burningrescue | lio catch all

Do you usually drink?

[That would kind of surprise him.]

I think you could let your guard down sometimes, even here.

No. I don't enjoy it.

[too lame to drink.]

I will keep it up if I want to.

Me neither!

[Too lame! Anyway, he snorts at that.]

Yeah, I know. You'll never stop doing anything if you don't want to. Just saying.

[He looks a little confused because the "just saying" implies that it's a flaw, but he doesn't see how it could possibly be a bad thing? Being the world's most stubborn asshole? Anyway, sitting on the Gaming Couch, just waiting to be handed a controller. Like he can't pick it up himself. Manspreading. Like normal.]

I will play the turtle who breathes fire.

[B*wser. He means B*wser.]

Okay! I'll be - this guy.

[Picking some dumb fucking Fire Emblem with a sword.]

Stupid. He is powerful, but not as powerful as the turtle, and just as slow. Any hits I make will be more effective.

[HE'S PLAYED IT, LIKE, TWICE NOW. SHUT UP. But he's button smashing like hell! He has no idea what any of these things do, but he's incredibly concentrated, saying nothing, leaning forward, eyes on the screen as if he is performing heart surgery.]

Nuh-uh. It's all about the energy I bring to playing him!

[He never even considered there might be strategy to picking your characters. Anyway, also button mashing!! Neither of them know how to play this game at all.]

[Yeah, they are both equally terrible at it. Eventually, Lio's rage starts rising - Galo can probably feel that - especially as he loses lives or gets flung off the stage. Breaking his INTENSE concentration to glare at Galo.]

You're cheating-- you're making it to what you want. I would not stand there and be hit, I would take your sword and beat you with it.

Only a real loser whines about cheaters just because they're getting their ass kicked!

[Oh! Damn! As he says that, knocking Lio off the platform and then also falling off the platform himself.]

[SHOVING! HIM! Like, in real life. Not in the game.]

Look what you did, bastard! You've killed us both! For what, petty revenge?!

No, I just ran off the edge by accident!

[Shoved! Lio also feels shoved!]

[HE KEEPS FORGETTING THAT. He has hassled the shit out of himself today twice already. Waving a hand at the screen.]

Make it go again.

You're a bad loser.

[Not making it go. Pointing at him.]</small? Everybody says I'm a bad winner, but you're worse!

[Crossing his arms, defensive. But in a very childish way, which isn't helping the claims he's a sore loser.]

Make it go again.

Fine!

[Making it go again! But picking L*nk this time! Now he'll win even more.]

[Same button-mashing deal! But Galo will get fit in the face with a full bag of Lio Excitement when he actually manages to knock Galo off the edge. Wow. He really is a bad loser and a bad winner.]

[He'd be grumpy, normally, because he's also a bad loser, but instead he's just happy because of Lio's happiness. Getting distracted, looking over at him, and then remembering to fight.

Next time Lio's cornering him, though, he glances at the screen, glances at Lio, glances at the screen, and then leans over to kiss him.]

[You huge dumbass, you can't try the Kiss Distraction trick if you're just gonna get distracted too, on account of the deadly Kissing Feedback Loop. Did you learn nothing from the mistakes of Mammon and Melt?

Anyway, just. Kissed, I guess. What the fuck. I mean, I guess the distraction does work. He's very distracted. No one is playing the game.]

[He was already distracted before the feedback loop, let's be real. Link was falling to his death before Galo made a move at all. Now he's just dropping the controller so he can kiss him more, hand on the couch on the other side of Lio to brace him, because Lio hasn't stopped him yet and the plan quickly spiraled out of control??]

[WAS THERE A PLAN. Again, I think Galo has to reexamine what he thinks a fucking plan is. That was not a plan. But, yeah, fine, Lio isn't exactly going to stop him, closing his eyes and sighing out, leaning forward to kiss him back. This is so quickly spiraling, like kissing while standing in between two funhouse mirrors. Weird.

On the other hand, he hasn't remembered to drop his controller, so that's also happening. Just got his hands in his lap holding a controller while Galo starts to climb over him to try and kiss him so he can win at video games. Bad.]

[Was the plan to win at video games, or was the plan to kiss Lio. Because the second plan seems to be going pretty well. He isn't really expecting Lio to kiss him back like that - just like in the garden, he was expecting this to be quick and then Lio would get mad and punch him. But sure, this way is fine, too!]

[That is also not a plan. That's just kissing Lio, and then pretending that was the plan.

Lio doesn't seem all that mad. In fact, he isn't mad at all, because he's just thinking kissing thoughts? And then feeding off of Galo's kissing thoughts, who is feeding off of his kissing thoughts, and back and forth forever. Eventually remembering he can abandon the controller and actually reach up to put his arms around Galo's shoulders instead, so. Doing that.]

[Oh, wow, you can do that? In that case, moving his hand to rest on Lio's thigh, since that's way better leverage. Oh wow, also, are they just going to keep kissing until the execution happens and this horrible feedback loop breaks? Very possible.]

[Very possible! Listen, it's been like. A long, terrible week, and if a stacked firefighter wants to kiss you on the gaming room couch like you are high schoolers at a house party, why would you turn down that opportunity. A real waste. He didn't want to think for a little while about sad things, and this is very much the opposite of sitting and thinking about sad things.

But i guess someone has to be the coward here. Lio pulls back, a little shock finally settling in, arms still around Galo's shoulders (Galo's hand definitely still on his thigh). His brow knits deeply.]

. . . You tricked me.

[Is that. A joke.]

[Kind of staring back at him, a little loopy, until he recognizes what Lio is saying. And he snorts a laugh. His feelings right now are - warm, and happy, and extremely dumb. Something like letting your guard down and being a little drunk. So enjoy that, Lio.]

I sure did.

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lol...

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