live.
before you knew it, the tears had all seemed to dry up, and you were left sitting soaked with salty sadness in your empty house. the light of daytime has left and dusk long since swept its dark wings over the forest.
it must've been near midnight when you heard the front door creak open, paired with tighnari hesitantly calling out your name.
receiving no response, you could hear him slowly shut the door and walk into the hut, and before long, approach the bathroom door.
with a soft knock, he called your name again. though your vocal cords were fried from the crying, and you were too drained to even move from your sitting position against the bathtub; you said nothing.
you remember him growing worried, calling your name once again a bit louder and a bit more desperate when you only gave silence in reply.
and so tighnari gave a warning that he was coming in, and opened the door that you could swear you locked. when he laid his gaze upon your tear-stained form, he gave a quiet gasp of surprise that you weren't expecting.
nor were you expecting him to make haste to kneel down beside you and ask if he could hold you- to which you nodded- and you certainly weren't expecting him to wrap his arms around you and pull you onto his lap, resting your head on his chest.
you had felt him take a breath to speak, and decided to beat him to it, rasping out a sentence that made that very breath hitch in his throat.
"we should break up."
you heard the quiver in the forced-levelness of his voice when he spoke, and you felt the quicken of his heartbeat against your head.
"why?"
you sigh a small, barely audible sigh.
"you don't care anymore, i'm all withered."
somehow, tighnari understood what your words truly meant. he was always adept in translating even your most abstract analogies.
"one more night?" he whispered, voice breaking as his thumb ran shaky circles on your bicep.
cw : ooc , angst , miscommunication trope bleh , tighnari in his toxic era , slight jealousy at one point , unedited
an : the title is a plant pun .
wc : 1.3k
your heart had been filled to the brim, overflowing with warmth and love and an undying tenderness. though, you guess you couldn't exactly call it "undying" anymore; because just like how plants shrivel up when neglected and uncared for, you too had witnessed your relationship slowly lose its life. the vitality and intimacy that it once promised had faded long ago.
you suppose the moment you really noticed what was happening, it was already too late; and maybe that's the reason you noticed anything at all- that you somehow felt that your break was far past due.
that day- the day you finally came to a realization that you had been unloved, uncared for, and unwanted- it had been your birthday.
the night before, tighnari had mentioned that his patrol would probably take longer than usual, as a few new withering zones had been spotted near gandharva ville, and he had personally tasked himself with seeing that they were taken care of.
you, of course, understood; even sharing his sentiment- after all, your shared love of the forest was what brought you two together in the first place. it's not like you were expecting him to dote on you the whole day while the thing you both swore to protect was in danger.
if only you had placed as much importance on your relationship as you did your home, because while the two of you had worked so hard on maintaining the safety of the forest, you failed to protect the one thing that mattered to you even more.
once your birthday finally arrived, you had patiently waited for tighnari to finish patrol- as you fell asleep the night before, he had whispered in your ear that he would make it up to you by treating you to dinner and a night that you were sure to never forget.
and so, you went through your day as you typically would, minus the birthday wishes and occasional present from the residents in gandharva ville. you went through your day as normal, and waited. and waited. and waited.
by the time dusk began to leave its mark on the sky, you started to give up hope; hope that you would be able to celebrate a day so important to you with the one you love, and hope that you might even see him at all that night.
by midnight, you had already cooked dinner and fallen asleep, leaving a plate of now-cold food at your boyfriend's spot at the table. you lay on the couch, lamp on and face covered by a book. at that point you had already given up hope that he would come home before your birthday ended.
and sure enough, tighnari didn't return home that night.
for months, that was how it was. tighnari would whisper empty promises and sweet nothings in your ears and then leave you for sometimes days on end, always coming to comfort you after the damage was already done.
sometimes it would be summons from the akademiya- which he had sworn up and down that he never wanted to associate with again- sometimes it would be that there was a danger to the forest, one that he had to see to personally- and others it would be that he had to travel, whether to gather rare herbs for collei's eleazar, or to help some distant family member with "urgent matters".
you knew that tighnari was busy- you witnessed the fact personally on a daily basis- but never had he found a way to make time for everyone, and everything, in his life but you; it was wearing you thin.
one day, that final thread snapped.
once again, he had dismissed your pleas to spend some time together, leaving the hut at daybreak and saying that he needed to tend to something that required his attention immediately. the lack of context made you suspicious, but you didn't have much energy left in you to care; you simply went back to bed, reminding yourself to bring him a lunch later.
and so, you brought him lunch. though, the problem was that he wasn't in gandharva ville. or in chinvat ravine. or in ghanda hill.
you had searched through just about all of avidya forest, and had even asked multiple forest watchers, though you had no idea where tighnari could possibly be. in a last-resort act of desperation, you decided to stop by the pardis dhyai before the sun set.
and by some miracle, he was there. only, he wasn't alone. he was with some crab-looking machine and a very pretty blonde girl in foreign attire.
you weren't exactly sure what to do, so you instead did nothing. you stood there dumbly as they talked- it looked like they were having a heartfelt conversation, the girl was even tearing up a bit- before one of the groundskeepers yelled at you from below to stop standing in the middle of the path.
tighnari slowly began to look your way, yet you were already scurrying off; throat tight and vision blurred.
you hadn't been sure as to when how or you managed to return home unharmed, or where you had dropped the forgotten lunch along the way, but none of that mattered as you locked yourself in the bathroom and cried; the bottled up emotions from months past finally erupting out of you.
you cried. cried for yourself, and for what you knew your relationship would have to become. you cried for all the times you and tighnari rested at the trunks of the large trees in avidya forest, where you nodded off and he scribbled notes about some new species of mushroom. you cried for the times you would giggle softly and smile through kisses while everyone else slept. you cried for all the raw and irrevocable affection you held for your lover, and all that he didn't. you cried for broken trust and forgotten promises and time you were sure to never get back for as long as you live.
before you knew it, the tears had all seemed to dry up, and you were left sitting soaked with salty sadness in your empty house. the light of daytime has left and dusk long since swept its dark wings over the forest.
it must've been near midnight when you heard the front door creak open, paired with tighnari hesitantly calling out your name.
receiving no response, you could hear him slowly shut the door and walk into the hut, and before long, approach the bathroom door.
with a soft knock, he called your name again. though your vocal cords were fried from the crying, and you were too drained to even move from your sitting position against the bathtub; you said nothing.
you remember him growing worried, calling your name once again a bit louder and a bit more desperate when you only gave silence in reply.
and so tighnari gave a warning that he was coming in, and opened the door that you could swear you locked. when he laid his gaze upon your tear-stained form, he gave a quiet gasp of surprise that you weren't expecting.
nor were you expecting him to make haste to kneel down beside you and ask if he could hold you- to which you nodded- and you certainly weren't expecting him to wrap his arms around you and pull you onto his lap, resting your head on his chest.
you had felt him take a breath to speak, and decided to beat him to it, rasping out a sentence that made that very breath hitch in his throat.
"we should break up."
you heard the quiver in the forced-levelness of his voice when he spoke, and you felt the quicken of his heartbeat against your head.
"why?"
you sigh a small, barely audible sigh.
"you don't care anymore, i'm all withered."
somehow, tighnari understood what your words truly meant. he was always adept in translating even your most abstract analogies.
"one more night?" he whispered, voice breaking as his thumb ran shaky circles on your bicep.
hey!! my main is @boykissr, tho im shadowbanned on there rn so im writing on here!!! charas i write for r a suprise so you'll have to figure that out by urself
( its gorou and tighnari plsplspls request them im begging )
if u wanna kno request rules u can msg me or send an ask!!!!
cw : ooc , fluff , it gets kinda sad at the end idk , unedited , that's all i think !
an : repost bcz my main (@boykissr) is shadowbanned
you sigh, groggy with sleep, as thin rays of sunlight spill from your window. creatures of avidya forest seem to be awakening, as well.
soft breaths against your ear quickly take your attention, and you turn to see an unconscious tighnari, black hair messy with sleep and big ears twitching lazily. you're sure the both of you be much less warm and comfortable if not for the soft blanket wrapped around your bare bodies.
another sigh, and you snake your arms around your boyfriend's waist, hugging him impossibly closer to you. you bury your face into his neck, softly inhaling his familiar scent; one of herbs and soil and home.
and contrary to your hopes, tighnari begins to stir in a dreamless sleep. he yawns, and stretches, and nuzzles his nose further into the crook of your neck.
you fight sleep and await for him to speak, eyes drooping dangerously low.
a moment or two later, tighnari seems to have gained enough consciousness to greet you. he groans and stretches a bit more as he does so, voice lower and scratchier with drowsiness.
"mornin', rosebud. how'd you sleep?" he whispers, lifting his head from your neck to lock his groggy gaze with yours.
you grin and give a quiet giggle, eyes closing momentarily before you respond.
"i slept well- i take it that you did also?"
tighnari smiles, a sleepy, lovesick smile.
"wonderfully."
"ah," you lean forward to bump noses with him, breaths mingling, "that makes me happy, then."
tighnari hums.
"your breath stinks."
"so does yours."
he chuckles, moving to press a kiss to your nose, then one to your lips, and you're both smiling when he's done.
"i wish we could stay like this forever," you whisper against his lips, leaning in for another kiss.
it's tighnari's turn to sigh now, and you close your eyes as he responds.
"i know, i wish that too. but-"
"the forest calls?" you answer, eyes opening and gaze locking as you cut him off, and the smile he wears turns a tinge wistful.
cw : ooc , fluff , it gets kinda sad at the end idk , unedited , that's all i think !
an : repost bcz my main (@boykissr) is shadowbanned
you sigh, groggy with sleep, as thin rays of sunlight spill from your window. creatures of avidya forest seem to be awakening, as well.
soft breaths against your ear quickly take your attention, and you turn to see an unconscious tighnari, black hair messy with sleep and big ears twitching lazily. you're sure the both of you be much less warm and comfortable if not for the soft blanket wrapped around your bare bodies.
another sigh, and you snake your arms around your boyfriend's waist, hugging him impossibly closer to you. you bury your face into his neck, softly inhaling his familiar scent; one of herbs and soil and home.
and contrary to your hopes, tighnari begins to stir in a dreamless sleep. he yawns, and stretches, and nuzzles his nose further into the crook of your neck.
you fight sleep and await for him to speak, eyes drooping dangerously low.
a moment or two later, tighnari seems to have gained enough consciousness to greet you. he groans and stretches a bit more as he does so, voice lower and scratchier with drowsiness.
"mornin', rosebud. how'd you sleep?" he whispers, lifting his head from your neck to lock his groggy gaze with yours.
you grin and give a quiet giggle, eyes closing momentarily before you respond.
"i slept well- i take it that you did also?"
tighnari smiles, a sleepy, lovesick smile.
"wonderfully."
"ah," you lean forward to bump noses with him, breaths mingling, "that makes me happy, then."
tighnari hums.
"your breath stinks."
"so does yours."
he chuckles, moving to press a kiss to your nose, then one to your lips, and you're both smiling when he's done.
"i wish we could stay like this forever," you whisper against his lips, leaning in for another kiss.
it's tighnari's turn to sigh now, and you close your eyes as he responds.
"i know, i wish that too. but-"
"the forest calls?" you answer, eyes opening and gaze locking as you cut him off, and the smile he wears turns a tinge wistful.
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