[littl3chocobo]

for the second time that day he cried though these were not tears of joy and unable to speak he could only mutely nod his acceptance of getting scars over his body

[Poggio]

He reached out and stroked the tears. "Zosa I am sorry." He said searching the face. "We do not have to." He said bringing the hand to his lips not sure what else he could do.

[littl3chocobo]

roughly his nod turned into a shake and he pulled the man's hands into his own. staring down at their digits he twined them so that the gold and sienna meshed through the water of his tears. "....no, it would make you happy...i would learn to live with it...you are more important than vanity"

[Poggio]

He reached out once more. "Zosa they will not last forever. The paste will dry and stain your skin but nothing more, if you do not re apply it in a week or two it will fade." He merely wanted to match in their wedding photo but he quickly realized he would rather wear his gloves then to make his lover cry. "It is not worth your tears, I am sorry."

[littl3chocobo]

"...but yours do not fade." bringing the hand to his mouth he kissed it, "i will tattoo every inch of myself for you"

[Poggio]

To that he chuckled. "But I only wish for you to have yours on our wedding day. I... wanted our wedding photos to match." He buried his head into the mans neck. "I am not so foolish to ask for real tattoos, they hurt and your uncle would kill me before we bought our house."

[littl3chocobo]

he did not understand but he was relieved all the same, the relief however brought with it shame and he offered a snuffle before melting into a hug, "temporary? ...i did not know, i am so sorry. i am a fool felix"

[Poggio]

"Yes temporary, even the ones in India are temporary, just the wives reapply them so often they look permanent." He shook his head against the other and offered him another kiss. "No, just a man with high dreams who fell in love with a listless drifter."

[littl3chocobo]

the tears had gone by now and he offered a soft sniffle, "a man who fell in love with an astronaut, the first man to inhabit mars"

[Poggio]

The professor found himself leaning once more accross the back seat, this time his other hand. He didn't care about the strange looks from the man in the front seat trying to tell them they were nearing their destination. He pulled Zosa into his arms pressing his lips to his favorite spot. He started to sing a different song from his childhood that his mother loved. "Give me a kiss baby love child." He said teasingly.

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[littl3chocobo]

they remained like that, felix crooning and him wrapped up in the cuddle, until the car stopped and even then he did not want to let go. reluctantly they left the car and took felix with him

[Poggio]

In the middle of all the space tourist junk, The professor was surprised to find that they had a jewelry shop, and it sold more then novelty rings of the moon and Saturn. He walked inside the door hearing a jingle as they moved among the display cases. A man with a strange monocular looked up at them after surveying something in his hand. He greeted them with a warm smile.

[littl3chocobo]

even without an appointment they were able to talk to a jeweler about a custom ring and were lead to the side were felix was measured with a sizer and was allowed to pick what sort of metal and gems, if any, the man wanted

[Poggio]

The jeweler seemed protective of his instruments and though the professor understood, he wanted to touch and weigh the large ring of rings. The man gave him enough looks that he decided against it and held his hand aloft as they found his ring size and the man proudly announced it as ten.

[littl3chocobo]

he knew felix's fingers were slender though he did not understand how much until the jeweler let them know the other was the smallest size before women's. he smiled, "i guess i never realized how thin your fingers were for how long they are, we are the same size"

[Poggio]

He looked at his fingers and then looked at Zosa's covering the boys hand with his own. "We have let our weight fluctuate a lot since we met. I am missing a lot of myself." With his other hand he rubbed his stomach. "Though I am sure your auntie will remedy that." He said pressing his face into the nook of Zosa's neck. "I would like it if you found my ring, after all it is how usual people propose I believe."