"I know," Nanami says softly. "And I meant combat training. It is just as well. We never know what situation Thirteen will put us in."
It could even be a combat situation while Haibara wears a suit. Admittedly, he thinks combat would get his attention then, no matter how attractive Haibara looks.
"And if that happens, my first move will be to put myself somewhere you don't have to worry about me and can focus on what's in front of you, unless it's something that seems like it's too much. Then I'll help however I can.
"You're a solid fighter. I appreciate you doing that." Nanami doesn't easily stay out of things himself. That's his job as the adult. Handle things. Protect the students from being attacked when they have to be involved.
"Lets not worry about that right now, though," Nanami says, "We've been having a wonderful time in Folkmore. I'm so grateful for it."
"I thought we could stop by the bakery. It will be closed, but they'll have posted their list of what bread they're selling each day. So we can see when we'll want to go." Among other reasons.
"I've considered asking Thirteen for a teleportation power. It'd be useful in emergencies, emotional or otherwise, but also to buy bread here when the kind I want is sold on a weekday." It's the little things sometimes. He knows there's bakeries in Epiphany, Willow, and Never Fade too, but this one has come to mean something special to him.
"It would be more convenient for travel. If it's limited to just you, I can probably shift into something small enough to ride along." Haibara muses quietly, his expression thoughtful.
"I haven't really done all that much with my ability to shift forms."
"I'm not entirely sure what she'll allow," Nanami says. "I haven't made any notably large purchases, certainly not something like that. We'll see." He isn't one to rush into things, not something like that. He'll take his time to mull it over and figure out how he wants to explain it to her.
"That could be fun as well as useful. Plus, anything you turn into you'll be cute."
"...I don't think that's actually true since we don't know the extent of what I can turn into, but I'm sure there's plenty of creatures that fall into terrifying over cute, anyway." Haibara sounds more amused and sips his drink.
"That's not what I meant, Kento." Haibara snorts faintly.
"Although if you were able to shapeshift, you probably wouldn't draw the same amount of attention. But then I'd have less time to stare at you myself."
"Oh," he pinks slightly. "I don't believe I draw that much attention. I'm attractive, certainly, but Folkmore has plenty of attractive people in it." He waves one hand, as that's somewhat an assumption. It at least should resemble real life, which had plenty of attractive people in it.
"...No I'm really, really not." He counters, faintly amused because of course Nanami has no idea how absolutely hot he really is.
"You just don't see the way people look at you. You don't really present as approachable, but that's something a lot of people find attractive, anyway. And the amount of people who turn and watch you walk away?
You stand out. So no, I'm not the only one staring. But I'm the only one who knows how to mnake you turn red and the sounds you make when I've got my hands on you. So it doesn't bother me that people stare."
He's attractive. He dresses in a way that suits his looks. It's a decent combination, but it really isn't... It's not as extreme as Haibara makes it out to be. He's sure of that.
"Yu," Nanami hisses, turning as red as Yu is surely doing on purpose. "We're in public." Please do not talk about the sounds he makes when they're getting intimate. Even this reference is more than he's entirely comfortable with in a setting where people can overhear them. He has to pause eating his meal because it's too much.
"You are the only one I wish to be with. No one else can do more than stare." He still feels hot (physically, not sexually).
"I know that." And that's honestly why it doesn't bother him. At least not enough for him to really give it more than a passing thought. Nanami barely registers the existence of others in general unless it's something serious.
"You're the only one who heard me. I wouldn't embarrass you like around other people." But it needed to be said and he'd tried to be delicate about it, at least. "You're mine and nothing's going to change that."
Nanami intertwines their fingers and squeezes. His face is still red, but the point stands. "I've been yours since we were teenagers. I was yours the whole time we were apart. I am yours, and nothing makes me happier," Nanami says. He cannot help but feel the jewelry box in his pocket, small though it is.
"Nothing will change it." He doesn't want it to change. Not in that way. He loves Yu. He loves them. He loves this. They can grow together.
"That's really all that matters." He squeezes Nanami's hand back. "That you're happy." Not that he's not happy too, but Nanami being happy makes him happy.
"I am. I think I'd forgotten what it was like, but now you're here. You may be the one who only sees in full color when we're together, but my heart feels that way." It's stupid and sappy, but he means every bit of it.
Nanami is, yet again, glad that Haibara not only is okay with how his vision is affected but likes it. It's such a sharp effect, and only via Haibara can he see any purpose to it. He gives Haibara a soft smile and returns to finish off the rest of his meal.
"Your vision changes, and my eyes change." Inverse of each other, though he knows his case is a common Legend feature. Or bug. It seems like more of a bug than a feature.
Nanami presses his tie down, well aware the deep purple telegraphs that he's in a romantic mood. It's the color of his tie as well, as though his eyes weren't obvious enough.
"I don't mind you seeing them change," Nanami says. "You see some colors others don't."
"I wish I could simply have my normal eye color," Nanami says. He's not a fan of the trait. Even if his emotions must be broadcast (which he doesn't like), he doesn't want it affecting his appearance. That should be his choice. Especially his tie.
He sips his drink, finished with his meal but not in a rush. Tonight is not a mood for rushing. He can wait a little longer. It's only been a decade coming.
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Date: 2024-03-18 02:48 am (UTC)It could even be a combat situation while Haibara wears a suit. Admittedly, he thinks combat would get his attention then, no matter how attractive Haibara looks.
"I know you'd never put me in danger."
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Date: 2024-03-18 03:42 am (UTC)Maybe blinding it or something."
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Date: 2024-03-18 07:42 pm (UTC)"Lets not worry about that right now, though," Nanami says, "We've been having a wonderful time in Folkmore. I'm so grateful for it."
Re: 2/17 -- Proposal in Tides
Date: 2024-03-18 07:47 pm (UTC)"Do you want to stop anywhere on the way home, aside from crepes?"
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Date: 2024-03-18 08:31 pm (UTC)"I've considered asking Thirteen for a teleportation power. It'd be useful in emergencies, emotional or otherwise, but also to buy bread here when the kind I want is sold on a weekday." It's the little things sometimes. He knows there's bakeries in Epiphany, Willow, and Never Fade too, but this one has come to mean something special to him.
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Date: 2024-03-18 08:37 pm (UTC)"I haven't really done all that much with my ability to shift forms."
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Date: 2024-03-18 10:31 pm (UTC)"That could be fun as well as useful. Plus, anything you turn into you'll be cute."
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Date: 2024-03-19 12:29 am (UTC)Yes, he's flirting. A little.
Re: 2/17 -- Proposal in Tides
Date: 2024-03-19 12:37 am (UTC)"But if one of us has to shapeshift, I'm glad it's me."
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Date: 2024-03-19 01:26 am (UTC)He looks across the table at Haibara. If one of us has to. That phrasing. "You don't have to explore it if you don't want to."
Re: 2/17 -- Proposal in Tides
Date: 2024-03-19 01:46 am (UTC)"Although if you were able to shapeshift, you probably wouldn't draw the same amount of attention. But then I'd have less time to stare at you myself."
Re: 2/17 -- Proposal in Tides
Date: 2024-03-19 02:03 am (UTC)"You're the only one staring."
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Date: 2024-03-19 02:16 am (UTC)"You just don't see the way people look at you. You don't really present as approachable, but that's something a lot of people find attractive, anyway. And the amount of people who turn and watch you walk away?
You stand out. So no, I'm not the only one staring. But I'm the only one who knows how to mnake you turn red and the sounds you make when I've got my hands on you. So it doesn't bother me that people stare."
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Date: 2024-03-19 02:52 am (UTC)"Yu," Nanami hisses, turning as red as Yu is surely doing on purpose. "We're in public." Please do not talk about the sounds he makes when they're getting intimate. Even this reference is more than he's entirely comfortable with in a setting where people can overhear them. He has to pause eating his meal because it's too much.
"You are the only one I wish to be with. No one else can do more than stare." He still feels hot (physically, not sexually).
Re: 2/17 -- Proposal in Tides
Date: 2024-03-19 03:18 am (UTC)"You're the only one who heard me. I wouldn't embarrass you like around other people." But it needed to be said and he'd tried to be delicate about it, at least. "You're mine and nothing's going to change that."
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Date: 2024-03-19 03:31 am (UTC)"Nothing will change it." He doesn't want it to change. Not in that way. He loves Yu. He loves them. He loves this. They can grow together.
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Date: 2024-03-19 04:10 am (UTC)Re: 2/17 -- Proposal in Tides
Date: 2024-03-19 04:24 am (UTC)"Your vision changes, and my eyes change." Inverse of each other, though he knows his case is a common Legend feature. Or bug. It seems like more of a bug than a feature.
Re: 2/17 -- Proposal in Tides
Date: 2024-03-19 04:34 am (UTC)"Not that I can't read your mood anyway, but it's just confirmation."
Re: 2/17 -- Proposal in Tides
Date: 2024-03-19 04:44 am (UTC)"I don't mind you seeing them change," Nanami says. "You see some colors others don't."
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Date: 2024-03-19 03:51 pm (UTC)He sips his drink, finished with his meal but not in a rush. Tonight is not a mood for rushing. He can wait a little longer. It's only been a decade coming.
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