aterat | One Fall And One Less Bear

"Yes." Ignis said. The other's face seemed to almost light up and it was hard to say no to an expression like that.

So he listened as Nida went on and smiled, thinking of Gladio and his wilderness things such as setting up the tent every night and making sure the fire stayed lit and stoked. "That's how I did a lot of my cooking for my traveling companions, but I had a Coleman stove which didn't need the fire."

And that was true, Ignis had purchased it before leaving because he'd had no idea how often they might get to eat on the road though obviously the journey took a lot longer than simply being able to hop aboard the ferry in Galdin Quay.

"Gas is so much more reliable," Nida admits. "And cooking on a campfire as I learned it was less about taste and more about sufficient calories."

Which meant stuff could taste like shit.

"And far more temperate for cooking." Ignis agreed easily. Really it was perfect for him to be able to control the temperature and be able to procure the ingredients needed with help from the lads of course. And of course he'd learned so much more from doing those silly errands for the vendors at the Lestallum open air market.

For now he grabbed a few apples and gave them to Nida along with a knife. "Now do you want to cook them whole or make slices and cook them that way?" Green eyes moved over to the cabinet though he physically stayed put. "I do have vanilla and cinnamon. I did purchase some ice cream as well so that can go on top along with some whipped cream."

"Oh, slices sounds lovely. Do I need to peel these?"

That would be easier to do before he cut things. And man, ice cream? His hero.

He nodded. "If you're doing slices then peeling would be required in that case." Turning, he grabbed the peeler for Nida in case he'd need it. And then Ignis turned to the book he'd seen from their trip at the Historium and showed what he was talking about.

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The picture has Nida staring in shock and delight.

"That's beautiful. There's no way I can make something that pretty."

This is impossible. But damn if he doesn't want to try.

"There's step by step directions as to how to layer them that way." Ignis replied reassuringly. He moved past Nida to get a pan to lay the slices in and had patted the man on his arm as another sort of reassurance.

Faith in Nida, Ignis had it.

Well then, he's going to get to it. Nida starts peeling the apples, not with the peeler, but with a knife. Sorry, he had to take one out. This feels more controlled to him than a specialized device.

"Why did you learn to cook?"

Setting the pan down, Ignis checks what he needs to help with the apples and stars pulling them out of the cabinets. With a sigh he realizes he needs to commission a spice rack if he can't find one. So as he's setting things down, he hears Nida's question.

There's a sigh and a slight smile.

"I did it to make a young boy smile who'd been injured on a trip with his father to another country." And yes he's referring to Noctis. "He'd told me of a dessert he loved there and for years I've tried to recreate it several times, though according to him I've never quite gotten it right."

Ignis deserves a spice rack in his apartment. Oh dear, they were going to have an interesting relationship, switching back and forth between each other's apartments, weren't they?

Well, now that was a thing, wasn't it?

"You're so kind."

Ignis smiled with a small blush. "Yes well, that was a long time ago though I had thought to see if I could somehow recreate that and other dishes from home. So it will most certainly be an adventure in the culinary arts as it were."

He didn't want to feel melancholy around Nida or ruin the mood. He turned back around on the pretense of getting something else when his hand reached for the jade pendant he now wore around his neck.

Well, for now at least Ignis belonged here, with him. And Nida would be happy to point that out, even if it wasn't taken fully seriously. He starts to hum to himself as he peels the apples. But basically? He has dibs on Ignis, and these moments.

"Well, I'm blessed by your adventures."

He turned and looked over at Nida as he hummed and peeled apples. It was quite the domestic sight to see and Ignis decided to return a favour. So he went up behind his boyfriend and wrapped his arms around the man, careful to stay out of the way of hands peeling apples.

"Thank you." he said softly while continuing to hold on and giving the other a gentle kiss on the neck.

Well, Nida adores the hands holding him, and leans a bit back against Ignis, but he keeps working.

"You're thanking me for the fact that I'm spoiled by you? That seems silly."

He couldn't even say how much it meant when Nida relaxed into him and it made him smile.

"Something like that." The neck got another gentle kiss and he dropped his voice. "Darling."

Honestly the thank you had been for choosing to be with him and to give him a home here in a strange place. Someone to belong to and somewhere to belong. Those were gifts Ignis wouldn't take for granted.

If only he was giving him a home. Stupid apartments. Stupid spaces only meant for a single person. Nida was annoyed. Then again, his last two worlds were done with two people rooms or houses that were shared, so he was used to the easy company.

"Keep calling me that and I'm going to lose focus."

In answer he tightened his grip and kept kissing that neck and keeping his voice low. "Can't have that can we darling?" He was trying to learn to relax and enjoy this new life, whatever it brought him. And it helped him so very much more than he could ever express to have Nida at his side.

Let him be accused of being smitten or whatever, Ignis was happy here with the man in front of him. And he would protect that happiness at all costs.

They were both learning. Sure, Nida had some practice, but Ignis made him really want to accept the chill even more. And he was doing so now with the best he could manage.

"If we get distracted, the fish has been left out, and our pets will consume it all."

"Alright." Ignis said with a small sigh and a kiss to his beau's shoulder. Moving away he started getting other things ready and felt the loss of the warmth against his chest. It had been nice to curl up like that as much as it had been when Nida had surprised him and hugged him from behind.

So he reached for some plates and silverware just to get those things done and out of the way.

"After dinner, we'll have to get snuggled up," Nida decrees as he finishes peeling one apple and starts to slice it in stead. "Provided you don't mind."

That got a head turn and a smile. "As if I would ever mind something like that." It was odd, he hadn't thought he'd get that protective over anyone else other than Noct and the other two lads. And half of him had been pretty convinced that side of him was done and over with.

It was a pleasant surprise to be wrong.

Well, that's good.

"Wonderful. I fear I shall remain a barnacle," he grins. And Ignis lets him to, which is just fine for him.

Ignis laughed a little as he got some things set onto the table and came back over to Nida. "I have been promised a barnacle so I fully expect that not to change."

Looking over his beau's shoulder, green eyes blinked. "How are you coming along on your apple project there?"

"I would hate to deny you the attention," Nida grins as he looks over his shoulder at Ignis. And with the man so close, he earns a peck on the cheek.

"It's all sliced up. Get me another would you?"

The look in the green eyes clearly conveyed that Nida better not change his barnacle promise but Ignis accepted the kiss on the cheek with a smile. With a small nod he went and got a few more apples and set them down.

"Dinner's all set, but would like some help with the apple project in the meantime?" He was all about assisting or not as the other so chose.

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