Dream Post XI

[wotanon]

[ sometimes NSFW is the post-bad game therapy that's needed. ]

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[wayofthehousekeeper]

[ Just Looks at him, which is probably the first time ever Aster's done that. ]

Yeah. You're the reason.

[at_heart]

[ His surprise is probably pretty comical? He is actively pointing at himself, like. Him? You're sure??? ]

Me.

[wayofthehousekeeper]

Yeah, you.

You don't have to look so surprised about it.

[at_heart]

[ He very much does, Aster. ] [ But also: dreams are weird, and being in someone else's dream is weirder, and his earlier thought that maybe he's taking on the role of someone specific here takes a while to come back to him, even fuzzily. ]

That's... [ Concerning? Power harassment??? ] Sweet.

[wayofthehousekeeper]

[ idk man everything feels perfectly normal for Aster. ]

You also don't have to look so tired at the thought- you can just think of it as loyalty.

[ Quickly said as if he didn't just half-confess. ]

[at_heart]

[ And after months of working really hard not to accidentally get into any relationships in Imeeji, he somehow still finds himself in one of these conversations, thanks a lot Yvette. ]

—Aster...

[wayofthehousekeeper]

[ rip Lupine. ]

[ Standing up again, offering a hand out. ]

Come on, you've still got breakfast to eat.

[at_heart]

[ ...gazes at that hand for a few seconds before taking it. ]

Yeah. Okay.

[ It would probably be slightly ridiculous to say anything anyway, right? If he's supposed to be someone else, what he feels super doesn't matter. If he's somehow not, doing the let's-just-be-friends speech in someone's dream has got to be worse than doing it through texts. ]

[wayofthehousekeeper]

[ Automatically reaching out to straighten his clothes once he's up. ]

At least I've got an idea of how to make sure you get up in the morning.

[at_heart]

[ what why ] [ Jumping again a little, because if he's ever had anyone straighten his clothes for him he doesn't remember it and it must've been a long time. ]

...heh. It definitely did — work.

[ Not like it's bad, kind of domestic and cute. Or. It would be, if you weren't his employee. ]

[wayofthehousekeeper]

[ Because showing off your chest the entire time is not actually how you're supposed to wear a yukata neatly Lupine. ]

And... you're sure you're totally awake, right? You seem a bit out of it.

[at_heart]

[ Look, he's worn worse. ]

I mean, I'm really not sure about that at all. [ 'Dream' or 'game' are definitely his guesses here, and he'd be way more sure if he'd done the dream-walking thing more than once. ] But I'm sure you, uh — did your job right.

[wayofthehousekeeper]

[ Chuckles, stepping back once he's done straightening Lupine's appearance. ]

If you really do need a few more minutes, I can help get them for you.

[at_heart]

[ Blank. ]

Them?

[ Breakfast? Is breakfast a them? ...Are there other people in this dream? ]

[wayofthehousekeeper]

[ Snorts and nudges him. ]

The minutes. I can bring breakfast in here.

[at_heart]

[ oh thank god ] [ ...........ugh, that sounds like office work. Is he going to wind up doing work in your dream just to avoid having a more awkward conversation? ]

Breakfast in bed, huh? You're gonna spoil me.

[ Evidently: yes. ] [ Also, if this sly comment as he turns away to tighten his obi in any way hits a weird note, sorry?? Flirt is an idle action, he absolutely said it without thinking. ]

[wayofthehousekeeper]

I wonder if you'll still feel the same way if I brought you paperwork in bed too.

[ Apparently dream Aster is totally fine with flirty banter, countering with his own more playful words. ]

[at_heart]

[ Oh, well, if it's gonna be like that, but Lupine's nose still wrinkles at the mention of paperwork. ]

It'd have to be really good breakfast to make up for the paperwork.

[wayofthehousekeeper]

[ Sorry but going to chuckle at that face. ]

I can guarantee the best.

[at_heart]

[ The chuckle — is fine, maybe even sort of nice. He wasn't expecting it. Lupine regards Aster for a few more seconds, then settles right back down on the bed, light. ]

Prove it.

[wayofthehousekeeper]

[ Raising a brow at the response but he grins back all the same. ]

Sure, alright. No taking back your words.

[at_heart]

[ Immediately, with confidence, ]

Yeah, I'm not a guy who does that a whole lot.

[ The opener for this dream was so warm and lazy and comfortable, and then immediately jarring in a way that knocked him completely out of it, but the longer it goes on, the more that initial sense of lazy comfort is creeping back in — and with it, Lupine is definitely losing some of his conscious awareness that this isn't right, this isn't his room, this shouldn't be happening. ]

[wayofthehousekeeper]

Then I'll have you eating them shortly.

[ He moves to step away, but via the laws of fuzzy dream logic he's back almost right away with a full tray that he sets down on a low table that now sits next to Lupine. Lupine's preferred foods based on any observations that could've been made over the course of their time in Lilis laid out and balanced with traditional Inazuman (ie fantasy Japan) breakfast foods. ]

How's this?

[at_heart]

[ A little surprised by the speed, but that's all that really registers about it, and then he's just grinning at the spread. Honestly, crepes and omurice are the identifiable 'breakfast' foods he knows in his own canon, so. It would not be hard to cover him pretty well. ]

I mean, the fact that you didn't bring paperwork with it is definitely a plus.

[ Sorry about the tsun compliments, Aster. It smells great. ]

[wayofthehousekeeper]

That's one of your dessert options.

[ Still at ease with teasing, apparently, pulling a second tray in through the door to start preparing tea. ]