a family dinner for family announcements of a celebratory kind

[softlyfalling]

Who: Shrike Nero Jason Glory Raven Vergil
Where: Olive Garden
When: a convenient time

[ when you're here, you're family!!!

also shrike made some... well, the shape leaves something to be desired but the red velvet macarons taste right and there's a dish of chocolate-dipped cherries and strawberries also. ]

Comments

[selfpreservationist]

Most of these are actually quite lackluster, but there is something... unique about the rosé.

[rollplayinghouse]

Maybe it will go better with something sweet...?

[holds up a chocolate cherry]

[selfpreservationist]

[opens his mouth dutifully]

[rollplayinghouse]

[places it between his lips deliberately]

[selfpreservationist]

[nom. he eats it--pit and all--and sips the wine]

Hmm, not bad.

[rollplayinghouse]

[small internal sigh. but she smiles]

Shrike wanted to make something to celebrate.

[selfpreservationist]

... at this point, the only one among us who doesn't know is Jason.

That reminds me... there's something I want to tell you. Though you should keep it between us for now.

[rollplayinghouse]

Oh? What is it?

[selfpreservationist]

[leans down a little and lowers his voice so the others don't overhear]

... Vergil and I kissed the other night.

[rollplayinghouse]

[Glory's reaction is not subtle, surprised and then pleased, but probably any onlookers can just assume they're being lewd]

Really? Did you talk to him? Or—?

[just break down and kiss him? she gives those equal odds]

[selfpreservationist]

We... talked. A lot, actually. It's... a long story, but the short version is that we're... feeling things out, for now.

[rollplayinghouse]

...I'm glad.

[she does seem so, genuinely happy]

I... told him a few things myself, but it was after the game with the crystals, so it was all a bit...

[selfpreservationist]

He mentioned you'd told him. It was relieving, somehow... I felt like I could be more honest with him.

[rollplayinghouse]

I imagine your confession was a lot more elegant than mine.

[selfpreservationist]

Oh, I don't know about that...

[rollplayinghouse]

The bar to beat is "I had you carry me back because I like it, in the sexy way, and having your tail wrapped around me like that reminds me of the fanart I got where it was up my skirt."

[selfpreservationist]

We were threatening each other playfully and I snapped my teeth at him, so he shoved his thumb into my mouth and talked about putting a muzzle on me. I was so aroused I nearly passed out. And he didn't even notice until my composure finally broke and I confessed.

And then I got very, very drunk later.

How does that compare?

[rollplayinghouse]

[small huff]

That first part says more about him than about you, and getting drunk afterwards doesn't count. I meant the part where you actually told him. You're a lot better at getting across feelings with words than I am.

[selfpreservationist]

... well. Ironically, this time it was I who didn't understand his feelings...

[rollplayinghouse]

...Well, you do tend to assume the worst, when things are ambiguous.

[selfpreservationist]

I do?

[he does.]

[rollplayinghouse]

Obviously. That's why I have to be totally unambiguous with you.

[selfpreservationist]

... he said--he said he loves me.

[his voice catches on the last syllable, looking verklempt]

Of course I wouldn't have believed that unless he told me directly...

[rollplayinghouse]

...He said it to me too. Well, I told him I already loved him as family no matter what, and he said he loved me too. I was surprised to hear him say it, but... mm, well, I'm... used to reading it into the actions of people who won't use the word, I guess.

[fusses a little, shifting closer]

Why wouldn't you believe it without hearing it? You can see it when he shows he cares, right?

[selfpreservationist]

[he looks a bit humbled, embarrassed]

I... haven't dared to hope, before. That he could ever... I know it's foolish of me, but I couldn't help it.