#actuallyazriel

lskjdlfjsdf this made me absolutely cackle bc i'm also just imagining the sheer strength that would have to go into it to make sure it reaches the shore when they're so far out from it! satoru winding up like he's a baseball pitcher!!

it ends up having the exact opposite effect—you retreat from the shore because it's so annoying and you know he won't stop. that he'll probably just get worse. you return to the shore that night, climbing along the rock wall to get to the deeper part of the sea. satoru pops up, already complaining about how you ignored him.

you dump the pearls you've collected on his head.

he whines, shaking his head until they're all out of his hair, dropping into the water with little musical plops. you tell him not to do it again, but you know he's not really listening. he's too busy sulking.

suguru's laugh unveils him. he glides through the water to rest against the rock you're perched on, pillowing his chin on his arms. he hums. his smile is a fishhook, sharp and tempting.

he soothes your ruffled feathers with a few well-placed words. you grumble a bit, but settle in on the rock and talk with them late into the night.

you don't realize that neither of them apologize.

I hope it has a jacuzzi.

Sometimes you just gotta throw someone

she’s tiny and easy to yeet

“Look, I dressed up as you.”

You turned around at the sound of Spot’s voice, immediately stifling a snicker. “Seriously?” You asked, grinning. “You dress up as me and don’t even tell me? I would’ve dressed up as you!”

LORD NANAMI. he's everything a lord should be—incredibly proper, polite, and fastidious in what he does. he's a little taciturn, which sometimes puts him at odds with the ton. if he wasn't so polite, people would assume he was intentionally snubbing them.

he runs his estate with minimal effort unless more is needed—a bad season for his tenants, etc.—and is more likely to spend time in his country estate than the city. but even he can't afford to miss the season, whether he's looking to marry or not. he puts it off as long as possible.

satoru likes to annoy him. nanami can barely keep his temper in check, but a duke is a duke, and is afforded a certain amount of respect. sometimes suguru reins satoru in; sometimes he doesn't. it really depends on the day.

despite his brusqueness, he's still relatively popular with the mamas as a choice for a potential marriage. there are many worse choices than a handsome, stern man who can provide easily. add in the fact that he does have a good heart underneath all those blunt words and it makes him an excellent choice.

he doesn't bother to court anyone, though. it leaves him open to be chased by mamas, but he'd rather deal with that than courtship itself, where he'd be expected to actually marry at the end of it.

oh absolutely!! sulks when you kick him and demands you kiss it better (because that's a human custom, right? right?) as suguru doesn't bother to hide his laugh. probably even pulls you under the water as retaliation. which makes suguru coo over you all over again as you surface, sputtering loudly.

(they're delicate, satoru. be more careful, he scolds, wiping away a bit of seawater from your face. there's amusement tucked up in the corner of his mouth, and you don't think it's really a scolding at all.)