#if I realize some other distinctly 🌌🌹💜 things were missed

[asheanon]

"Nonverbal 🌌🌹💜 love language" garnered the most interest (and not just by me, to my surprise!) So...! Guess I'll be writing a little something on that one.~

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One of my favorite things about these two is how complicated they are. On average, they are not personally forthcoming in the slightest; one is a fantastic liar, one is a master at withholding information, neither wears their heart on their sleeve. In that regard, nonverbal communication can be key to seeing connections between them.

There are likely a number of things I could list here, but I'll list the most 🌌🌹💜 ones of all. I might return to this if I think of some things I possibly missed, though! 🐌

🪷 Eye contact speaks volumes. This applies to both of them in their own way, though, Sal is known for her rather finicky and fleeting eye contact. Between these two, it is often a "game" of Kuja being the one to lend his gaze and Sal being willing to meet it. However, this lends itself to the "magic" that is not only making eye contact, but holding it. On the rare occasion Sal initiates the eye contact, it can prove all the more "magical." 🤍

🪷 Their hands tell stories. Even in a relationship (of any kind, as well) Sal can still be distant when it comes to touch. Which is what makes things like hand-to-hand contact so impactful, for these two. Like the eyes, to Sal, the hands are a source of both power and vulnerability. Everything tells a story, if you "listen" closely enough - and hands tell quite a few.

Though they are not the type to hold hands, there are those ephemeral moments where they may meet. Like stolen glances, like brief moments where the world seems to slow. In truth, it is only in more intimate moments that they may truly hold hands (outside of exceptions such as dance configurations and things that may require it.) Primarily, it is a subconscious act; something done while lost in a daze, in sleep or in the thick of... um... 🔞🫦😏

🪷 Music moves them. This is especially apparent in the "Modern AU" as well as the "Phantom Of The Opera AU." There is a lot of communication within artistry, for these two - compositions inspired by the other, knowingly or not. There are songs they have co-written, some that they have proudly performed for the public - their stories open to interpretation - and others they may never share with the rest of the world... 🎼🌹

🪷 Words do too. This one was debatable to add... haha! Writing is something they also both do - Sal, a thoughtful journal writer, manifesting haunting song lyrics on occasion while Kuja infamously waxes poetic in many a pretty and pretentious shade - but... would it be considered verbal, in a way? For what it's worth, verbal or not, the introspective notes and "almost-love-letters" are very 🌌🌹💜 brand too. Definitely coincides with their complex natures. Written words from either of them have more of a depth and openness to them that many of their spoken ones may lack - at least, earlier on. 💌

🪷 They see eye-to-eye through unseen advances. (Paradoxically.) Full disclosure: more or less, these two like to sneak up on each other! Kind of. See, sometimes, affections come easier to give for them when the other has their back turned. (Again, it's complicated.) This walks hand in hand with various forms of indirect communication being a potent thing between them, though. Essentially, affections given with the full attention of the other placed upon them - especially eye contact - are often more timid; that attention can sometimes prove intimidating! More so to Sal than Kuja, of course, but this does apply to both of them for their own respective reasons! These advances are given form through embraces from behind, kisses on the shoulder or neck, tending to or playing with each other's hair and things of the like. Even earlier on, the two can be seen conversing like this, often with their backs turned to one another - the humble beginnings of things to come, in a way!

* Edit: I did want to add to this last entry, however: All of this is very much what makes eye contact an even more powerful thing for them later on, when it does happen. It's fulfilling for someone like Kuja and it's a sign of the utmost trust from Sal. While seeing eye-to-eye through unseen advances is a thing, actually seeing eye-to-eye later on is also a thing - and it is a very good thing too. 💜