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Part 4 of cycle through the data buffer
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2021-08-20
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the localhost holds LCD claws in a iron-filled hand

Summary:

[localhost - the local computer a program is running on]
[LCD - Liquid Crystal Display is a super-thin display created by putting an electrically reactive substance between two diodes, and is based on the principle of blocking light]

Takumi admires Jesmon, and they have a short but fond argument about whether they should go to bed or not, even though Takumi has to work in the morning.

Notes:

HI so uh. i got bored and went "hey, what about one of those loops where takumi was taking jesmon but didn't have all the memories?" so this was made. also! it's that one world where the eaters got dealt with alongside of vitium and yggdrasil etc. etc.

the dimensional door got opened at an earlier time in this particular loop, which is how jesmon is able to cuddle takumi so easily. it was still somewhat chaotic, but without the eaters it wasn't as much chaos.

ALSO YES i headcanon jesmon-species having claws that are made of crystal just like that funky chunk of crystal in the middle of all of their chests.

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

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He rolled over in his bed, turning his face towards the one there beside him. 



Jesmon looked so very peaceful, asleep like that. His armor had been neatly stacked on the floor where it would be easier to grab, cape folded as well. It was a bit shocking, at first, how dark Jesmon’s fur was compared to the pure white of his armor. Eventually, though, Takumi got used to it. The color, at least - he didn’t think he’d ever get used to how soft or silky Jesmon’s fur was, what the feel of the fur running through his fingers felt like. Or how gently Jesmon’s claws would lay in Takumi’s hands, the blueish crystalline structures scattering light all around the room when the blinds were opened just the right way.



An eye opened. “Takumi?”



“I’m fine, dear.” Takumi said, lightly cupping Jesmon’s cheek with one of his hands.



“Hmm.” Jesmon hummed and stretched - bladed legs carefully angled to avoid cutting through the sheets - and yawned, the bone and muscles and skin shifting under Takumi’s hand as the dragon did so. “Wha’ time ‘s it?”



Takumi looked at the alarm lock, peering over Jesmon’s shoulders. “One-thirty in the morning.”



Jesmon made a small annoyed sound. “It’s sleeping time , beloved.” 



Takumi hummed. “Why sleep when I can look at your face?”



The dragon huffed. “You have work tomorrow. You can look at me then.”



“But you’ll be wearing your helmet, and that covers up part of your face.” Takumi countered.



“ Takumi . Devoted, dearest.” Jesmon pressed his forehead against Takumi’s, somehow looking into Takumi’s blue eyes with his own gold ones despite the fact that Jesmon’s face was definitely not shaped like a human face. “Go. To. Sleep.”



Takumi sighed, dramatically. “Why do I love you again?”



Jesmon shrugged. “I don’t know. I love you because you’re kind, and sweet, and also pretty, and even when you’re not doing all of that you still try to be better than you were a second ago. Though,” he said, tapping a blue claw against his chin, “I do remember you saying something about how I was really soft and funny and nice when you asked me out.”



Takumi scoffed in false annoyance. “I said you were soft-hearted and kind and good at cheering me up , thank you very much.”



“Ah, my mistake.” Jesmon said, nodding sagely. “Just like your decision to keep us awake at past one in the morning even when you have work tomorrow at seven.”



“ Jesmon !” Takumi whined. “Why won’t you let me just swoon over you!”



“Because you need to sleep !” Jesmon shot back, immediately. “We can cuddle and swoon over each other tomorrow, once we get a break. But you have detective work to do, and I have to help Kyoko-san reorganize her filing cabinets, so we both need sleep.”



Takumi pouted, but eventually sighed and gave in. As much as he wanted to just stare at his boyfriend (soft, very huggable dragon who was warm), he couldn’t deny that he needed sleep. Grabbing the comforter from where it’d been pushed to one side of the bed, he pulled it back up over the both of them again, wiggling his way between Jesmon’s arms (and under the chest-crystal - best not to get impaled by that or anything. . .) to rest his head against Jesmon’s collarbone, arms wrapping around the dark-furred dragon.



Jesmon chuckled. “You like cuddles a lot, don’t you.”



“You’re warm.” Takumi replied. “I can never keep my thermostat warm enough, so having you to keep my from freezing if I kick my blankets off in the middle of the night is better than piling on a ton of blankets.”



“I suppose that’s true. . .” Jesmon mused, yawning again. “Hmm. Sleep.”



Takumi sighed, contentedly, and snuggled down a little bit further against his boyfriend. He slept.

Notes:

was this soft? good. tbh i mostly wrote this bc i wanted to see if shefrommo would leave a comment (thus confirming they're alive and just didn't get update notifications) or if they wouldn't and leave me forever wondering if they'd died or something happened to them. anyways

fun fact! takumi is not half-digital at this point in time! not in this part of this loop at least. he'll get into an. . . accident later, a la mirei, but unlike mirei, he doesn't hold up so well. . . bye bye takumi, and time to start another loop. it's a foregone conclusion, this one - takumi has to have died in this loop for jesmon to be willing to go through another round of loops. sad, but necessary.

(if you're thinking "did takumi take jesmon's pet name of 'beloved' and use it on jesmon himself?" the answer is yes. jesmon calls takumi "devoted" because takumi is devoted to him, and takumi calls jesmon "beloved" because jesmon had called takumi "beloved". they're soft and gay for each other)

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