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☆ caught in the rain meme ☆ little steps meme ☆ affectionate physical contact meme ☆ picture prompt also acceptable but link them so it's tidy ☆ AU ideas: soulmates AU, reincarnation AU, Bad End AU, canon divergent/roleswap AU, dorky college AU, crossover AU, super indulgent high fantasy AU ☆ melodrama is ultimate tier ★ SHIPPING AND FUCC: ☆ non-fluffy relationship types I'm down for: codependent, master/servant power imbalance type ships, "we're bad for each other but worse for anyone else," other things I am failing to think of tbh ☆ things I am not into: noncon (includes "dubcon"), incest, tsundere shit if your tsundere is just verbally abusive, gratuitous torture porn, you'll probably have to ask me about harder kinks and they will vary by character ☆ I don't have a kink list so pitch me an idea if u thirsty ☆ if you would prefer a locked post I can also make that happen

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[ilves]

[In what world is shopping a fun thing to do? Even if Emil is involved, it still seems... dumb. A waste of both time and money, which is why Lalli puffs out a breath. Boy! He was being serious, because he maybe-kind-of cares about Emil's dumb opinion.]

Shopping, [Lalli repeats, voice flat as he looks back over at Emil.] Hmm. For a heater.

[A... joke? Even though he definitely does not look like he's joking.]

[illequipped]

[Wow, Emil is very serious about shopping and the tragic lack of good shopping around here, thanks. He shrugs, making a face like, look, he can't help it— he has only so many brilliant ideas and he spent all of them on lunch.]

A— hmm. [A heater... please. Okay, he cracks a smile, for sure? But please.] A heater, yes. One I can carry.

[ilves]

[Thanks for appreciating his hilarious sense of humor, Emil. That's how Lalli knows this friendship is real, because ah, even the tiniest smile is... well, it's nice! It's good! Lalli is pleased that he caused that, which is why he straightens up the slightest bit as he soaks it in. This boy...]

Mm. And a hat, too.

[Because it's cold, and don't normal people lose most of their heat via their heads? Or something like that? Lalli doesn't know, really—like, what is an education—but that's what he's going with as he reaches out to idly smooth down a few flyaway strands of hair. If his hand is extraordinarily cold when it just barely grazes Emil's forehead, uh... sorry. But not really.]

[illequipped]

I look terrible in hats.

[He doesn't, of course, he always looks great, but his hair suffers for it. Hat hair? The dumb way his hair sticks out from under a winter cap, if he has to wear one? Terrible. Maybe he'll consider earmuffs.

Still, ah— jesus, that hand is cold. Emil likes Lalli, and spending time with Lalli, and if anything thinks Lalli's, uh, metal bits are pretty cool and interesting - but that doesn't mean he enjoys incredibly cold hands. Damn!!

He makes a face, is the point. For a few seconds, then takes hold of Lalli's very cold wrist with his very warm gloved hand and squishes it against his coat. Hmm. It's so his head doesn't get poked with icicle fingers again, honest.]

...You're cold, [is his lame explanation for this weird thing he's doing. Shh.]

[ilves]

[The face Emil makes is one thing, but Emil up and grabbing his wrist like this is—well, did he do something wrong? Was reaching for Emil's hair going a step too far? Lalli normally doesn't care what people think, doesn't care if he makes any sort of social faux pas, and yet the idea of making Emil smile only to, like, immediately ruin it is... mmph. Unpleasant, to say the least. Awkward, even when Emil winds up... bringing his hand closer to him instead of shoving it away entirely. Because he's cold, apparently.

Well, what is there to say about that, other than a very eloquent:]

...Aha.

[Of course he's cold? He's always cold. Being cold is his lot in life, which is why the only thing he can think to do at this point in time is, like, twist slightly closer, just to make his hand's new position a bit easier on himself as he a) adjusts to touching Emil with both hands and b) tries to think of what to say. It's obvious why his hands are cold; he doesn't feel the need to, um, apologize for it, so. Time to go for the obvious choice.]

I am. You're... warm. [Compared to him, anyway, which is why he feels the need to amend that with a quick:] Warmer.

[They are doing so great.]

[illequipped]

[Look, just accept awkward bumbling as part of Emil's whole existence as a person, because that's not going away anytime soon. He hesitates - should he apologize? Was this an insensitive thing to bring up? They both know why he's cold... nnnnh!!! It's too difficult; Emil's thought process swings the other way, say something nice, and then without actually pausing to consider his words he overcompensates—]

You can warm up with me whenever you want. [....hmm...] Uhhhhh, I mean, hmm...

Just not on my face?

[He needs that part of him to stay unmarred by the terrors of frostbite, specifically. Anyway, this clarification doesn't make what he said any less strange, so. Hmm.]

[ilves]

[...Hmm, indeed. On the one hand, it's surprising(ly nice) to hear an open invitation for this sort of closeness; on the other hand, what... a stupid way to actually say it. It's not as if he was trying to warm his hand on Emil's face in the first place! Duh!

Or: Literal Lalli strikes again, partly because he's dumb, but mostly because... he, too, is awkward. It's why Emil is soon on the receiving end of a bemused Look.]

I won't. Your face isn't warm.

[It's currently, like, the coldest part of him? Dummy. But while Lalli could point this out—while stupid is right there on the tip of his tongue—he settles for lightly pressing his trapped against Emil's chest, like he's proving some sort of point.]

It's... okay. Like this.

[It could be better, that's for sure; like, this twisted position he's currently in isn't the best, but fixing that while ensuring his hand stays right where it is requires a... shift! Moving from close to closer. Aha. Something to consider next time, he supposes, because considering it now is... well...]