#src: vine

[telestoapologist]

misraaks: did you hang out with spider the other day?

eido: you know, yeah, i did.

misraaks: aw! (short, tested inhale) i love spider.

eido: you hate spider…

misraaks, now through nezarec’s voice: YEAH NO SHIT HONEY-

[recre8ed]

@r3loaded said → My muse catches your muse’s wrist before they can leave, their grip tightening just slightly. (womp womp sanzo initiating touch) ( src. / accepting. )

Hakkai doesn't have to feel the slight tug of resistance on his wrist to stop in his tracks. He stops the instant he feels the air move against his bare hand, but maintains the plausible deniability of looking away for that initial beat.

There's a certain safety to be found in looking the other way. It's a psychological trick that Hakkai is well aware of—some things just don't feel quite real until they're absolutely impossible to deny. Never mind that the feeling of Sanzo's grip is unmistakable, even though Hakkai is sure he's never felt it before. He's spent a long time looking, after all.

Those sorts of thoughts last the span of only a few seconds, during which Hakkai draws in a quick breath to compose himself. Aside from such a strong reaction being mildly embarrassing for someone who usually has a decent enough handle on himself, it also feels strangely like a violation of Sanzo's boundaries to be so affected by a simple gesture.

Of course, whispers a voice in the back of Hakkai's head, there's probably nobody else in the world he'd touch like this.

Sanzo's grip grows just slightly tighter, and Hakkai lets out his breath to the sensation of his hair standing on end. The vines that grow just beneath his skin have gotten harder to ignore, since he's been letting them out more often, and they itch to crawl out and wrap themselves around Sanzo's hand in turn, holding it there in search of just a moment longer.

Hakkai doesn't let them free. He turns his head back towards Sanzo, impenetrable smile ready and set firmly on his face.

"Sanzo?" he asks, head tilted slightly to the side. It's a genuine inquiry, though Hakkai has already admittedly come up with several reasons in his mind for the unexpected demand.

And it is a demand. There's no mistaking that—Sanzo doesn't make requests, after all. The closest he ever gets is asking Hakkai for his opinion, but he's not the sort of person who likes to submit himself to others in that way. And even if he were the sort of person who could stomach asking someone else for something, he'd never do it like this.

It's a little bit of a dirty move. Like so many other times lately, Hakkai can't tell whether Sanzo had acted knowing fully well the way he felt.

"If you need something, you know you can just tell me."

He's speaking about the shopping he'd been on his way out of the room to do, but he holds steady eye contact with Sanzo as he speaks, trying to convey the sort of message neither of them are the type to say out loud—Hakkai because he's woefully uncertain, and Sanzo because he's Sanzo.

If you want me to stay, I'll stay. There will always be more time for resupplying.

Sanzo's grip remains tight around his wrist.

[sasuquote]

Himawari: Boruto! Is that a weed?

Boruto: No this is a crayon-

Himawari: I’m calling the police [punches 911 into the microwave]

Kiba: 911 what’s your emergency-

[incorrectnevermoor]

Jupiter: Mog, what do you have?

Morrigan, running: WUNDER! >:D

Jupiter: NO!

[chiyoumen]

Ren: hey man can we stop at a lo mein shop? Guizhang: Ren,im making dinner at home. Ren *near tears*: I hate this fucking family- -

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Ren's bratty enough for this to be canon

[bdrpmemes]

Roo: can we stop at McDonalds?

Kanga: we have food at home

Roo: i hate this fucking family

[incorrectshera]

Glimmer: What do you want to eat?

Shadow Weaver’s voice in Adora’s head: THE SOULS OF THE INNOCENT.

Adora: A bagel.

Shadow Weaver: NO!

Adora: Two bagels.

[inaccuratemoomin]

Moomin: Do you ever want to talk about your feelings, Snufkin?

Snufkin: No.

Sniff: I do.

Moomin: I know, Sniff.

Sniff: I'm sad.

Moomin: I know, Sniff.

[ansatsukyoushitsutexts]

Asano Gakuho: Koro-sensei, we need to talk about your professionalism.

Koro-sensei: *Hanging from the ceiling* Those are some mighty brave words for a guy standing in lava.

[starmansymphony-moved]

ness: so youre from the future

buzz buzz: the year 200X

ness: so that means the world doesnt end in 199Y!

buzz buzz: well youre gonna wish it did

[springsday]

Yoongi: *opens a bag of chips*

BTS: *appears at his bedroom door*

Yoongi: God damnit, I can’t have nothing to myself.

[onceuponatimeintwd]

Marlon and Rosie at the beach.

Marlon: YOU GONNA GET YO FEET WET, I AIN'T GONNA TAKE YOU HOME-

Rosie: *goes to water*

Marlon: AW COME ON YOU GOT YO DAMN FEET WET NOW, SHIT DAWG-

[recre8ed]

@r3loaded said → " the only one who gets to kill you, is me. " ( src. / accepting. )

The absurdity of the statement compared to what he'd been expecting from Sanzo is such that after a momentary stunned silence, Hakkai accidentally lets loose a delighted laugh.

Sanzo is a unique enough person that he says this sort of thing often—Hakkai can think of countless pale imitations of threats he's used to disguise feelings like care and concern. The meaning usually isn't quite so straightforward, though Hakkai wonders if instead of Sanzo being easier to read than usual, he's just gotten used to the way Sanzo tells other people he cares.

Naturally, Sanzo has had a hold on his life since the moment they met, but he's never accepted that fact so openly before. Something deeply satisfied coils in Hakkai's chest, like the vines that lurk beneath the surface of his skin have found the nutrients they need to fester.

There's something in the way Sanzo says it, after all, certain and commanding—you're mine, so I won't sit back and let you die.

Or something like that.

Not that Sanzo is quite so possessive. He's made it clear before that Hakkai's life doesn't belong to him, after all, but at this juncture Hakkai doesn't really mind the idea of being Sanzo's responsibility, or being his in the way that they are eachother's closest confidants. 

"When you say it like that," Hakkai starts, pushing back the remnants of his unexpected laughter, "I guess it would be a little rude of me to even think about giving anyone else the privilege."

Despite his best efforts, the smile that settles onto his face is entirely pushed there by emotion, rather than held up like a mask. In some odd way, Hakkai is grateful that the decision about what sort of expression he's going to pair with his response has been taken from him—he's always hated that insincere part of himself, after all, that smiles when there isn't any need and has trouble dredging up an expression that means something.

Sanzo brings a lot of things out unbidden in Hakkai, but this is one that he doesn't particularly mind. 

He can't go back to worrying, now, either. Sanzo has stripped him temporarily of the ability to think of a world in which he doesn't make it home alive. Sanzo is no arbiter of absolute truth, but he often speaks like he is one, and his determination is such that Hakkai can't imagine even trying to contradict him.

Hakkai wishes he could tell Sanzo plainly how much the sentiment means. But neither he nor Sanzo are the sorts of people who deal in directness, when it comes down to it. So he holds Sanzo's gaze and does nothing about his smile, responding to these sorts of things in the same way he always has.

"I intend to live for a long while yet," he affirms. "I don't want to be the sort of person who gives up that easily. Aha... Well, that is to say, I won't allow anyone to do me in after how far we've come to get here. Even if it were you, I would never go down without a fight—I think you'd be angrier with me if I did."

Really, the longer he spends with Sanzo, the harder it is to think rational thoughts about the future.

... But that's alright. Hakkai thinks he prefers the certainty Sanzo makes him feel.

[sasuquote]

Itachi: Hey guys today my brother pushed me so I’m starting a Kickstarter to put him down.

Itachi: The benefits of killing him would be that I get pushed way less.

[incorrect-cavaliers-quotes]

ah, the days of dead mira

[chiyoumen]

Ryo: can I get a waffle? *Ren and Guizhang fighting violently* Ryo: CAN I PLEASE GET A W-

This is canon

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