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Post by Adrian Veidt on Aug 30, 2009 16:39:08 GMT -5
"I imagine it could be moved if something were to be slid beneath it."
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Aug 30, 2009 16:41:44 GMT -5
"Do you want to keep it?" he asked just as gently, almost as one might treat someone who was slightly unstable but who was very loved anyway, his fingers curling in Adrian's hair, his cheek resting on Adrian's shoulder, eyes flickering up to regard his face cautiously and contemplatively.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Aug 30, 2009 16:44:00 GMT -5
"I rather assumed you wanted to, or else why bother completing it?"
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Aug 30, 2009 16:46:44 GMT -5
"Because it's..." He hesitated, sat up slightly, and turned to look at him. "It's fun. That's why anybody does it. Anyobdy else, I mean," he added, looking away embarrassedly.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Aug 30, 2009 16:48:09 GMT -5
"Ah. For the challenge, I suppose."
He made it sound as though this was incredibly pointless.
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Aug 30, 2009 16:49:15 GMT -5
Adrien flushed, murmured something, and stood up to get his coat again.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Aug 30, 2009 16:53:23 GMT -5
"Adrien-"
He sounded exasperated, and rose after him.
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Aug 30, 2009 16:55:07 GMT -5
He turned again, the same almost hopeful look in his eyes, although it stayed out of his voice.
"Yes?"
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Aug 30, 2009 17:00:52 GMT -5
"If you would prefer to stay, or be allowed to do the puzzle on your own account..."
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Aug 30, 2009 17:04:55 GMT -5
"I need permission?"
- was not what Adrien said, but, unusually for him, he wanted to say it. It fought against a different impulse in him, but the other, of course, won out, and he said, a small smile finally breaking over his lips, "I... I would really like to stay. Thank you."
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Aug 30, 2009 17:11:50 GMT -5
Veidt smiled. It was a very... public smile.
"You act as though I am extending some great boon to you."
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Aug 30, 2009 17:15:01 GMT -5
Adrien's smile faltered, and he sat down on the bed, as it was just a few feet behind him, and shrugged, tilting his head to regard him.
"I like being with you," he said softly. "But you know that, don't you? Adrian?"
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Aug 30, 2009 17:34:46 GMT -5
"Yes, of course."
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Aug 30, 2009 17:40:12 GMT -5
He blushed with a small, hesitant smile.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Aug 30, 2009 17:52:49 GMT -5
He kissed Adrien's forehead, a calming gesture more than anything.
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