Florimatt Cryptic Notes AU
๐ฆ Foxian x Catthias ๐ฑ
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Where they've been looting the mansion for hours, each on their own seperate runs with different teammates, working together to obtain a cursed sapphire necklace for everyone. By some stroke of luck, Florian's team was able to find at least one necklace each time they set out! Matthias' team, however, came out short each time, resulting with them finding one necklace in the span of more than a dozen runs!
To say Matthias was annoyed would be putting it kindly- Not only was his team unable to find more than a single necklace but they had left him for dead multiple times, looting his fallen body and not even giving the items back when a new run was about to begin- Teaming up with the Theif, Weeping Clown, and Magician may not have been his smartest move but they needed a fourth teammate to explore and the promise of them leaving with a necklace for everyone was tempting so against his better judgment, Matthias obliged.
With how poorly their runs were going it didn't take too long for the team to disband. The Theif throwing insults at the Magician as Matthias waited for Florian's team to return from their own expedition.
Thankfully he didn't have to wait long as the Fire Investigator's team arrived in the lobby not only 3 minutes after Matthias' did!
The Composer, who had snagged more than a handful of necklaces along their runs excused himself from the team upon the arrival, freeing up a spot for Matthias who may or may not have been hoping to steal away Florian for some quiet time away from all the fuss. But when Fire Investigator's enthusiastically pulled him into their next run how was he to refuse?
As the team split up to explore Florian was quick to reassure the Puppeteer that he'd get the next necklace they found, sticking close to him and healing him when an anomaly landed a blow neither of them could avoid. But as time ticked on and one run led into two, and then three into four, Matthias found his terrible luck at finding a cursed sapphire necklace had followed him... If it wasn't for his new teammates getting downed all the way on the other side of the map, leading him and Florian to rush to their aid, he's sure they would have found one by now. Obviously it wasn't their teammates fault for getting downed. Mistakes happened, guards were dropped, etc. Just because Florian's team had been doing well before he joined didn't mean they didn't have their ups and downs as well. But constantly watching the Fire Investigator take off to save someone else, when their third teammate was close enough to save their downed fourth member on their own, it stirred something in his heart.
Perhaps it was a longing for the same to have been done for him when he were on his own team or maybe it was irritation at knowing Florian was putting himself in danger for someone other than him. No matter the reason, the Puppeteer didn't like the feeling-
So when their teammates neared the middle half of their fifth match and the Embalmer went down, pinging for help, Matthias did what any (ir)rational survior would do when their partner tried to leave them to rescue another survior; he pinned the Fire Investigator to a wall, tail flicking back and forth as Florian started at him in wide eyed shock!
"Let the Seer handle this. He's closer to the Embalmer's location anyway." Matthias nearly growled in his frustration, eyes narrowed.
"But what if they get attacked by a mob of anomalies? We'll be unable to reach them if we continue heading towards the library." Florian tried to reason, lightly pushing against his beloveds chest.
If it hadn't been for the day he'd been having, Matthias would've let Florian go off, accept his desire to save their teammates and suck up his own feelings for the time being but he was quiet frankly done with exploring after this run. If they ran out of time to find him that cursed necklace then he'd be heading straight to the Barmaid to drown out his sorrows with a couple bottles of dovlin.
In a final act of selfishness, the Puppeteer pushed forward to whisper into Florian's ear "Save them if you want but if you go, it'll be a long while before I let you fuck me again. The choice is yours."
To Florian's credit, he did seem to ponder his options for a moment. The hesitation was clear to see in his eyes but after a moment of thinking, Florian rested his head against the Puppeteer's shoulder with a sigh.
Pleased with the answer, Matthias back off just enough to give room to Florian move again.
"Now let's go get you that necklace!"
Thankfully the journey to the library remained uneventful. The Seer was able to heal up the Embalmer and head back home while Florian and Matthias uncovered the cursed sapphire necklace Matthias had been searching for all evening!
And as they headed back home, Florian's tail intertwined with Matthias' own, pulling him close with a teasing smile on his lips.
"So... your room or mine?"
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