❝ . . . Mmmh, ❞ his star replied — because Aether knew it would be lying ⠀❪⠀ and poorly, at that ⠀❫⠀ to pretend otherwise.
Its fingers pressed lightly into the nape of Taru's neck as it pursed its lips to remain quiet.
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“And?” Aether knew of his menace status the moment they met.
“I know how much you enjoy it.” His tongue elongated and licked up the side of Aether’s neck.
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❝ Will y — you . . . ❞ The worst part about trying to deny Childe's bad ideas was that they were always damn good fun.
❝ You're a menace, ❞ Aether muttered in conscientious objection ⠀❪⠀ while tipping his head to let him do it⠀❫ .
❝ — .ᐟ ❞ Well, this was bound to happen sooner or later . . . Aether loosely looped its arms around his neck while it sat side - saddle.
❝ So long as it's appropriate to do in public, ❞ it mumbled, pressing a kiss to his cheek.
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“Are you going to take responsibility then~ for making me feel better?”
He reached out and tugged at the star, till it fell into his lap.
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The traveler, much to its own chagrin, feels itself instantly * pout at the exact way Childe chose to say that.
❝ Yeah, well, I think you're cut off for the night, ❞ he replied — inspired only * partly for his harbinger's benefit.
❝ Ha - haaa, ❞ he replied, circling the table to sit at the chair closest to Childe⠀ ❪⠀ and scooted it over to be even closer to him⠀ ❫ .
❝ Do I even want to * know how much you've had.ᐣ ❞
Aether * heard about a certain ginger near - to - snoring up here . . .
❝ Guess who, ❞ it said, making no meaningful difference by covering Tartaglia's eyes.
trust me when i tell you that it's not a 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 that you are only the 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅 least ethical researcher i would say i've come across, ❪⠀ the traveler mutters, raising a hand to scrub the back of its neck.⠀ ❫
let the
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⠀𝒉𝒆𝒉𝒆~ you're a funny one, aren't you .ᐣ fine, no stones in this house, but i'm not entirely sure i can take my kettle being black by your pot ׅ⎖
⠀𝒐𝒐𝒐𝒐𝒉, idea ׅ⎖ why don't we reenact your nightmare .ᐣ you know, for
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╱⠀ cleaning out old followers/following stuff bc sometimes the number of followers here scawes me. and now that ive removed IA quotebots, i find it beautiful that the first person in my following is Outrider Amber
they're forgiven if it was an actually funny joke — so i guess, at that point, it's whether or not i'm upset at them for their sense of humor . . . much to think about.