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How easily pleased Kosei seemed to be with that openness. Enzo made a mental note to do better with it. Be better. He’d never wanted to be better because of someone else before. Only himself. Kosei really had become something special hadn't he? Or was that always the case?[break][break]

His eyes fell shut for a brief moment, soaking in the feeling of fingers sliding over his face to brush away stray hair. The simple domesticity of it made something in his heart shudder, though not in a terrible way. “Of course you do, you’re a big softie.” he murmured, smiling with his eyes still closed. There was no backing out now, on the cusp of sharing everything he’d kept locked away for no one to know. There was no remorse. Maybe a little trepidation, but it was disguised well.[break][break]

“I always said Sootopolis, but that was just where I landed. I’m from Paldea.” He puffed out a breath. “I never really considered it running from something so much as running toward something. You’re not the only one with family baggage, you know.” The words were teasing in their inflection, and he reached out to poke his nose afterward.[break][break]

“I wanted things for myself. I was tired of being the one depended on. I wanted more, and I wanted the space to do that without being followed by even one sibling or tie. And I didn’t want anyone to know and then chastise me for leaving.” He cracked a tired grin, with a scoff of dry laughter.[break][break]

“It was selfish, and many might call it cruel to leave my siblings in a situation they couldn’t control, but when you’re desperate, tunnel vision becomes much easier to embrace.” And like a child, he hadn’t wanted to be reprimanded. Because he had still been a child, more or less. A tired, fed up kid with ideas bigger than his life had ever been able to provide.

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Tenderness was a new commodity. Enzo had never considered himself the tender sort. Or Kosei, for that matter, though he supposed there was always a certain soft something to Kosei that he’d steered clear of in the past. Because of what it would mean. Because what it would do. And now here they were regardless, trying to navigate those same uncharted waters.[break][break]

It was difficult, trying to understand where the change had come from, and why it was suddenly so important. No matter what he’d felt over the last several years, it had never mattered. He’d always kept this part of himself locked tight. And now it was pushing at his edges, eager to tumble loose like a dam cracking at its pressure point.[break][break]

He decided it was simply Kosei’s fault. Just for existing. For coming back. Even more baffling—that he was glad for it.[break][break]

“I didn’t want the name anymore. And, you know, I didn’t want to be found. Tracked down to where I’d run off to.” He’d managed to hop from one region to another so why stop there? “I’m not even from Hoenn. Though it never really stopped me from being a street rat.” No, that had been an unshakable part of him. Even now, under all of the designer suits and tailored charm, he was still a grimy little mouse better fit for a gutter.[break][break]

He turned, sighing as Kosei deflected the offer. “Stop that,” he said simply, giving him a lopsided smile. “I know you want to know, and it’s only fair.” It didn’t seem right for them to be…whatever it was they were and not be open about who he was. “If anyone’s going to know I’d prefer it was you.” He sounded so formal about it, didn’t he?[break][break]

He flopped backward again, rolling onto his side so that he could cushion his head with his arm. Then, he patted the space next to him in a quiet request for Kosei to follow. “I want you to know, alright? I trust you with this.” Now he felt entirely too sentimental once again, just as he’d been in the brewery. Enzo groaned. “Now, just ask me a stupid question already so that I don’t turn sappy again.”

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His head tipped back as he barked out a laugh. “No, I would never dream of being your boss. Not at all. But yes, you’re done.” Nope, he was definitely not dealing with some sort of hospital visit because the little mutt couldn’t stop when it was good for him. On his first night out drinking at that.[break][break]

Enzo couldn’t help but smile, though. Chin propped in his hand as he watched Kosei. “Cute though, you think you can handle it. Bit of a drunk brat, aren’t you?” Almost sort of unexpected coming from someone as serious and uptight as Kosei. So is that what existed under all of that rigid order?[break][break]

Apparently he wasn’t anywhere near done, though. At least in terms of being stubborn and contrarian. He let out a scoff, “No, idiot. It’s because drinking makes you warm. Why - do you want to?” A snicker followed his words. “Should probably head back to the room for that. How forward.” The part about being a perv was completely hopped over, because Enzo knew that he wasn’t looking to pull any sort of move on Kosei.[break][break]

At least not openly, anyway. And likely not now, given the situation. But a was a wink too much to top his teasing off with?

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POSTED ON Feb 27, 2023 19:59:31 GMT

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A sigh slipped free as he turned, spying a familiar shade of bright blue. “Mint,” he replied curtly before excusing himself from his staff to make his way over to the pipsqueak. Beast, he reminded himself. Mint was now a beast among the organization now.[break][break]

His head tilted as he looked down at the other, a smile slipping across his face as his eyes crinkled at the corners. “Oh? Are you actually going to be checking in for a stay this time, Mr. Frost?” A little pettiness in his tone, sure, but it still carried his typical degree of customer service.[break][break]

“No loitering this time? I’m surprised.” Mint was always lingering in different parts of the hotel, taking selfies and testing the lighting, as he put it. In spite of himself, Enzo softened slightly–relenting.[break][break]

“Oh, is that why you’ve come today? I suppose I have the time, yes.”

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POSTED ON Feb 17, 2023 20:50:55 GMT

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[attr="id","moonpost"]How exhausting it must have been to be so constantly concerned with how their superiors would appraise him. Enzo knew he was a difficult test, even when he wasn’t trying. Not that he cared whether he was a test for the other or not. That wasn’t his fault. He was existing as he pleased to–it wasn’t as though he’d signed himself up to be a measurement tool for the other’s restraint.[break][break]

Enzo sighed again, head rolling back to stare at the ceiling as Kosei went on–clearly pushed to snapping a bit. Woe is me, I’m scrutinized, but no one gets it. No one gets me. It still all boiled down to that, didn’t it. Known to such a great extent, but not really known. “You think too much, your thoughts are noisy and oppressive. Does it really matter? You’re not going to do anything about it, so you’ll continue to be held up and micro-managed.” If he were to buck the reins, he still might be, but at least it wouldn’t be boring. At least he’d be experiencing the world to some extent. It was a bit sad, really.[break][break]

But it seemed that they were going to be at odds in this no matter the back and forth. His head lolled to the side, observing him mutely as he downed more from the bottle.[break][break]

‘Happy?’[break][break]

At the foot of the bed, he rolled to his knees on the mattress. He scooted his way closer on his knees until he was practically hovering over Kosei. He snatched the bottle out his head and sat back to take another pull before setting it on the nightstand. A brown lifted as he craned over Kosei again. Eyes narrowing to a thin, amethyst glimmer. Daring. “Not at all.”[break][break]

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POSTED ON Feb 17, 2023 5:38:49 GMT

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Watching Kosei insist that he could handle his liquor while absolutely proving the opposite was nothing short of delightful. Okay, maybe it would be considered a little mean to keep goading him, but really it didn’t take much prodding. There was obviously something buried deep down inside of him that craved the need to relinquish control. Enzo, in his mind, was no more than a conduit to this potential.[break][break]

A short bark of laughter followed the complaint. He flopped back against the booth seat lazily, still nursing one of his own drinks. “Honestly, after the first couple…I didn’t have to do much convincing, Kos.” Huh. That was a new nickname. He didn’t recall using it before. He must’ve been feeling his own drinks to some extent too. Granted he’d paced himself much more consistently.[break][break]

“I think you’re having a great time. Ready to call it quits, though? I’m not even sure you can stay upright.” Yeah, the point was to get the other proper smashed. He wasn’t about to subject him to alcohol poisoning his first night cutting loose, though.[break][break]

“I’m appalled and shocked to have to say it, but I actually think you might’ve had enough for tonight.” He reached across the table and patted one ruddy cheek shortly. Pat pat His skin was hot under Enzo’s palm. “Also sort of amazed you haven’t started peeling layers off yet,” he added with a smug little snicker.

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POSTED ON Feb 14, 2023 20:54:32 GMT

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He wasn’t sure what Kosei imagined his old life might’ve been like. Or where he’d come from. If he even wondered at all in the first place. The moment suddenly felt stilted and awkward, but it felt like it was on his own end rather than Kosei’s, even as he saw color flare in the other’s face. He was too eager to get out of there to dwell on it for long, though.[break][break]

Of course, Kosei Hadn't been expecting it. He didn’t fault him for that. It was information Enzo had never gone out of his way to share. Or acknowledge. “Believe it or not, I was.”[break][break]

With a sigh he pushed himself up to sitting. He waited for Kosei to sit before shifting toward him. His fingers drifted against the nape of his neck, brushing his tangled hair to the side so that he could plant a short lived, but affectionate kiss there. Then without any more fanfare he began to work the tangled up tie loose. “I’m always telling you, you tie these too tight,” he chided with another quiet sigh. Indicative that his heart wasn’t really in it to scold him.[break][break]

It was no more than a distraction, anyway.[break][break]

There was almost an added sense of nostalgia as he worked out the tangles of Kosei’s hair with his fingers. Deft and practiced because he’d done the same for his own hair so often when he was younger. For a moment, he let the quiet eat them up, before the tentative question cut through. He didn’t pause, only continued combing through his hair. “I don’t know what came over me, honestly.”[break][break]

Another pause, as any lingering tension began to ease off of his shoulders. “Luca Serrano.” The name fell out clumsy and clunky, unpracticed on his tongue. It had been so long, he’d forgotten how the words even felt in his mouth. “That’s…well, it’s not my name now. But it was the one I was given.” Obviously he’d pulled de Luca from somewhere. Not initially very inventive as a young teenager.[break][break]

“How much would you like to know?” He didn’t ask if, because he figured it was a given. But also because a small part of him almost feared a potential rejection.

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POSTED ON Feb 14, 2023 18:12:13 GMT

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It wasn’t an infrequent occurrence for Enzo to wonder if Kosei was rankled by how little he knew of his past. How infrequently Enzo budged on the subject. But that had been the case for everyone. It wasn’t as if he’d had exceptions, and Kosei had never been a part. Still, it had started to turn from a passing thought to a consistent worry. Would he eventually come to distrust him, or resent him for it? It had been easy to remake himself as he’d seen fit. As far as most were aware, he didn’t have a prior life to remake. He’d always been in Sootopolis, then Mossdeep. Kosei was probably the only one who even knew there was more to it.[break][break]

He handled the slip with less grace, mouth clamping shut as his stare drifted awkwardly to the side. He hadn’t meant for the remark to fall out, and yet it had. He didn’t intend to answer further, and yet at the tiniest nudge, he did.[break][break]

“Like me…?” His head tilted and he let out a sputtering laugh. “Well we all shared a mother. A few, our father, but yeah, I’d consider that like me. Latchkey kids.” Poor, unmanaged. Left to run through Paldean streets at will and leisure. It felt weird to talk about. He’d never felt guilty for leaving and choosing himself. Or at least he would claim he didn’t.[break][break]

There were moments. Ones where he wondered if he was resented by his fellow older siblings for more or less dumping everything on them. Ones where it was a hair more difficult to insist he’d washed his hands of the whole thing. Siblings, half-siblings. It hadn’t mattered, he’d left them all behind. It had been too much, and he’d been wistful—no, greedy, for more. It felt strange to be clarifying that, though.[break][break]

He welcomed the last of his drink then, knocking it back in near-sync with Kosei. He let out an amused huff, shrugging. “I’ve lost the train of thought.” A wry grin betrayed the fact that he really had not.[break][break]

But his mind had started to drift elsewhere by that point. Not out of a lack of interest, but because of the vulnerability he suddenly felt. Enzo wasn’t accustomed to feeling so open and exposed. It was…almost sort of an itchy feeling. Unsuited. Not that he explained it as the actual reason why he wanted to leave. For the duration of their departure, and the short walk back to the place they’d checked into earlier, he was happy to let Kosei assume there was actual ulterior motive.[break][break]

Though once they were within the privacy of the cabin (much more rustic than his typical aesthetic,) he didn’t scramble to start unraveling the other. Instead, he flopped back against the stuffy bed with a long sigh and stared up at the ceiling as he aimlessly tried to kick off each of his shoes with the opposite foot. “I didn’t want to say more while we were…there. But I’ll have you know I was enjoying the conversation itself.”[break][break]

A roundabout way of admitting that he liked opening up, but it was what it was.

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“Well, when you grow up one of the oldest of a literal swarm of kids, you get used to being a pseudo-parent,” he rattled off before stopping abruptly and looking at Kosei with a degree of surprise at himself. “Ah.” When was the last time he’d drudged up his childhood? Spoken it aloud, or even thought about who he’d once been? Years, decades. Miu had always pulled that older self up to the front. Naturally, without thought. And now, Kosei was somehow doing the same.[break][break]

Luca. The brother. The provider. The caregiver. Until he suddenly wasn’t.[break][break]

He blinked, head tilting. “Of course I am, I’ve never made any effort to deny that.” He shrugged. Enzo knew that his carefully held formalities were no more than a front, an opportunity to play wolf in sheep’s clothing. Always at home in his own skin. Of course, unless, that skin was the one he’d worn before Hoenn. Before Rocket, before Kosei.[break][break]

He cracked a grin— “I take offense, though. I’m not a bit dumb.” Perhaps dumb, though, for trying to deny what had always existed underneath the surface when it came to them. The one chief regret he held. The only one, really. Though, even back then, he’d never wanted Kosei to leave. The hard way of learning it wasn’t always possible to have his cake and eat it too.[break][break]

But he was learning. It was okay to be comfortable in this unique way around the other. If only because it was Kosei.[break][break]

A stupid smile stretched across his face, knowing in the way he eyed the other’s eye roll. “Always such a sap. Fine then, I won’t.” A hidden, internalized part of him sighed in relief. It was nice, being able to unwind this side of him after so long. Something he hadn’t realized he needed. “Obviously. Who else?” A breath of laughter followed and then he was rolling his eyes, good-natured.[break][break]

“Actually,” he said after a beat, “do you want to head back?” To their rented cabin, that was. Despite the sudden admissions, there was a prickle of self-consciousness that instinctively followed. Not because of Kosei, but because of how public they were. Suddenly faced with the desire to spill these tucked away parts of himself, the less he wanted to spend another minute in this brewery.[break][break]

There was every likelihood that Kosei might assume he wanted to leave for other reasons, and sure, he would welcome that. But he wanted the privacy to continue talking, and it was absolutely ridiculous. Preposterous. What a soft and vulnerable creature Kosei had somehow made of him by wiggling past his guards and carefully tailored charm. It was foreign, and sort of uncomfortable.[break][break]

But also weirdly exhilarating.

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Enzo stretched, all lazy, tired limbs. “Still better than nothing at all,” he replied with a soft scoff of amusement. “Think I can survive a cotton blend.” Shivers did, in fact, follow in the wake of Kosei’s hands—a comfortable sort of ripple effect under his skin. He wasn’t sure the last time he’d felt content to this degree. Perhaps it was there that first night, but without the risk of interruption that languid warmth was permitted to remain. Curled and solid in the center of his chest like a meowth napping in the sunlight.[break][break]

His own hand drifted to lazily comb through long strands of hair, a smile on his face as his eyes fluttered shut again. “Yeah, sounds nice. In a bit,” he agreed, not quick to rouse from where he was sprawled. That smile only grew as Kosei's face pressed against his chest. “Think we can afford to lay in.”[break][break]

Whatever this was exactly, they had the time to figure it out. Because it certainly didn’t feel like nothing. And Enzo was certain he wouldn’t be able to catch lightning in a bottle like this again. It was something that only existed with Kosei, and he’d long figured out that he couldn’t tell himself otherwise anymore. Awkwardly, he craned his head to plant a tired kiss against the top of Kosei’s head before it flopped back against the pillow before he yawned. Happy as they were.[break][break]

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santa baby [m] [il]

POSTED ON Jan 27, 2023 2:59:15 GMT

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[attr="class","star2"]“You’re always telling me to shut up when you know I won’t,” he replied smoothly, smirk widening to a toothier degree. It wasn’t necessarily that he was trying to remind Kosei of his darker half, though he didn’t mind managing to do so, either. That had always been a sticking point between them, hadn’t it? Enzo’s desire to see Kosei cease denying the aspects of who he was.[break][break]

Enzo shrugged, “What? If I couldn’t shake her loose I had to find a way to enjoy myself somehow.” He lifted his brows, eyeing Kosei as he chewed on his bottom lip. And a satisfactory result it had been.[break][break]

There was a fraction of satisfaction that came with knowing that that possessiveness lurked under the skin when Kosei was normally so placid and even keel. He enjoyed being the object of it. He hadn’t been joking the evening he’d visited Kosei and said that he had Enzo if that was what he wanted.[break][break]

And in his mind, this was only further proof of that fact. There was no rebuttal from him, no pushback.[break][break]

His eyes cracked open sluggishly as he leaned back, parting from Kosei only to meet the resistance of his tie being tugged. So he was willing to play along after all? How useful even just one kiss proved to be. Content to follow his lead, Enzo grinned. “I wouldn’t dare keep you waiting, Kiryu.”[break][break]

Hands sliding into his coat pockets, he began to retreat casually. Ambling away from the party despite the sharp pull on his tie that remained. Smug glint in his eyes that said victory despite his very good listening skills.

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