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Nov 5, 2023

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MOVED FROM DISCORD - continued from here.

italics: moi

bold + blockquote: kev <3

"mmh" came the tired grunt out of seunggi, a mix of his reaction to both the amplified light coming from the window and stubborn (but gentle) hands shaking him awake. he was nowhere near the best at dealing with interruptions to his sleep (shoutout to his tendency to sleep like a rock). so in an attempt to wave both interruptions off, he began to roll further into the bed, letting his face smush right into his pillow as if it was the only safe haven he could find. "just a few more minutes," came next, followed by a hand lifting to try to grab ares' arm to tug him back into bed. because, of course, he'd be damned if he was going to dive further under the covers without his boyfriend in his arms.

ares was not going to give up easily, or so he thought. things changed, especially when seunggi was involved. who was he to deny a few extra minutes of cuddling? plus it would give him time to think about all the snow gear he had and where it was. unlike things from his past lives, those bins weren’t far off. he knew they laid in one of the spare room closets so they weren’t hard to find. why? for moments like this. “there’s like a foot of snow out there.” he was easily crawling back into the bed to flop down beside seunggi, hand lifting to card through his boyfriends hair. sledding could wait a few extra minutes, he was content here.

a content hum followed the addition of ares' weight onto the bed. he honestly wasn't expecting to win this one — he was fully expecting to get dragged out of bed by his ankles. sure, he'd be grumpy for a bit, but seeing ares have a good time would easily wipe all of that away. he'd turn into a full on happy camper. though, that easily was the case here, too, as he drew closer to wrap his arms around the other's frame. his head also shifted to burrow his face into the other's neck, taking full advantage of his presence while he had him. "is there really?" he answered tiredly, but still amused, "might have to make you wear a bright hat so i don't lose you out there." as if he was substantially taller than ares. "should we build a snowman? or were you planning on using your strength to pelt me with snowballs?"

ares left his eyes fall closed as the other got closer. fingers scratched gently through his boyfriends hair, humming a yes in answer. only then a huff of a laugh was escaping his lips and he was using his current position to instead tug at seunggi’s hair. “i used to be considered tall.” was grumbled with his own amused tone. “both things. snowmen and pelting.”

"not with me," he grinned, letting out a light laugh at the tug of his hair. "i think if you tried on my boots, we'd be the same height. maybe taller. plus you'd be able to stomp me — no pelting necessary." the thought only occurred as he tried to recollect where he kicked said boots off; they'd obviously be helpful once they made their way into the heaps of snow. he let his legs tangle with ares' the longer they laid there with a sigh, "i'll have you know i played baseball in high school. you might get hit harder than you think."

“if i put those boots on you’re not getting them back.” a joke - though honestly he might put up a fight on them. not for snow considering he had his own, but still. “i can step on you though, if you want.” ares couldn’t even say it without snorting a soft laugh once again as he continued the slow scratches. honestly he would do whatever seunggi wanted, stepping included. he just might laugh the whole time. “and how many years ago was that?” funny considering his own age - but still an insult that worked for mortals. “we should see who can throw one further.” head lifted with a grin as he tapped his fingers against seunggi’s head.

“ah, resorting to thievery now, are we?” he mused, slowly waking up further with every laugh. “maybe i’ll take you up on that. might be hot.” ares in combat boots would be a thing, a very very good thing. but it’d take him a moment to consider if losing his shoes for the cause would be worth it and the jury is certainly still out. “only eight. it’s not like that stuff goes away,” he scoffed from where he was tucked away, hand squeezing at his side in an attempt to find a tickle spot. “you’re saying that like we both don’t know that you could throw one to saturn without it melting.”

“if looking good is on the line i might just steal, yeah.” a joke, though if he was being honest there was nothing truly stoping him from borrowing from seunggi’s closet. of course he would give them back, but not before a good outfit or two. then maybe just get his own - who knows. “that stuff goes away if you don’t do it for eight years.” he teased, hand quickly dropping to wrap fingers around seunggi’s wrist to stop whatever tickling he might have done. “i don’t think i could do that - it would definitely melt on the way.” he teased yet again before he was sitting up a little more to properly look at him. “i have a whole bin of snow stuff we can look through.”

"mhm, i'm sure you'd know, old man." a wave of pure devastation overcame him as his motion to tickle was forced to a halt, but it certainly didn't stop him from trying to wriggle his hand free or trying to tickle the other — whichever came first. "so humble of you," seunggi teased right back, giving a bit of a groan when his main source of comfort was moving away from him. but he asked for a few minutes and did receive them with no problems, so it was his turn to cough up what ares wanted. not that he'd complain about going out into the snow — he'd just have to wake up a little bit more. but he supposed that's what snowballs are for. "mm," he hummed, eyes slowly pulling open once and for all. "you got anything from the eighties? i'd love to sport those for a day if you'll let me."

ares kept his grip loose enough not to hurt seunggi, but not loose enough to let him slip free. though it was only a few moments before he was relenting to let go with a soft laugh - he wasn’t going to steal his boyfriends fun right out from under him. it was the little things, wasn’t it? instead that hand was lifting so he could run his fingers along his jaw and back up through his hair slowly. “oh, i know i do. now that you said it you have to wear it. it’s a full snowsuit.” that was enough to get his smile even wider as he sat up more to plant a kiss on seunggi’s lips. “probably have actual boots too, they might not match but who cares.” the boots would be hidden in the snow, on top of him not really having any neighbors close anyway.

while seunggi was all too ready to hunt for a tickle spot the second his wrist was released, he was almost immediately distracted by the feeling of his boyfriend's touch along his jaw and into his hair. he had a look on his face like he almost entirely forgot what he was trying to do, instead now entirely engulfed in admiration for ares. he offered a soft laugh at the thought of walking around in neon like his own personal version of a billboard. "what color is it? so i can mentally prepare myself. you know, in the case i end up looking like a traffic cone." another hum of content slipped out now that he finally had his first kiss of the day, leading him to run his hand along the other's back. "that's alright. i'll just steal yours and you can float around in socks or something."

“uh - if i remember correctly it’s purple and blue.” just because he was immortal didn’t mean he had a photographic memory - thankfully. he did not, under any circumstance, want to be able to remember every single detail of the last two hundred and ninety something years. an actual laugh escaped his lips at his boyfriends words, hand lightly smacking against his chest before ares was moving to, again, roll out of bed. “i still get cold.” more so the further away from eating he got, but still. “come on, we can get coffee before finding your outfit.” after he dressed, of course - he was not about to rely on just a snowsuit with nothing else.

“what, you don’t wear it every year?” he asked, with a teasing little smirk to match. seunggi would never imagine that a snow suit like that would be anyone’s first choice, let alone someone who lived through having to wear it already. “so? multiple socks, then.” apparently he was just one all for teasing this morning. he supposed the light slap was deserved, even had him letting out his own laugh again. seunggi laid there for a moment, trying to soak in his last moments of getting to sit in bed before moving to get to his feet. “mm, you know what would be so good right now? chocolate coffee.” his eyebrows were furrowing and eyes were closing just at the thought of an actual mocha, but he’d honestly settle for a hot chocolate with some coffee dumped in, too. beggars can’t be choosers, after all.

“only when i want all eyes on me.” was joked as he found his go to sweats to pull up over his legs. there was another soft, snorted laugh as he dug around for socks, and then was plopping onto the edge of the bed to make the process easier. “i do have big fluffy socks.” was said like he was really considering them over actual boots. maybe for the joke but there was no real way he was heading outside in anything but snow boots. just because he likes snow didn’t mean he enjoyed the cold that came with it. “you’re in luck.” ares mused in answer as he hopped up again, and then tugged the blankets from seunggi. if only to make it take much easier to scoop him up with a grin. he did wake his boyfriend up, he had no problem offering the chance to be a little extra lazy in not having to walk. “i have chocolate coffee pods.” he honestly didn’t know what all he had, the drawer was simply filled and he usually reached in randomly - but he did know there were mocha ones, mainly because he had one the other day. “white chocolate and dark.” or milk chocolate - he didn’t know for sure. only one way to find out, and that was digging through the drawer.

there was a subconscious groan from seunggi as the blankets were tugged away from him, even if he was amused by ares' determination. maybe he was going to get dragged out of bed by his ankles after all regardless of his attempt at cooperation. safe to say he was very clearly surprised when the other was moving to pick him up. soft laughs flew through the air as his arms made their way around his boyfriend's neck, some nervous and some joyful. it wasn't like he doubted ares' strength — if anything, he overestimated. he just wasn't very used to getting picked up. still, he'd take this over hands around his ankles any day. "i could kiss your lips off right now," he murmured with a grin, letting his head sit on the other's shoulder to rest. he'd honestly make an attempt to steal a kiss or two if he had the right angle, but he'd make up for it once they were properly face to face once again. "thank you. do you want me to make the coffee while you look for the box?" would only get them out into the snow sooner and he'd get to see that smile on ares' face, though he was selfishly hoping he'd say no so he'd get to keep him close.

"hold that thought, i'll take all the kisses once we get to the kitchen." there would never, ever, be a day where ares denied such a thing. not for any reason he could think of that is. "no no no, i'll make the coffee." he wasn't really in a rush to run outside, he didn't think the snow was going to melt away in the next twenty minutes. and while he was very aware that they were going to be in the snow together, he also just didn't want to let go. or well - he would be letting go, obviously, but he was clingy okay? though now that kisses were on the table he was oh so tempted to get them to the coffee machine quicker than just walking. but was giving seunggi whiplash at seven in the morning a good idea? maybe not. "do you want food before or after?" either way he had a feeling there might be hunger after fun in the snow, there was no way an appetite didn't get worked up. though he wasn't exactly offering to cook, even if he was sure they were both on the same page there.

“i’ll put a pin it.” for the next like, minute, but still. he’d happily cough up as many kisses as ares wanted — universe knew he wanted them just as badly, if not more. “are you sure? i don’t mind.” he could handle popping some pods in a machine and pushing a button if he had to. he might play a little dumb to keep ares around but he could do it. “mm,” he hummed, letting the question sit for a beat or two. hot food after sitting in the cold for a while sounded much more appealing than getting too full before. “we can eat after if that’s alright with you. all i need right now is a coffee in me before i wither away.” dramatic, but still true.

“i don’t have to go looking for the bin, i know where it is. we just have to put all the stuff on.” ares was cheating a little to get down the stairs, though he didn’t say anything about it. nor about the way they were suddenly in the kitchen, when he had just barely got them to the bottom of the steps half a second ago. sue him, he’s impatient. he wants his kiss and his coffee, not to mention the snow awaiting them outside. not a single print, lots of room for snowmen. a whole snowman family. and let’s not forget the sled - he was pretty sure those were in the garage. “food after is perfect. we can order something.” he was putting his boyfriend down as he spoke, grinning as he looked at him expectantly.

if seunggi was blissfully unaware of how fast they made it down the stairs, he was slowly catching on with the time it took for them to get to the kitchen. he doesn't remember the distance from point a to point b being that short, leaving him to quirk an eyebrow as he got to his feet. "you got a bit of pep in your step this morning, hm?" he gave his own grin as he moved to pull him closer by the band of his sweats, the action followed by a huff of a laugh. he wasted no time in pressing his lips to his boyfriend's, but he certainly did when it came to pulling away. "i don't think i'll ever get sick of this."

“can you blame me?” maybe - someone his age should not be so overjoyed at the sight of snow, and the idea of playing around in it. but well - it was the little things that made it all bearable. add in seunggi and ares was ready to do anything. honestly he wouldn’t have put up much of a fight if seunggi had really wanted to stay in bed, or even go back to sleep. but he was happy they were taking advantage of the weather, he wouldn’t lie. “wow - i hope you wouldn’t.” ares laughed as he pulled back from the kiss some, hands looping around seunggi’s shoulders as he tugged him in for another. “the coffee is in there, pick whatever you want.” ares didn’t want to let go completely but he was letting his arms fall away anyway.

"not at all. it's cute." endearing, sweet, adorable — the list went on. seunggi was without a doubt a morning person as he always had to be, even when he was a kid. but waking up ares, getting to spend the beginning of his days with him so often? it all just made them that much sweeter. his hands lifted to warm over ares' arms once they were over his shoulders for the follow up kiss, leaving them to also to fall when his fell. "mm, okay. in a minute," he grinned all too cheekily before going in for another. he did say his goal was to kiss ares' lips off, so he wasn't going to take two and run. nope, not today.

his lips curved up in a smile, a happy little hum escaping as he took his cue to pull seunggi in again. he was the last person on earth that would pick anything else over attention from his boyfriend, especially in the form of kisses. would that stop him from teasing still? “you’re cute.” was his delayed response, only after another kiss. it seems there was no reason for him to get them down here quicker than necessary, though he didn’t mind. the coffee wasn’t going anywhere, and neither was he. not when the thing he’d be leaving was seunggi. “i love you, in case you were wondering.”

seunggi brushed the teasing off as merely that — teasing. nothing more, nothing less. hence why he was in the midst of reaching to poke at ares' stomach with a grin when those words hit. his touch grew soft, nervous even, as his eyes flickered upward and his grin slid away. he felt warm, almost as if he was full of too much blood in that moment, as his heartbeat drummed in his ears. his eyes searched his boyfriend's features like he was trying to see if he was joking or if seunggi merely hallucinated those three little words. he knew the feeling was most definitely matched on his end; he'd been biting his tongue for weeks on telling ares out of fear of seeming too eager. but he loved him. he did. "really?"

it was tempting to let himself into his boyfriends thoughts, but he wouldn’t. he had all but completely rid himself of the habit when seunggi was involved and now? this was probably one of the moments he definitely shouldn’t. tempting, yes. but he wouldn’t. instead he just kept the smile, a brow cocking ever so slightly as he offered a nod. “really.” he nodded again and was pressing in for another kiss. “how could i not? you’re amazing. i love everything about you.” he’s had more than enough time to consider it, to think about it - ares was sure as could be. “you don’t have to say it back, but it felt right.” he couldn’t exactly tell if his boyfriends racing heart was good or bad - though he could guess. did he get his hopes up? yeah, a little.

even with the physical and verbal confirmation, seunggi was still a bit starstruck when ares was leaning in for a kiss. he — obviously — met him halfway for it, regardless of the fact that his mind was moving at a mile a minute. it was all he wanted to hear for what felt like forever, so to hear it first thing in the morning? he was more than surprised. but he enjoyed it, how casual the feeling was. as if it was something that had always been subtly between them, slowly growing with each day. "no, i do," he murmured, reaching for both of ares' hands to take into his own. "i do. i love you." it felt good to get it off of his chest, to finally know that they were both fully on the same page. "i have for a while now."

ares didn’t think he’d be able to wipe his warm little smile off his face if his life depended on it. how could this day get any better? he had no idea but he’d be surprised if it managed to. snow, seunggi, the big i love you step - best day ever. “i’m so happy.” was said as if it wasn’t obvious, hands squeezing gently at the others when he had the chance. “what - really?” that had a soft laugh escaping next, and he was using their conjoined hands to pull seunggi closer as he himself took the smallest of steps. “so what, we were both worrying about nothing?” ares mused with that same smile as he brought one of their joined hands up to kiss the back of seunggi’s. he supposed he understood why they took their sweet old time, it was hard to open up like that when you weren’t one hundred percent about it. still, ares was happy they made it past.

"it looks good on you," seunggi grinned. ares looked good all of the time, no matter what he was doing — a fact seunggi had found himself acquainting with (and basically drooling over) quickly. but there was something about the way they were standing together now that had him looking at his boyfriend in a more comfortable, golden light. perhaps it was just a bit of the euphoria of knowing that the feeling was indeed mutual putting him in a bit of a daze, but he wasn't complaining. rather, he hoped it'd stay with him. "yes, for a month now at least." it sounded a little bit ridiculous now that he said it outloud, but how the hell would he have known? he wasn't the one with mind reading abilities here. "it looks like we were," he laughed, his tired body growing more awake with every second of pure joy. another hum had him searching for a kiss as his eyes lingered on ares'. "i love you."

the addition to his boyfriends answer had yet another huff of a laugh leaving the vampire. his smile was definitely not going anywhere anytime soon, even if it was growing slightly amused with the more information. “luckily for us there’s nothing wrong with waiting it out a little.” ares wasn’t worried about anything going wrong, not with seunggi. minus that little bump in the road at the beginning of things he was pretty sure life had been great between them. and considering seunggi didn’t even remember that, it was near perfect. “and i love you.” was murmured after the kiss, and of course followed by another before he was taking a few steps back. now that they broke through this wall he had a feeling it was only going to get more mushy - as if that was even possible. was ares complaining? not even close. “are you just stalling so we don’t have to go outside?” ares teased softly as he moved to pull open the drawer of coffee options, before pulling away completely so he could grab mugs.

weirdly enough, where seunggi would have teased about not everyone having enough time to wait things out, he didn't. his inherited cynicism somehow melted away when it came to being around ares — he was a breath of fresh air in the best way. the way he carried himself, the way he lived freely… it was all enough to get seunggi more enthusiastic about every day ahead of him. hence why he let out an appalled scoff at the accusation, offering a slight nudge of his boyfriend's shoulder as he drew closer to look at the coffee. "i would never." no, he would. he definitely would. he hated snow for the most part — it was just as irritating as sand in his mind. all over the place. messy. and even worse? cold. but he'd willingly deal with it if it gave ares room to have some fun. he plucked out exactly what he was hoping for before, mocha flavored coffee, before shrugging. "but i'm more likely to stall to have more time with you than to avoid the snow."

“the way you said that makes me think you would.” ares was shaking his head a little as he put the mugs down, one in front of him and the other on the coffee machine. “you’re gonna make me blush.” another soft tease, though the way he was smiling was close enough. “do you want sugar or anything? milk? creamer? ice?” he was merely listing things that came to mind that went good with coffee. he dropped his hand to dig around and came up with a plain jane coffee, which had a soft muttered ‘lame’ leaving his lips even as he put it beside his mug. ares pushed the drawer closer before walking off to the fridge - he needed creamer if he was getting stuck with a normal cup. as if he couldn’t have just tossed it back in and looked for a good one. he’d be standing here five minutes checking out the flavors. “are you really going to wear my eighties snow suit? i can’t get the image out of my head now. you have to.”

“and here i was thinking you didn’t blush.” trust him, he loved smiley ares. he’d do anything for him, really. but the thought of a flustered ares? maybe even a nice little shade of red? he’d pay good money to say that. he’d have to work on it. “mm, maybe some sugar.” fat chance he’d end up not even using it, so his eyes would stay glued to ares when he went to get so he knew where to put it back. a soft laugh at his comment, back turning to the counter to lean on it as he watched the other move. “yeah, why not? vintage and all that.” he offered a grin as his arms crossed over his chest, “you’re making it sound like i’m going to regret if.”

“you just haven’t figure it out yet.” and ares was not about to give it away. it might be hard to get him flushed but it wasn’t impossible to do so. maybe one day. ares grabbed the jar of sugar after closing the fridge with his hip, and with creamer and sugar in hand he went right back to seunggi. “i just think you’re going to see it and i’m going to have to talk you into it.” ares would be lying if he said he didn’t like it to a point - it was his, of course. but his style also changed with the times and it was safe to say over the years he’s drifted away from multicolor, neon things. “you’re going to look so cute in it.” was added as he put the two items down and grabbed a spoon or two, and then he was reaching for seunggi’s pod so he could get his coffee going. “think i can talk you into wearing it skiing?” was he joking? to be determined.

“i’ll figure you out, kim. don’t you worry.” might take him a hot minute given the volume of information that ares’ hundreds of years came with, but he’ll make it happen. apparently he’s got all the time in the world here. plus it’d be a little more entertaining to truly catch his boyfriend off guard, so the longer it took, the better. “is it really that bad?” his mind was running rampant with visuals about what the suit could possibly look like. with the way ares was making it sound? it looked like he was going to be walking around looking like barney this morning. “cute,” he repeated, a snort following with a shake of his head. “easy for you to say.” his eyes followed ares’ hand as he reached for his pod. his feet followed after his boyfriend’s, wrapping his arms around him behind before sitting his chin on his shoulder to watch. “i haven’t been skiing since i was thirteen,” he laughed, even as he actually considered the notion. “i would look insane. people would be staring at me all the way down the mountain.”

that was enough to get a snort of a laugh, and a nod of his head. there was no reason for him to think otherwise, at some point in their time together seunggi would know him as good, if not better, than he knew himself. probably came with the territory of being the biggest open book, he couldn’t help it. “it’s just … bright. especially adding in the reflection of all the snow. i’m going to need sunglasses to look at you.” he joked with a glance over his shoulder, smile on display as he leaned into seunggi some. “what size?” the question fell from his lips with an added point of his finger to the size options. “if we go off your words then years don’t matter, there should be no problem with you hopping back on some skis.” was teased as he closed the lid and adjusted the mug. “as long as you don’t fall on your face who cares who’s looking?” easy to say when you had multiple lives to get over any ounce of shyness or nervousness.

“oh, god,” he snorted. perhaps the suit was somehow *much^ worse than he was anticipating. at the same time, it wasn’t like he was wearing on a runway in new york or something, so did it really matter? plus, he’d like to do his best to make ares’ day and if putting on an old snowsuit would do that, he wouldn’t hesitate. “big one would be great,” he murmured, leaning his head against his boyfriend’s. that way he’d hopefully only have to count on one to get him through the day. his only other option was to raid ares’ drawer every six hours and that? that was a bit much. “ah, that’s different,” he jokingly whined. “a good five year difference to be exact.” a kiss to the other’s shoulder and he was moving to get a glass of water. “when was the last time you’ve gone? and where?”

“you’re going to love it.” or at least ares was going to love it. “besides after a little bit of wearing it you forget it’s as obnoxious as it is.” he teased while pushing the desired button. all that was left was to wait for the drink to brew, so he took the chance to let both hands fall to seunggi’s arms and just rested against him. “is it? sounds like you’re just picking and choosing which hobbies you’re still good at.” another tease as he turned to press a kiss to his boyfriends cheek, fingers lightly tapping against his arms until seunggi was suddenly gone. not that he really minded, if left him zero distractions to be able to get his coffee ready. and by that he meant simply pulling it off the machine to put down on the counter. a quick change of the pods and putting his own mug under and he was focused on the other again. “last year, here. went to alaska too. australia.” he listed off with a shrug and a grin. he liked winter, he liked the activities mostly - anything to get him out and about.

"uh huh. i'm sure." all teasing aside, he had some faith in 80s-era ares' style abilities. maybe not a ton since it was the 80s, but still some. "i wouldn't so much call it picking and choosing — just knowing my strengths and weaknesses." total interview style answer that totally avoided the fact that he was most definitely picking and choosing. he reached for a glass from a cabinet before sliding it under the fridge's dispenser. while he obviously signed himself up for the big cup of coffee that was now staring him down, he knew some water before would keep him from going totally off the walls. there was a very fine line between *fatigued seunggi * and his energetic counterpart, one that he had to walk cautiously. once the glass was at least half full, he was moving back towards ares to lean his back against the countertop once again. "three in one year?" he knew his boyfriend liked to travel, but that much? for skiing? he was impressed. wholeheartedly so. "have you tried snowboarding? i feel like that's an australian thing. maybe."

“oh, mhm.” ares hummed out with a nod, like fully believing what was being said. definitely not picking and choosing, he was just playing to his strengths. of course. once his coffee was finished he was hitting the off button, and pulling his mug off the machine. not that he drank it right away seeing as not only was it hot but he needed his creamer. while caffeine might not work in this sense it was still a taste he enjoyed. “yeah - why not? two for winter and then australia a couple months later.” it wasn’t like he had anything to keep him tethered to one spot when college was out. now that he had seunggi it was a different story, he would much rather do things with him instead of going off alone, and if that meant less traveling then so be it. “snowboarding too.” another nod as he went to put the creamer back in the fridge and then went right back to his coffee. ares found his way to seunggi again, leaning his hip against the counter and putting the mug down. “you’ll have to entertain me at least once, don’t care when or where.” was mused with a grin.

seunggi gave a knowing grin as his narrowed his eyes. he was glad to know they were both on the same page with not believing his bullshit. why not was a fair question — he supposed he'd do the same thing if he had the chance. not that he'd exactly go skiing, but he'd do something he'd enjoy. mosey on through all of the parks in the world, or something. could be a good time. "but you're a skier?" totally an assumption made on the fact that he didn't mention snowboarding right off the bat, but he very easily could be wrong. he brought his glass to his lips as he waited for his own coffee to cool down, offering a sip up to ares once he was done with his own. "we could go for new year's," he hummed, totally winging it as he lifted a hand to trace his fingers along the other's jaw line. "that way your first day of the new year can be spent watching me bust ass."

“i like both. but you said about skiing once.” or was he pulling that out out thin air? he did his best to keep tabs on things that were said but he supposed there were times he mixed it up. he accepted the offered sip with a hum, though he was looking right back to the other when he had the chance. “yeah? i’ll set it up tomorrow, don’t mess with me.” he was grinning as he turned his head into seunggi’s touch ever so slightly, eyes landing on his features as he did. given, a laugh did escape next at the thought, at the mental image of seunggi falling on his face. maybe rolling down the hillside a few times. “remind me to have us start little, a beginner path.” depending on where they went that is, but most if not all resorts had such things. plus it wasn’t like they couldn’t do research first. just because the image of seunggi turning into a rolling snowball like the cartoons was funny didn’t mean he actually wanted it to happen. his mug was lifted to try a sip, doing so carefully to make sure he didn’t burn his mouth off. “you trying to be my new years kiss?” came next, smile growing.

"that's true. i didn't get that far." it was still early, sue him. "who said i was messing with you?" he teased — but was he actually teasing? realistically, no. he'd be happy to spend a holiday with ares anytime, anywhere. especially with the semester out of the way, there was nothing truly stopping him, was there? a slide of his hand and he was letting the backs of his fingers graze against the other's cheek before dropping his hand onto the counter to lean on. "i can ski, i swear. we don't have to do the beginner's ones. maybe the one after that, but not the bunny hill." even if he had to, his pride would certainly be too much to actually do it. at the question, seunggi quirked an eyebrow, taking another sip of his water before placing the glass down. "reading my mind again, are we? or am i just that predictable?"

“you’re sure?” ares truly didn’t mind the easier paths, though who was he to question seunggi’s abilities? for all he knew he had an olympic level skier on his hands. “i don’t think it matters what hill we start on, by the end of the trip you’ll be on the diamond path, easy.” was said with a grin, of which was hidden behind his mug as he tried for another sip. “predictable. or maybe i’m projecting my own wants.” a laugh escaped as he moved his coffee to one hand, and grabbed for seunggi’s with the other. “get yours, we can go dig through the bin.” see what goodies he had hidden away. more often than not when he started searching through boxes he would be hit with things he didn’t even remember having to begin with.

“positive. what could go wrong?” well, plenty of things, but if it got ares excited those things didn’t matter in the slightest. “kinda sounds like you’re planning on dragging me up there by my ear,” he teased. seunggi had faith in his own capabilities but were they black diamond level? absolutely not. nowhere close. if ares brought it up? he’d be running in the other direction like roadrunner. “mm, might be a bit of both.” not that he was complaining — might be the first year he actually enjoyed who he shared his kiss with. a nod as he scrambled to put his empty glass in the sink before scooping his mug and sliding his hand into his boyfriend’s. “your bins are too fun. i get giddy like a six year old playing dress up.”

“you could break something - that could go wrong.” that wasn’t a very optimistic look on things but he wasn’t trying to drag seunggi to the hospital or something. that sounded like a terrible time, and he’d never get over it. if ares had a list of people he wished harm to, seunggi would be no where near it. “you can get the same feeling by going to a museum.” a joke, said with a grin and gentle tug to seunggi’s hand as he started walking. “or a thrift shop - though that’s hit or miss.” his house? never a miss, he probably had something from every time period. if it was interesting was another story. “might even let you keep this.” would seunggi want it? probably not. but the idea of it hanging in his closet was funny enough.

“i’m not going break anything,” he snorted a soft laugh. “unless you actually take me on a black diamond. then we might have a problem.” he supposed this — having to prove he’d be fine, even in a joke — was just something that came with hanging with an immortal. thankfully, he hadn’t been wrapped in bubble wrap against his will yet so. could be worse. “maybe. but your stuff is much more entertaining.” much more dear to him, too. his house was full of things from his whole life, his whole image — how could it not be? he gave ares’ hand a squeeze as he brought his mug to his lips to take a sip. he gave an automatic hum at the taste; it was too good. so he went in for another sip. “sounds like you’re trying to pawn your old closet off on me,” he teased. “or at least turning into a full fledged thrift shop for little old me.”

“you won’t let me take you on bunny or black diamond?” ares scoffed like it was an outrageous thing to demand, though his smile wasn’t far off. how could it be? seunggi was here, of course he was happy. “if you do get hurt i can fix ya - vampire blood is healing. don’t know why.” he tacked on at the end and followed his words with a drink from his mug. “let’s not test it though.” while he knew it worked he didn’t really want the other getting hurt in any way. the trip back upstairs was no where near as quick, if only to save the coffee from spilling. “well - i mean.” a pause as he took a few steps and shrugged. “i don’t really think a snowsuit from the eighties is something i’m attached to.” was said with a laugh. though at the same time he supposed he kept certain clothing items because they had some sort of value. from his human life to now he had the most random selection. “i don’t think i’ve worn it since then.”

“fine. you can take me on the bunny hill. but that’s where i draw the line.” he didn’t think ares was that serious about it, but maybe seunggi would end up trying to go on it just for kicks. “i’m glad you clarified that, because my first question was going to be why?” with all of the vampire characteristics that his boyfriend had told him about, there was no reason for him to be so shocked about another. the idea of getting healed on the spot by blood was a little insane, but so was needing to eat it to survive. so, he would just have to get used to it. he followed along as ares made his way away from the stairs, bringing his mug to his lips once again. “ah, why not? i’m sure you looked great in it. had to have been your go-to sexy night out on the town kind of outfit, no?” a teasing bump of the others shoulder with his and he was squeezing his hand again. “i don’t blame you there. gotta keep up with the times so people don’t think you’re almost three hundred. totally fair.”

“no take backs - bunny hill it is.” ares was grinning at the idea. not because it was a small, starter hill. but because it would probably be them and a bunch of kids. “if you fall, i fall. it’ll be great.” as if ares really had to offer such a thing - he had a feeling they would be fine. if seunggi’s words were true, they’d be on the regular paths in no time. he was letting go of his boyfriend in order to push the door open, gesturing for seunggi to go in before following along. “it was definitely my out on the town outfit. summer time or not. who can resist a puffy, neon outfit?” his tone suggested he was serious even if he was sure they both knew he wasn’t. “i don’t think i want you to see eighties me.” was added, a laugh escaping as he pictured what he could remember on the spot. of course he’d share such things is his boyfriend wanted, but he was not about to offer that up on his own. “god, could you imagine if i still dressed like it was the eighteenth century? you never would have given me the time of day.” ares joked as he moved to put his mug down on the tv stand, and went to the closet right after. ares was pulling it open, and a quick glance was given before grabbing a blue bin. “i don’t know if it’s this one but it’s one of the blue ones.” and considering there was only one other blue bin, they wouldn’t have much searching to do at all.

“aw,” he cooed, as if them both tumbling together was the most romantic thing he’d ever heard. realistically, in this case, it just might be. he gave a polite bow as he stepped into the room first, immediately looking to ares to see what he was doing. “exactly. you must’ve caught everyone’s eye.” the sentiment was definitely true these days and he didn’t think that a puffy suit would be enough to take that away. hence why he was a little bit surprised to see ares’ hesitation when it came to letting seunggi see what he looked like way back when. “what, scared i’ll judge your perm?” a teasing little grin followed, but he’d never judge for little things like that. he had a feeling ares still looked devastatingly good regardless. besides, they had to have been the thing at the time, right? so what the hell did seunggi know? “i hate to say it but you’re right. i’d think you had lost your mind,” he laughed out loud, forcing his shoulders to shake with his laughter. “i do have a feeling that face would win me over though. i mean, just look at it.” seunggi watched as ares moved to grab the bin and pull it out before drawing closer to sneak a peek. “oooh, i can’t wait to see it once and for all.”

ares took a few steps to the bed and dropped the bin to the edge of it as he spoke. “no, i’m scared you’ll turn into a blubbering mess like with the fifties.” his smile grew tenfold as his head lifted again to look to seunggi. “— and judge the perm. probably a mullet too.” he definitely went with the trends, there was no way he escaped the 80’s without one or both. “so you would have thought i was cute, but a little crazy? good to know.” of course that was enough to have his smile softening, eyes finding their way back to the bin as he popped the lid off and laid it on the bed beside it. he hummed softly as he saw the contents, happy that it was indeed the snow box. he had to pull out a few jackets, some snow pants, but it didn’t take much digging at all to unveil the multicolor snow suit in question. again his smile widened. ares pulled it out and unfolded it, holding it up to the side as he looked right back to seunggi. “please wear it.” he would give his left arm for such a sight, if he was being honest.

that had seunggi letting out an embarrassed laugh, free hand lifting to bashfully scratch at the back of his head because ares was nowhere near wrong. what could he say? he was infatuated. plus, with the way his mind had a habit of… wandering, it made for a good time in seunggi-world. he tilted his head a few times as if genuinely thinking about ares' summary: "i mean, that's not so far off from how i see you now." a joke — or was it? it certainly wasn't his boyfriend that was crazy. his circumstances obviously were, but that was far out of his control. and they weren't necessarily a bad kind of crazy. so, yeah. a joke. seunggi popped a squat next to the bin's lid in order to shield himself from ruining the surprise of the snowsuit. he watched as jacket after jacket was tugged out along with some pants, naturally waiting to be told which one was the one. but by the smile on ares' face, he could tell when doom was incoming. his jaw dropped as the suit was tugged out, hand lifting to cover over his eyes with a loud laugh. it wasn't…bad per say. but it wasn't good, either. it was definitely eighties, though, and perhaps that was one of the only reasons he let out an agreeable "of course. anything for you."

ares couldn’t help the warm smile that found his lips at seunggi’s reaction, that was definitely a look he would file away as a favorite. he was just too cute sometimes. only then the smile widened with a laugh, head shaking a few times. “you know what - good to know.” was it his goal to come off as crazy? absolutely not. but who cares, honestly. he only had so much wiggle room after all this time. “yeah?” even just picturing seunggi all bundled up in this was enough to keep his joy flowing. but to actually see it live and in action? “i cannot wait.” he tossed it to lay beside seunggi and was pulling out a pair of actual snow boots. “these might be better too.” keep his boyfriend as warm as he possibly could, to keep the fun going as long as he possibly could. he went to grab his coffee quick, only to return to his boyfriends side to look into the bin again. “i wish i had a fun hat to finish it off.” he mused as he dug around with his free hand to pull a few out.

“yeah,” seunggi repeated, arms crossing over his chest as he further inspected the suit next to him. realistically, it could’ve been much worse. he liked all of the colors scattered across the fabric, so that was a plus. it looked like it had the potential to fit him well, too, so. another win. maybe this wouldn’t be so bad after all (a.k.a. time for him to stop acting like a piss baby when he signed himself up for it). “thank you,” he murmured, picking up one of the boots with his free hand to inspect them, too. they seemed reliable — would keep the snow far away from touching his skin. beautiful. at the mention of a hat, he let out a snort, “do you have any matching ones? you’ve got to complete my outfit, now.”

“the best i can do is this.” he was pulling a beanie out, and though it was simple black it had a big pom pom on top. a pair of snow gloves came next, again they weren’t crazy but black. just got the job done and weren’t flashy. “if you’re trying to be extra cute out there this might do the trick.” he tossed it to land on his boyfriends lap, and went back to digging out his hidden treasures. but he promptly stopped, and looked right back to seunggi. “do you want to wear that one or risk it with the one i’m about to pull out? no trades after you pick.” he mused with a growing smile as he moved the bin to try and make sure seunggi didn’t peek. either way he had a feeling the other wouldn’t love his outfit, but ares absolutely would.

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