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[shoelicking]

[ He swallows, and it feels like there's a lump in his throat trying to prevent him from speaking. ]

Yeah.

[ It's in his nature to defend Touma. Yes, what he's doing is bad, maybe even the absolute worst, but Touma is... ]

The spell is very complicated, but over the years... [ He'd been complicit. No matter how much people wanted to say he hadn't been at fault, Tsurugi knew he had been an active player in all of it. ]

Diva-chan, I don't mind what you are, but what I feel... It doesn't matter. I can't go against him.

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I don't understand.

_{[Honestly she doesn't. So someone was trying to turn him into what Kuro was? Fine, whatever, but he wasn't what the lazy vampire was as far as Diva can tell. Her confusion begins to shift into mild frustration as she stomps a foot, a bit like an impudent child would.]}

Whatever was being done to you, it didn't work very well. I could turn you, if I wanted. Right now. You couldn't stop me. You're mine...but I won't because Adrian said I can't unless a person says it's okay.

_{[Ah...she's getting antsy. She doesn't like this, not getting her way. How many times has she been denied what she wants?]}

Everyone acts like being a Chiropteran is terrible - it isn't. If you didn't mind what I am you would want to be a family with me forever.

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[ Part of Tsurugi can't help but think that not having a choice is the easiest thing. ]

I want to be... Your family...

[ Her attitude only makes him feel guiltier. It'd be easy to just turn everything off, but then, the prospect of living forever horrified him. He can't say that to her though -- no one wants to hear that the father of their children would rather be dead than here. ]

But I can't make Tai-chan hate me.

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I'll make you want it. You'll see. You'll beg me even.

_{[Her voice is eerily even for once, masking the hurt she feels. Some date this is turning out to be.]}

You should be honoured I even want to turn you in the first place.

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Please... forgive me.

[ He speaks weakly, fingers gripping the fabric of her dress loosely. ]

You're my last chance... to be happy here. I want you to be happy, too.

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<sub>[He's lost. She can tell that much by looking at him. For as childish and cruel as Diva could be, sometimes she really did feel her age. His last chance, huh? She's reminded briefly for a moment of Alexei. She'd given him a second chance at life, hadn't she? Even if it had been short lived.

Maybe she shouldn't be so harsh. He'll come along, she thinks. She'll get her way...she just has to be patient.]</sub>

...I'll be your last chance then.

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Thank you. [ This time, he rests his head in her bosom. It's not inherently sexual, more so just to find comfort. Motherly, almost. ]

Even if I can't do... that... I'm still yours, Diva-chan. Your sword, right?

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Mm...yeah.

<sub>[The mood has shifted now. Whatever playful atmosphere they'd made earlier had become heavy. With his face resting against her chest her hands find his head, cradling it there. Fingers roam but don't stray very far. It's strange really...why is she comforting him when she's the one who needs comfort?

Maybe she's the pathetic one.]</sub>

It's really lonely being me, you know.

_{[Saya and the cocoons aside, she's the only one of her species. Her experience is inherently different from other vampires. Not even her own twin understands her. Maybe no one would.]}

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I'm sorry.

[ Apologies have always rolled easily off of his tongue, but he genuinely means this one. He wants to give her what she wants, but he knows it would destroy him. He's barely got a grasp on things now -- he can't fracture the last piece so easily. ]

Does it really mean nothing? If we're not the same?

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It isn't that it means nothing...it's just...

_{[Diva has never been good with words unless it were lyrics to a song. She frowns to herself, not sure where to look so she lets her eyes close instead.]}

I want a family who's the same as me. I don't want to be just me. I don't want to end up alone. Even my twin who hates what she is has her own Chevalier who loves her.

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[ Loneliness has been Tsurugi's pillar all throughout his life. He hasn't been friendless -- in fact, he's had wonderful friends, but in the end, they will always be separated by the differences in their lives. ]

Can I think about it? [ Living forever sounds miserable, but finally having a family and losing it sounds so much worse. ]

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Of course.

_{[She's not expecting him to ask that, but it does make her feel a little lighter inside that he's not writing her offer off completely.]}

I have all the time in the world.

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[ It's the first time Tsurugi's smiled since they started fighting -- is this fighting? -- and he laughs softly into her chest. ]

You do, huh~?

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_{[Was it fighting? Good question. Still cradling his head she gives it a gentle squeeze against her chest. Her pout is gone now, replaced with something softer.]}

Yep! And I want to spend it with you.

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... I kinda wanna spend it right here.

[ Her boobs even smelled nice. ]

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In the park?

_{[Yeah she's not getting it.]}

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[ Oh no. That's cute. ]

... Yeah. In the park. [ Even as he says it, he pushes his face more against her. ]

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We could build tree house!

_{[She's laughing a bit at the thought, oblivious that he's enjoying her chest.]}

With a ladder and everything.

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[ He finally glances up. ]

A tree house? You think so? I've never done anything like that before!

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Me either...I wouldn't know where to start but it can't be that hard right?

_{[She'll have to ask around.]}

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Ah, I dunno~? Maybe we can make someone build it for us?

[ Get your fancy dom to commission a treehouse, Diva, c'mon. ]

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Maybe Trevor would know how to build one...he's pretty strong.

_{[Diva...you're so dumb. Don't mind her as she squeezes him against her chest.]}

We'll figure it out!

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We will!

[ She's really out here this oblivious. Tsurugi's not about to complain though -- this sort of works out for him. ]

Ah, you're not mad at me anymore, right~? ♥

[ He takes her hands as he speaks, ready to pull her back in, or more accurately, onto him. ]

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I'm not mad.

_{[Easily lead she lets him pull her back toward the bench, this time so she's deposited into his lap. She fits well enough, her small frame and their size difference helping in that regard.]}

I was just upset.

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That's the same thing, mm~?

[ Tsurugi is smiling and presses his forehead to hers gently. It's a genuine question -- anger is a baffling entity to him. It isn't an emotion he allowed himself to feel, and the people around him had never had particularly healthy ways of dealing with it. ]