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Dan Heng ([personal profile] heng_like_a_dragon) wrote2037-09-02 11:43 am

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unreachableside: yx; (☆ your silent whispers silent tears)

[personal profile] unreachableside 2023-11-09 07:52 am (UTC)(link)
[Blade makes a noise that sounds suspiciously like a whine and he doesn't even care because the affection is what he needed after today. That was a rough fight. For both of them. But they fought for their home, and that's what's important. Everything else... can be dealt with later.

He reaches up with his tired hands to gently caress his partner's cheeks, stroking all the way back to his pointy ears, and then forward again to his jaw and neck.]


All right... you can cook this time. But I'll do the dishes after.

[He presses a kiss to Dan Heng's nose, and adds:]

I'll admit, I'm starting to feel it.
unreachableside: (☾ your feelings for me)

[personal profile] unreachableside 2023-11-09 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[He wishes he could linger in this affection forever. He makes a mental note to lavish more loving affection and attention on Dan Heng when he's out of the shower, because it's obvious that he's as touch-starved as Blade himself.

Blade's ears immediately perk up and his tail starts going insane at that phrase. It... takes a moment for his brain to catch up.]


Hold on—

[But then he's gone, leaving Blade blushing hard and wanting to hide his face in his hands... He does this for a moment, sucks in a breath, and then walks into his bedroom to scream into his shower about it.

He reemerges about fifteen minutes later. He's wearing long sleeves and stretchy pants, and he took a quick shower. Overall he looks refreshed, but he's wincing a little as he stands in the doorway to the kitchen, rubbing his side.]
unreachableside: (☾ an open embrace)

[personal profile] unreachableside 2023-11-09 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[Blade isn't even sure he wants to explain. Worse is that he thinks Dan Heng finds the dog thing cute and Blade can't help but encourage that because he loves the attention. It's a bit too much to unpack right now, covered in bruises as he is.]

That's fine with me. I almost fell asleep in the shower. [He pours them both some weak iced tea, and sets it on the table along with chopsticks.]

Thank you for the food.

[He makes his way back over to Dan Heng so he can kiss his cheek, and then he'll sit down.]
unreachableside: yx; (☆ don't want to leave the past)

[personal profile] unreachableside 2023-11-10 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
Hm?

[He lets go of his side when he hears his name, like a child being caught picking at a bandage. But Dan Heng has something important to say, and Blade absorbs it quietly. He sets his chopsticks down.]

... Because of my plan, you mean.

[Dan Heng has a point. If Blade continues being reckless like this when he doesn't have powers, he's almost sure to repeat the disaster that led to the his first death.

Blade closes his eyes for a moment, and takes in a breath.]


I... didn't realize how much worry you must feel watching me. You were never my backup plan, it's just... I should have died so many times, I suppose I take it for granted.

[He should know better.]

I've been reckless in every memory I have, in every life, but I don't want that to be something that hurts you, too.
unreachableside: yx; (☆ sealed with lies)

[personal profile] unreachableside 2023-11-10 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
[Blade's fingers twitch beneath Dan Heng's hand, until he turns his palm over so he can hold the Vidyadhara's hand. He feels his cheeks pinken and ignores it, just like he's ignoring the slow swish of his tail.

This... isn't about him. Dan Heng is talking about someone he knew, not a phantom from his past life.

Blade listens.]


... I'm sorry you lost him.

[Whoever he was, friend or family, he was obviously very dear to Dan Heng.]

I don't know if you could ever make me feel that way. I'm... grateful that you think of me at all. [It sounds a little pathetic when he says that out loud.] You've only ever made me feel... cared about, in this life. Even when I didn't understand it at all.

[He takes a deep breath.]

... Dan Heng. I can't promise that I won't ever take risks. I know the kind of person I am, and I won't hesitate if it's something I know I can do.

[...]

But I can be a little more careful. I need to learn how to fight with my own strength, rather than depending on anything the beast has given me. If that means letting you fight for me sometimes, I will simply have to get over it, or else find a different way to help.
unreachableside: (☾ but you can hear the screams)

[personal profile] unreachableside 2023-11-10 08:17 am (UTC)(link)
Dan Heng...

[He had no idea. He really... had no idea. It seems they still have a lot to learn about each other. He squeezes the dragon's hand in return, trying to be comforting-- trying to remind him that Blade is still here.]

We will work it out. [A promise to himself, or perhaps to Dan Heng. They don't have to make the exact same choices they made in their last lives. In this one, Blade has chosen cooperation. Communication, even when it's difficult. He's chosen love.]

Heh... That's right. [That small smile is worth everything, even the bruises he's feeling right now.] I think you cared even when I couldn't see it. [If you wish, I'll see it through to the very end.

... When did Dan Heng say that...?

He pulls himself back to the present.]


The bracelet? [Blade shakes his head.] You didn't have it when you told me about the snake demon's weakness, so I assumed that you had traded it. If that's what happened, then it served you well.

[He smiles a little, as always a touch confident.]

I will make you another one—a better one. That was always the plan if you lost it for whatever reason.
unreachableside: yx; (☆ i've spent too long in the dark)

[personal profile] unreachableside 2023-11-10 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[What else can one expect from a blacksmith, really?]

Yes. [His tone is full of warmth and fondness.

Dan Heng almost sounds like he's daring Blade. He knows him well by now; Blade always wants to do better, work faster, and spurring him on is as easy as reminding him of that.]


If I have my way, the yokai will want the new one, too.

[He finds himself leaning in slightly...]

What if I enchanted it so no one could ever steal it?
unreachableside: yx; (☆ as another love goes cold)

[personal profile] unreachableside 2023-11-10 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[Despite the challenges of the day, Blade is... happy like this. Happy that they have this. A not-so-small part of him is pleased to have Dan Heng's smile shining on him.]

Well...

[His smile grows.]

It could be something that only I could ever take off.

[Why does he have to make it sound so dirty.]

I could even make it a ring.

[BLADE.]
unreachableside: (☾ so i can go on)

[personal profile] unreachableside 2023-11-10 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[Blade watches this face journey in real time, and he realizes a little late that Dan Heng might have been thinking about something else. Still, it gets him to crack up. He doesn't do that often.]

You're so cute.

[It just kind of slips out but hey, he's not taking it back.]

I'll just make a bracelet for now, and we'll see how it goes. All right? I don't want to make you feel forced into anything.

[He glances away for a moment.] ... I like wearing a reminder of you, and I want you to have that option, if you want it... [Without the matching earrings, which comes with their own baggage.]
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unreachableside: yx; (☆ in silent moments)

[personal profile] unreachableside 2023-11-11 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
You deserve to hear it more often.

[Dan Heng is a very beautiful man and Blade isn't afraid to remind him of this fact.]

Ah, yes... Necklaces are no good for hands-on work. [It doesn't stop him from wearing the occasional choker, but nothing longer than that, lest he lose it to the saw.

His lashes flutter at the touch to his cheek. As always, he stills, and listens.]


I can't think of anyone else I'd want to wear them, [he murmurs. His cheeks are rapidly heating up. He peers at Dan Heng through his dark bangs.] ... Perhaps one day I'll come up with something that I can wear that says I'm yours.
unreachableside: (☾ i never needed you more)

[personal profile] unreachableside 2023-11-13 12:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[Blade would let Dan Heng touch his face all day if he wanted. But they are eating and that is a bad idea. Still, the way that smile brightens a little... he could live off that, he thinks.]

I could always get another tattoo, [he says, chasing some rice around his plate.] Dabi does good work.

[The sword and spider lilies on his back are very intricate, and he very much likes them, even if he knows now that the sword was the one he was killed with... It's fine. He doesn't hate the sword.

Anyway, he's not going to idle after an offer of cuddles. Blade wastes no time making the rest of his food disappear.]
unreachableside: (☾ to a place i once called home)

[personal profile] unreachableside 2023-11-13 06:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[Blade usually keeps his clothes on in Dan Heng's presence so he's not surprised he hasn't caught a glimpse of it before.]

I do. I can show you when we're done.

[BLADE DO YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT SOUND SO DIRTY.]

What kind of question is that? You have left a permanent mark on my heart. Why should my body be any different?

[He'll do dishes after the food settles. For now, he follows Dan Heng back into the living room, tail slowly wagging all the while. At first opportunity, he takes one of Dan Heng's hands and leans in to give him a gentle kiss.]

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