Well, if Rai wants to hear, that's a little better. It's less malicious! Definitely less mean-spirited.
It's easy to catch Vincent's eye, even as he he shyly looks when Rai shifts into his field of vision. He perks up immediately, wide-eyed now from surprise and no small amount of happiness at hearing that Rai's okay with this!
"Really?" Excuse him if he gets a little exuberant and throws his arms around Rai's neck for a hug.
It's not like it would've been his intention to be malicious or mean-spirited. Maybe a little manipulative, but nothing more (as though being manipulative is a small thing). It's just his attempt to help in an area where he has no experience. It's hard to watch Vincent struggle through something even if he doesn't know what he can do to help.
He really does have feelings for this human, doesn't he?
"Really." Rai laughs and snakes his arms around Vincent's waist, pulling him closer. Hugging him tightly. "You know," he starts as he presses a kiss to the side of Vincent's head. "I've never actually had a boyfriend before. After all this time, I think this was the only first I had left."
Deep down inside, Vincent knows Rai isn't mean. They're both floundering a little right now, so it's not even something that will cross Vincent's mind. And now that the nerves are gone (oh god was he nervous Rai would object!) he's just so happy!
"What? I never could've imagined!" Rai exclaims as he nuzzles Vincent's hair, pressing another soft kiss to the side of his head. He pulls back, then, just enough to get a better look at Vincent's face. Sunshine. Actual sunshine. Not always the sort of thing that appeals to him. And yet.
"I've never really bothered with relationships before. I managed to get what I was looking for without them. Until you. I don't really want some easy hook up with you. I want the whole relationship."
He could remark on the sarcasm in Rai's first comment, but the one that follows moves Vincent too much. Rai's not a regular human. It isn't just 80 or 90 years and done for him. He's... maybe immortal? Vincent isn't sure and he's never asked. He can't even fathom that. But however old Rai is, he wants something with him, with Vincent that he's never wanted before.
He suddenly wishes they were still hugging so Rai can't see the happy tears filling his eyes.
"I guess we'll both be going into this kind of blind then, huh?"
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It's easy to catch Vincent's eye, even as he he shyly looks when Rai shifts into his field of vision. He perks up immediately, wide-eyed now from surprise and no small amount of happiness at hearing that Rai's okay with this!
"Really?" Excuse him if he gets a little exuberant and throws his arms around Rai's neck for a hug.
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He really does have feelings for this human, doesn't he?
"Really." Rai laughs and snakes his arms around Vincent's waist, pulling him closer. Hugging him tightly. "You know," he starts as he presses a kiss to the side of Vincent's head. "I've never actually had a boyfriend before. After all this time, I think this was the only first I had left."
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"Wow, really? You're my first boyfriend, too!"
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"I've never really bothered with relationships before. I managed to get what I was looking for without them. Until you. I don't really want some easy hook up with you. I want the whole relationship."
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He suddenly wishes they were still hugging so Rai can't see the happy tears filling his eyes.
"I guess we'll both be going into this kind of blind then, huh?"