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[he murmurs something back to him and kisses his cheek]

[ good. as long as will's leaning against him he's going to bring a hand up to run through his hair in gentle pets. ]

...do we wanna place bets on what weird effect we might end up with tomorrow? [ since that is inevitable. ]

...maybe tomorrow we'll only be able to text in l33tspeak.

[ just.
staring. ]

In which case I am going to take the opportunity now to remind you that silence is golden.

[he chuckles and offers nico a piece of konpeito]

Oh, come on, it'd be funny.

Yeah, maybe for you.

[ but there is konpeito, and he blinks a little. he's also staring at will's face like he's searching for something before he just sticks his tongue out. konpeito him. ]

It would be objectively funny and you know it.

[will is seized by the wild urge to feed him the konpeito with a kiss. he does not do that, because he's not sure if nico would be okay with that and also there are a ton of people in this internet cafe, so instead he just deposits the piece of candy directly onto his tongue.]

[ and yet you had no problem feeding him a remedy via kiss, will??? it's fine, whatever. nico's tongue is hanging out for a second with the konpeito resting on it as he stares at will, but he decides to eat it and not think much more about whatever it was he was originally thinking.

it helps that the cocoa puff is now mimicking nico, too, sticking its glowing tongue out for candy. ahh? ]

Give me a break. I barely even know what l33t is half the time. [ which is false because will is right there and has a tendency to introduce nico to things he regrets later. ]

[that's different, this konpeito isn't going to keep nico from bleeding out.

anyway, will smiles at him and then chuckles upon seeing the cocoa puff. like father, like son. he'll feed shame a piece of konpeito too and then scritch the little demon behind the ears.]

Yeah, but you're a quick learner.

[ the glowing teeth flash suddenly as it chomps down to take the konpeito, immediately "purring" under the scritches from will. and nico's rolling his eyes both at the demon and at will. ]

Flattering me is not going to get me to agree, but thank you.

What's your bet for what the weird effect will be, then?

[he says, continuing to give shame scritches.]

[ shame allows and is busy trying to crawl on will now. ]

Quoting memes, what else? [ no. ]

[will allows this. this is his stepson.]

Which meme are you going to quote way too often if that's it?

What makes you think I'm gonna spoil the surprise? [ he says, watching the cocoa puff slowly ascend to the top of will's head and cover his eyes with its shadow paws. ]

[he gives him the biggest puppydog eyes he can muster

expcept then the cocoa puff is covering his face. will splutters out a laugh.]

[ there's a grin that follows, and he's rolling out his shoulders to stretch. ]

Deserved. It's your turn to babysit for a bit.

[he would wink at him except the puff is covering his eyes]

It's not babysitting, it's coparenting.

[ the puff is too comfortable here, goodbye. anyway he raises an eyebrow. ]

Is that what we're calling it now?

That is definitely what we're calling it now.

[he chuckles, reaching up to his head to give the cocoa puff a little pat.]

See, it doesn't mind.

Careful. If you give them too much attention now the others will be jealous when we get home. [ as if this is actually going to happen. the puff chirrups and loafs on will's head happily. ]

...you've really gotten used to them, haven't you?

[he smiles serenely.]

Then I'll just have to give them plenty of attention when we get back.

[...but, ah. yeah.]

Mm. It's like I said before - I accept them. [he doesn't repeat exactly what he'd said before, since they have an audience. but. nico will know.] I know it's probably been frustrating waiting for me to get used to them, so - thanks. For being patient with me.

I have a feeling they're going to be just as energetic when we get home as they were when they first came back with us.

[ but he looks briefly surprised before he settles again. very fond, very gay, very sweet. ]

You're doing better with trying to understand. [ it's murmured a little because they are still around an audience. ] And you know I appreciate that. Obviously they do, too.

[with a slight note of amusement - ]

Should I take them out for walks, do you think? Work some of their energy out?

[he can go on a hike with the cooca puffs...]

I'm trying. I want to do right by you, Nico. You know that.

I might have to go with you if they're feeling shy and want to follow me around again. [ band of cocoa puffs.

anyway. he continues to grin at that even if he's looking away. ]

I do know that, yeah. You've been doing fine so far.

So we could go on walks together. That sounds nice to me.

[it's nice to imagine - being back at camp, strolling around hand-in-hand while the cocoa puffs trail along behind them like smoky, shadowy ducklings.]

...good. I'm glad to hear that.

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