Stop... How can he fight you when he feels that hand gently guiding him to lean down. He allows himself to be go wherever Wolfwood wants him, nesting more atop him despite the complaints about his weight as a full-grown man. He's... a little nervous because he doesn't remember the last time he was this close to someone for this long without it being a joke. Or his attempt at being wasted to hell. ]
Woof woof?
[ He can pretend to be a lapdog. Who can stop him?! ]
I was thinkin' about seein' if you'd let me kiss you, but between that and the fact that it still smells like food up close, I'm having second thoughts.
[ He was gonna kill two birds with one stone, distribute Vash's weight better and maybe steal a kiss. However it's hard allegedly when he's woofing at you, though it obviously doesn't stop him from sitting back in his seat a little more comfortably. ]
[ Some silence to pair with his surprise, no woof to be uttered or heard, since he isn't used to Wolfwood being affectionate... Their time in the Underground was fraught with stress and tension after all.
Well, since Wolfwood was wondering, Vash gives him a small peck. It isn't so much of an actual kiss as it's him pressing his face to Wolfwood's cheek. There's no small smacking noise or purse of his lips, no suffering a strong scent of burrito breath... Just the faint lingering aroma from food recently consumed clinging onto whatever it can.
You never know where life takes you... One day the apocalypse kicks off, the next you smell like beef, cheese, and fried dough. ]
[ The funny part really is that if he's in the right mood he can be very good at it. It's just that getting there is so unpredictable that it may as well be sheer luck. ]
You don't gotta look that surprised.
[ DAMN. He can be a little lovable sometimes, right? Right?! Anyway something about this makes him want to pet Vash's hair behind the ears. The inherent instinct to wish to pet animal, it is here. Does he still maintain that undercut?
Either way, somewhat sated by sorta-smooch-maybe-more-like-nuzzle. He turns his head though and brushes his lips against Vash's cheek, pressing a kiss against the high or his cheekbone. ]
[ I guess there's kind of an undercut because he recently got a trim, but his hair is down so there is technically hair behind his ears.
There's an abrupt jerk as he straightens up and it makes the chair creak under their combined weight. ]
It's not because it's unlike you!
[ Despite being shitty and critical of Wolfwood for jokes a lot of the time, some the worst of times for his own good, one of the last things Vash would ever say is that Wolfwood (or anyone) isn't a loving person. While both of them are far from normal people, he wants Wolfwood to know he isn't different from others...
He isn't heartless or cold, just annoying and mean (with purpose). ]
I'm just surprised because I'm not used to it—[ Then he receives the kiss and he shuts up immediately.
It's one thing if they're in a romantic or desperately gay mood... It's a different beast if it's spontaneous? It really is unpredictable coming from Wolfwood and Vash is trying to mentally comprehend all of this despite the fluttering butterflies in his stomach. ]
[ He snorts a little, rubbing fingers in a small circle where they still lie on a spot on Vash's back, in the small crook just under his shoulder blades. ]
Yeah, that's right. Shut up a little before you talk yourself into something.
[ He says, perfectly content to be like this. He wasn't even remotely offended, it's like mock offense. He knows he's rough and gruff around the edges, and being softer is something he's definitely going to have to work on with Vash. It's hard to let those spikes down when their entire time together, it's been walking on eggshells and mines for so many reasons.
This is easier for him, acts of service and physical affection. It's his return for not saying 'I love you back' earlier in favour of trying not to shrivel in on himself. Not in a bad way, just another thing he has to warm up to.
[ He suffers a second nuzzle-kiss a little more gracefully than the previous where no shocked expression rolls in, instead deflating and just resting against Wolfwood like a ragdoll. Head lolled on his shoulder, Vash buries his face in, nosing a little like some weasel. His embarrassment can hide here, in the (subjective) darkness, as if as long as he can't see Wolfwood that means that Wolfwood can't see him. ]
Talk myself into what. More holy kisses from the local priest?
[ blasphemous, but he's trying to make funny to cut through. There isn't nearly enough sass to it, though. ]
[ He may have freak eyes and senses but they do not let him have omnipresent vision. ]
I dunno, maybe I'll quit that job. Not exactly the best-sellin' gig I got.
[ Plus, while he's mostly fine with it, the occasional serious confession or being entrusted with someone's heavy grief is something he doesn't deserve. He'll respect the serious ones in the end, but he's been lately of the mind since the Ark that he's only better than one thing, and that's no ear to be listened to with.
They're all right. A priest who spills as much blood as him is a walking contradiction. He can still step in for things like funerals, prayers. Maybe be a bit of an undertaker, comma retired priest.
He pinches the back of Vash's shirt a little. ]
And then you won't be able to hold the holiness against me anymore.
[ It takes him a moment because it cements more that their lives really are going to change. It's odd to him, someone who is used to being an unchanging pillar as the hand of a clock ticks away, as dust gathers and claims... When people are beyond his reach, leaving gravestones behind as a reminder that they once lived. He stays behind, still himself, but shouldering burdens no one asked him to shoulder.
For once, the world is changing and his life in turn. He can experience what humans do... Forced to change in order to survive. He wonders if they can start living now. It's a thought, one he long left behind only to pick up recently and it comes to mind more than once, twice, or thrice. Vash is hopeful—the future seems so bright. It's a future where he thinks he can learn to want to exist without guilt.
He really is contemplating so many deep topics while draped on Wolfwood. Finally, he gets some words rolling, though he curls up a bit in Wolfwood's arms and noses closer to the base of his neck. ]
Woah... You're even turning in your clerical collar, not that you ever wore one.
[ The metaphorical collar, since Wolfwood likes to have his tits out. ]
I have to figure out what to call you since I can't call you a shitty priest anymore. What about little errand boy?
[ Nightow really did debate giving him one in early designs but he was like collar and deep v is too much I guess. ]
Nah, that's a different service.
[ That he doesn't actually offer to anyone, not even Vash. But really, Vash doesn't even have to ask. Wolfwood holds his own leash but still follows like a loyal dog. This is something he'll never give up no matter how the times change. ]
Don't think you need to double up on "little" and "boy". [ And he doesn't really like being called a boy either. ] You already went for Nicholas, you can keep using that. How about that?
[ His goth girl era choker... Not very catholic, but the spirit is there. Vash is actually not that well verse in the ways of church. Not that it matters. What matters is that Wolfwood leads the life he wants. Whether that means taking up the undertaker role part-time, who knows?
There's a little grumble before he whines. ]
But that's not a nickname. [ ... ] Should I crack open the window?
[ Vash's small inn room is really containing all this burrito and quesadilla aroma. ]
A clerical collar, clergy collar, or, informally, dog collar,[1][2][3] is an item of Christian clerical clothing.[4]
[ Unfortunately it may be one of the more Christian things he can do, granted it typically has no meaning other than that it's clergywear, I think. You really assigned their food smelly, sometimes the smell of food is good. Wolfwood shrugs. He isn't holding onto him too tightly, he is free to slink out whenever he wants. ]
If you feel like it, sure. Air should get cooler sooner or later.
[ YEAH, THE LITTLE COLLAR WITH THE WHITE BLOCK. Rather than smelly, the room is small... And tasty aroma will linger, in my opinion. Some people do not mind if their room smells like their food. I think Mexican food is inoffensive, but Vash doesn't know if maybe they want some fresh air?
Also nice cool desert breeze for small room. ]
Mm...
[ Vash hums, still seated on Wolfwood's lap, as if he doesn't want to quite leave yet as tempting as fresh air is. ]
[ Desert breeze should be nice. Hopefully they get one. Assigns nicer places in No Man's Land having those like, bug screens, except fine enough for sand. Are we in a nice enough inn. ]
Not seein' a lot of movin'.
[ Hands slooowly trying to make their way back to hanging on Vash... the time limit... ]
[ This place is a bit nicer. While it's a small room, the owners did invest in making their patrons comfortable... As much as they can afford, so this one has a fine mesh that keeps both bugs and sand out, but enough to let air in.
Vash stays on Wolfwood's lap, kicking his feet while they're hanging over the armrest. ]
You giving me a deadline or something? I'm going!
[ A small laugh before he wraps his arms around Wolfwood, twisting his body to do so, and gives him a little squeeze... As if asking him to give him this moment. Only then does he pry himself off and up to go to the window and slide it open. ]
I just wasn't seein' a lot of results for announcing it out loud the way you did, was all.
[ He lets Vash leave without complaint, it's not like he's going far or doing anything serious. He even lets the slightly positionally awkward hug happen. It's nice and laid back and though realistically he would have never been able to enjoy it in their previous predicament, it makes him briefly wonder how much he could've been missing out on.
He'll idly pick up and thumb through those cards again while at it, ]
It was cheap and in a less populated district, okay?
[ It is a lot to consider this can be multiple places in America. The yelling crescendos in volume, heated and only getting worse. Threats are starting to crop up...
[ THE PROBLEM BEING THAT INTRINSICALLY HE DOESN'T NECESSARILY DISAGREE AT LEAST FOR THE 'IT'S HARD TO CHILL IN THESE CONDITIONS' BIT. He thinks arguments can be resolved by themselves for the most part, but what is he going to do, just sit here and wait and risk the maybe 10-20% chance that Vash is going to get shot on his own.
He SIGHS and follows him out, dragging his cross with. It always comes whenever there is any kind of business. ]
[ It really is a small chance he'd get shot... High chance to get shot at, low chance for bullets to connect unless the gunslinger is better than him (unlikely).
The door closes behind them, then securely locks before Vash pockets the key. This is kind of like old times, he thinks—UG doesn't count they just chilled until murder. ]
What did you say?
[ Vash leads them to the alley that runs right below their window. Throws dart... It's two women fighting and it's incredibly difficult to know why they're fighting. There's hostile lesbian energy here, though, and Wolfwood might be able to relate. ]
[ Was thinking more in the sense of the average person who has a gun and is likely to shoot it, probably not too high at this hour in this kind of place. ]
Nothin'.
[ Going 'for fuck's sake' is not worth reiterating. He's just staring at these two women fighting and yelling at each other like. Okay. ]
Doesn't seem too big of a deal to me.
[ Could be worse. What are they arguing about, madams. ]
[ Finally, it is reiterated that the other allegedly is seducing? Sleeping? With her man? And this is where the gun comes out. ]
Doesn't seem like a big deal...?
[ The other says why would she sleep with that pathetic guy? She has better tastes? And that's an insult, or taken as one, because it infuriates the other. Of course, now both guns are at play. Why would the other woman not pull out a gun when she's being threatened by one?
Vash is about to approach, actually, and be his usual self, but Wolfwood may have this short reprieve while Vash is still beside him watching the girls fight. ]
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Stop... How can he fight you when he feels that hand gently guiding him to lean down. He allows himself to be go wherever Wolfwood wants him, nesting more atop him despite the complaints about his weight as a full-grown man. He's... a little nervous because he doesn't remember the last time he was this close to someone for this long without it being a joke. Or his attempt at being wasted to hell. ]
Woof woof?
[ He can pretend to be a lapdog. Who can stop him?! ]
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[ He was gonna kill two birds with one stone, distribute Vash's weight better and maybe steal a kiss. However it's hard allegedly when he's woofing at you, though it obviously doesn't stop him from sitting back in his seat a little more comfortably. ]
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[ Some silence to pair with his surprise, no woof to be uttered or heard, since he isn't used to Wolfwood being affectionate... Their time in the Underground was fraught with stress and tension after all.
Well, since Wolfwood was wondering, Vash gives him a small peck. It isn't so much of an actual kiss as it's him pressing his face to Wolfwood's cheek. There's no small smacking noise or purse of his lips, no suffering a strong scent of burrito breath... Just the faint lingering aroma from food recently consumed clinging onto whatever it can.
You never know where life takes you... One day the apocalypse kicks off, the next you smell like beef, cheese, and fried dough. ]
There.
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You don't gotta look that surprised.
[ DAMN. He can be a little lovable sometimes, right? Right?! Anyway something about this makes him want to pet Vash's hair behind the ears. The inherent instinct to wish to pet animal, it is here. Does he still maintain that undercut?
Either way, somewhat sated by sorta-smooch-maybe-more-like-nuzzle. He turns his head though and brushes his lips against Vash's cheek, pressing a kiss against the high or his cheekbone. ]
There, I was goin' more for something like this.
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There's an abrupt jerk as he straightens up and it makes the chair creak under their combined weight. ]
It's not because it's unlike you!
[ Despite being shitty and critical of Wolfwood for jokes a lot of the time, some the worst of times for his own good, one of the last things Vash would ever say is that Wolfwood (or anyone) isn't a loving person. While both of them are far from normal people, he wants Wolfwood to know he isn't different from others...
He isn't heartless or cold, just annoying and mean (with purpose). ]
I'm just surprised because I'm not used to it—[ Then he receives the kiss and he shuts up immediately.
It's one thing if they're in a romantic or desperately gay mood... It's a different beast if it's spontaneous? It really is unpredictable coming from Wolfwood and Vash is trying to mentally comprehend all of this despite the fluttering butterflies in his stomach. ]
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Yeah, that's right. Shut up a little before you talk yourself into something.
[ He says, perfectly content to be like this. He wasn't even remotely offended, it's like mock offense. He knows he's rough and gruff around the edges, and being softer is something he's definitely going to have to work on with Vash. It's hard to let those spikes down when their entire time together, it's been walking on eggshells and mines for so many reasons.
This is easier for him, acts of service and physical affection. It's his return for not saying 'I love you back' earlier in favour of trying not to shrivel in on himself. Not in a bad way, just another thing he has to warm up to.
Suffer and have a second nuzzle-kiss. ]
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Talk myself into what. More holy kisses from the local priest?
[ blasphemous, but he's trying to make funny to cut through. There isn't nearly enough sass to it, though. ]
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I dunno, maybe I'll quit that job. Not exactly the best-sellin' gig I got.
[ Plus, while he's mostly fine with it, the occasional serious confession or being entrusted with someone's heavy grief is something he doesn't deserve. He'll respect the serious ones in the end, but he's been lately of the mind since the Ark that he's only better than one thing, and that's no ear to be listened to with.
They're all right. A priest who spills as much blood as him is a walking contradiction. He can still step in for things like funerals, prayers. Maybe be a bit of an undertaker, comma retired priest.
He pinches the back of Vash's shirt a little. ]
And then you won't be able to hold the holiness against me anymore.
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For once, the world is changing and his life in turn. He can experience what humans do... Forced to change in order to survive. He wonders if they can start living now. It's a thought, one he long left behind only to pick up recently and it comes to mind more than once, twice, or thrice. Vash is hopeful—the future seems so bright. It's a future where he thinks he can learn to want to exist without guilt.
He really is contemplating so many deep topics while draped on Wolfwood. Finally, he gets some words rolling, though he curls up a bit in Wolfwood's arms and noses closer to the base of his neck. ]
Woah... You're even turning in your clerical collar, not that you ever wore one.
[ The metaphorical collar, since Wolfwood likes to have his tits out. ]
I have to figure out what to call you since I can't call you a shitty priest anymore. What about little errand boy?
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Nah, that's a different service.
[ That he doesn't actually offer to anyone, not even Vash. But really, Vash doesn't even have to ask. Wolfwood holds his own leash but still follows like a loyal dog. This is something he'll never give up no matter how the times change. ]
Don't think you need to double up on "little" and "boy". [ And he doesn't really like being called a boy either. ] You already went for Nicholas, you can keep using that. How about that?
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There's a little grumble before he whines. ]
But that's not a nickname. [ ... ] Should I crack open the window?
[ Vash's small inn room is really containing all this burrito and quesadilla aroma. ]
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[ Unfortunately it may be one of the more Christian things he can do, granted it typically has no meaning other than that it's clergywear, I think. You really assigned their food smelly, sometimes the smell of food is good. Wolfwood shrugs. He isn't holding onto him too tightly, he is free to slink out whenever he wants. ]
If you feel like it, sure. Air should get cooler sooner or later.
[ Desert nights... ]
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Also nice cool desert breeze for small room. ]
Mm...
[ Vash hums, still seated on Wolfwood's lap, as if he doesn't want to quite leave yet as tempting as fresh air is. ]
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Not seein' a lot of movin'.
[ Hands slooowly trying to make their way back to hanging on Vash... the time limit... ]
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Vash stays on Wolfwood's lap, kicking his feet while they're hanging over the armrest. ]
You giving me a deadline or something? I'm going!
[ A small laugh before he wraps his arms around Wolfwood, twisting his body to do so, and gives him a little squeeze... As if asking him to give him this moment. Only then does he pry himself off and up to go to the window and slide it open. ]
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[ He lets Vash leave without complaint, it's not like he's going far or doing anything serious. He even lets the slightly positionally awkward hug happen. It's nice and laid back and though realistically he would have never been able to enjoy it in their previous predicament, it makes him briefly wonder how much he could've been missing out on.
He'll idly pick up and thumb through those cards again while at it, ]
Feelin' a nice breeze out there?
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When it does, he turns to Wolfwood. ]
It'll take a bit before you can feel it in the room, but there is a breeze.
[ Success! Until they start hearing yelling right below the window. ]
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Nice neighbourhood you picked.
[ Reminds me of LA............ ]
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[ It is a lot to consider this can be multiple places in America. The yelling crescendos in volume, heated and only getting worse. Threats are starting to crop up...
Heaving a sigh, Vash makes his way to the door. ]
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[ Wait. Seriously??? ]
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The other option is to let them keep fighting and maybe hurt themselves?! It's not like we can talk like this!
[ Can Wolfwood even hear him... Well, he has his super senses now. ]
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[ THE PROBLEM BEING THAT INTRINSICALLY HE DOESN'T NECESSARILY DISAGREE AT LEAST FOR THE 'IT'S HARD TO CHILL IN THESE CONDITIONS' BIT. He thinks arguments can be resolved by themselves for the most part, but what is he going to do, just sit here and wait and risk the maybe 10-20% chance that Vash is going to get shot on his own.
He SIGHS and follows him out, dragging his cross with. It always comes whenever there is any kind of business. ]
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The door closes behind them, then securely locks before Vash pockets the key. This is kind of like old times, he thinks—UG doesn't count they just chilled until murder. ]
What did you say?
[ Vash leads them to the alley that runs right below their window. Throws dart... It's two women fighting and it's incredibly difficult to know why they're fighting. There's hostile lesbian energy here, though, and Wolfwood might be able to relate. ]
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Nothin'.
[ Going 'for fuck's sake' is not worth reiterating. He's just staring at these two women fighting and yelling at each other like. Okay. ]
Doesn't seem too big of a deal to me.
[ Could be worse. What are they arguing about, madams. ]
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Doesn't seem like a big deal...?
[ The other says why would she sleep with that pathetic guy? She has better tastes? And that's an insult, or taken as one, because it infuriates the other. Of course, now both guns are at play. Why would the other woman not pull out a gun when she's being threatened by one?
Vash is about to approach, actually, and be his usual self, but Wolfwood may have this short reprieve while Vash is still beside him watching the girls fight. ]
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