@smileandteeth said: 🐈 Lean against my muse’s side // keibel plz
nonverbal rp starters // accepting.
Post-dinner finds the two of them braving a frigid evening, if the visible puffs of breath dissipating into the air and (perhaps more tellingly to Kei, whose naturally-high body temperature is both blessing and curse depending on the season) the steadily-reddening tint to Abel's face is anything to go by. The man is bundled admirably, adorably, swathed in shirt, sweater and coat, gloves over his hands and thick scarf neatly tucked into his collar. Judging by the way he steadily tips further against Kei, however, these efforts appear lacking against this particular bitter evening, and they cannot resist the amused little grin that tugs at their lips in response.
"Am I serving as your personal space heater tonight, Professor Ootani?" They tease good-naturedly, fixing him with a fond look. They lay a hand over their heart, feigning offence. "I always knew it would come to this... you, using me for my body."
Kei cannot help the smile that inches wider still in response to the noise Abel makes at that--the one that seems to straddle the line between indignant and exasperatedly fond, unless they're simply deluding themself about that. Turning to face him, they remove their hands from their pockets (ungloved, and they snort at the look of disbelief Abel shoots them) and raise them to cup at his face, marvelling first at the cold of them under their own warm touch, and then at the subtle way Abel leans into it. Cute...
"I will admit, I imagined it'd happen in a snowed-in cabin in the woods, something more atmospheric... I suppose I'm just an asthete like that. But you are very cold, I wonder if we can walk like this?"











