captaincatblock | Get into the van, kiddo.

Get into the van, kiddo.

[Peace is a funny thing. It's been teased and denied for so long that now that it's happening, it's almost weird. He'd missed most of the drama with the princess and her traitorous Terran Knight -- not that he's fully convinced of it, but if it gains them this peace, then he won't question it -- but he had been returned to his kin as Earth's first peace offering.]

[Kuroo hadn't been too happy about that, hadn't even had the time to say good bye to Tsukki after being whisked away by a couple of generals and then thrown into political chaos. But he had endured it, because he knew that eventually, the princess would get to the small issue of Kuroo's kataphrakt and how he intends to spend his time on Earth. He could be a diplomat, he'd offered, or teach his fellow Versians about Terrans, since he's learned a lot. Anything, he had added meaningfully, if he allowed him to keep his landing castle close to Earth if not entirely on its soil.]

[He'd gotten some leeway in the end, after weeks of endless talks, so here he is now striding into the hanger where they kept his mech, in full Count regalia. Oddly enough, he only has Terran escorts with him, and they back away well enough when he reaches his destination.

Tsukki? Oiii, I'm looking for your mechanic, Tsukishima Kei. [first he calls out, and then just outright asks someone to find Tsukki for him]

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[He laughs.] I hope there won't be too many fights, so we can always just stargaze like this.

[And then he laughs again.] Do you remember the first time I let you in here? You were half-drunk.

Hmm. And whose fault was that?

[smiles against his collar bone, fingers tracing the line of bone and throat as he peers at the stars from the side. with the light dimmed in the arcadia, all the stars seem to burn brightly on the screen. he opens one of the snacks that they have - a bowl of strawberries - and starts eating the small segments as he revels in his warmth.

the dinosaur is floating overhead, and tsukki pushes it with a finger to go to the side.]

I can't be held responsible for your attractiveness. [He leans down to eat that off Tsukki's fingers when he's distracted, licking the juice off the blond's fingertips.]

You know, strawberries are only delicious when they're with you. I wonder why. [And he actually sounds serious about this question, as he looks up towards the sky and thinks about it.]

[indignantly,] I can't believe you don't like them. They taste so good, especially when they're in season.

[he picks up another segment for him to eat, since kuroo ate the other one, but also gives kuroo another one to eat from his fingers.]

Of course, of course. [laughs, but he takes the opportunity and takes the offered fruit as well, anyway.] I suppose my tongue's just not so big on strong flavors. Got too used to bland food.

[He reaches for the thermos they were given. It's not very big, and when he opens it the smell of hot chocolate permeates the space.] Oh, they managed to get some after all.

[if you can learn to love tortillas you can love strawberries too.

but that protest dies down when he smells the hot chocolate and he eagerly sits up so he can drink as well. that'll warm them up nicely.] The kitchen is going to fatten me up.

I believe that's their plan, ever since I mentioned that you were quite slender. [amused. The entire castle's just generally been prepared to accept Tsukki there, as if there was nothing wrong with it at all. Kuroo supposes it's because there isn't.] You really like sweet things, don't you?

I like them well enough.

[blows on the rim of the cup as he gently pours the chocolate, and then he takes a sip. it smells, and tastes, like the most amazing hot chocolate in the world.]

[Kuroo leans over, tilts Tsukki's chin to face him, and he gives the blond a quick kiss.]

Hmm, you're right, that is nice. [licking his lips to taste the chocolate there.]

[oh my god. shoves him off for that extremely sappy gesture as he drinks the rest of the hot chocolate.]

Why do I even like you. You are too embarrassing to live most days.

[He's laughing at that. In truth, he does it also because the reactions are the best.]

Someone has to be between us and spoil you rotten.

You do it too much.

[it's not that he's complaining, it's that he feels like he's doing it at a rate where he doesn't feel like he's enough for the attention given.

either way, he just munches on his strawberries as he watches the stars again, and occasionally, a meteor streak past their view far away.]

It makes me happy to. [Just to be clear. Kuroo doesn't do things unless he gains from it, and happily, they both gain from this.]

[He listens to the music for a while, mostly watching Tsukki watch the stars with a small, pleased smile permanently on his face.]

You shouldn't worry so much.

I wasn't worried.

[he was.]

You should try and do some maneuvers, when you're up to it.

You get a wrinkle between your eyebrows. [But he shakes his head at the invitation.]

I'll spill the food and the drink.

When we're done. [he picks up another strawberry to eat for him and for kuroo.] So make sure to eat well.

[and during that time, he points out constellations, galaxies that he can see and track from where they are, his voice soft so as not to go over the music playing in the bg.]

[The screen, conveniently, does have a zoom function, so sometimes Kuroo will pull up a bigger image of what Tsukki is pointing at to study it.]

I learned a bit about the stars, in Mars. To navigate, and such. But it looks different from here. [He eats the strawberries, though, and chases the sourness away with the chocolate.]

If I had a Kataphract to myself, that's all I'll do - travel to farway distances and see what's in the edge of space, if there's any.

[he pulls the blankets a lot closer to him.] They say there are other planets that are habitable, other than Mars and Earth. Some of them lightyears away.

Mars isn't habitable. [holds him more tightly, as a response to the blanket holding]

It's easier to make that journey on a landing castle, princess. Maybe once the peace is stabilized, we can go away for a long time and just explore space.

Earth won't be, either, if we keep going at this rate .... though you're right, it's better than what Mars has.

[but the idea of exploring space is amazing to him, so he tells him,] I'd like that. It'd be good for you, too, to just take a break from your duties for a while.

[he's been with kuroo for like ... a day and a half again ever since he's come back, it's probably ridiculous to say that.]

If not, I suppose we'll all just regret it.

[He leans back and thinks about it.] That won't be soon. But one day, we'll do that. You don't regret it, do you? Coming up here.

I've been with you for about .... two days or so, and things are still fine on my end. I don't think that's about to change.

[he gives him a kiss.] It's a bit .... intimidating, and overwhelming, overall. But that's on par with settling in a new place, I guess.

At least you won't be bored for a while. [mildly nervous chuckle]

I thought about the possibility that you wouldn't want to come, or be too angry about me leaving. [Hence the... kidnapping.]

[rather amused,] I was angry.

But when a man you like confesses that he's still in love with you after kidnapping you, I suppose your options are a lot more limited.

That being said - don't do that again.

When you say things like that, I wonder why you ever question that I love you. [nuzzles him extra happily, though, all delighted.]

It won't happen again, mostly because I'll be coming home to you. [teasingly]

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