Kit - ...I really love makeout scenes. / Kas - Mhm. / Kit - Just...I don't have any defense for them. I just...love to write them.

Chapter Eleven

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"Randy, darling, do you know when Danny's supposed to be getting back?"

"Um...a couple hours or so, right?" Randy looked up from where he was still sorting through boxes, having finally found the sketchbooks. "Also I have some things for you when you get time."

Andrew gave a quiet hum as he set his laptop aside, looking to Randy curiously. "What is it?" Randy glanced to the pile of sketchbooks - near twenty - before giving a slow nod.

"My descent into the obsession with your books." Digging through the pile, and knocking it over, he teleported one of the more aged ones over to Andrew's lap. It was heavily worn and filled with crinkled paper, an effect of the water colors that had been used. "You need to stop writing so well."

"I think not." Andrew flipped through, blinking up at Randy. "...You did all these?" Randy gave a little nod, nudging and gesturing to the other sketchbooks.

"There...might be a little over twenty... I mean, a good dozen all have to deal with Soundless Clock, but the others are just sort of bits and pieces from all your other works." A nervous smile and shrug. "You did make me proofread the manuscripts for you a lot."

The younger only looked back down at the pictures, tucking the sketchbook a bit closer as he smiled. "I love them. They're beautiful." Oh, lovely, Randy was blushing. That was a thing, then. Blushing.

"I mean, I wouldn't use beautiful."

Andrew only looked back up at him for a moment. He closed the sketchbook and held it close to his chest with one arm as he flew over to Randy, gently cupping his cheek with the other hand. "Perfect." Oh, lovely, he was blushing even brighter.

"Well, I mean, I did use your books as inspiration for everything, so that's probably a reason why they're so perfect."

"I wasn't talking about the art. I was talking about the masterpiece." Randy's face was now completely glowing white, the man trying to bury his face in his hands. And maybe whining. Very loudly.

"You're so cruel- That. That was just so very cruel." Giving a laugh, Andrew tilted Randy's head up, and caught him in a soft, sweet kiss.

"I'm so very in love with you. You know that, right?" A startled moment of pause, Randy giving a quiet chuckle as he smiled softly.

"I know that...it's just very nice to hear, is all." Randy snatched Andrew's shirt and tugged him into a longer, deeper kiss, motions utterly adoring. "Je t'aime aussi, mon cheri."

And there it was. The feeling of everything falling into place so perfectly and just the two of them curled closer to each other with nothing warming their hearts but their love for each other. How could it not just...

Click?

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In the kitchen of the Fenton house, Danny was looking around with a bit of startlement and what...was that?

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In Vidya, however, Randy was blushing brightly and looking much more startled, looking at Andrew in a mix of confusion, startlement, and adoration. "What...was that."

Andrew laughed, leaning his forehead against Randy's. "That, mon chevalier, is what Danny and I so eloquently refer to as a 'click.'" Randy only gave a vague noise of confusion because...what.

"Uh huh. And what, exactly, is a click? And why was there a click? I am confused- I am very confused, Andy." Confused a lot because everything felt...so perfect. Maybe not completely, but like things were finally starting make sense, and click into place.

"That feeling? Of things finally falling in place and being perfect? That is a mate click." Andrew kissed him sweetly, laughing as he pushed Randy to the floor, curling up on top of him and nuzzling against him.

"That- Ooh, that...okay." Because even if logically he knew they were all mates, it still... He hadn't expected that to ever- He thought he would just sort of be...there. A step behind them at all times- And he was fine with that! He really was! He just...didn't expect to ever...really be theirs... "That makes some sense." He swore he would set Vidya on fire if she dared relayed his thoughts.

"A bit, yeah." And Andrew was acting near Danny-levels of affectionate because...he got to spend his afterlife with the two people he adored above all else. Who wouldn't be happy? Randy shifted and squirmed a small amount, looking a bit startled, and, huh...

"You are very cuddly, you know." That...was strange. For a moment, it felt like his feelings of warmth and love and obsession hadn't been...his feelings. Almost like someone else's... Then again, that was a bit impossible, so it was probably just him imagining things. Probably.

"Of course I am," Andrew answered simply. "I'm with you." Randy sighed as dramatically as he could, tilting Andrew's head up to press kisses to all over his face, arms tight around him.

"That was illegal, you know. Totally illegal."

"Ooo, I guess you'll have to cuff me and throw away the key," Andrew teased, looking proud of himself. Although he was expecting Randy to blush, instead of looking blank and silent. "...Randy? Randy, that was a joke." That startled Randy out of it, who was nervously blushing and laughing.

"Aha, of course it was! I know that much! Come on, Andy, I'm not that bad, aha. Total joke." Although for a second there he wasn't picturing Andrew as the one tied up. "Heh." Andrew rose an eyebrow, looking more amused, than anything.

"Uh huh. So, are you going to look at these sketchbooks with me as we cuddle on the couch like an old married couple?" Best to just let that lie. Didn't want to rush things.

"As if we haven't been mistaken as one before," Randy snorted, floating himself up and grabbing a random sketchbook. Flying over to the couch, he settled them down, still tightly curled around Andrew as he nuzzled at the man's cheek. "I'm in love with you."

"And I, with you, my love."

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"Sooo. Randy. When...is your next job?" Because Randy was near bouncing off the walls. It almost reminded...him... Hm...

"Um, I dunno." Randy was flying in little circles around the garden, darting from place to place and bubbling whatever he saw that was moving. That mostly meant it was the lions, who were 'playing' with him. "I don't really have any job offers I've been keeping track of, lately." The koi fish had now been bubbled - with water - and were floating around the pond.

"...You keep saying I should practice my skills just in case, yes?" Andrew was watching Randy because wow. No. He had far too much energy, and they had to use that energy somehow.

"Oo, do you wanna practice with bubble shields more?!" Randy was suddenly in front of Andrew, the younger unsure if he had just flown that fast, or if he had teleported.

Andrew gave a quiet laugh before starting to walk out of the garden, certain that Randy was following after him. "Sure, Randy. I could always use a bit more work with them, and you know those shields best."

"Yup! Shields are my best thing I'm good at- I mean, only thing I'm good at- I mean, I have my guns I can use with energy and stuff, but shields and stuff are- Yes. Yes, we should totally have you practice more cause what if. You never know when a fight is gonna happen!" The bubbles around the koi fish and lions popped, letting the animals go. Randy was only zooming after Andrew, zipping around him in little circles. Andrew caught Randy by cupping his cheek and pulling him into a lingering kiss, nipping at his bottom lip before pulling away and continuing on.

That earned some giddy giggles from Randy, who blushed and smiled sweetly as he followed after Andrew, looking utterly adoring. As they passed through a sitting room, Danny rose an eyebrow before settling back down with his book and looking amused. Randy only paused to shoot Danny a happy wave, back to following after Andrew and looking ready to start bouncing off the walls again. Andrew wrapped his hand around Randy's, holding it close. "I'm honestly surprised you hadn't found the practice room beforehand."

"Practice room? What's that- Wait, you mean a training room? You have one? In Vidya? I didn't know you had a training room in Vidya- Oo, are we going to the training room? I haven't trained or fought with you in forever are we gonna having sparring matches again it sounds fun like as long as we don't use weapons cause that seems terrible idea but it seems fun yes you are adorable. You are like. So adorable. And perfect. And mine. Perfect adorable mate. My pretty little priest." Randy was rambling and purring as he nuzzled against Andrew, looking adoring.

Andrew looked startled for a moment, staring down at Randy and interesting. Normally, Randy hated mentioning things like that about their past lives. And yet...maybe he didn't resent it as much as he led on. "So, so, so, where's the room? Are we close? Are we near it? Why can't we go back to the gardens? I liked the gardens- Okay, so maybe I was annoying the fish a bit but I think the bubbled fish looked kind of cool- I should experiment with detaching shields from my energy more and just saving things for you guys that I find- LIKE BIOMES! Dude, no, okay, like I see a lot of plants when I'm out but I'm afraid of hurting them or killing them before I get back so maybe I should bubble it and make a little biome and then bring the plant back and then we can replant it."

"We're not extremely near it. I try to keep it away from other things, that way if anything ends up happening, it minimizes the damage. I'm not sure about your idea. I don't know enough about your shields to know if that would be at all effective, but we should try it. Perhaps we try with some of the human world flora, that way it's something we know, and we can study the effects accurately." Andrew was easily able to follow Randy's ramblings as he tugged him along, giving him a small nuzzle back.

It wasn't too long until they were in the room, which was indeed out of the way of the rest of the library. As soon as they were in the large stone room, Randy really was bouncing off the walls, zipping from place to place and looking all around, studying the dimensions of the room and looking ecstatic. "So, you like it, then?" Andrew chuckled, looking amused by Randy's erratic bouncing.

"I love it! This is great!" Randy zoomed around the room a couple times before looping back to Andrew, hovering in front of him. "So, what are we gonna do? Shields? Guns? What? What we gonna do? We- We should do something. We should totally do something."

"Well, the plan was to practice shields. I'm guessing you'd like to go first?" Andrew was bubbled in a split second, Randy having not even moved. The man was only continuing to hover, looking like his tail would be wagging if he had one. Andrew only gave a small nod before kicking his shoes off, and then taking his glasses off. "Bubble them." Randy widened the bubble until they were both inside it, three more bubbles appearing to wrap around Andrew's shoes and his glasses, Randy looking quite pleased by this 'game'. Tapping the shields, Andrew narrowed his eyes. "Thicker."

A small pause and Randy was doing as told, making all of the shields a few inches thicker, as well as darkening them a small amount by effect. "Can you make them transparent?"

"...Maybe." Randy looked to be concentrating, hand running down the shield they were in before it was suddenly completely clear, as if there was nothing there. A moment later and he was doing the same to the other three. At this point, the older's eyes had become a glowing white color.

Cupping Randy's cheeks gently, Andrew spoke softly. "Randy? How are you doing?" Randy raised an eyebrow, looking a bit startled and amused at the soft words.

"Fine. Should I not be?" The man tilted his head, looking a bit curious. "It's not like I'm using much energy."

"You're always going on about how you don't have much energy. I suppose I'm just worrying." Smiling sweetly, the younger leaned their foreheads together. "Can you make ours smaller?"

"Yup. That's one of the easier parts, making them smaller." A flick of his hand and the shield was shrinking around them quite a bit, leaving them sitting on the base of it as they floated in the air. It was a bit hard to tell how small it was, however, since it was still completely clear.

Andrew gave a quiet sigh at the intimate space before looking back up at Randy. "Can you shield things that are farther away?"

"As long as I know what it looks like, where it is, or can feel the energy, yeah. Haven't done it much, so if you pick something, try to make it something inside Vidya."

"I was planning on it. Try putting a shield around Danny. You remember where he is, oui?" Randy nodded, closing his eyes a second and staying completely still before he was flicking his hand in a sharp motion. There was a pause, and they heard Danny whining from farther down the hall. Andrew quietly laughed, kissing the tip of Randy's nose. "I would tell you to try my core, but... You've already stolen it."

"...Aw..." Randy snatched Andrew and tugged him into his lap, curling around him tightly. "You're so cute!" A sweet kiss to the side of the man's neck. "Want me to release Danny, now?"

"Mm, if you want. How are you feeling?" Andrew nuzzled back against him, holding onto Randy's hand. Randy easily linked their fingers together, settling down more in the bubble.

"A bit less likely to challenge the lions to an honor duel, so that's something," Randy snorted, the shield around them darkening to show it was a bit smaller. Randy was only pressing sweet kisses to Andrew's neck, giving a sharp nip or two. "Something tells me this was more than just you wanting to 'practice' shields."

"Mm, a bit," Andrew agreed as he tilted his head for Randy with a smile. "I thought you might like a way to use your energy that didn't include destroying the gardens."

"Considering I was bubbling the fish, that was probably a good idea. I guess I was going a bit stir crazy," Randy snorted, giving Andrew's neck a few more bites, and lingering longer. "Any other ideas for my shields, then?"

Humming quietly at the lovely sting, it took Andrew a moment to answer. "You were able to make your shields clear. Try making them opaque." Randy paused at that, nodding before he was doing as told, the shield around them becoming a thick white bubble that couldn't be seen out of. Settling down, the older returned to nibbling at Andrew's neck. And maybe possibly marking it up a little. Andrew gave a quiet purr, "Very good. I can tell you practice often."

"Well, it's good to have my shields as practiced as possible, for when I need them. You're always telling me how good defense is, after all." Randy seemed quite delighted at Andrew's praise, giving the man a few more overly sharp nips. Andrew gave a gasp, and there was a long moment of silence before he was back to purring and nuzzling Randy.

"I'm just now realizing it'd probably be more impressive if I could see." A quiet chuckle, Randy removing the bubble around Andrew's glasses and catching them gently. Slipping them onto the man's face, he paired it with a soft kiss to the lips.

"Better?" And, alright, he might have already been back to marking up Andrew's neck. It was hardly his fault Andrew was slightly addicting.

"Better," Andrew said with a shaky sigh because really now. It just felt so nice. "Did you ever unbubble Danny?"

"...Oh, right." Another sharp flick of his hand, Randy nodding. "He's fine." Probably. And, whoops, was he rubbing little circles into Andrew's sides? How terrible of him, truly. And alright, Andrew may have been shaking a bit as he leaned against Randy with a huff of a breath, his fists balled in the man's shirt. "Something wrong, darling?" Revenge. Okay, well, less that, more that Andrew's reactions were very addicting.

"N- No, I- I'm fine." His cheeks were starting to turn purple at the attention that was being lavished upon him, Andrew soaking up as much as he could. Randy only hummed happily, kissing, licking, and sucking at the bites he had made, fingers rubbing just a touch deeper. And, really, it was so nice to have Andrew bubbled away in his shield, unable to have anything bad happen to him. Very, very nice. Well, this certainly hadn't been how Andrew had expected things to go, but he wasn't arguing. "I- Ah, Randy."

"Hm? What is it, darling?" And his hands might have slipped under Andrew's shirt, but, really, it wasn't like he was being too cruel- Alright, the sucking over the pulse point might have been a touch cruel, maybe. Andrew gasped, quietly moaning the man's name as he pressed closer. And, yeah, okay, maybe Randy was getting a bit carried away. Pulling back, he shifted them until he had Andrew tucked under his chin and safely settled in his lap, arms wrapped around him. "Okay?"

Andrew's eyes near half closed, he gave a nod as he leaned against Randy, pressing a kiss to his cheek. "I'm fine, Randy." Better now that the man stopped his attacks. Randy only sunk down in the bubble more, dragging Andrew with him. A moment later, and he was quietly giggling.

"I still have your shoes bubbled."

Andrew gave a small wiggle of his toes before shrugging. "I'm alright without them, for a bit." Randy laughed a bit more, tucking Andrew closer to him and nuzzling the top of his head.

"You're adorable, mon petit chat noir."

Andrew paused, wrinkling his nose as he looked up at Randy. "What?" Randy laughed, pressing a peck of a kiss to Andrew's nose, wrapping around him a bit more.

"I used to call you that all the time, when you were little, you know." Of course, that had been a very long time ago.

"No- I remember, I just didn't know you had remembered." Andrew looked like a startled, confused woodland creature, messy hair and all. "What?" And, really, was Randy not supposed to kiss him.

"I remember everything about you, Andy. I always have." Giving a nuzzle, Randy let the bubbles around them fade, snagging Andrew and his shoes before happily flying them off. "Come on, let's go make lunch, since Danny is probably lost in his book."

"...Probably."

"Definitely. Let's change that to definitely lost in his book."

"Alright."

"Love you."

"And I, you."