[ he doesn’t push it. it’s enough that he’s laid out his feelings plainly for hien to see. and if it ever happens in the future, then it’ll happen and hien will already know and they’ll be ok together. ideally. ]
Though… um… I have a request. Could you call me “Yuki” from now on?
but he glows like a lightbulb when hien (his!! boyfriend??) says his (hien’s!! boyfriend??) name for the first time. today has been the best day ever, maybe. memorable in the same way he’ll always remember the first day they met - and the way they met with hien dead on arrival. ]
Thanks for driving us! [ and for the date. and for saying yes to basically everything. wait - ] If I keep asking for things, are you going to keep saying yes?
[ Hien doesn't wave at other people, only yawning while covering his mouth with a hand. They arrive in front of their room and Hien unlocks the door. Home sweet home. Or room. They only ate lunch, but Hien feels like flopping on his bed.
[ true, he wouldn’t! he just grins at hien and doesn’t refute him. when his (!!) boyfriend (!!!) flops onto the bed, that leaves haiga to lock their door. ]
while hien sleeps, haiga makes an attempt at studying. what he actually does instead is think about hien, sneak glances at hien, and reread the same paragraphs a dozen times when he makes any headway at all before getting caught up in his own head again. truly his brain is only good at focusing on one thing.
it takes him until the last hour before dinner to settle into his reading. his phone lights up with a silent reminder: cafeteria closes in two hours. which gives him just enough time to wake hien. he does so with the required ritual offering: coffee and hien’s name called several times in a row. ]
[ The coffee's effectiveness seems to differ, but statistics say that he needs at least five cups to really get the day started. One? He can chug along until he starts rolling.
He stirs when he hears Haiga's voice, slowly blinking and yawning. ]
[ but that’s probably asking too much of a hien that’s just awoken. ugh ok… he leans down for the hug because he still wants it bad. he wonders how his bigger body feels to hien - if he’s comfortable, if haiga feels good to hold. because hien certainly does, even at this awkward angle. overly warm and malleable. sleep-soft and… ]
You smell good. [ like comfort, like a nap that’s been baked in dreams. his nose brushes the fine hair curled under hien’s ear. ] This angle’s pretty dangerous though.
[ Haiga feels like a big, firm teddy bear. He's warm and there's something comforting about hugging him like this. For a moment, it felt that Hien was about to drift off into dreamland again. Dangerous. ]
... Huh? Why is it dangerous? Are you gonna slip?
[ He nuzzles against Haiga's face when he feels the nose touch and with their hug, Hien shifts Haiga more onto him so that he doesn't "slip"! Wow. How thoughtful. ]
Because I like you and right now I'm on top of you.
[ damnit he likes it so much though. haiga allows himself one big teddy bear squeeze before he hauls hien up like a ragdoll, so they can hug in a more 'just bros, slightly homo' fashion. ]
[ Hien has never thought about being desired like that, so the admittance is surreal to him that it's still taking its time to sink in as he's being hauled up like a ragdoll. Longcat, nya. Hien reflexively wraps his arms around Haiga to give him a hug, nuzzling his head against his neck. He upgrades the hug to 'totally homo' level right away. ]
I don't wanna deal with carnal stuff after waking up...
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Date: 2026-02-06 10:25 pm (UTC)[ He'll get annoyed sometimes, but never upset. ]
And you know how I am.
[ "Chill senpai" or something. ]
I'm already comfortable around you.
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Date: 2026-02-07 02:27 am (UTC)[ he doesn’t push it. it’s enough that he’s laid out his feelings plainly for hien to see. and if it ever happens in the future, then it’ll happen and hien will already know and they’ll be ok together. ideally. ]
Though… um… I have a request. Could you call me “Yuki” from now on?
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Date: 2026-02-07 03:19 am (UTC)Sure. I'll do just that, Yuki.
[ Hien parks the car into the space well. Nothing out of alignment. He says that casually like he does with everything else. ]
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Date: 2026-02-07 05:42 am (UTC)but he glows like a lightbulb when hien (his!! boyfriend??) says his (hien’s!! boyfriend??) name for the first time. today has been the best day ever, maybe. memorable in the same way he’ll always remember the first day they met - and the way they met with hien dead on arrival. ]
Thanks for driving us! [ and for the date. and for saying yes to basically everything. wait - ] If I keep asking for things, are you going to keep saying yes?
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Date: 2026-02-07 02:41 pm (UTC)[ Though Haiga is likely to understand that Hien says yes to everything he asks for is because he probably doesn't mind. ]
Why? You got a big one to ask of me now?
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Date: 2026-02-07 09:19 pm (UTC)[ unbuckling his seatbelt to get out, though he does back in lean in to say: ]
I’ll ask when we’re inside.
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Date: 2026-02-08 02:24 am (UTC)... Alright. It's just anything that I can't do.
[ He unbuckles his own seat belt and gets out of the car. ]
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Date: 2026-02-08 03:14 am (UTC)[ as they walk together back to their room, everything’s like usual. haiga even nods or waves to some of the other students he knows. ]
If something’s too heavy for you to lift, I’m obviously ok with handling it.
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Date: 2026-02-08 04:13 am (UTC)[ Hien doesn't wave at other people, only yawning while covering his mouth with a hand. They arrive in front of their room and Hien unlocks the door. Home sweet home. Or room. They only ate lunch, but Hien feels like flopping on his bed.
He does that anyway. ]
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Date: 2026-02-08 05:21 am (UTC)[ true, he wouldn’t! he just grins at hien and doesn’t refute him. when his (!!) boyfriend (!!!) flops onto the bed, that leaves haiga to lock their door. ]
Gonna nap?
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Date: 2026-02-08 05:27 am (UTC)[ Hien turns his head to look at Haiga, watching him as he locks the door. ]
But you wanted to say something once we got to our room. What was it?
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Date: 2026-02-08 05:35 am (UTC)Yeah. Can we hug when you wake up? That’s it.
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Date: 2026-02-08 05:41 am (UTC)[ ... ]
That's it? You also know how I am when waking up, so good luck.
[ says the guy who needs to work harder in getting the heck up ]
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Date: 2026-02-08 05:51 am (UTC)How you are when you wake up is perfect.
[ and he means it. he stands and walks backwards toward his own bed. ]
Sleep well.
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Date: 2026-02-08 06:01 am (UTC)[ With that, he quickly falls asleep. If sleeping was an Olympic sport, Hien could be a serious contestant with how deeply he sleeps within a minute.
The nap ends up being 5 hours until it's dinner time. This guy could be a cat with a human body with how much he sleeps and eats in a day. ]
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Date: 2026-02-08 06:25 am (UTC)while hien sleeps, haiga makes an attempt at studying. what he actually does instead is think about hien, sneak glances at hien, and reread the same paragraphs a dozen times when he makes any headway at all before getting caught up in his own head again. truly his brain is only good at focusing on one thing.
it takes him until the last hour before dinner to settle into his reading. his phone lights up with a silent reminder: cafeteria closes in two hours. which gives him just enough time to wake hien. he does so with the required ritual offering: coffee and hien’s name called several times in a row. ]
Hien. Hieeen. Dinner time.
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Date: 2026-02-08 06:34 am (UTC)He stirs when he hears Haiga's voice, slowly blinking and yawning. ]
Mm... morning, Yuki.
[ It is most definitely not morning. ]
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Date: 2026-02-08 06:39 am (UTC)but aside from waking hien up, haiga’s also come to collect. ]
G’morning, Hien. [ it can be morning if that’s what hien wants. it can be anything. ] Arms out, please.
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Date: 2026-02-08 10:10 pm (UTC)Like this...?
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Date: 2026-02-08 11:01 pm (UTC)At least sit up -
[ but that’s probably asking too much of a hien that’s just awoken. ugh ok… he leans down for the hug because he still wants it bad. he wonders how his bigger body feels to hien - if he’s comfortable, if haiga feels good to hold. because hien certainly does, even at this awkward angle. overly warm and malleable. sleep-soft and… ]
You smell good. [ like comfort, like a nap that’s been baked in dreams. his nose brushes the fine hair curled under hien’s ear. ] This angle’s pretty dangerous though.
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Date: 2026-02-09 01:58 am (UTC)... Huh? Why is it dangerous? Are you gonna slip?
[ He nuzzles against Haiga's face when he feels the nose touch and with their hug, Hien shifts Haiga more onto him so that he doesn't "slip"! Wow. How thoughtful. ]
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Date: 2026-02-09 06:08 am (UTC)[ damnit he likes it so much though. haiga allows himself one big teddy bear squeeze before he hauls hien up like a ragdoll, so they can hug in a more 'just bros, slightly homo' fashion. ]
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Date: 2026-02-10 08:41 pm (UTC)I don't wanna deal with carnal stuff after waking up...
[ He whines. ]
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Date: 2026-02-10 09:49 pm (UTC)Then don’t jump to carnal stuff. I’m not ready to talk about logistics or anything like that.
[ and trust that haiga wants to talk about all that and more - eventually. he’s just someone who needs to talk things out. ]
We don’t have time anyway.
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Date: 2026-02-11 01:12 am (UTC)[ Hien huffs a bit and yawns again. ]
No time... because of dinner? Let's go.
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