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 Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 8:34 pm
It truly was remarkable, how days had a way of just disappearing, even when he didn't seem to actually be getting much done. It was just so very easy to get lost in everyday things, in just being, and ignore things that most other gods found important. He couldn't help it, really - he was happy, content, and comfortable, and it was so easy to simply drift along that way. He had his family, and he had his handful of followers and lovers, and he found that to be enough. He meddled with some mortals' love lives now and then, and that had more or less been the extent of his godly activities of late. Was that so bad? He didn't think so.
Rio lay on his back in the windowseat, looking at his rooms upside-down and soaking up the morning sun, a pose rather more suitable for the more feline shape he sometimes wore. He was not feeling at all inclined to do much more with his day.
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 8:57 pm
Leo wandered out of the bedroom finally, having slept late again. He found himself doing that more and more lately. It was hard to stick to a schedule when there were no appointments to keep, no classes, no performances or parties. Compared to what his life had been before it was a rather lazy existence here. Not that he entirely minded, of course. There was something to be said of having the honor of sharing your patron god's bed. The D'Angeline yawned and stretched, trying ignore for the moment that his hair was likely a disaster since the ribbon he had tied it back with last night was long gone. His state of dress was just as sloppy- the ties on his shirt were undone, leaving it half open.
Love's quarters were quiet as they usually were lately. What he did not expect was to find the god in the windowseat when he looked over. "Naamah?"
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 9:05 pm
Even looking at things the wrong way up, it was a nice view, and if Leo's hair was a mess, Rio either didn't notice or didn't care. It was six of one, half a dozen of the other, really. The shirt half-open was a good look, though, for sure...although all of Leo's looks were good looks, as far as he was concerned.
"Nn?" Love didn't right himself, but he did prop himself up a bit. Not that it really helped anything. Upside-down was upside-down, and lazy god was very lazy.
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 9:21 pm
"You just surprised me, is all." He walked over to the windowseat with the intention of joining the god, fingers running through his tousled hair a bit as he walked. The gesture was more habit than actual preening. Love had certainly seen him in shabbier states and not minded in the least.
"Mind if I join you?" Leo cocked his head to the side just so, smiling down at Rio.
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 9:26 pm
"Boo?" Rio grinned, then groaned melodramatically when Leo asked if he could join him. "I guess I could make room..." His reluctance was only teasing, of course, and he soon sat up and shifted position so there would be room for the D'Angeline. The god's hair wasn't exactly looking spectacular by this point, either, as time spent upside-down had it sticking up in odd ways.
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 9:37 pm
Leo's smile widened into a grin and he chuckled, settling next to Love. "I am glad to see you." He reached for the god's hand and raised it to his lips, brushing the back of it with a kiss. It was tempting just to cuddle up to him and go back to being lazy, a temptation that he was seriously considering giving into.
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 9:52 pm
"I'm glad to see you, too." Love smiled and turned his hand to grasp Leo's and tug him a little closer. He was all for cuddling, for the pleasant idleness of just being with someone but not doing anything. "Did you sleep well?"
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 10:01 pm
It seemed his temptation was one he had not needed to try and resist. So he simply let himself be tugged closer and cuddled up to Rio's side. "I did, but I always have since I came here." The D'Angeline shifted a bit, he was still somewhat sore from being curled up in that chair with Lisana the other day. Clearly he needed to start doing his dancing and tumbling stretches more often if something that simple was causing him discomfort. He really had become a lazy lion, lately.
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 10:16 pm
"Mm, I'm glad to hear it. I wouldn't want you to lose too much sleep because of me," Rio teased, wrapping an arm around him. He was quiet for a moment, then, and dropped his teasing tone for a slightly guilty one. "I've kept you here for quite a lot more than a few weeks, haven't I?"
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 10:25 pm
He nuzzled against Love's throat and made an affirmative noise. "I can't say that I mind the fact. Though, I am sure by now Alexandrie and Alain will be wondering if whichever lover I have run off with spirited me away across the sea or something." Servants leaving to become exclusive for reasons of love was not unheard of, though this was a bit more literal than the usual case.
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 10:34 pm
"Across the sea, hmm? I'd say it's quite a bit farther than that, although the 'spirited away' bit is accurate enough." Rio made a pleased sound at the nuzzling. "Still, I'm...sorry it's been longer than I said."
"Well, sort of," he amended. Perhaps he was just worried that Leo might stay, if he took him home.
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 10:45 pm
"Don't be." The D'Angline pressed a soft kiss to the god's neck. "I rather like it here." Because you are here. Though, sometimes he did miss home- mostly his housemates, classes with the fosterlings and Émile. Did the little boy miss him? The last thought was rather sobering, perhaps more so than he would like to admit, and he sighed wistfully.
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 10:55 pm
It was impossible to miss that sigh, or to mistake the feeling behind it. "We can go, you know. Anytime you want. I would still like to visit, even if I'm terrible at keeping track of time."
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 11:12 pm
"I am not so worried about the rest, just Émile." Leo paused, sitting up a bit. "He is my son..." It might seem a bit odd, since the D'Angeline seemed so young himself. This was not something he had ever admitted aloud to anyone, but all of Eglantine house knew anyway, it was obvious enough with the resemblance between the two. Still, if he did not tell Rio now the god would find out sooner or later. "...though he does not know it. I still look after him as best as I can." At least the concern was one Love would understand well enough.
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 7:57 am
It was a good thing Rio wasn't still upside-down and hanging half off the windowseat, because if he had been, he probably would have fallen out of it. That would not have been the least bit composed or dignified, not that his mouth hanging open was either. He clicked it shut and looked away. "You should have told me. I...I wouldn't have kept you away so long."
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