Courtship for the socially uninclined.

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Who: Haku and Tyki
When: Wednesday of Telepathy Week
Where: The Hallway on the way to and from the empty suite Tyki's camped out in.
Summary: Tyki is lonelier than he'd like to admit, and he inadvertently seeks out the object of his affections.
Rating: PG
Warnings: Gender confusion! <3

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Haku was a tad bit nervous, knowing perfectly well what contact could possibly bring if he was careless enough to let him wander through his mind. Either way he was glad to know that he could finally get away from all the voices that had been invading his mind as of late. They ranged from disturbing to downright sad, it was not something he wished to see at the time.

Upon noticing something move from the corner of his eye his attention was turned in that direction, a tiny bit of a happy squeak escaping from him when he realized it was in fact Tyki heading towards him. It was nice to know that he did not go back on his words, his promise of coming to get him being pure truth and that was it.

Though when he noticed the hand actually going through his head he couldn't help a startled noise, giving him a fake little shove and pout. "Good to see you too, I see you are still in good spirits, at least."

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Tyki laughed, letting the shove that Haku aimed at him actually connect and he stumbled a little bit. There was something special about giving someone permission to touch him... the moment had been barely noticeable, but he'd thought that for a moment he'd heard Haku make a worried sound, totally contrary to what he said. Was it something to do with touching? He wondered.

"I'm always in good spirits. Life is no fun if you're drab all of the time." Tyki smiled again and beckoned playfully to the Shinobi. "Come sit and talk with me a while? We shouldn't have to spend our time bombarded by all of these silly thoughts and...well, there's something wonderfully exciting about having so few boundaries between us don't you think?"

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Little did Tyki know that it was actually just that, not getting close enough to show off any of his background. There was no need for him to, so he had thought. When he stumbled back he squeaked just a tiny bit before it was replaced with a tiny smile, he was just playing with him after all. It was kind of nice to be able to joke like this and to be able to not worry about anything for the most part. Something he rarely got the chance to do back home.

"Ah, I think that would be great. If you do not mind my being a bit nervous," he muttered softly, venturing to gently take hold of his hand at that time. If this was accomplished he'd move to Tyki's side, that smile never fading from his face.

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Tyki shied away from Haku's hand only for a split moment before he let their fingers intertwine. It was shocking then, to have the barrier broken down altogether. Tyki found it surprisingly comfortable, and slowly began to walk towards the door. His own mind had become surprisingly calm, still compared to the usual dark shadow of his Noah that lay dormant beneath the surface.

He was finding it hard not to linger on the guilt that had been eating at him. He'd been thinking about the exorcists lately, about the one's he'd killed. One of them was here, very much alive, staring him in the face. The others weren't so lucky he was sure. What was it with people he killed coming back anyway? Allen was the first to survive him, the first to return to the world of the living. It was all very confusing.

Haku was beautiful, like a ray of sunshine in a long, and extremely long cloudy day.

"Haku, there is no need to be nervous with me."

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When he was able to get their fingers twined together his heart skipped just a beat, taking this moment to lean against his shoulder with the biggest smile on his face. It wasn't often he got to have this kind of contact with people and when he got the chance he was... well, a bit of a contact whore. It may have appeared a bit obvious by this previous fact, glancing up at him every so often to see what he was thinking.

"I... I know, but I still can not help but be a bit nervous. I do not get this close to people usually," his voice stayed softly, looking down at the floor with a bit of an embarrassed tint coming to his cheeks.

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Tyki sighed a bit and rather liked the feeling of the other next to him. It was definitely nice to be close to someone, to allow them to touch him so intimately. It was usually beyond him to let a human touch him. The thought came rather bitterly. The guys back at the mine were human, and he acted just as human as they did most of the time. He squeezed Haku's hand gently as he spoke and smiled down at him.

"Well, I don't mind at all. Touching people is a special privelage for me, since I can choose what I touch and what I don't." Tyki decided to try an experiment and rather than speaking out loud merely focused on the words of his next statement. The careful quietness of Haku's mind was beginning to bother him.

I like it when you touch me, it makes me feel like I'm actually here, and less of a ghost.

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And Haku was by far glad to have this contact, eating up every moment of it. Deprivation was such an annoying little thing and if he could solve his problems so easily as this he would continue to find a way to get what he wanted. Though, it felt something akin to a drug, just one was never enough. But as long as he could keep where he was he should have been fine for the next few hours or so.

"Ah? That is quite a privilege for me to have." The blush was right back in his cheeks, shifting a little with a tiny bit of a giggle. He was so giddy around him and it just made him seem so much younger than he really was.

But when he heard the thought he looked up, deciding to try it out now.

I would not call you a ghost... But I am glad that you like it.

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Things were beginning to quiet down as they made their way into the unoccupied section of the facility. Tyki was aware that Samus Aran was somewhere in one of these empty rooms, but she was far enough away not to bother him. He pushed the door to the room open for Haku, holding it open like a gentleman should.

It's so good not to be alone. I'm used to being surrounded by family, and this place...well, it's full of people who think of me as their enemy. He thought. It was easier to keep his dark thoughts from being obvious if he focused on the thoughts that he wanted Haku to hear. In that moment of silence though, he reached out prodding for a little more. There were images of a man who covered his face, a large sword. A village shrouded in mist. Tyki tilted his head, wondering if Haku would be aware of what he had managed to see.

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It was far better for things to be so quiet in this section, it gave him a lot better time to think through his thoughts and try to hold the ones off he didn't wish for Tyki to know. Particularly thoughts that came back to his background if he could help it, but it was hard to do with how much there truly was to tell. Though, luckily, he wasn't against telling him anything that he may have found within his mind.

Who would think of you as an enemy though? You have been nothing but kind to me. This just didn't make any sense in his mind, he hadn't seen him as anything but complimentary towards him so this thought was just horribly out of place. But I suppose some people are just... aggressive.

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You must understand, my flower. In the world I came from I was Allen and Kanda...all of their enemy. I killed their comrades. I killed Allen once, and the boy named Daisya. It was my orders, and I had to do it but...death is a bit of an art to me.

Tyki didn't look at Haku as he broke their connection and made his way over to the bed in order to sit down. He leaned against the wall, his legs sprawled out across the bed with a gloomy look on his face.

"I am a villain Haku. I've deceived you, if you think that I'm kind, or even vaguely human." The Noah closed his amber eyes for a moment, pushing his long curly hair out of his eyes. His skin shifted from dark to light, as he was no longer actively using his Noah ability and the cross-shaped scars on his forehead disappeared as well.

"I wanted so much to be human...so much to be normal. But I'm not. I'm a monster." He shook his head, eager to change the subject. "Who's the man who hides his face...? And I saw a foggy village."

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As he listened to his explanation he slowly moved over to the bed, frowning a little bit as he did. None of that sounded uncalled for, it sounded much like the things he had done before. But the opposite as far as human and monster was, his own transformation had turned him into a monster. A perfect weapon to be wielded however he was to be used. Disposable

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"Zabuza-san...? Then I should be grateful to this man. If it weren't for him, I would have never met you." He caught a few stray thoughts, but he didn't understand them. What was Haku hiding

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"I suppose you could be grateful to him, but he is also the reason I kill." He really didn't think it was something to be entirely grateful about, but if Tyki wanted to think that way then he would let him for the time being. It was strange, to think this way of something he had been doing since he was a young child. To finally think of it as something that was in reality a bad thing.

A small frown crossed his lips, "You shall see." He left his words at that, shifting around to let his little pink outfit slide to his waist. He held it tight there, cheeks coloring yet again as he waited for the reaction. He figured it would be of disgust, knowing that he had thought of him as female since they had met. It was... a bit unnerving for him to finally admit to his little lie. To admit that he was essentially so girly as to be mistaken as such. "I hope that you are not upset," he muttered quietly, turning his gaze to the floor once more.

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Tyki frowned at Haku's feeling of apprehenshion about the man called Zabuza, and wondered what other deep feelings were behind those words. He could only sense some of them. The Noah was taken entirely by surprise as Haku shrugged out of the top part of his Kimono, almost ready to cover his own eyes out of reflex. Was this what the shinobi thought he wanted? His thought was interrupted as he saw what was before him. A well toned if not very slight chest, definitely male features. Tyki's amber eyes wavered, following every line, every detail of the boy's exposed flesh.

It was even more of a shock to the Noah that he found Haku to be beautiful, even more beautiful than before, and he could do nothing to stop his thoughts from running rampant. The man almost laughed at himself, he hadn't known that he swung that way. It was pure and utter disbelief as he realized that his feelings hadn't changed. The truth was that he'd never seen a physique quite so dainty and yet strong at the same time

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His feeling of oncoming rejection was very quickly thrown away as he noticed he didn't seem repulsed by the fact that he was in fact male. It was such a relief to him to not be turned away or called some sort of name for this fact. In fact he enjoyed the way his eyes took in the details of his form, trying to calm his heartbeat and it's threat to cause him to almost faint. It was ridiculous how silly he was about all of this and how nervous he truly was about it.

"I am, I am sorry for not correcting you." He allowed his fingertips to touch his skin, shivering just a little at the contact. It felt weird to have someone touch him in such a way and yet it was almost something that could have him eating out of the palm of Tyki's hand there.

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Tyki cleared his throat, and found himself flushing, something that was almost unheard of. "You... It's alright. I'm just happy that you told me." I think.

The Noah resigned himself not to think about this too hard, not to look a gift horse in the mouth, to hold on to what was in front of him: a beautiful, lovely person. Haku really was a flower, more precisely a rose. He could pierce you, but he was so beautiful to look at. Tyki almost felt like he should apologize for touching the boy, but couldn't bring himself to. In fact, he wanted to touch him more.

The Noah reached up and brushed the boy's long hair back, still blown away that something male could be so beautiful. He waited for Haku to make a move, closer or further away he didn't know what would happen.