faeshim | inbox. [jikan]

Wah... I didn't— I didn't know...

[ for the first time since he turned, baein finds it something he doesn't outright dislike about himself. ]

Mm…now you do.

[ his hands squeeze the others and he noses in against him again. ]

And you didn’t hurt me.

[ the prince tilts his head into the affection, ears laying back on the top of his head, not in displeasure but the kind where cats just flattens their ears as they rub agains something. his tail is also having a mind of its own as it curls around his waist, tip brushing against hunters wrists. ]

Mm... m-mh...

[ there's a sense of quiet to his voice, a little shake as if he's not sure how to process it all. mostly he knows he doesn't really hurt anyone, still hasn't, amazingly, but it cements even more now and hunter is so sincere and baein can almost feel it, how the other's voice in his head is his thoughts and not words to veil what he really thinks.

and it's a lot. baein clears his throat a little and wets his lips unconsciously, swallow down the remnants of blood left in his mouth. ]

Yeah. I... I believe you.

[ …that’s his favorite part - thoughts can’t lie like the tongue can. It also scares him a little…

He swallows when Baein does, almost a reflex. ]

…the blood doesn’t bother me. Nothing about you bothers me. I like having you close…maybe too much…

...too much? I mean... I like it too.

[ he doesn't even bother to try and hide it, his inner voice easily falling into place when he replies in kind. ]

[ he smiles immediately, a little embarrassed by how quickly such simple words could have that effect… ]

It doesn’t bother you that I always find you…?

What? No...

[ frowning, baein can't think of a reason as to why anything about hunter would bother him at all. ]

Why would it?

I just don’t want to be a bother…too clingy or something. I mean…if you ever don’t want company I want you to tell me, okay? It won’t hurt my feelings.

[ gently he pulls his hands free and wraps his arms around Baeins waist, tucking his face in his neck With a little yawn. ]

You're not! You're not a bother... never. I... I enjoy the company. Maybe a little too much?

[ baein rubs at the back of his neck and looks down, though he doesn't protest as hunter cuddles up to him. on the contrary, he curls around him in turn, tucking himself closer as his voice lowers a little. ]

I... I've always felt like I couldn't ask someone for a hug or for... well, anything like this before. Sometimes it feels like I'm making up for it, or that I'll just feel lonelier than anything if I don't.

Mm…same but different. Okay. So we both need it. This. Neither is a bother or a burden.

…and the kissing is really okay? What…I mean, would more…than that be okay…too?

[ he nips softly at the others skin but doesn’t seem to push for any of that ‘more’. ]

Different?

[ the question has baein pull back just enough to look at hunter through half lidded eyes, feeling his cheeks flush a dark red now that he has blood in him for it. ]

More...? [ the prince swallows hard and then he nods jerkily, before he tucks his face against hunter's shoulder. ] Yes... Yes, I... I want... that? I do.

I couldn’t ask for hugs or anything but that’s cause people thought I was dangerous… I feel like for you it was a different reason…

[ he smiles a little and squeezes Bae a little closer as if that were possible… ]

I want you…

You can ask me anytime! Whenever you want!

[ the prince feels like he's louder like this, as if his voice is more crisp, clearer, as if he's back to who he was before he was turned. he can't help to return the smile, exhilaration trailing down his spine.

he has to swallow when hunter voices his wants, and it feels real in a way baein can't even begin to describe. ]

I do too...

[ the difference is there, enough for Hunter to notice. He smiles, all of his insides a little fuzzy with warmth that he also manages to project onto the other…

It’s what he thinks next that causes him to mirror that swallow… ]

You do?

[ there's a heat that baein wants to wrap around himself like a blanket. the fact that he just fed helps as well, and the usual chill in his body is not really present.

swallowing again, baein ducks his head and nods. ]

I do.

[ he lets them linger like that for a few moments, quietly savoring the new connection but eventually he doe bring his hands up to softly cradle the others face, using his thumbs to tip his chin up so he can kiss him again. ]

anytime you want…I’m yours, okay?

[ the vampire kisses back, relaxing into it almost entirely, a soft noise escaping him. ]

I... I've never done anything but kissing.

[ Hunter doesn’t bother stopping the kiss; communicating this way has its benefits, after all.

He smiles a little against the others mouth but he doesn’t draw away. ]

…okay, well, we’re not gonna do -that- until you’ve been with Jas, then.

[ it's definitely more convenient to not having to use your mouth for talking. it has better things to do, after all. baein reaches up to gently frame hunter's face, fingertips dipping into his hairline.

though the comment has him pull back just a little to blink at him, eyes a little wide, before the flush on his cheeks darkens impossibly. ]

I... w-what?

[ he says that outloud, blurts it out and can't get rid of the butterflies roaming around in his gut. the idea to be with hunter was already trapping heat inside him, and the fact that the other even implies jasper— the vampire swallows hard. ]

[ Hunter softens and offers Baein a smile. ]

Jas should be your first. I want you but I know how you feel about him and…it should be him.

[ it's all he can do to duck his head to try and hide the flush that almost matches the gentle strawberry blonde of his hair. it rushes to the tips of his ears too and his voice devolves into a whisper. ]

I... maybe he doesn't want to.

[ no. no shrinking.

Hunter purses his lips for a moment before he ducks his head and seeks out another kiss. A warm but gentle thing. ]

Trust me, he would be an idiot if he didn’t want that. And I can tell he does. I just want him to be your first… it’s important. You’re important.

[ baein looks up at the kiss, kisses back too even if it's gentle and brief, because he can't resist, and then he feels a burn behind his eyes, because hunter speaks what baein feels and... then adds baein to his important people and even if he knew, kind of, it feels more real like this, spoken. ]

You're important too...

[ baein has never tried to put anyone above someone else, because they're all different and important in their own ways. ]

I know.

[ he takes a breath and noses in. ]

You wouldn’t kiss me like that if I wasn’t important to you.

[ and Hunter wouldn’t spend as much time just wanting to be in Baeins orbit if the vampire wasn’t important to him. ]

We can do other things if you want. But that is something I want you to have with him. You cares about him first. And you get all fluttery when he’s around.

[ baein watches hunter's face, searching for any indication that the other feels upset about what he's saying about baein. but he's right, baein does get all fluttery around jasper, and he wishes he could be around him more.

but it's the same with hunter, only it's different. it's not fluttery, it's more of a familiarity or a sense of completeness in a way. it's a safety that is different from the safety he gets from jasper. from dae. they're all different. still... imagining himself with jasper like that has his cheeks light up again and baein whines before leaning forward so he can hide his face into hunter's neck. ]

How can you even tell...

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