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[gemigod]

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Steven lives in Helian's Glade and can usually be found somewhere in the gardens. Letters can be left on his bed, which is made of moss and several supernaturally large blooms, or the drawer filled stump where he keeps his belongings. He is responsive to network communications but prefers not to speak one on one over them.

Comments

[gemigod]

I don't know...

[His face flushes. He doesn't really know how to explain it.]

To just... do what I can to make it so we can do the stuff we wanna do.

[hippocarnival]

[Yuya pauses, before he pushes himself up on his arms, moving to sit.] Whatever you want to do, I'm okay with. You don't have to force yourself for anything.

[gemigod]

[Steven pauses, briefly uncertain, but then puts on a smile.]

I'm not forcing anything! I just want to put as much effort into the relationship as you do...

[His smile deepens as he thinks about thinks that Garnet has told him.]

That's what it is, right? A relationship... and sometimes those take work.

[hippocarnival]

Well... yeah... [Yuya brushes his hair back, his cheeks turning lightly pink.] I guess, but we didn't really decide kissing had to be part of it, right? I don't feel like I'm doing much more than you...

[gemigod]

[He laughs helplessly.]

Yeah, but I want to kiss you, though!

[hippocarnival]

[Yuya's face just gets redder.] I want to kiss you too, it's not fair!

[Whine, whine.] I didn't tell anyone about that. Should I?

[gemigod]

[He pauses like he hadn't really considered it.]

Oh... yeah... I guess you're usually supposed to tell people that you're dating...

[He pauses again, his cheeks flushing.]

We're dating, right? Can we call it that?

[hippocarnival]

[Yuya stares dumbly at Steven.] I don't know. Are we dating?

[There is, perhaps, a problem with Yuya trying to be entirely malleable.]

[gemigod]

[His tone becomes more frantic.]

Yuya, you need to agree that we're dating or we're not dating!

[hippocarnival]

I'm asking you! [They had an agreement??] If you want to date then we'll date!

[gemigod]

[Steven makes a frustrated sound, putting his hands to his face. It's sort of been building for a while now, hasn't it?]

No! Yuya... I can't just be the one making all the decisions all the time!

[hippocarnival]

I didn't even know we were making decisions besides kissing until now! [Did something else change? Did he not notice? He definitely must have missed it.] We haven't done anything else different, right?

[gemigod]

I guess... I was trying to ask you...

[He folds down his ears, looking a bit caught on the spot. He curls his arms around himself.]

We kiss, and... we spend all our time together. And I love you. But I don't want to date just because it's what I want.

[hippocarnival]

[Yuya swallows, frozen in the spotlight. It's the kind of thing he's wanted to hear, perhaps, a little too much. Now that it's presented to him he doesn't know what to say, gripped by a sort of performance anxiety. Of saying the wrong thing.

He slowly scoots closer on his knees.] I really love you too. I...

[He brings his hand up, like he's going to cup Steven's cheek, but he stops just before he makes contact.] I want to be with you.

[gemigod]

Then we can be. With each other.

[Steven touches the back of Yuya's hand, leaning into his palm.]

If that's what we both want, then we should, right?

[hippocarnival]

Y... yeah... [He doesn't protest Steven's gesture, though he's a little tense.

Maybe more than a little, like he's holding himself in place.] So if anyone asks...

[gemigod]

Yeah!

[Steven's face brightens considerably, his cheeks and mane practically (and even a bit literally) glowing with delight.]

We may as well, right?

[hippocarnival]

[Yuya nods slowly, still a little awestruck.] But... I've never dated before.

[Has Steven? He'd never kissed Connie, right? So were they...

A jolt runs through his spine, that thought finally shocking him into motion. He grabs both of Steven's hands in his, leaning in.] Steven, I want to be with you!

[... Which they already just established, yes.]

[gemigod]

I'm so glad!

[Steven can't control himself anymore and throws his arms around Yuya, pulling him into an enthusiastic hug. Normally this would be the place where they would kiss or something, but... well, hugs are good, too.]

[hippocarnival]

[Yuya's pulled straight into the embrace, still for a second before he returns it in earnest with a laugh. He can't... kiss Steven. But there has to be other ways to make it work, right?

He scoots forward as close as he can, tightening his arms around Steven as he fits himself closer--probably, right in Steven's lap to close the distance.]

[gemigod]

[Steven shifts his position to welcome Yuya into his lap, his tail curling around the two of them as they embrace. Steven doesn't know how best to go about this, but he's excited and happy, so instead of going for a kiss... instead he boops his nose against Yuya's.]

[hippocarnival]

[Yuya blinks rapidly at that, pausing. It's cute, but also reminds him what happened when he did the same thing, except this time he can't follow up with a kiss.

He ducks his head instead, nuzzling his face into the crook of Steven's neck.]