[Rang's not sure why his answer is eliciting this reaction from her, when it's not the kind of confirmation that shows up in stories or human lives or movies about romance. He has no idea if this is romance or not???? Is it romance???? Romance is such a far off concept to him -- something that is entirely human -- or something painful, like for his brother. Lambda seems pleased, content in a way that's very different from how she looked before. Did his words mean that much to her?
The good thing is that his confusion means he takes a step back from feeling so lost and despondent, amusement sliding into the space it leaves behind as he hears her request? Command?]
Didn't you kiss me already?
[but he knows what she means -- that the gesture will cement this... deal? bond? meltryllis mentions care and affection, and he wonders in what form either will be in. kissing is something strange, a very human gesture to him, he might have kissed buzen before when love cursed but that had been an act of possession, of claiming what was his.
is that how he's supposed to feel with lambda? should he want to have her too?]
...I don't know if you're making the right decision. [if lambda really likes him, and for those reasons. she doesn't know the rest of him yet, the worst parts of him] But I'll kiss you. You said I can't take it back, but you're welcome to.
[it's not romantic at all, but it feels like familiar territory with lambda. setting up a deal, outlining the conditions.
he leans in and presses his lips against hers, soft and brief. chaste in a way someone who clearly does not do a lot of kissing is,]
[ she is neither human nor a story or a myth or a legend. she is a complex of things that are terrible. romance to her doesn't have one shape, as amorphous as the water as she is in all ways. love is something close to her even if it took her a while to realize what love was and how to love. there may have been a reason she phrased it like a deal to him. she thought it'd be something he could understand more and it'd make him more comfortable.
whether it's romantic or not, he's still accepting something from her. whether he knows what's happening or not, it doesn't matter. he's already agreeing it's too late. she kisses him back, as soft and brief, to let him take it as careful as he wants this first time.
even if she doesn't know the worst parts of him, he doesn't know the worst parts of her either. she pulls back only enough to say: ]
I'm glad you're worried for me, but you should worry a little about yourself, too. How do you know if you're making the right decision? Hm?
[ it's too late to be wrong. she leans in to kiss him again and then pushes him to fall back onto the bed. ]
Rang falls when he's pushed, though he tries propping himself up with his elbows with a raised eyebrow, one hand reaching for the clothes that she pushed aside earlier.]
[ It's a decision she wasn't expecting him to make but the one she wanted him to.
She stops halfway from straddling him when he holds up her clothes like a shield. She stares at him for a long moment before she slides off the bed, turns her back to him, and scoops her hair over her shoulder.
She glances back at him with an expectant expression.
She can't get changed if she can't get undressed. ]
Rang sits up as Lambda slides off the bed, moving to the side of the bed so he can get up and presumably leave so she can change, and then pauses, gaze meeting hers as she looks over her shoulder back at him. A glimmer of exasperated amusement runs through him as he approaches, carefully touching the small of her back so he can look at the back of her dress,
i was going to assign zipper but she was in a fairy tale is this a traditional dress]
You keep making requests of me. Luckily for you, I won't count this either.
[Rang is no stranger to undressing people, actually? He's had to help teach Yuri how to put on clothes, back when she had to get used to her human form. The laces are admittedly new, but they're not impossible to figure out.]
Present you with the bill, of course.
[He tugs on them as he goes, loosening them from the bottom to the top, letting the beat of silence hover over him before he responds again,]
[Rang hadn't wanted company when he got back, but he hadn't wanted to be alone either, so he understands the request. He's a little worried about whatever effects she might still have, other than having trouble deciding what's real or not... But if she needs him, then she'll say.
She already has for everything else.]
I will.
[he lets his hands fall back to his sides, tucking one casually in his pocket]
[ lambda usually wants to be left alone for most things, but with the way her memories are cycling, she needs something to focus on, and she wants him to be the focus.
with his agreement, she lets her dress drop right there and then. ]
[Rang like unfortunately I expected this because it would be in line of the other extremely surprising things Lambda has done tonight, but still? I defy everyone's rang bottom headcanons in that he doesn't blush, he looks upward at the ceiling instead for a moment,]
[he's complaining, but he doesn't sound bothered by it. But if Lambda's already finished changing, then he'll lean on the doorway before he has to go,]
Were you trying to see what kind of reaction I'd have?
[the way this should be so dangerous to rang but he's just curious to see if it's really true. he looks at lambda a beat longer, then straightens from where he's leaning.]
I'll let everyone else who cares for you have their turn.
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The good thing is that his confusion means he takes a step back from feeling so lost and despondent, amusement sliding into the space it leaves behind as he hears her request? Command?]
Didn't you kiss me already?
[but he knows what she means -- that the gesture will cement this... deal? bond? meltryllis mentions care and affection, and he wonders in what form either will be in. kissing is something strange, a very human gesture to him, he might have kissed buzen before when love cursed but that had been an act of possession, of claiming what was his.
is that how he's supposed to feel with lambda? should he want to have her too?]
...I don't know if you're making the right decision. [if lambda really likes him, and for those reasons. she doesn't know the rest of him yet, the worst parts of him] But I'll kiss you. You said I can't take it back, but you're welcome to.
[it's not romantic at all, but it feels like familiar territory with lambda. setting up a deal, outlining the conditions.
he leans in and presses his lips against hers, soft and brief. chaste in a way someone who clearly does not do a lot of kissing is,]
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whether it's romantic or not, he's still accepting something from her. whether he knows what's happening or not, it doesn't matter. he's already agreeing it's too late. she kisses him back, as soft and brief, to let him take it as careful as he wants this first time.
even if she doesn't know the worst parts of him, he doesn't know the worst parts of her either. she pulls back only enough to say: ]
I'm glad you're worried for me, but you should worry a little about yourself, too. How do you know if you're making the right decision? Hm?
[ it's too late to be wrong. she leans in to kiss him again and then pushes him to fall back onto the bed. ]
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Rang falls when he's pushed, though he tries propping himself up with his elbows with a raised eyebrow, one hand reaching for the clothes that she pushed aside earlier.]
I didn't say I was? Just that I was making it.
[he holds up the clothes like it's a shield?]
Are going to change or not?
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She stops halfway from straddling him when he holds up her clothes like a shield. She stares at him for a long moment before she slides off the bed, turns her back to him, and scoops her hair over her shoulder.
She glances back at him with an expectant expression.
She can't get changed if she can't get undressed. ]
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Rang sits up as Lambda slides off the bed, moving to the side of the bed so he can get up and presumably leave so she can change, and then pauses, gaze meeting hers as she looks over her shoulder back at him. A glimmer of exasperated amusement runs through him as he approaches, carefully touching the small of her back so he can look at the back of her dress,
i was going to assign zipper but she was in a fairy tale is this a traditional dress]
You keep making requests of me. Luckily for you, I won't count this either.
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her smile is unapologetic, and she reaches up to touch his cheek briefly when he's at her back. ]
And what are you going to do when you start counting them? I'd like to hear it.
[ a pause before she adds more softly: ]
I do have another request, after this.
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Present you with the bill, of course.
[He tugs on them as he goes, loosening them from the bottom to the top, letting the beat of silence hover over him before he responds again,]
I'm listening.
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he's long-lived enough that she didn't think he'd have too much trouble. ]
What would you charge me?
[ her tone is light and teasing.
when he gets the dress loosened enough, she holds the top and turns around and faces him. ]
After everyone has come to ask me what happened or whatever else, come back and stay with me a while?
[ lambda doesn't need to sleep, but she is tired enough to rest, and she doesn't want to rest alone tonight. ]
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She already has for everything else.]
I will.
[he lets his hands fall back to his sides, tucking one casually in his pocket]
I'll let you get changed.
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with his agreement, she lets her dress drop right there and then. ]
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I meant after I left.
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[ she doesn't linger or wait, at least. she changes into the clothes he picked out. ]
Is that so bad?
[ she did as he asked. ]
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[he's complaining, but he doesn't sound bothered by it. But if Lambda's already finished changing, then he'll lean on the doorway before he has to go,]
Were you trying to see what kind of reaction I'd have?
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[ she was teasing him, but she's genuine. she's greedy and selfish in this way. ]
Won't you let me?
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he glances away, and then, in the same light tone.]
You'll be bored if you see all of me too soon.
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[ even if what he's ready to give her now is more than enough, at the same it will still never be enough.
it's something she will have to grapple with. ]
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...If you say so.
[the way this should be so dangerous to rang but he's just curious to see if it's really true. he looks at lambda a beat longer, then straightens from where he's leaning.]
I'll let everyone else who cares for you have their turn.