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[eveseeking]

No, clearly not.

I wonder how long you waited for the “right kind” to come along.

[shodo]

Well I certainly didn’t wait for love.

[eveseeking]

Really.

What did it take, for you?

["What was it that I didn't have," he deletes before his fingers can even finish the words.]

will you go on a wild journey with me and pretend that Cherry was a virgin until our other thread???

[shodo]

Why, are you jealous?

ABSOLUTELY, LET'S GO

[eveseeking]

[Yes.]

I'm curious.

[That seems safer.]

WONDERFUL

[shodo]

Hm.

Persistence.

[eveseeking]

You’re the type who needs to be worn down, then?

[Surely it can’t be that simple. Maybe he’s misunderstanding something.]

[shodo]

That's part of it, yes.

Didn't you say yourself that I was sentimental and stubborn?

[eveseeking]

Did I, now?

I do remember saying stuffy and idealistic.

[shodo]

Then I don’t see why you have to keep asking why I would wait for a partner I wanted.

[eveseeking]

Oh, I'm past asking why. I'm simply curious about the details.

[shodo]

The details of losing my virginity?

[eveseeking]

Yes. Was that not clear?

[shodo]

[ It was, but he's trying to stall. ]

Tell me about yours first.

[eveseeking]

I do believe I asked you first, darling.

[shodo]

As the person more likely to tease me, you should tell me first as a show of good faith.

[eveseeking]

You're cute when you're shy.

You really want to know? It's not a particularly thrilling story.

[shodo]

I've always been curious.

[ Curious to know who was more worthy of such a thing when he had obviously not been enough. ]

[eveseeking]

It was the winter before we met. I had an argument with my father.

[These are not the details Kaoru wants, surely. He's not even sure why he's sharing them.]

I snuck out and went to Sakurazaka. It was cold.

[shodo]

[ They're far better than the other kind of details that Ainosuke could be sharing, no matter how his gut twists as he reads them over. He feels a guilty sense of satisfaction that it had happened before they met, before there was the chance for him to be rejected. ]

My own story will hardly interest you.

[eveseeking]

Is that how it is? What happened to that talk about a show of good faith, hmm?

[shodo]

It's simply a disclaimer, given you were there.

[ Now he's going to throw his phone onto the bed and collapse onto the floor with embarrassment. ]

[eveseeking]

[Frowning at his phone. Confusion.

...Yeah, he's not getting it.]

I'm sure I would remember witnessing something like that.

[shodo]

[ Never before has Kaoru wished for such a swift death. ]

You weren't a witness.

[eveseeking]

[...No. There is no way that's true.

Is there?]

I thought

[His brain is working hard to rewind and recontextualise everything. Something about that process is making his face feel very hot.]

Didn't we have some discussion along the lines of you giving up control in ways that won't hurt you?