[ dextera can hear and feel his sincerity better than he’d be able to if he were looking at guren’s face, properly. he loves those little kisses, and now that his heart is starting to go back to normal after that intense, high-adrenaline conversation, he feels tired. relaxed, maybe.
he’s happy, right here. ]
I’m lucky!
[ he signs it again, with more fervor, and definitely a little humor. ]
[This cheeky punk!! Guren is grinning, though, as his arms shift and he grabs at Dextera's hands to capture them, re-wrapping them around him together.]
Who's lucky, huh?? [This time, when he kisses at his neck, he aims to tickle.]
[His grip loosens on Dextera's hands, so he can slip free whenever he wants, even as Guren keeps his arms wrapped around him in a snug hold. His kisses turn more gentle again, lingering, even if he purposefully exhales against that spot shortly after.]
[ dextera nods. his brother’s arrival had thoroughly taken him out of the mood for chess, ironically, but things have settled since then. he’s happier, more comfortable. he turns his head to press a kiss to whatever he can reach, and then he pulls away from guren. ]
[Not with anyone else, mind you. He's spent some time just imagining fake games in his head and playing against himself. Why can he do this? Why is he capable of this? He's the worst.]
Don't get cocky.
[He squeezes at Dextera's arm right as he pulls away, and then shifts to go find the chess board himself so he can get it set up.]
[ dextera smiles, too fond as he watches guren go to grab the chess board and set it up. he’s so in love… and this is why he doesn’t want the town to change at all. he wants to keep living out these days, doing quests and playing chess with guren for as long as he’s allowed. ]
[Well, they barely know each other, after all, and Guren just started assaulting him with words about his brother and his life. So. He can get it. He sets up the chessboard as he sits down.]
[ dextera refuses to believe that his brother wouldn’t like guren, if they gave each other a chance, so he absolutely stubbornly does not listen to the possibility that sinistra doesn’t like guren. ]
Not yet.
[ he does admit that, though, rolling one of the pawns under the tip of a free finger.
[ it’s not going to get worse, and that’s just a fact of life. dextera refuses, absolutely, to believe that anything bad is going to come of this even if he knows logically that sinistra won’t like it. ]
…
[ dextera is going to take the advantage of white, and he moves his first piece. ]
[Lovers is the first word he was going to use, and he pauses as he thinks of more. Honestly, who needs a chess timer when they're distracted by this, instead. He makes a move.]
Or... boyfriends, if you want to say it like that.
[ “lovers” feels closer to his heart, to the reality of his feelings, but there’s something comforting in the simple straightforwardness of “boyfriends,” too.
he smiles. ]
I like… being your boyfriend.
[ so earnest it’s disgusting, honestly. already, dextera takes one of guren’s pieces. ]
[ maybe he is, but either way, guren’s fluster helps him forget that he’s worried about revealing this non-secret to his brother. he doesn’t know what he’s going to say, or when he’s going to say it, but for now, it’s fine. ]
[Be quiet, he says. But gosh, his face is still burning, but he can recover from this. Like he said, he'd been practicing...!! And so he makes his next move, and it's noticeably more focused.]
[The next move from Guren makes it seem like Dextera's didn't affect him at all— but he's got a good poker face, so who knows whether that's true.]
Izuku saw us, so I knew that... But I'm surprised Noct hasn't bothered me about it. [Weird.] Pretty sure my housemates have all guessed, by now, since you were over there when you came back, but I haven't actually told anyone.
[ dextera doesn’t elaborate on that at all, at least for a moment, since he’s busy squinting down at the board and trying to figure out what he wants to do next.
he’s not good at reading guren’s expressions, in a situation like this. he moves a piece, and it’s clear that he’s taking a moment to figure out what he wants. ]
[He meets that gaze for a few seconds before turning down to the board and thinking.]
But I like it, too. [It's hard to put it to words, or embarrassing, he guesses. But he likes people knowing. He definitely does. He moves his piece carefully, and smirks back up at Dextera.]
[ they’ve come a long way, haven’t they? not just in their relationship, which is obvious, but in the way they interact with each other, their willingness to be open about their feelings.
it’s nice. ]
…
[ dextera smiles to himself as he figures out where he wants to move his piece, and makes a bold decision. this is… chess flirting. ]
[This is chess flirting and Guren loves every minute of it, of course.]
That's an unusual move for you. Are you trying to throw me off guard? [Well, he's trying to do the same, though. This will be a game of unusual moves, and as he makes his next move, it becomes clear that his first couple of flustered moves weren't actually as clumsy as he pretended they were.]
[ dextera realizes he’s been baited with that next move, his eyes widening slightly as he sits back to look at the board in full. he’d fallen for it completely, with guren flustered, and now he’s walked himself into a position that could have been dangerous if he hadn’t caught himself. ]
Hmph.
[ what a pouty little sound, but he wouldn’t make that noise if he weren’t having fun. he’s annoyed with himself for wasting a move earlier, and so he takes a little longer to figure out how he wants to correct it.
it’ll take an attacking move that’s out of his usual defensive play, which is exactly what he does. ]
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he’s happy, right here. ]
I’m lucky!
[ he signs it again, with more fervor, and definitely a little humor. ]
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[This cheeky punk!! Guren is grinning, though, as his arms shift and he grabs at Dextera's hands to capture them, re-wrapping them around him together.]
Who's lucky, huh?? [This time, when he kisses at his neck, he aims to tickle.]
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[ guren GOT HIM, and dextera can’t help but squirm when guren dives in to kiss his neck with such an intention.
it’s nice, albeit unexpected, that they can have moments like this too on the heels of something so heavy. ]
Heheh!
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I'm the lucky one, idiot. [Soooo there.]
Let's play some chess. It's been a while, right?
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I’ll win.
[ just so guren knows. ]
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[Not with anyone else, mind you. He's spent some time just imagining fake games in his head and playing against himself. Why can he do this? Why is he capable of this? He's the worst.]
Don't get cocky.
[He squeezes at Dextera's arm right as he pulls away, and then shifts to go find the chess board himself so he can get it set up.]
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You should play with big brother.
[ they made up, in case it isn’t obvious. ]
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[Well, they barely know each other, after all, and Guren just started assaulting him with words about his brother and his life. So. He can get it. He sets up the chessboard as he sits down.]
Have you even told him about us?
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Not yet.
[ he does admit that, though, rolling one of the pawns under the tip of a free finger.
he doesn’t know how to address it. ]
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[That's his prediction, as he finishes setting up the last few pieces and then sits back to process this first with a sigh.]
And if you hold back and wait to tell him too long, and he finds out first, it'll be even worse than that.
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…
[ dextera is going to take the advantage of white, and he moves his first piece. ]
What are we?
[ what does he even call them? ]
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[He pauses for a moment, eyeing the board, making his move and still waiting before he speaks.]
Do I have to say it out loud? Isn't it obvious?
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We’re together. I know. Are we…
[ he moves a piece, before he finishes that thought, and then spells out the word as he’s still looking at the board. ]
”Lovers”?
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[Lovers is the first word he was going to use, and he pauses as he thinks of more. Honestly, who needs a chess timer when they're distracted by this, instead. He makes a move.]
Or... boyfriends, if you want to say it like that.
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he smiles. ]
I like… being your boyfriend.
[ so earnest it’s disgusting, honestly. already, dextera takes one of guren’s pieces. ]
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S-shut up, I know that! I feel the same, so don't make me keep saying it. You're trying to distract me to win.
[HELP HIM he can't even make his move yet]
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[ maybe he is, but either way, guren’s fluster helps him forget that he’s worried about revealing this non-secret to his brother. he doesn’t know what he’s going to say, or when he’s going to say it, but for now, it’s fine. ]
Hurry up.
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[Be quiet, he says. But gosh, his face is still burning, but he can recover from this. Like he said, he'd been practicing...!! And so he makes his next move, and it's noticeably more focused.]
...Have you told anyone at all?
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Noctis.
[ they’re bffs, after all—dextera needed to tell someone, he was so enthused. ]
Izuku guessed.
[ he slides a piece across the board, trying to cut off an advance. ]
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Izuku saw us, so I knew that... But I'm surprised Noct hasn't bothered me about it. [Weird.] Pretty sure my housemates have all guessed, by now, since you were over there when you came back, but I haven't actually told anyone.
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[ dextera doesn’t elaborate on that at all, at least for a moment, since he’s busy squinting down at the board and trying to figure out what he wants to do next.
he’s not good at reading guren’s expressions, in a situation like this. he moves a piece, and it’s clear that he’s taking a moment to figure out what he wants. ]
People knowing.
[ he looks up at guren’s face. ]
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[He meets that gaze for a few seconds before turning down to the board and thinking.]
But I like it, too. [It's hard to put it to words, or embarrassing, he guesses. But he likes people knowing. He definitely does. He moves his piece carefully, and smirks back up at Dextera.]
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it’s nice. ]
…
[ dextera smiles to himself as he figures out where he wants to move his piece, and makes a bold decision. this is… chess flirting. ]
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[This is chess flirting and Guren loves every minute of it, of course.]
That's an unusual move for you. Are you trying to throw me off guard? [Well, he's trying to do the same, though. This will be a game of unusual moves, and as he makes his next move, it becomes clear that his first couple of flustered moves weren't actually as clumsy as he pretended they were.]
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[ dextera realizes he’s been baited with that next move, his eyes widening slightly as he sits back to look at the board in full. he’d fallen for it completely, with guren flustered, and now he’s walked himself into a position that could have been dangerous if he hadn’t caught himself. ]
Hmph.
[ what a pouty little sound, but he wouldn’t make that noise if he weren’t having fun. he’s annoyed with himself for wasting a move earlier, and so he takes a little longer to figure out how he wants to correct it.
it’ll take an attacking move that’s out of his usual defensive play, which is exactly what he does. ]
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