[Should he ask if he's having a heart attack? That uptick in his chest is pretty noticeable and his eyes wander upward to Dave to make sure that he's alright. And when he sees him doing perfectly fine, he doesn't bring it up; figuring that this is just a part of Dave being nervous or caught up in trying to figure out what the right thing to do here is. He gets that. He has the same problem, but they've been good at navigating it despite the headwinds that have been tossing in both their heads. But, yeah. The stronger those get, the better they seem to be at pulling in and here they are, Dave's hand trailing up and down Ryuji, and Ryuji subtly-but-not-subtle-at-all moving into it.
It kickstarts entire neural networks into overload, little forest fires all along the synapses, and even though that's happening, it's a controlled slash and burn straight to his heart. He's so calmed by it.]
Mn? Yeah.
[There should be more to be said after that really touching exchange, but Ryuji's so content to just be at the moment, that he's not buzzing around with a million words in his head all to come tumbling out within a moment's notice. It catches up to him, though, and it's a rare moment for Ryuji to feel like it's okay to be protected, or looked after. Even better when he hears Dave say that he wants to be there with him, side by side. Which isn't lame at all, actually. It's a really good feeling.]
You're gonna make that poor dude lose his job.
[The bellhop metaphor, right? He reaches across his own chest to find Dave's hand somewhere in mid touch of his own forearm, brushing his fingers against knuckles.]
I mean, if we're pushin' that cart to a vacation hotel room, count me in. Hell, I'll even tell the front desk that one bed's fine 'n all. I don't even care.
[Oh, wait. Ryuji's face burns again. He caught himself thinking about something he might've wanted here and now and intermixed it into their bantering metaphors that dance around each other in ways that keep the both of them safe from layers being peeled back. But pulling away from the comfort zone like flicking icicles off a rooftop, he kind of just... goes for it.]
Hey... Can I stay here tonight? It's... uh. I mean. Y'know. With you, maybe? [It'd be misdirecting if he said it was because he didn't want to sleep in an empty room, since that was a part of it, but honestly, it's less of a lack of dependence on Ryuji's side now and more of a... not wanting to leave Dave after they both just spilled pieces of their hearts out to each other. So he'll be honest about that, too.] You don't gotta say yes just 'cause I'm askin'. I just... uh, I know it might be too soon 'n all, but I really wanna stay with you a bit longer.
[It's his heart rate that's rising now, and shit, it's really, really forward of him. He holds his breath inwardly.]
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It kickstarts entire neural networks into overload, little forest fires all along the synapses, and even though that's happening, it's a controlled slash and burn straight to his heart. He's so calmed by it.]
Mn? Yeah.
[There should be more to be said after that really touching exchange, but Ryuji's so content to just be at the moment, that he's not buzzing around with a million words in his head all to come tumbling out within a moment's notice. It catches up to him, though, and it's a rare moment for Ryuji to feel like it's okay to be protected, or looked after. Even better when he hears Dave say that he wants to be there with him, side by side. Which isn't lame at all, actually. It's a really good feeling.]
You're gonna make that poor dude lose his job.
[The bellhop metaphor, right? He reaches across his own chest to find Dave's hand somewhere in mid touch of his own forearm, brushing his fingers against knuckles.]
I mean, if we're pushin' that cart to a vacation hotel room, count me in. Hell, I'll even tell the front desk that one bed's fine 'n all. I don't even care.
[Oh, wait. Ryuji's face burns again. He caught himself thinking about something he might've wanted here and now and intermixed it into their bantering metaphors that dance around each other in ways that keep the both of them safe from layers being peeled back. But pulling away from the comfort zone like flicking icicles off a rooftop, he kind of just... goes for it.]
Hey... Can I stay here tonight? It's... uh. I mean. Y'know. With you, maybe? [It'd be misdirecting if he said it was because he didn't want to sleep in an empty room, since that was a part of it, but honestly, it's less of a lack of dependence on Ryuji's side now and more of a... not wanting to leave Dave after they both just spilled pieces of their hearts out to each other. So he'll be honest about that, too.] You don't gotta say yes just 'cause I'm askin'. I just... uh, I know it might be too soon 'n all, but I really wanna stay with you a bit longer.
[It's his heart rate that's rising now, and shit, it's really, really forward of him. He holds his breath inwardly.]