He smiles. When his voice recovers, he'll hear more of his rice ball language, he'll get the chance to decode it like everyone else does. Toge will help him. For now he just has the tap of his fingers on the keyboard.
Okay, and if you don't want to answer something, just say that. I won't mind, nor will I be mad about it. There's not much I won't answer, but there's a few things I could think of.
He is. He was bitten by bats too and he kissed my forehead a lot. It was way different from being with you, a lot more like...I don't know, I can't describe it. No one's done that to me before.
Shoto will be glad to sit down and decode it any day, and by sit down, he means learn an entirely new language based on only a few words just to hold specific conversations with the only person in the world that speaks it to his knowledge. As you do.
"I agree." he says after he's done watching the man type. "Should you not want to, you don't have to. I can't think of anything I wouldn't tell you if you asked, but I respect there are things you may not be able to tell me for my own safety. Please make it clear that's what it's for."
Otherwise he'll dwell on it and he doesn't want that. On the topic of forehead kisses, Shoto is giving it good long thought. No one's done that for him in a long time, not never like Toge but... "Do you want me to do it? So you can see if there's a difference?" After all, Bakugo had gone out of his way to help Shoto, it's the least he can do is to pass on that kind've help.
I'm not a very good liar, text aside. It wouldn't be because of your safety, I just think I could tell you things that would sound really bad and upset you.
Which is not his goal. There are things he could say in that category.
You can if you want. I also like kisses to my lips though.
Oh. That's very direct, the last part of the message that he watches being typed out and so Shoto has the one braincell fire up a few neurons to get an idea about how to hopefully put all three issues at ease. From his own distant memories at least this is something maybe he can help with, too, the inference of what forehead kisses are best suited for.
He sits up, wordlessly at that point after reading. There is a requirement of forehead, though, and so, he sits there a moment. He's still saying nothing, but wordless isn't an issue. If Toge wants to sit in silence sometimes, Shoto is fine with both and this is no different. He reaches his fingers forward, brushing aside the strands of hair on his forehead. The requirement. "We're close friends who discuss things now." he leans in and kisses his forehead. It feels good to do, too, even if that's the first time he's done it to someone. Not just a childhood memory. "Speak freely. We can work out the rest." To which he hopes stops two of the issues on his docket, the third being that Toge enjoys his lips being kissed? Bet.
Shoto leaves a tiny kiss there as well. Short lived as it is, it's there.
The kiss on the forehead makes Toge blush lightly as he nods a little bit as he seemed relaxed under Shoto's attention. He appreciated the kiss on his lips just as much. It was very different, in tone and vibe.
He sighs contently, pleased and he will lean forward to take another kiss.
Feeling how he does, it solidifies that there really doesn't have to be typing, or words, or anything else to convey something between them. There's no hesitance, no pull away, Toge can take as many of these from him as he wishes. Maybe if Todoroki's even lucky they can hold hands in public.
For now it's secret Christmas-y kisses, lingering presses of his lips on the other boy's own. He has to stop himself after a little, "I'll end up addicted." Admits the hero whose next question is selfishly just because he doesn't want to see him go. "Will you stay again?" It's only ever for actual sleep and company purposes, "I pledge the same you did, even if you can protect yourself, if someone says something I won't be pleasant."
By the time the kisses are done, Toge's got his hand on the small of Shoto's back and he's a bit slumped beneath Shoto, he's very very comfortable. He doesn't look like it's much of a problem. Toge is smiling again.
I can say, but did you sleep last time? His brow furrows lightly in concern.
We don't have to stay on the couch either, we can sleep on the bed if you're okay with it. I am.
That smile will be the death of him, he can't place it anywhere in a category that doesn't ring as precious. Not just because of the pleasant-to-look-at face it rests on, but there's just something about it, even beyond the way that it makes him feel.
It's hard to tear his eyes away from it, or to ignore memorizing the way that hand feels on his back, either. To actually be wanted close by someone is not novelty to him. But, he does focus on the phone from his position.
A smirk comes to his lips at the first part, alright, he got caught. He didn't sleep much if at all and he has no problem with the second suggestion. There's more room and it's more comfortable. Any implication an outside source may have is lost on Shoto. He would have offered the bed again, but staying with Toge is pleasant. "I want to be a pro hero, we look after people around us. I'll rest this time, I promise. I was just worried about you. I'm alright with the bed, there's more room. I'll get you something to wear again. Was what you had last time alright? Or similar?"
You don't have to move so fast and I'm not worried. I'm sure you can protect me. Trust me, that's really hot. It's just I think we'll be pretty safe in here and if we're not, you and I can both handle ourselves. So I hope you do sleep if I stay.
He grins though. He could be implying something, but he's not. He's fine with the proposal just to sleep next to each other.
Reading it over, he has no problem with the request. He can move a little slower. He doesn't know why, but slower movement is something he's capable of. Or... No he gets it, he's getting ahead of himself. That's what that one means. Got one! However, the fork in the road is 'that's really hot'. He still continues to read the rest of it, he turns his eyes back up to that grinning face and a small smile slips onto his lips.
"Since we're supposed to be telling each other things," starts the man as he traces under the line of Toge's lower lip. "Seeing you smile in any form is something I want to see you do more of. I'll find what makes you happy, so you have no reason not to." They've both lived such horrible lives, one more than the other, up until certain points of it, that it's a small pledge he's willing to give. He takes his hand back, "I have a blue shirt this time, or the dark one from last time. Preference?" He'll swim in both, but at least he has a choice.
Shoto puzzles out why it would be better, glancing at the phone he takes with him this time, scrolling to the message and he pulls out said blue shirt and the sleep pants to go with it. "This one's cooler, too, since you said it was too hot. I can help with that you know, you just have to ask. Once I show you how to use your support gear I guess you can help with that on your own, too."
Setting the outfit on the arm of the couch, Shoto sits back down with him, taking a little more of the warm drink in the endless cup. This thing is his new favourite.
Toge is chuckling lightly. Not quite as obviously, but he looks incredibly amused. He doesn't pull Shoto back into his arms, or make him do anything he doesn't want to. He leans his elbow on the arm of the couch to prop his head up and offer Shoto the most pleasant, docile of expressions.
Shoto brings his phone back out. It's alright not to have him attached at the hip. He's right there and that's all that matters. The look prompts one of Shoto's own, contented serenity in that moment and he wonders and hopes that nothing of this changes. That their agreement won't make it change.
For the moments he was scared, Shoto isn't at all frightened anymore. The concern of decisions and the admission that they can both take care of each other and themselves makes him less worried. Really Toge can handle anything that comes his way, but that won't stop Shoto from supporting him. Curses or upset sailors.
The smile on his face stays, even if it ebbs a little bit.
Alright taken back, because he's already reaching out for one of those hands, just to lay it overtop. Silence is fine with him, but in that moment even this far is too far until he can at least hold his hand.
Normally he'd converse a little bit, but bad luck put them in this position where he can't for the time being.
However, Toge responds well to body language, and when Shoto offers his hand, he turns his around so he can interlock their fingers. It's a decisive move. He doesn't see why they should not hold hands and spend time together. It is, after all, a boyfriend staple when it comes to affection.
The acceptance of his hand is a fine way to get more of the same, his fingers gently squeezing the hand that's allowed him in its grasp. It's small things like this that. His thumb runs along the side of the sorcerer's hand and he keeps his eyes on the other man. Things pop through his mind, none of which are in short of thoughts of how nice he looks.
"Would you say yes if I asked you on a date formally, if you don't mind that I'd have to research." A yes or a no is fine, of course, no phone needed, but he's not going to complain if he has to.
He isn't sure what Shoto wants to research, but at the same time there's no real harm in it. He seems a bit like the type who might worry otherwise, and since his best friend was not dissimilar in that area, Toge knew exactly how to handle that.
He nods his agreement. Definitely. He mouths, 'salmon', but still no sound comes out.
It doesn't surprise him, he needs the recovery time.
Shoto is already worried, he wants it to be a nice date. Movies are great indicators, but there aren't the typical things here and really... Toge is much more important than just a typical, toss away date. Because Shoto says so.
The effort to speak is kind, the mouthing of the word is enough, and he can't wait until Toge's voice is better. Even if he can't speak regular words, the sound of his voice is comforting in its own way. If only Shoto knew he had a healing ability. "I'll make sure it's fun." Even if just sitting with him, now moving his hand to gently cover the one he's already grasping, is fun. God he's pretty. Maybe Bakugo was right, or maybe he wasn't, but Shoto knows damn well that Toge is lovely to look at. "Sorry, am I staring?" He knows he is and he draws his hand up, much like the movies, to kiss the back of his guest's hand and stand, letting it go after. "I'll go fix up the bed again while I'm thinking of it." Not that he doesn't all the time, but it's polite and everyone likes nice sheets.
Toge does not falter when his hand is kissed, but he does blush. Having his mask down is so unfair because everyone, or well Shoto, can see his full expression. It's not something that happens often. He doesn't know that, but Toge imagines he'll tell him someday.
The kiss makes his smile widen just a bit more.
I don't mind. The staring or the date. I'm having fun right now.
Shoto isn't silly to think that every day will have smiles like that but... in the moment, in this moment, there it is. He looks at his phone, nabbing it from the spot to pause where he is. "This could be a pre-date?" Is there pre-dates? Maybe there are now.
The couch isn't too far from the 'bedroom', a curtain drawn over a little enclave that Shoto simply pulls back. It's not hard to hear at normal volume voice wise. At least it seems big enough for two and comfortable enough. It's not the traditional style bed that Shoto grew up on but it's a bed and that's what works. There's a cat bed under it and some shelves on a wall, barren mostly aside from trinkets he'd gotten for Christmas now.
Toge offers and he leans back to just look around the area. It's well kept, Shoto doesn't have a lot but that's not a problem really. His room is pretty different.
I have more stuff than you lying around. Then again, what else do you do with a cauldron of unlimited candy? I love getting stuff like that. Now I'll never be craving it. I also have one of fruits and vegetables so don't worry about that. And one of tea. A mug like yours of hot chocolate and a carafe of coffee. It's a good thing I like cooking because I really don't have to!
The most important part of this is looking down at his phone again, what Toge says to him is the utmost importance. The bed is left how it is for the moment and he reads through it. Okay well good, pre-date but also now he's not sure what a pre-date is supposed to be. He has no tools at his disposal to research.
"Are all those for convenience, or for cooking? Minus the candy and drinks." That one sounds great, but if he put too much sugar into his diet he'd never forgive himself. "You have me curious also about your favourite candy from it."
He picks up the bedding he's changing out and tosses it into the small closet, closing it to start making the bed up again. Phone at the ready, of course.
He can see he's holding up the process, so he'll pause a moment while Shoto does at least some of it. It's very cute, but he can wait, really!
I got the fruits and vegetables for cooking, yeah. I didn't want to be stuck without having them. It's not very big, but it can help me make desserts and things. We still need other supplies.
Shoto simply thinks he has to have a thought on some of it, which is fine. It 'gives him time' to be able to finish up, comfortable with the way the quilt falls almost militaristically in its method.
Phone in hand, reading as he crosses, Shoto thought as much. That's responsible as a cook, to have cooking supplies. "Like meat, I'm assuming?" He knows a balanced diet, just don't ask him to do more than help. He can make it taste good, but everything else might be just not visually viable to the visual pallet. "If you need to shop, I'll go with you." It's not like he can't pick up things at the same time. Katsuki will appreciate it, right? ...Right?
Now that he's worried himself about the most mundane part of this, he settles in.
Sure, we can shop sometimes. I have to keep an eye on the supplies. Moreso when I join the other crew. But it should be good. It's not a big crew and I'm used to cooking for seven or eight people at the dorm. They're probably going to be eating a lot of Japanese food though.
This was his first time out of Japan and although he likes to watch cooking shows and mukbangs, there's a lot of food he hasn't tried. He wants to, someday, but he didn't memorize the recipes.
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Date: 2023-12-28 12:32 pm (UTC)Okay, and if you don't want to answer something, just say that. I won't mind, nor will I be mad about it. There's not much I won't answer, but there's a few things I could think of.
He is. He was bitten by bats too and he kissed my forehead a lot. It was way different from being with you, a lot more like...I don't know, I can't describe it. No one's done that to me before.
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Date: 2023-12-28 12:38 pm (UTC)"I agree." he says after he's done watching the man type. "Should you not want to, you don't have to. I can't think of anything I wouldn't tell you if you asked, but I respect there are things you may not be able to tell me for my own safety. Please make it clear that's what it's for."
Otherwise he'll dwell on it and he doesn't want that. On the topic of forehead kisses, Shoto is giving it good long thought. No one's done that for him in a long time, not never like Toge but... "Do you want me to do it? So you can see if there's a difference?" After all, Bakugo had gone out of his way to help Shoto, it's the least he can do is to pass on that kind've help.
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Date: 2023-12-28 09:22 pm (UTC)Which is not his goal. There are things he could say in that category.
You can if you want. I also like kisses to my lips though.
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Date: 2023-12-28 10:24 pm (UTC)He sits up, wordlessly at that point after reading. There is a requirement of forehead, though, and so, he sits there a moment. He's still saying nothing, but wordless isn't an issue. If Toge wants to sit in silence sometimes, Shoto is fine with both and this is no different. He reaches his fingers forward, brushing aside the strands of hair on his forehead. The requirement. "We're close friends who discuss things now." he leans in and kisses his forehead. It feels good to do, too, even if that's the first time he's done it to someone. Not just a childhood memory. "Speak freely. We can work out the rest." To which he hopes stops two of the issues on his docket, the third being that Toge enjoys his lips being kissed? Bet.
Shoto leaves a tiny kiss there as well. Short lived as it is, it's there.
Spoiler alert, he likes that too.
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Date: 2023-12-29 02:39 am (UTC)He sighs contently, pleased and he will lean forward to take another kiss.
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Date: 2023-12-29 03:34 am (UTC)For now it's secret Christmas-y kisses, lingering presses of his lips on the other boy's own. He has to stop himself after a little, "I'll end up addicted." Admits the hero whose next question is selfishly just because he doesn't want to see him go. "Will you stay again?" It's only ever for actual sleep and company purposes, "I pledge the same you did, even if you can protect yourself, if someone says something I won't be pleasant."
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Date: 2023-12-29 04:14 am (UTC)I can say, but did you sleep last time? His brow furrows lightly in concern.
We don't have to stay on the couch either, we can sleep on the bed if you're okay with it. I am.
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Date: 2023-12-29 05:36 am (UTC)It's hard to tear his eyes away from it, or to ignore memorizing the way that hand feels on his back, either. To actually be wanted close by someone is not novelty to him. But, he does focus on the phone from his position.
A smirk comes to his lips at the first part, alright, he got caught. He didn't sleep much if at all and he has no problem with the second suggestion. There's more room and it's more comfortable. Any implication an outside source may have is lost on Shoto. He would have offered the bed again, but staying with Toge is pleasant. "I want to be a pro hero, we look after people around us. I'll rest this time, I promise. I was just worried about you. I'm alright with the bed, there's more room. I'll get you something to wear again. Was what you had last time alright? Or similar?"
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Date: 2023-12-29 05:49 am (UTC)He grins though. He could be implying something, but he's not. He's fine with the proposal just to sleep next to each other.
And yeah, that was fine.
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Date: 2023-12-29 06:09 am (UTC)"Since we're supposed to be telling each other things," starts the man as he traces under the line of Toge's lower lip. "Seeing you smile in any form is something I want to see you do more of. I'll find what makes you happy, so you have no reason not to." They've both lived such horrible lives, one more than the other, up until certain points of it, that it's a small pledge he's willing to give. He takes his hand back, "I have a blue shirt this time, or the dark one from last time. Preference?" He'll swim in both, but at least he has a choice.
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Date: 2023-12-29 06:21 am (UTC)Toge could be plenty upbeat, and would try, especially now that he knew Shoto liked that side of him.
How about the blue one this time?
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Date: 2023-12-29 06:30 am (UTC)Setting the outfit on the arm of the couch, Shoto sits back down with him, taking a little more of the warm drink in the endless cup. This thing is his new favourite.
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Date: 2023-12-29 06:56 am (UTC)Toge is chuckling lightly. Not quite as obviously, but he looks incredibly amused. He doesn't pull Shoto back into his arms, or make him do anything he doesn't want to. He leans his elbow on the arm of the couch to prop his head up and offer Shoto the most pleasant, docile of expressions.
He looks happy.
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Date: 2023-12-29 07:32 am (UTC)For the moments he was scared, Shoto isn't at all frightened anymore. The concern of decisions and the admission that they can both take care of each other and themselves makes him less worried. Really Toge can handle anything that comes his way, but that won't stop Shoto from supporting him. Curses or upset sailors.
The smile on his face stays, even if it ebbs a little bit.
Alright taken back, because he's already reaching out for one of those hands, just to lay it overtop. Silence is fine with him, but in that moment even this far is too far until he can at least hold his hand.
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Date: 2023-12-29 07:35 am (UTC)However, Toge responds well to body language, and when Shoto offers his hand, he turns his around so he can interlock their fingers. It's a decisive move. He doesn't see why they should not hold hands and spend time together. It is, after all, a boyfriend staple when it comes to affection.
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Date: 2023-12-29 07:44 am (UTC)"Would you say yes if I asked you on a date formally, if you don't mind that I'd have to research." A yes or a no is fine, of course, no phone needed, but he's not going to complain if he has to.
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Date: 2023-12-29 08:36 am (UTC)He nods his agreement. Definitely. He mouths, 'salmon', but still no sound comes out.
It doesn't surprise him, he needs the recovery time.
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Date: 2023-12-29 09:29 am (UTC)The effort to speak is kind, the mouthing of the word is enough, and he can't wait until Toge's voice is better. Even if he can't speak regular words, the sound of his voice is comforting in its own way.
If only Shoto knew he had a healing ability."I'll make sure it's fun." Even if just sitting with him, now moving his hand to gently cover the one he's already grasping, is fun. God he's pretty. Maybe Bakugo was right, or maybe he wasn't, but Shoto knows damn well that Toge is lovely to look at. "Sorry, am I staring?" He knows he is and he draws his hand up, much like the movies, to kiss the back of his guest's hand and stand, letting it go after. "I'll go fix up the bed again while I'm thinking of it." Not that he doesn't all the time, but it's polite and everyone likes nice sheets.(no subject)
Date: 2023-12-29 09:58 am (UTC)The kiss makes his smile widen just a bit more.
I don't mind. The staring or the date. I'm having fun right now.
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Date: 2023-12-29 10:13 am (UTC)The couch isn't too far from the 'bedroom', a curtain drawn over a little enclave that Shoto simply pulls back. It's not hard to hear at normal volume voice wise. At least it seems big enough for two and comfortable enough. It's not the traditional style bed that Shoto grew up on but it's a bed and that's what works. There's a cat bed under it and some shelves on a wall, barren mostly aside from trinkets he'd gotten for Christmas now.
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Date: 2023-12-29 10:20 am (UTC)Toge offers and he leans back to just look around the area. It's well kept, Shoto doesn't have a lot but that's not a problem really. His room is pretty different.
I have more stuff than you lying around. Then again, what else do you do with a cauldron of unlimited candy? I love getting stuff like that. Now I'll never be craving it. I also have one of fruits and vegetables so don't worry about that. And one of tea. A mug like yours of hot chocolate and a carafe of coffee. It's a good thing I like cooking because I really don't have to!
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Date: 2023-12-29 10:33 am (UTC)"Are all those for convenience, or for cooking? Minus the candy and drinks." That one sounds great, but if he put too much sugar into his diet he'd never forgive himself. "You have me curious also about your favourite candy from it."
He picks up the bedding he's changing out and tosses it into the small closet, closing it to start making the bed up again. Phone at the ready, of course.
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Date: 2023-12-29 10:42 am (UTC)I got the fruits and vegetables for cooking, yeah. I didn't want to be stuck without having them. It's not very big, but it can help me make desserts and things. We still need other supplies.
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Date: 2023-12-29 10:50 am (UTC)Phone in hand, reading as he crosses, Shoto thought as much. That's responsible as a cook, to have cooking supplies. "Like meat, I'm assuming?" He knows a balanced diet, just don't ask him to do more than help. He can make it taste good, but everything else might be just not visually viable to the visual pallet. "If you need to shop, I'll go with you." It's not like he can't pick up things at the same time. Katsuki will appreciate it, right? ...Right?
Now that he's worried himself about the most mundane part of this, he settles in.
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Date: 2023-12-29 10:55 am (UTC)This was his first time out of Japan and although he likes to watch cooking shows and mukbangs, there's a lot of food he hasn't tried. He wants to, someday, but he didn't memorize the recipes.
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