milky's bullshit containment zone

[weaseled]

Who ⚔ Yael & assorted nerds
What ⚔ A dungeon run and other things
When ⚔ After the party
Where ⚔ Errywhere
Content Warnings ⚔ Men with their tits out? Alcohol??? No correlation there surprisingly. nsfw i'm sorry mom

Comments

[fluorite]

[ Ah, that's embarrassing. ]

You keep saying my name. I was beginning to think "hey, you" was my name instead, actually. Do you like it that much?

[weaseled]

I was wondering when you'd catch on. It's not a bad name, I guess.

[Hehe.]

[fluorite]

[ ...Even more embarrassing, but he'd be lying if he said he didn't thrive off of it. ]

Neither is yours, you know.

[ Both of them, really. ]

What do people call you in real life?

[weaseled]

Mm.

[Casual Mm Of Disagreement. Yael's gaze wanders off to the horizon.]

Yael.

[fluorite]

[ His hand stays on Yael's shoulder, his fingers lightly drumming against it. ]

Your family as well? [ He pauses. ] ...Your ex?

[weaseled]

...No. They were the only exceptions.

[Hm!]

[fluorite]

[ Hm indeed! Fai isn’t so sure what to make of it, and he frowns, wondering if he should ask why his name was different. ]

…What do you want me to call you?

[weaseled]

Anything but daddy.

[...Yael's gaze remains on the horizon. Does he seem a bit embarrassed? A bit... vulnerable? Yeah. Don't worry about it.]

Whatever you prefer.

[fluorite]

[ That makes his future transgression much worse, good. That earns a small laugh from him, but the look in his eyes is affectionate nevertheless. ]

Sheza.

[weaseled]

[So that's Fai's choice. Yael gave him the option, so he can't really detest the way hearing his name from Fai's lips makes his heart hammer and pulse, can he? It's... a complicated feeling, but one he chases away by bringing their lips together and lingering in a kiss that's just as chaste as it is vulnerable.

He never thought he'd hear his name again. What a novel feeling. What a painful one.]

[fluorite]

[ Fai leans into that kiss, cherishing it for as long as Yael allows him to, before pulling back. It would have been easier to choose “Yael” instead, and it would have kept a lot more distance between them, setting a firm boundary between what they really are and what they could be.

And yet… he couldn’t do it. Yael went with his gut before, and it’s only fair that Fai chose to do the same. ]

If it’s too much, I’ll change… but that’s what I’d like to call you.

[weaseled]

[Yael parts from that warm, comforting kiss, but he doesn't go far. Ah... After this, he might need a bit of space to compartmentalize this mess of emotion, but right now? He finds himself unwilling to part from Fai just yet, an issue that raises its own concerns, but he's pointedly not thinking about any of that right now.]

No point in taking it back now. As long as you don't call me that around other people, it doesn't bother me.

[fluorite]

[ Fai flops against his chest, resting his head against Yael's shoulder. ]

Well... if your mind ever changes.

[ He wants to be flexible with this, after all. But even so, Fai can only stand to know so little, which is why he finds himself asking: ]

Do you want to tell me why so few call you that?

[weaseled]

[He wouldn't have told Fai this if he wasn't prepared to field the questions that follow, exhaling a sigh and fiddling with his hands in his lap.]

Sheza means "promise." I've never been all that great at keeping those, so it's an ill-fitting name.

[fluorite]

[ He lifts up one of Yael's hands, pressing his knuckles to his lips for a few brief moments. ]

That's quite the statement to make. Surely you've kept at least a few.

[weaseled]

Mm. One or two.

[His monotone, noncommittal answer is what it is... but his fingers curve to brush along Fai's lips, cradling his cheek in his palm.]

I was given the name Yael when I was adopted. It means "mountain goat" or "little lady," depending on the spelling.

[fluorite]

[ Fai tilts his head just enough so that he's pressing his cheek up against Yael's palm. It's warm, so warm that the gap between the game and reality is more noticeable than ever. ]

That's really cute. [ He pauses. ] You do have a personality like a mountain goat.

[weaseled]

Eh?

[The personality of a mountain goat... Yael stares down at Fai, pinching his cheek.]

What does that even mean?

[fluorite]

Always picking fights.

[ Despite the cheek pinch, he has the audacity to look smug. ]

I bet you'd jump up a mountain sideways too.

[weaseled]

[EXHALING A SIGH.....................]

Your mind gets stuck on the stupidest things.

[fluorite]

[ He laughs, leaning forward to plant a kiss to his cheek. ]

But you have to admit, it’s a funny image. And you’d look cute with little goat horns.

[weaseled]

And you'd look cute with my little goat horns jabbing you in the ass.

[Just saying! It's playful, the way Yael bumps their foreheads together before returning that kiss.]

And what does Yuui mean?

[fluorite]

[ Honestly? He’d like that, so all he can do is shrug. ]

It doesn’t have any real meaning. It’s just a name my parents gave me.

[weaseled]

Is that so? It's an awfully pretty name for one without a meaning.

[Humming playfully, Yael settles with his forehead pressed to Fai's.]

I think it means "obnoxious boy with bad taste in men."

[fluorite]

[ Pressing his forehead to Fai’s, just like a mountain goat. He holds back a chuckle. ]

I think my taste is pretty decent, honestly. You’re a good man, after all.

[ He smiles, soft and sweet and sincere. ]