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[messianic]

[ ... And Minato dips his head, sighing ruefully--but despite himself, there's a smile that's slowly curving his lips.

He still thinks this is a bad idea, but...

... Akira said yes. ]

... Okay. I don't want to take that away from you. And... even though I'm worried, I'm... happy, too.

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[with the tension finally seeping out of the room, Akira can focus on the thrumming in his ears, on the lightness that flutters in his chest. he ducks his head a bit, giving Minato's hand a gentle squeeze as his features curve into a genuine, but lopsided, smile]

I— yeah. Me too.

[a pause]

. . . I thought I had made you feel awkward, you know? Like I had taken things too far by getting swept up in the moment. I was just goofing around, but—

[a helpless, sheepish shrug]

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[ Minato snorts softly under his breath at that, rubbing the back of his head with his other hand.

The hand in Akira's remains there, and he squeezes it back gently. ]

... I enjoyed it.

But... we didn't talk about it, so I thought, um...

[ ... He doesn't want to bring down the mood again, so he just shrugs helplessly. Akira knows what he thought. ]

And then there was last night--

[ oh he does remember the dream ]

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[







]

[SWEATS]

What. . . about last night?

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[ opens mouth





closes mouth. ]

Never mind. If you didn't, um-- well.

It doesn't matter.

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[wHAT IS HAPPENING]

[IS HE TALKING ABOUT THE DREAM???]

. . . are you talking about. . .

[. . .]

Things that happen while you're asleep?

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[ ... blinks at Akira blankly. ]

... Have you been punished so you can't say the word "dream", or something...?

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[high pitched noise, his cheeks flushing red]

No—!

[it's just if he says the word "dream" he doesn't trust himself not to say "sex" first]

It's just— ah. A strange thing to bring up??

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[ ... squints at Akira suspiciously at those red cheeks. ]

... Well. If it's strange and you don't remember anything, then it must've just been a strange thing here and we don't have to talk about it.

[ IN FACT, HE IS RELIEVED BY THIS CONFIRMATION. ]

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[DON'T WALLOW IN THAT RELIEVE FOR TOO LONG, MINATO!!!]

[looks away, free hand coming up to tug bashfully at his bangs]

Right. Exactly. I remember nothing. There's nothing to remember.

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[ jiiiiii





... ]

Oh no.

[ OH NO. ]

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[SHOVES A HAND IN MINATO'S FACE]

How would you even know about it. . .!

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[ SHOVED.

WOW RUDE.

And with a cheek smooshed up against Akira's hand-- ]

I don't know...! It just, um--happened...?

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[OOOOOOOOH MY GOD????]

Are you some kind of dream seer?

[he does not mean this seriously he's trying to cover up his embarrassment that APPARENTLY MINATO KNOWS ABOUT THE SEX DREAM??? OH MY GOD]

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No--?!

[ GOD AKIRA. ]

I, um--for a minute I thought maybe--

[ that it was his dream. ]

--but I heard people say that they were, like... ending up in other peoples' dreams a bit...?

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[oh my goooooood]

[buries his face in one hand, cheeks so red he almost looks like a beet]

Whyyyyy. . .

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[ he looks like he's searching for words, honestly.

But finally-- ]

Oh, so it was your dream?

... Huh. That explains some things.

[ MINATO YOU'LL KILL THIS BOY. ]

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[JUST. . . LETS OUT A HOLLOW LAUGH INTO HIS PALM]

We can stop talking about it any time now. . .!

[this is what happens when ur deep dream fantasies are made semi-public. to the one person they featured the most]

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[ ... ]

Oh, right, sorry.

[ whoops!! ]

I didn't mean to make things awkward. It was just, um, a surprise...? So I'm glad to understand a bit better now.

[ .......... and quietly: ]

I'm not mad about it. [ QUITE THE CONTRARY.... ]

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[. . .]

[. . . . . . .]

[. . . . . . . . . .]

[lifts his head again, face still super scarlet]

. . . I'm not usually. . . the type to move that-- ah. That fast?

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Oh--me neither.

[ He says that much easily. Then, with a faintly sheepish smile-- ]

But, well... maybe because it was a dream, or maybe because you could just... be yourself, but...

It was nice. Seeing another side of you.

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[. . . . . .]

[the embarrassment is ebbing away slightly, fingers curling a little more tightly around Minato's. because yes, he is still holding senpai's hand. he is!!!]

. . . well.

[. . .]

I'm not really mad about it, either.

[JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE. SUPER CASUALLY]

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[ So casual!!!

Minato considers that, expression a little bashful, before he just shrugs a bit and-- ]

... Can we, um... start with a kiss, for now?

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[so casual!! it was just a sex dream, not that weird!!!]

[(har har)]

[but at that, Akira lets out a breathless little laugh, ducking his head a bit as he does so]

You won't hear me saying no to that.

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[ ... And so quietly, Minato reaches out with his free hand to gently guide Akira's chin up with his fingers.

And slowly, deliberately, leans in to press their lips together.

A kiss!!! ]