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[deto]

Who 》 Deto, Nanashi/Nanase
What 》 overflows
When 》 all of october & november
Where 》 Mac Anu & various locations
Content Warnings 》 boys, nsfw


》 Deto & Nanashi: First Meeting | Cont. from thread
》 Deto & Nanashi: Re:Mind | Cont. from thread (NSFW)
》 Deto & Nanashi: Meat Cute | Cont. from thread (NSFW)
》 Deto & Nanase: Lost & Found | Cont. from thread (oops also NSFW)

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[justonezero]

[He automatically tilts his head into the touch - lays a hand gently over Akira's.]

...

After today... are you going to need time alone, too?

[He knows - it's not his fault. Or at least, Akira swears up and down it isn't. But... was there really nothing he could have fixed about himself so it wouldn't have happened in the first place?

...The thought of Akira having to go out on his own, just because of the anger he feels on behalf of a boy who can't feel any such thing by himself...

...He doesn't apologize. But his gaze drops, and he bites down lightly on his lip in an effort to make sure one doesn't slip out in spite of himself.]

[deto]

[ need… eh ]

I want to be here - with you. For you, if you need me, but just… with you whenever I can.

[ and if things get worse and he gets thirty mins of spare time, then he’ll take it ]

If I get to pick, that’s my number one choice.

[justonezero]

[...

He really can't stop himself from nuzzling close to Akira when he hears that, a tired but no less genuine smile on his face.]

...Feels like... I could thank you every day for everything you keep doing for me, and I still wouldn't have thanked you enough.

[deto]

[ he’d rather not be thanked, but he gets that this kind of mindset isn’t something that can be flipped on and off for yoshi. he’ll take it if yoshi thanks him in kisses ]

Praising me for being needy?

[ he holds out his other arm to welcome yoshi to his side. after all, the space there is reserved for one ]

You know, I never thought that I would be that type of guy. Or - that type of boyfriend. But I guess it’s more that I’m confident I can love you best, so it has to be me by your side - at all times.

What do you call that? Self-serving? Selfish?

[justonezero]

[Tucking himself against Akira's side, exactly where he belongs.]

Mm... I don't think it's selfish if it's right?

[He really can't imagine himself with any other.]

Besides... You're always giving to me. Advice, attention, love...

It doesn't feel selfish of you at all.

[deto]

It’s a deposit, yeah? I’m putting all that in the safest place I know. And I get back tenfold - no, twenty, thirty - what I put in.

[justonezero]

...?!

Since when was I a bank?

[deto]

Since you think I keep giving you stuff that you have to thank me for. You’re officially the keeper of my heart.

[justonezero]

Is wanting to thank you for everything that strange...?

[deto]

It’s not exactly that. You by my side is all the thanks I need. And the rest of your life is… big. Like, worth more than I can put into words. Precious, priceless. If I get to have you for the rest of your life…

[justonezero]

...That's really enough?

[It's still hard for him to imagine his life at such a scope.]

[deto]

… Since we first met, you’ve been enough.

[ and he’ll always be enough ]

[justonezero]

Mmm... But what if I want to show you how much I appreciate it?

[deto]

Yoshi… when you say it like that… [ it sounds very adult, ] You can, if I get to do the same.

[justonezero]

Well... I guess that's okay, then.

[deto]

[ a pressed kiss into the soft konpeito crown of yoshi’s head, lips curled faintly ]

Then - thanks, for everything you’ve done. For every day.

[ without yoshi’s help, things would probably be dire for a guy like deto ]

[justonezero]

[He closes his eyes, peaceful, at the feeling of Deto's lips pressed against his hair.]

...You're welcome. I'm just... glad I can do anything at all.

[deto]

[ when yoshi’s the one who’s always doing something? ]

… What goes through your mind, Nacchin? Tell me about a usual day for you.

[justonezero]

Hmm? Um...

Usually I hang out at the camp grounds in case anyone needs healing... but when I'm taking breaks other than eating, I go play games at the arcade, or look around the other safe areas.

What about you? What do you do?

[deto]

No, I mean… [ he lightly taps yoshi’s forehead, finger barely grazing his fringe ] In here. What’s happening in here?

[justonezero]

-Huh? ...I don't know...

[What even DOES he think about day to day?]

...Worrying about the next fight, I guess. ...And if I'll be able to keep everyone alive the next time, too.

[deto]

You will.

[ like it’s a given ]

[justonezero]

...It's not certain.

[He'll try his best - as he always does. But...

His best isn't always enough.]

[deto]

In my head it is. I’m certain that you will do your best. I’m certain that you won’t give up. I’m certain that… if you can, you will.

[justonezero]

...But what if I can't?

[What if he doesn't manage to do it...?]