coastal | psl || how did this slowburn happen

Yeah, but I never reacted like that.

[ except when he was cursed but he doesn't actually know he blushed anyway? god i hate swords ]

I'm glad the saniwa let me choose where to go, though.

[ he looks down as he tries to find the words ]

I've... missed seeing you.

[sldkjff swords are fucking dumb but

that actually manages to get her to be embarrassed again and she's really glad? for the pillow? all of a sudden? because she automatically brings it closer to her, hiding the bottom half of her face because she's sure that she would be smiling pretty stupidly from that??

kill her

she tries to respond but it's uhhh muffled from the pillow]

I can't hear you when you hide your face like that.

[hrm

she lowers the pillow into her lap but also trades it for not being able to meet his eyes anymore]

... I've missed you, too.

[ his expression turns thoughtful, gaze lingering on their joined hands ]

How long has it been for you?

[ . . . . . that's a question.

and she pauses.]

Since the village? A few weeks...?

[she misses yona like days after she's gone

she doesn't think that this is weird]

[ ...ah. kara knew it couldn't have been that long, but he also hadn't quite expected it to be such a short time, either ]

It was a few hundred years for us.

[ . . . . . . ]

It's been a few hundred years since you've seen me and you only just now brought it up?

Does it matter, now that the war's over? I still messaged you when I could.

While I understand and appreciate that -

Maybe consider that this is a little more important than you might think!! A few hundred years?! Not even just a hundred?! Multiple hundred years?!

[HE'S EXTRA OLD NOW]

A war with people who can alter timelines isn't going to end in a few weeks.

It's not like I thought it would - but you said it ended so casually too...!!

[THESE REPORTS ARE SO DIFFICULT FOR HER TO GRASP]

[ hm, he is confused again ]

Did I say it wrong somehow...?

Not wrong - it's just... surprising!

It makes me feel like I should've been kinder in my greeting to you...

[something more? dramatic? maybe?]

All I wanted was to see you again. I don't need any kind of special greeting or anything.

[ honestly it would probably annoy him if he was given one so ]

[STOP that's romantic!!

her face lights up again, surprised as she is by that statement]

You - oh, cut it out! You don't even know what you're doing! I can't even be mad...!!

[IT'S SO UNFAIR]

[ what ]

...What am I doing?

You're being way too nice to me...!

[way too sweet specifically

but also "All I wanted was to see you again" can really kill a girl if it comes from someone she actually likes]

I thought being nice was supposed to be a good thing...?

[ mitsutada was WRONG???? ]

It is a good thing!

[MOST OF THE TIME idk lili isn't very nice she's not an expert

but]

It's - just...

It's not like I'm used to it.

[actually being acknowledged and treated kindly for who she is and not just her position.... still weird!]

[ he's pretty new to this "nice" thing too so it's still weird for him to want to bother tbh

who allowed these two to happen ]

Maybe you will get used to it, now that I'm here.

[ . . . hmmmph. she considers that, and still thinks it's really nice of him to even care]

... maybe. I wouldn't mind, if it's coming from you.

[because she knows he won't be nice just to flatter her or anything]

I'll try to match you... however I can.

[ he nods, tightening his grasp on her hand just a bit before looking up ]

What do you mean, you'll match me?

I'll figure out how to be nice.

[she says it so

determinedly

like it's now her personal mission]

[ it's

really hard not to laugh at this

but kara keeps it to a snort ]

No need. If I didn't already like you as you are, I wouldn't be here.

[ it might be pretty funny to watch her try to be nice though ]

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