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[sedatedkiss]

[Joshua can tell the change in temperature. It's comfortable, as if reflecting her comfort as well. He's glad -- not that without the emotional response he wouldn't be able to tell if she didn't want this. Sometimes she gets embarrassed, but there's definitely a sense of contentment he's sensing with her.]

I hate to burst your bubble, but you're going to have to get up eventually for one reason or another. I'm guessing it will be due to your bottomless stomach that's never satisfied.

[Because he can...]

[brightlyshines]

Ah, how wrong you are! [Amusement colors her tone, and she holds up her retrieved apple pastry much like it's a prize with a smirk coming to her lips.]

I came prepared with supplies, after all. [Like that would last her very long to begin with, but the point is she isn't going hungry soon. Probably. For a little while anyway. She waves it under Joshua's nose as if to say 'See?'.] I'll even share if you ask nicely ♥

[...There's a few more in the box back in the kitchen, Estelle.]

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[There's a moment where Joshua attempts to keep a straight, but it's gone pretty quickly as he holds back an obvious chuckle. Raising an eyebrow, he looks at her 'prized pastry'.]

How long is that going to last you? My bets are on fifteen minutes.

[He's not even taking the bait on sharing since he knows there's more...]

[brightlyshines]

[Her smirk just grows in the face of his laughter, because she's really only partially serious.]

I can make it last thirty! Maybe even an hour!

[She is going to nibble the pastry as slowly as possible just to prove him wrong, watch her.

Saying that, it is not going to last more than 15 minutes, probably.]

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I seriously doubt that.

[He gives her an incredulous look. He knows her too well to know she'll try to nibble on that. Nibbles will become bites. Bites will become chomps. It's the way of Estelle Bright.]

[brightlyshines]

[Entirely true, but she's also stubborn as a mule.... with almost anything except resisting her appetite, anyway.

She'd make a damn good attempt though.]

Wanna bet on it? [She takes the tiniest, teeniest bite as if to illustrate her resolve.]

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[You know what? He's amused by this, as his lips curl up to match what he's feeling. Watching her take such a tiny bite just to show how determined she is is very... her. This is the girl he fell in love with and he's not ashamed whatsoever.]

Sure. Let's see how long you can hold out before you start chowing down on it.

[brightlyshines]

[Estelle leans in, smirking directly in Joshua's face and dangling the pastry in front of him. Challenge accepted.] Juuuust watch me, mister!

[.....Aaaand another nibble. And another.

.....This isn't going to last very long, is it.]

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[Yeah, he watches her take nibble after nibble. He admits, it's pretty cute. She's like a chipmunk trying to eat like that...

Excuse him as he takes her twintails and folds them up so they look like animal ears on her head.]

If that cinnamon apple pastry were an actual apple, you'd look like an actual grasshopper!

[brightlyshines]

[Aaaand there she goes, blushing again. Does she look that weird....?!

Ooooh, he's teasing her!]

Huh, you're just teasing me because you know I'll prove you wrong!

[She punctuates that statement by sticking out her tongue. They are the most mature.]

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Or I'm just telling you how cute and ridiculous you look at the same time.

[He still has her hair in his hands, moving it around like animal ears twitching. Estelle really is a cute person -- Joshua has admitted that far before they were dating. It fits her personality so well, too.]

Good thing you're not a monster we need to hunt -- I'd hate for everyone to see you like this. [And also he doesn't want to share the cute. He sometimes wants to keep this cute side of his girlfriend to himself.]

[brightlyshines]

[Noooope, she can't quite stop herself from devolving into giggles in between nibbles at that. He was calling her cute.... a cute monster after all, but cute.]

You wouldn't hunt me! You just said it yourself, I'm cute ♪

[She reaches up to pat him on his head with a grin.] Though you're pretty cute yourself, you know. How would you like it if I kept you as a pet?

[Ridiculous. They are absolutely ridiculous.]

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A pet? Knowing you, you'd put me in a collar and everything.

[...Oh Aidios, that just got a bad sexual mental image. Maybe not bad, but wow, uh... hopefully she doesn't take that seriously and knows that's a joke.]

[brightlyshines]

[Unfortunately for Joshua, Estelle's actually got a look on consideration on her face in between nibbles.]

...Huh, I did tell Analace I'd put a leash on you, once.

[Wait what.]

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[He's just giving her a really incredulous look right now. Oh Aidios, thank the heavens Schera probably didn't hear that or else...]

Really, a leash? Were you that concerned I wouldn't come back to you?

[Joshua, honey, you tried to push her away when she found you...]

[brightlyshines]

W-well, I was all fired up at the time, ok?!

[You know how she gets, Joshua. You know how she gets.]

It was girl talk, you know?

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At least it's comforting to know you were that determined.

[He still has her twintails in his hands, playing around with her hair some more.]

But let's be honest with ourselves. You always followed me around, so in that sense you're like a dog that needed to follow it's master everywhere!

[Not that she can see, but he makes the twintails in his hands more pointed to look like dog ears.]

Maybe you're the one that needs the collar and leash!

[He smiles, just amused.]

[brightlyshines]

[Does Joshua really want a doggie imitation? Because he's about to get one when she shakes her head lightly, causing her hair to flop about like floppy dog ears.

Welp.]

I was the one following you around? As I recall it, it was the other way around. I didn't even need a leash.

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If that's how you want to remember it, be my guest.

[Or maybe they should just both admit it was 50/50 and more they were attached at the hip than following each other around.]

[brightlyshines]

I remember it that way because it happened that way, obviously.

[Smugly said with a wave of her pastry. Nah, it had definitely been 50/50 back then..... Estelle admitting it though? Nah.]

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Or did it happen that way because for so long you threatened me if I didn't follow what you said?

[Listen, he loves her, but that doesn't change the fact she was violent as a child. For now he lets go of her twintails to let them fall behind her back again and grabs his nearly empty mug of cider to finish it off.]

[brightlyshines]

[Well that sure took the wind out of her sails. She looks a little sheepish after his comeback.] H-hey, I didn't... I was just trying to keep an eye out for you, you know?

Though I guess I kind of overdid it sometimes.... [It's a weak defense and she knows it, so she'll just settle for taking a somewhat larger bite out of her pastry to sooth her wounded ego.]

[sedatedkiss]

[Well, perhaps he did really go a little too far with that one. So once he finishes his apple cider off, he wraps his arms around her and pulls her to his chest while stroking the back of her head. Sure they were just making a bet earlier, but hurting Estelle is something he doesn't like to do... even if sometimes she needs to hear the truth.]

I know you were. Even if you were violent and rough around the edges, I don't think it would have gotten through to me otherwise.

[He remembers how he was back then. Empty, a violent puppet who listened to his master's orders. This was the girl who cut the strings and taught him how to stand on his own.]

[brightlyshines]

[Joshua manages to catch her right in the middle of a big bite of pastry, so the somewhat surprised look she gets combines with her mid bite pause to produce.... Well. What basically amounts to a chipmunk in headlights.

If there was ever any doubt about who was the sexy one in this relationship--

She swallows quickly, a blush coming to her cheeks.]

Well, I just wanted you to have fun, you know? At least that's what I remember anyway...

[sedatedkiss]

[Joshua wouldn't exactly call himself the 'sexy one', but it's true that Estelle isn't exactly sexy. Though catching her off guard may have been something he did very intentionally. Honestly, he's just assuming she's blushing because she was caught off guard and nothing more.]

I know you did, especially since you were convinced that your bug and lizard collection would cheer me up.

[Hey, Joshua is fond of that memory even if he recalls being pretty pissy back then. Her need to go into danger to find the 'legendary bug', too. He also recalls pretending to not be impressed.]