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Who: Everyone!
Broadcast: If you want!
Action: July Planet!
When: The month of July!

[This is another planet mingle since the first one has nearly hit captcha! Feel free to continue threads or start brand new ones!]

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[arcanepower]

[Hiro has been followed. Periodically there's a glimpse of pale, thin ears sticking out of a shrub, or from behind a tree. The predator waits until Hiro is comfortably asleep, and then he makes his move.

Belthazar slinks into the clearing with silent steps-- thanks, Ino-- and sets a small cardboard box down a foot or so away. Then he kneels beside the other boy, gazing down at him with a fond smile that soon turns razor-edged.

He holds out his right hand. A blue glow surrounds it until a little cube of ice coalesces in his palm, which he then promptly drops down Hiro's shirt.]

[everydayhero]

[betrayal. utter betrayal.

[hiro jerks away when the cold settles in, bolting upright with a stammering (cursing) yell, and... ends up ripping his whole shirt off.]

What the hell?! [WHAT IS HAPPENING HE'S SO BEWILDERED HE JUST WOKE UP HOW COULD YOU]

[arcanepower]

[Belthazar interrupts him with raucous laughter the likes of which hasn't been heard for months and months. He's laughing so hard his face is cherry red and his hands clutch his stomach, and then he laughs more, and pretty soon he's just tipped over in the grass gigglefitting and dying.

... Sorry, Hiro.]

[everydayhero]

[he's mad for a moment, but come on. what kind of guy could look at his very temperamental boyfriend laughing his ass off and stay angry?

[definitely not this softie.

[so after it settles in that he's been pranked successfully, hiro does what any good significant other would do, and leans over his wheezing boyfriend to kiss his cheek as obnoxiously loudly as possible, because the louder the affection, the better.

[right? :)))))]

[arcanepower]

[OH NO, not one of those big awful sloppy kisses your aunt gives you. He squeaks angrily, but of course he's still in the throes of laughter so it sounds... hilarious. And not manly at all. He came here to be sweet but now he's initiating the most half-assed slap fight in the history of teenage boys. Look at him go, he hits like a soggy piece of fettuccine.]

[everydayhero]

[hiro starts laughing in the middle of obnoxious kisses, which makes them sound like a very affectionate machine gun.

[but eventually, he can't hold it anymore and he has to catch belthazar's hands, staring down at him with a stupid grin on his face.]

Good afternoon.

[arcanepower]

[He's dying of embarrassment now. It's a good revenge. He flails a bit until Hiro catches his hands and looks down at him, and his heart melts like the ice cube that has long since disappeared into the grass.]

I made you something. [He pulls free so that he can grab the box, and then he practically shoves it into Hiro's arms. Ah, hell, he'll just open it for him.

It's a really, really fancy red velvet cupcake, complete with candied rose petals on top of the pearly white frosting.]

[everydayhero]

[hiro is charmed by the enthusiasm all on its own, but "i made you something" from belthazar never fails to get him excited. when he sees what it is, his face just lights up, though his cheeks color slightly.]

Belthazar, this is... gorgeous. Man, I don't even think I can eat it.

[arcanepower]

[It's worth it for that expression, like Hiro's in total disbelief. He should know that Belthazar is capable of making miracles by now.] That's okay, just don't spoil your dinner. [Sometimes he's a brat, sometimes he's a doting mom-- there's no in-between with this elf.]

Do you know what day it is?

[everydayhero]

Is it... a month since you got back to the fleet?

[as if he hasn't been counting the days since they finally came clean.]

[arcanepower]

[Of course Hiro would get it. He'd never forget.]

Yes. [He leans in, drops his voice a notch. It should be like when boys share secrets, but it's really just because he's shy.] It's one month since we... admitted it all.

[His pale fingers tremble just slightly beneath the hem of his sleeve, but he reaches out regardless, his soft palm cradling Hiro's chin.

And then, with all the courage he can muster, Belthazar presses his lips against his.]

[everydayhero]

[this is rare.

[but rarity just makes it all the better, and hiro happily returns that sweet kiss. one month since they admitted they're in love, after at least six months of skirting around the issue. six months of letting a crush turn into something deep enough that they finally had to make it known.

[hiro is smiling so genuine and bright when the kiss ends, the butterflies practically visible.]

You're getting bold, what's with that?

[as if any other word describes belthazar better.]

[arcanepower]

[It isn't the kind of kiss that people share when skulking about the shadows in Murder Row, which is just fine for Belthazar. It's chaste, but it's still thrilling to him, and he's so pleased when he pulls away that his blush hits the tips of his ears.]

I... I just...

[Remarking on it makes it worse, of course, so he does the most instinctual thing and smacks Hiro in the arm.]

Shut up!

[everydayhero]

[hiro flinches, but he's laughing. riling him up is the best part of being with him.]

Jeez, so mean. [he's clearly teasing.]

You're lucky you're cute.

[arcanepower]

[Belthazar is absolutely blushing furious, so he screws up his face and lifts his finger.

And then, very deliberately, sticks it in the frosting of the cupcake he made.]

[everydayhero]

[hiro looks so offended.]

Hey! That was mine!

[arcanepower]

[Belthazar gives him a wicked look that's smug enough to shame the universe, then sticks his finger in his mouth.]

Too bad.

[everydayhero]

... Alright, fine.

[he's getting some of that icing on his own fingers... and smearing it on belth's face.]

[arcanepower]

[Belthazar stares... and then he is scandalized.]

How dare you!

[He wipes his face on his robes, then tries to retaliate via tickling.]

[everydayhero]

Nonono--I'm gonna drop it, I'm gonna drop the cupcake!

[he's trying to swat him away with his free hand, hoping the ruined gift is excuse enough to save him]

[arcanepower]

[Okay, he actually spent some hours on that cupcake, so he hesitates.

And then he decides the best way to get back at Hiro is to grab his journal and shove it into his robes. BYE NERD]

[everydayhero]

--HEY!

[he's putting that cupcake back in its box and getting up to go after that journal. COME BACK HERE YOU LITTLE SHIT.]

[arcanepower]

[Belthazar has a pretty good head start and he seems to be running pretty fast!

That is, until his clumsiness catches up with him. His foot catches a tree root and he goes facedown into the forest floor. Oof.

Rest.

In.

Peace.]