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One steamy shower later.
Jacinto sighs deeply as he sits down on the old couch with towel wrapped around him.
"...I think it's safe to say things feel as good like this, as they do in fur..."
Rowan sits down next to Jac', extending his hand between them, "Yeah... I didn't really have any doubt? Or at least, none of the doubts I did have were about that? Or..."
He sighs, then shakes his head. "Just doubts in myself, but you do an amazing job making those fade away."
Jacinto hums with a smile as he takes Rowan's hand in his. "Yeah... maybe it was just me who thought that Cindi and Akari in shower would be a too high a bar... which again rolls into being silly because we are them..."
Rowan grins, holding Jac's hand before scooting a bit closer. "We set the bar pretty high... but you're right. It was just always us setting that bar. Of course we reached it again."
Jacinto smiles as he leans onto Rowan: "Pretty much. I can't say if either feels better, which... perhaps might be a good conclusion to reach."
Rowan considers a moment, humming, "You're... right. There's thinks I love about you and there's things I love about Cindi... I... I dont' think I could choose between you. Except that I don't really have to."
Jacinto smirks: "Except maybe in the sense of 'which feels better right now', which..." He considers: "...really, it's way more than most people get in this sort of regard. We're kinda lucky, aren't we?"
Rowan giggles, "In a couple different ways we are, yeah. As hard as it might feel to have to keep it all quiet, the fact that we have something worth keeping quiet like this feels pretty good."
Jacinto pauses, blinking: "...I didn't think about it like that. But it is kind of an excitement too, and maybe not solely a thing to get anxious about."
Rowan leans in to peck Jacinto's cheek. "All that anxiety today was also like... a lot of anticipation."
Jacinto blushes a bit at the kiss, smiling: "...yeah. Just wanted to... feel that, to make sure of something we were already pretty certain of... something like that, anyway."
Rowan giggles, "We just really want to see what feels best in this relationship, yeah? But... it all feels good in some way or another. I just like being with you."
Jacinto nods, his hand wandering to lightly touch and massage Rowan's shoulder: "Mm, indeed. It's like this weird thing where we ended up kinda together because of the strange that happened to us, and because we're together we can tackle said strange..."
Rowan nods, "Yeah, and maybe even because of us doing it together, the strange is pretty wonderful too. I think... we've stumbled into the something pretty fulfilling and great here, even if we haven't figured it all out yet."
Jacinto smiles as he continues touching Rowan's shoulder and arm: "Mm, probably a good way to put it." He is quiet after that, for the moment just preferring to be close to his boyfriend.
Rowan's hand strays towards Jac's thigh as he leans into his touch, perfectly content to just be with him like this for awhile.
Jacinto giggles as Rowan finds a particularly tickly spot. "G-gah. Tickles."
Rowan perks up, "Oh? Is that so? Well, I imagine your ears and belly aren't nearly so vulnerable as Cindi's, but it does make sense that you're still ticklish somewhere~." He giggles, running his fingers lightly over that spot.
Jacinto swallows, then giggles again: "G-gah! Un - fair!" He fails to do much to stop Rowan, though.
Rowan shifts position to better tickle at Jacinto's thighs, sticking his tongue out. "Don't you know? All is fair in love and war~"
Jacinto continues laughing: "B-but... but but I wasn't ticklish there before, I s-swear...!"
Rowan giggles, "A likely story! Ha..." He slowly trails off, hands slowing as the impact of that statement hits him, "...w-wait, really?"
Jacinto giggles some more, then nods: "P-pretty sure... t-though n-not like I have had anyone interested in tickling me either lately..."
Rowan blushes, "W-well... we could do more thorough testing, if you want..."
Jacinto swallows at that. "Ah huh." He pauses for a second. "...I have no idea what to answer to that."
Rowan leans in to kiss Jac, then lets his hand rest on Jac's thigh without tickling it (too much), "I was joking... well uh, mostly."
Jacinto smiles into the kiss, then glances at his thigh and Rowan's hand on it. "Mm... weird. But..." He glances at where the costumes are resting, uncertainty in his expression for a second. "...yeah I have no idea."
Rowan shifts back, removing his hand to take Jac's and give it a squeeze. "Hey... you alright?"
Jacinto nods: "Yeah." He smiles at his boyfriend: "I am somewhat uncertain, but... now I'm pondering if I ever wrote Cindi having such a weakness."
Rowan smiles back softly, "Can't say... it was sorta feeling like the reality was way beyond what we'd headcanoned..." He trails off, looking at Jac's legs. "Do... you think some of it is actually bleeding over somehow? I mean... we do keep saying it. We are one and the same..."
Jacinto takes a deep breath, then shakes his head a bit. "No. Probably not." He then instantly frowns: "...but then we have literally magic in our lives, so if you pardon my French, the fuck do I know anymore."
Rowan frowns a little as well, resisting the urge to chastise Jac' for his language. "Maybe... we should spend a little more time on the Discord..."
Jacinto nods: "Yeah. Probably. If this sort of thing happens with others, I'm sure we can find out about it." On a whim, he picks up his phone... then puts it down. "...not now. I think I'd rather spend this evening just cuddling you and watching a movie."
Rowan nods, settling back down into the couch next to Jac'. "That, I am quite capable of. And I won't even tickle you. Promise."
Jacinto grasps onto Rowan's palm, smiling: "Sounds like a plan, then. We have all the time to figure this out, there's no need to rush."
Rowan nods, "As long as you're sure you're okay, then yeah. No rush at all."
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