Agitatedlegate asked: WRITE AR AND WV KISSING but make it really awkward too
It didn't turn out as awkward as I wanted it too but oh well,,,also I still feel like I can't write for AR ahaha whooops,,, Writing AR IC: The Trials of Crys
Prominent Character(s): Aimless Renegade, Wayward Vagabond Pairings: Aimless Renegade <3 Wayward Vagabond Genre: Fluffy Length: 970 words Warnings: None
Every night, just as the sun started to set, the Aimless Renegade would walk a few times around the perimeter of the four bases. He knew they were not completely alone on the planet and their living place could attract visitors at any moment-- both friendly and dangerous.
It was something he always did alone.
"Go ooon. What did he say?"
Correction. It was something he almost always did alone.
"He said he liked me too," AR answered, stopping to stare and point his barrel of his rifle at a suspicious looking sandstorm on the horizon.
"No, come on, tell me what he really said."
AR glared at the sandstorm for a few more seconds before lowering his weapon and resuming the walk. "I told you he said yes."
"And then what happened?" she pressed on, taking his hand and shaking it a little.
"Nothing happened. We both got back to whatever we were doin'."
"Wait, that's it?"
"Yeah," he said as if it was completely normal. "What did you expect would have happened?"
"I don't know! Something, I guess!"
"What? Did you think we were gonna smooch or something?" he said, shaking his head playfully. "Women."
"Well, maybe! You kissed me when you told me!"
"Yeah but that's different!" he shot back. "You're..well, you're a girl!"
"And why is that different?"
"I don't know," he stammered. "It just is!"
The prospitian crossed her arms. "No, it's not," she huffed. "Unless...."
AR looked at her suspiciously. "Unless what?"
PM took his hand and grinned slyly at him. "Unless you're too shy to kiss hiiiiim," she teased.
"Whatever you say," he replied.
"It's okay," she continued. "You can tell meee."
"It's not that!" he retorted, furious at finding himself starting to blush. "What's gotten into you, anyway?"
She opened her mouth to reply but a call from the Windswept Questant cut short her reply.
"Duty calls," he said, grinning at PM.
PM reluctantly let go of his hand and ran off, glancing back to throw him a "this isn't over yet, mister" look.
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Finished with his nightly round, AR headed back to the campsite to join the others, already rather hungry.
"Ah, Renegade," exclaimed WQ when he finally reached the campsite. "I trust everything went well?"
"Nothin' to worry about tonight," he said, putting his weapon on the floor and sitting on one of the logs surrounding the campfire.
"Where's Vagabond?" muttered PM, looking impatiently at WV's base. "Dinner will be ready in ten minutes..."
"Shall I go fetch him?" WQ offered.
"Don't worry, I'll go," AR interrupted, getting up and walking away just in time to notice PM wink at him.
After a short trek, AR reached Can Town and found his fellow dersite quite busy re-drawing parts of the incipisphere. The Renegade watched him finish Skaia before loudly clearing his throat.
"Dinner's almost ready."
WV bit his lower lip and looked back and forth from the half-drawn LOWAS to AR.
"You still have like ten minutes to finish," AR informed him, smiling slightly.
WV grinned victoriously and quickly took out his blue and black crayons. He started to color in LOWAs before suddenly pausing and looking at AR. "Did...Did you tell her?"
AR crossed his arms. "Yes."
"And...?"
"She was pretty happy about it," he said, grinning. "Even got girly about it, too."
"Really?"
"Yeah. Started asking if we'd smooched already," he said before quickly adding, "Girl stuff, right?" in an attempt to stop the blush creeping onto his face.
WV looked back towards the wall and started coloring again. "Girl stuff," he repeated, laughing a little awkwardly.
Silence.
"But even if it is girl stuff," WV suddenly said, glancing at AR and turning a light shade of red, "we can still..."
"Yeah," AR interrupted, a little more enthusiastically than he would have liked. He crossed crossed his arms and cleared his throat. "In any case, we should head off."
WV nodded, placed his chalks on the floor and made his way towards the entrance of the room, coming to an awkward stop in front of AR.
The Renegade opened his mouth to speak but closed it almost immediately, face completely flushed and eyes looking at everything except WV. Why was it so embarrassing and difficult to do? It was just kissing! He had kissed PM plenty of times before so why couldn't he smooch WV without feeling *weird* in his stomach and without his face going red and without feeling so embarrassed? If his friends from Derse saw him, what would they say, huh? Look at the Authority Regulator transformed into a gibbering mess because of a ki--
His train of thought came crashing to a stop when he realized WV had taken hold of his shoulders and smashed their lips together. WV's eyes were completely shut while AR's were wide-open, both of them just standing there, lips smushed together. After the initial surprise wore off, AR realized that WV wasn't going to take the next step so he closed his eyes (not sure whether he did it to get in the mood or out of embarrassment), grabbed WV's arms and kissed back, feeling his insides go haywire.
"Dinner's getting cold!!"
The shock of hearing a third voice made the two flustered dersites jump apart.
Moments later, WV cleared his throat and called out, "We're coming!". He then looked at AR and added, "After you."
AR, still blushing a little, nodded and left the room, followed by WV.
"Do you want to go shoot stuff later?"
"Yes, please."