#/ yuri like two hours ago: no talk me im angy

[bravewolfvesperia]

In time Yuri would get all of it out, just... in a very non-standard way. With time it would come out in jokes or casual comments. Flynn's patience would pay off. In some way it might have even better that way. If he couldn't do it all at once, there would always be a reminder dropped here and there. Some different admission and expression of comfort that Yuri could slowly start easing back into (when had he lost it, anyway...?).

And if Flynn had his own way of getting his feelings across, rambling was okay. Sometimes he probably just needed to find the words. Sometimes he probably just needed to get to where he wanted to be with what he wanted to say. As they had established, neither of them were all that great in the word department. Even if Flynn just wanted to let fifteen years of emotions pour out, if it made him happy to do so, Yuri wasn't one to stop him.

"If it makes you happy to say what's on your mind, I'd rather you say it than worry it will bother me. Seeing you happy certainly doesn't bother me." In fact, that was... exactly why Flynn was ever allowed to cook once he had started. In the event that he escaped all notice and had already started, if he was brimming with energy and pure joy, Yuri didn't have it in him to stop him. Sometimes Flynn just looked so goddamn happy while cooking and Yuri would take an upset stomach over seeing a smile from Flynn turn into a frown.

It really made his "do anything for Flynn even at his own detriment" behavior take on a whole new meaning...

"You improve faster than me, honestly. I know now why you were the way you were when we first met, but... you've come leaps and bounds since then. I'm the one who tends to struggle as if it's going to hurt someone if I don't struggle or skirt around what I want to say." Just because he had the improvement of acknowledging it didn't mean it would get better soon, and he knew he couldn't be content with just that. That part of him hadn't just stagnated - it had never gotten better. It had always been a problem.

When Repede's attention is back on them, Yuri closes the distance between them and rubs at the top of his head. "Sorry buddy." Granted, if Repede minded he probably would have nudged at them in the middle of all that. With Flynn not always around though, even Repede would take what he could get. Just because around Flynn seemed to keep Repede in actively good spirits.

Uuuuuntil Flynn suggested making him food. After he already suggested helping with dinner earlier. Today's comebacks for that concern were very lucky. Rational. Useful. Legitimate. Wouldn't always be like that. Gotta take the wins where he can.

"It's alright, we can take him for a longer walk. Just give him a bit more than his usual walk time to make up for it. Repede seems to like how spacious Dahngrest is. If Karol is curious what happened, it's not a lie to say we got caught up talking about things and took Repede out longer to make it up to him for getting distracted." Not that he intended to hide anything from Karol, but it wasn't really something they needed to get into right now.

That was a whole topic in itself that they needed to be ready for - that they needed to be in the mindset of talking over. If Karol knew they had confessed like this? Sure, he'd be happy... but it was reasonable to assume it would also worry him; maybe even scare him. Make him think maybe Yuri was just going to end up like the rest and abandon him. That Yuri would just pack up and move out to be with Flynn without sparing him a thought because surely he can take care of himself now.

They were adults. They could handle patience. He was... still a kid. A kid who had been through too much, but a kid. As much as Yuri wanted to just run off to a corner of the world to start setting up a life for himself and Flynn, he was, even if not officially legally, responsible for Karol and intended to be until the boy was an adult. In the same vein, he was just as responsible for Karol's feelings and making sure he took all actions possible to keep Karol from fearing that he could end up by himself again.

"I'll tell Karol the whole of it someday but... not right now. He's just getting used to living with - in his words - family, so... I don't want to scare him and make him think I hung around while it was convenient for me and plan to take off once other things come along. He acts happy and energetic, but I think it would completely crush him if he even thought for a second that was that and I was about to tell him I'm on my way out."

Not that they couldn't figure something out and stay together, but Dahngrest was Karol's home and, right now, their main job source. It would be cruel to just tell Karol he had to go with them wherever they ended up. He wasn't about to put conditions on being family to a boy who had no other family. "I'd like you to be there for that though, whenever we do talk about it. If I'm family to him, I guess that makes... you family to him now too."

Flynn was glad to hear that he wasn't the only one thinking that nothing seemed to have changed. Again, it was an obvious outcome. Thinking back to the kids of the orphanage and how they jokingly compare Yuri and Flynn to other married couples, Flynn was honestly surprised that this didn't come to light earlier.

"It seems like it's been that way for me as well. I doubt I could really remember when it started." Flynn commented with a tiny smile. Because the earliest he could remember was the day that Yuri had knocked him to the ground during their first fight.

Could it really have started from day one? Or maybe when Yuri had come all the way to find him when he was 'lost'? (He wasn't lost. Flynn never really got lost so long as he had seen the path beforehand.)

As Yuri takes his hand and pulls it down to hold it instead, Flynn allows the other to swing their hands as he finally takes a step back so he could walk alongside his partner. "Oh, I'd love it if you just said everything right now."

It was a joke and he hoped the overly amused smile gave it away as he squeezed Yuri's hand. "No, Yuri, you don't have to say all of the 'sappy stuff' if you don't feel comfortable with it. If you'd rather stick with 'me too' then that's fine. Now that I know how you feel, it's fine. You always have a way of expressing things your own way anyway. If you feel like I'm being a bit too much, however, be sure to tell me to tone it down."

Flynn honestly wasn't expecting Yuri to drop an entire romantic speech at him and honestly, Flynn would really have no idea on how to react if Yuri actually decided to do that. It would probably be best if Yuri stuck to expressing his feelings in a way that they were both used to... for both of their hearts' sake.

"I'll try to be more open with my thoughts as well. I might struggle a bit but ... I suppose every day you must strive to improve somewhere." As Flynn chuckles, he finally looks over and sees Repede move to stand up as he looks at the two of them expectantly.

"Oh, Repede... I'm sorry for the wait. We should really get back to your walk, shouldn't we?" Flynn gave their dog an apologetic duck of the head. "I'll make it up to you later. Maybe I'll make you some extra dinner to reward you for your patience!"

Repede gives Flynn a long stare before slowly letting his stare trail over to Yuri and the meaning of his look was clear as day.

'YOU can make it up to me by stopping him when it comes to that.'