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 Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2021 12:02 pm
Although he was surprised, Jet had absolutely expected Aquamarine’s movements to result in a kiss. After all, they’d just been sort of talking about their feelings and how Aquamarine would basically follow Jet to the end… of whatever or wherever they ended up.
He felt his face heat as Aquamarine’s lavender gray eyes met his, and could feel the swoosh of his golden hair against his face as he shook it out of the way.
But instead, he felt the sharp tip of a dagger at his chin, and his face immediately flushed the rest of the way until it was bright red. He was embarrassed that he’d been caught off guard in the first place, but perhaps even more embarrassed that he’d expected a kiss and felt disappointed when it wasn’t.
He’d forgotten about Aquamarine’s dagger, so it was his own fault for being put in that position. Not that he couldn’t teleport away if absolutely ******** you,” he mumbled, but there was no hostility in his voice as he remained motionless. “I thought you said training against bladed weapons was stupid,” Jet reminded him. Not that he expected Aquamarine to hurt him. At least not on purpose. Or at least nothing fatal.
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Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2021 2:33 pm
Aquamarine always kept his dagger on him, tucked in a sheath behind his back, hidden by his cape. His rapier came and went depending on need, and could often be summoned faster than he could unsheath the dagger, but having some sort of weapon on him at all times made him feel safer than having none at all. Negaspace was as dangerous as wandering the streets in range of a Senshi or Knight, even without entering the Rift; he wouldn’t put it past some of the crazy ******** who served the Negaverse to attack someone else without provocation, even if that someone else was supposed to be their ally.
He continued to smirk, pressing the tip of the blade against Jet’s skin enough to cause a gentle dip, but not enough to draw blood.
“It is stupid,” he agreed. “It makes no sense. We’re fighting people who can use magic, not each other.”
Still, he looked satisfied now that the gross emotional s**t was over and he’d gotten the upper hand.
Stepping back, Aquamarine drew his dagger away. He fiddled with it, twirling it in his hand before pressing the tip against his own finger, testing its sharpness.
“But,” he continued, voice a little more carefree than it was before, “I’m pretty sure that means I win. So if you’re done with the dark and dreary atmosphere, let’s get the ******** out of here. We can keep talking about what sort of improvements we can make around here if you want, but let’s do it some place that doesn’t smell like dust and death. How do you feel about tacos?”
Aquamarine picked that particular food on purpose, to remind Jet of an evening out four summers ago, when he slid a box with a ring inside across the table.
He thought he’d made his feelings pretty clear that night.
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Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2021 3:03 pm
It was smart of Aquamarine to have an extra weapon on him, and it honestly made Jet feel a little better knowing that Aquamarine had that added protection.
Not that it felt that great at the moment when he was pressing it into the underside of his chin. Once Aquamarine pulled away, Jet lifted a hand to feel where it had been pressed, making sure there was no blood drawn. He hadn’t expected Aquamarine to hurt him, but the dagger could have been sharper than he realized.
“Yeah, you win,” he conceded, mostly because there was no point in arguing. And because Aquamarine was clearly in a better mood now that he’d won their little sparring match.
Tacos would never not remind Ilian of that night out those years ago. As Jet, not having the weight of the ring on his left ring finger felt weird, but it would be stupid to make their relationship even more obvious than it probably was already.
“I still think the least we could get is basic dental insurance,” he mumbled and glanced around the room, knowing that doing anything would be a huge undertaking, but… if they could get Negaspace feeling like a place people could actually go and be safe from senshi and knights, it would definitely be a start.
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