[ it’s pleasantly easy to forget all the troubles of their lives both now and before, when the door is closed, and dextera responds with shyness to makoto’s casual invasion of his personal space.
he has friends, but not like this. he’s never had a friend like this, where quality time could be spent together in the home. even now, he’s not used to it, and it shows in the light tension of his shoulders as he relinquishes the box for makoto’s examination.
that he recognizes it is a good sign—dextera has learned not to take for granted a lot of things he knows—but it’s a better sign that he’s comfortable with teasing dextera. though truthfully, makoto seems like he could do anything with skill and elegance, dextera knows that he probably wouldn’t flirt about it if he was a complete beginner. ]
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[ dextera nods.
it isn’t his usual, though, where he seems like he’s trying to fold himself away in the corner of the room and holding back his voice out of hesitation. in fact, once he’s recovered from makoto’s light touch, he’s brimming with one might say an uncharacteristic confidence. the communion space between them, where dextera leaves his heart open to makoto and hopes to be received in kind, hums with self-assurance. ]
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he has friends, but not like this. he’s never had a friend like this, where quality time could be spent together in the home. even now, he’s not used to it, and it shows in the light tension of his shoulders as he relinquishes the box for makoto’s examination.
that he recognizes it is a good sign—dextera has learned not to take for granted a lot of things he knows—but it’s a better sign that he’s comfortable with teasing dextera. though truthfully, makoto seems like he could do anything with skill and elegance, dextera knows that he probably wouldn’t flirt about it if he was a complete beginner. ]
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[ dextera nods.
it isn’t his usual, though, where he seems like he’s trying to fold himself away in the corner of the room and holding back his voice out of hesitation. in fact, once he’s recovered from makoto’s light touch, he’s brimming with one might say an uncharacteristic confidence. the communion space between them, where dextera leaves his heart open to makoto and hopes to be received in kind, hums with self-assurance. ]
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