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And if it's because of the tradition, they wouldn't want to leave the way open for Orihime after her chance passes. [His memory of the tradition is somewhat fragmentary, feeling like some kind of distant childhood memory rather than something he would have known full well two years ago. But he knows enough to guess at the more unpleasant reasons for a hasty deconstruction of the bridge.

Ren's sudden stop distracts him, though, and he has to stop as well while Ren starts to go through his bag. He doesn't actually protest, for once, though he does watch Ren's rummaging with a mild look of bemusement for a few moment before voicing the matter that's actually on his mind now.]

...Should I do that as well? [He can't tell if this is some kind of romantic etiquette thing he should know about, or just Ren wanting to take a picture.]

[Ah-ha, success! Ren straightens back up again with his phone and starts navigating through it with his thumb.]

If you want to, or I could just send you a copy of one of mine.

[One of because there's definitely going to be more than one. He'd really like to get one of just Shun (although that can wait until they're home too), and getting the perfect one here might take a few tries.

For the first try, Ren doesn't even warn him first; he just reaches his arm out and hits the button. It's more to see if that's going to be the right spot than anything, and he eyes the picture critically once he pulls his arm back.]

It seems like there's something missing...

[Well, since Ren already has his phone out now and is clearly planning to take more than one picture, Shun doesn't really figure it's necessary to get his own out too. Though it is making him consider the potential appeal of having a picture of Ren, because he feels like he can understand the motivation there a bit more now.]

I might take something later. It'll be easier to get a good one here if it's just you trying.

[Ren not warning him at least results in one noteworthy thing about the first picture, that being the soft look of surprise on Shun's face at the sudden fronting with the camera. It's another one of those things he still hasn't really gotten used to again, since he doesn't take pictures of himself unless he needs one for whatever reason.

He leans over a bit to inspect the picture himself at Ren's comment.] What?

[Well, it isn't missing all that much. The cute, soft look to shun's face is complimented by a somewhat surprised but delighted one on Ren's, at the idea that Shun legitimately wants to have a picture of him. He also managed to get his hand far enough away to get a good idea of their outfits and their clasped hands. It's definitely not a bad picture for one that was taken with zero warning.

But he still feels like there's something missing that he'd really like to have a picture of, and after a moment of staring at it, he smiles over at Shun again.]

Oh, I got it. You were really cute earlier when you were blushing. That's what's missing here. Not that you aren't cute right now, too.

[He would maybe not be quite so direct, except that he's hoping it will get Shun to blush again before he can stop himself or wonder how he's supposed to make himself do that.]

[It might have a softer face than Shun is used to seeing on himself these days, but it's also not a picture that gives him the immediate urge to steal the phone and delete it, so that's always a bonus. He's definitely having trouble figuring out what Ren says is missing, though - the only thing that really comes to mind is perhaps it being a little more prepared, but that doesn't seem like something that would be taking so long for him to figure out.

Considering that, the directness of Ren's statement definitely serves the intended purpose. Shun initially merely glances over when Ren says he's figured it out, but as soon as he decides to describe him as "cute" when Shun still hasn't really remembered what constitutes that except that people use it for things like flowers and kittens, he feels the heat rush to his cheeks before he can even consider the notion of restraining his reaction.]

I'm not-- [He breaks off his indignant protest with a frustrated hiss as he presses a curled fist to one of his cheeks, like he's trying to hide or scrub out the bright flush across it.] Damn it...

[He knows Ren probably intended exactly this reaction, and he can't help but be a little peeved with himself for providing it so easily. He can, however, try to look away from the camera.]

[Bingo. And this is even more cute than he expected, so he quickly snaps a picture of just Shun before Shun can turn away too much. Just one, so Shun doesn't feel too embarrassed about it, but like hell is he squandering this opportunity completely.

Then he smiles a little less teasingly and leans over to kiss one of Shun's cheeks.]

Sorry, I've been thinking things like that for weeks, and I'm really happy I can say them now. And I'm really happy you think I'm cute too.

[Shun scowls rather strongly at the photo being taken, but at the very least, Ren gets to keep his phone, whereas if anyone else had tried doing that Shun probably would have punched it out of their hand. Though he's still got the fist resting against one cheek, when Ren leans in, he lets out a breath and tilts his head to make kissing the other one a bit easier.

There's a momentary blink of apparent confusion at the concept of him thinking Ren is cute, since he hasn't really used the word to consider anything in a very long time, but it makes something click into place a bit belatedly from much earlier in this encounter.]

...That's the word I was trying to find. [He doesn't have an issue with knowing words, but knowing what to put them to has definitely been a recent issue when it comes to being exposed to concepts he didn't see much of in the last two years.] You pay more attention to that sort of thing than I do. It fits better to say it about you.

[...He's basically just found another way to word his earlier puzzlement over looking good even though he wasn't trying to.]

[Oh, he hadn't been positive that was the word Shun might have been trying to find earlier--liking to look at him could have been for other reasons too, like it is for Ren--but it's nice to know his guess was right. Now he'll just have to see if he can get Shun to think he's attractive in other ways too...some time later. He's fine with being just cute for right now.

Especially since his cuteness is letting him get away with taking slightly embarrassing pictures. Ren stretches his arm out again to take another sneaky picture before Shun completely loses that confused look, and then smiles over at Shun again.]

Well, I don't think I'd say it about you all the time and it probably fits me better, but I do think it fits you sometimes. This is the last picture, okay?

[And by that he means the one he's about to take and not the other one he just took.]

[That at least makes more sense to Shun, and his immediate thought for times it fits him is the occasion with the kitten on his head the other week. He supposes that was "cute" as he understands it these days, much as he'd denied it at the time.

The sneaky pictures aren't really all that sneaky, but since Ren's being quick about taking them when Shun's been thrown off by something, he hasn't really had the chance to even try to intercede. With the warning about the last one, though, he nods slightly and leans in a little, his expression returned to the (much) softer side of neutral.]

Then take it before you give me another excuse to want to steal your phone. [Okay, so maybe he wouldn't go out of his way to delete the more embarrassing pictures...but he probably would if the chance presented itself.]

I can't call anyone if I get in trouble if you steal my phone.

[Still, point taken, and he's not going to draw out Shun's misery any longer than he needs to. Ren leans in a little as well and quickly takes the last picture. As he brings his arm back, he leans down to scoop up his bag with his wrist, sohe doesn't have to put his phone away just yet and can spend a few more moments looking through the pictures.]

These all turned out really good, though. Maybe I should set one of them as my wallpaper...

[He's kidding, please don't steal his phone...]

I'd only steal it for long enough to delete some pictures. [Obviously this is the only problem here, and not the fact that something like this is enough to make Shun consider stealing someone's phone.

Even the suggestion of setting one as his wallpaper goes down exactly as well as was probably expected, with Shun giving him a warning frown even if he's pretty sure he's just joking.]

If you need something like that, just use a picture of your kittens or whatever else people use for that sort of thing. [Guess who just has a plain black wallpaper, though it's not like he really has any pictures to use for that anyway.]

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