[ota] happy (belated) birthday

[at_heart]

WHO: Yuri, Flynn, and YOU!
WHAT: Flynn's birthday and maybe an engagement party, depends on how badly Yuri freaks out sjldkfjs
WHEN: Early/mid June
WHERE: A park near Flynn's apartment
WARNINGS: Nothing unless you actually ask why this party got delayed,

[ So, about a week into June, you might get a quick text message. ]

Sorry about the short notice but
Any chance you could make it to a birthday party sometime this week?
Should've been the 22nd but well
Kind of lost track of time

[ When you actually show up to the park near Flynn's one-bedroom apartment, you'll know where the party is right away: chains of wildflowers string trees together around the clearing, and there's a big buffet table covered with lots of (clearly labeled for different dietary needs) food. The recipes definitely lean Japanese, and most of it's handmade, but there's also a selection of storebought snacks still in their wrappers for some reason. ]


((ooc: Do you have CR with Yuri or Flynn? Are you a friend of someone with CR? Can you rationalize why your character might've been in the neighborhood to hear the sounds of a party going down? ;) Then come on in.

Gifts are optional. Lower Quarter birthdays have always been more about the people than the things!))

Comments

[bravestknight]

Yuri?!

[Flynn kneels down beside him putting his hand on the back of his neck, rubbing gently. Well, this doesn't and does surprise him at the same time. He rubs his partner's back gently.]

Just breathe.

[at_heart]

[ The intent wasn't to have him actually move, but that's okay. Waving him off, or trying to. ]

I'm breathing.

[ Shallowly, but breathing. ]

—Are you. Asking me to marry you?

[bravestknight]

[Flynn relaxes next to him, sitting down beside him.]

Yes. I'm asking you to get engaged, that does usually end in marriage.

[at_heart]

We just started dating.

[ There's a definite. Thread of anxiety here, even fear? Though he's trying to keep it tamped down. ]

[bravestknight]

It can be a long engagement. Also, it's not like we haven't lived together, continue to live together, and haven't seen the worst parts of each other.

[He offers the other the ring to look at along with the chain.]

Here. Take a closer look.

[at_heart]

[ He genuinely hesitates, like he thinks maybe touching the ring will — burn him or something. More like he thinks it'll burn Flynn. But he does take it.

...Turning it over in his hand, seeing the sun, and just. Falling silent. A sun? That's not him at all. That's Flynn. ]

[bravestknight]

[Flynn reaches back into his pocket, and then quietly pulls out another ring on a chain.]

I thought this would be mine, if you accepted.

[He holds out the ring on the chain to Yuri so that he can look at the black gold ring on the chain. On it is a small moon with a stone.]

On the inside, well, just look.

1/2

[at_heart]

[ —oh.

That's...

Different. ]

[at_heart]

...paw prints.

[ His expression is shifting, slow. From fluster to surprise to—

Something else that's harder to read. ]

[bravestknight]

Repede's.

[Flynn's voice is softly, his eyes on the rings and then towards Yuri as he looks away going quiet. It's several moments of silence before Flynn finally speaks.]

I know he means a lot to us both, and I wanted some way to put that where we can have him close even if we are separated.

[at_heart]

[ ...that makes him like the rings even more. Damn it, Flynn. ]

You want to get engaged... before you — see what else is out there?

[bravestknight]

I'll see what's out there, but for this? You're the only one for me.

[He quietly holds out the dark band to Yuri for him to inspect, taking back the lighter ring.]

[at_heart]

[ It's the opposite of what he wanted. —No. It's the opposite of what he agreed to. ]

You can't know that, not yet.

[bravestknight]

Okay, when can I know then?

[He quietly let Yuri hold on to both rings as he leanes against his shoulder.]

Another six years?

[at_heart]

[ —Well, that lands kind of like a gut punch. ]

You have not been wanting to marry me for six years.

[ surely this is an airtight counterattack ]

[bravestknight]

[Flynn taps his shoulder against Yuri's.]

I've been sure for six years that it was you or no one for me. Also, we never know when things will go crazy again. You were pulled from our world, to a literal hell dimension, Yuri.

There is no promise that one of us won't be pulled back somewhere any time now.

[He turns and tips his head down resting his temple on his shoulder.]

We have our time here, and I don't want to spend it without you as the most important person to me.

[at_heart]

[ ...too cuddly for this conversation. He catches Flynn before he can curl in like that, not quite forcing him back, but... ]

How do you know it's "me or no one"?

[ Putting aside the part where he thinks Flynn would in fact be better off with no one if that were really the choice. You don't have to get married at all, plenty of people are perfectly happy single, ]

Have you even really let yourself look?

[ The rest of that — they can come back to. Maybe. The rest of it's a decent enough point... maybe. But Flynn keeps emphasizing that he hasn't been with anyone else. It doesn't sound like he's given the rest of their world a chance — much less all the people here. ]

[bravestknight]

[He sits up again and leans back on his hands.]

How can I not?

[Yuri acted a little strange and he keeps emphasizing for him to look he sighs and turns to look at Yuri.]

It almost sounds like you want me to change my mind. Like you're looking for a way out.

[at_heart]

[ ...well, that would — be a not entirely inaccurate summary of the situation. Yuri bites his lip and looks away. ]

I just don't want you to do anything you regret.

[bravestknight]

I won't regret it. Is the thought of being with me that bad?

[He really does not have words to describe how he feels, but he can try.]

1/2

[at_heart]

[ Well, head snapping round! ]

What? No! You're—

[at_heart]

[ ...his brain has caught up with his mouth, but it's too late now, he's committed. ]

...You're perfect. Anyone'd be lucky.

1/2

[bravestknight]

Per...Perfect?! Are you kidding?

[Flynn stares at Yuri as if he's grown a second head for several seconds.]

2/2

[bravestknight]

[Flynn reaches up and pinches the bridge of his nose.]

You are telling me, that you think I'm perfect?

[Flynn snorts and again looks at Yuri and starts to tick things off on his fingers.]

I don't make friends easily, I push boundaries sometimes when I shouldn't, I literally fell into following orders without question when I knew better, I don't know how to relax, and I have a pretty good temper that gets the best of me sometimes.

That's only the beginning of my faults.

I am not perfect.

But you know what? No one is.

[at_heart]

[ No one's perfect, said Flynn Scifo, the world's most perfect man. Yuri's teeth grit a tiny bit. ]

People flock to you, and sometimes boundaries need pushing. Won't argue that you've got kind of a pretty terminal case of 'stick up your ass', but if we could get that fixed, the rest would follow.

[ He likes the temper, though. Probably because he's actually an awful friend and you deserve better. ]