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❝ Oh don’t get me started… ❞ The archer mused as he pressed his fingers to his chin in thought. ❝ I might add that some of the worst I’ve heard was from my time in the army… So many soldiers recollecting on how having children will save their relationship or how they don’t want to try anymore since falling out of love and being away for so long or to just leave the past behind you… ❞ Leon closed his eyes before pursing his lips.

❝ Ah, but what do a couple of lovesick soldiers know about romance anyhow? What is the occasion, Alm? Have you fallen for someone at last? ❞  

“...” The answer leaves him reeling, if anything. Of all the things he had expected to hear, it had been something silly, like anything that came out of Gray’s mouth. Just a topic opener, really. And yet... “That’s... pretty bad. The bad kind of bad, you know? It’s not even funny, it’s just sad.”

But of course the guy has to then turn this around on him. Oh. Well. Funny, that. “Uh. I mean, I’ve kind of been in love for a while, maybe? I just wanted to hear if you had heard something ridiculous — like ‘throw flowers at them until they like you’ or something. ... You know?” 

“Brother ...”

Veronica’s voice trailed off. It felt like ages since she’d last seen him. So awed by his presence, she sheds her cold demeanor and hugs him. She ignored the silly costume he was wearing. All that mattered was that they were reunited, and she had so many things she’d wanted to tell him.

They ramble, and ramble, and ramble. Kamui spent more time deciphering Odin’s oddly assembled vocabulary than actually following its. . vague coherency. But he tries, no less! With brows pressed in concentration, ears attentive, his upper body leaned forward in full readiness. A conversation so lighthearted that Kamui looked deathly serious to a jocular degree.  ` I . . see. ’  He spoke from his heart a little too well, confused, and he’s starkly aware of how rude he may come across, so he speaks again with more amiability.  

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Conrad holds the other close to him as the two of them swayed back and forth. The prince couldn’t stop smiling, and for once felt like he didn’t need his mask. That he didn’t need it to spend time with Leon like this.

{CONRAD} ---- “I would love to, Leon. I’m sure we’ll have many more gatherings like this one, and I wish to go to every one with you. I really do love being with you.”

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{CONRAD} ---- “Leon...”

A smile crosses the prince’s face, and he pulls the other close. Arms are wrapped around Leon and Conrad lays his head on top of the other’s, a content sigh leaving him as he did so.

{CONRAD} ---- “And I like it too. It doesn’t feel so lonely like this.”

He buries his face against the other’s hair, closing his eyes as he did so. It was comforting to be able to hold onto the other like this. To be able to just cuddle him without anyone around or any interruptions.