[he tilts his head gently with the question. look, there aren't a lot of house enemies out there anymore. he'll take what he can get.
the touch doesn't make him uncomfortable. but rook's words...they kind of do. they're awfully close to something that he needs to voice to a couple of people, once he finds the words for it. rook is on that list. probably. jiho keeps telling himself that maybe it won't come to that, that maybe what he feels isn't that deep and it wont become necessary.
but he kind of knows better.]
Why would it make me uncomfortable?
[who wouldn't want to touch him? but jiho wisely keeps that question to himself.]
...a Roman emperor. Little crazy, knifeplay was his thing apparently.
[ sorry you can't raise him from the dead to kill him again. irony is that he was stabbed to death so, there is that.
thoughts about emperors long since dead vanish though with that question. Rook blinks a few times, wondering if Jiho is serious, but--
no, no he is.]
...you know that, as a demon of my Cardinal that I can see lust in all it's forms as strings that tangle around people and things, right? [ and you, sweet assassin mosquito, have strings that only fade to nothing, meaning that what you lust over is not physical at all.]
[goddammit rook, why couldn't you have been stabbed by someone living?? ah well.
jiho looks at him for a moment, expression neutral, like he's not going to let rook know whether he's right or wrong about him. even as the demon's words are sinking beneath his skin, letting jiho know that he already knows.
he wasn't aware of that. at least not entirely. which means rook probably realized it before jiho did. he huffs and looks away. but his fingertips, notably, stay curled against the other's skin.]
I don't mind touching you. [fuck, is there another blade for him to fall on somewhere, it would be easier than this.] Touching you is ni-it's fine. I don't even mind the way you dress. Normally.
[all the sheer and the naked and the half-naked. it only bothered him because he knew he should be having a reaction to it. that maybe....maybe rook would go away if he didn't see that reaction from him.]
I don't think I would even mind kissing, but I don't know why the fuck I'm even telling you that.
[ don't worry, he will probably run his mouth at some point and Jiho can stab someone eventually. if all else fails he can just stab Rook, it doesn't even really hurt him.
but there are more important things to deal with. like how Jiho looks more than a little taken by surprise by Rook knowing. about Rook being aware and okay with it in a sense. and with how Jiho-- wants to touch him? is okay with that? that revelation might just make the demon smile, something small but warm and curling. he leans against Jiho a little more, appreciates the touch he gets.]
Okay.
[ you need to specify more there, Rook. okay to what.
(all of it) ]
We don't-- I mean, I know that people expect me to want sex but, uh-- if you just want to stay like this? That-- that is more than good enough for me. I prefer it actually? [ yeah that's right, a sex demon that doesn't actually like sex, punishment and all right? ] Would like to kiss you eventually though.
[kwang was right about what he sensed rook did and didn't want, or at least what he preferred. and jiho doesn't know if he's elated or if that complicates things even more.
maybe both. maybe still more the first one than the latter. he lets his hand rest a little more against his back, and the demon eats the attention up like he's starved for it.
maybe he is. maybe jiho can relate.]
I- [don't think i'm ready. need some more time. maybe jiho was going to say something like that. it would be understandable if he was. but he honestly doesn't remember what he was about to say, because he sees rook blushing and it does things to jiho that he's only barely started to admit but are taking hold fast.] Yeah, whenever.
[it wasn't that Rook hated sex, not really, he just-- preferred it when there was emotional attachment. when he could honestly say that he cared about the other person (or people) involved. that they cared about him as a being and not just something that could heighten pleasure. and even then it was a lot less about the sex than it was the being connected. being close.
like this actually. being allowed to exist quietly in Jiho's space and have the assassin be pleased with that. trusting him with that.]
Mmm, whenever, huh?
[ there is still colour high on his cheekbones as he smiles, leaning in a little to nuzzle at Jiho's jaw. he doesn't kiss him, not yet. he wants to just-- exist like this a little longer thank you.]
I'm gonna leave that one up to you, Candy Crush. [ can you feel his smile against your skin? probably.]
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Date: 2018-09-27 07:48 pm (UTC)[he tilts his head gently with the question. look, there aren't a lot of house enemies out there anymore. he'll take what he can get.
the touch doesn't make him uncomfortable. but rook's words...they kind of do. they're awfully close to something that he needs to voice to a couple of people, once he finds the words for it. rook is on that list. probably. jiho keeps telling himself that maybe it won't come to that, that maybe what he feels isn't that deep and it wont become necessary.
but he kind of knows better.]
Why would it make me uncomfortable?
[who wouldn't want to touch him? but jiho wisely keeps that question to himself.]
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Date: 2018-09-27 07:58 pm (UTC)...a Roman emperor. Little crazy, knifeplay was his thing apparently.
[ sorry you can't raise him from the dead to kill him again. irony is that he was stabbed to death so, there is that.
thoughts about emperors long since dead vanish though with that question. Rook blinks a few times, wondering if Jiho is serious, but--
no, no he is.]
...you know that, as a demon of my Cardinal that I can see lust in all it's forms as strings that tangle around people and things, right? [ and you, sweet assassin mosquito, have strings that only fade to nothing, meaning that what you lust over is not physical at all.]
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Date: 2018-09-27 08:17 pm (UTC)jiho looks at him for a moment, expression neutral, like he's not going to let rook know whether he's right or wrong about him. even as the demon's words are sinking beneath his skin, letting jiho know that he already knows.
he wasn't aware of that. at least not entirely. which means rook probably realized it before jiho did. he huffs and looks away. but his fingertips, notably, stay curled against the other's skin.]
I don't mind touching you. [fuck, is there another blade for him to fall on somewhere, it would be easier than this.] Touching you is ni-it's fine. I don't even mind the way you dress. Normally.
[all the sheer and the naked and the half-naked. it only bothered him because he knew he should be having a reaction to it. that maybe....maybe rook would go away if he didn't see that reaction from him.]
I don't think I would even mind kissing, but I don't know why the fuck I'm even telling you that.
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Date: 2018-09-27 08:27 pm (UTC)but there are more important things to deal with. like how Jiho looks more than a little taken by surprise by Rook knowing. about Rook being aware and okay with it in a sense. and with how Jiho-- wants to touch him? is okay with that? that revelation might just make the demon smile, something small but warm and curling. he leans against Jiho a little more, appreciates the touch he gets.]
Okay.
[ you need to specify more there, Rook. okay to what.
(all of it) ]
We don't-- I mean, I know that people expect me to want sex but, uh-- if you just want to stay like this? That-- that is more than good enough for me. I prefer it actually? [ yeah that's right, a sex demon that doesn't actually like sex, punishment and all right? ] Would like to kiss you eventually though.
[ ah look, blushing again. shit.]
Whenever you want, that is.
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Date: 2018-09-27 11:03 pm (UTC)maybe both. maybe still more the first one than the latter. he lets his hand rest a little more against his back, and the demon eats the attention up like he's starved for it.
maybe he is. maybe jiho can relate.]
I- [don't think i'm ready. need some more time. maybe jiho was going to say something like that. it would be understandable if he was. but he honestly doesn't remember what he was about to say, because he sees rook blushing and it does things to jiho that he's only barely started to admit but are taking hold fast.] Yeah, whenever.
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Date: 2018-10-17 04:39 pm (UTC)like this actually. being allowed to exist quietly in Jiho's space and have the assassin be pleased with that. trusting him with that.]
Mmm, whenever, huh?
[ there is still colour high on his cheekbones as he smiles, leaning in a little to nuzzle at Jiho's jaw. he doesn't kiss him, not yet. he wants to just-- exist like this a little longer thank you.]
I'm gonna leave that one up to you, Candy Crush. [ can you feel his smile against your skin? probably.]