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𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬. ([personal profile] scads) wrote2023-06-26 09:40 am

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Don't bother unless you have something important to say.

→ sms ← mms → voice ← video → action ← plans to end humanity → unreasonable tantrums regarding one's twin brother ←
notsonewbie: (That Look in your Eye)

[personal profile] notsonewbie 2024-02-15 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
[Though Meryl holds his gaze for the time being, there's no denying that a part of her wants desperately to tear away and stare at the floor. He may not be the most readable person, but she'd like to think she's started picking at some of his tells. Even if that weren't true, she feels like she's being laid bare the longer she sits beneath his gaze. There's a vulnerability that comes from honesty, and right now she wants nothing more than to hide.

The squeeze of her hands is reassuring, even when the beginning of his ramble doesn't. Their invaluable friendship felt like a way of emphasizing that they were just that. She wouldn't hate it, just being his friend, but that wouldn't mean she wasn't disappointed.

But he continues, teeth worrying his lip in a way she almost wants to scold him for. Don't hurt yourself, she nearly says, if there weren't more important things happening, things she doesn't want to interrupt.

She sits in silence with his final statement for a moment. There's no disappointment or frustration. It's a better answer than she could have expected. The question now becomes... what next. The last thing she wants is to speak in a way that might imply she was pressuring him. She had known, at least in the back of her mind, that he probably didn't have much experience in this regard.

In the end, she shifts enough so that she's sitting on her knees. It helps her push herself up that much higher, so that they're almost eye level. Yes, she has to take every inch she can get.]


We don't have to have an idea. We don't even have to be a "we." [Even if her brow does briefly pinch at that.] I... I mean I'm sure you've seen Night Sky and Livio around. I have experience with them but - Sometimes I still don't know what I'm doing.

But I do know I care about you, too. A lot. And even if that just means little nights like this, just spending time with each other. Or Drinking tea. Or anything! I would be happy. [Finally, her gaze drops, courage finally fading.] But I wouldn't mind... more, either. More like - before. With the masquerade.
notsonewbie: (But Nothing Could Ever Stop Us)

[personal profile] notsonewbie 2024-02-28 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[One day, Meryl may need to have a talk with Nai on his ability to withhold nicknames for some people and not others. The fact that Livio has thusfar avoided the teddy bear accusations, yet she's been labeled with little one will not sit well with her. Even if Nai isn't wrong.

But it's all a moot point, as she's far more distracted by the conversation at hand than attempting to read her... companion's? mind.]


They're both good people. Kind. And very different between the two of them. And from you. [So far, Meryl's type has been a scattershot. They've all also been things she's fallen accidentally into. Really, Nai is the only one she's actually danced around with any amount of deliberation.

Anything else she might have had to say is interrupted by the way the his fingers trace over her hands. Once again, she has to marvel at just how gentle he is. She no longer has to grapple with the man in front of her versus the one she remembers, but even still, he finds a way to take her by surprise.

... Like with that question, for example. She huffs once, turning her head briefly away as she tries to hide the way her face immediately burns an even brighter shade of red. She doesn't stay away long, though, not when the offer is enticing as it is. Eventually she turns back, though, eyes still wide and skin still warm, but a hopeful smile blooming all the same.]


I - would like that, actually. [Her chin tips upward, just a hint bolder than before.] Permission granted.
notsonewbie: (But Nothing Could Ever Stop Us)

[personal profile] notsonewbie 2024-03-06 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[In time, perhaps they'll cross that bridge and address the topic of possession. Certainly, Meryl is coming to see Nai as hers. Not entirely, as the last thing she would ever do is come between the bonds of brotherhood between himself and Vash. She might not know how deep those bonds go, but even still — never would she dare to usurp that position.]

I think I attract people that want to be good. That are willing to be, even. [It's an alteration that successfully includes Nai within the bunch. She's not going to forgive his past, solely because that isn't just her role, but she can acknowledge the steps he's taken forward.

She can also acknowledge that thinking about those things is about to be patently difficult for her, now that Nai is leaning in. There's a brief moment of panic, an instant where her eyes go wider as she both forgets and the simultaneously remembers what she's supposed to do next. She leans forward to meet him, eyes closing as she accepts each little peck.

Even if the smile that threatens to bloom over her lips comes dangerously close to disturbing them both.

To her credit, she doesn't immediately push for escalation. Right now she's content with lingering in the kiss. When she does move her lips, it's slow and careful. She doesn't know how much Nai has done this, if ever. Thus, a careful, educational approach seems best for her.

And maybe she just wants to take it one step at a time with him. Maybe she wants to figure out what she's supposed to do with her hands first. They can't just fretfully grab at her own shorts the entire time. Perhaps if she lifted them to lay against his chest?

Yeah, that should work. If he gets to enjoy the way her pulse jumps and jackhammers, she should get to do the same.]
notsonewbie: (But Nothing Could Ever Stop Us)

[personal profile] notsonewbie 2024-03-13 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
[The admission is all she needs. He wants to take the step forward, and so she'll be there to help him. She can't guarantee what that process will look like, and quite frankly? She doesn't care. There are slightly more pressing things to think about in this moment. Namely, ensuring that Nai believes he's at least good enough to be apart of her life.

First step? Sliding easily into his lap. She straddles his waist almost without hesitation, stumbling only slightly. It causes her to break from the kiss just for a second, a faint little laugh forming, expression both sheepish and heartbreakingly stricken.

She's wanted this for a long time. Under pressure, maybe she'd admit to dreaming of it, even.

Lucky for both of them, she returns to their kiss just as easily. This time, it's her teeth that drag over his lip, reciprocating the gesture before tracing her tongue over the same space. If she had to guess — and she has no reason not to believe it, thank you — she has just a bit more experience than him. Fumbling though she might be, she can at least show him some of the ropes.

She quickly grows unsatisfied by the hand against his chest. One can linger against the firm muscle, but the other slides back into near-white hair. She cards her fingers through it painfully gently, relishing the way it slides through her fingers in the same breath that she relishes the slide of their lips.]