[ it's a little funny—to tseng it feels like a given that he would get rufus something for rufus' birthday, and much less obvious that rufus would get him something in return. he hadn't expected it at all, much less six months after the fact, and then on top of it all, to be told that rufus had gone out of his way to have the gift commissioned... the feeling that fills him is something strange and nameless and delicate, an emotion tseng barely knows what to do with.
he resists the temptation to touch the pin again, instead letting his hands come to rest in his lap. holding them there, in case he sets them free and they end up holding something else, instead. ]
I don't mind. [ it comes out fast, too fast to sound casual. tseng's thoughts, after all, are traveling the same track as rufus'. ] It's... it isn't what President Shinra would do for the Director of the Turks, but.
[ but it could be something that rufus does for tseng, if they let it.
and because rufus once told him, very explicitly, that the only reason he should hold himself back from kissing rufus is if he himself doesn't want to—tseng slips out of the stool to come around the edge of the counter, where he slides a hand into rufus' hair, cups the back of his neck, and kisses him fully on the mouth. ]
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he resists the temptation to touch the pin again, instead letting his hands come to rest in his lap. holding them there, in case he sets them free and they end up holding something else, instead. ]
I don't mind. [ it comes out fast, too fast to sound casual. tseng's thoughts, after all, are traveling the same track as rufus'. ] It's... it isn't what President Shinra would do for the Director of the Turks, but.
[ but it could be something that rufus does for tseng, if they let it.
and because rufus once told him, very explicitly, that the only reason he should hold himself back from kissing rufus is if he himself doesn't want to—tseng slips out of the stool to come around the edge of the counter, where he slides a hand into rufus' hair, cups the back of his neck, and kisses him fully on the mouth. ]