bursts into tears

[oversea]

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[oversea]

It's barely been any time at all.

[ thorns just looks at him, before sighing and moving so that he can get up, but not before pressing a kiss to his temple. ]

I'll get our stuff ready. Stay here.

[transmit]

Let me he—

[ tries to get up. nearly falls over.

docybara barely catches him in time and makes a sound of protest over being fallen onto. ]

Sorry. I'm usually better at this…

[oversea]

Just rest. We're going to be doing a lot of traveling.

[ there's not much point in elysium tiring himself out for no reason when thorns can easily handle this. ]

[transmit]

[ he will settle pathetically against docybara. docybara senses nothing amiss with the vibes and chirps happily.

this is so not good for the mental, though. he can't keep burdening thorns like this… ]

[oversea]

[ this is just how elysium becomes a tradwife (real).

but they didn't really unpack that much other than the medical equipment, so it's easy to get everything ready. he grabs some healthy snack bars and a treat for docybara so he won't feel slighted. ]

Here. Eat up.

[transmit]

[ NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

no………

who am i kidding he's already halfway to tradwife in canon, anyway. he unwraps the bar and makes sure thorns is fed first. ]

[oversea]

[ elysium... it isn't meant to be like this.

but thorns will eat so that elysium will too. ]

[transmit]

[ heheh

explodes into hearts watching thorns eat… and then obediently eats too. ]

We're continuing on with our original trajectory, yeah?

[oversea]

... Yeah.

[ he is still thinking of medical attention. ]

We'd need to stop by somewhere with stores potentially sooner to restock though.

[transmit]

[ stop thinking about it. ]

It should be about a day and a half or two at most, contingent on the Doctor's amenability.

[ he gaze follows docybara circling around them to cue for attention. maybe he does feel something is amiss, given his more restless than usual behaviour… ]

It does seem like he has a lot of energy to burn…

[oversea]

It seems like it.

[ hmm.

thorns walks over to start giving docybara some pets. they need to keep him appeased to make sure he doesn't throw a tantrum. ]

It might be a good thing.

[transmit]

[ he is so needy… the thing about children taking after their parents is something that surely cannot be true. docybara was not with them from his birth, so they attribute it to his parents who failed him. it's fine. ]

… Alright—! [ he's officially done psyching himself up. ] Let's get a move on shall we? Before the Doctor suddenly decides to change his mind.

[oversea]

[ and they can be off! they will have to move more slowly than usual, and thorns is still being paranoid in case the people who attacked are still trailing them... however, the chances of that being true is fairly low, since the perfect time to have attacked would have been when they were taking turns sleeping.

but still. better safe than sorry. ]

[transmit]

[ at some point during the trip, elysium comes to a stop. he doesn't just wander off, but he does tug thorns' sleeve and point to a certain direction. ]

Do you mind waiting here? I'm going to be five minutes. [ then, as if it warrants adding: ] I'll be within visual distance.

[oversea]

[ he thought that the lesson that they learned was that they can never ever separate!!!

his response is stilted. ]

... Sure.

[transmit]

[ … realises the optics of this and holds thorns' hand. ]

You can come along if you promise to look the other way.

[oversea]

[ he is immediately soothed, albeit still suspicious. ]

Let's go.

[transmit]

[ elysium makes sure docybara is secured before shuffling them several metres away. docybara isn't pleased with this at first, but this is the power of chew toys… elysium leaves one for it to play around with. ]

I'm going to squat and do my thing. No looking until I tell you.

[oversea]

[ this is where they are in life......


he politely looks away and watches docybara in the distance. ]

[transmit]

[ they might as well be handcuffed to each other.

elysium works in relative silence… until he doesn't! he looks over his shoulder to nudge thorns' leg. ]

Gimme your hand.

[ holds his out. ]

[oversea]

[ he just automatically puts his hand in elysium's without question.

he is still watching docybara... ]

[transmit]

[ he will feel something being slipped onto his ring finger.

it's a flower ring…



elysium waits for him to react without saying anything. ]

[oversea]

[ oh.

...

elysium is so cute explodes. ]

It's my favorite.

[transmit]

[ the wait for thorns to say something is excruciating. ]

Makes it feel a little more real, right? My bad that it's taken this long to give you something

[ he frets then gets back up on his feet, holding thorns' hand in both of his, fingers gently brushing against the flower. ]

Until the day I get you one for real, I'll keep making them for you.

[ things are going to be harder for them going forward. this is why, more than ever, they need to support each other. ]

[oversea]

[ oh, how can anyone has been as lucky as he is? every day he doubts that it's possible to love this man more, and every day he is proven wrong.

he leans forward to kiss him, soft and sweet. ]

And I'll accept every one. Forever.