#barking!!!

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Goldenrod - i really wanna sit next to you and watch a sunset/sunrise. or maybe just look at you. Mahogany - let's go on a late night drive together and listen to one of your playlists. Pink - biting you biting you biting you biting you licking you biting you biting you Green - wanna go touch grass with me?

WAAA,,, THANK YOU ;;;;;;; yes to all of this ♥♥♥

it's at the tail - end of satoshi's visit. because of course it is. because these kinds if things only happen as one party is turning their back. probably. that's the pattern he's dealing with. except, alright, sort of.

see, here's how it goes —

the champion had checked in to see how hau's revovery was going, & discuss any general thoughts he might've had in regards to their upcoming trip — where to first, following a path or just ping - ponging where curiosity leads, any points of interest hau simply needs to see.

conversation strayed every now & then, as is wont to do, but it was productive enough. & lasted long enough satoshi actually needed to cut it short mid - topic lest he be late to dinner. he would've accepted the offer to have it with hau's family, but — he promised burnet he would help.

an apologetic shrug as he heads towards the door, goodbyes said as hau follows to it, an agreement to see each other again sometime later ...

& there's a sudden, rather last - second call of his name just as satoshi has a hand on the handle, & he turns around only to —

& here they are now.

& satoshi's mind has gone in one second from entirely blanking to going into hyperdrive, mental gears whirring like he's been thrust into the middle of battle.

hau. kissing him. why does that evoke déjà vu ?? doesn't matter. ( a cog somewhere notes into awareness with amusement that hau seems to have floated up for this, legs a bit of a state at the moment ) . had this been coming ?? also doesn't matter, not right now, at least. does he mind ?? there's a question. he's never given his friendship with hau too much thought, so he doesn't really know how he feels. there's too much to unpack, especially with this thrown into the mix. he'll have time to think later. what about right now ?? not what he feels — what he is feeling.

hm.

he doesn't mind.

& satoshi's mind slows down, returns him to real - time speed, & he relaxes into it, eyelids shutting for just a moment. tilts his head just a fraction enough that tells the other he's not exactly pushing them away.

but he does lean away first, or turn, rather, hand still on that handle. same apologetic smile.

❛ i really gotta run. ❜

& he does, mind immediately & easily switching back to thoughts of dinner & the professors' cooking.

they'll probably have to talk about that at some point. he'll probably have to figure out what that meant, exactly. unpack the too much. but, then again, satoshi's always been good at ignoring the donfan in the room, & there's no saying that had to be anything.

— okay, so this sort of thing has never happened right before going on a long trip with the other party.

so he's out of his depth, here.