[ lifts his hand to run through adolphe's hair, he's still gentle but it's genuinely less to be doting this time around. now it's just to check for gray hairs ]
[ but the rest of adolphe's statement hits and he just laughs a little bit, burrowing himself more against adolphe's side affectionately because he can and adolphe has been letting him get away with it ]
[ Yves's route was... quite something. There's comfort in knowing that Yves is right by his side, even if he's not the same one that Adolphe had given his life for. He's not coughing blood, neither are fighting Bourreau... They're not "alive" but they're well. For the most part. And that's enough to be grateful for. ]
[ . . . he does think that's true. he was just teasing and joking, but it still warms his heart to hear. wouldn't it be nice if they could just stay like this?
(some ache in his heart does whisper: wouldn't it be nice if they could be a little bit more? no, he shouldn't take anymore from adolphe than he already has ) ]
"Despite," he says... [ still amused, laughing. well. that's fair. yves is a pain, and sometimes he is one on purpose to adolphe ]
... but I do think you know me best of everyone here. [ second best only to hugo ] So... it's amazing to me that you can still say that.
... But I don't think it's really that amazing. It's who you are, and you still deserve to be loved like anybody else. Nothing makes you exempt from that.
[ He says this, but Adolphe is always a hypocrite when it comes to himself. He doesn't think that anyone would love him at all, nor does he deserve anything like that, despite Yves being right here, in front of him, offering that love to him. Things like that can't go away overnight, but it persistently clings to him. Yves is a better person than he'll ever be, and that's fine. That's why he entrusted Ceres to him, after all. Even if this one isn't the same Yves that he died for, it's still Yves. Nothing more, nothing less. ]
[ DOES NOT CONFIRM OR DENY WHETHER HE'S GOING TO KEEP BEING RECKLESS but he laughs a little to himself even as adolphe goes on. he says it with such confidence. and because it's adolphe, it's easier for yves to believe. so he smiles back and doesn't hide the warmth and affection in his expression. ]
So you won't get tired of me because I deserve to be loved? [ does that mean you'll be the one to love me? is on the tip of his tongue, but there are limits to how much he'll tease. and hope. ]
[ That's all he'll say about it!! He looks a bit exasperated when Yves tries to turn it around on him though. Does Adolphe think he, himself, deserves to be loved? Hell no. lmao. ]
[ Those last words should do something to him, but he doesn't let himself. Yves loves everybody. Why should Adolphe feel special in that regard? Because he loves him more than the others? There's an ugly emotion that swirls from within. What is it like to feel special, to feel exclusive to someone in a way that he can also accept? He was always "special" while being so normal, and he hated it. He was "special" while being so ordinary that no one wanted him.
Useless.
You'll never be good enough.
Die miserable and alone.
It's what you deserve.
So Adolphe accepts Yves's love in the only way he knows how—platonically, despite what they've done earlier this week. The cheek that's pulled makes Adolphe smile a little wryly. ]
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[ He's not going to say Hugo is dead in his timeline...... ]
Maybe he'll be old and wrinkly by that time.
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With the famed gray hair...! [ brings a hand up to poke at adolphe's cheek annoyingly ] Was that going to happen to you too, Adolphe?
[ since he wasn't stuck with their damn curse ]
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... I feel like I would have gotten gray hair before I even hit 30 from how much you all stress me out.
[ Stop poking him!! ]
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[ lifts his hand to run through adolphe's hair, he's still gentle but it's genuinely less to be doting this time around. now it's just to check for gray hairs ]
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Stop that.
[ At least he can tell the difference in the atmosphere... ]
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I was just curious...
You know, I'm a little disappointed. I really thought I'd get to be older than you...
[ but NO he's still THREE YEARS BEHIND!!! ]
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/s ]
By a year? Would that really make you happy?
[ Silly Yves. He gives a gentle pat on his head and the same with the sleeping chaos. ]
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[ JUST
YEAH!!!! ]
I could've been the responsible and mature and composed one...
[ he couldn't have. not at all. ]
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[ Anyway, that'll a rhetorical question because ]
But you don't need to do all that. You're great the way you are, and I wouldn't change you for anybody.
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[ THAT'S NOT FAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ]
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I'm starting to think you missed me too...
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It wasn't for long on my end, but... you're right. I did.
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Mm... then I'm sorry I kept you waiting even that long.
I'm here now.
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[ He's quiet about it, but that's because. ]
You always are, now.
[ Yves's route was... quite something. There's comfort in knowing that Yves is right by his side, even if he's not the same one that Adolphe had given his life for. He's not coughing blood, neither are fighting Bourreau... They're not "alive" but they're well. For the most part. And that's enough to be grateful for. ]
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Are you going to say that you're gonna get tired of me eventually? This is what Hugo had to put up with, you know.
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[ For... many reasons. ]
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(some ache in his heart does whisper: wouldn't it be nice if they could be a little bit more? no, he shouldn't take anymore from adolphe than he already has ) ]
"Despite," he says... [ still amused, laughing. well. that's fair. yves is a pain, and sometimes he is one on purpose to adolphe ]
... but I do think you know me best of everyone here. [ second best only to hugo ] So... it's amazing to me that you can still say that.
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[ Please stop moving when people tell you that you're bleeding. Yves!!!! ]
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[ He says this, but Adolphe is always a hypocrite when it comes to himself. He doesn't think that anyone would love him at all, nor does he deserve anything like that, despite Yves being right here, in front of him, offering that love to him. Things like that can't go away overnight, but it persistently clings to him. Yves is a better person than he'll ever be, and that's fine. That's why he entrusted Ceres to him, after all. Even if this one isn't the same Yves that he died for, it's still Yves. Nothing more, nothing less. ]
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[ DOES NOT CONFIRM OR DENY WHETHER HE'S GOING TO KEEP BEING RECKLESS but he laughs a little to himself even as adolphe goes on. he says it with such confidence. and because it's adolphe, it's easier for yves to believe. so he smiles back and doesn't hide the warmth and affection in his expression. ]
So you won't get tired of me because I deserve to be loved? [ does that mean you'll be the one to love me? is on the tip of his tongue, but there are limits to how much he'll tease. and hope. ]
Can't I say the same thing to you?
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[ That's all he'll say about it!! He looks a bit exasperated when Yves tries to turn it around on him though. Does Adolphe think he, himself, deserves to be loved? Hell no. lmao. ]
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yves just laughs then and reaches up to pull at adolphe's cheek once more ]
Then I'll always stay with you, because you're you—and I love you, Adolphe.
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Useless.
You'll never be good enough.
Die miserable and alone.
It's what you deserve.
So Adolphe accepts Yves's love in the only way he knows how—platonically, despite what they've done earlier this week. The cheek that's pulled makes Adolphe smile a little wryly. ]
Shtop that.
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so his hand comes up to the other cheek and pulls again
annoying guy ]
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Though with the other cheek pulled, he flicks Yves's forehead. Stop!! ]
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