[ After the cursory toast, naturally they should drink. The cool glass presses to his lip, beginning to tip, until Nanami realizes that Gojou stares at his own. Nanami pauses for a fraction of a second, regarding him over the rim.
He would have liked to know that Gojou was reconsidering his invitation, debating the merits of continuing to drink. Having been reluctant to drink here from the start, and wary that Gojou had been drinking at all, Nanami would have been more than content to make non-alcoholic drinks, or even just pour water.
But, he isn't a mind reader. With Gojou's last word on the subject encouragement, he chooses not to overthink the queerness of Gojou's reaction to his drink. With that, he sips from his glass, swallowing only a mouthful, not the whole. ]
Fine.
[ And, after Gojou drank his in one-- ]
How was it?
[ Aside from the occasional exception of Ieiri, Nanami only makes drinks for himself, alone in his apartment. He can't help but be curious as to what a man with a tooth as sweet as Gojou's thinks of it, basic though the cocktail was, though he might have drunk it too quickly to really notice the taste. Nanami does think it, now: maybe Gojou should slow down, slow to a stop. ]
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IT'S OKAY i celebrate tags from you whenever i get them <3 so no worries if it takes awhile
[ He really had downed it too fast to notice the taste. Gojou isn't sure if he should confess that. It feels like it'd be putting all of Nanami's work to waste. But it's not something that's worth lying about, either. Most things aren't. ]
I couldn't tell. It went down too fast.
[ Unfortunately, drinking it so quickly seemed to have been a mistake, because it's already hitting him hard. He sways a little in place, then says the only logical thing he's said all night. ]
Maybe I should stop.
buries face in hands, WILL YOU ACCEPT... slow tags here + picture prompt
[ Given his own preference for honesty and almost total lack of ego, Nanami accepts Gojou's answer with an inexpressive nod. Besides, he'd suspected that was the case and it hadn't been that much work.
Perhaps given Gojou's unique metabolism and continuous reset, downing a drink would have an immediate impact, whereas for every other person they would need some time for digestion. That, or its the accumulation of everything he's drunk before. Whatever it is, Nanami watches him sway, and looks at him for a moment longer after he speaks. ]
You shouldn't have started to begin with.
[ And why had he insisted Nanami come over to begin with, why had he suggested they drink together? Given the man's condition, Nanami doesn't press the point, any exasperated irritation tempered by concern. Instead, he reaches to take the glass back from Gojou, taking enough liberties in his kitchen to wash it in the sink before filling it again with water. This he slides back to him. ]
Drink some water and go to bed.
I ALWAYS ACCEPT SLOW TAGS considering i'm... slow too...
[ The water is fine. Gojou drinks that, knowing that Nanami will be persistent if he doesn't. He's willing to give a small concession, if only not to be bothered later. But the going to bed part - well. That's far from what he wants. There's a frown that's tugging his lips downwards, and he doesn't even try to pretend there's not an element of pout to it. ]
That way lies loneliness.
[ Although he always hated being alone, it was on this particular anniversary that he hated it the most. Being alone led to thoughts which then led to feelings, and that was the worst of all. ]
[ It isn't the first time he's thought Gojou childish and he knows it won't be the last. However, it is the first time that his immaturity isn't rooted in levity, teasing and boundlessly frivolous, at least insofar as Nanami has been privy to. Even that pout, which might have otherwise grated (and probably been exaggerated), looks different in this context.
The difference keeps Nanami tempered and holds a sigh in his chest, even before Gojou speaks loneliness.
Again he looks at him, the moment long and quiet. The comparison and contrast continues: at almost any other time, when that pout would be ridiculously jutted instead of slight and sad, Nanami would have followed his reluctant part in their rapport, retorting that he couldn't really be lonely once he was asleep. Chafing against the ropes Gojou would be trying to catch him in, loneliness an excuse to bother him.
Instead, he lifts and sips from his own glass, sets it back down. ]
[ Although Gojou is usually perceptive of other people's emotions and ideas, he has no idea that Nanami is seeing him differently right now. So when he answers, he's quiet from the fact he's a little nervous to speak. A rare emotion for him, but this day tended to bring about the rarities. ]
You to stay.
[ The answer comes quickly. He had it in mind all along. Maybe he's just being a brat again, but he wants Nanami to stay as long as possible, as long as he can stand it. If that means until the next day, so be it. He'd be delighted. ]
I'll sleep if you're there.
[ He's being honest and it shows in his eyes. Maybe it's because the other is one of the few things left from that time - or maybe, though he would never admit it, he is attached to this man on his own merits. ]
[ There isn't any question of whether Gojou speaks honestly. Not tonight, not here, regarding one another across the counter in the lull brought on by Gojou's need.
Certainly, at any other time a request like this would chafe, surely a joke, surely self-indulgent and insensitive caprice. At this time, it's a request he simply doesn't understand, why it should be him, except that that way lies loneliness. Troublesome, yes, inconvenient, his plan to spend as little time here possible already undercut, now it looks as though he won't be leaving at all.
No, he won't be leaving tonight.
Nanami knows it even as he blinks at the immediacy of the answer, at the strangeness of the of the following claim, even as he finds himself still staring. He knows it before he even begins to think about it, to balk or to puzzle over it. He knows it as he picks up the Gimlet to finish it, a longer drink, tipping the glass farther back. It's when he moves to take the glass to the sink that he answers, his voice plain. ]
Then I'll stay.
[ It isn't a problem to sleep on Gojou's couch for one night. ]
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SPEAKING OF A HECTIC FEW WEEKS... sorry;; also wow oops again, Gojou***
He would have liked to know that Gojou was reconsidering his invitation, debating the merits of continuing to drink. Having been reluctant to drink here from the start, and wary that Gojou had been drinking at all, Nanami would have been more than content to make non-alcoholic drinks, or even just pour water.
But, he isn't a mind reader. With Gojou's last word on the subject encouragement, he chooses not to overthink the queerness of Gojou's reaction to his drink. With that, he sips from his glass, swallowing only a mouthful, not the whole. ]
Fine.
[ And, after Gojou drank his in one-- ]
How was it?
[ Aside from the occasional exception of Ieiri, Nanami only makes drinks for himself, alone in his apartment. He can't help but be curious as to what a man with a tooth as sweet as Gojou's thinks of it, basic though the cocktail was, though he might have drunk it too quickly to really notice the taste. Nanami does think it, now: maybe Gojou should slow down, slow to a stop. ]
IT'S OKAY i celebrate tags from you whenever i get them <3 so no worries if it takes awhile
I couldn't tell. It went down too fast.
[ Unfortunately, drinking it so quickly seemed to have been a mistake, because it's already hitting him hard. He sways a little in place, then says the only logical thing he's said all night. ]
Maybe I should stop.
buries face in hands, WILL YOU ACCEPT... slow tags here + picture prompt
Perhaps given Gojou's unique metabolism and continuous reset, downing a drink would have an immediate impact, whereas for every other person they would need some time for digestion. That, or its the accumulation of everything he's drunk before. Whatever it is, Nanami watches him sway, and looks at him for a moment longer after he speaks. ]
You shouldn't have started to begin with.
[ And why had he insisted Nanami come over to begin with, why had he suggested they drink together? Given the man's condition, Nanami doesn't press the point, any exasperated irritation tempered by concern. Instead, he reaches to take the glass back from Gojou, taking enough liberties in his kitchen to wash it in the sink before filling it again with water. This he slides back to him. ]
Drink some water and go to bed.
I ALWAYS ACCEPT SLOW TAGS considering i'm... slow too...
[ The water is fine. Gojou drinks that, knowing that Nanami will be persistent if he doesn't. He's willing to give a small concession, if only not to be bothered later. But the going to bed part - well. That's far from what he wants. There's a frown that's tugging his lips downwards, and he doesn't even try to pretend there's not an element of pout to it. ]
That way lies loneliness.
[ Although he always hated being alone, it was on this particular anniversary that he hated it the most. Being alone led to thoughts which then led to feelings, and that was the worst of all. ]
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The difference keeps Nanami tempered and holds a sigh in his chest, even before Gojou speaks loneliness.
Again he looks at him, the moment long and quiet. The comparison and contrast continues: at almost any other time, when that pout would be ridiculously jutted instead of slight and sad, Nanami would have followed his reluctant part in their rapport, retorting that he couldn't really be lonely once he was asleep. Chafing against the ropes Gojou would be trying to catch him in, loneliness an excuse to bother him.
Instead, he lifts and sips from his own glass, sets it back down. ]
Then, what do you want?
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You to stay.
[ The answer comes quickly. He had it in mind all along. Maybe he's just being a brat again, but he wants Nanami to stay as long as possible, as long as he can stand it. If that means until the next day, so be it. He'd be delighted. ]
I'll sleep if you're there.
[ He's being honest and it shows in his eyes. Maybe it's because the other is one of the few things left from that time - or maybe, though he would never admit it, he is attached to this man on his own merits. ]
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Certainly, at any other time a request like this would chafe, surely a joke, surely self-indulgent and insensitive caprice. At this time, it's a request he simply doesn't understand, why it should be him, except that that way lies loneliness. Troublesome, yes, inconvenient, his plan to spend as little time here possible already undercut, now it looks as though he won't be leaving at all.
No, he won't be leaving tonight.
Nanami knows it even as he blinks at the immediacy of the answer, at the strangeness of the of the following claim, even as he finds himself still staring. He knows it before he even begins to think about it, to balk or to puzzle over it. He knows it as he picks up the Gimlet to finish it, a longer drink, tipping the glass farther back. It's when he moves to take the glass to the sink that he answers, his voice plain. ]
Then I'll stay.
[ It isn't a problem to sleep on Gojou's couch for one night. ]