aterat | One Fall And One Less Bear

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.

"No, and I don't want to see it." Not that Ignis is going to do or say anything to initiate that either. He couldn't help but smile at how rough Nida could appear at times and how bad ass the man was. But in private and with his cat the man was an absolute pushover.

But with being let go of, he started to finish getting dinner prepped and ready to cook

Nida was absolutely a pushover, and he didn't mind that at all.

"I don't think it's in my nature to be that jealous," Nida says, but he isn't certain.

Then again... He knew how ugly jealousy could get. Hard pass.

The words didn't sound certain, but Ignis wasn't going to address it as he finished preparing the sauce. The fish were up next and that was what was focused on. The pan was warming up to get to temperature and of course there was a little face demanding some of the fish.

Ebony got scraps and she happily munched on those as the advisor got to working on seasoning and side dishes.

Julia made an offended noise that was closer to a chirp than a meow, but Nida rolled his eyes.

"I'm dealing with yours, princess," he reminds the peacock cat as he takes the fish out and starts to cut it into quick, efficient filets. Apparently he could clean the fish, even if he couldn't cook it well.

"This is nice," Nida offered, his voice soft. He wants the guy to know that.

Julia's behaviour made Ignis smile as he got the fish in the pan. He could've baked it too which had been a thought, but he went for the pan instead. He added a bit of garlic and a small pinch of salt and looked in the refrigerator for that herbed butter he'd made the other day.

After finding it, he stood up and heard what Nida said. So there was a little bit of confusion in the green eyes as he looked over at the other man. "Dinner and feeding cats?"

"Yeah. All of that. But with you," Nida muses as he starts to cut the fish up into chunks which then get thrown into a bowl. That's going to get some light gravy and some veggies before being tossed.

Nida: maker of wet cat food.

The advisor's face turns slightly red and he keeps his gaze averted. Nida was..blossoming if Ignis wanted to phrase it correctly in his mind. It was astounding to see that this man just needed someone to..no not that word but maybe that word for another day. Someone to take care of him and be good to him. Yes those words would suffice for now.

So he turned back to Nida and smiled. "I'm finding more and more that you're quite the romantic."

There was absolute truth in that statement. He'd needed time at first to recover from his loss. BUt after that... He'd needed this from someone outside of his 'family'. Needed someone to believe in him and want him. And Ignis had given him so much.

"I'm really not good at being romantic," Nida insists. But the necklace and the statements. Yeah. He's managing it.

Green eyes slid over to look directly at Nida when he tried to say he wasn't romantic. There was a clear look of 'I don't believe you' both in that gaze and in his tone though there's a gentle smile in both too.

"If you say so darling."

Did he not? Nida considers Ignis for a moment, looking at him in clear confusion before he starts mixing up the fix with the other stuff. Only when it's all done does he split it up into one small bowl as he puts it up on the fridge for Julia. The rest went into the fridge before he started to clean his hands.

"You keep calling me that and I'll keep thinking you're smitten."

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