[Thread] When You Need It The Most

[invisikid]

Characters: OU Naoki Kashima, AU Lyle Norg
Where: First in front of the first building, then around the compound
When: Early Afternoon
Summary: After a brief scare where Lyle thought the Demi-Fiend had vanished, the pair decide to go for a walk.
Warnings: Fluff, flirting, awkward; the usual with these two.

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[hands_of_reason]

Chill never bothered him, Gehenna made sure of that. The little demon parasite instilled a longing for the colder seasons that Naoki couldn't deny he was glad to have now that fall was setting in. Shirtless in the almost glassy coolness of the wind, it didn't cause so much as a shiver of discomfort. If anything, it just meant he didn't have to worry so much about keeping his body temperature up, since the cold would just drop it anyway.

Smiling when he saw the familiar brown of Lyle's hair, he walked over to where the Legionnaire waited, a lingering bit of leftover happiness that he'd been so worried over during the last few days mingling with the guilt that he'd made the younger worry at all.

"Afternoon, love," he hummed, obviously in a good mood already. "Hope you weren't waiting too long?"

[hands_of_reason]

Naoki just shook his head a little. "Thank you. I don't mind." Just sitting in a quiet corner of the room, watching like a prop against the background, would be better than going back to Ast-Okto and standing around the empty apartment. He was sure that he wouldn't feel much like walking around again, either. "Besides, how could I be bored being with you?" In all the times they'd hung out, he really hadn't found himself to be bored. Besides, there was plenty one could do through just staring, as he'd found out.

He would offer no resistance to the pull, following Lyle through the building and up the stairs obediently, slight elation already working previous anxiety away. No doubt he would have felt guilty if he knew his company would ruin the Legionnaire's earlier plans, but secretly glad he could work himself so easily into the younger's schedule, fed by that bit of possessiveness he harbored. "I won't get in the way."

[invisikid]

He tipped his chin down, feigning focusing on unlocking Nyi-Eski but really he was hiding his darkening blush behind his hair and jacket collar, still upturned. "You're never in the way." The key turned in the slot, and a seemingly empty apartment greeted them.

The Legionnaire walked in, unbuttoning his jacket before tugging off one of his gloves with his teeth; they were always too difficult to get off with each hand still clad. Expecting the other teen to follow, he tossed the outside clothes into his room carelessly, walking to the living area and placing his hands on his hips thoughtfully. "There's some snacks, and I think someone requested some hot chocolate mix earlier. You want anything?" Or maybe the Demi-Fiend wanted some ice-cream to go along with that shirtless walk in October. The idea wasn't so preposterous, he recognized as it made him grin.