psl || how did this slowburn happen

[coastal]

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[unfriendliest]

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

[coastal]

[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.

[unfriendliest]

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

How long has it been for you?

[coastal]

[ . . . . . 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]

[unfriendliest]

[ ...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.

[coastal]

[ . . . . . . ]

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

[unfriendliest]

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

[coastal]

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]

[unfriendliest]

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

[coastal]

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]

[unfriendliest]

[ hm, he is confused again ]

Did I say it wrong somehow...?

[coastal]

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?]

[unfriendliest]

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 ]

[coastal]

[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]

[unfriendliest]

[ what ]

...What am I doing?

[coastal]

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]

[unfriendliest]

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

[ mitsutada was WRONG???? ]

[coastal]

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!]

[unfriendliest]

[ 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.

[coastal]

[ . . . 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.

[unfriendliest]

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

What do you mean, you'll match me?

[coastal]

I'll figure out how to be nice.

[she says it so

determinedly

like it's now her personal mission]

[unfriendliest]

[ 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 ]

[coastal]

No, but... you keep flustering me when I can't figure out how to do the same.

[which is FRUSTRATING

she thinks of it as another battle that she's losing]

[unfriendliest]

...Does that mean you're going to try to embarrass me now?

[ because that would be

hilarious ]