masanari | [Futurelandia] An Eventful Valentines and beyond (happy new year)

You'd uh --- you'd think. [ Such eloquent, much wow. Still, he grins, and then leans his head in to kiss at the nape of her neck, now exposed by the movement of her hair. He lingers there only a moment, and brushes his thumb around the other side as he does. He thinks about how that tag says Beloved Toy on it, but at the same time...

Right now, she's all his?

It's a strange feeling, and- ]

So uh, what do you feel like. Other than me fucking you more and uh - [ . . . What sounds good. He searches himself and- ] Tying you up a bit. Because those will - happen. Either way.

All of that sounds good to me.

[It's an unfair answer, Audrey knows that somewhere in her head but she can't bring herself to be overly concerned with it. If Sullivan wants a plan then that's perfectly okay, but Audrey is fine as long as she isn't being subjected to that asshole over yonder, and she gets to eat in the relative future.]

You probably shouldn't tie me up before we eat, though, you'd have to leave me somewhere.

[Which is not exactly bad but it doesn't feel like proper BDSM etiquette.]

[ Well he was hoping for -- actually, no, he should just ask- ]

You've been watching any shows? Uh, between the studying. Or during- I uh, used to have some stuff on in the background for noise back in collage-

[ Not the point ]

I was thinking you could show me something too. Relaxing, you know?

[ There! ... wait ]

Also yeah, no tying up before foot that'd be harder.

[Wow, so, this is about to be awful, but:]

Wait, you're asking about normal stuff?

[Like, tv shows or music or whatever? Is she catching what he's putting down?]

[ Resisting the strange urge he has now to hang his head and crawl into a corner to die, he looks down at the back/side of her head (you know he should have probably pulled out of her or at least allowed her to properly turn around before this - ) and... ]

Yes?

Oh.

[There's really no need for that kind of reaction! She just hadn't expected anything so everyday after the night they'd had! It wasn't a bad thing, he'd just managed to catch her off guard since she hadn't thought this was a date-ish thing or whatever.]

Well. I really like this new detective show, I don't keep it on in the background [She's the type to get easily distracted as it is.] but I've been pretty obsessed with it. It's on Netflix.

One of those Netflix shows they put up the whole season of at once, right? [ A pause. A small, poignant pause before he licks his lips and, ] Wanna watch your next episode when we eat?

[ . . . Is this a date-ish thing. Probably? Maybe he was just trying to branch out or be sweet otherwise He's not even sure himself ]

Yep.

[They're still put together so she has to kind of tilt and look over her shoulder at him.] That'd - Yes. I'd like that!

[So apparently it's a date-ish hybrid thing to one extent or the other. If nothing else her smile should dispel some of his doubts, because she's actually kind of excited!] ... You might have to let me move, though.

Oh- yeah.

[ . . .

Okay so let's pull out of her, nod, and take a step back. Maybe zip his pants back up as he does that, pushing his cock back inside of him. He almost, almost mutters an apology for her, but thinks better of it, flushed as he is - he's making a mixed impression either way. Still, he's...

Glad she likes the idea. Something low key like that could be relaxing. ]

[It's still pretty surprising, but Audrey tries not to mind it or overthink it as he pulls out. There's a little part of her that worries that he might not be into her right now. After all, she was the one who sort of coaxed him into messing around and it's usually the other way around.

Her clothes are fixed pretty quickly, though she'll have to do something about the cum later on. Right now she heads for the nearest living room.]

Did you ask because you ran out of stuff to watch or something?

[There's a good chance that he might have just been interested in what she liked, but Audrey wasn't going to make that her first guess.]

Other than watching a lot more Modern Marvels, I've not got any. [ A beat ] But- but, no, I just thought you'd... like to do something like that. You know, the whole uh - netflix and chill thing.

[ . . . That's meant to mean sex.

. . . Maybe he doesn't know that?

. . . Or maybe he's just a little awkward? Who knows. Either way, Sullivan swallows hard and leans frward to brush the top of her head with his hand and follows her towards the living room. Oh, actually, ]

How long for the Thai, anyway?

[ She really was too hot for him. and other things ]

We had the 'chill' thing pretty put together.

[For whatever reason there are still individuals who don't know what that term actually means, so she kind of assumes Sullivan is one of them. But it's not a big deal, when they make it to the living room she dumps herself on the cough, grabbing the remote before she leans back and crosses her legs.

.... How long ...]

Uhm. [WELL.]

No idea! Maybe less than an hour? [She'd stopped thinking about the food once she managed to get their address out, sooooo.]

[ He's not good at 'chill' in all honesty. Or well, one form of the word chill, the other one's up in the air. Either way, he shrugs off her response, not answering if he was that out of the loop or not. He sits down next to her. Initially, h gives her some distance, but then looks at said distance, shakes his head, and scoots himself three times over so that they might be closer together. That seems more right, right?

Right. ]

Knew you lost focus.

[ Buuuut -] Probably though, yeah.

I was sort of destined to it.

[This kind of indecision is what concerns her. One second the guy wants to fuck her silly and then he doesn't seem comfortable being near her. Not that Audrey makes it easy, right? It's easy for her to just be as affectionate as she wants with nearly everyone in the house at any given time.]

If we really get hungry then there's still the fridge.

[They're not actually lacking in food or even snacks, after all. Still, Audrey gets the TV working and heads for the app and ...]

[ So sue him he's-- he's a bit of a wishy washy silly shally or something like that. Still, now up close to her, the older man reaches an arm around her shoulder, pulling her in closer to him and giving this a more relaxed but more intimate position, his eyes focused on the screen. He snorts at the destined for it and even lets out a decidedly lame but definitely ego-stroking, ]

Yeah,

[ But then starts to fall to silence other than a nod... until he decides no, no, he can do one better. She's still got to click play, right? So he can comment on, ]

Good work on your exams, by the way. You really pulled through despite everything else you've been doing.

[ Apparently not as good as before, but... ]

[Well, that's at least better! Since he's gone and expected the effort she relaxes into him and groans loudly.]

Please don't mention exams. It was awful. I was awful.

[Which is an exaggerating because she did pass but to say she didn't do as well is a dramatic understatement.]

I think I'm even worse off than Yamato right now.

[It's taking her a minute to sign into her Netflix account and there's something incredibly sullen about how she stabs her e-mail in.]

[ . . . Well that didn't go as expected. Sullivan wasn't super familiar with either of her grades, but he shook his head regardless and brushes the top of her head, trying to be a comfort for her but not really sure how to do it. ]

It's just the first round, there's still next semester to be -- goo- uh. Fantastic

[ There, that's a better one! ]

... And I can help. With math at least - I- I get numbers.

There's no next semester for me, I graduate this year.

[She's got one last set of finals towards May and then she'll do the whole walk across the stage thing.] I don't think it looks good to have such a violent decline in your grades this late in the game. I've already went ahead and applied, though, so maybe it won't be so bad.

[Pray for her, seriously.]

Math isn't so bad, it's shit that Junko does - Advanced Chemistry and formulas and crap.

Less good there. [ A little shrug ] I had a mind for numbers and the law and studied hard for everything else- soo... So I do get the whole struggle thing. Particularly never that good with languages and humanities myself.

[ ... She graduates this year. ... Shit does that mean Yamato does too? He somehow never even connected that. But he shouldn't betray that and he will pray for her. But he wishes that he could help her...

He'll think of something ]

[It's not his responsibility to help her, though she couldn't do anything but appreciate the desire to help, really. Audrey would be doomed if not for everyone in this pack saving her ass left and right.]

Whatever I end up doing, it's not as if I'll need Chemistry for it. [... That's so awful to say, realizing that she's lost sight of her own dreams.]

I'm sorry, I'd say it's a surprise that you were good with law stuff, but it actually makes complete sense.

[ She won't?

... What was her dream? He realizes he'd talk about her here and there about her longer term plans, but he hasn't really absorbed it into himself. Sullivan frowns just a little, and he sighs. ]

I know. I'm an accountant, after all.

[ He shakes his head ] So I get not needing a subject or three.

[She wanted to be an archeologist, or at least a distinguished enough professor at a good school but it's been A Thing for a few weeks now. She snorts, though, and starts the episode, the volume won't get in the way of talking, though.]

You know my suffering, then! And it's like once I know I won't ever need it, all of the motivation runs out of me.

[Audrey sighs and lets her eyes slip shut and --] What do you think of kids?

[ Archeology doesn't need hardcore chemistry, does it? Still, Sullivan nods because ] For me it was more like if I just didn't get it, it's hard to try to get it. I've always been told I'm uh -- single minded.

[ There, tat's the thing. ... Should she be closing her eyes this was her show after all--

Oh. Uh. ]

I helped out with the three Kida kids, and that was... not terrible. [ . . . That's weird to say to someone their age isn't it. Hum- ] Same as any other guy though, I want progeny but I've always been less sure about the responsibility. Plus just no one was having kids in this pack since Koji for a long time.

Edited 2016-07-22 04:01 (UTC)

[That's such a bad answer that she barely manages to keep from barking with laughter.]

That's true, and that's a pretty big gap. [Says Audrey, who wasn't too old when Koji was first born anyway.]

What's the sense in having a kid that you get to call yours if you aren't there to raise it? [There's nothing accusing about the question itself, she's genuinely curious! Men and women seem to have incredibly different ways of viewing children and the decision to bring them into the world. And since that whole lovely series of events with Masaomi, it's been a revolving topic for her.]

I -- I never said I wasn't down for raising a kid either. Like I said, I helped!

[ . . . It's a bad answer which follows up a bad answer and he knows it. Not for the first time, Sullivan reaches a hand up which looked like he was running his hand through his bangs only to find no bangs there because he's long since gone bald in the front. He sighs at that, and then looks at the TV screen, wondering to himself how he got into this situation in the first place ]

But-- but, Masaomi would probably just tell you it's instinct. Honestly I would too but I know - know - that's a pretty bad answer so... It's more like the older you get, the more close to dying you get, the more it's like "oh shit I should make an impact." And for a lotta us, the best and maybe even easiest - for the act, I know. Not... the whole thing - is to go and have a kid. Plus if someone has your kid, it's - well you know you're at least pretty special to them.

But me - I mean. Like I said, if the pack was more down with kids I might've tried to have one like that [ . . . Ada wouldn't have consented either but he'll ignore that if she's willing to ] but because I wanted to be responsible, I didn't think I should and so... I didn't.

[ A beat ]

... I used to be more hip.

[ Maybe. ]

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