[ Caelus breathes out his own sigh of relief. This close, Aventurine will surely notice that he's shaking; in all honestly, Caelus doesn't even know why he's shaking. Maybe he braced himself for more rejection than this. But that soft, gentle look on the man's face — the way his curved lips don't seem to change the veiled sadness in his eyes —
Caelus realizes with a jolt that he might be in love.
He also doesn't know what to do with this information.
Anxiously, he licks his lips and nods, trying to put the odd, fluttering excitement in his chest somewhere in the back of his mind. ]
Okay. Okay. They'll agree. Don't worry.
[ They will; he's certain of it. Himeko and Welt are not the types of people that do not forgive. ]
None of us would judge you. You'll have a place to call your own.
[ A thousand different things are running through Caelus's mind in the moment. Like how nice it will be to have a new crew member; how happy everyone else will be; what will happen to Penacony from here; will the IPC chase after Aventurine like a lost asset. Things like that. How happy Aventurine will be, once he realizes that everything Caelus promised is real. That feels like the most important thing in the moment, even though Caelus is certain that it shouldn't be, and maybe he should worry about other things. But still. Selfishly, he wants nothing more than for Aventurine to be happy. He breaks into a slightly chagrined laugh, as if struggling to process all of it. ]
Sorry, I — I'm just so happy right now. [ He presses his face into his pillow a litle bit, looking shyly at Aventurine out of the corner of his eye. ] You probably think I'm crazy. Sorry. I just... I feel like we've been through a lot together. But I'm the only one who saw things, so it's all one-sided. But still...
[ He buries his face into his pillow outright, his response muffled. ]
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Caelus realizes with a jolt that he might be in love.
He also doesn't know what to do with this information.
Anxiously, he licks his lips and nods, trying to put the odd, fluttering excitement in his chest somewhere in the back of his mind. ]
Okay. Okay. They'll agree. Don't worry.
[ They will; he's certain of it. Himeko and Welt are not the types of people that do not forgive. ]
None of us would judge you. You'll have a place to call your own.
[ A thousand different things are running through Caelus's mind in the moment. Like how nice it will be to have a new crew member; how happy everyone else will be; what will happen to Penacony from here; will the IPC chase after Aventurine like a lost asset. Things like that. How happy Aventurine will be, once he realizes that everything Caelus promised is real. That feels like the most important thing in the moment, even though Caelus is certain that it shouldn't be, and maybe he should worry about other things. But still. Selfishly, he wants nothing more than for Aventurine to be happy. He breaks into a slightly chagrined laugh, as if struggling to process all of it. ]
Sorry, I — I'm just so happy right now. [ He presses his face into his pillow a litle bit, looking shyly at Aventurine out of the corner of his eye. ] You probably think I'm crazy. Sorry. I just... I feel like we've been through a lot together. But I'm the only one who saw things, so it's all one-sided. But still...
[ He buries his face into his pillow outright, his response muffled. ]
I'm just really excited to be with you.