[One thing that Felix still has to do each day? Take his dogs out for walks. They're growing nicely but they need the chance to run around for a bit. So he takes them outside and to walk around the hotel. Sylvain though? He loves to run ahead much to the irritation of his dark haired owner.
Which he's done today while Dimitri stays close to him. Sighing, he doesn't notice that his red haired dog has become distracted by a certain red head he's named after around the corner.]
Sylvain! Come here!
[The puppy looks over his shoulder then trots around the corner...]
[Sylvain had been trying his best to learn the layout of the hotel and get a feel for what was 'normal' around here since everything seemed completely insane. Being outside, he's decided, is the absolute worst. There are fires, there's an orange sky, it's shit. It's like Ailell. Terrible.
He's making his way back inside when two things happen, a random dog shows up and he distinctly hears his name. More specifically, he hears Felix calling his name.
Poking his head around the corner, he's surprised to see his friend outside, more surprised to spot yet another dog. He's not sure how these poor guys aren't baking out here.]
S'up? What'd you want? [He had to assume Felix had spotted him at some point and maybe was calling him over to... look at the dogs or something?]
[His eyes get wide when not only does his dog come back to him but also his namesake pops his head around the corner. For a moment he freezes with two puppies at his feet, just a few months old.
He's been caught.
Puppy Sylvain sits on Felix's foot and leans against him, looking thrilled to just exist there. Puppy Dimitri growls at Sylvain even as he wags his tail, thrilled to see another person here.
[Sylvain's amber eyes follow the dog as he trots over to Felix and sits on his foot, leaning against him and looking happily up at him, tongue lolling out. The other dog looks excited but is growling?
He gives Felix a smile as he tugs another button of his shirt open, feeling the prickle of perspiration across his forehead.]
Looking around. Seeing if there was anything out here. It's so hot though.
[He pauses, looking at the dogs, about to ask the obvious.] They yours?
[Felix doesn't tend to read a lot but he's definitely read a filthy novel or two. And Sylvain is the very picture of one of the strong male protagonists from it. Unbuttoning his shirt and glistening with sweat...]
You can't handle the heat, you idiot.
[Honestly he can't either. But the dogs have to piss somewhere.]
[Meanwhile, Sylvain is legitimately uncomfortable and growing increasingly miserable from the heat. His head is stuffy and the air feels too hot to breathe. Sexy is definitely the furthest thing from what he's actually feeling.]
Yeah, I didn't realize it'd be so hot out here.
[He hesitates for a moment almost looking like he's about to say something, but ends up nodding and heading inside. He knows Felix. He knows he's good at disappearing when he doesn't want to be found. The jerk better come inside when he's done and not sneak around and avoid him.
Honestly though, the second he steps inside, he starts to feel better. He feels an immediate relief from the stifling heat.]
[He hates how hot it is out here but waits for Sylvain to go inside before finishing up with the puppies. For a moment he considers taking another way in to avoid having to have this talk. But, no. Sylvain is going to find out eventually.
Sighing, he calls for his dogs and heads inside, shedding his coat as he goes to show off the scars on his arms. Fanning himself, he looks around until he sees the redhead then comes over to frown at him. His dogs are right at his heels.]
What? Afraid I'd melt and you'd never see me again? [He cracks a smile, knowing the joke is terrible.] Or maybe spontaneously burst into flames? I know I'm hot, but that's just ridiculous, Felix.
[He's not entirely sure how to act around his friend at this point. They'd kissed... and more. Obviously, that meant smiles and stupid jokes. The same way he dealt with everything.]
Anyway, I was just looking around. I won't make that mistake again. Promise. [He gives him a wink.] You gonna tell me why you've got two dogs following you around?
[He rolls his eyes which says what he thinks of those comments.] You were probably more worried about me vanishing instead.
[Glancing down at the animals he watches as puppy Sylvain flops against his foot again. Puppy Dimitri is growling again. So like the boar. He looks back up at the red head.]
They're mine. The demons were going to kill them and I took them in.
Well, you are a lot better at disappearing than I am. Unless an angry girl is looking for me.
[He looks at the two dogs, shifting his weight to one foot as he crosses his arms loosely over his chest.]
Alright, pretty good reason to follow you around. Did you give them names yet? [He makes a bit of a face when he looks at Dogmitri and gets another growl.] What's wrong with that one?
Well that's what's wrong with him! [He's talking to the dog now, shifting to more of a baby voice as he steps closer and drops down onto one knee.] Isn't it? He named you after Dimitri and not after his bestest friend in the whole world.
[The dog excitedly steps closer, his whole back end wagging. Meanwhile, Sylvain is oblivious that Felix actually had named the other dog after him. He gives Dimitri a hearty scratch before starting to playfully roughhouse with him.]
[Of course Sylvain notices Felix's blush and boyyyy is he ready. A handful of hilariously embarrassing names come to mind... embarrassing to Felix of course. His eyes widen when the truth comes out.]
Uh... Wh-.... S-seriously, Fe? [He catches himself, the nickname bringing back thoughts of their time together in the showers so he quickly adds the ending of his name.]-lix.
[Sylvain shakes his head, hair waving and flopping back and forth as he does. He honestly can't help but smirk in spite of himself. Just looking at the two dogs, both names were annoyingly fitting.
He gets back to his feet, still offering Dogmitri head scratches.]
Cats? Sure, why not? [He feels a weird wave of emotion thinking about being alone with Felix in his room, a feeling that immediately makes him feel a pang of guilt for where his mind goes.]
[Sylvain honestly couldn't be more thankful for his poker face than at that moment. If Felix was even looking at him, he had no doubt his friend would be able to read his real emotions, or at least that he was suppressing them and forcing something of a smile. But he's not.]
Oh... okay.
[Would he name a future pet after his dead brother? Yeah, definitely not. Though the circumstances were a bit... different.]
Can't wait to meet them. And see your room. Do they all look the same? This place isn't so different from the academy when it comes to that kind of thing. A bit more privacy, I guess. [He doesn't quite realize he's rambling about dumb, pointless shit yet, talking to fill the quiet.]
You're in one of the starter rooms. You get to have a private bed in a suite you share with others after you've been here a month.
[He's grateful for the subject change. It keeps him from having to deal with what he's told Sylvain. Just like how he doesn't deal with the death of his father. Or anything else really.
It's a bad habit. He knows it. But he's still doing it.]
I haven't done anything with it really so it'll look like whatever room they give you when you leave the starter room.
Right. Gotchya. So, I shouldn't get too comfortable?
[Despite having a longer stride than Felix, he doesn't ever quite catch up to him, meandering along behind him. It keeps either of them from having to deal with making eye contact. It felt like he had a ton on his mind, Felix's pets, Glenn, Miklan (unfortunately), and the still pressing, constant thoughts of the other day in the shower room.]
Someone else shares my room but I haven't actually seen them yet... Kind of weird, right?
[He nods about Felix's room, unsurprised. Again, it makes him think back to the monastery. Both of their rooms had looked practically untouched save for Felix sticking extra swords all over the place in his room.]
Not like it's that easy to when you have to sleep in the same room as another person you don't know.
[He's not going to make commentary on Sylvain's flirtatious behavior nor how he's been on dates and likely brought girls back to his room before. He doesn't want to think about it because it makes him mad. And he doesn't want to think about what that might mean. He probably should deal with this but he's just...not.]
They might just not want to show up at the room. Some people keep obnoxious hours.
[Like how no one fucking slept ever when he first arrived.]
I dunno. I think, a person to get used to pretty much anything. Even sharing a room with a stranger.
[Such an ordeal. Of all the things Sylvain could make fun of Felix for, that one just didn't seem worth riling him up over. At least not more than he already had. Sylvain honestly didn't mind sharing a bedroom. It really wouldn't have made much difference to him if he was told to get settled because that was his room.]
Maybe.
[The hours he kept probably weren't much better...]
[He's not even sure why he knows that. Time feels so different here. He does know that his birthday has come and gone. Not that anyone knows that. He's never told anyone that his birthday lines up a little with the calendar here.]
This way.
[He turns down a hallway. They're almost to the room he stays in now.]
[There's a genuine gravity in his tone. Six months might not feel like that long under normal circumstances but Sylvain had only just gotten a taste of what this place served up and that was enough to know that six months is practically a lifetime.
He tilts his head slightly. Since he's following along behind Felix anyway, he can use the moment to see if he can spot any other notable changes in him. The pets, the scars... he can't help but wonder if there's more.]
[Felix stops by the door then opens it for the dogs first who immediately run to his room. He nods for Sylvain to follow him and then heads in to go open his bedroom. The cats are both on the bed, just waking up from the commotion of the dogs and the two men coming in. Ingrid immediately scolds them for it. Glenn pointedly turns around and presents his back to them.]
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Back at the hotel while everyone is in Stepford land...
Which he's done today while Dimitri stays close to him. Sighing, he doesn't notice that his red haired dog has become distracted by a certain red head he's named after around the corner.]
Sylvain! Come here!
[The puppy looks over his shoulder then trots around the corner...]
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He's making his way back inside when two things happen, a random dog shows up and he distinctly hears his name. More specifically, he hears Felix calling his name.
Poking his head around the corner, he's surprised to see his friend outside, more surprised to spot yet another dog. He's not sure how these poor guys aren't baking out here.]
S'up? What'd you want? [He had to assume Felix had spotted him at some point and maybe was calling him over to... look at the dogs or something?]
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He's been caught.
Puppy Sylvain sits on Felix's foot and leans against him, looking thrilled to just exist there. Puppy Dimitri growls at Sylvain even as he wags his tail, thrilled to see another person here.
Felix still hasn't moved.]
What are you doing outside?
[Why didn't he leave like the last time?]
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He gives Felix a smile as he tugs another button of his shirt open, feeling the prickle of perspiration across his forehead.]
Looking around. Seeing if there was anything out here. It's so hot though.
[He pauses, looking at the dogs, about to ask the obvious.] They yours?
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You can't handle the heat, you idiot.
[Honestly he can't either. But the dogs have to piss somewhere.]
Go inside. They're almost done.
[...basically yes. They're his.]
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Yeah, I didn't realize it'd be so hot out here.
[He hesitates for a moment almost looking like he's about to say something, but ends up nodding and heading inside. He knows Felix. He knows he's good at disappearing when he doesn't want to be found. The jerk better come inside when he's done and not sneak around and avoid him.
Honestly though, the second he steps inside, he starts to feel better. He feels an immediate relief from the stifling heat.]
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Sighing, he calls for his dogs and heads inside, shedding his coat as he goes to show off the scars on his arms. Fanning himself, he looks around until he sees the redhead then comes over to frown at him. His dogs are right at his heels.]
How long were you out there? That was stupid.
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[He's not entirely sure how to act around his friend at this point. They'd kissed... and more. Obviously, that meant smiles and stupid jokes. The same way he dealt with everything.]
Anyway, I was just looking around. I won't make that mistake again. Promise. [He gives him a wink.] You gonna tell me why you've got two dogs following you around?
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[Glancing down at the animals he watches as puppy Sylvain flops against his foot again. Puppy Dimitri is growling again. So like the boar. He looks back up at the red head.]
They're mine. The demons were going to kill them and I took them in.
[Well, that's the easy part of this...]
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[He looks at the two dogs, shifting his weight to one foot as he crosses his arms loosely over his chest.]
Alright, pretty good reason to follow you around. Did you give them names yet? [He makes a bit of a face when he looks at Dogmitri and gets another growl.] What's wrong with that one?
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[He plants a hand on his hip.]
...He wants you to pet him.
[A long pause and then...]
His name is Dimitri.
[He's working it up to being able to admit the name of the other one.]
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Well that's what's wrong with him! [He's talking to the dog now, shifting to more of a baby voice as he steps closer and drops down onto one knee.] Isn't it? He named you after Dimitri and not after his bestest friend in the whole world.
[The dog excitedly steps closer, his whole back end wagging. Meanwhile, Sylvain is oblivious that Felix actually had named the other dog after him. He gives Dimitri a hearty scratch before starting to playfully roughhouse with him.]
And what's your little daddy's boy dog named?
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Here it goes...]
...Sylvain.
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Uh... Wh-.... S-seriously, Fe? [He catches himself, the nickname bringing back thoughts of their time together in the showers so he quickly adds the ending of his name.]-lix.
[A red dog with dependency issues... Ouch.]
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[Felix crosses his arms and glances at the dog's namesake before nodding to the blond puppy.]
That's Dimitri and this one is Sylvain.
[...Shit. And he hasn't met the cats yet. Damn it.]
I guess you'll want to meet the cats too.
[There. Make this somehow Sylvain's fault. That's the tsun way of handling this!]
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He gets back to his feet, still offering Dogmitri head scratches.]
Cats? Sure, why not? [He feels a weird wave of emotion thinking about being alone with Felix in his room, a feeling that immediately makes him feel a pang of guilt for where his mind goes.]
What're their names?
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Felix turns to start walking so he doesn't have to reveal the look on his face.]
Ingrid and...
[Yet he still hesitates. Because Sylvain will recognize what the next name means to him. Will get it.]
...and Glenn.
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Oh... okay.
[Would he name a future pet after his dead brother? Yeah, definitely not. Though the circumstances were a bit... different.]
Can't wait to meet them. And see your room. Do they all look the same? This place isn't so different from the academy when it comes to that kind of thing. A bit more privacy, I guess. [He doesn't quite realize he's rambling about dumb, pointless shit yet, talking to fill the quiet.]
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[He's grateful for the subject change. It keeps him from having to deal with what he's told Sylvain. Just like how he doesn't deal with the death of his father. Or anything else really.
It's a bad habit. He knows it. But he's still doing it.]
I haven't done anything with it really so it'll look like whatever room they give you when you leave the starter room.
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[Despite having a longer stride than Felix, he doesn't ever quite catch up to him, meandering along behind him. It keeps either of them from having to deal with making eye contact. It felt like he had a ton on his mind, Felix's pets, Glenn, Miklan (unfortunately), and the still pressing, constant thoughts of the other day in the shower room.]
Someone else shares my room but I haven't actually seen them yet... Kind of weird, right?
[He nods about Felix's room, unsurprised. Again, it makes him think back to the monastery. Both of their rooms had looked practically untouched save for Felix sticking extra swords all over the place in his room.]
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[He's not going to make commentary on Sylvain's flirtatious behavior nor how he's been on dates and likely brought girls back to his room before. He doesn't want to think about it because it makes him mad. And he doesn't want to think about what that might mean. He probably should deal with this but he's just...not.]
They might just not want to show up at the room. Some people keep obnoxious hours.
[Like how no one fucking slept ever when he first arrived.]
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[Such an ordeal. Of all the things Sylvain could make fun of Felix for, that one just didn't seem worth riling him up over. At least not more than he already had. Sylvain honestly didn't mind sharing a bedroom. It really wouldn't have made much difference to him if he was told to get settled because that was his room.]
Maybe.
[The hours he kept probably weren't much better...]
Hey, Fe... How long've you been here?
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[He's not even sure why he knows that. Time feels so different here. He does know that his birthday has come and gone. Not that anyone knows that. He's never told anyone that his birthday lines up a little with the calendar here.]
This way.
[He turns down a hallway. They're almost to the room he stays in now.]
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[There's a genuine gravity in his tone. Six months might not feel like that long under normal circumstances but Sylvain had only just gotten a taste of what this place served up and that was enough to know that six months is practically a lifetime.
He tilts his head slightly. Since he's following along behind Felix anyway, he can use the moment to see if he can spot any other notable changes in him. The pets, the scars... he can't help but wonder if there's more.]
This isn't too far from the temporary rooms...
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[Felix stops by the door then opens it for the dogs first who immediately run to his room. He nods for Sylvain to follow him and then heads in to go open his bedroom. The cats are both on the bed, just waking up from the commotion of the dogs and the two men coming in. Ingrid immediately scolds them for it. Glenn pointedly turns around and presents his back to them.]
That one is Ingrid. That one is Glenn.
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