[He's silent for a time after Cy finishes speaking. One-handed, the process of washing Cy's hair is more tedious, but thankfully there is not nearly as much of it, so the steps move a little quicker. It isn't like he has forgotten Cy's age, or the countless lives he's lived across a whole universe of worlds — but sometimes it is difficult for his own mind to grasp. He tries, but it seems like a paltry understanding when his own existence has been so — short, by comparison.]
I want to know everything about you, [is his eventual answer.] Who you are, what you've seen. Good and bad.
[It goes deeper than that basic desire, yet he cannot easily articulate those words. He doesn't know how. What he feels is beyond love, by now, and closer to obsession — or perhaps they are the same. Perhaps the love is the obsession. He has told Cy already about the features of his own clan and their tendency to experience intense emotion, and they've discussed what might happen if they were to be separated, but... rather than feel better prepared for that potential outcome, Sasuke worries he is going in the opposite direction. Because when he thinks of it, anxiety is like a fathomless drop underfoot. And it gets worse, not better.
Cy views their relationship as temporary by nature of his immortality, but — what if Sasuke can't accept that?
There's a slow breath, measured out, and then he reaches for one of Cy's hands to complete the seals that will change him back to his ordinary form. While he doesn't mind that feminine body, it still isn't what he prefers.]
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Date: 2024-07-19 12:24 am (UTC)I want to know everything about you, [is his eventual answer.] Who you are, what you've seen. Good and bad.
[It goes deeper than that basic desire, yet he cannot easily articulate those words. He doesn't know how. What he feels is beyond love, by now, and closer to obsession — or perhaps they are the same. Perhaps the love is the obsession. He has told Cy already about the features of his own clan and their tendency to experience intense emotion, and they've discussed what might happen if they were to be separated, but... rather than feel better prepared for that potential outcome, Sasuke worries he is going in the opposite direction. Because when he thinks of it, anxiety is like a fathomless drop underfoot. And it gets worse, not better.
Cy views their relationship as temporary by nature of his immortality, but — what if Sasuke can't accept that?
There's a slow breath, measured out, and then he reaches for one of Cy's hands to complete the seals that will change him back to his ordinary form. While he doesn't mind that feminine body, it still isn't what he prefers.]
But if you want to, tell me a good story now.