vision

[calescent]

Kiri's up early the next morning, restless with various low-level simmering concerns, and wanders out of her room.

Comments

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"That was the most adorable noise of all time, will you do it again if I keep petting you?"

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"Try it and see," he suggests.

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Patience grins and repeats the gesture, a little less tentatively.

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Chirp!

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Awww!

More of that then.

[free_flowing]

Chiiirp.

Also, if he leans any farther out of his chair toward her, he is likely to fall sideways.

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Is that a fluff of hair? It is a fluff of hair. Perhaps he will also chirp if she starts scritching his head.

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It is a fluff! It is such a fluff. Loel has magnificent fluff.

Headscritches cause him to scoot his chair closer and flop over to lay his head in her lap. And make more cute sounds.

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Well, this was all flirtatious a minute ago, but now it's just adorable. Adorably flirtatious, perhaps, but adorable first.

Scritch scritch pet.

[free_flowing]

Snuggle snuggle chirp.

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"I missed you," says Patience thoughtfully, "but I am also glad you were not around when I was being Awkwardly Pubescent, I think, 'cause then we would've done this years ago and then I would've said something Awkwardly Pubescent and then it would be weird."

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Loel giggles.

"Awkwardly Pubescent?"

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"I did a bunch of stupid things with cute boys when I was fourteen and fifteen, and conveniently, none of them are going to be politically important or were my friends when we were ten, so I can mostly forget about having done it most of the time!"

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"Aww." His head is flopped in her lap. Therefore he is in an excellent position to rub his cheek against her tummy. He does that. "You're cute," he declares.

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Patience giggles. "You're cute."

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"I know!" he says happily.

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"Is this the part where I lean down and kiss you, it could be that part."

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"It could be that part," he agrees. "That would be a good part for it to be."

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It is that part!

[free_flowing]

It is a pretty great part! Mmkisses. Loel makes some more cute sounds.

And then falls out of his chair. It was bound to happen; he was sitting very precariously and not paying much attention to it. The chair clatters out from under him, dumping him on the floor, and he ends up hugging Patience's leg and cackling helplessly.

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Okay, that's hilarious.

"Are," (she giggles too hard and has to start over) "are you okay?"

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"I'm fine," giggles Loel. "That was hilarious."

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Patience does her best to haul him up onto her lap.

If she succeeds, she might kiss him again!

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Ooh. Loel cooperates with this effort!

Now she has a Loel snuggled in her lap.

Whatever will she do with him?

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Kissing, apparently!

He has a neck. She kisses it.