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Post by Nikolai Laska on Nov 17, 2017 13:56:29 GMT -8
Nik just happily soaked up the barrage of kisses and affections rather than trying to respond each time. When Orion finally leaned into him, he wrapped his arm around tight. He was tempted to say 'you're perfect' but they both knew that wasn't true, and... That was nice in its own way. They could both become better. Together, for each other.
A ways away, a waiter spotted them and wondered if their order'd been taken, but... ah... they looked like they were having a moment, he'd get the next table first.
When Orion produced his gift, Nik's mouth fell a bit open. He was still flushed from before regardless but... "I.." His hand covered his mouth, and he looked between the cookie and Orion. "Wh..when did I say I wanted..?" He knew he talked to Mia, but he'd been afraid Orion would be disappointed if he knew how seriously Nik was thinking about it so it got put off and...? Did he say something drunk and forget or...
"Are..." He swallowed nervously as he took the cookie, staring at it to avoid looking at Orion now. "As.. much as you share custody of my heart, my body is yours way before anyone else's." It... had always been that way to some degree in his head and probably always would be? "Would... you really... not care, or even-...?"
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Post by Orion Alim-Verdi on Nov 17, 2017 14:08:37 GMT -8
“Eh, you just seemed pretty interested in it that one time I mentioned Luke was working on it and then he said you seemed interested too or something so…” Orion shrugged a little and smirked. He couldn’t remember the exact dates and times nor if Nik had specifically said he wanted one or wanted to try it out but…
The question that came after had Orion leaning back in his own seat slowly stretching. “I love you Nik, whatever body you have or thing you wanna do that’s—“ He flushed slightly before chuckling. “Not going to change whether you’re a girl or guy or something else…” Closing one eye, he stuck his tongue out briefly. “Just means we get to figure out more stuff in bed hmmm?”
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Nov 17, 2017 20:51:22 GMT -8
O-oh, heh? He... guessed he did ask an awful lot of questions and stuff. Had he been that obvious? (Well, apparently, heh.)
But... It was Nik's turn to get teary now.. and let out an embarrassed chuckle at that last comment. "Guess so." He was... eager but felt awkward admitting that part too directly. That... wasn't ALL this was about or anything, after all. Just... a particularly intriguing part? Ah, he'd just... spent way too long daydreaming and now that it was possible he didn't know what to do. It wasn't entirely registering as Really Real even with the miracle of science in his hands.
"I think... I wanna wait until we get settled into our new house. Spend one more night together just like this, and then..."
His smile quivering, he admitted, "I'm.. kind of nervous now?" Heh? That was probably normal.
... Nik realized the issue of pronouns probably also deserved reexamination. Would 'they' be most appropriate now? Would 'she' sound more acceptable if Nik 'looked' the part in the mirror? Would 'he' still work, and if so would it be only due to the most familiarity or would it reflect that Nik actually had more masculine alignment than was generally given credit for? ...Eh, there'd be time for all that later.
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Post by Orion Alim-Verdi on Nov 17, 2017 20:59:01 GMT -8
Orion couldn’t know all of what was going through Nik’s head, but the way in which his eyes shimmered and the way he spoke after was... enough. It was enough, and Orion grinned a little because of that. At the wait, he gave a small nod. At the assurance, Orion shifted a little wrapping an arm around him. “Could always get you another one if you find it’s not what you wanted…” he reassured, kissing his cheek then his earlobe then his jawline. “I want to make you happy…” he mumbled against his skin, a hand shifting down along Nik’s side. “By any means necessary…” Well, maybe not any means but close enough damn it. Close enough.
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Nov 17, 2017 21:17:49 GMT -8
"Yeah, true.." That reassurance was something Nik 'knew', but hearing Orion say it felt so much better.
Afterward, Nik just.. softly beamed, melting into all the affection and... Slightly whimpering for a moment whoops? It was just... really overwhelming in so many good ways. Knowing Orion would accept any form, really would do so much for Nik even if he could be stubborn about it at times, heh.
Suddenly, awareness returned and Nik flustered hard, laughing nervously. "Let's ah... put a cap on how happy you make me until we're not in public," he murmured, but was still grinning terribly.
He gave Orion one last deep kiss for now, then scooted juuust far enough away that it would slightly deter the urge to make out in the middle of the restaurant. (Though the at this point if Orion pushed even a little Nik might happily get thrown out of the place, ahahaha.) "..You wanna eat here or to-go actually?"
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Post by Orion Alim-Verdi on Nov 17, 2017 21:26:43 GMT -8
Mmmm? Oh pff… Orion leaned back a little after the kiss and as Nik shuffled away. “I’d… hate to waste an outing but… I would love to eat in a nice private place…” A chuckle escaped from him. Ok, ok he’d ease up, he swore. He… didn’t want to swear, but ok he could at least relax it somewhat yeah. “Up to you though~” he assured reaching up and running a few fingers through his own hair. “I do know what I’m ordering though…” He said this just loud enough for the waiter to overhear and attempt to get back in range of the… pair there, yes. Hesitantly, he came over and waited off to the side to see what was decided on.
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Nov 17, 2017 22:03:26 GMT -8
Mmmm~ Ah, okay, okay. As the waiter came over, Nik quickly decided on a dish and ordered to go, then waited for Orion to do the same. Once he'd gone, Nik would note, "Good food without effort is hardly a wasted outing, right?" And this way, if they got distracted during their meal, oh well~
"I'd say after we could get back to hunting but ah... That was the other reason I wanted a break once I saw the ring was ready." He smiled almost shyly, rubbing the back of his neck. "As much as I'd like to have Everything in some perfect dream home, I realized I really should be adding about two or three points to all our scores today. Because any home's gonna be better if I'm sharing it with you...~" Well that was about the cheesiest thing he'd said all month, heh, oh well.
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Post by Orion Alim-Verdi on Nov 17, 2017 22:15:03 GMT -8
A small chuckle escaped from Orion at Nik’s order and rationale. “True enough,” he answered back shrugging his shoulders some. His order was just complex enough that it’d take a little prep work that he wouldn’t have wanted to do himself anyways— at least not right now anyways, maybe for someone else on a different day and yeah yeah.
As Nik finished up that thought, however, Orion smirked a bit, blushed a bit, and smiled. “You’re going to give me diabetes,” he snorted softly. “But….” There was a pause and his features grew redder still. “I think when we do find the place, it’ll… just speak to us… and not break the bank during communications…” He laughed a little and leaned sideways against Nik. “So long as I’ve got you right now t’s comfy enough.” Ok, were they in a cheesy competition? Apparently.
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Nov 17, 2017 22:37:11 GMT -8
Nik chuckled as Orion leaned on him. "True, true." Should he keep this mood or..? Naaah.
"But I mean. For the record, living under a bridge with you would be way better than living under a bridge alone but I'd still rather not." He cracked a lopsided grin, but there was a touch of genuine concern to his voice. "In all seriousness, I hope we'll know it when we see it, but it's still worth actively weighing our options." Didn't wanna rely on fate to give them a sign that never came, after all.
"...You find any more that looked interesting in the listings, incidentally?" Yeah, yeah he knew but.. the intent was 'let's lower our expectations a little' not 'let's not bother' heh.
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Post by Orion Alim-Verdi on Nov 17, 2017 22:43:24 GMT -8
A small half-laugh half-sigh escaped from Orion. “I… may have started looking at buildings in general rather than just houses,” he explained flipping out his phone and pulling up a different listing section. There was an old bakery going out a business, a church up for redesign, and a movie theater? Heh, hardly homes but there was so little else on the market that wasn’t… cramped. “There are a lot of apartments too,” he added a bit after the fact. “We… might have to look outside of Alterna. Maybe Alto or …” He shrugged briefly. “Liggs even just to see.”
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Nov 17, 2017 22:53:27 GMT -8
Nik snorted as Orion showed the ideas. A-- a fucking theatre? That sounded hilarious and awful, why even. Ha. He guessed it was worth a look if Orion liked though.
"Would sooner go Caravella or even Faraday than Alto," he admitted. "Even if we got a place in town, the woods just make me anxious. Same issue with Aleal more or less. That much snow is too close to the bad parts of growing up and just.. ew." Not that Aleal was on the table, he was just briefly tangent venting.
"We can't do Liggs either, honestly," he admitted. "I'm too invested in the city rivalry to be a surface loser but I wouldn't dream of asking you to live somewhere with no sky. If we're getting close to that may as well stay on Sinclair to at least have windows still, right?"
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Post by Orion Alim-Verdi on Nov 17, 2017 23:14:20 GMT -8
“Do I need to go fight the woods again, babe?” Orion asked, his lips quirking a bit too much before relaxing again. “Faraday’s a little—“ Too close to Interpol among other things. Oh, the thought of living in Liggs underground was so no to Orion that his nose wrinkled just thinking about it. He needed the sky, the fresh air, the… yeah.
….Pffff, he guessed they could stay in Sinclair… But… mannnnn he … he really wanted a yard and a pool and ugh… Maybe the first car had something like it? He hadn’t actually ever checked cause… price lol but he guessed buying would be different from renting. Hhhhhhh… “You know I never realized how small Veria was until now…” Orion commented. “Era is… so vast… so many cities…” Or, at least it had them when he left… He actually hadn’t been keeping track much since Salem finally stopped texting him (and it turned out his worrries and paranoia were unfounded after all???) so…
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Nov 17, 2017 23:26:31 GMT -8
Mm? "Ah.. Yeah. Veria is like... only about the size of the East, huh?" With maybe less open space. Or maybe the north was closer populace wise despite having more land given so much of that land was just Articuno's shitting ground honestly, ha..
"So, no woods, no snow, no underground. I forget Carrefor exists, but I have a feeling downtown there would still feel too rural, ha." Nik hadn't spent much time there but it was just so... That heh.
"...Oh, I guess Pahala's not bad actually? A yard with grass might be harder to get but maybe we could do astroturf or rock lawn with some raised garden areas and then my jungle forest of props, heh. Not sure how the platforms work enough to know if a basement is likely or not but that's not a dealbreaker. And maybe a view of the ocean?" Nik... liked the beach, and Pahala wasn't beach territory really but still as far as wild terrains went, shorelines were kind of nice?
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Post by Orion Alim-Verdi on Nov 18, 2017 6:08:19 GMT -8
Man, he vaguely missed Era again? Not even for the war and conflict aspect but just in how many options there were to live and do stuff? That and he guessed since the war was ongoing everything was dirt cheap— HAH.
Orion stopped, however, as Nik mentioned Pahala. “Oh— huh…” They practically had water front property all the way around in Pahala. “Actually we… we can check that out?” Orion grinned a bit. “The view of the sea might be even better than the lake, and I know I’ve seen at least a few three story buildings if not ones with a basement exactly…” Maybe they could have a platform to themselves and then of course there were platforms all around so it technically would be segmented off but also close enough?
Flipping through his phone app and changing locations, Orion pulled up Pahala’s and started scrolling through it. “Oh… huh they do have this thing called a hanging floor?” he commented after about a minute of searching. “It’s below the platform itself but not technically underground and just supported by different beams…” Which… actually meant there was a high likelihood these were just for recreation and not storage and could have windows right?
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Nov 18, 2017 11:50:58 GMT -8
Nik thought it over, but found himself shuddering slightly. "N..nah, nah I think I'm good. Like... the appeal of a basement is me having somewhere small and super enclosed where I can hole up without you having to give up the open air. That hanging thing doesn't sound cozy, it sounds..." He laughed uneasily. "I'd be constantly expecting something to give out and the floor or the whole house just fall in the fuckin' sea." He laughed a little harder, but still uh... just nah.
"Good size place on the edge of town could be really nice though. Maybe closer to the shore so it's easy for you to hit the land or sea and easy for me to visit Sinclair when it comes through." He... doouubted he'd ever check out the ruins but like... maybe? Very very rarely if Orion wanted. "Depending what's available of course."
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