papalobo | Day 235 - Thursday, August 13th

Day 235 - Thursday, August 13th

[...No answer? He waits.

Maybe he was insensitive with that one. But doesn't he have a right to protect his pride as someone who was dumped? He waits.

It's not like Ash is the only one he can't fuck. Blanca will come to mind as surely as Ash himself any time he tries not only with a partner (Haha. Ha ha ha ha. Real funny. Not into a humiliation kink so that ain't happening.) but even just trying to bust a quick nut to some porn or something. He waits.

He's done being gay, straight, anything. He's practically Eiji, now. He waits.

He waits, and he hopes Ash breaks off with Blanca, too. For such a sexy bastard, Ash leaves a lot of people in his wake Max is pretty sure will never fuck again. Eiij's not the best representative since he came in a virgin, but he's not a writer anymore, the details aren't so important. He starts to type a 'good night' that this time is properly, fully erased, and never sends. He sleeps.

By morning, Nima is up, showered, shaved, and going to pick up Max and the kitties because they're all going to have breakfast together. Ben doesn't quite think it's worth showing off with Ash's own cooking prowess, but the truth is he's a little proud of his capacity for pancake art cartoons and the fact that he can flip flapjacks really high in a pan. Rusty, for his part, is very proud of his ability to roll around in front of Ash and show off his stomach for pets.

When Nima returns with Max, she also has a very small parting gift, an oversized sleep shirt that reads 'World's Best Grandson'. It is just a sleep shirt, he's not expected to wear it in public but one can never have too many sleep shirts, she insists.

Rusty wants to smell the cats. Kuroneko is terrified of both the dog and his nose. Asher dutifully remains in front of Kuroneko and meows loudly in protest, which Rusty takes as a greeting and happily barks back. He tried to pull Ash to the cats, either because he thinks Ash needs to see them, or maybe because he wants Ash to take them out of the carrier so he can play with them. They are toys for him, right? Since he brought Ash his Santa last night?]

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You seem to be having a pretty hard time with it.

[ Some pot roast sandwiches would work. ]

[Max rolls along to linger, with cats in tow, watching.]

I'm saying you're a cat. You.

Wow, the public education science classes are that bad, huh?

Me? Human. Asher, Kuro? Cat. You, human.

[ Sadly, it'll just be food pulled from packets today. Max has been gone for too long with Ash being too busy to prepare anything to pull out later. ]

How do you want the sandwich?

Sandwich?

Just some packaged beef. This guy I was living with ran off so I don't have anything hot, but I doubt he cares too much if it comes from a package.

I'll leave it to you...

[ Ash'll at least caramelize some onions and mix together a sauce for it so it won't be as bland. ]

So, you said you'd been in therapy up there. Are you going to find a therapist here, or keep doing it with me?

[His eyes linger on the pan coming out; so Ash isn't completely half-assing this. It really may just be a lack of ingredients. But isn't it just a fact that Ash is going to be less committed to those casual things he took for granted, like detailed, lovingly made meals presented as if they were a breeze, now that they're not together?]

I'll call in the in-home help again....

[ That was the assumed answer. At least he was going through the trouble of calling them in. That was better than ignoring the need all together. ]

Then I'll move my therapy stuff upstairs.

When you got time, with you's good, if you don't mind it bein' in the same space.

It's going to be weird.

[ Emotional honesty isn't easy for Ash, but he can handle hard talks. Still, usually, that emotion is anger or disappointment. ]

Right now, things feel off, but they won't always. That's when it's going to be weirder. That's still something we can handle when it happens. It's not like we can't resist each other.