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oh, what answer interesting turn of events. well, he’s practically tickled pink at the fact that she even wants to know what he’d think. “do i fascinate you that much?” he purrs, the picture of quiet elation at the fact that zoey would even care to know.

he looks her over, like he’s trying to assess if she’s even worth the effort in the first place. he has high standards, you know. “well, i suppose it all looks the same from the back, doesn’t it? smash.”

he's dreaming, right ? he must be dreaming. he's gonna wake up any second now in his bed, painfully alone and -- no no, you know what ? he can check right now, pinches himself as though it might wake him up if he were sleeping !

but when her lips are still on his, when she pulls away looking as adorable as ever like she hadn't just kickstarted his heart with a kiss alone he realizes, in a moment of clarity, that it was real.

and he laughs, awkward and flustered and absolutely kicking himself for looking like such a dork in front of zoey. he's cool, he promises ! he's not some weirdo that doesn't know how to respond to a kiss, but . . . well, he's not exactly proving that point very well at the moment, is he ?

ㅤ

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤAND THE GROUND, WOULD TREMBLE ' NEATH HIM.

Limitations of the cities' bounds, are safest ; but still, here, there is no place he can hide so EASILY, his bulk nigh impossible for even foliage to disguise. But, the manner of hiding, could be staved off, for another hour.

The drop of something parchment - paper ? The smell of spices. Vexation colors his expression, as with CARE, he does turn. And there, he sees her. SMALL, as most humans were, in comparison.

it wasn’t unusual for rumi to crawl into bed with either mira or zoey when her attempt at sleep was met with twisting and turning or dwelling on every thought her brain produced. however, it seems to be happening more frequently these days. after everything that transpired recently it ignited her curiosity about her parents once more. what she knew about her mother is what celine had told her and what was public knowledge. but the topic of her father and her parents' relationship had always been shut down and she doubted celine would be inclined to speak about them now. celine hasn’t been speaking to her much these days and when she did it was cold. rumi thought she would come around and forgive her, but days turned into weeks and there was no progress on that front. it felt like her heart was shattering, she can’t lose the one person who is the closest thing to a mother she will ever have.

a head full of thoughts and a heavy heart is what leads her to zoey’s bed tonight. it was the middle of the night so she expected her to be asleep already. she climbed into the other woman’s bed and got comfortable beneath the blanket.

“can’t sleep?”

when he moves, it's with no sense of personal space ; a desire to be the center of attention, always. though, it's not just a desire - but a need. if he cannot have adoration, then any attention would do just fine, though he'd much prefer the latter.

@rapknives asked: she's smiling at him from across the room, lifting a hand to even wave at him when she catches him looking. -> unprompted

is he staring ? he might be staring. oh my god, he's starstruck. keep cool, dae-dae. it's fine. it's only zoey from, you know, HUNTR/X. it's fine, be cool, be cool. you're cool. she's just a regular person. with regular feelings. totally normal, you can be totally normal about this. c'mon, pull yourself together and . . .

did she just wave ?

oh god, did she just see him ? acknowledge him ?

THIS IS FINE, TOTALLY FINE !!

he's waving back, a small smile but god. is it hot in here ? it feels really hot in here and man, why is he so lightheaded all of a sudden and--

CRASH !!