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[So, Elliot probably knew Rean was going to be gone for a while, but Rean has been gone for a while.

So it might be something of a surprise when Rean finally opens the door to their house in the teapot, walking in with a soft sigh. He's visibly worn out, but he seems pretty content, at least.]

Hey... sorry I'm late.

[He mutters the next part softly to himself, realizing he's not entirely sure if Elliot's in right now.]

If anyone else is even here.

[Elliot is here, luckily! Or really. He's here in a sense.

Because you see, while Rean was out with Crow, somebody decided this would be a perfect opportunity to have an all-night date with music.

And that somebody is currently at the piano, slumped over with his face on the keyboard - asleep and lightly snoring. ]

[...pfft.

Rean can't even be mad, honestly— he should have expected this. Laughing softly to himself, he makes his way over to his sleeping boyfriend and reaches out to put a hand on his shoulder.]

Hey there, sleeping beauty. I'm home.

mm?

[The hand on his shoulder is enough to start to wake him. He'll look up blearily at Rean]

Rean...? You home...?

[Cute...]

Yeah. You sore from passing out like that?

[It's not even really chiding, just kind of teasing. Who knows if Elliot's even awake enough to register it.]

Sore?

[He takes a moment to register. He slowly opens his eyes and lifts his head. Ah...he fell asleep against the piano again didn't he? And as he sits up....he tenses.]

A-Ah...M-Maybe a little.

[Rean laughs a little.]

Makes two of us. [That's a strange thing to say...] Wanna go lay down somewhere a little more comfortable?

Two, huh...

[He may be only waking up but don't think he MISSED that. He'll grin a little]

Yeah, that sounds like a great idea.

[He'll pull himself from the piano, making a little discomfort sound as he moves his muscles. Yeah. Falling asleep on the piano is a bad idea. He needs to remember that!]

[Rean steps behind Elliot, reaching out to massage his shoulders with gentle pressure before allowing him to stand, then nodding toward the bedroom as soon as he's caught Elliot's gaze and walking off.

He hasn't taken off his jacket yet.]

[Ah, one of Rean's massages. He makes a soft happy noise as his shoulders relax just a tad. It'll make it a little easier to move.

...But also, very curious about the jacket. Fully awake now, he's following after him to the bedroom]

Sooo....have a good night?

[Rean smiles, a little bit deviously.]

You~ could say that.

[He shrugs off his jacket, turning back a little towards Elliot to reveal at least the top of some black and blue blooms on his neck that continue down towards his shoulder.]

More like good day, but who's counting, really~?

[Elliot will stand on his toes to see what Rean is trying to show him- and gasp]

No way- are those hickeys?!

[AND SO MANY TOO. While maybe some boyfriends would jealous, elliot? Just needs to know deets. moving quicker to the bed now. Come on sir!!]

I'm sure counting! What happened? Tell me everything!

Sure are!

[Rean is entirely too cheerful about this.

With anyone else, he'd be hiding these for all its worth, but with Elliot? It's kind of fun being the one who gets to be shameless, for once.

He tosses his jacket off to the side (a problem for future Rean) and goes to join Elliot on the bed.]

Well... we went out drinking last night. Surprising no one, Crow can drink me under the table. I don't... exactly remember how we got from point A to point B, but we wound up back at his place, and I kind of remember us arguing over which one of us should get the bed. I think it was me who suggested we should share it, which somehow he actually agreed.

Then we were just... talking about things? And he was being his usual self about everything, kind of dodging around everything I had to say or brushing me off if he didn't want to hear the point I was trying to make. ...He had been doing that before we went out, too; I told him I knew about what you'd told him and he just tried convincing me it was impossible again.

He's the one who's impossible.

[When Rean joins him, he'll make himself comfortable by leaning against him, but enough so he can still turn his head and watch Rean as he talks.

He sighs. Yeah. Sounds like a pretty typical Crow move alright]

Yeah, that sounds like him alright. [He sighs] And he says you're stubborn.

[He is just as bad!!]

But what happened after that? You must've gotten through to him somehow if you came home with those.

Right? He's really got no room to talk.

[Rean huffs.

But oh, right. Sorry, it's just so easy to get derailed into wanting to push the other man he loves out a window.]

Ah, yeah. So, he's dodging around, and I kind of... I guess I just snapped. Told him I was sick of him acting like he knows everything and that I wanted him to just listen. Let me in for once.

And, um, I may have just. Slipped and said "I love you" without thinking?

[He runs a hand through his hair, a bit sheepish. What a way to confess, right?]

He kind of broke for a minute, but he didn't say no. And he kept trying to avoid it, but... it's Crow. I figured if he was against it I would know, right?

So I pressed the issue, and he finally just said to tell him if I felt the same in the morning. Which... I was sober enough at that point to remember pretty much everything, but I figured that was a fair enough request. I'd probably want the same thing.

So we go to sleep, eventually wake up and he actually asked me if I remembered. So I said yes and that I meant what I said, and just...

It's Crow. I don't expect him to be able to say the things you and I do so easily. So I just asked him if he could at least do something to confirm it was mutual... and the next thing I knew he was kissing me.

And then the next thing I knew we were on the floor.

[ .... 💧 ]

Yeah. Somehow I'm not surprised he'd go for that instead of just saying how he feels.

[Crow...Crow he doesn't expect you to be as sentimental as a Craig since that's physically impossible for most people, but why are you like this?]

Well I'm glad you told him how you felt. And stuck to it too! [He's proud of you sweetie! And while he really wants to know some of the dirtier details, first thing first is Rean and making sure he feels ok with how things progressed] How are you feeling now?

Yeah, me either. [He's not even questioning why Crow is like this, because he knows.] I mean... he even said last night that he "doesn't know" how to be open like I am. Like we are.

So it's... probably just easier for him to act on something.

[...]

I mean, aside from sore? [He laughs a little.] I'm okay with it, actually. It's... I think he'd probably freak out if I called him my boyfriend, but I'm way more confident about where things stand right now, at least.

It's going to be a lot harder for him to try to run away when I know for sure he wants this, too. It's like you said... I'm stubborn. And now I don't have any doubts in the way.

I see...well, in his defense, you can get pretty sappy sometimes. [He knows he's a hypocrite but shhh] ...Though, he's still an extreme case.

[So it's okay Rean, he's still weirder than you.]

Haha, good. Knowing Crow, he wouldn't have done that with you if he didn't really feel that way. You've always been really important to him. No way he'd risk that if he was just hoping for a one-night stand.

Edited 2021-10-23 23:49 (UTC)

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