pc w/ shu

[applebough]

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[roseoftexas]

[ he blinks. ]

Me?

[ that doesn't make him feel less guilty, actually. kinda worse, if he's being honest. ]

[applebough]

[ good. ]

Yes, so I expect you to get well by tomorrow. More than... this.

[ ... ]

Please.

[roseoftexas]

[ wow. ]

I said I'd go back in. I will.

[ shifting his hands now to hold onto hers. foreheads still touching. ]

I'm not going anywhere.

[applebough]

[ Her fingers intertwine with his and she lets out a quiet sigh. ]

... Alright.

[ Yes, she's aware this time. It doesn't make her any less embarrassed, but her feelings of concern override all. ]

I think I'm done with your arms...

[roseoftexas]

Mm.

[ ......



yeah, he's not moving 😊 ]

[applebough]

[ fear

But Yuri is actually content to just stay like this for a while until she realizes that she wants a hug more.

... ]

... Shu?

[roseoftexas]

[ WHY FEAR. ]

Yuri.

[applebough]

[ fear is the default state of an anxious person

But also because her heart beats a little faster for something that isn't violence and terror-related for once. Her sole eye looks up to see Shu's and quickly flits back down.

... ]

... It's nothing.

[roseoftexas]

[ no fear.

reaches up their still intertwined hands and pinches her cheek lightly. ]

If you have something you want to say, then say it. I'm not going to bite.

[applebough]

... You won't bite but you pinch.

[ Hmph. Her face relaxes though. ]

I... just wanted to say that you're...

[ ......... ]

... important.

[roseoftexas]

Still not a bite.

[ hmmm.



... ]

Important, huh?

[applebough]

That's... weird, isn't it...?

[ But she won't take those words back. ]

[roseoftexas]

[ hmm. ]

Not really. You're pretty important too.

[applebough]

[ Oh. ]

... Thank you.

[ Yuri will slowly pull away from the foreheads touching, but she does lean in again to lightly nuzzle the side of Shu's head that isn't burned. ]

[roseoftexas]

[ she's so cute i cry.

shu looks a little surprised, but not bothered by the nuzzling? it's cute. it's affection week. it's nice. and then he looks like he's thinking about something for a moment, before he closes his eyes and sighs. ]

...


I'm going to ask you something.

[applebough]

[ She pulls away so that she can give him eye contact when he asks. She is feeling incredibly anxious, but she's doing her best. ]

... Yes?

[roseoftexas]

[ anxious bean. ]

If I kiss you, is it gonna freak you out?

[applebough]

[ ..............

Yuri stares at Shu. He can probably feel his hands being squeezed out of sheer nervousness, but her face is turning as red as her hair. ]

Huh? Um... you... you would kiss me? W-Why?

[ If this is a joke, she's going to die off schedule. ]

[roseoftexas]

[ gives her a moment to get all of that out. ]

Because I want to?

[ the logic is simple, really. ]

[applebough]

[ The way Shu is so blunt about it helps Yuri be a little calmer as if she feels dumb for overreacting in the first place (old habits die hard). ]

I... not too much, I think...

[ Since Shu let her panic beforehand. Thanks, bro. ]

[roseoftexas]

[ she's allowed to have a freak out. it's been a long day. ]

...

It has to be if you want to as well. [ he's not a dick who'd force kiss her and go. ] I'm not here to make you feel uncomfortable.

[applebough]

I-I'm not uncomfortable!

[ Said that way too fast full of nervous undertone. ]

I...

[ She casts her gaze down. ]

If you're fine with me...

[roseoftexas]

I wouldn't have asked if I didn't want to either, Yuri.

[ gives her chin a tap so she looks up. ]

[applebough]

[ She really, really hopes this isn't a curse. Despite everything, she wants this to be real. Why? Even though she's scared of being in a relationship with someone when they could be separated at any moment...

...

She tilts her head up so that she's looking at Shu again with full eye contact. She's doing her best to be brave about this, even though really, it's just a single kiss. How bad can it be?

It means the world to Yuri, because she thought no one would ever feel that way towards her, at least enough to kiss her.

She leans in a little. ]

[roseoftexas]

[ well, affection week is probably helping. but-- sometimes a week of nearly dying, dying and getting gravely injured can put a few things into perspective.

he's surprised, but not unhappy when she fully looks at him. after hiding her face and the nervous gestures she'd been doing only a moment or two before this. he isn't someone who would force another person to kiss him, or anything like that. and while he asked, he was completely serious that this was something that she had to want as well. if she'd been too nervous, if she'd said no, he would've backed off.

but she's looking directly at him, and he sees her lean in just slightly. (take your time, think things through-- but they don't have all the time in the world, and would it be better to not and regret if this place got to them first? or would he be happier knowing he tried?)


so, he leans down to meet her partway. ]