[ Sometimes, running away is the best option. Axel doesn't exactly catch onto it, though. But perhaps Temenos' comment is more or less bound to incite something like an onset of memories...kind of like invoking Murphy's Law unintentionally.
Whatever the case, enjoy it while it lasts, Temenos. Should he be alive for the next trial, Axel will be back to his no-napkin ways.
...Yet, the memory being played catches his attention easily.
Enough that Axel's watching it all go down. He even lets out a snort. ]
Well, well, what do we have here?
[ He reaches over to playfully nudge the other man with an arm, because seeing him react like that is heartwarming...cute. ]
Someone's actually a bit of a softie. But then again, I'd always known.
[ oh this is embarrassing. gods. okay. look. sometimes, those disney princess types are like your favorite kind of people. sometimes, you just really love your friends, and sometimes you are a terrible and stinky kind of person, and throne understands that, and hikari is an angel?
anyway. he takes the nudge and gives him a little bit of a look, but it's more mulish than it is anything actually serious. embarrassing. ]
I have no idea what you mean. [ okay ] I was merely sweating. [ OKAY ]
[ this is a little flustering, but, he deserves to be bullied. and after a moment, he smiles a bit more ruefully, a little more fond, and knocks his knuckles lightly against axel's chest. ]
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Whatever the case, enjoy it while it lasts, Temenos. Should he be alive for the next trial, Axel will be back to his no-napkin ways.
...Yet, the memory being played catches his attention easily.
Enough that Axel's watching it all go down. He even lets out a snort. ]
Well, well, what do we have here?
[ He reaches over to playfully nudge the other man with an arm, because seeing him react like that is heartwarming...cute. ]
Someone's actually a bit of a softie. But then again, I'd always known.
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anyway. he takes the nudge and gives him a little bit of a look, but it's more mulish than it is anything actually serious. embarrassing. ]
I have no idea what you mean. [ okay ] I was merely sweating. [ OKAY ]
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...But does it mean he won't stop from teasing him a little? Nope, just a light, gentle bit of jesting. ]
Sure, sure.
[ Though the smile softens a little. ]
...It's not a bad thing, you know. Being big-hearted.
[ It still sounds like a gentle tease in there somewhere, though. Even if he is being genuine. ]
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I suppose you would know.
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Hey, is that you trying to turn the tables?
[ But he's definitely grinning. ]
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[ yes, it's him trying to turn the tables.
he's also smiling, though, pleased. ]
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[ Passing him a grin at that like he's saying 'I see u'. ]
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[ :knife: ]
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[ Grinning as he tests fate. ]