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[ Aphelios is - - losing it laughing, hiding his face in his shoulder. ]

.............

You.

[HE HAD TO HAVE.]

[ turns on his side to hide his face from him

because he's still laughing. ]

[The good thing about Phel being on Sett's good side is it means he can just lift a hand and unceremoniously shove him off of the mattress.]

[THEN TURNS- oh no. Nope. That hurt. Stops. LOOKS back to Val and the profile.]

Oh.

Yeah, that's all true.

[ watches this happen with a hand over her mouth-- it's hard not to laugh, phel is infectious-- but smiles at Sett brightly as he turns back. Good! Very cute! ]

[ laughing even as he manages to crawl his way back onto the mattress. shifts to rest an elbow on Sett, so he can see when he signs... gestures to the sprained arm.

there is a devilish look in his eyes. ]

"Want me to kiss it better?"

[Sett has suddenly realized he has unlocked an entirely new way to be terrorized.

He can't even do catmath on this. HE'S JUST.]

...!!! NOW?!

[ sees that-- and her blush deepens significantly, but she. Turns her head away? Focuses on her phone?? In some semblance of giving them privacy...?

Or else pretending she didn't notice. ]

[ Aphelios nods. look he's waited this long.

... looks at Valencia, looks at Sett, first, though. with Valencia looking away, ]

"You might have to share, though."

[... He follows that and- There's a little avalanche of realizations. He'd moved in while Aphelios and Valencia were getting close but he likes them both. And SETT likes them both.

But has no idea if Valencia likes them both.

Clearly he should just ask.]

I mean... I asked about sharing, but uh... You okay with sharing? [To Valencia.] I mean. I like you, too. So.

[To Phel] Dude is there a way to say this that ISN'T awkward?

[GOING SO WELL.]

[ Looks back up when she realizes she's being talked to and. For a long moment she doesn't actually seem to parse what it is he's saying, staring between them with wide eyes.

And then Sett can probably hear her heartrate ratchet way up, while her face and ears and neck go entirely blotchy red, and she frantically signs (and fucks up a few words, so has to keep "repeating" herself). ]

"No no no I don't want to get in your way,

I mean I like you both very much,

I don't want to make things difficult, or complicated,

So I'll go? I'll go. So you can have some privacy."

[ Aphelios sighs. shakes his head at Sett and - - Valencia too, really. he shifts - - unfortunately Sett just has a Aphelios practically half on top of him now but he's careful to avoid the sprained arm. he signs at Valencia; faintly red himself though not nearly as compromised, like this is something he's been thinking about for a a bit - - ]

"I want you to stay. I really like you too."

[ - - and if she doesn't move away he'll be trying to kiss her, a proper one on the lips. ]

[OKAY THIS IS JUST HAPPENING RIGHT OVER HIM THIS IS FINE.]

[ this is a lot. her hands-- whole body, really-- freezes up under that, face hot and eyes wide. There's like fifty different things going through her head right now, like did he mean to do that? and is this part of an extended joke? and oh god we're basically on top of Sett and what is this even revenge for at this point and, perhaps most importantly, what the hell am I supposed to do???

Hesitantly? Cautiously? She settles a hand on Phel's shoulder, curling her fingers into his shirt. It's not quite leaning into it, but she's certainly not pulling away. You may have stunlocked her. ]

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[ success. he lingers in that - - gives her time to warm up to it, taking it as encouragement that she's not pulling back, that she's touching him in response. one hand shifts to cup her face, a further attempt to try to show He Is Quite Fond Of Her and touching her is nice, actually.

he is also conscious about being on top of Sett. his free hand moves, shifts to awkwardly try to pat him on the shoulder as thanks for the patience... and then that hand slides up to his hair, finds an ear to pet. ]

[Look, he's not losing out here. There's quite the view to watching two of his favorite people kiss over him, especially with that kind of tenderness.

As Val is utterly being destroyed, Sett's just going to enjoy that, leaning frankly into that hand.]

[ Yeah. Yeah she is also very aware about Being Watched as well, which is a whole other thing. But there's so many sensations happening right now, from her heart pounding in her chest to the electric tingle of someone else's lips on hers and his hand against her cheek, and the way that tingling seems to spread into heat as she-- somewhat awkwardly-- kisses him back. And the ache in her lungs, not realizing she was holding her breath until she jerks back an inch to finally breathe.

And she remains there for a beat, her hand tight in his shirt, before she carefully releases him so she can sign, with her face still burning red and her eyes lowered, ]

"Sorry. I've never."

[ when Aphelios pulls back it's with a full, dopey smile - - red, pleased, fond as he looks down at her. he pulls his hands back (sorry Sett) to sign, to assure her - - ]

"It's alright."

[ he's not surprised to know she'd "never" - - considering how she reacted to any touch from him before, from the hand kiss earlier the same day. he half wants to take things slow and half wants to push, gentle, to see how much she can take before she combusts.

-- but, his attention is somewhat split. he shifts again to more properly lean over Sett, lean down and kiss him too, with less of the ferocity from just after the game but more of that tenderness he just showed Valencia. ]

[He missed her signing, frankly, because his eyes were closed getting ear pets. It's only when they STOP that they open again, to catch what he says:]

What's all- oh.

[Yeah, he forgets what he was saying as Aphelios leans down and in. Settling a hand on his back to keep him there is just instinct really.

It's different from the kissing they'd started with, surprised, intense and edging on desperate- and notably unfinished. But somehow, this hits worse? Deeper? He's certainly never been kissed this way, sweet and tender and he needs this like Aphelios needed blood. His fingers curl in fabric and he tries to convince him like an argument not to stop.]

[ ah,

She sort of. Watches that for a second, stunned and bright red, before she sort of half-covers her face. She shouldn't be watching this? She's almost positive she shouldn't, not with the way Sett responds to him, and whatever that is definitely goes way beyond whatever it was Aphelios had started with her.

After a beat she looks away a bit, not just to give them "privacy" but also to try to parse the configuration of what the fuck is happening to her right now relationship-wise. ]

[ he does technically have two mouths to kiss them with but one would be incredibly unwise to. Unfortunately.

so he has to stick with taking turns like this - - his attention on Sett now, kissing him with a different sort of hunger than before, long and lingering, his mouth parted this time without the taste of blood on his tongue. out of the corner of his eye he can see Val look away and - - he doesn't want to force her to look but a hand wanders over to vaguely pat her shoulder. ]

[He takes his time, enjoying the idea of kissing him just to kiss him. The exploration just being their own. When it parts, it's with a sigh and a contented little slow blink.

He just takes a moment to bask. There's probably time for whatever conversation may be passing between Phel and Val in hand motions and looks. Before he reaches across himself and tugs at Val's sleeve.]

... So... would you mind if I kissed you too?

[ She actually doesn't have much to say-- she's still looking away and doing her various mental gymnastics when Aphelios' hand settles on her. And she does lean into it, accepting, though she's a little tense with nerves.

Sett's tug does pull her attention back-- at least in the darkness her face doesn't burn quite as red (though perhaps, unnoticed until now, the embers in her eyes seem to dance a little brighter). She's fully frozen for a moment, carefully glancing between Sett and Phel like, really, this is happening? This is okay? before she eventually gives a nervous nod.

... And then hesitates, because she doesn't want to force Sett to move more than he has to with that injury, and figures well, if he asked, clearly he does actually want to...? So she leans over him and. Hovers nervously for a moment before she finally goes for it, delicately pressing her lips to his. ]

[ Aphelios will shift to make room for the both of them -- clearly pleased, that warm smile still on the his face as he watches them, shifting to rest close to Sett's side. he'd honestly been worried that it really was too much for Valencia, both Aphelios kissing her and and Aphelios kissing Sett in front of her..

but he's being assured now and he catches his breath for a moment. idly, runs his hand down Sett's side, fingertips playing under the edge of his shirt. ]

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