#corpus-negotiatoribus

[aliascleverbot]

((Consider the second date resulting in Christopher having water dumped on him. While he's wearing a white shirt.))

((Cue thirsty Cedric just biting his own hand and going “fff why did I agree on only being allowed to drag him home after the flipping third date no fair!”))

[aliascleverbot]

Cue Crinis sending Cleverbot a book on PNP.

“What’s this? Lemme see... Oh. Oh... Oh my.” And cue drunk Cleves reading it and blushing like a madman. Maybe he shouldn’t have read this while drunk. A lot of the concepts weren’t making a lot of sense through the daze from the shots he had taken. He did get the gist of it, though, and that was...

“Wait a minute, does this mean I’m technically fragging the Nemesis right now?!?”

[aliascleverbot]

Crinis blushed. "I actually... don't mind the cuffs. You can, uh, leave them on, if you want." He shifted awkwardly, then chuckled. "Everyone's a little strange, Cleverbot. I love your particular sort of strange, though."

Oh? That was worth digging into. Reaching up to pet over the tentacles from Crinis’ helmet, Cleverbot tilted his head to the side, for a few seconds just looking at him and marveling at how lucky he felt to have him.

“There’s a difference between ‘not minding’ and ‘liking’. I don’t wanna do anything to you that you’ll just tolerate, I want you to like it. So... Which is it? If you’re indifferent about them, or if you’re only accepting them for my sake, I’ll remove them.” Cleverbot wouldn’t mind. He didn’t really like cuffs in themselves, not without the positive reactions. Those were what made things interesting, and if Crinis didn’t like this, Cleverbot wouldn’t, either. Giving a soft smile, Cleverbot leaned in for a kiss, wordlessly saying thanks for the compliment.

[aliascleverbot]

Crinis wrapped his tentacles and EM field around Cleves. "We don't have to do it now. We won't do anything that will make you uncomfortable, I promise. You can have all the time you need, Cleverbot." He stroked over his back. "What do you want to do, now?"

“I uh, I guess I should remove the cuffs, first thing?” Giving a somewhat shaky smile, Cleverbot slowly relaxed again, then gave a breathy laugh.

“Primus, what was I thinking, cuffing you in order to ask for this? You gotta think I’m so weird now.” Leaning back enough to send Crinis a grin, Cleverbot stole a brief kiss, a tiny purr leaving him as adoration filled his field. Because yeah, he had just fragged up majorly, but Crinis was still here Crinis didn’t mind, and Crinis actually wanted him. That was all that mattered. “want me to get rid of them for you?”

[aliascleverbot]

"No pinning your wrists." He nodded. "I will remember that. As for my own rules... I do not have any ways or places I do not want to be touched, so you're fine." He blinked. "Do you want to unseal it, or would you rather just use your valve?" he asked.

“Not... I, uh, I’m not... not ready for that yet. For losing it. Not yet. Give me time.” Slag, things couldn’t get more awkward now, could they? Voice small, Cleverbot scooted closer, pressing his face into Crinis’ neck and trying to hide the small shiver just the thought of losing his seal sent through him. No. He wasn’t ready for that yet. Though he knew it was illogical, the mere thought terrified him, and he was horrible at hiding that.

“Is that alright with you? I know I’m being a bit difficult.” Not like he couldn’t use his hands, datacables, or mouth, if it came to that. Cleverbot really enjoyed doing that. He just wasn’t ready to lose his seal yet.

[aliascleverbot]

"Because I didn't know if you wanted it," Crinis said, pressing a kiss to his neck and hugging him as well as he could while cuffed. "My darling, I didn't want you to think that interfacing would be all I want from you. And I didn't know if you were interested in interfacing with me." He smiled crookedly. "I guess we were both a tad too worried about what reaction we'd get." A kiss to his cheek. "If you want to interface, though..." A kiss to the other cheek. "We can interface whenever you want.

“What? Why wouldn’t I want it? I mean, look at you! I’d be really damn stupid not to want that!” Though, the part about wanting to assure Cleverbot that there was more to their relationship had him blushing happily. That... That was really nice to know.

“... Even now...?” Expression going from nervous to shy and slightly coy, Cleverbot carefully returned the kisses, placing a small one at the corner of Crinis’ mouth. He probably shouldn’t have asked that. The situation was awkward enough as it was. But... It had slipped out, and now, he sat squirming in Crinis’ lap, looking up at him with an unconsciously hopeful expression.

[aliascleverbot]

Crinis hadn't expected that AT ALL. So he watched him, a little stunned, then pulled Cleverbot closer and kissed his face, pressing light kisses everywhere. "Cleverbot, Cleverbot I would never find you unattractive. You're BEAUTIFUL. I love you, and I love the way you look. You're perfect, where is this worry coming from? Who told you your hands are creepy? I'll break theirs." Or worse. How dare they make Cleverbot feel like he might be unappealing.

“So why haven’t we fragged yet?” Turning up his head at those kisses, Cleverbot briefly closed his optics, just enjoying the attention and reassurance. He hadn’t really been aware of how much this was bothering him until now that Crinis dismissed the fears.

“I mean, I’ll be okay with it if you don’t want to, or if you’re not even interested in it. We don’t have to, and I love you no matter what. Or if it’s just because, you know, you don’t want to with me, I’m perfectly fine with you going to someone else to... you know.” No, no he wasn’t, he would be jealous and hurt and confused, but he wasn’t about to say that. Crinis could do whatever he wanted. “Just... I uh, I figured there was a reason, so I kinda cuffed you so you wouldn’t try to avoid this conversation, ‘cause I just... need to know. But no matter what, I’ll be fine with it, as long as I can still see you.”

[aliascleverbot]

Crinis twitched, surprised, then hummed softly and leaned down to nuzzle Cleves. "You could have just asked me, if you wanted to cuff me," he said, opening his optics and giving him a look full of affection and amusement. "What is this leading up to?"

That… Wasn’t the reaction he’d been expecting. Cleverbot already had his mouth open, ready to explain himself. Now, he blinked, then closed it again, blushing and looking around while fiddling. And here he’d had this whole speech prepared and everything.

“… Do you find me unattractive? Physically speaking? Am I too small? Too scrawny? Is it my servos? Because I know those are freaky, people don’t like those, they say they’re creepy…” So much for his plans, now he was just ranting, glaring at his spindly hands as if every problem in the world was their fault. “Just… do you think I’m visually unappealing?”