unknownseas | Week 4

Oof--

[Ow?? Watch the merchandise? What if Dandy had poked one of those hickies, huh?!

Not that Hagakure has any time to say anything about it, given Dandy's in the process of making that blush even more pronounced. He'd maybe make a sly comment right back in private, but! They're in the middle of the hallway!!!

...

You know what Dandy's right here, he can just lean in.]

Maybe. It was nice to have someone else doin' it for a change too.

[Dandy laughs. Not derisively or condescendingly- It's more like a passage of air between the lips serving as a manifestation of his disbelief. He really can't believe it. Even here, where many of his memories are far more active than they usually are, he wouldn't be able to recall a time where he was ever so green as the man before him.

This tryst, like all the others, will one day be lost to time and space. That may sound depressing to some, but for Dandy, it's a blessing in disguise. He's learned to live in the moment, which explains his impulsiveness, because he finds value in the transience of such feelings. Part of the thrill comes with the notion that these jitters just don't last.

To be alive- It's all temporary, baby.]

Oh yeah? Did you have fun-

[He mouths the word extra slowly, since they are awfully close. It's a bold move to pull when any member of the antagonistic peanut gallery could go off at any moment, but Dandy doesn't care.]

Baby?

[He almost says something far worse. If they were really alone, he'd go so far as to inquire if the younger man liked being his for a hot second. Playing pretend is fun, and it's nice to fan the flames of what could have been.]

If we're bein' honest, I'm not really used to it either. I don't usually see-

[A vague hand gesture goes here-]

My, y'know.

[Accompanied by a dastardly head nod-]

Too long after we... Well, y'know.

[Dandy shrugs once more.]

Alien huntin'! You're always up n' at 'em gettin' ready for the next wild goose chase.

[With so little space between the two of them, Dandy can practically see Hagakure shiver under the influence of his words. He swallows hard, subtly brushing his hand against Dandy's.]

Y-Yeah.

[He never thought he would, but yeah. It's something that's going to take him some time to process, but funny enough, he doesn't feel like thinking right now! His head is far too heavy in the moment for it.

He laughs along to Dandy's explanation, offering him a Knowing nod. There's something funny about him admitting that too, given how often he's trying to. Y'know.]

Happy to have given it some much-needed attention, then!

[Dandy only chuckles in response to that. His worries from moments prior seem to disappear, and whereas Hagakure dances in the meadows of youthful anxiety and self-conscious "What ifs," Dandy slowly allows their fingers to intermingle, then taking full grasp of the other man's hand.]

Wow.

[He holds it up, that physical connection between them both, as if to signify that he's acknowledging whatever the fuck this is supposed to be.]

You must really like me! Your palms are all sweaty.

[and yet he is not letting go the bastard

Dandy could get caught up in what the others would think, or even what this could mean for him overall. Feeling this way about a man isn't something Dandy would have consciously acknowledged or seen for himself, but when he really thinks long and hard about it...

As much as he loves butts and boobs, love for Dandy has always been about connection. A very specific common vibration between two people or more- Let's call it the Dandy love frequency.

That's why despite Catherine being from the fourth dimension, he was still crazy about her anyway. He felt the very essence of her, spiritually speaking. Before things went south, it was like their souls had been touching.

It's a good thing he doesn't tend to sweat the small stuff.]

Diiiiiis-gust-ing.

[There's a light gasp from Hagakure when he feels their fingers intertwining.]

Oh--

[The startled whisper escapes his mouth before he can even really think about it. It's an "oh" that encapsulates many feelings surging through his mind at once.

"Oh, this is really happening."

"Oh, I didn't expect him to actually go for it."

"Oh, I...like this a lot."

Just getting to see their joined hands for himself is so overwhelming, he doesn't know what to do with himself for a moment. Thankfully he doesn't leave Dandy hanging for too long, because a nervous laugh eventually forces its way out. It's very much the sort of laugh that someone hanging around their crush would have. Better yet, that crush is actually reciprocating his affections.]

Guess I'm pretty obvious, huh? Not...that I was tryin' to hide it or anything.

[No, he's not going to apologize for his clammy hands because he can't help it!! Deal with it, Dandy!!

Dandy making his move like that helps Hagakure block out their surroundings as well. In the moment, it's just the two of them again, and he feels like he has the courage to be honest about himself and his feelings.]

I wouldn't have done what I did last night if I didn't, y'know, wanna. I was terrified and unsure if I was doin' the right thing in the moment, but I don't regret it one bit. You...made me feel real special, Dee.

[Ba-bump.

Oh wow.

There they go, those accursed chest pigeons again, cooing and cawing and fluttering about. They're making even more of a mess, piling their imaginary birdy shit so high, this clean-up is bound to be a disaster afterwards.]

You are, though.

G-guh...! Uh.

[Dandy's cheeks flush and his eyes widen. He can't help it, the fortune teller's bashful honesty is pretty fucking cute.]

Special.

'S what I meant to say.

[It's a good thing Dandy has sideburns, since that means they can hide his red ass ears now! Reflexively, his grip on Hagakure's hand tightens.]

[While Dandy's inner birds are shitting all over the place, a shockwave of elation rolls through Hagakure's body and he wonders if this is what ascending to a higher plane feels like. His body feels so heavy and his head so light...he hopes he doesn't faint. How embarrassing would that be?

Almost as if compelled by an unseen force, he leans against Dandy for support. Just in case.

It's all the easier to tell now just how much Hagakure is trembling with nerves. It's exactly like last night, only this time there's a lot less unease and more genuine excitement.]

Hey, Dee? Does this mean you...like me too?

[Obviously there's no fear behind the question. It's more of a formality, just to hear Dandy say it. Hagakure might be a blind idiot sometimes, but he can read the room when it counts sometimes.]

Like you? Oh, nooooo. Wherever did you get that crazy idea?

When we were messin' around last night, did you get bonked in the head? I didn't mean to pay it no mind!

[This is all said while he's snaking his other arm around the younger man's waist, pulling him in and relishing all the trembling. God, this is good shit, and Dandy had truly forgotten all about it.]

I don't just like you, silly goose!

I wanna love you, baby.

[This is one of Dandy's many cheeky throwaway lines, they're a dime a dozen. While he has literally just left a conversation where he chided Jonathan for using the "l" word, he's playing on the, um, context that would be frowned upon in an office setting... For this particular case.]

Which means we're probably gonna hafta lay down some ground rules.

I probably should've done that before layin' down with you, though. Sorry~! ♥

[He is not! Not in the least.]

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[For a moment there, the entire world is blocked out from Hagakure's consciousness as he becomes paralyzed in place, unsure how to react. He doesn't regret taking that leap of faith, but...maybe he should have thought harder about what life would be like after, that if what he wondered was a genuine connection was really just a one night stand to be enjoyed and forgotten.

He's still out of it as Dandy pulls him close, eyes wide like he's just woken up from a nightmare and is still processing it. He barely even registers that Dandy used the "L" word in context to the two of them. Yeah, he probably just means "love" as in "make love", right... That wouldn't be so bad, even if there was nothing truly there.

But would it ever feel the same again, knowing this?

Maybe he should regret his actions.]

O-Oh, yeah. Lay 'em on me, I guess?

[His response is quiet and mechanical. The trembling has died down.]

[At that, Dandy softens immediately. His voice grows a good deal more tender, and there's a quiet intimacy to it.]

What's the matter, baby?

Did I say somethin' to set ya off?

[wow even i am like //// I HATE THIS]

You got real quiet all of a sudden.

I'd ask if the "cat got your tongue," but my mangy feline buddy isn't here right now, s-so...

Should we go find a place to sit down? Somewhere! Anywhere. Uuuh.

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N-No, I'm fine!

[He does his best to protest that, but Dandy speaking to him so softly like that easily makes his blatant lie all the more apparent as tears begin to well up in his eyes. Even he hadn't realized how strongly he would feel about this.]

'M fine. I just... [He lets out a small, shrill sigh.] I just didn't realize we were on different wavelengths is all.

[He is doing Dandy no favors in figuring out what exactly is wrong here. Truly a disaster in miscommunication.

He should...probably leave, right? Go somewhere and cool off before he embarrasses himself further? So...he'll try to back out of this embrace.]

[Shit, shit, shit!

Dandy lets him go, although the action is reluctant. He does reach out, tempted to take care of those tears for him, but Dandy's long fingers soon drop to his own side, paralyzed.

It is from this point onwards that things begin to go very wrong. If anyone were to put their finger on Dandy's pulse, they'd discover that it would be firing at a wildly rapid rate. The kind that would absolutely kill a normal human being.]

...We are? O-oh, sorry, hehe... Must've got my wires crossed. My bad! Aha...

[He is swimming in a whirlpool of time, bleak and black, containing a sea of shining stars. The pull of it is so terrifying, he almost gets sucked i by it.]

Ha.

Shit.

[Maybe this is why Catherine left. It's his idiot mouth, of course!]

Now I've gone and made two sweethearts cry in one day.

I feel so rotten.

[He's still suspended. Stuck.]

Do you want me to be honest? With you.

About how I really feel?

It's gonna sound crazy.

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[Two? Two sweethearts?

He...

Even Hagakure's not sure what to say when the two of them separate. His first instinct is to run from this, his latest problem, like he's done all his fucking life. What's once more, right? Maybe he really will always be a coward, so easily falling into despair...

But even now that Dandy has let him go, he finds that he can't move. As much as his brain screams at him to flee, his heart keeps him rooted in place. He can't run, not when there are things still left unsaid.

He takes a shaky breath.]

Yeah. That's all I ever wanted.

[He holds onto that shred of hope twinkling in the dark.]

[It's Dandy's turn to feel cornered now, so his gaze immediately shifts to the pavement. His chest rises and falls with the worry that he may ruin this connection the way he probably has all others.

But maybe it would help to try it out, while his memory is actually working, for once.

Just a little experiment.

Perhaps he can discover why his lovelife has felt so... Dreary, for the past however long.]

You said I made you feel special, right?

[He is going to paw at the ground with his foot. Yes, he is still in Joy's blobfish kigu.]

Well, you made me feel... I dunno! Alive? Human? Somethin' like that.

[he's so embarrassed rn lmfao]

Whenever you pull the sad mopey shit outta your ass, I...

Wanna swoop in and save ya.

It's stupid, I know.

[Hagakure listens with his gaze fixed firmly on Dandy, probably not really helping relieve that cornered feeling. But the more Dandy explains, the wider Hagakure's eyes get.

That tiny, twinkling light steadily grows.

He...really did that for Dandy?]

Dee...

[There's something broken in the way he calls out Dandy's name. He feels like a complete fucking idiot for jumping to the conclusion that he had. He had it all wrong!

The light becomes blinding.]

I- I'm sorry. I thought- [He desperately rubs at his eyes like it's going to stop the tears from spilling over.] I thought we were seein' things differently. I thought m-maybe you didn't think it was that deep!

I was stupid, not any of this. So wrong 'n' stupid.

[He's immediately closing the distance between them again--]

You don't know how badly I've wanted to be saved for a long time.

[There was no hope of rescue in Hope's Peak. For the longest time, he and his classmates were truly on their own. And just when he thought he'd escaped that, well. The nightmare began anew! Only this time he was so far away from home that the thought of being rescued was hopeless beyond imagine.

So just hearing Dandy say that... Call it cliche, but it's almost too much to bear.]

[That's really sweet.

There's something so heartwarming about seeing this earnest young man feel appreciated for what seems to be the first time in a while. Dandy finally thinks he may have gotten something right since he arrived in this miserable place.

The alien hunter's tense shoulders relax immediately, and now that it seems like he's got some sort of verbal confirmation that touch is alright, he will be welcoming the physical contact with ease.]

Yeaaah, well! I've got a pretty bad habit of crackin' jokes when I shouldn't. So don't freak out, okay? Here.

[Dandy, with no fear or hesitation, runs his thumbs and other fingers beneath the younger man's almond shaped eyes, doing his best to catch the tears.]

When I said ground rules, I meant expectations! Didn't wanna lead you on if I'm not the right type of man for ya, is all.

For example!

[He gestures to his ring finger ~~after the tear cleaning~~, which is bare.]

I'm not a wedding ring type of guy. First of all, they're expensive! And I just don't have that kinda money lyin' around! Now, that doesn't mean I don't wanna be serious with somebody! It just means that I don't wanna be dating whoever I'm datin' along with the ISSP.

[A beat passes, and then he realizes-]

Oh, right! I should probably explain that part, since you're an old timey Earth guy- They're the Inter-Solar System Police.

Basically, what I'm tryin' to say is that it doesn't take much to make me jealous. I'm not keen on sharin' the apple of my eye with anybody, not even the government.

Does that sound fine and Dandy to you?

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[When he returns to Dandy, his grip is embarrassingly desperate. Like if he lets go again that'll be it. He knows that's probably not true now the misconception is out of the way, but...he's not taking any chances.

He shudders underneath Dandy's touch, taking in every sensation of that tender gesture. For the first time, he feels so loved and appreciated by someone outside of his immediate family, and it feels...so, so good.]

Heh. [He can't help but let out a wobbly laugh as Dandy lays out what is apparently a big ground rule for him to mention first. The warmth in his face has rushed right back in, which honestly, Dandy might be able to feel.] You really don't beat 'round the bush. Talking about datin' and keepin' me all to yourself...

[Let alone bringing up marriage, even if it's not something that interests Dandy. Hardly a deal-breaker besides.

His smile returns- as goofy as ever.]

Totally Dandy, Dee.

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Yeah! About that... Subtle's not really my style, in case you haven't already noticed.

You've peeped the pompadour! You knew what you were signin' up for.

[Dandy maintains his seemingly bombastic ego, and while it's not a veneer per se, there is something he's hiding beneath that devil may care exterior. Truth be told, he's just as excited to be holding onto this tenuous thread of happiness as the Hope's Peak survivor, despite his confident grip on the taller young man's wobbly person.]

And it's startin' to sound like you wanted it bad.

Oh! And one other thing- I don't do that mousy, shyguy bullshit. If I ride for you, I'm ridin' from the bedroom all the way across the Milky Way and then some, baby!

[HATE THAT DOUBLE ENTENDRE]

Which means I plan on screamin' it from the Mountain Tops.

If you're good with that, then well... Maybe we should wash the stank of yesterday off our backs and get to know each other a little better.

[joy and rossiu will pay a hefty price for being cool with this

hefty]

Are you in or what?

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[The fact that a conversation could go from so emotionally charged to so...sexually charged...that really is the Dandy way, isn't it. It takes all of Hagakure's willpower to not bury his face in Dandy's shoulder when he goes on about riding and yelling, but honestly? In the heat of the moment, what is there to be quiet about? It's pretty damn gratifying to have your lover let you know how much they're enjoying their time with you, right?

"Your lover"... Heh. Inwardly, Hagakure's tickled to even have the opportunity to think that way. Dandy's right- he really does want this.

He wants this and more.

Tears dried and nerves settled, he offers Dandy a confident nod.]

I wouldn't wanna be anywhere else.

[God, I am so sorry Joy and Rossiu.]

[Dandy flips switches on and off with all the gusto of a child left alone in a control panel, in part because he is not comfortable being a tender, lumpy thing for extended periods of time. The fortune teller's bubbly eagerness and oddly timid sentimentality is refreshingly innocent.

Something that Dandy doesn't remember ever being or feeling, if he were to reminisce.

The alien hunter can't help but feel for the guy. If this is heaven for Hagakure, then all he's known is hell, and Dandy is happy to provide a refuge from that for however long they have together.

But is the same thing true for him? Space Dandy?

He can't say. Honestly, he doesn't even want to think about it. It'll ruin the fun.]

You better mean my arms and not this dump of an underwater chum-collector.

[Yes, Dandy! That IS what he means??? smh]

I'll lead.

[He takes the other man's hand, allowing the leaning to linger before doing so, and runs his own long, oddly slender fingers all over the lines that trace Hagakure's palms.]

Hey! I think I've got all the information I need to tell you your fortune, buddy.

I think there's a 69% chance that your back's gonna be hurtin' pretty badly tonight. But it's okay, baby~!

I'm great at massages.

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Week 4

you know maybe dr didn't give hagakure blushing sprites for a reason also NSFW CONT

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TOO GAY

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IM SO SAD HOW DARE YOU

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screams

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