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[belheir]

From: Kazuya Minegishi
To: Everyone
Subject: Birthday Boy

Two months ago, my cousin Naoya decided to announce to the world at large that it was my birthday. Today I get to return the favour.

Please send him your best birthday regards. He's older than dirt and will need them before inevitably expires due to being a literal fossil.

I know you saw this coming, Naoya.

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[belheir]

You're not cold, Naoya.

[ Not to him, at least. Kazuya can definitely remember the many times Naoya looked after him, how many times he'd bandaged his cuts and scrapes. Always gentle, always gently chiding him to be more careful, and always affectionate. ]

Well, maybe to others, but not to me.

[ And he can only imagine, the slow descent into insanity, how it would change a person to have to live so long, to have to see so much without the possibility of an End. You'd have to close yourself off at that point, just to protect yourself.

Which makes the fact that Naoya, even briefly, ever shared the softer moments all the more precious.

Kazuya doesn't want to let him down. ]

[crouching_sin]

Well. You're an exception.

[At first it was because of Abel, but... watching his cousin grow was gratifying, in a way. Perhaps it was because he had plans for the boy. Perhaps it was something else entirely. He's not sure, and he's not sure he wants to really know the answer.]

[He carefully cards his fingers through the other's hair, pulling out any tangles he encounters.]

... I'm sure the girls who tried to romance me in school disagree with that assessment.

[It was always weird, being 'wooed' by people who were barely a blink of an eye old for him.]

[belheir]

You're going to mess up my headphones if you keep doing that.

[Petting his hair, he means. Though that would be pretty hard to do, considering the connecting wires are at the back of his head. It is a soothing little motion though, and Kazuya isn't too grumpy about it. It just reminds him of when he was a lot younger, that's all.]

Well. They don't matter. Especially not now anyway. Especially since being an accomplice to the rise of the King of Demons is probably incredibly not hot. Your dating pool has significantly decreased.

[crouching_sin]

Heh. You'll be fine. Your headphones will survive. You need to take them off at some point anyway or you're going to damage your ears.

[Fuss, fuss...]

I don't know, I'm sure there's plenty of people who find that kind of power attractive.

[People he wants to date? Probably not.]

[belheir]

I don't have to take them off at all.

[ He barely takes them off to sleep as it is. ]

And those aren't the kinds of people you should be dating anyway. Especially if they think you have any kind of power over me.

[ Which, Naoya does, to an unfortunate extent. They both know it, but Kazuya can definitely put up an act all the same. ]

[crouching_sin]

Mm. They're fools if they think anything can get between us.

[He hugs Kazuya a little tighter. This may not be his Kazuya, but it's still nice.]

... We're a team. And that's the best present I can ask for.

[Sappy, maybe. But true.]

[belheir]

Gross.

[ Is the idle comment he makes, and there's absolutely zero bite to it as he starts to fully relax between Naoya and the couch now. He's definitely not going amywhere soon, unless Naoya has other plans. ]

I won't ever abandon you. Not for anything, and not for anyone.

[crouching_sin]

[If only the other Kazuya felt the same...]

Good. Because I'm not going to let you go.