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Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2021 3:07 pm
The group had gathered at Kazuo and Kraven's under the guise of a 'group meeting'. Derek sat against Kraven, the taller man's arm draped over his shoulder as the aforementioned smaller man lay stretched over the pair. Derek fiddled mindlessly with the hem of Kaz's shirt as Kraven nonchalantly played with Derek's hair, all to amused with the way the blonde turned his head this way and that into the touch without so much as realizing it. "Any idea what this is about?" Derek mumbled, turning and angling his head so that Kraven was scratching behind his ears, much like one would a cat. The taller man shrugged. "Iunno." Kraven muttered around Kaz, who had leaned up to hang off of Kraven's shoulders and steal some attention for himself. "I was just- Yes, hello Love, I see you too." Kraven said softly as the smaller man shoved his face into Kraven's, nuzzling against him. His free hand came to rest on the top of Kaz's head before trailing down and combing his fingers through brown hair.
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Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2021 6:39 am
Kaz enjoyed those hands in his hair a great deal. It made him close his eyes and just enjoy the moment, thinking nothing really about this group meeting. It was a good way to keep everyone on the same page about things, or making plans.
But one look at Kor, who just came through the door and Kazuo sat up a little straighter, his attention turning with his head.
"Are you alright, Kor?"
The dark skinned man let out a nervous laugh before shrugging. "I dunno, man. I..." he looked at his group, his boyfriends and his chest tightened. One hand went to his lip ring, pulling and tugging at the hoop in the middle as he started to pace a minute.
"Listen, there's like.. no way to really do this other than just say it. ....I'm a greedy ******** and I still love Laine. I .... want her like you guys. Like. The same...Can we just..." he made motions of tossing, like trying to communicate tossing her into the group. "I just like..." He was feeling that panic building inside of him that came with nerves of waiting for an answer.
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Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2021 8:56 am
Derek's hands stilled when Kaz straightened, and his head turned with his. He threw his companions on the couch a concerned look when Kor worried at his lip ring. "...Babe..?" He asked, cautiously, detangling himself from the duo and taking a tentative step towards Kor. He could then see the panic rising and Derek closed the distance almost immediately. "Hey, breathe with me, Love." Derek said, bracing Kor's arms with his hands. "Deep breathes Baby..." Again, Derek cast a glance at the pair, but made no attempt to move Kor, least the other's legs give out from underneath them. Kraven's gead turned the second he heard the laugh. A laugh that meant everything was moving or happening faster then could be controlled. Or that he didn't know what to do. "Firefly...?" Kray asked, ruinning a hand down Kazuo's side. Oh.Well, this was certainly something. "Talk, hon. We'll listen. What do you wa-" He cut himself mid word, opting for a different one. "Need. What do you need." He said, mirroring words Kaz had told him not to long ago.
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Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2021 9:04 am
His legs weren't going to give out, but he groaned when he was asked what he needed. Kor literally just said it. His hand went up to his lip ring again and he started toying with it, even braced by Derek. <********. God, I'm--"
"You want Laine ....as part of us? Well.. you? With you?" Kazuo was trying to understand what the man had blurted out. "You want to add her?"
Kor looked over to Kaz and then nodded rapidly before tugging at his lip ring now. "That's what I want, yeah. Uh. ...Sorry I'm a greedy mess. She said I can't beg you so I won't, but that's what's... that's what's happening and I know we just kind of formed this... thing but we're still trying to figure things out right so we could just squeeze her in?"
There was absolutely zero breaths despite a couple of pauses, and Kor wasn't really looking at anyone, more so the floor.
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Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2021 9:31 am
Derek frowned, pulling a hand away from Kor's arm to take the hand fiddling with the piercing. "Stop, you're gonna split it." He said quietly.
"Don't apologize. You haven't done anything wrong." Derek offered, guiding them back to the couch and settling Kot into what had been his spot only moments ago. He pulled Kor's legs up, and over his own lap, gicing a reassuring squeeze. There was still room enough for Kaz to relocate and move if he so desired. "Breathe Baby, please. You're gonna make yourself sick."
When Kor was slotted against him, Kraven reached down, taking one of Kor's hands in his own before twisting an arm around him. The other, remained tethered to Kaz, giving gentle touches, trying to chase away any doubt or stress the other might be harboring. "Where is she now?" He asked, a part of him surprised by the fact she seem to be hiding this. kraven glanced at both Kazuo and Derek. "....Thoughts?"
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Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 4:33 am
The grown man almost whined about not being able to play with his piercing. It was a comfort thing. He fidgeted a lot with it and hadn't split it yet. Yet. He had pulled it a little too much once and made it bleed, but it hadn't been anything serious or to worry about.
His heart was pounding in his chest and he just leaned into whoever he was against now, his eyes cast down at his legs. He can't look at them. Not right now. Not yet.
".....I don't know where she's staying. Probably with her brother. She was in his hoodie." He swallowed and licked his lips a little, squeezing his hands around Derek's and Kraven's.
Kazuo was watching more than anything. He would be fine. So far he was fine. Adding someone else for Kor didn't mean anything for him.
When asked for his thoughts, Kazuo shrugged. "I don't... think I have interest in women. It... doesn't ...I shouldn't have anything to do with the decision. I just ..." He looked up to the others. "I don't know her. It's fine."
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Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 7:29 am
Derek nosed closer to Kor, squeezing his hand in return. He said little, and instead just listened. Occasionally he'd run his hand up Kor's arm, trying to soothe away any tension.
His gaze darted to Kaz when he spoke and he frowned slightly. "That doesn't mean you shouldn't have a say. You are part of this, just as the rest of us. What you want is important too." It wasn't like Kor had set out to make things hard. Derek reached over, placing his free hand on Kaz. "I am... okay with testing things. Seeing how it all goes."
Kraven sighed, shifting his weight to lean against Kor. Kaz was already flighty. Maybe it was time to just crash for a bit, just the two of them. He pulled Kaz just a but closer. "We can try... There's no harm in trying at least." Things could change down the road. No one knew.
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Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 12:14 pm
When Kor heard that Kaz had no interest in women, he didn't really know what to feel, but it felt like a blow. He just sucked in a breath and looked off to his knees as he slowly shifted, settling between Kray and Derek rather than being on one of them. Make himself smaller.
Kazuo shrugged a little more, his attention focused on Kraven for the most part. So Kraven was okay with it too. It meant Kazuo would get used to it in time. For now, he just went where he was pulled, settling closer to the tallest member of this meeting.
"I can't...beg. She said I couldn't. So I'm not going to. But--"
"Are you going to just dump Kraven off to the side?"
Kazuo wouldn't keep his question in anymore. It was blunt, unlike him, but he couldn't see any way of softening it. "We joined so...he can be with you. You... are now trying to add another ex. I just don't want Kraven hurt." He didn't care about himself in this situation. He was here for Kraven. He was warming up to Derek very quickly, but it was different because Kraven was his first real love.
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Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 8:59 pm
"Hey, hey. Shhhh. No, it's okay." Derek responded, trying to get Kor's attention, already seeing the doubt spiral. "We can figure something out. It's not the end all be-" He stopped instantly when Kaz asked his "question". He blinked, confused before staring at Kaz. "I don't... It's not like." For once, words failed Derek. "What."
Kraven froze, when Kaz finally said it. "Love..." He eased softly. "It's not like that... We don't even know if it's going to work, but no one is dumping anyone to the side. No one is going to get replaced." Kraven couldn't ebtirely blame Kaz for worrying though. He did understand where the other was coming from. "I'm not going to get hurt. No one is." Kraven untangled his arm from around Kor, settling it back around Kazuo's waist. "You said to talk right? So things don't repeat themselves? We are Baby, we're trying our best to make sure s**t doesn't happen like that again. But I promise you, I'm not gonna get hurt."
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Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 9:17 pm
Kazuo's words hurt and Kor couldn't blame him. That's what he was worried about. He sighed and ran a hand over his head, scratching it through his short hair, which was pretty soft despite how short it was.
"It's.. It's a fair question, but I don't want that to happen. 's, yeah, why...." He motioned to the room. He knew Kazuo wasn't trying to attack him, but he hadn't expected it to be like... this. This blunt. Kazuo was usually more quiet with his thoughts, or at least a lot softer in his phrasing.
The brunette looked from Derek to Kraven and then back to Kor before looking down at his hands, which were now resting on his knees with interlocked fingers.
"Alright." It was a soft word, a frown still on his lips. He believed Kor would keep to his word. At the same time, if Kraven got hurt because of this, he wasn't going to be happy at all. He would probably talk about this just not being for him. It wouldn't be as easy as it would have been. He'd gotten really close to Derek.
"I'm sorry."
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Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 9:36 pm
"...You don't have to apologize." Derek said after another moment or two. "You're just trying to watch out for someone you care about. Any of us would do the same thing, if the roles were reversed... No one's mad at you for saying that." Surprised, maybe. But not mad. "The downside here, is we don't know what she wants out of this. Is she hear for just Kor or is it everyone...." Derek sighed, leaning further against Kor. "I think for now though... Maybe its best if we all sleep on it for a day or two? Give everyone time to think, and decide for themselves..."
Kraven sighed, running his hands up and down Kazuo's sides before pulling him close, a hand coming up to comb through hair again. "It's gonna be okay." He promised. "We are all going to be okay." The taller man just looked over the others next to him. "Just because things might be changing, doesn't mean how we feel about one another will. We're in this for the long haul right?" He asked everyone, running a thumb over the ring on Kazuo's hand.
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Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 9:45 pm
Kor was still feeling pretty guilty and beat up over this. Kazuo wasn't really into this type of thing to begin with and had agreed. Now the man was upset Kor was adding another person. Everyone was saying it was alright, and he was trying so hard to listen to those positive voices. The negative was easy to dwell on, his therapist had told him once. Those green eyes closed and Kor took a deep breath, and then another as Derek leaned against him heavily. He licked his lips and nodded before taking his phone out of his pocket to text Laine. gotta take a day or two outlook okay ish i think "Yeah," he finally looked up and met Kraven's eyes before looking over to Kazuo, who avoided eye contact, and then to Derek. He had put on a weak smile, but it wasn't completely sad. Hopeful, maybe. "For the long haul. Even... if it's gonna be hard." Kazuo wouldn't meet Kor's eyes. He couldn't. Honestly he felt bad asking the question, and did feel the need to apologize for being as harsh as it was. But that was something he was just going to have to get over. No one could help him with that. Instead, he leaned over and just pushed his face into Kraven's arm and let out a sigh. "I'm tired."
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Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2021 7:38 am
Derek gave a soft smile when Kor offered one, just leabing against the other. "We'll figure something out..." They could make this work.... Maybe. He grinned though. "Oh its gonna be hard. Have you met the three of us? It's a wonder Kazuo's hair isn't white from the stress of dealing with us. How do you do it man." Derek teased.
Kraven just chuckled. "Years of experience dealing with my dumb a**." He combed his fingers through Kazuo's hair, trying to defuse the tension. After a couple minutes he patted Kazuo's thigh, motioning to stand. "Okay, everyone up. Come on. You," He motioned towards Kaz, are gonna help me gather blankets and pillows. Derek, pull the bed out. Kor... can find the movie, or something to watch." They were gonna make the modt of tonight, even if everyone's nerves were shot.
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Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2021 11:11 am
"I pluck the grey," he murmured, not quite sounding as light as he could. He nodded as Kraven gave him a task to do, something that was fairly easy to comply with. He went to the small closet they had with the spare blankets and pillows and grabbed an armful of the things before putting them on the floor next to the couch so the pull out bed could be pulled out.
He definitely didn't want to be near Kor tonight. Doubt hung heavy in his belly and he'd just rather not have to deal with it. Honestly he wanted to retreat back to the bedroom, let Kraven know he could stay, and be done with it for the night, but that wouldn't go over too well.
"I'll be back. Changing." With that said and his task complete, Kazuo went to his bedroom and shut the door behind him quickly to go change into his sleep pants and one of Kraven's shirts.
He let out a sigh in the darkness and scrubbed his face with his hands.
Kor, on the other hand, got up with Derek and let the two taller men take care of the bed. Once it was out, he tossed pillows onto the bed and got situated in his spot in the middle.
Kaz wasn't happy with him. It was palpable. Yet Kor couldn't do anything with it, since he was greedy anyway. It was on autopilot that Kor navigated Kaz and Kray's TV and got into their Netflix account before starting to brows the movies. Kor was sleeping in his jeans and shirt and didn't care who said anything about it.
"I don't....know what to watch. Ideas?"
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Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2021 7:12 pm
Derek frowned but said nothing as he got up, waiting for others to scatter so he could do his 'job'. He stacked the cushions off to the side, and stowed any throw pillows on the top of the couch. With a sigh and a heave, Derek pulled the couch bed out, making sure not to set it on anyone's feet.
When Kaz spoke again, Derek just sort of started after his retreating form. He huffed, combing a hand through his hair, muttering a 'be right back' as he went. The blonde wiggled his way into the room, finding his smaller boyfriend scrubbing his face with his hands. "Hey..." He murmured softly, carefully pealing Kaz's hands from his face. "Songbird... No one's mad at you for your question you know. Really, we're not. We all understand why you'd ask. No one wants to be in that kinda situation... You're just trying to protect someone you care about... Believe me, we understand..." Especially considering both of them had worried about that when the group first formed. "No one was pushed aside the last time right? No one's getting left behind now..." Derek leaned over, kissing the smaller man's forehead. "Talk to me Love..."
Kraven sighed, watching as Derek retreated into the bed room. "Well... This was a thing." He muttered, rubbing at his face. Kray made a soft noise, flopping back on their bed for the night. "Maybe a thought... But, it might be an idea that we all go out and do something together. Laine included." While he had no problem with Laine personally, he knew it was a new thing for both Kaz and Derek. Speaking of which..."Might be a bit late to ask but.. Is this an only you thing or..." Kor sighed again. "I guess the better question to ask is. "What does she want out of this?" Kray leaned over, wrapping an arm around the other man. "Hey." He greeted, pressing a kiss to the other man's temple. Kray glanced towards the door, and then back at Kor. "....Should we tell them I was never an ex? I was the side chick." Kray laughed. "And I'ma say side chick cause that sounds better than rebound guy."
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