aterat | One Fall And One Less Bear

"I'll be back soon," Nida promises, his voice fond. And he did grab Ignis quickly, to steal a more serious kiss before the man left. "Twenty minutes, max. Keep the window open."

Ignis turned around and nodded to acknowledge what he'd heard before turning back. He got in the door, hung the keys up and opened the window. Then he got to the task of unpacking the bags.

It takes a bit for Nida to catch up. And he comes right back into the apartment through his window. Once in he's right out of his shoes and going to find Ignis, wrapping his arms around the guy from behind.

"Hey."

Dinner is being prepped as Nida comes in the window and Ignis just glanced up briefly to look at the handsome man. But he moved to start to get the sauce prepared when those warm strong arms wrapped around him from behind.

This was the life in his eyes.

"Well hello darling." Ignis greeted, "how was your adventure to the Curio shop?"

"Oh, it was the most harrowing adventure I ever had," he said, his voice amused and clearly joking. "I do not know how I was so brave without my man at my side."

The advisor had to laugh at his boyfriend's comment even though hearing himself referred to as the other's man made him blush.

But only just a little.

So he returned the joking tone in his own way. "Yes well if you're ever not feeling brave you should certainly take him with you and keep him by your side at all times. I hear he'll keep you safe."

"I think I'd keep him safe too," Nida agrees. "You should meet him sometime. He's pretty nice."

Yep, so much teasing. Even as he's busy kissing the back of hte man's neck.

"From the way you describe him, I'll take your word for it." Ignis replied with a smile in his tone while continuing his prep work, which was almost done.

But then Nida is kissing the back of his neck and the tension just left his body in an instant. "Keep that up darling and we might have to have dessert before dinner."

"And yet I doubt that could ruin my appetite," Nida grins to himself. But hey, who is going to take him seriously when he says that?

"Ignis... Thanks for today."

A small quiet laugh came out of Ignis as he finished his preparation. He was nervous, not having prepared something like this before and he liked sometimes to make something beforehand to test it. But he didn't have that luxury right now.

But he stiffened up at the thank you and turned his head around to the other. "By that do you mean simply going about town with you?"

Well, Nida was happy to be the test subject.

"No, I don't," Nida assures him, holding Ignis and trying to keep from having the man look at him. "For accepting me."

Putting down his utensils at hearing the answer, Ignis sighed and placed his arms over the ones around his waist as if to securely hold them in place. He wished Nida was in his arms, but he'd work with what he had as he spoke quietly.

"You're quite welcome. You're a wonderful man with a good heart so it's very easy to do so."

"You might see more in me than most do. For which I'm thankful," Nida assures the other.

And he likes that there is faith in him, despite what he is.

Ignis smiled and continued his hold. "Of course, since I get to see sides of you that others don't." He paused and gently squeezed the man's arms. "And I'm thankful to have you in my life as well so please don't ever forget that." It was kind of funny now that he thought about it. Who knew that one fateful encounter while trying to walk with Ebony would lead to such a blissful thing as this?

Well, maybe it was because of Ebony. She WAS a very lovely feline. But he sighed in contentment at the hands on his arms. At the embrace.

"Perhaps all my life was leading up to meeting you here and now."

That comment made Ignis feel very warm inside and he couldn't articulate it at the moment. "So you believe it was fate of sorts.." He just smiled and enjoyed the embrace he was getting, his voice soft. "I believe I rather quite like that explanation of things."

He was so touched, humbled and honoured by those words that he really just didn't know what to say.

"I'm from a world where there has been a lot of instances of literal time loops. So yeah, fate is a thing I believe in."

And fighting it? Not so much.

He couldn't help but smile and gently pried himself out of Nida's arms, albeit very reluctantly. But he slowly turned around to face the man placing his forehead to the other's, while holding onto either side of the man's face.

"So you believe in fate and that it brought us together. In that case, I will always be here for you and I will take care of you to the very best of my ability."

Perhaps he won't always be there, but he's here now, and Nida wants to celebrate that.

"I think you told me something about helping me make dessert?"

He sighed inwardly, never seeming to know the difference between not enough and too much. Maybe one day he'd learn but it was obviously not this day. So Ignis put on a smile and let go, turning to get the things needed for dessert.

"Give me a moment, and I'll get everything ready so we can start on that."

This wasn’t too much. It was just a happy day.

“Alright then. I need to get these shoes off. And the cats fed.”

"Cats?" Ignis asked. "Ebony has been fed, regardless of what she may tell you." And it was true, she had become quite vocal for some strange reason. So the more vocal she was, the more Ignis spoke to her. And sometimes he would absolutely swear that she understood what he was saying.

“Well, Julia hasn’t. I suppose I can put her in the bathroom to feed her, keep Ebony away from her food.”

Julia would not share well.

"That would be alright, I can wrangle Ebony if she gives you too much trouble." He had a feeling his cat would be okay but he was always there to make sure Nida was alright. After all, this was his boyfriend's apartment and they were guests so he had to make sure his little black cat behaved even if the other man acted like an adorable cat Dad to her too.

"She never gives me trouble. I'm not the bundle of jealousy, am I?"

He knows without looking that Julia is on top of the low end fridge, and the peacock cat gives a delicate mewl in response.

"There's my good girl," he laughs as he lets Ignis go and starts to gather his things to cook for her first.

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