[ he offers a soft laugh, and also lapses into silence while he continues, working out each and every knot in tighnari's back and neck until the fox is little more than a puddle beneath him. after that, he smooths his hands up and down tighnari's back, soothing, applying a little more fragrant oil so that the calming scent will linger.
only once he's fully finished, and sure that tighnari is entirely satisfied and relaxed, does he allow himself to drop down to lie beside him, one arm draped against tighnari's lower back. ]
[ Tighnari is silent, yes. It just feels good, to be completely at another's mercy. Even if it's only the fox becoming nothing more than a puddle. A mess of lose muscles and just purring. The moment that Cyno settles next to him? Tighnari's tail is wrapping around the other. As it trying to draw him closer and keep him there. ]
Hmmm. Very. Might be even better than the treat I gave you.
[ cuddling in close, cyno reaches over tighnari's shoulders to switch off the bedside lamp, and after a moment, there's a dip at the end of the bed as hanan hops up, curling over their feet, a nice warm bundle of fur. ]
[ Oh! Hanan is going to join them? Tighnari nearly looks up. However the moment he tries to use his muscles? Seems pretty pointless... He can't really move all that much.
Oh well. Tighnari just nips at Cyno's throat. Tired but playful. ]
[ Tighnari releases a purr. One that drifts closer to a sigh. His tail stays curled around Cyno. Murmurs something akin to "night" before drifting off.
He only wakes once - to tell Collei that he won't be in. She can either run the store or keep it closed.
Then he drifts back under. And there's no waking early from him Cyno has utterly exhausted this poor fox. ]
[ time passes. their relationship progresses. everything isn't perfect, but it's still wonderful, every day feels like a dream. at one point, rather than living half-and-half at each others' places, they broke down and purchased a space together, a large loft apartment that had more than enough space for both of their things, and their hobbies and work. aside from living area, cyno has his office/studio for his tattoo work, and tighnari has plenty of space for his plants and work.
living together tested their boundaries and their ability to be around one another long-term, but like all the rest, it worked out well. they had spats here and there, but they never went to bed angry, and as far as cyno was concerned, it only brought them closer.
time passes.
time passes, and cyno feels more and more that he wants to make this permanent. to prove to himself and to tighnari that he is serious. committed.
it's winter now, and the air is crisp and cool, smelling fresh and sharp. a thin blanket of snow coats the city in silence, and cyno finalizes his plans. they've just enjoyed dinner out, after an afternoon spent ice skating, and they walk now arm in arm through the light snowfall. cyno's nerves are on fire, his stomach twisting, but he continues onward, leading tighnari through a park near to their home. it's beautiful, the trees and grass shining white and sparkling with icicles, and the branches above them are wound with fairy lights that cast a glow above and around them.
his gloved hand slips through tighnari's as they approach an old stone walking bridge shrouded by snow-clad trees. warm lantern light fills the space, and they're about halfway across it when cyno stops, hesitating. ]
[ Nothing is ever perfect. Tighnari isn't looking for perfect. If he had been, then he probably wouldn't have fallen for Cyno at all. There are always arguments here and there, especially when Cyno gets intense and shouts and yells. When Cyno tells horrible jokes at the dinner table. They happen when Tighnari goes days without sleeping because he's fixated on a project. When he ignores his own well being or tries to push through his limits - or acts like he doesn't know them at all.
But it's nothing that Tighnari finds to be a deal breaker. So he's the one to suggest that they just move in together. It's practical and cost efficient. He tells himself it has nothing to do with wanting to be with the other man. Nope. It just makes sense since they had been practically together more often than apart.
And Tighnari is enjoying it. Their co-habitation. Only he still.. Hasn't told Cyno. Still hasn't told him that there will only ever be Cyno for him and maybe that is another reason behind wanting to live together. To be together.
Now Tighnari handles the cool weather better than the heat. They are walking together and enjoying the evening. Tighnari loves moments like this, walking hand in hand. Looking up as snow gently falls like feathers against the dark of the night sky. Tighnari smiles softly as he squeezes Cyno's hand.
Cyno coming to a stop has him coming up short. Tighnari turns, frowning. Cyno seems... Uneasy. ]
[ tighnari stops, and cyno knows that he has no choice but to go through with it now. he's already made the situation heavy simply by pulling them to a stop, and he'd been unable to contain the gravity in his voice - tighnari is smart enough to have detected it, to know something's up.
why is he so nervous? cyno has always been a relatively self assured man, and he's confident in their love, in their devotion, but still this is a big step, and tighnari.. what if he isn't ready? what if he turns him down, and this whole thing they've built together falls apart?
ah. there's no use thinking that way. cyno loves him, wants to be with him always, trusts that their feelings for one another are strong. he draws nearer, taking tighnari's other hand as well to pull him closer, to look into his lovely face. flakes of snow glitter in tighnari's glossy dark hair. he looks ethereal. ]
I just, uh..
[ he's not being very smooth, here. cyno has thought this scenario over a hundred times, planned it out in his head over and over, each iteration more ridiculous and extravagant than the last, but in the end he had decided that a simple approach was best. he didn't need bells and whistles and enormous, adoring crowds to witness them - he just needed himself, and tighnari. there are a few people enjoying the snowy path with them at the moment, lingering on the bridge to enjoy the lights, but cyno pays them no mind. it wouldn't matter if no one were here but them.
for several seconds he says nothing, only looks into tighnari's face, his gloved hands trembling slightly, and then.. he drops to one knee, slipping one hand free to dig into the pocket of his woolen coat, drawing out a small, square wooden box. ]
.. you know how much I love you, don't you? I'd give you anything you asked for, habibi. I'd take a bullet for you. I'd love you for the rest of my life, and into the next.
[ Oh Tighnari knows that something is on Cyno's mind. Honestly, it has been all evening. Cyno is a quiet man, yes. However there's differences in the types of silences, if one knows what they are looking for and Tighnari does. There's been a nervousness about him all night. The man hasn't cracked a single joke. So when he takes that tone? Tighnari knows that it is something far more serious. Something that has him shaken and uncertain.
And Cyno is a confident person. He's not easily worked up. Not unless Tighnari is the subject matter. Thus it makes the fox wonder what it is all over again. The poor man is even fumbling over his words. Tighnari nods and squeezes his hand. ]
Take your time. I'll listen to anything you have to tell me.
[ Thus he patiently waits. Waits for Cyno to decide on the words and the course of action that he is about to take. It must be something terrible if -
Cyno's shaking and Tighnari just wants to reach out to him. Reassure him that nothing Cyno can say is going to scare him or chase him off. In fact -
The man is going down on a knee. Digging in his pocket. And Tighnari finds his face heating up. His ears perking and the fur of his tail bristling. Eyes go wide at seeing the box in Cyno's hand. Tighnari sucks in a breath, his heart beating faster. Air feels like a luxury that he just cannot seem to get into his lungs at this point as they constrict. ]
by now, tighnari surely has to realize just what is happening here, with cyno on one knee, holding a small box. the fox looks absolutely stricken, but cyno plows onward, because there's no stopping, now. there's no getting off this train until he's said everything he needs to say. ]
Nothing makes me happier than being with you. Falling asleep beside you. Waking up to your smile - or your crabby morning attitude. [ he offers a lopsided smile. ] I love existing with you, eating dinner, brushing our teeth, watching tv, I love arguing with you, how your tail bristles when you get testy. I love your beautiful eyes, and the way you're looking at me right now.
[ cyno's heart is pounding, and right now, he is tearing it from his chest, holding it up, beating and bleeding and vulnerable, and offering it to tighnari. cyno's hands still tremble, but his eyes are steady, intense, fiercely determined. with his thumb, he flips open the small box, revealing a beautiful ring. it's elegant, rose gold in the shape of a lotus, inset with a lovely bluegreen sapphire. ]
[ Of course he knows what Cyno is doing... How can he not!? That little box is being pulled out and anyone would know! ...Now there is a chance that it could be Genius Invokation dice but!
The way that Cyno is talking makes him think that this is the real deal. AND HE'S DOING IT OUT IN PUBLIC WHAT IF SOMEONE COMES AND SEES THEM AND -
he's torn between grabbing Cyno and telling him to get up but also jumping him. Right there. In plain view. Dragging him off and throwing him against a wall. ]
You! Y-you!
[ Instead his legs give out and he crumples into something of a heap. ]
[ oh people have already absolutely seen them. not too many, but this bridge is a nice spot in the city, and there are others enjoying their walks this night, a few that have already stopped to gleefully watch. cyno barely registers them at all, he only has eyes for tighnari.
tighnari, who is currently folding down onto himself, and calling him a lummox. cyno freezes, mildly horrified. ]
Is.. is that a yes, or -
[ he thinks it's a yes. he hopes it's a yes. if he really stopped to think about it he'd realize it's most likely definitely a yes, but his heart is pounding and his face feels like it's on fire, he isn't entirely thinking with his logical brain right now. ]
[ Oh if only he could take a photo. Who would think that Mr. Confidence himself would make such an expression!? Tighnari's face is also hot. He's pulling on his ears in an attempt to ground himself. ]
What do you think it is!? Of course it's a yes!
[ What else could Cyno think!? Would Tighnari really refuse him!? ]
Get up! Get up!
[ Despite the fact that Tighnari's gone weak-kneed and cannot do the same ]
[ relief washes over cyno in a wave, and despite himself, he cannot help the crooked smile that splits his worried expression. it's a yes. of course it's a yes.
cyno is tempted to pull tighnari into his arms right then and there, right here on the ground in the snow, but he's already made enough of a scene in public that he's not sure tighnari will ever forgive him. so he climbs to his feet, snagging tighnari by the elbows to haul him up as well, pulling him close, supporting his sagging weight. ]
I love you.
[ he murmurs, still smiling like an idiot, even as he tugs off tighnari's left glove, so he can slide the lotus ring onto his finger. ]
[ Did he really anticipate that Tighnari would refuse him? That he would say no? After everything like the sex. The moving in. Completely rearranging his living situation?
Tighnari doesn't give him another chance after the second "I love you." He's grabbing onto Cyno's face. Kissing him. For a moment, he doesn't care that they are out where everyone can see them. All that matters is the feel of Cyno's lips on his and sure, he'll relinquish that hand. Allow for the ring to slide up on his finger.
[ look. plenty of people don't want to get married for all sorts of reasons, and not to mention, popping the question is extremely stressful!! he's not thinking entirely straight, he's terribly nervous, give a man a break, tighnari!!
but all is well once those hands are snagging his face, pulling him in for a kiss, and cyno melts into it immediately. with a soft, low sound of pleased assent, cyno closes his eyes and presses back into it, both arms coiling tightly around tighnari's middle, lifting him up off of his feet to spin him. tighnari will feel cyno's mouth curving into a pleased smile, a laugh bubbling between them. ]
[ Tighnari feels it, that smile. Feels the vibrations of Cyno's laughter in his chest. Rumbling and resonating in his own even as the other picks him up and spins him around. Of course the other man can probably feel Tighnari's grin as well, even as he's attempting to devour the other man's face.
But then he pulls his face away. Breathless. Giddy. Dizzy and lightheaded. ]
[ he can feel it all right, that smile against his own, and it makes cyno feel absolutely giddy. there are others around, whispering and pointing and smiling for them, but cyno only has eyes for tighnari, only has attention for his beloved. he knows tighnari loves him, but it's so, so nice to hear it said aloud. cyno's heart is warm, uplifted, his fondness burgeoning in his chest. ]
Mm.. you make me so happy, habibi.
[ he murmurs, pressing another kiss to tighnari's lip, and another. ]
I should have taken a picture of you stammering and stuttering and being anxious. A shame. I'll never get that moment back.
[ He's teasing. It's in response to the fact he makes Cyno happy. Tighnari doesn't quite know what to do with the overflow of emotions. But his tail is moving. Quite fast. So that would be the true indicator of how he is feeling about it. ]
Right now the first step is to get me home. Suddenly I don't feel like sharing you.
[ it's a good thing that cyno is fluent in ear-and-tail language, he can read tighnari's emotions quite easily; it's good to know that he's just as happy as cyno is, that this is something they both desperately want. he can hardly wait to start the rest of their lives together. ]
I'm all yours.
[ he murmurs, nudging their noses together before he draws back enough to slide an arm around tighnari's back, beginning to guide him away. there's a spring in his step, and he's moving a bit more quickly than he had been before. ]
[ Since Cyno is putting an arm around Tighnari's back? He's wrapping his tail around Cyno in kind. Tighnari has thoughts to wreck this man as soon as they get him. How could he do anything less? ]
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Groaning and dropping head into arms. ]
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only once he's fully finished, and sure that tighnari is entirely satisfied and relaxed, does he allow himself to drop down to lie beside him, one arm draped against tighnari's lower back. ]
Feeling good?
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Hmmm. Very. Might be even better than the treat I gave you.
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[ cyno's thumb rubs slow circles into the dip of tighnari's back, and he smiles, gazing fondly at his profile. his heart squeezing up. ]
That was a very good treat.
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Who knows... You might get something else in the morning for doing this.
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Is that so? I look forward to it.
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Oh well. Tighnari just nips at Cyno's throat. Tired but playful. ]
Get a good night's rest, Cyno.
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'Night, habibi.
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He only wakes once - to tell Collei that he won't be in. She can either run the store or keep it closed.
Then he drifts back under. And there's no waking early from him Cyno has utterly exhausted this poor fox. ]
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living together tested their boundaries and their ability to be around one another long-term, but like all the rest, it worked out well. they had spats here and there, but they never went to bed angry, and as far as cyno was concerned, it only brought them closer.
time passes.
time passes, and cyno feels more and more that he wants to make this permanent. to prove to himself and to tighnari that he is serious. committed.
it's winter now, and the air is crisp and cool, smelling fresh and sharp. a thin blanket of snow coats the city in silence, and cyno finalizes his plans. they've just enjoyed dinner out, after an afternoon spent ice skating, and they walk now arm in arm through the light snowfall. cyno's nerves are on fire, his stomach twisting, but he continues onward, leading tighnari through a park near to their home. it's beautiful, the trees and grass shining white and sparkling with icicles, and the branches above them are wound with fairy lights that cast a glow above and around them.
his gloved hand slips through tighnari's as they approach an old stone walking bridge shrouded by snow-clad trees. warm lantern light fills the space, and they're about halfway across it when cyno stops, hesitating. ]
Hey.. 'Nari.
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But it's nothing that Tighnari finds to be a deal breaker. So he's the one to suggest that they just move in together. It's practical and cost efficient. He tells himself it has nothing to do with wanting to be with the other man. Nope. It just makes sense since they had been practically together more often than apart.
And Tighnari is enjoying it. Their co-habitation. Only he still.. Hasn't told Cyno. Still hasn't told him that there will only ever be Cyno for him and maybe that is another reason behind wanting to live together. To be together.
Now Tighnari handles the cool weather better than the heat. They are walking together and enjoying the evening. Tighnari loves moments like this, walking hand in hand. Looking up as snow gently falls like feathers against the dark of the night sky. Tighnari smiles softly as he squeezes Cyno's hand.
Cyno coming to a stop has him coming up short. Tighnari turns, frowning. Cyno seems... Uneasy. ]
Cyno?
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why is he so nervous? cyno has always been a relatively self assured man, and he's confident in their love, in their devotion, but still this is a big step, and tighnari.. what if he isn't ready? what if he turns him down, and this whole thing they've built together falls apart?
ah. there's no use thinking that way. cyno loves him, wants to be with him always, trusts that their feelings for one another are strong. he draws nearer, taking tighnari's other hand as well to pull him closer, to look into his lovely face. flakes of snow glitter in tighnari's glossy dark hair. he looks ethereal. ]
I just, uh..
[ he's not being very smooth, here. cyno has thought this scenario over a hundred times, planned it out in his head over and over, each iteration more ridiculous and extravagant than the last, but in the end he had decided that a simple approach was best. he didn't need bells and whistles and enormous, adoring crowds to witness them - he just needed himself, and tighnari. there are a few people enjoying the snowy path with them at the moment, lingering on the bridge to enjoy the lights, but cyno pays them no mind. it wouldn't matter if no one were here but them.
for several seconds he says nothing, only looks into tighnari's face, his gloved hands trembling slightly, and then.. he drops to one knee, slipping one hand free to dig into the pocket of his woolen coat, drawing out a small, square wooden box. ]
.. you know how much I love you, don't you? I'd give you anything you asked for, habibi. I'd take a bullet for you. I'd love you for the rest of my life, and into the next.
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And Cyno is a confident person. He's not easily worked up. Not unless Tighnari is the subject matter. Thus it makes the fox wonder what it is all over again. The poor man is even fumbling over his words. Tighnari nods and squeezes his hand. ]
Take your time. I'll listen to anything you have to tell me.
[ Thus he patiently waits. Waits for Cyno to decide on the words and the course of action that he is about to take. It must be something terrible if -
Cyno's shaking and Tighnari just wants to reach out to him. Reassure him that nothing Cyno can say is going to scare him or chase him off. In fact -
The man is going down on a knee. Digging in his pocket. And Tighnari finds his face heating up. His ears perking and the fur of his tail bristling. Eyes go wide at seeing the box in Cyno's hand. Tighnari sucks in a breath, his heart beating faster. Air feels like a luxury that he just cannot seem to get into his lungs at this point as they constrict. ]
...Cyno?
[ He can't be! ]
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by now, tighnari surely has to realize just what is happening here, with cyno on one knee, holding a small box. the fox looks absolutely stricken, but cyno plows onward, because there's no stopping, now. there's no getting off this train until he's said everything he needs to say. ]
Nothing makes me happier than being with you. Falling asleep beside you. Waking up to your smile - or your crabby morning attitude. [ he offers a lopsided smile. ] I love existing with you, eating dinner, brushing our teeth, watching tv, I love arguing with you, how your tail bristles when you get testy. I love your beautiful eyes, and the way you're looking at me right now.
[ cyno's heart is pounding, and right now, he is tearing it from his chest, holding it up, beating and bleeding and vulnerable, and offering it to tighnari. cyno's hands still tremble, but his eyes are steady, intense, fiercely determined. with his thumb, he flips open the small box, revealing a beautiful ring. it's elegant, rose gold in the shape of a lotus, inset with a lovely bluegreen sapphire. ]
.. will you marry me, Tighnari?
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The way that Cyno is talking makes him think that this is the real deal. AND HE'S DOING IT OUT IN PUBLIC WHAT IF SOMEONE COMES AND SEES THEM AND -
he's torn between grabbing Cyno and telling him to get up but also jumping him. Right there. In plain view. Dragging him off and throwing him against a wall. ]
You! Y-you!
[ Instead his legs give out and he crumples into something of a heap. ]
You big lummox!
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tighnari, who is currently folding down onto himself, and calling him a lummox. cyno freezes, mildly horrified. ]
Is.. is that a yes, or -
[ he thinks it's a yes. he hopes it's a yes. if he really stopped to think about it he'd realize it's most likely definitely a yes, but his heart is pounding and his face feels like it's on fire, he isn't entirely thinking with his logical brain right now. ]
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What do you think it is!? Of course it's a yes!
[ What else could Cyno think!? Would Tighnari really refuse him!? ]
Get up! Get up!
[ Despite the fact that Tighnari's gone weak-kneed and cannot do the same ]
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cyno is tempted to pull tighnari into his arms right then and there, right here on the ground in the snow, but he's already made enough of a scene in public that he's not sure tighnari will ever forgive him. so he climbs to his feet, snagging tighnari by the elbows to haul him up as well, pulling him close, supporting his sagging weight. ]
I love you.
[ he murmurs, still smiling like an idiot, even as he tugs off tighnari's left glove, so he can slide the lotus ring onto his finger. ]
I love you.
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Tighnari doesn't give him another chance after the second "I love you." He's grabbing onto Cyno's face. Kissing him. For a moment, he doesn't care that they are out where everyone can see them. All that matters is the feel of Cyno's lips on his and sure, he'll relinquish that hand. Allow for the ring to slide up on his finger.
Augh he loves him. Loves him so much. ]
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but all is well once those hands are snagging his face, pulling him in for a kiss, and cyno melts into it immediately. with a soft, low sound of pleased assent, cyno closes his eyes and presses back into it, both arms coiling tightly around tighnari's middle, lifting him up off of his feet to spin him. tighnari will feel cyno's mouth curving into a pleased smile, a laugh bubbling between them. ]
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But then he pulls his face away. Breathless. Giddy. Dizzy and lightheaded. ]
I love you too, in case you missed that as well.
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Mm.. you make me so happy, habibi.
[ he murmurs, pressing another kiss to tighnari's lip, and another. ]
I can't wait to marry the hell out of you.
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[ He's teasing. It's in response to the fact he makes Cyno happy. Tighnari doesn't quite know what to do with the overflow of emotions. But his tail is moving. Quite fast. So that would be the true indicator of how he is feeling about it. ]
Right now the first step is to get me home. Suddenly I don't feel like sharing you.
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I'm all yours.
[ he murmurs, nudging their noses together before he draws back enough to slide an arm around tighnari's back, beginning to guide him away. there's a spring in his step, and he's moving a bit more quickly than he had been before. ]
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[ Since Cyno is putting an arm around Tighnari's back? He's wrapping his tail around Cyno in kind. Tighnari has thoughts to wreck this man as soon as they get him. How could he do anything less? ]
Just how long have you been planning this?
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