[ one kosmo to rule them all. ganymede was just fine enjoying being swarmed by legitimately probably a hundred dogs, coming and going, in this area of the park. now he's here in a heap.
but there goes kosmo. nevermind. they're abandoned. ]
Yeah... ha, they've been pretty eager every time I come in. [ his head turns to look at keith, and he is - truly. right there. he blinks up at him as he just stares at him for a moment, before keith is scrambling and oh no, oh, why is he panicking?
oof. ] Oof - it's fine, it's okay - hang on -
[ trying to untangle them so this is less awkward. ]
he's like a cat that's trying to escape being held. except he can't escape... because he's stuck. so even as ganymede tries to untangle them, it doesn't really do much. it's like some crazy super magnets have been implanted in their bodies and they can't move apart easily. it's fine.
keith is not fine. he is still a panicking cat, trying to scramble away. ]
UGH... Why is this what's happening!??? [ stupid affect. stupid whatever waves. stupid stupid stupid. ]
[ fortunately for keith, ganymede is used to having to wrangle cats. it's on his profile and everything. so he just goes still while keith squirms, hands on his shoulders to try and keep him from wriggling around in such a way that would be especially awkward for either of them. ]
[ all the times they’ve spared before, you’d think this wouldn’t bother him, being so close. at least then he could just get up and be done. this is different. and he is flustered. ]
How is patience supposed to help??
[ any untangling thats been done has been undone, thanks to his squirming. if it wasn’t for ganymede holding his shoulders, he would have headbutted him on accident by now.
with a very heavy sigh, he does give up and just lays there. brings his hands up to cover his face and groans. ugh. ]
If you're impatient, we're not going to - Keith, stop squirming - we're just going to get more and more tangled up.
[ and sticky. because if you aren't affectionate, you get sticky. fool.
but ganymede does at least wait him out, until he succumbs to defeat. although, now he's just. sitting there. probably with keith half on his lap and dying inside, if his groan is anything to go by. ]
[ saying his name like that does nothing, he's too used to it. so instead he continues to struggle, until, yeah he gives up. and now he's awkwardly in gan's lap...his legs dangling off to the side. he looks so dumb.
at least gan is getting a laugh out of this??? keith just shoots him a look. ]
What's so funny!! [ he is pouting. flustered and pouting.
can't really go anywhere because sticky... and without thinking about how it could make things worse, just puts his hands on gan's shoulders and shakes him. ]
You just look so defeated over this. [ he's still laughing, sorry. one of ganymede's hands is in the small of keith's back, while the other is trying to just - hold him still. or free him. depending on how he figures his life out. ]
It's frustrating! Why is this what we have to deal with this week!?
[ his hands are now stuck, where they are, rip. this just makes him more flustered, grumbling something nonsensical.
as they sit here, in a heap, on the ground just stuck. the dogs have not stopped playing and have actually resumed running around, kosmo in particular just comes flying right at them both. GET KNOCKED INTO IDIOTS.
which. ya know. in the most anime way possible. knocks keith, who is eye level with ganymede, forward.... ya know that scene from naruto where him and sasuke kiss in class bc they were also knocked into? yeah. that's what happens here. throws confetti. ]
Listen, it could be worse! We had a week where we were biting each other.
[ and other stupid weekly effects, but this is the one that comes up when anyone complains about affection week. ganymede thinks it could be a whole heck of a lot worse, than being subjected to being tactile.
but. ope. ok. that's happening. his hands shoot up to get his shoulders to make sure that they don't eat shit completely, and now there is a. kiss? his nose gets smushed in the process because of the momentum, but at least they don't knock their heads together in the process.
[ bite week... keith thinks he would have enjoyed that a little more than this... he's scrappy.
maybe it would have been better if they'd knocked their heads together. a little naptime while the puppies play. also, then keith could just think this is all some crazy dream, and he could pretend it never happened. but when would he ever be that lucky....
their positions have shifted slightly, keith now firmly in ganymede's lap, facing him. hands still on his shoulders, holding on for dear life and probably balled into fists. the kiss is anything but smooth or romantic, just them being smushed together. but keith doesn't immediately pull away? this is a form of affection he's never experienced, it's never been something he cared about, let alone had someone to act it out with. but after last week... maybe he's been thinking about it, here and there.
he lingers, relaxing his hands so they're flat on gan's shoulders, his body untensing, and just. let's things be. it turns into something softer, still not a note worthy kiss by any means, but at least they're not like two muppets kissing anymore. ]
[ bite week was because you bit people you thought were hot so idk.
anyways. ganymede is - not entirely sure how to react to this, for a number of reasons. he's already tactile by nature, especially with keith, and so it's natural, easy, to roughhouse and be close to each other. but this is a new experience, and it's not necessarily a bad one.
definitely, the way it's happened is comedic. they could just laugh this off and move on with their lives, awkward and embarrassed. they could... maybe talk about it, work through anything that might cause tension. because this is one person that he just cannot lose, whether it be literal or figurative, and he would hate for keith to be uncomfortable after this.
he has the experience that keith doesn't (and that's also a contender for reason why he's not sure how to react). and yet, his fingers flex on either side of keith, between pulling away to console or to holding him steady still, and...
god, this is a ████ that's come to terms with his death. had spent three months thinking that he would never be going home, alive or dead. accepted that he would never see anyone from voltron, his family, ever again. not necessarily giving up hope - just accepting that this might have been it, even as he still tried. now, keith is here again.
keith is here.
tentatively, he reaches his hands up to hold his face. a guiding touch, flesh and blood hand cupping the scar that another him left behind and thumb tracing it as he fixes the kiss.
[ okay, well, still would have worked out better. probably. expressing himself through biting just feels right.
oh to be able to just laugh this off and move one or honestly...even run away from it all and pretend it didn't happen! but alas, here he is, here they are. it's not the most ideal situation, but it's happening and there's no running now. he's been avoiding his feelings for the past week and really even longer than that.
shiro, i love you.
his own words echoing in his head as he's held so carefully. leaning into the warmth of the hand on his cheek. the kiss fixed and his heart swelling. oh my god he's kissing shiro. oh my god. aaaaaaa. the panic in his brain fighting the butterflies.
but he let's himself be guided, follows gan's lead, and doesn't run away. his arms slide up and around ganymede's shoulders, holding himself there.
after a few moments, longer than he would have thought it'd last, he pulls away...but not far. enough to bump their foreheads together and breath in some damn air. head spinning and eyes staring down at the lips he'd just been kissing. ]
I- I um... [ oh reality sets in. ] Sorry, that was... I didn't... [ words hard. head spinny. just closes his eyes and screams internally. ]
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but there goes kosmo. nevermind. they're abandoned. ]
Yeah... ha, they've been pretty eager every time I come in. [ his head turns to look at keith, and he is - truly. right there. he blinks up at him as he just stares at him for a moment, before keith is scrambling and oh no, oh, why is he panicking?
oof. ] Oof - it's fine, it's okay - hang on -
[ trying to untangle them so this is less awkward. ]
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he's like a cat that's trying to escape being held. except he can't escape... because he's stuck. so even as ganymede tries to untangle them, it doesn't really do much. it's like some crazy super magnets have been implanted in their bodies and they can't move apart easily. it's fine.
keith is not fine. he is still a panicking cat, trying to scramble away. ]
UGH... Why is this what's happening!??? [ stupid affect. stupid whatever waves. stupid stupid stupid. ]
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[ fortunately for keith, ganymede is used to having to wrangle cats. it's on his profile and everything. so he just goes still while keith squirms, hands on his shoulders to try and keep him from wriggling around in such a way that would be especially awkward for either of them. ]
Patience, remember?
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How is patience supposed to help??
[ any untangling thats been done has been undone, thanks to his squirming. if it wasn’t for ganymede holding his shoulders, he would have headbutted him on accident by now.
with a very heavy sigh, he does give up and just lays there. brings his hands up to cover his face and groans. ugh. ]
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[ and sticky. because if you aren't affectionate, you get sticky. fool.
but ganymede does at least wait him out, until he succumbs to defeat. although, now he's just. sitting there. probably with keith half on his lap and dying inside, if his groan is anything to go by. ]
... pff. [ and now it's time to laugh at him. ]
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at least gan is getting a laugh out of this??? keith just shoots him a look. ]
What's so funny!! [ he is pouting. flustered and pouting.
can't really go anywhere because sticky... and without thinking about how it could make things worse, just puts his hands on gan's shoulders and shakes him. ]
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You just look so defeated over this. [ he's still laughing, sorry. one of ganymede's hands is in the small of keith's back, while the other is trying to just - hold him still. or free him. depending on how he figures his life out. ]
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[ his hands are now stuck, where they are, rip. this just makes him more flustered, grumbling something nonsensical.
as they sit here, in a heap, on the ground just stuck. the dogs have not stopped playing and have actually resumed running around, kosmo in particular just comes flying right at them both. GET KNOCKED INTO IDIOTS.
which. ya know. in the most anime way possible. knocks keith, who is eye level with ganymede, forward.... ya know that scene from naruto where him and sasuke kiss in class bc they were also knocked into? yeah. that's what happens here. throws confetti. ]
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[ and other stupid weekly effects, but this is the one that comes up when anyone complains about affection week. ganymede thinks it could be a whole heck of a lot worse, than being subjected to being tactile.
but. ope. ok. that's happening. his hands shoot up to get his shoulders to make sure that they don't eat shit completely, and now there is a. kiss? his nose gets smushed in the process because of the momentum, but at least they don't knock their heads together in the process.
oh n ]
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maybe it would have been better if they'd knocked their heads together. a little naptime while the puppies play. also, then keith could just think this is all some crazy dream, and he could pretend it never happened. but when would he ever be that lucky....
their positions have shifted slightly, keith now firmly in ganymede's lap, facing him. hands still on his shoulders, holding on for dear life and probably balled into fists. the kiss is anything but smooth or romantic, just them being smushed together. but keith doesn't immediately pull away? this is a form of affection he's never experienced, it's never been something he cared about, let alone had someone to act it out with. but after last week... maybe he's been thinking about it, here and there.
he lingers, relaxing his hands so they're flat on gan's shoulders, his body untensing, and just. let's things be. it turns into something softer, still not a note worthy kiss by any means, but at least they're not like two muppets kissing anymore. ]
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anyways. ganymede is - not entirely sure how to react to this, for a number of reasons. he's already tactile by nature, especially with keith, and so it's natural, easy, to roughhouse and be close to each other. but this is a new experience, and it's not necessarily a bad one.
definitely, the way it's happened is comedic. they could just laugh this off and move on with their lives, awkward and embarrassed. they could... maybe talk about it, work through anything that might cause tension. because this is one person that he just cannot lose, whether it be literal or figurative, and he would hate for keith to be uncomfortable after this.
he has the experience that keith doesn't (and that's also a contender for reason why he's not sure how to react). and yet, his fingers flex on either side of keith, between pulling away to console or to holding him steady still, and...
god, this is a ████ that's come to terms with his death. had spent three months thinking that he would never be going home, alive or dead. accepted that he would never see anyone from voltron, his family, ever again. not necessarily giving up hope
- just accepting that this might have been it, even as he still tried. now, keith is here again.
keith is here.
tentatively, he reaches his hands up to hold his face. a guiding touch, flesh and blood hand cupping the scar that another him left behind and thumb tracing it as he fixes the kiss.
okay. okay, alright. ]
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oh to be able to just laugh this off and move one or honestly...even run away from it all and pretend it didn't happen! but alas, here he is, here they are. it's not the most ideal situation, but it's happening and there's no running now. he's been avoiding his feelings for the past week and really even longer than that.
shiro, i love you.
his own words echoing in his head as he's held so carefully. leaning into the warmth of the hand on his cheek. the kiss fixed and his heart swelling. oh my god he's kissing shiro. oh my god. aaaaaaa. the panic in his brain fighting the butterflies.
but he let's himself be guided, follows gan's lead, and doesn't run away. his arms slide up and around ganymede's shoulders, holding himself there.
after a few moments, longer than he would have thought it'd last, he pulls away...but not far. enough to bump their foreheads together and breath in some damn air. head spinning and eyes staring down at the lips he'd just been kissing. ]
I- I um... [ oh reality sets in. ] Sorry, that was... I didn't... [ words hard. head spinny. just closes his eyes and screams internally. ]