His eyes still sting from the pink liquid, but the world is far less a whirl of kaleidoscope colors at the very least, and he’s no longer tripping balls. Still, what should have soothed his anxiety seemed to only be intensifying it, as he sat beside his dearest friend here.
”Hey Froggy,…” She’s double in his vision for a moment as his gaze struggles to fixate onto her. “…Whoa, there’s a lot of you.”
Hyun Woo just ??? offers a beetle as a courting gift LMAO
⿻ * ₎ ㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤhyun woo sent something for : 𝐓𝐈𝐋𝐋 ( approved )
╯✭ . ˙ 알 수 없음 ︴˚ . ˙ᯓ 𝐓𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐃𝐎𝐄𝐒𝐍’𝐓 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍 𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐔𝐏 𝐀𝐓 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 —
the faint scuff of shoes, the subtle pricking sensation at the back of till's neck when someone stands just a little too close without saying anything. It’s irritating. Enough that Till’s shoulders tense, pen pausing mid-motion over whatever he’d been half-heartedly working on.
❝ …What ? ❞ he mutters, flat, already edged with that familiar bite. His gaze flicks up, sharp and unimpressed, expecting something stupid — another one of Hyun Woo’s stunts to piss him off or embarrass him beyond belief probably. And for a second, it is. Because Hyun Woo just stands there holding something out in his palm. Till’s expression sours almost instantly, brows pulling together. ❝ You’re kidding,❞ he exhales, leaning back in his chair with a quiet scoff, one hand coming up to drag over his face.
❝ If this is another one of your bullsh — ❞ the words fall from his lips at his pause. teal irises narrow in suspicion. There’s a beat where the irritation doesn’t quite vanish from his expression — but it shifts. Warps into something more focused. vulnerable..? Till leans forward this time, elbows pressing into his knees as he actually looks at what’s being offered to him. A beetle. The insect gleams under the light — its shell iridescent, catching greens and blues depending on the angle, like oil on water. Its legs twitch faintly, Not frantic. Not freaky looking. Till blinks.
❝ …Huh.❞ The annoyance lingers in the set of his mouth, but it’s weaker now, thinner — cracking at the edges. His head tilts slightly, eyes tracking the way the light slides over the beetle’s back. ❝ …That’s actually kinda cool,❞ he mutters, almost like he didn’t mean to say it out loud. He doesn’t take it, not yet && just watches it. The subtle shift in the air between them is strange, unexpected. The anger recedes like a tide, leaving behind a strange, quiet curiosity in its place. his eyes gleaming in almost a childlike curiosity as the beetle twitches again as till reaches out slowly — hesitantly — and gently brush the tip of his finger on the beetle’s carapace. its without a doubt he accepted this gift. maybe. Till’s gaze lifts from the beetle to Hyun Woo, something unreadable swimming in the depths of his eyes for a long, silent moment, warmth coloring his pale complexion.
They haven’t been face to face since Kunimitsu changed the time line of himself. Making the Fatui forget about him especially the encounters he and Ajax shared. Intimate in nature and loving. Confessing before they’d be separated despite it being one sided to the ginger. Leaving Kunimitsu, despite all he did to erase that part, the mark from the eleventh still bright and clear as day below his belly button and Ajax is staring right at it. Knowing the only ones in the room can see it being him, Kuni, and the traveler who left not too long ago. Leaving the two alone as those lifeless blue eyes trail up to look at the lover he now calls a stranger. How on earth does someone he’s never met bear his symbol.
Unless… no. He’s going to try even as he starts to walk away, Ajax’s vision glows making the mark pulse as he soon squeezes his hand causing a more… different interaction. A blush comes over the gingers freckled cheeks as it reacts now knowing it’s his.
“Care to explain Comrade. This is the first time we’ve met and I don’t remember leaving that on anyone” he says coming up to him. Poking the mark as it caused another reaction.
“And I don’t leave that on anyone I’ve slept with…” you’re the only one who bares that and lives.
[ doze ]sender falls asleep with their head on receiver's shoulder. / Hyun Woo @ Till because once he feels safe and trusts you, he feels eepy 🙂↕️
There was only a few people in this whole place that Till trusted. And the other sitting next to him was one of those people. Especially given the fact that Hyun Woo's sister was the one that was able to help them. They managed to get out and even saving his other friends in the process. That meant that Hyun was all right in his book too. He had been for a while. And now that they were sitting in their safe space, he noticed how the other's head rested against his shoulder.
Till wasn't sure what to do at first. He was fine with the other resting against him. He just wasn't sure if he should wrap an arm around him to just help him feel more secure. Till bites down on his lower lip before ultimately deciding to wrap an arm around the other, letting his hand rest at Hyun Woo's side. When the other wakes up, he just hopes this is okay.
[ CHOKE ] // from Ribbit bc what are friends if they don't have a fight once in a while
[ CHOKE ] for sender to put receiver in a chokehold during a fight and receiver accidentally moans about it
...Oh god. Someone kill him right now. He couldn't look them in the eye at all. That's embarrassing. No--it was shameful. But--maybe he could save it?? He's going to wheeze some laughter, hands pushing onto their chest to try to get them off of him. Maybe they'll think he was just being being silly and didn't moan? Please? Maybe?
Attending to his morning tasks, just before the crowds started filing in for the day. Eclipse was currently in the middle of cleaning some of the cubbies and shelves in the daycare. Organizing what little he could, and filling a small box with items left behind from the children that had come and were long gone.
Joints faintly creaked with shifting weight. Gears clicking and turning, mechanisms quiet but humming with an artificial life of their own.
He had just placed a discarded shoe into the labeled lost and found box he had in his hold, when his sensors picked up on another presence nearby. To which, he paused what he was doing. Then stood. Turning his body in order to greet the other with a friendly tilt of his head and a little wave.
"Ah- Hello... Kathalina, am I correct? So nice to see you... How can I help you today? If you're looking for Sun, he should be back shortly."
Here they were playing this old song and dance once more. Where had those days gone? Where she, Jax, and Ribbit spent time together as friends? She missed those times so much. Yeah, Jax had still been something of a jerk back then but...on reflection she could tell he had cared in his own way. Now, it simply felt like...
(He's taking out all of his anger out on me. Because I'm the only one left and I can't relate to him. Does he blame me? Because Ribbit had to handle all my problems instead of thinking of his own? Are you punishing me Jax? Do you hate me Jax? Do you wish it was me who went and not him? I know its true...you don't have to tell me...)
"Fine...whatever you want..."
It wasn't like he listened to her anyway, not now. He had back when the three of them hung out together. Were they friends then? Had they ever been friends? She had gotten better with ball games since Ragatha helped her before. Could she keep up now?
"Ready...when you are..."
Gangle knew he would probably throw it at her face. She was ready for it not intended to fight back and letting Jax take his anger out on her. If only so she could spare others from that agony.