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[jesterlies]

[The font is ...oddly very shaky! Though it is trying very hard to look Not That. There are some spiteful flourishes though.]

Would someone KINDLY explain to me why these disgUSTINGGGG sacks of flesh are built to be so COUNTER INTUITIVE and fragile??

IIIIIiiii would like to speak to the

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[purevanillacookie]

Yes...

[ There is no hesitation to the breath of the word, rushed out a little as it is. He buries his face in against her in return, hiding his face against her hair and shoulder. ]

I... miss you. And I know Cacao does. Will you not consider coming home?

[lilyberation]

...

I was so sure in my decision. But I wake up alone, and I hate it. I don't know how I managed that as a nomad, anymore.

[purevanillacookie]

We change, my dear. Who were were before no longer suits the changes we have gone through.

[ He moves his hand to take one of hers, folds their fingers together. ]

Please come home.

[lilyberation]

... O-okay. Okay...

( lily inhales, and oh, she always was a crybaby. don't look at her- )

[purevanillacookie]

[ Oh he won't look if she doesn't look, and he exhales hard when she says okay, holds her tighter. ]

Thank you. Oh, I've missed you...

[lilyberation]

I've missed you too. I-

( she almost apologizes, almost cries more, almost freezes.



instead she gently turns him to look at her. )

Kiss me?

[purevanillacookie]

[ The only response she gets is him shifting to cup her face and pull her in to press his mouth to hers. It's soft and tender, a warm brush before he sighs into it and tugs her closer, deepening it with need. ]

[lilyberation]

( it's such a soft, loving thing. and then it's more, and she can't help but cling and try and pull him closer, shifting in his hold- sitting next to each other is nice, but not nearly close enough. she's practically in his lap, soon. )

[purevanillacookie]

[ He missed her so badly, even though it's only been a short time, so he will press it into the kiss. Let her know how he feels without words, shifting to let her into his lap so he can wrap his arms around her like that and hug her tightly to him.

No more leaving him. ]

[lilyberation]

( no more leaving.

lily settles there, one hand cupping his face and the other arm wrapping around him. eventually she has to break the kiss though, breathless and eyes watery- )

Vanny...

[purevanillacookie]

[ Oh, no, his heart. He reaches up with a hand to stroke his thumb under her eyes, wiping away what tears he can, smiling. ]

Hello, my love.

[lilyberation]

...Hi...

( she falters for a moment before tucking herself under his chin, holding him not unlike a particularly large teddybear. )

[purevanillacookie]

[ And he wraps his arms around her tightly, burying his face into her hair in return, sighing softly. ]

We are quite the mess, aren't we, love?

[lilyberation]

We have been for a very long time, I think.

[purevanillacookie]

We have... yet can anyone blame us?

[lilyberation]

I'm not sure I'm the one who should answer that.

( she knows she's hard on herself.

excruciatingly hard on herself. )

... I just... don't know what to do.

[purevanillacookie]

[ Dear, sweetheart, he knows. And he will shake you. Instead he tucks her into him, cradling her against him, his fingers reeling her braid up so he can play with the ends of it, sighs. ]

Keep walking this road with me. We will stumble, but we are very old, and we are allowed to stumble from time to time. We are not perfect, no one is. But so long as we love each other, we can keep going. You may see that we always part but, my dear, I see that we always come back together.

[lilyberation]

... Does it not hurt you, though?

[purevanillacookie]

It doesn't.

[ He touches her forehead with his lips, a brief brush against her mind. Truth. ]

You were my joy when we were little, you are my joy yet still.

[ The memories circling around him, and how she was part of every one. ]

[lilyberation]

( ah- there it is again...

... he has shown her again, and again, and again. and yet- she can't fully process it. what's wrong with her?

her grip on his clothes tightens. )

... I'm tired, Vanny. But- thank you... for still loving me, despite everything...

[purevanillacookie]

My heart, if there is anything I have learned, is that no matter what. No matter the world, no matter the timeline, I will always love you. And it is my joy to do so.

[ He knows... he knows. Somewhere Dark Enchantress Cookie stands with half of her soul, and he wonders if - like him and Shadow Milk - she can't feel some of it yet. If there's a connection that yet persists, even over the worlds. His hold, in turn, tightens on her. ]

[lilyberation]

( the first lily holds one piece, trapped in a room. dark enchantress holds another, across dimensions. and his lily is incomplete, broken, and worse for it.

she lets him, and tries to pretend she's not misting up again. )

I love you.

[purevanillacookie]

I love you as well, my darling. Sit with me for a while yet? Just like this?

[ He presses their heads together again. ]

[lilyberation]

Careful. I might fall asleep like this...

( which is in a sense a 'yes, of course' as she nuzzles against him. )

[purevanillacookie]

Then sleep, my love.

[ He returns the nuzzle and closes his eyes, letting himself fall into silence wrapped around her. ]