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How about we take this conversation to our room. We can continue it there and you can tell me how you figured out the sorts of things you and Tartaglia liked. I have someone I enjoy the company of, but they're a bit of a... stick in the mud.

Lead the way. You know it better than I do.

[ he's not even contesting OUR ]

For Tartaglia and I, he came onto me first so I suppose he was the one who figured things out first. He was very good at provoking me.

So maybe you should go for that. What do you think your friend enjoys?

[ he brings him to the room he had for a few minutes and takes a seat on the bed, crossing on leg over the other and leaning back and setting his hands down. ] Oh, do you enjoy that sort of thing... being poked and prodded until you lose your temper? Do you two fight too? Get all hot and bothered in the heat of battle~?

I'm not sure that'll work on him. He's unphasable. Not only that, but if I annoy him enough he usually just starts trying to leave. V~ery annoying, as you can probably imagine.

He likes fighting a lot. ...it's how we met again, I promised him I'd fight him if he could find me again. I do enjoy it too - especially with him. It's very exciting.

You need to find something your target won't be able to ignore. I imagine if you just show up naked he'll go away, but maybe you can try actually fighting him, too.

I’m not sure either of us find fighting as enjoyable as you two do.

It’s a means to an end sometimes, but other than that… but I guess it’s either be endlessly annoying so he can’t ignore me or find some common ground.

[ is he going to have to learn math or something… 🤮 ]

He might be holding back for some reason. I was holding back because I didn't think it was appropriate for me to be attracted to him, but I was into him pretty much as soon as I saw him appear before me again.

But you're definitely underestimating how much close contact fighting requires. You can tell him you want to spar and take that as an excuse to see how he reacts to your touch.

…maybe. [ that sounds more accurate, but aventurine still sighs as a result. he, himself, might still be holding back too. flirting for the sake of flirting is different from flirting because you like somebody. ]

I’ll consider it. It’s not like it could hurt to try.

You're asking advice to a stranger.

You obviously want to try.

But we’re roommates now. Hardly strangers.

For the time being, at least.

This change was sudden, and it's not like I normally need to sleep anyway. ... though I do get tired in this place.

…mm, who knows how long I’ll be assigned to Gluttony. Hopefully I’ll be out of your hair soon.

And why’s that, …that you don’t need to sleep, I mean.

I don't need to meet human needs under most circumstances. I can sleep and doing so still helps me, but I would still live without ever resting. The same goes with things like eating, or breathing.

I'm a puppet, so those functions are not strictly necessary for my continued existence. ... though it's a little different here.

[ he was just about to ask about that. ] A puppet... [ stares, because ??? ] You're a puppet? [ YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE ONE, YUURI. ]

Are you curious about whether my skin is soft now? You can touch.

I'll admit I'm a little curious. [ he'll reach out and stroke up his arm. ] Are you sure you're not pulling my leg?

[ he seems to be having fun with this ]

I'm not.

I don't have visible joint lines anymore, but you can feel that I don't have a heartbeat.

Does that mean you used to have joints? Did you [ this feels weird to say: ] grow out of them?

[ but he is moving his hand to yuuri's chest, dusting his fingers over where his heart would be. ] Huh. Look at that. If you're a puppet, then you're very sophisticated for a puppet.

Of course I am.

My mother was a god, and I was made to be her body substitute.

[ he's not sure how he feels about that. ] And somewhere along the way you met your little fox?

[ he nods ]

It was ... quite a while after my mother died and I took her place. I met him as a child, first. Then we met again after he kept his promise and came to fight me.

...And relentlessly seduced me.

[ he said that as if he didn't give in like right away ]

Ah. He must have fallen in love with you immediately. To come find you once he's grown up to keep his promise. [ whistles, ] And he relentlessly seduced you? Did you fight all night~? [ chuckles. ] I'm afraid I may end up chasing this guy forever. [ ... ] Was it worth it? Waiting all that time?

... yes.

It might be a little too much to say to a new teammate. But he made me feel like life was actually worth living. I'd been alone for a long time before I met him.

[ a small smile,
because he knows that feeling.
it's part of the reason he's fallen so hard for the doctor.
he'd like him before that,
but now... ]

I know the feeling.

Perhaps that's one of the reasons I haven't stopped chasing him...

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