Oh but baby baby

"I just want to dance." Ventus Tate, 19. A boy with plenty of time and money on his hands, and a whole world to waste it on. Status: taken || possible multiship || AU || possible triggers, please read About section

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famous last words

After Nom steps away, after he’s alone, he rushes to Ven so fast he barely notices the distance between.  They’re together.  They’re made for each other and he fucking knew it.

When he reaches the blond, his arms wrap around him and pick him up, spinning Ven around and laughing into his hair.  Ven probably thinks he’s crazy.  Probably thinks he’s way too excited to die in a few minutes.

But this is…beyond what they could have hoped.  Vanitas was afraid he’d have to choose—Ven over the person he forgot, or the other way around?  This—this is so much better.

"It was you," he breathes, happy tears stinging his vision.  Because they feel so complete touching each other like this and how could they not have noticed?  "It was you, Ven.  You’re the one I forgot.”

And then he pulls back, staring into his eyes and grinning.  ”And you forgot me.  Nom says…Nom says I was about to ask you to fuckin’ marry me, can you believe that?”

Without waiting for a response, he kisses Ven.  Hard and passionate.  Murmurs against his lips, “All along we were right next to each other and now we can be happy.”

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It's been a lot of explaining, most of today. He'd admitted to some things that he wasn't really sure about himself-- Kingdom Hearts, the debt it apparently owed him, the fondness it had for people of their...well, them, really. It's enough to come to a solid plan; not play. And whilst that would lead to Erasure, maybe that was for the best. The two of them seemed happy enough living without whatever it was they'd lost in their lives, but... Watching Vanitas speak to Nomura, the blond is frowning, lost in thought. There's a sharp anxiety in his gut about whatever it is they're leaving behind, if Kingdom Hearts can really bring it back. You'd think the universe would have that ability-- Hurried footsteps close in on him and Ven's pulled in before he knows it, clutching Vanitas' shoulders as he's spun in the air with a bewildered expression. "What--" Oh. Oh. So it was-- he was his-- Ven's expression breaks out into a fragile smile, leaning into Vanitas as they share; well it should only be one of a handful of kisses. But it's probably more in the hundreds, and they were going to get married, and they just, wow! "We never lost a thing, did we? We just-- picked back up and never even noticed." A laugh, bright and bubbly. He has scars on his neck from the wolves, and a shadow in his eyes that wasn't there before the game, but it's more than okay. It's more than okay now, and that's what matters. "I want to watch the sunset with you, before we go. Can we?"

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“Ven!”

No no no they are not going to die.  Not like this.  Not this soon.  There’s only one left and it’s on top of Ven and ripping at his throat and Vanitas doesn’t even think.

His eyes go cold and he pummels into it, wrenching it off the broken blond and wrestling it to the ground where he keeps it in place and burns it.  Slowly.  He can smell burnt flesh and fur as it boils because the fucking thing has Ven’s blood on its teeth and it needs to pay.  And then he rolls away, using an ice pillar the second he’s safe, and impales the damn wolf until its gargling for breath and disappears.

Speaking of.  Vanitas rushes to Ven’s side, and his shaking partner healed himself but only just.  ”Holy shit—holy shit, oh my god—”

No.  This is fucking enough.  This is too much and he isn’t doing this anymore today.  An hour left—whatever.  They’ve done more than enough damage and his heart is already pounding and he’s already crying at the sight of blood streaking down the other’s neck.

He gathers the blond into his arms.  Cradles him, strokes his hair, because he’s panicking and quivering and something terrible had to have happened to this kid.  Vanitas shushes and rubs his back, kissing his temples.  ”We’re okay.  You’re okay.  No more, alright?  Today’s over.  Let’s get you somewhere safe.”

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He has to spit out blood, shirt ruined. At least his eyes are dry, but Ven is in so much shock when Vanitas hauls him into his arms he just jerks nervously, looking up at him with dilated eyes. Very slowly, the words actually register, and that's when he can slowly clutch at Vanitas' shirt. Almost dead again. Vanitas told him to stay close. "I'm sorry. I'm-- I--" His shoulder. In a mindless sort of manner he's feeling over his partner's shoulder, ensuring that it's actually healed whilst he swallows noisily, breathing haggard. They're okay. They're safe. "I don't like this game anymore." A choked little whisper.

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"You had that damn pin the whole time you had your arm hurt and didn’t use it?"

But the growls come again before he can snark about Ven wanting to be touched and worried over.  He stands quickly, trying to step between Ven and the wolves but quickly realizes they’re surrounded.  ”Okay.  On three, you do that thing you were doing earlier on the ones in front of you.  The light thing.  I’ll take care of these four.”

At once?  It’s a stretch, but he has a pin he thinks can handle it.  If Ven needs help he’ll turn around and blast them to hell.  ”One…two…three!”

And he uses Ice Blow, and four pillars made of ice shoot out of the ground and impale the wolves.  It doesn’t kill them, but he immediately follows with fire to whittle their health down until they collapse and disappear.  ”Did you get em—?”

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"Because I totally knew it could do that." It's not the time to argue, he knows, and Ventus is quickly to his feet, nodding at Vanitas' orders. It's a tight spot... But they can do this. Back to back with Vanitas, he works on keeping the wolves back with Eyes Full of Hope-- which seems to be getting a little stronger, actually. Breaking away from Vanitas, he dashes across the street, towards from roadworks and the tools left laying about so he can crete some more Egg Bombs. Alternating between the two takes both of the Noise down, and he lefts out a huff of satisfaction before he realises. Where's the third..? He doesn't get any warning. Obviously it had creeped around his peripheral vision, lining itself up and leaping, catching the blonde's throat and letting sharp teeth dig in. The two topple to the side and rays of light beam into the creature's back with a sickening sizzle of skin shrivelling in the sun, but it tears at his throat and he tastes blood and he's going to die he can't breathe-- A force wrenches the wolf away (Vanitas?) and the blond rolls onto his side, clutching his throat with one hand as he fumbles for his Pins with the other. Cure Drink, Cure Drink.

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Ven is cute.  Way cute.  And nice and funny and shit when did he turn into such a romantic?  He’s never liked a human before.  Not like this.  Humans are supposed to be the bane of his existence and now he’s falling for one?  But that concern is so far in the back of his mind when their skin is touching.  ”There was a text that said they’d be there.  So, yeah, let’s run over.”

But by the time they finally reach the department store, they can’t run much further, because a wolf-like Noise crashes into Vanitas and knocks him to the ground.

He tries his best to whirl around and burn it, but the damn thing bites hard into his shoulder, and he cries out in pain before kicking it off him.  Shitshitshit—use another pin, damnit—

He uses Long Live the Floe to entrap the bastard in ice, and then burns the shit out of it—and once it’s dead, he’s holding his bleeding shoulder and slumping to the ground.

"Shit—you okay?" he says to Ven, breathing heavily and applying pressure to the bite.  "It didn’t scratch you, did it?"

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And shit is right. They should've known when they had such an easy run through Cadoi that they'd hit trouble eventually. He's stuck in shock as Vanitas is attacked because things like that don't happen and he's bleeding and-- "How can you possible be asking about me right now, you moron?!" He's on his knees in moments, hands hovering over Vanitas' shoulder in a twitchy manner. "Your arm-" Is glowing green. It stops when Ven jerks back, but then he's scrambling to empty his pockets and find the Pin that's causing it, and the Cure Drink takes away the wounds, if not the blood. And Ven can breathe for a second. "We've gotta be more careful..." A low growl meets his ears, and Ven looks up cautiously. Wolves travel on packs. "Because we have company."

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Idiots <3

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Can he please not lick his lips like that?  Damn it.  Vanitas’s aqua eyes are drawn to them, and then back up to equal piercing blue.  For a few seconds they just stand there, pressed up against each other, and somehow Vanitas’s leg wound up between Ven’s legs and—

"For the time being," he murmurs.  Implying they should do this later.  Find each other after the game, maybe.  "Let’s go."

He pulls away (and there’s a weird ache in his chest when he does) and starts off again, heading towards Cadoi City.  Killing wild Noise helps keep his mind off things.  And he’s killed a ton of them so far, so hopefully they get points for being violent.

"If we survive today, we have a lot to do during break."

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Well he'll just have to kiss him better later, then--

But for now...it's okay just to take a hold of his hand, right?

"We better work on surviving, then." Its good enough for Ven, walking at Vanitas' side and idly focusing his attacks on the many flying Noise that seem to filter the area. so long as he Blinds them...they finish themselves off fairly quickly, leaving Ventus to crouch down and collect their pins when the two of them are close enough. "Where do you think would be best to find the noise? Scramble?"

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The hottest things I’ve ever been told.

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I’m just picturing someone screaming “BONJOUR” at a penis

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I knew you were trouble when you walked in

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Is it the look in your eyes? Or is it this dancing juice?

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…Oh.

Vanitas is really bad at flirting, actually.  The only person he’s ever been with romantically is Van.  So, if he blushes a little and turns away so the other doesn’t notice, what’s the big deal?  He’s adjusting, okay?

But what the hell.  They haven’t gotten very far this mission, and if they get erased there’s a good possibility they’ll never see each other again.  So he’ll try his best.

He spins around and pushes the other against the wall of the alley they’re walking through and kisses him hard.  And he’s sort of expecting for it to be normal and playful but—there’s a weird spark he wasn’t anticipating and he doesn’t mean to push himself closer and open his mouth but he does and oh fuck they’re kissing.

When they part he doesn’t really know what to say.  That was… “You asked for it.”

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He laughs at Vanitas' initial reaction, turning his attention to some Dixiefrogs heading their way and taking them out with a well aimed bicycle helmet primed with his Egg Bomb pin. They need to keep moving whilst they have the chance, and admittedly he's starting to become enthusiastic about all these pins; everything seems to drop them, so they have to be important somehow! So he's not expecting anything more than a snarky comeback. He's not expecting a kiss. The blond is definitely not expecting to be shoved into a wall, a muffled noise of surprise escaping between their lips as he latches onto Vanitas' shirt. It quickly goes from something seemingly innocent to almost-- desperate. Vanitas pushes close and urges his mouth open and suddenly things are hot and wet and they're probably wasting way too much time but....

".....Feel better?" Because he can lick his lips and taste his partner on them now and he's fairly sure that's not really part of the Game.

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They’re heading to Towa Records, and Ven keeps singing, and now that he’s not flustered he’s just listening.  Something about kissing.  He’s gonna play that game, huh?

Vanitas glances over his shoulder with a little smile on his face.  ”Y’got something to say, Blondie?”

Were they flirting?  Was he allowed to flirt?  There has to be a rule against partner flirting or something.  Along the way, he roasts a few Noise to take out his feelings.

"You should probably say it," he hums, adjusting the pins on the lapel of his flannel.  "Life and death situation and all."

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The decadravens are easy to take out. Even so, Ven winces everytime he sends a beam of light towards them; blinding the noise until they run into something, plummeting down to their own deaths, being impaled. He's not used to this style of violence-- not like Vanitas is. So he has to try had to keep it light hearted.

"I'm just thinking out loud." He replies cheerfully, skirting around the area to pick up as many pins as he can find. Money could come in handy later down the track, so it's probably best he holds onto whatever they can find. "But, I guess if it's really all that dangerous..." A teasing grin. "I was thinking that my partner needed to stop staring at my ass and kiss me already, if he's going to blush that hard every single time our hands touch."

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Hey, what’s—

"Your arm," he says.  It’s a statement, not a question, and he takes the blond’s injury in his hands to inspect it.  Not too deep—nothing he’s never experienced before, anyway.  Vanitas takes the strip from Ven’s clothes and starts wrapping it around the bloodied limb.  "I’d say ‘be more careful’ but I don’t think I need to.  Just stay near me next time, okay?”

His fingers brush Ven’s skin in a way that gives him goosebumps, and it makes his cheeks a little red by the time he’s done tying the cloth in a knot to keep it steady.  Swallowing, he’s still aware of how close their faces are.  ”Looks like money.  We should keep it, maybe spend it on a new pin or something later.”

A huff, which breaks the spell between them and he starts walking away a little too fast.  ”Let’s get goin’.”

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"Sorry..." It had been difficult to do so when he had no way to attack and the first two pins he picked up didn't actually do anything...but the other two were fairly good. Maybe he just needed a bit more practice before he could use the others as well. Looking down at their hands... Then to Vanitas' face, he notes the way the other fumbles, particularly when skin brushes skin. His cheeks are going red, too. A smile curling at the edge of his lips, he meets his partner's gaze a little too knowingly, letting their spare pins jingle away in his pockets as he saunters after him. "My oh my, oh no the boy's too shy he's gonna..." Be teased forever under Ven's breath.

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"Good.  That’s the last of ‘em so let’s get moving—"

Though he doesn’t exactly know where he’s going.  A quick look at the map tells them they’re close to 104—and a glance at his texts says that there are more Noise in East.  He fiddles with Ven’s fingers as he chews on his lip and thinks. "We could head over this way and fight something different for originality points," he suggests, looking towards Ven for confirmation.  "Whatdy’a think?  Still got fight left in you?"

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Ven glances around at the charred ground around them as Vanitas plays with his phone, leaving his side briefly and returning with a handful of pins in his uninjured hand, the other arm held a little stiffly by his side. "What do you suppose these are? Some of them have money symbols on them-- here." Vanitas may as well hold them whilst Ven strips of his jacket, haphazardly tying it about his arm. He's going to get blood everywhere if he doesn't-- and they can't really waste much time. "Some different Noise would be good; I don't really like these frog things..."

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"Ven—!"

Vanitas flips over a few frogs—a last ditch attempt to escape them—and kicks off the few that are clinging to Ven’s jacket.  Bastards—they aren’t going down for a couple of Noise.  Once they’re off, Vanitas burns them to hell, standing in front of his partner like a barrier.

And then they’re gone, and he’s turning around to help the blond to his feet before more show up by taking his hand and yanking.  But he pulls a little too hard and shit their faces are close—

"You okay?"

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There's a moment there where Ventus gets swarmed and starts to panic. Something slices down the length of his arm, and it doesn't really hurt-- but it feels hot. Wet. It's sort of like drowning, and for just that one moment, he thinks he's made them lose. But Vanitas is right there with him, standing over him a moment later and showering their surroundings with trails of flames that knock their opponents back and finally rid them of the scourge.... He thinks to himself that whoever it is that Vanitas doesn't remember, whoever it is that he's so enamoured with? They're really lucky. "I'm okay..."

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"I said stay close to me, idiot—!”

Vanitas slashes through the frogs with flames, using it like he would any normal kind of magic.  It’s a little more difficult, just because he has to be more precise and it’s not listening to him like it would if he were using his Keyblade.  But he makes it close enough to Ven to feel comfortable, and burns through a few more.

"You’re on the defensive," he shouts over the Noise, kicking a few out of the way before he burns them to a crisp.  "Protect me while I kill these fuckers, yeah?"

He still can’t really get to the other, but that shouldn’t cause any trouble—

—right?

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"Well excuse you, princess." Why yes, he had to. Gaining a little more confidence, he shifts his stance, directing his light beams at the Dixies closest to Vanitas whilst using the Egg Bomb to keep his own perimeter secure. But he's not experienced enough to be tactical, and a bit too long concentrating on Vanitas has his shoulder being rammed into as he's knocked to the ground, yelling out in shock as he goes down.