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Who: Hazel, Jae-Ha, and Ukoku
What: Jae-Ha drunkenly invited Ukoku over. Is it too late to rescind an invitation when someone's actually in your house?
When: 4/27, morning
Where: Aengus's silly temple
Warnings: I don't know why I'm allowed to rp

[ Ukoku is a shadow. A crow's shadow. A short-ish dark handsome (??) stranger, except in this case not a stranger, a vaguely repulsive silhouette of bad intentions in full regalia, with the smell of cigarette smoke and incense and malice clinging to his robe.

Jae-Ha doesn't deserve this. He's a good kid, tall and aesthetically appealing (which has nothing to do with how undeserving he is, but is interesting in that it says something about Hazel), with leggie for days and a talent for waxing poetic, a mildly surprising but undeniably loyal dead-man replacement for Gat.

(He's precious to you, he'd said to Filbert that day in the church: I'm jealous.)

It's not the first time Ukoku has wondered why people cling to other people the way they do, and it won't be the last.

Hazel doesn't deserve this either, probably, in spite of his prejudices and all the souls he's stolen and the wonderfully misguided vengeful justice he's applied. He hasn't had an easy life—but if fate is real, he was never meant to. And from what Ukoku knows of religion in the West, fate is a given and suffering is how saints are made. (Interesting: they run toward hardship, self-punishment and loathing and guilt.)

But he was invited, so Ukoku is standing at the door to Hazel's temple with a gift in his hands: a blue flower in a pot, because Jae-Ha crushed the other one (no he did not). He knocks lightly on the door. Surprise!! ]

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[...Hazel is sweet. Jae-Ha finds himself thinking this again as he smiles against him, fingers curling slowly into his back. He'll make him grits another day. Maybe he'll even make them better.]

If only I knew a barrier to keep other unwanted guests out. [Like, that would be handy. He's trying to joke about how useless he feels, is it working...] Maybe I could have listened to your honest assessment then.

[Those grits were grade B at best.]

[Hazel still has that twinge in his chest, so it's not working as well as it could... he'll get better grits one day. They should stop answering the door.]

I'll be lookin' forward to that. [He might even help clean up next time, er... well anyway.] To be frank, it could've been... worse. The whole, y'know.

[HOME INVASION]

[Hmm... Well, it's easing up slowly, at least, a more dim feeling than anything strong and in the front of his mind. Slowly, he slips out of this hug, letting his hands rest lightly at Hazel's arms even as he stands up straight.]

Is this a habit of his? [Showing up out of nowhere?] I feel like I was conned into shouting that invitation. I was defending your honor.

[Ah, hug ending. He's kind of disappointed...]

He did it the day I turned up here, like somehow he knew. The time before that, Gat and I were in the middle of nowhere, and he walked right outta the trees. [It was concerning! So, yes.

...And okay, only because Jae-Ha seems to be feeling better, slowly but surely-] Defendin' my honor, huh?

[Maybe pull him back into it if he's so disappointed!! Jae-Ha doesn't want to overstay his hugging welcome. But walking out of the trees, really? That's disconcerting. All of that is. Maybe he should be looking over his shoulder a little more often...

Then the honor thing is questioned, and he has to pause for a long moment.]

Well, actually... The way he spoke about me not causing you blight, I felt like he was implying that I would cause it. Since I already have once before, I felt strongly that I wanted to defend our partnership, so the first thing to come to mind that was similar to "see for yourself!" was an invitation to breakfast.

I'm not sure how it happened, to be honest.

[Maybe he will...!! Later. For now he's just waiting out this long pause, and then considering that explanation. That sure does sound like Ukoku's usual nonsense... Mm. But Jae-Ha did try.

He should have explained this much sooner but he did try.]

I'm sick of not bein' surprised by hearin' about him. [And yet he's still somehow surprised when Ukoku shows up?? This is the worst family friend he's ever had.

Now he tugs Jae-Ha back in, so his dumb feelings will Rest. "See for yourself," was it...]

And then the first thing ya did was come out with your pants pulled over your feet.

[like,]

This is why I rarely take off my shoes. I panicked.

[Leave him alone... He still sinks back into this hug, significantly less surprised than the last time. This time he actually smooths his hand over Hazel's back.]

Next time, teleport him away and let him think it was his own powers malfunctioning.

[...Why does he always forget—] I reckon it's worth a shot.

[Whatever, the terrible moment has mercifully passed... He's free now to relax into this hug, and only Jae-Ha's shoulder has to witness his frowning about Ukoku. Better. He tugs lightly on Jae-Ha's bow, after a beat. Hey.]

I'll still hope there's not a next time, first.

[Ah, his bow is being tugged on. Somehow that's really endearing, so even in the middle of trying to keep each other not-worried, he's pleased. His free hand reaches up to curl at the base of Hazel's neck, and daringly he turns his head towards the side of Hazel's to press a small kiss above his ear. Shh... this is fine.]

Let's hope not. [And in the meantime, he'll look into preventative measures.] Are you alright?

[Oh - that was a nice surprise. He's more pleased by that than he reasonably should be, so he just... tugs on the bow again. Hmm!!

But wow, what a question to distract him from cute kisses... Is he ever alright?? Give him a moment to think about this.]

I'm better than expected?

[Better than expected... Well, then that means he can keep working at cheering him up. Maybe. Both of their sadness has sort of stagnated here, so maybe he can push it away in favor of this cute bow tugging.]

Good. [It's something, and he'll take that as a start point. After a moment, though, he smiles where he's already facing against Hazel. Gosh.] You're going to undo it like that.

[He is not, currently, at this moment in time, panicking. He'll sit here and tug at this bow and hug Jae-Ha until he doesn't feel like the whole day is ruined anymore. Great plan!]

Maybe I'm tryin' to. Surely ya don't need it right this second.

[ Oh, is this what they're doing, then? It certainly works to knock back all of that worrying from earlier. Now, with it in the back of his mind, he can focus instead on his bow slipping loose bit by bit as he smoothes a hand down Hazel's back. Hmm, this sure is a hug. ]

I suppose I don't. You can always hold onto it, for now.

[Well, now that he has permission, he'll tug the bow all the way out and draw the ribbon itself out of Jae-Ha's hair. Hmm, now what does he do with it... He'll leave it draped over his wrist for now, working that same hand into Jae-Ha's hair now that it's loose.

This is a great hug.]

I'll take good care of it, don't worry.

[ This is a great hug, yes. He's not worried about the ribbon, busy slipping his hand away from Hazel's neck to slide down over his chest instead. You know, casually, like friends do. ]

Do you think anyone else will come bother us?

[As one does, with their friends, of course. Hazel takes this moment to scoot himself all the way to the very edge of the table, so he can tug Jae-Ha even closer. Friendly!

Anyway, they sure have been receiving more visitors than expected these past few days. Odd.]

Not unless your interestin' friends plan on swingin' by unannounced. [would....they....]

[ Friendly. Jae-Ha is as close to the table as he can get, but the more they hug the more he wants to see Hazel's face. This is the only problem with such a cozy hug. He settles with tapping his fingers against Hazel's chest as his other hand slips a little lower, pressing against the small of his back to keep him close. ]

Even if they did, I'd feel them coming. [ They're at least free from surprise dragon visits. ] There must be some way to fix how today has gone, with just us...

[Ah, well, if he's going to be like that, Hazel will take it upon himself to be the one to pull back from this hug enough to look at him properly. He's still got his hand in Jae-Ha's hair, and slides the other one over his shoulder. Casually.]

I nearly forgot. That's powerfully handy. [Weird dragon things... He approves.] As for the rest of the mornin', I've got no idea what to do.

[He says, innocently, as he leans in the rest of the way to press a short kiss to the corner of Jae-Ha's mouth.] I'll keep quiet and let ya think of somethin'.

[he has to be like this, it's a compulsion.]

[It is amazing how something as simple as a kiss can make everything mellow out and slowly shift back to normal. The unease isn't going to leave overnight, and he knows that, but at least they have each others company to get by. It only makes sense that they'd want to avoid panicking.

The hand in his hair is still nice, and now he gets to look Hazel in the face and contemplate that kiss. His hand moves from Hazel's back to the side of his leg, instead, smoothing along it slowly as he closes the distance for his own small kiss in return. It's short, as if he's still contemplating.]

Are you really comfortable, sitting up there like that?

[Avoiding anything uncomfortable sure sounds like a great idea to Hazel. He'd much rather focus on this... that kiss makes it that much easier to think only about right here and now, instead of all the other things that probably need their attention eventually.

That hand on his leg sure is daring. Hmm.]

Got a better suggestion? I'm all ears. [They're closer to the same height this way... but it's still a kitchen table, so.]

[The bed???

Just kidding. He's daring with that hand, but he's enjoying every precious bit of this exciting chase. That, according to him, includes all of this "not talking about it directly and continuing to make out" business. You can't rush through this kind of stuff. You've got to enjoy every moment from scandalous leg touching on.

So, he won't lead Hazel anywhere.]

I'm not trying to say I don't like this. [Just checking comfort here... He's into Hazel sitting on tables to feel taller. Sooo... Jae-Ha leans in to kiss him again. It's short again at first, so he can break to speak against his lips.]

I only want to do this. [Then again, a little deeper.]

[RIP, the purity of this kitchen table. Hazel might be uncomfortable later, but he's good to go now. Maybe later he'll even use more of his adult words and talk about his feelings, but not yet... Now he's going to run his fingers through Jae-Ha's hair and lean into Jae-Ha and that first kiss.

Not rushing this is a real challenge... Jae-Ha is making it a trial.] What a gentleman.

[That's all he has time to murmur before their lips meet again, for a kiss much more inappropriate for breakfast, but never mind. He's so into this, curling his fingers back into Jae-Ha's hair with a little hum into the kiss. He slides the hand not in his hair down to his chest then lower, slipping around his waist instead. If he keeps tugging Jae-Ha impossibly closer, he probably won't slide himself right off the table.]

[A kiss like this is never inappropriate, if you ask Jae-Ha. After all of that tension and anger from earlier, this is such a relief to feel. From Hazel pulling him closer to the little hum— he's not going to stop him from doing that.

He's pulled so close that he has to rest one of his hands on the table for balance as his other squeezes at Hazel's thigh. Daring. He's behaving enough. He cares more about completely wrapping him up in this kiss and erasing everything else they've had to deal with lately. A very inappropriate kiss for breakfast.]

[Ah— good. Hazel leans back just a fraction, to help with balance, so that Jae-Ha can keep touching his leg and not need both his hands to stay upright. Prioritizing.

It is working, though - he's quite thoroughly distracted by Jae-Ha to the point where the disaster that has been breakfast might as well have been days ago (12 of them). And now that his chest feels light, with none of that moping, he's encouraged even more by Jae-Ha clearly being just as excited as he is.

Eventually he will need a breath, but not any more space, and instead of actually stopping immediately he presses his lips against Jae-Ha's quickly again. He squeezes at his waist, give him five seconds here...] Don't slip, now.

[This is how he actually dies. None of those dramatic thoughts about the dangerous people who come over or the monsters running around, just Hazel being sweet and excited and just as into this as he is. He smiles as he tries to press a little closer, as if he's not already completely against and leaning over the table.]

I could stand to slip a little. [He says, and "slips" forward into another tiny kiss. Who needs breaths...]

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1more shh

i waited a whole five minutes before writing this, just in case

look

Mega thirst

Shush

Sin is Everywhere

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return purity to this kitchen thru sin

sin cleanses everything??

yes,

i keep looking up at ukoku's face, again,

screams HE IS GONE