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[greedbowstome]

I’m not sure they will.

[But that won’t stop him from eating. Which feels like a strangely intimate thing, given how rarely he does so with other people. It isn’t so much a conscious effort to avoid it but, back home and at The Slat, he did nearly everything alone. Partly because he just preferred it that way, partly because it was part of the image he’d built.]

[enoderedrum]

[ Noah grabbed his own food and moved over to sit diagonally from Kaz, drawing one leg up onto the chair with him. ]

So you’re saying you want me to go by what you were feeling while you were looking at me then? Cause those was full blown crush signals.

[greedbowstome]

[Well, that's enough to make a guy choke on some soup, Noah. Thanks.] What? What are you talking about?

[enoderedrum]

Hm?

[ Noah takes a bite of his sandwich and looks up innocently. ]

[greedbowstome]

What you just said... that's not... [He shakes his head.] I don't... [Eye. roll.] You're ridiculous.

[He mutters the last part, focusing on his food again.]

[enoderedrum]

You know….

[ he idly gives his soup a stir. ]

…every time you say that, it makes me want to kiss you, right?

[greedbowstome]

Wha- why? [He stares at him, perplexed. Make it make sense, Noah.]

[enoderedrum]

[ he chuckles at the pure confusion written all over the other boy, and carefully sets his spoon down so he can focus on him instead. ]

It’s like I told you before. When you call me ridiculous - it isn’t an insult. Not anymore. It carries this…sort of…Brekker Brand Affection.

You’re not saying it to be rude you’re saying it like you cannot fathom why I say the things I say or why they make you happy.

[ he picks up his spoon again and shrugs, speaks and takes a bite. ]

That’s why.

[greedbowstome]

[He doesn’t know what to say to any of that. He’s used to Noah doing things like this, touching the things other people wouldn’t dare try to even brush against. But it’s still so baffling when he does it. And Kaz thinks Noah’s gotten bolder in just how hard he chooses to press into all the things living under the surface.

The whole conversation is the sort that makes Kaz uncomfortable. He’s bad with it and he’d rather escape it completely if only he could find a way out.

Instead, all he can manage is an amused scoff of a laugh before asking: ]

Brekker Brand Affection? What does that even mean?

[enoderedrum]

Exactly how it sounds.

[ he chuckles and tips his head back a little. ]

Ask Jes. He knows what I’m talking about.

[greedbowstome]

[His face scrunches up at that, but he decides to leave it alone for now. Ask Jes. Everyone and their calling his sharpshooter that ridiculous nickname. Honestly.

He focuses on his food for now, much more interested in finishing it than this conversation.]

[enoderedrum]

[ Noah is okay with letting the silence take over.

But only for so long. ]

Did you at least enjoy the nude?

[greedbowstome]

[He doesn't choke this time– but only barely. He cuts his eyes over to the other boy sharply.]

Honestly, Noah. Are you trying to kill me today?

[enoderedrum]

So did you?

[ the answer to Kaz’s question is probably: yes. ]

[greedbowstome]

I...don't see why this is a topic of discussion. [He mumbles into his soup.]

[enoderedrum]

[ Smirking softly around his spoon he just muffled a little laugh and nods, setting it back in his bowl. ]

If you didn’t like it just say so. I wouldn’t blame you.

[greedbowstome]

I didn't say that.

[The words roll off his tongue faster than he'd intended. Which is to say they left his mouth at all. Noah is good at dragging reactions out of him. Jesper does it plenty, too. Maybe he's just easier to bait than he'd like to think, at least about some things.]

[enoderedrum]

[ Softening, he leans into his palm and watches Kaz. ]

That wasn’t so hard now was it?

[greedbowstome]

Yes. [Is he serious or is he just being contrary? Who can tell.]

[enoderedrum]

How hard was it?

[ Grinning lightly his eyes slide down for a brief second to Kaz’s lap. ]

[greedbowstome]

Saints. [He mutters, absolutely and completely unable to stop the laugh that bubbles out of him at that. He reaches with his good leg to kick at Noah's chair.] Shut up.

[enoderedrum]

Wanna make me?

[ Grinning, he wiggles his brows suggestively. ]

[greedbowstome]

[Some small part of him all but says yes, internally loud, but outwardly? He just rolls his eyes and shakes his head.]

What's gotten into you today?

[enoderedrum]

Man, you just keep giving me fuel to make this continue.

[ Noah laughs softly and then drops his hands into his lap. ]

Nothing. I’m just enjoying how….relaxed you’ve been with me.

[greedbowstome]

You're a brat.

[Which is, at least, not 'ridiculous'. But there's still more of an edge of amusement in it than annoyance.

The second part makes him pause.]

Have I?