Now Over And Over I Keep Going Over The World We Knew
Silk and Chiffon
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Writing self indulgence before ep 6 kills me. Also this was requested by @baguettenjoyer enjoy ur soup! Also I'll spellcheck it after I die over the new episode.
Goddamn Gangle and her stupid vote suggestion, putting him in that stupid maid dress and letting everyone see how sissy Jax looked in it. It was embarrassing, and he wouldn’t admit it but he hated how he looked in front of Pomni. Somehow he actually…liked her attention? It was weird, she was weird. And…maybe cute. Ugh the whole thing was messing with his head.
And to make matters worse, Caine thought it was a good idea to make plushie versions of him to put in everyone else’s respective toybox! It seemed to be a thing for everyone to have a toybox with plushie versions of themselves, and now him being in a maid dress was added to the collection. He immediately set his on fire, watching the stupid fabric burn. He plotted to do the same with the other ones that everyone had. To put his humiliation at rest.
Pomni was right across the hall, he would get hers first. He shoved a box of matches in his pockets, stomped over, opened the door…and then promptly froze in his tracks.
She was on the bed, her back facing him while holding his plushie. He could hear her giggling, not in the mocking way that Zooble would do if he did something dumb in front of them, but more in the fond way when they laid underneath the stars.
“Little bunny, heh,” he heard her say softly. “Don’t tell Jax this, but I think you look adorable in a dress.”
Jax’s heart skipped a beat. Did she think he was cute in that dress? He wasn’t meant to be cute! Although he said it ironically before, he needed to be seen as manly, strong, everything that plushie wasn’t.
But, the way she carefully cradled the plushie, looked at it with so much love. He wished she looked at him like that. What sealed the deal was when she planted a kiss on its forehead. His face turned beet red, his foot thumping against the floor - the noise alerting the jester to his presence.
Her face flushed red, pressing the plushie to her chest “Um-”
Jax quickly slammed her door, leaving her stunned as she listened to his own running footsteps opening and slamming his own bedroom door “...what the f*ck just happened?”
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Jax pressed his back to the door, sinking to the floor as he covered his face with his hands. Damn it she was too cute! He should have been mortified seeing her with his plushie like that, yet instead all he felt were butterflies dancing in his stomach when his mind replayed her pressing a kiss on its head. He wished that was him so badly.
That’s when he straightened up, did she get like that because he was in the dress? He hated it when he was forced into it…would it be less degrading if he actually chose to put it on himself? No, of course not. However, he couldn’t get that image of Pomni out of his head.
He wanted her to do that again, but with him. Not the plushie. Would it be so bad if he wore it for her. He groaned, grabbing his ears, there was only way to find out.
Guess it was time to ask Caine for a special request.
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It was a quiet day. No adventure planned, everyone else was hanging out. Ragatha was helping Kinger count his eggs, Gangle and Zooble were drawing together in the lounge area, and Pomni was reading a book on the couch next to them. It was nice, without Caine trying to force an adventure down their throats. It was almost normal.
Except Jax wasn’t there. Did she make him feel awkward with the whole maid plushie version of himself? She was in the privacy of her own room, she could cuddle that plushie if she wanted! But she did understand how embarrassed he was when he was put into the dress without his say.
She felt bad for finding him pretty wearing someone he didn’t want to wear.
Pomni sighed, turning a page in her book when a glimpse of purple caught her eye. It seemed like Jax finally came out of his room-
Her cheeks turned the same shade of red as her suit.
Jax plopped lazily beside, wearing a dark purple and black lace up dress. With a high-low skirt and two purple roses on each side of his hips. He even wore the same eyeliner that he had with the maid dress. He waved to her nonchalantly, “Sup Pomni.” As if he wasn’t wearing something that literally went against ‘the pinnacle of masculinity’.
Zooble and Gangle froze during their drawing just to stare at him, even Ragatha and Kinger peaked out of his pillow fort to stare at him.
“Dude…what are you wearing?” Zooble’s eyes widened.
“What, suddenly you’re against me wearing this?” Jax jeered at them. “You were eating this up last time, I thought you’d like this. Gangle sure does.”
“Huh?!” Gangle flushed. “Y-you do look nice! I just, um.” She buried her face in her notebook.
“Well I think you look nice too,” Ragatha walked up to them. “Even if you look…different. Really, you look nice.”
“Uh, thanks Rags,” He rubbed his neck awkwardly at her genuine compliment.
“Pomni, you good?” Zooble asked, looking at the jester beside the rabbit.
Jax looked to his side. He had to stifle a laugh. Pomni’s eyes had turned to swirls, her pale skin now the same as a tomato, and a tea kettle-like noise escaping her mouth the more she stared at him.
“Damn Pomni, is this a good crashout or bad one?” he chuckled.
Pomni shakily raised a thumbs up, eyes rolling to the back of her head as she fainted in his lap.
“Damn, she lasted longer than I thought she would,” Zooble mused, turning to Gangle. “Sorry hon, you owe me.”
“Ah, phoowie,” Gangle pouted, handing over a few cash notes over Zooble.
Jax couldn’t help but smile, tucking a piece of hair behind the jester’s ear. This worked a bit too well. He gathered her in his arms, standing to his full height as he walked back to the dorm rooms, “I’m gonna help her out, you loser just do whatever it is you were doing.”
“And he’s back,” Ragatha sighed, shaking her head. But not with the same disdain she usually had.
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Jax carefully laid Pomni on her bed, going over to the joined bathroom in her room to wet a towel under some cold water. He came back, carefully dapping it on her cheeks as Pomni blinked awake. “Ugh, what happened?” she asked, sitting up slowly.
“Someone got a little bit excited seeing me in a dress, huh?” Jax teased, keeping a hand on her back.
Pomni choked, seeing Jax in front of her and pressed her hands to her face, “I’m sorry! You look so cute!”
Jax laughed, sitting up and pulling her to his chest, his legs either side of her, “That’s my bad, I just wanted to see how you reacted to this.”
“You got your reaction, happy?!” Pomni snipped, her voice muffled against her hands.
“Yup,” Jax popped the ‘P’. “However I wasn’t expecting the fainting, glad it didn’t escalate to your nose bleeding.”
“Shut up!” Pomni squealed. “You’re the worst.”
“Good,” the rabbit squeezed her tighter. “It gives me new material.”
The rabbit removed her hands, her eyes peering up at him, “I’m gonna be seeing you wear more dresses, aren’t I?”
“Probably,” he grinned, the same grin he wore whenever he prepared something malicious.”
“I’m starting to regret kissing that plushie,” Pomni pouted.
“Well, if you want, you could kiss the upgrade of it,” Jax tilted her head to face him. “I wouldn’t mind some affection too-mmf!”
Her lips on his was what got him to finally be silenced. He blinked a few times, before sighing into her mouth. He threaded his fingers in her hair and pulled her head closer.
He definitely was going to ask Caine for more dresses.
