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I was wondering where you were finding your energy...

[ He's tired too. He's had more passes at him in a week than he has had in the entire time he's been dating Oria. Very irritating. Him snapping and punching theHe kisses Oria's cheek in turn. He wants to keep hugging...]

You didn't even bother getting the gel out of your hair...

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[ Oria whines a little. ]

I'll get it off after dinner...

[ Speaking of which, it should be soon. The sun sets now, and the vision is mostly blocked off by the trees far off. ]

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[Oh no... Oria's so cute. He kisses Oria's nose]

Dinner is more important.

[ And then he can help Oria with his hair. Probably.]

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Yeah...

[ Well said. Oria lifts his head from Sinclair's shoulder and sighs. ]

They'll call for us when dinner is ready. Probably by phone.

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Did you want to go back to your room to rest?

[He cups Oria's cheek a little, studying his expression]

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... No, actually. I'll just wait in the dining room. Shouldn't be too long. If I fall asleep at the table, then it's whatever.

[ He yawns. ]

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[Poking Oria's cheek. Ehehe...]

Then lets go back inside.

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Mrngh... okay.

[ Oria gets up and pulls Sinclair upwards too. Time to go to the dinner table! The dinner table has the remaining family this time: Kaleria, Iria, and Aria. Sinclair is always welcome to join them, of course. Oria doesn't think much of it when his mother has gone back to the appearance of seeming like a frail housewife. It's her fashion or something, he quips. The dinner isn't as fun, because Iria and Kaleria are spoilsports. Oria still finds some space to poke fun in an attempt to keep the atmosphere not as vicious.

After the dinner, Oria goes in his bathroom to finally clean up the mess that's his hair and removes all the makeup he had on him. Ugh. His skin can finally breathe.

By the time Sinclair enters Oria's room, he'll find Oria face down on the bed without his glasses. ]

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[ Sinclair is definitely a little stiff and awkward at dinner. He doesn't know how to handle Kaleria and Iria at all except to revert back to his manners developed with his family's formal dinners. He makes his way to Oria's room when he's done cleaning up too, sitting on the edge of Oria's bed and petting him]

Done for the day?

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[ Oria's hair is soft again and more natural. No gel. He rolls over to the side when Sinclair sits on the bed. ]

Yeah, I'm ready to relax.

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[ Sinclair lays down with Oria, taking that as an invitation. He strokes Oria's hair, drawing Oria into a hug]

Mm. It's been a long day...

[ Except. Hmmm ]

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[ Oria buries his face under Sinclair's chin so he's a bit lower than him at the moment while wrapping his arms around Sinclair's torso. ]

Never have been glad that you're fired, huh...

[ He laughs a little. ]

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[ He tucks Oria close, stroking his hair slowly]

Mmhm. I always thought I'd feel horrible if I heard the words "you're fired" but that was the best news they could give me.

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I'm glad you felt liberated.

[ The servant job definitely isn't easy. Oria has seen it all... ]

But when did you learn French? From Winter?

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[ Luckily it was always meant to be a temporary thing but...]

Mm. When we both could speak again, I got him on video calls and I practically with him.

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Must have been fun.

[ Oria closes his eyes while still burying his face into the area above Sinclair's collarbones. ]

I wanna tease him too...

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[ Oh. That's almost ticklish. That's fine though...]

You should just call him. He'd like that...

[Including the teasing. Sinclair pets Oria's hair a little more...ugh if he doesn't ask now, he'll never ask]

Hey...um. That girl that was with you almost the entire time...who is she?

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Hm? Oh.

[ Whatever energy he had left seems to be suddenly gone at the mention. Oria feels even more tired by the mention alone, but Sinclair is asking, so he will answer. ]

Bora is part of the Seo family. I met her years ago, actually. She was getting bullied by some pompous squad of mean bitches and I gave the leader a bald spot by yanking out a bunch of her hair at once.

[ He almost snorts as he recalls that memory. ]

Anyway, Bora had a crush on me ever since.

[ If it happened years ago, and Oria had several exes between the time frame to present day, then there's definitely something keeping him from dating her. ]

But her older brother was really protective of her and he saw everything I did to her as leading her on with shitty motives. Which... I guess it's true, yeah. I did lead her on. I'll admit that. For me, I thought it was the best way to keep her at bay—

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[ Oh, wait. Sinclair doesn't know. Right. ]

She's kinda mentally unstable: never taking no for an answer, has moments of hallucinations and psychosis... all that stuff. She damaged Sora's eye despite how he was protecting her because of a psychotic episode she had.

[ Yup. That guy also has an eyepatch. Bora's older (adopted) brother is Sora, who was technically born as Iria's fraternal twin, which means the Seo family bought Sora off them from whatever deal Arvel made.

And this is why it's complicated. Oria and Sora don't like each other, but the reason for Sora's dislike is very much obvious now. ]

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Oh.

[Sinclair takes a moment to process that. Then he squeezes Oria a little more. He'll keep petting Oria's hair, moving it to a gentle scalp massage. He had thought Bora was an acquaintance with a crush buf this adds all sorts of layers to that dynamic he could not figure out before]

...it does explain a lot about why she was...um.

[ He tries to think about it. He wonders if today opened up another thing that was meant to stay buried]

Normally a shy girl would prefer another girl to help her right? Not a guy...

[Not that Amelia was really a girl but Bora didn't know that]

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We never dated, but she acts very much like a clingy, jealous ex that never lets go. I have to admit... she's part of the reason why I went to an all boy's institution for high school.

[ mrnghhhghgghhh ]

She always wants my attention, so it doesn't matter who else is around for the most part, except for Sora, who tries to shut it down at every chance he gets.

[ Which is a relief for Oria, but his dislike of Sora stems from a different place. It's fine. ]

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I...see. In that light...

[ He'll pat Oria's hair...he feels bad for Oria but

Looks at him]

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[ When he hears Sinclair's voice trail off, he finally unburies his face to look at him in the eyes... or, he tries. He doesn't have his glasses on and everything is gaussian blurred to hell. ]

What?

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...I think you're going to have to work on your sense of personal space with people you don't actually like.

[That's as mildly as he can put it]

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[ ... ... ...

Oria is trying to figure out what Sinclair means by that, and he is... not getting any ideas. Maybe he's just that tired? ]

I don't dislike her, but she's tiring to deal with. Also, I do that usually towards people I don't like already. Right?