#jigen daisuke

Jigen sitting back in a chair.. he's still fully dressed.. and he just tells Vera that it is 100% okay for her to touch him. Touch him however she wants. He's not gonna do anything.. he's just gonna let her feel him. undress him if she wants. He's being patient with her. this is a way to really ease her into things.. let her go at her own pace, so he isn't unintentionally "rushing" her.. She can stop at any point, at any time. Her choosing, her call to make.

..He's just sitting there.. watching her as she looks at him.. at his body.. his clothes.. doing what he said was okay.. and he's just getting lost in his own thoughts for a moment.. observing her own form.. her face.. her outfit.. thinking how he'd love to do the same to her.. more than just his hands.. letting his thoughts run a little wild.. yet having to snap himself back, bite it back.. he doesn't want to rile himself up.. he wants Vera to do that.. and she's doing a pretty swell job thus far..

She's left his hat alone.. for now. undoing his tie.. she's so slow.. nervous.. fingers fumbling, a slight shake in her touch as she opens his shirt little by little.. he can see her nibbling on her lip, not in anticipation, not in arousal, but anxiously, uncertain.. She's glanced up at him a few times, he's responded with little reassurances.. encouraging her to continue.. her hands hesitate.. but slip inside his shirt and feel at him.. combing through his chest hair, brushing along any scars he has.. she opens the shirt fully, freeing it from where it was tucked in.. She's dipped her attention lower.. and he does, too, curious what she'll do.. will she go for it? He wonders to himself.. Her hands continue to feel at him, exploring.. one comes up to cup so delicately at his neck.. the other caresses just below he pec to feel his heartbeat.

He'd love nothing more than to kiss her now.. eying her mouth for a moment, then her eyes.. she's hesitating again.

She leans up and takes his hat off.. and she gets a good look at him.. He's so handsome.. combing a hand so tenderly in his hair to fix any strands that fell out of place when she removed his hat. It's a shame to hide such a face.. such pretty eyes..

She humors the idea for a moment to wear his hat herself, but decides, instead, to place it down to the side. Keep it somewhere safe and out of the way.. as she dips back down his body.

She's been crouched between his legs for a while now.. and only now decides to take the risk of climbing up onto his lap. Sure it doesn't give her easier access to his belt.. but.. it does give her easier access to his face overall. She's so red in the face now, bringing her shaky hands up to hold his face, fingers curving around the shells of his ears, thumbs brushing his cheeks and sideburns.. He smiles at her.. and it makes her heart do somersaults. She can't help but swallow thickly and lean down.. she wants to kiss him, too.

As they kiss, she eventually moves her hands down to take his wrists and bring his hands up to her hips.. like a silent invitation of her own as the kiss breaks.. reaching back up she bends a little and carefully tilts his head-- eliciting a noise from him, "Oh?" followed by a throaty hum she could feel reverberate in her palm.. and soon her lips, too, as she place an experimental kiss on his neck.. She's always wanted to do this to a man.. whoever her future partner would be.. and now she finally has that.. right here.

Jigen simply enjoys this, letting her experiment little by little, chuckling slightly as she suddenly nuzzled his throat.. his hands growing restless.. sliding one ever so slowly down to her thigh.. the other hesitantly lifting and rising up to where she had hers on him just before, just below the breast.. to feel her heartbeat, but going no further than that. The act eliciting his own noise from her, he looks away when she pulls back to look at him.. his hand remains on her chest.

And Paprika ran off. 1 down, 1 more to go.. and Dang it. it's the samurai. Paprika's got their work cut out for them.

Thus.. leaving Jigen and Vera trapped. inside that closet.. cramped.. and dark. Probably one of the handful of times that have been so close to one another. Jigen has definitely trying to kick the door, considers shooting it, but reconsiders that immediately cuz it's a small room and Vera is there.. too loud. and probably wouldn't work anyway, given there's no lock mechanism on the inside. He just curses to himself, under his breath, about the situation they're in now. Lupin's gonna have a field day laughing about this when he finds out. and it's not an 'if' at all.

Vera's just standing in there confused and mildly panicking. "We're locked in?? ..Is there at least a light switch or something?? I can't see a thing." Not that she feels like she wants to.. given who she's stuck with.

She fumbles with grabbing her phone, but Jigen is, of course, quicker with the draw and pulls out his lighter. It's not much, but it does the job to light up the small space. Giving the both of them the full picture of just how cramped this room is, and how close they are.

"..Thank you."

"Don't mention it. Looks like we're stuck in here."

"Yep.."

"..Great. Just great."

Jigen leans back against the door as Vera leans back toward the wall parallel to him.

"..Sorry if I ruined your escape for making you stop.."

"..You're kidding, right? What have you got to apologize for? I was the one that stopped and pushed ya in here."

"..I mean.. True, but.. Maybe we're both at fault for this."

"..Mm. Maybe so."

Silence settles, yet the ruckus outside went on.

Jigen looks to the lighter, thinking how a cig would be nice.. but he can't have one now. Not in here, not with her.

Vera braves a glance at him.. the light of the flame had a nice warm effect on his features, lighting up the shadow that his hat presented over his face, giving her a better look at him.. Dang. She's got it bad. Feeling her chest knot and her breathing strain.. She looks away just as she noticed him shift. Biting at her lip as she looks around the small room.. anywhere but at him.

She resorts to a nervous habit, playing with the ends of her hair, twirling it around her fingers a little.

The room started to feel a little warmer.. and it wasn't because of the lighter.

Jigen definitely took notice of her, too…… and closed the lighter.

Vera squeaked, "..Why'd you turn it off??"

"Can't waste the oil in it. Gotta have some left over for a cig once we're out of this."

"..Ah."

"Why? You hate the dark or something?"

"..Kinda."

"Heh." cute. "At your age?"

"..I got a lot of weird fears, okay..!" She felt a little defensive and embarrassed now..

"You don't have to worry. There isn't anything in here except us." he stood from the wall then, "I'm not gonna hurt you." he reassures.

"..I know that.." Well.. it was relieving to know for certain. "..What do we do now?"

"..I dunno. You could call for help. You got a phone with ya, right?"

"So could you. I know you've got one, too." there was no malice in her tone, trying to sound lighthearted.

"Touche." He had a smile to his voice, a huffed laugh. "Well.. If neither of us can get a contact, then I guess we oughta find some other way to entertain ourselves until that cop comes back to free us."

"..I guess so…. but how do we do that?"

A terrible thought entered his mind as he remembered how she looked just a moment ago in the light, but he shook his head to chase it away. No.. no. He can't let Lupin rub off on him like that.

"..Mm, no idea."

Well, that didn't sound very convincing.

Vera tried to remember how Jigen was standing as she adjusted herself against the wall, trying to get more comfortable. Kicking her legs out a little on either side of him in the small space. The action catching his attention.

"What are you doing?"

"Trying to get comfortable.. Standing too long hurts after a bit."

"I see." ..Thoughts. Go away.

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Not entirely sure about this tacked on stuff, BUT:

….Vera suggesting they watch videos on her phone or something to pass the time.. but that requires Jigen to sit closer..

Or something. idk. SOMETHING HAPPENS OKAY. AND THEN THEY'RE LIKE.. SHARING SOME ODD INTIMATE MOMENT OKAY. A quiet moment…. in that closet….. it doesn't turn into anything crazy, cuz they both would rather have that happen in a more respectful way than this..

But maybe a little… kiss… and hold…. wouldn't hurt…….. neither can see the other… the light is gone… it's dark enough….. so surely… that's okay… right?

They def had a first kiss in there

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Paprika eventually returns with Zenigata and opens up the broom closet, completely unaware of Vera having been in there as well-- showing Zenigata proudly that they captured Jigen-- and then Vera runs out and away.