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[chokuto]

[Sasuke goes with him unresisting, settling into his lap, arm around the man's shoulders to draw him in securely, protectively.]

Are you okay—

[—only to be interrupted by another egg. The question snags in his throat, immediately cupping his palm under it before it can roll off and crack open on the tile.]

... Um. That was definitely you. [what is HAPPENING] You made an egg.

[hallowing]

（ theRE ARE TOO MANY THINGS COMPETING FOR HIS SANITY RIGHT NOW THANK YOU which is why he takes the egg, does the math, and yeets it immediately to join its eggy brethren in the other room. gently, obviously. ）

Sasuke I'm like three seconds away from a panic attack can you please just let me sit here quietly a minute.

[chokuto]

[Oh... goodbye egg...

But his attention narrows itself back onto Cy at that, concern clear on his face. He lifts his hand, rubbing up Cy's arm in an attempt at physical comfort that — does not come to him naturally, yet is still worlds improved from what it once was.]

I'm sorry. Take the time you need.

[hallowing]

（ he does — sheltered against sasuke's shoulder while he takes deep, meditative breaths. he's not even sure why it inspired such a reaction in him, except that it has and it's no doubt something he'll need to unpack. the mention of his home, combined with sasuke's thoughtfulness, just... intermixed in a way that winded him.

after a few minutes have passed with the steady drum of the water and of sasuke's beating heart — ）

What do they look like? The seeds.

[chokuto]

The seeds each have these little points. They almost look like stars.

[His hand finds the back of Cy's neck, fingertips gently stroking into wet hair.]

And they're this deep, dark violet color. It's beautiful. I can show you once we're done cleaning up. I've been keeping them in my things.

[hallowing]

Ebisennat.

（ he doesn't know where the word comes from, exactly. something dredged up out of the ruined wasteland of a shattered mind. it's strange, what can surface in the memory when the right combination of competing sensations hits you.

it's — the fruit cy told him about, months ago now. and he couldn't remember what they were called until this moment, had simply given them a name based on a remembered taste.

crying is not exactly an uncommon thing between them, and cy is not ashamed of it — his shoulders shake as he presses his forehead to sasuke's wet skin. ）

Breadfruit. It's breadfruit.

[chokuto]

I remember you telling me about that.

[He leans, pressing a kiss to Cy's temple — and once he can reach his face, another kiss is set against the wet corner of an eye, Cy's skin warm against his lips.]

Ebisennat. Then, we can plant it together. So, at least while you're here, you'll have something of your home as well.

[It aches in his chest, but not out of sadness. It just feels like the love Cy inspires in him.]

[hallowing]

I have something of my home right here.

（ he nuzzles at sasuke's cheek, meaning made clear by the gesture. ）

[chokuto]

I know. You're my home now too.

[The sentiment feels tight in his chest, nuzzling back in that affectionate gesture.]

Was it too much? Should I not have done it?

[hallowing]

（ he cards one hand through sasuke's wet hair, pulling him in for a kiss that's soft and chaste. ）

No, that's not it. It's an incredibly kind and thoughtful gesture. I should be used to those from you by now. （ yes he means the room cleaning. ） But it's — the fact that you could have gotten something from your own home and didn't, and chose to get something for me instead... that just really hit me hard.

（ another kiss, this one pressed to his forehead. ）

You didn't do anything wrong. I'm just lucky to have you.

[chokuto]

It goes both ways. I'm lucky to have you as well.

[Eyes closed, leaning contentedly into the kisses. He can't quite find the words in that moment to describe everything Cy has done for him in turn — so, in some way, he hopes this gesture conveys it.]

I know these aren't the best circumstances, but as long as we're here, I want to be with you. I want to be married to you. [He leans, bumping his forehead against Cy's.] We'll take care of each other.

[hallowing]

（ he exhales, and then just. holds him. ）

So, that begs the question — the fuck are we going to do with all the eggs?

[chokuto]

Keep them?

[🥺]

We can check online and see if other people have found any eggs. That way we'll know whether it's isolated just to us, or whether the resort is up to something again.

[hallowing]

I'm gonna leave that to you, I'm not on good terms with the internet at the moment.

（ he shifts, letting his hands settle at sasuke's hips. ）

I really liked what we did in the genjutsu, by the way.

[chokuto]

[What happened on the internet...

Yet it doesn't seem like a priority to pursue in that moment when Cy touches him that way. He breathes, lips brushing Cy's browline, barely there contact.]

I did too. [Though some lingering insecurity rears its head, it's not difficult to open up to Cy.] Was anything we did — strange to you? Or... too extreme. I have a lot of control within genjutsu, so I was able to follow your cues without trouble, but... I want to be sure.

[A thoughtful frown.]

And, about calling me a girl. I don't think I am one, but I didn't mind hearing it.

[hallowing]

（ he just goes through Moods, okay?? ）

I didn't think it was. It felt good to me, natural. I wouldn't have changed anything. I loved seeing what you could take for me.

（ he kisses away that frown, butting his head against sasuke's gently. ）

You're not a girl. But I enjoy calling you one as a term of endearment. It probably ties in a little with the humiliation kink. （ he settles back, meets sasuke's eyes. ） Do you need me to stop?

[chokuto]

[Just dwelling on the memory of what they did together is — impactful, and he finds himself shifting where he's still settled in Cy's lap. Fatigue from the draw of chakra has subdued him somewhat, but his own stamina means it won't take long before he's recovered. He can't help the way Cy makes him feel — with words, with a touch, with a single look.]

No, you don't need to stop. It didn't bother me. I suspect it would with another person, but when it's you... I know you aren't seeing me as someone else. As a woman.

[Once upon a time, he might have shied away from Cy's direct gaze, but now he meets it without hesitation, features soft.]

Though, I think you could tell when I was too aware of myself. Being pregnant.

[hallowing]

Mm.

（ a little acknowledging hum. ）

You felt self-conscious.

[chokuto]

Yes. I wouldn't say I've ever felt self-conscious about my body normally, so it stuck out to me.

[His right hand slides to cup the back of Cy's head, threading scarred knuckles into wet hair.]

Well, I've also never been... pregnant before. [Does it really need to be said?] But I still felt more aware of myself in the genjutsu than usual.

[hallowing]

A lot of people I've known become more self-conscious of their bodies during pregnancy. It's a normal thing to come up against. Between hormonal changes, the physical discomfort of it all, and the changes to one's body, it can do a number on your headspace. You handled it well.

（ he nudges his head into that hand, all but begging for head scritches because he is an eldritch immortal and he likes pets, okay?? ）

I, for the record, found it to be extremely hot.

（ in case that... was not obvious... ）

[chokuto]

[He doesn’t want to think about Cy knowing other people who once were pregnant, because the natural direction of that thought is — an ugly kind of jealousy, if those were past lovers and partners. It makes him quiet for a moment, indulging that request without hesitation as his fingers work across Cy’s scalp in a gentle rub.]

Tell me what you liked about it.

[hallowing]

( if he's aware of that glimmer of jealousy, it's not addressed directly — but he does drop his head with a murmur of pleasure at the contact to his scalp. )

It'd be easier to list what I didn't like — which is nothing.

( he doesn't mind being more specific, and he knows that sasuke is searching for praise as a way to mitigate that inborn jealousy, so he continues after a moment, pressing a kiss against the boy's chest. )

The thing I loved most is that you were willing to do it for me. But the tits were a bonus. Fuck, you looked so impossibly beautiful for me like that. The swell of your belly, knowing it meant I'd knocked you up, the way you kept the muscle beneath a body softened by that singular use.

( there's an appreciative murmur as he butts his forehead against sasuke's shoulder. )

Don't think for a minute I prefer you like that, though. You're perfect as yourself. It's the devotion and service that gets me all hot and bothered. I feel the same way about your body when I have you bent across my lap having you take punishment for me. Or when I shove you up against a wall and suck your dick. You're it, Sasuke. Everything else is just a bonus.

[chokuto]

[His eyes slip partway closed, cradling Cy's head against his chest when the man leans in. The words are evocative — deftly ferrying him away from that stir of jealousy and into the warm, protected intimacy they've built between them.]

I like feeling attractive to you. And I like belonging to you.

[It's impossible to discuss this while remaining composed. His belly clenches with arousal, shifting for more comfortable pressure in the seat of Cy's lap.]

I think this is something we should add to our list of things that we don't do with anyone else. I wouldn't be interested with someone who wasn't you, but — how do you feel?

[The volume of his voice drops a little, uncertain.]

[hallowing]

( he strokes a hand down sasuke's chest, his stomach, fingers curling around his cock suggestively, coaxing him hard. )

I don't want to do it with anyone else. Just you.

[chokuto]

[In an exhale —]

Okay. Then it's only for us.

[This satisfies that tight discomfort in his chest, soon led off the thought entirely by the warm circle of Cy's hand on his cock. He's slower to stiffen than usual — not for lack of interest, but rather reduced stamina over the course of the day, the diamond's effects fading. Yet the way his hips roll into the touch is eager enough to make up for that.]

If we were in the public shower, I'd make you take us out of there. I'm glad we have privacy now.