[ I hate to kill the vibe, but he did say he thought about killing someone for an apple. The God apple would just enable him to do other things he wants with the power. But if he had to choose one and one only, he'd choose the cure apple because he entrusted Ceres to Yves for a reason. That's his best friend. He died for that. It's a hope, but still something he wants to believe in without basis.
But now, if he could murder for an apple, he'd do it. Opportunity cost. He doesn't care about some people. Exchange that for an apple? He'd be elated. ]
[ yea don't fucking choose the god apple that's literally the scien brofiise move except scien is too arrogant and thinks he can do everything without an apple.
anyway.
adolphe says this so casually when yves feels like his entire world is being turned lopsided. yves would do anything for love, but he still didn't kill for an apple that promised that. yves would do anything for adolphe now, but the tree is long gone and he can't do any more damage. it just didn't occur to him even once that anyone he cared about would do something so drastic for him.
(he died alone amidst hellfire from ruin he finalized with his own hands. he interrupted the declaration of scien's love that he didn't even condemn. he wanted a love like that—a love that would make an enemy out of the world just for the sake of proving devotion.)
when he throws his arms around adolphe's neck this time, they might topple over. sorry, he's a little insanely moved. and also a little insane. he presses their lips together in a kiss that scorches as if adolphe just said the most romantic thing in the world by admitting that he'd murder just to make yves a little bit more comfortable.
when he pulls away, the words flow so easily: ]
I love you.
[ how can you be so nonchalant? more than anything in this world, I love you. my heart feels like it's about to burst ]
I don't need a cure. I only need you. I don't care if anyone else judges me for my scar or feels afraid of me anymore. If you love me as I am—scarred, twisted, greedy me—then everyone else can disappear.
[ yves is still caring. he cannot throw away the core of who he is—someone sweet and adoring. he'll still stop to help strangers in the street and try his hardest to create a good ending for as many people as possible.
however.
none of that is in a desperate need to be loved anymore—not when he has everything he's been looking for right here. ]
[ Adolphe is so overwhelmed by the reply that his nonchalance disappears. ]
I love you too.
[ He pulls Yves by the collar to kiss him while they're on the ground, lying down in the dirt in this meadow of beautiful flowers. ]
But are you sure? It's your only chance.
[ He's still worried about Yves, because. Yes, he cares for him a lot. Adolphe's own emotions are pretty fucked from this mg round, so that could help his... everything. ]
[ he allows himself to be pulled down so easily, giving adolphe that kiss and then laughing so happily against his mouth. he still gets a rush every time adolphe says he loves him, and he sort of hopes he always will.
still, even as they're in the dirt of this meadow together, bathed in the golden sunlight, he's never felt more sure. ]
Yes.
[ every inch of him melts into softness, delighted by the simple fact of knowing he's loved ]
... when we first arrived, that's something I asked the angels. If I were revived, if I were to go back to life, could God remove my scar? They said yes. That's how badly I wanted to be without it—but I only asked because I was looking for someone to love me.
[ he cups adolphe's face with his hand, taking a moment to just admire him. what an unexpected turn of events—for his favorite person in the world to love him so. ]
But now I have you. I don't know how I got so lucky, but I do. All I ever really wanted was... someone who could say they love me, even with my scar. [ it just always felt too precarious, too impossible to say out loud ] Now all I want is you.
The light off Yves makes it look like he has a glow to him in Adolphe's perspective and it leaves him speechless for a moment from how good he looks. It warms his heart. ]
Your scar or anything on your body won't make me love you less. You're still Yves, with or without it.
[ he doesn't want to change. he doesn't want to be different. so many people have come to care about him here even with his scar, and he doesn't want all that affection to go to waste either. (even if adolphe's is the one he prizes above all else.)
still, he presses one, two, three more kisses to adolphe's mouth as if that's the only way he can express all his gratitude and affection ]
Even if I appreciate the offer. Knowing that you want to go that far for me... Ah, I'm really so in love with you, Adolphe.
[ he also would prefer to just kiss, like a useless gay. he'll just press their mouths together again before shifting his weight to try to pull adolphe on top of him yay ]
[ Adolphe ends up being on top of Yves, but he tries not to shift his entire weight on him. He holds himself up by supporting himself with his arms at both sides of Yves's head, a hand brushing through Yves's hair, and kisses him again. He loves him so much and it leads him to eventually try and deepen the kiss with the same method that Yves tried before--lightly nibbling at his bottom lip. ]
[ thinking about how making out is becoming one of yves’ main hobbies
but he sighs happily into the kisses that follow, and obediently parts his lips when the nip comes. there is a brief thought of quick learner and he only tries to reduce the space between his body and adolphe’s to nothing at all ]
He's being pulled in and. Well. Alright. There's no longer any space between their bodies since Yves is successful with that, but it also means that he doesn't have to hold himself up as much. What follows after the nip is... hesitance, but only because what he thinks he should do next is a little embarrassing, but he licks the tip of Yves's tongue when he can find it. Quick learner he may be, but still nerfed by his personality. ]
[ this is why yaywon doesn’t think you’re a top, adolphe
but yves can’t help his amusement!! not the hesitation!! well it’s fine. he’s pretty sure he can get adolphe riled up again on purpose. stop thinking! just have fun! so it’s with confidence that yves will return the kiss, meeting adolphe’s shyness with absolutely none at all. he makes a soft, encouraging noise as he licks into adolphe’s mouth in return.
they don’t even have a blanket in this meadow it’s so funny ]
And look... sometimes he gets really into it, okay. The atmosphere and mood matters so much to him, but it's easy to get caught up in it. Despite the lack of blanket, Adolphe starts meeting Yves halfway with his own tongue and runs his fingers through his hair again. The encouragement helps. Thanks, Yves. ]
there’s something so romantic and endearing about just being able to kiss his lover in a meadow of flowers at sunset. yves is happy to do this until his lungs protest against the amount of breath left in them, and yet even when he pulls away he presses another kiss to adolphe’s cheek like he can’t stand to part ]
[ Adolphe does the same, but it's at the corner of Yves's lips and mouths against it as he talks. ]
I'm enjoying myself. As long as you are too, then it's a good date.
[ It's all that matters to Adolphe. They could be just sitting in a quiet place to nap and that would be a good date if that's what they both wanted to do for it. ]
[ aaaaAAAAA HE LOVES BEING SPOILED!!!!! they just finished kissing and yet when adolphe is so sweet then yves just turns his head to kiss him again! mwah! ]
Of course I’m enjoying myself with you. I always do.
[ and he’s not even being a horrible gremlin about it this time! ]
[ cute.... yves just tucks himself against adolphe's side then, still half-draped on top of him but that's just because he's clingy and terribly cuddly ]
... I guess I just never thought someone could love me this much. Not that I ever doubted you, but... Being truly loved always felt like a dream.
[ Oh... Adolphe is so moved by that. The fact that he could be anyone's dream come true, let alone anything remotely good in that sort of way was unfathomable. For someone who was always called a useless existence with no value since he was born and how that stuck to him even after two decades, it warms his heart like no other. ]
[ yves doesn't need to be loved most, he just needs to be loved at all.
and yet hearing this really makes his chest tight. it's so much more than he ever thought was possible, but adolphe says it so simply. adolphe makes loving him look easy. his heartrate is never going to calm down. ]
I love you, too. I really, truly love you. I don't want to love everyone anymore, I want to give my whole heart to you and only you.
[ To finally hear this makes Adolphe extremely relieved, but from what? He wanted to keep Yves's love to himself, but he compromised and thought it was fine for Yves to keep having those feelings of love towards other people. It's not like Adolphe can talk about that, since he still has feelings for Jacopo, but the possessiveness is a very integral part of Adolphe. He's selfish. Always has been, always will be. ]
it makes no promises for the current moment—because yves is so capable of modifying his own emotions, yes, but he’s not fully capable of doing so surrounding his feelings of love. even still. he does want to give his whole heart to adolphe even if he’d never ask the same in return. but it’ll be a work in progress that’ll only start after they leave.
but since he can’t read brackets and manages to be so absurdly loyal, it’s functionally the same thing? ]
I don’t know if that’s something you need to thank me for… but you’re welcome even so.
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But now, if he could murder for an apple, he'd do it. Opportunity cost. He doesn't care about some people. Exchange that for an apple? He'd be elated. ]
Yeah? Who else?
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anyway.
adolphe says this so casually when yves feels like his entire world is being turned lopsided. yves would do anything for love, but he still didn't kill for an apple that promised that. yves would do anything for adolphe now, but the tree is long gone and he can't do any more damage. it just didn't occur to him even once that anyone he cared about would do something so drastic for him.
(he died alone amidst hellfire from ruin he finalized with his own hands. he interrupted the declaration of scien's love that he didn't even condemn. he wanted a love like that—a love that would make an enemy out of the world just for the sake of proving devotion.)
when he throws his arms around adolphe's neck this time, they might topple over. sorry, he's a little insanely moved. and also a little insane. he presses their lips together in a kiss that scorches as if adolphe just said the most romantic thing in the world by admitting that he'd murder just to make yves a little bit more comfortable.
when he pulls away, the words flow so easily: ]
I love you.
[ how can you be so nonchalant? more than anything in this world, I love you. my heart feels like it's about to burst ]
I don't need a cure. I only need you. I don't care if anyone else judges me for my scar or feels afraid of me anymore. If you love me as I am—scarred, twisted, greedy me—then everyone else can disappear.
[ yves is still caring. he cannot throw away the core of who he is—someone sweet and adoring. he'll still stop to help strangers in the street and try his hardest to create a good ending for as many people as possible.
however.
none of that is in a desperate need to be loved anymore—not when he has everything he's been looking for right here. ]
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I love you too.
[ He pulls Yves by the collar to kiss him while they're on the ground, lying down in the dirt in this meadow of beautiful flowers. ]
But are you sure? It's your only chance.
[ He's still worried about Yves, because. Yes, he cares for him a lot. Adolphe's own emotions are pretty fucked from this mg round, so that could help his... everything. ]
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still, even as they're in the dirt of this meadow together, bathed in the golden sunlight, he's never felt more sure. ]
Yes.
[ every inch of him melts into softness, delighted by the simple fact of knowing he's loved ]
... when we first arrived, that's something I asked the angels. If I were revived, if I were to go back to life, could God remove my scar? They said yes. That's how badly I wanted to be without it—but I only asked because I was looking for someone to love me.
[ he cups adolphe's face with his hand, taking a moment to just admire him. what an unexpected turn of events—for his favorite person in the world to love him so. ]
But now I have you. I don't know how I got so lucky, but I do. All I ever really wanted was... someone who could say they love me, even with my scar. [ it just always felt too precarious, too impossible to say out loud ] Now all I want is you.
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The light off Yves makes it look like he has a glow to him in Adolphe's perspective and it leaves him speechless for a moment from how good he looks. It warms his heart. ]
Your scar or anything on your body won't make me love you less. You're still Yves, with or without it.
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[ he doesn't want to change. he doesn't want to be different. so many people have come to care about him here even with his scar, and he doesn't want all that affection to go to waste either. (even if adolphe's is the one he prizes above all else.)
still, he presses one, two, three more kisses to adolphe's mouth as if that's the only way he can express all his gratitude and affection ]
Even if I appreciate the offer. Knowing that you want to go that far for me... Ah, I'm really so in love with you, Adolphe.
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[ Past, present, future. ]
Then I guess it's back to square one for the apple...
[ But his tone seems to carry some kind of levity when he presses another kiss to Yves's cheek, nose, and finally the mouth. One, two, three kisses.
I think I'd rather kiss you in this pretty scenery than talk about apples. ]
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well, ]
We can table it.
[ he also would prefer to just kiss, like a useless gay. he'll just press their mouths together again before shifting his weight to try to pull adolphe on top of him yay ]
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but he sighs happily into the kisses that follow, and obediently parts his lips when the nip comes. there is a brief thought of quick learner and he only tries to reduce the space between his body and adolphe’s to nothing at all ]
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He's being pulled in and. Well. Alright. There's no longer any space between their bodies since Yves is successful with that, but it also means that he doesn't have to hold himself up as much. What follows after the nip is... hesitance, but only because what he thinks he should do next is a little embarrassing, but he licks the tip of Yves's tongue when he can find it. Quick learner he may be, but still nerfed by his personality. ]
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but yves can’t help his amusement!! not the hesitation!! well it’s fine. he’s pretty sure he can get adolphe riled up again on purpose. stop thinking! just have fun! so it’s with confidence that yves will return the kiss, meeting adolphe’s shyness with absolutely none at all. he makes a soft, encouraging noise as he licks into adolphe’s mouth in return.
they don’t even have a blanket in this meadow it’s so funny ]
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And look... sometimes he gets really into it, okay. The atmosphere and mood matters so much to him, but it's easy to get caught up in it. Despite the lack of blanket, Adolphe starts meeting Yves halfway with his own tongue and runs his fingers through his hair again. The encouragement helps. Thanks, Yves. ]
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there’s something so romantic and endearing about just being able to kiss his lover in a meadow of flowers at sunset. yves is happy to do this until his lungs protest against the amount of breath left in them, and yet even when he pulls away he presses another kiss to adolphe’s cheek like he can’t stand to part ]
Would you call this a good first date?
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I'm enjoying myself. As long as you are too, then it's a good date.
[ It's all that matters to Adolphe. They could be just sitting in a quiet place to nap and that would be a good date if that's what they both wanted to do for it. ]
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Of course I’m enjoying myself with you. I always do.
[ and he’s not even being a horrible gremlin about it this time! ]
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[ He lets himself relax against Yves as he scoots himself to his side instead of directly on top of him. ]
Just know that if I have to choose, I'll keep choosing you.
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... I guess I just never thought someone could love me this much. Not that I ever doubted you, but... Being truly loved always felt like a dream.
[ but he sighs, content ]
So I guess that makes you my dream come true.
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I love you.
[ He breathes out. ]
I have never loved anyone more in my life.
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and yet hearing this really makes his chest tight. it's so much more than he ever thought was possible, but adolphe says it so simply. adolphe makes loving him look easy. his heartrate is never going to calm down. ]
I love you, too. I really, truly love you. I don't want to love everyone anymore, I want to give my whole heart to you and only you.
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I'm really happy to hear that, Yves. Thank you.
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the keyword in what yves said was ‘want’.
it makes no promises for the current moment—because yves is so capable of modifying his own emotions, yes, but he’s not fully capable of doing so surrounding his feelings of love. even still. he does want to give his whole heart to adolphe even if he’d never ask the same in return. but it’ll be a work in progress that’ll only start after they leave.
but since he can’t read brackets and manages to be so absurdly loyal, it’s functionally the same thing? ]
I don’t know if that’s something you need to thank me for… but you’re welcome even so.
[ he’s soooo heart eyes ]
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I'm trying to say words, like you wanted me to.
[ He huffs a little. ]
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… You’re so good to me, Adolphe…
Thank you. [ a brief kiss ] I’ll do my best to return the favor.
[ a beat ]
I guess I can start behaving more…
[ and not freely ignoring things as he pleases… ]
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You're only considering it now?
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