middaeg | [closed] i walked across an empty land

I do like things other than books.

[ Not his fault that he likes to read, thank you! Then Mira has picked up writing so he wants to read what she puts out. When she puts it out.

Now he hasn't really noticed the cold, but then again he is upstairs. Heat travels up. ]

Sora. We have plenty of blankets.

Uh-huh, sure you do.

[He's just teasing. But Vanitas certainly is a big nerd. He has so many books and loves to read.

Sora heads for the stairs and he feels a shiver up his spine. His fingers feel weird like he wants to scratch. He doesn't really know why he has such an impulse to get more blankets now but he can't help it.]

Maybe just one more blanket?

[ He rolls his eyes at Sora's teasing. From there Vanitas just goes back into the bedroom, waiting for the other to catch up.

A room now to be filled with so many of Sora's things. That's when he looks at the bed as Sora comes in and asks that question. ]

Sora. There's already five of them on there.

[Sora follows and sets his last box on the desk with a bit of a shuffle. His long rabbit ears twitch and his nose wiggles when he realizes that this really is going to be their shared room now. Not that he left much in the first place but still! It's official.

And the blankets he's hoarded on the bed... Maybe Sora does have a bit of a blanket collecting problem.]

It's gonna get pretty cold, I can feel the Fall air on the wind! So just one more and it'll be perfect!

[Or maybe it's something else that's making Sora want to collect so many soft things they share...]

Sora. We're in a house. With heat.

[ The wind isn't going to get to them in here. Not unless they open a window. If there are all these blankets on the bed, that might be what he has to do. Especially if they think to add one more. ]

I don't think one more is going to really help or hurt.

I know I know!

[Sora's nose twitches. There's something about this room that is just perfect now. It has both their things inside of it. He can smell the mingling scent of his bondmate's magic in the room. But there's just something... missing... He pouts and crosses his arms.]

If it's not gonna hurt let's just get one more.

[Let him have it!!]

[ He sees that pout! That is a might fierce little pout. Like some petulant child keen on getting their way. ]

All right, all right. Have it your way. Don't count on me sleeping under your pile.

[That's exactly it. He's being one fussy and spoiled rabbit child. Why is he so keen on this one little and pointless thing??

His fingers twitch.]

Okay! But you have to sleep with it too!

[Sora... He's acting strange but it might be even stranger when Sora comes to Vanitas and hugs him. And he inhales softly, nose against his cheek.]

[ Actually it's not the nose against cheek that is weird or strange. Sora does this all of the time. Even the habit of taking in a deep breath. By now Vanitas has figured out it's something of a reassurance thing.

He's already putting his hand on Sora's head. Between the ears. ]

Not a chance. I'm going to overheat.

[He lets out a tiny chitter. It's not near the new moon yet... But he's feeling fussy still. So he keeps inhaling softly. It is reassuring and it makes it clear that Vanitas is here.

Still, he taps one foot like a rabbit would when a bit irritated.]

I want everything in here to smell like us.

[ He rubs his hand between those ears. If Sora wants his scent, then Sora is going to get his scent. Vanitas certainly doesn't mind that. Let's other Monsters know who this little Puca belongs to. ]

Almost everything in this room smells like us, brat.

[ What's gotten into him...? ]

[It feels good to be pet!! So much that Sora nuzzles some more and then suddenly drops his head so that his nose is touching Vanitas' neck.]

It's not really enough, though.

[Sora, of course, it is! Why so greedy!]

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[ See, the cheek is one thing. Vanitas isn't going to be startled by that. But the nose to the neck sends a shudder down his spine. He has to take a steadying breath before he can even think to speak.

Bad Puca. ]

There's no way to get things to smell even more like us than they already do.

[ He sighs. ]

Go finish unpacking.

[Perhaps call it Sora's monster tendencies or something else but as soon as Vanitas sighs Sora chitters. He pulls on Vanitas and then suddenly nips at Vanitas neck once. Like a love bite but a little harder.

As soon as he does that he pulls up and frowns quickly.]

Ah- Erm. Okay! Sorry...!

[Why did he do that???]

[ Now Vanitas doesn't yelp or do anything like that. He does, however, slap a hand against his neck.

Then look at Sora like the Puca has lost his mind a little ]

What was that for?

I dunno-! I kind of felt like it!

[Sora, that's not an explanation. But he's busy flustering and going back to his box to start unpacking the rest of his things.

Even if he has this weird itch tickling him. His lips are tingling.]

It's probably going to leave a mark...

[ Vanitas rubs at his neck a little bit longer. However he isn't really offended by this at all. Not put off by the slightest.

Now he is, however, a little concerned. ]

Are you all right?

I'm fine! Totally and completely fine!

[His ears are twitching. He turns around from his packed box with a few items held up in his arms.]

I just feel a little itchy. It's probably just the air or something.

Sora.

[ He's not fine. That's Van's "I don't believe you so stop it" tone. So he crosses the distance and reaches to grab for Sora's ear.

Now. You better tell him what's really going on here. ]

Yeowch!

[It doesn't even hurt that much when he's grabbed by the ear. Sora's just tilting his head in that direction with an overdramatic noise.]

It's nothing, I'm really fine!!

[He's going to swat at Vanitas a bit.]

I just feel like I-- [Blush.] I can't get close enough to you right now?! I don't know, maybe it's the moon coming soon??

[ At least it isn't the ear with the earring in it. So as Sora swats, Vanitas continues to tug just a little bit. ]

If it's really just that you want to be close to me there are ways of doing that.

[ As in... Ways other than biting. ]

Just open your mouth and ask.

[Sora frowns. He knows he should just ask and it would be as simple as that but the itch is feeling is somehow deeper.]

No, it's not like that. It's like...

[Sora hums.]

It's like I wanna put a mark on you that won't go away.

Okay then...

[ So that's what it is. Sora's instincts must be telling him to do something and Sora himself is struggling with how to deal with it. It's not like this sort of thing hasn't happened a few times. Though he doesn't know what leaving behind a permanent mark could mean.

Still, he meanders over to the bed and takes a seat. ]

So go ahead.

[ Now Vanitas doesn't think that Sora can actually do it but... ]

Though I have a few from you already. Unless this is something different.

[That is exactly what he's struggling with the most. Vanitas and Sora share a lot of things. Not to mention their shared matching earrings that are very public displays that they're a pair. Yet there is still something that is itching under Sora's skin like he has to do something more. He's just not sure exactly what would satisfy this needy feeling he's having. ]

I don't know, I just know since Riku and Kairi left it's felt like everything's all jumbled up.

[His heart, his magical signature, his wants...? It's why Sora wants to be here instead of his last residence. So he comes to Vanitas and sits next to him close enough that they're touching.]

I think what I want is something different. Something more?

[He leans close to Vanitas, his nose twitching.]

[ Jumbled up feelings. He can't relate to it in the same sense that Sora is describing. All he can really equate it to is if Sora and Mira were to leave him behind. Even then, Vanitas doesn't actually know what he would feel. He's never had anything to lose before. Never had a sense of loss. ]

Isn't that considered normal?

[ To be all confused and twisted in this situation? To want them near and yet be happy that they are where they are meant to be? For Sora it must be difficult, especially knowing that he can't exactly be by their side upon return to their "home."

As for something different? Something more? Vanitas clicks his tongue. ]

"Something more" isn't very specific. I do let you get away with a lot unless it's putting yourself into harm's way.

[ In other words, figure it out and maybe he can do something! ]

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