outdistanced | turbo heaven 🌼 chrono

Even after everything, it's difficult to think of it that way. Since it doesn't really make a difference to most people.

[ but it was always that way.

the comforting pressure and the little bit of encouragement just makes him think ah, i want to kiss him, and the stupid unbidden thought flusters him so bad with how unexpected it is he just kind of turns away too fast and probably leaves laurence with a faceful of red hair. ]

Y-yeah. Even without it, it shouldn't make a difference. The- our worlds are similar enough, so... Gabriel described his as "a little to the left", and it's probably like that with us, too.

You're not most people, though. [ it makes a difference to him so clearly? that's all that matters here?

laurence definitely sputters at that. absolutely unaware of why this just happened at all. ]

H-Hey! Watch the hair, man.

[ brushes it out of his face? ]

Sounds like something they'd say. But... they do sound close enough for being, like. Decades apart somehow.

[ okay don't say stuff like that when he's already flustered, wow. ]

Sorry, sorry. Short hair's best, right? Haha.

[ christ. people are dead, shindou, get it together. he'll tilt his head down to get it out of laurence's face, at least. ]

Um, yeah. Theirs is similar to mine and Koharu-chan's. They'd seen a lot of the movies I picked. [ so maybe even more adjacent, but oh well. ] Time moves a little different everywhere, I think, so it shouldn't matter that much.

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I was just teasing you about the frosting before, you know.

Mm. I haven't asked Gabriel much about where they're from... I kind of get the feeling they don't like to talk about it. Interesting that it's close to you guys, though.

[ also. squints at him. why did he turn away so fast anyway what is happening. ]

...You okay?

I know!

They seemed... okay? About it? To me. Simba bein' named like that helped figure it out, too, since that's a really famous movie lion. Still didn't say much, I guess.

[ wah just let him recover in peace!! god ]

Yes I'm fine just a really stupid thought took me offguard it's fine don't worry about it! [ said in one breath, hand covering his face. ] Not now!

Maybe asking about their world is different than asking about themselves...? [ weird. ] I don't think I know that movie, either. It's famous?

[ something to look up later, maybe.

but also if you can tease him in public for all of heaven to see then he should be allowed to in private? tilting his head a little to see chrono's face, if he can. ]

...Right. You sure you're good?

Easier to talk big than talk detail, maybe. Yeah, Lion King. We could watch it this week, if you want.

[ he can, it's not like he's actively moving away. just tilting his neck up a bit with the back of his knuckles pressed against his mouth, and still. red. muffled; ]

Wouldn't be doing that if you're worried about Taair walking in, is all I'm sayin'.

Well, they wouldn't be wrong about that. And yeah that'd be way better than all the "horror" movies Zuriel left. [ pauses, looking thoughtful. ] It's a date?

[ ...ah. he turns a little pink and looks away for a moment. ]

I... [ hm ] Well... Once wouldn't hurt...?

Eh. Ah. Yeah? [ fuck, it is a date, isn't it? yves was really onto that. miss you buddy this embarrassing flirting is for your shiplist airkiss

it's not helping unfluster him at all in any case. why'd you have to be so sweet to him!! it's a lot!! ]

That's- I mean... [ this was so much easier when he could being annoying about it. ] Only if you want... to...?

[ a date... yay. he's a little excited about it even if it's just a movie.

and oh how the tables have turned... laurence laughs quietly, amused. so this is how they feel when he gets flustered talking about this stuff in public, huh? it's a lot easier when it's just them.

he reaches for chrono's other hand, gently pulling it away from his face. ]

I do, yeah.

[ cute.......... goddamn it

chrono's kind of looking a bit deer in the headlights at this point, scarlet to the tips of his ears, partly in surprise at his own reaction and partly because it was still happening!! this unexpectedly easy attentiveness that made him feel a Way.

he lets his hand be pulled away anyway. this is really lame. he should be making fun of this. but ]

Ah. Okay.

[ useless! ]

[ ngl it's kind of cute when he's not the one freaking out? heh. ]

Just "okay?"

[ teasing. but he doesn't wait for a response, and this time, he's smiling as he leans in for the kiss. this time, he lingers there a bit longer than the first time, just happy to be close as he curls his fingers around chrono's. ]

[ okay so like he's not sure if it was better being called annoying beforehand as opposed to whatever the hell this is, but it was at least more familiar territory. his eyes flutter closed on instinct, fingers twitching, even as he kisses back with some kind of eagerness.

he chases a brief peck of a second kiss when they part, subconsciously determined to prove a contrarian point, before he sinks heavily into the blankets and makes a noise of confusion. ]

...I think. I get how you feel, sometimes, now.

[ the second kiss surprises another soft laugh out of him as he sits back to watch chrono sink into the blanket nest. hahaha. ]

Even though it's just us?

[ listen at least he can be mostly chill in private! he can handle that much!! ]

[ muffled; ] I-I think? Maybe because it's just us? I don't know?

[ there's nowhere else for the attention to go once he notices it's on him. it's a little overwhelming. the blanket nest can claim him for a moment while he calms down. ]

[ well he's just gonna lean back against the bed and let chrono drown in the blankets i guess. ]

If that's how it is, are you going to be able to handle a date?

[ haaa. he'll still weakly claw his hand out of the pile like. please hold. ]

It's fine? Probably? [ his head pops back up, pink over his cheeks rather than scarlet at least. ] We've basically been doin' the same thing anyway, right. Just-- the context, it's kinda...

[ god. he might be stupid, actually, like more than already known. tentatively; ]

...we could make the festival a date, too?

[ hmmm ]

Are festivals good for that kind of thing?

...yeah? It's like, a really popular thing for. People... who are dating. To do.

[ chrono is so funny. laurence still has zero understanding of what a festival's actually like so he just immediately accepts this without question. ]

Okay. Then that'll be a date, too. [ just decides this right now. ] You said you were going to cook for it, right? Should I help? Koharu showed me some simple stuff for Wednesday.

[ you know before he was. love arrowed. whew. we don't have to talk about that. ]

[ it's not like he's lying he's just having the belated realisation that it was totally a date anyway and that he's a fucking idiot. but it's fine. ]

O-okay. [ okay????? ] I was gonna make festival food to bring, since the cave can't actually make any. Helping is good if you want? What did you guys make?

[ please we don't have to talk about it. weird. yikes. ]

[ laurence never even realized that at all so who's ahead here really ]

Riceballs, mostly, since we were talking about them before... But she also showed me, uh - dango? Dumplings, she said.

Oh, wow. Dango's not actually so easy, so you guys must've worked hard. If you wanna make some, I'd like to try 'em. [ yumy....... and thematic! good! ] I was gonna make yakisoba - fried noodles. Think you'll like it.

Well, she did most of the work... I just did what she told me to. But I guess I can try doing it again.

Fried noodles. [ he's really thinking like. spaghetti. it sounds weird but if chrono thinks he'll like it......... ] You're a good cook, so I'm sure it'll be fine no matter what it is.

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