sayitwithpocky | The BIG DAMN OPEN POST

Well aren't you sweet.

[He pushes the cushions back into place and straightens up, walking over to Yako and looping his arms around her neck before giving her a peck on the forehead.]

So. Are there any other rooms to see, or just this one?

[How do human dwellings work, etcetera.]

Well, just a few. The kitchen, the bathroom...and my bedroom.

[She ticks them off as she leans back against him, feeling strangely shy when she hit the last one. They might not be the same species, but Deoxys was arguably male right now, and it felt...weird, thinking of him poking aroumd her bedroom.]

[Deoxys doesn't pick up on anything about that pause just before Yako lists the last one. Then again, he hasn't a reason to seeing as he didn't even know for sure Yako's house would have other rooms. He rests his chin atop her head momentarily, humming something that sounds vaguely like it could be from some film soundtrack, thinking.]

So many choices. I don't know which to see first — I suppose I'll let you decide, okay, darling? Lead the way!

[He'll release his arms and slide away so that she can, in fact, lead.]

[She's grateful that there are still some human norms that elude him. It made it easier for her to stomp down the less-than-platonic stirrings she sometimes felt around him. He didn't understand, couldn't reciprocate, and pursuing that train of thought would only be troublesome for both of them.

She takes his hand and tugs him along.]

The kitchen's closest! That's where I store and prepare and eat food.

[Deoxys knows what a kitchen is, at least. He gives a knowing sigh, rolling his eyes in amusement.]

I should have guessed you would show me the room to do with food first. You're so obvious, Yako.

[He allows himself to be tugged and trails obediently after her, still looking this way and that as they advance toward their exciting new destination. There's too much to take in, and Deoxys wants to take in all of it. Seeing Yako's home was like getting to see lots of little pieces of her that he hadn't seen before.]

Oh, hush. It really was closest!

[Yako wrinkles her nose and tries very hard to look at him sternly, but can't quite manage it. Not when he looks so curious and fascinated. She shakes her head instead and ushers him into the small kitchenette.]

I'll explain what everything is for some other time; you'll be here often enough, right?

[With a laugh Deoxys reaches out and catches Yako's hands, clasping them between his own.]

As if I could ever keep away, sweetheart.

[Careful, he means it. Yako may come to regret letting Deoxys know where she lives if she fails to be firm about boundaries. He hasn't quite grasped the concept that it's outside of human social norms to turn up at someone's home at 3am in the morning without prior invitation yet. Goodness knows if he'll ever stop pestering her.]

[She rolls her eyes, but bends to kiss the back of his hands. He's so earnest it's adorable, frankly.]

I know, I know. Let's move on to the bathroom; it's where people clean themselves and take care of...other bodily functions.

[As much as she loves him, exactly how much he knows about the human body and where he might have learned it from is a subject that Yako has done her best to slirt around since she first got The Talk. She really isn't sure she wants to know.]

[It really may be for the best if she doesn't know how much knowledge he has and how he obtained it. But humans are disgusting. Not Yako, of course. Yako is...profoundly beautiful — he worships her. But humans? There's a reason Deoxys eats so little. He doesn't need to so he mostly avoids it, but sometimes he just wants to share Yako's experiences...just not the less dignified experiences that follow.

Either way, Deoxys knows just enough about the human body to get by. Watching Yako has taught him a lot about how her species functions, but sometimes he still forgets that she's not as insanely robust as he is. Her fragility always frightens him.]

As you wish; I think I've seen enough of the kitchen for just now.

[She tugs him along, pausing in front of her small bathroom. It would be a little bit of a tight squeeze for two people, mostly because of the large claw-footed tub that takes up a third of the space. It had been a steal, included in the rent for no extra cost because it was to heaby to easily remove and replace.

Aside from that, the room is nice enough, with a small window, a large mirror, and white tiling.]

It's not very big, but it's enough for me.

...should we move on to the last one?

[Deoxys stops to take an obligatory inspection inside, but the bathroom is decidedly less interesting than the previous two rooms. To his somewhat unique world-view it feels uncomfortably like a lab due to the white walls, and other than experimentally turning the taps on and off and briefly examining the soap there's not much he feels the need to see. Steps back to Yako, giving a small nod.]

Of course.

[She giggles at his investigation, before leading him the last few steps to her bedroom. With another small moment of hesitation, she enters, plopping down on her bed and gesturing widely.]

Here we are; my private space.

[He dutifully follows her inside, immediately taking to looking around. The bedroom is already more interesting than the bathroom, and it's almost difficult to decide what to inspect first.]

What makes it any more private than the rest of the house?

Oh. Well, this is where I change clothes and sleep, and someday if I ever get a lover, this is...

[She trails off, blushing faintly. She's really not sure she wants to talk about this with him, but she knows that she can't just stop there. So she clears her throat delicately and looks away.]

This is eventually where I'll spend, um, 'intimate time' with them.

Edited 2012-06-30 16:19 (UTC)

[Deoxys stops completely, setting the current object of interest (though not anymore) he'd been holding down and turning slowly to face a Yako.]

A...lover?

[The look he casts over her now slightly red-tinted face is a curious one — he knows what "lover" implies, but why does she seem so shy about it? But he's completely serious when he addresses her again, starkly forward about the subject at hand.]

Is a lover something you would want, Yako?

[She fidgets, a bit surprised by how that was able to grab his attention so thoroughly. Then she figures out that he must just be worried about somebody else taking up her time.]

W-Well...yes, someday. I think everybody does, to some extent.

Then how about me?

[Again the words are blunt but sincere. Deoxys' grey-white eyes remain fixed and unblinking on Yako's face, his own expression nothing but completely serious. For now he doesn't move from where he's standing, just watching her and waiting for her reaction.]

Deoxys...

[Yako is honestly at a loss for words. She can't tell him that she has never thought of him that way or that it is completely out of the question, because she doesn't want to lie to him. So she takes a deep breath, bites her lip, and tries another route.]

I won't take advantage of you like that.

[Deoxys' eyes widen and he blinks, clearly taken aback. He shakes his head and places his hand over his heart.]

Thoughtful as always, Yako. But you wouldn't be.

[He takes a couple of steps closer to her, his hand still resting ernestly at his chest.]

I want this. I know I'm not— [He falters as something resembling...pain, maybe, flashes across his face.] I know I'm not human, sweetheart. I don't quite tick the same as you do. But I know I can still please you — it would make me happy to.

But...it's not fair. And...wouldn't you feel disgusted or something?

[Yako knows he isn't exactly humanity's biggest fan for a lot of reasons, but fir some reason he had always held her apart from it. She...didn't want him to be disgusted by her.]

Disgusted by you?

[She's the one who defied his fears and showed him such kindness when he was broken and alone in that storage container. She's the one who he's watched grow from a curious child into the beautiful young woman she is now. He doesn't think there's any side to her he can't have seen.

He reaches out and cups her face in his hands, stroking her cheek with his thumb; there's intense warmth in his eyes as he smiles at her.]

Never.

[She leans into his hold, and maybe she's just weak against him, but she's wanted him in some way or another since she first met him. He was her first crush, and maybe that never really fully went away, because she gives in.]

...we can try. But the moment you're uncomfortable, please, please tell me.

[Grinning widely, he gives a slight nod.]

Whatever you say, sweetheart. Only, I expect you to do the same, okay?

[He leans down and captures Yako's mouth in a loving kiss. He's always wanted this — of course he's stolen playful kisses from Yako since her teens, but to really kiss her like he means it? This is the first time.]

[She responds almost immediately, and a bit of her concern that he's only doing this for her sake is assuaged. Her fingers lace through his hair, drawing him closer. A small part of her hopes he hasn't been practicing this with anybody else.]

[She needn't worry. The science fiction genre loves its romance between human protagonists, so to put it a little oddly Deoxys has been watching love scenes all his life. ...And, well, a little research into other genres when he started to feel the desire to do the same things to Yako has taught him a surprising amount. But he'd never dream of doing this anything this intimate with another human; like Yako already knows, he really isn't her species' biggest fan.

He allows the kiss to linger a little longer before reluctantly breaking it off and pulling away from Yako...just so that he can join her on the bed, of course — sitting or (preferably) lying down with Yako for kisses seems more productive than having one of the two of them standing. He stretches his long body out atop the duvet and pats the space next to him, signalling for Yako to come join him.]

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