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[so yeah at some point

you're going to walk into your bedroom

and find a spirit perched on your bed, like he didn't pass a fuckton of guards and also the whole town unnoticed.]

[ ... WELL THEN ]

Hello, Tsuyukusa.

[ relatively calm despite all that, but making sure he closes the door because the rest of the castle might not... feel the same way ]

[also calm, eyes glinting a little oddly in the gloom, but that's probably the whole spirit thing.]

Hello.

[ ... ]

Is everything all right?

Huh? Oh, I said I'd come to you if things went wrong, didn't I? No, the forest is fine.

[ ... but then why are you on my bed ]

I see. That is good.

To what do I owe the pleasure, then?

...

[shrugs]

[ ... man why are you so cute ]

You simply felt like visiting?

[what cute no cute]

I got bored!

I would think that you would have simply wandered off to another forest, if that were the case.

[ crossing over to the heavily curtained window, lifting the fabric up a little so he can peer out ]

You were not nervous? Venturing into the city on your own?

Didn't I say I'd come say goodbye before leaving?

[but he shrugs]

I was just caught off guard last time.

[ p... ausing, and dropping the curtain. ]

You are leaving the forest?

If I were I'd have said so when you asked me why I'm here.

[ wait what

oh ]

My apologies.

[ relieved, tho. and then crossing over to stand near him, not quite touching him but looking like he... sort of wants to. ]

Did you want to... talk?

[tips his head up to look at him, apparently comfortable with the proximity.]

Sure.

[ .. sitting next to him on the bed, letting out a soft sigh. ]

I sent the banapples back to the Queen along with a note. I doubt my envoy followed it, however, and had a few choice words of his own to say to her. [ looking only a little concerned, but shaking his head in amusement. ]

Without the aphrodisiac, I am sure they would have been more enjoyable.

It was still really good though? But sending them back was probably the best idea.

[ smiling a little ]

Forgive me if this seems foolish, but... how long have you been in this world, Tsuyukusa?

This one? Uhhh. Twenty years, maybe?

You are very young.

[ reaching over, absently brushing a few strands of hair from Tsuyu's face ]

But you have existed, before this?

...I'm two hundred, Sigmund.

[taking that touch in stride, more concerned with being called young]

... For a tree spirit, that is still very...

[ dropping his hand and... quieting, because it probably isn't best to say anything more on this. ]

...You know more than you let on, don't you?

Yeah, I'm young for a tree spirit.

[also climbing into your lap but that's neither here nor there]

[ ... that's not gonna make me stop from thinking you're young you know

letting him, letting his fingers ghost over Tsuyukusa's hips lightly, then curling over his waist ]

Perhaps.

[well there's the thing where he's casually straddling you, it's that kind of lap-climbing.

also he weighs much less than he looks to, much less than any actual person would. like. 20 pounds.]

I'm not used to hearing it from humans, though.