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When he opened his eyes, he saw... a gill. The fuck? Why the hell was a gill being shoved in his face? However he soon took notice that he was hugging /something/. Dave Strider was far from brilliant, but it didnt take long for him to figure out what happened, blood suddenly rushing to his cheeks on full force, making them give off heat.

Maybe he didnt notice he woke up? Perhaps, but how would he explain the stunt he just pulled? More importantly, maybe, was that an arm around his waist.

He glanced up, only moving his eyes, hoping to find him asleep.

2015-07-24 02:48:13

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He had his eyes closed, his breathing was even, giving off the illusion of sleep. He was honestly more dozing, just relaxed and content to lie like they were. He felt slight warmth against his neck and shifted a bit, arm tensing a bit around his waist before he just relaxed again. He wasn't quite sure if he was awake or gone back to sleep. He hoped Dave was asleep again, if only because he wanted to stay like this for a bit longer.

He shifted a bit again, only his head this time as he turned his head enough so that his cheek was resting more against the fibreglass top and was turned more towards Dave now.

2015-07-24 02:54:23

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He held his breath when he tensed up, freezing, honestly not too ready to talk to him now. Once he stopped stirring though, he glanced up, the heat his cheeks gave off slowly calming down, his eyes still fixated on Eridan's face.

A while went by before he dared move again, but it was to make the embrace a bit more firm, a bit more up on his back, and closed his eyes again. He was already in deep shit, this wouldnt make a difference, as long as Eridan wasnt awake.

So, shifting to be more comfortable, he pressed a bit closer, trying to fall back asleep

2015-07-24 02:59:14

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Eridan really hoped Dave wasn't awake. He'd felt him shift about, and embrace him more, but he hoped it was just subconscious movement. Dave's arm was now resting half over one gill with how he'd moved. Eridan twitched a bit, huffing softly through his nose before shifting in such a way that Dave wasn't resting his gill. His head ended up resting closer to Dave's through the action, and he hoped that he really was asleep.

He completely ignored the fact that he also tightened the grip he had around his waist, consequently pulling him closer.

2015-07-24 03:08:19

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Dave could pretty much feel the panic as he shifted again, or rather, anxiety. He was rather anxious to see how this would end, but not for it to actually end, if it made sense. Dave gasped softly as he was pulled closer himself, letting his arms fall to a more comfortable position. He was pretty sure he was flush against him now, yet no complaining coming from either of them.

A very slight and maybe somewhat nervous smile was felt against Eridan's skin, Dave now closer to his neck than before, though he quickly fell back asleep, his breathing steadying

2015-07-24 03:13:13

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Eridan felt the slight smile and nearly flipped. So he was awake. Well, Dave didn't need to know he wasn't asleep, so he just kept up with the pretense. He waited to see what Dave would do next, before letting himself relax even more. He shivered a bit when he felt breath over his neck again. He tucked him closer, almost unconsciously, settled down for a bit of a nap if he could. He felt Dave relax, breath easing out again and breathing a sigh of relief himself once he realised he'd fallen asleep again.

2015-07-24 03:19:31

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He slept for longer this time. He clung to him a bit more too, the cold barbells on each side of his collar bone having warmed up against Eridan's skin. He had no clue of how long it had actually been though. Maybe a whole night? Perhaps only a couple more hours? Eridan wad certainly right though, the waves lulled him to sleep like a baby after drinking warm milk.

Deciding to know how long he had slept for, he blinked, looking at the sky.

2015-07-24 03:25:43

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He hadn't noticed while he dozed that he'd curled up a bit around Dave in return. His face was almost resting on the other's hair, and his arm was more secure around his waist.

It was closer to dusk by the time Dave looked up, they'd slept (or dozed in Eridan's case) for more than five hours. Just comfortably curled up with each other and snoozed the day away.

He felt Dave shift, murmuring softly as he lifted his head up and huffed out a sigh, slowly coming back to being more awake then earlier. Nowhere fully coherent or aware of their position yet though. "Wass'time?"

2015-07-24 03:29:29

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Dave shrugged a little, not moving too much. "Late." He just said, but god damn he was so warm and comfortable. Plus if Eridan said anything about his sleeping position, he'd "kindly" point out Eridan's wasnt much better. Maybe they could mutually forget about it. " 'M comfortable.." he grumbled

2015-07-24 03:31:54

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"S'much f' sailin'." He huffed again and simply curled back up again, far too comfortable to give a shit right now. If Dave had a problem with it then he was welcome to shove him off. "I'm not movin'. Too comfy. Food can come la'er." He'd relaxed his grip enough so that if Dave wanted to move away, he could, but his arm was still around his waist and he was back to practically having a face full of hair.

2015-07-24 03:34:14

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He didnt realize right away of the mess he was in, having woken up roughly ten seconds ago, so he just stretched his legs a little, going back to wrapping them around him right after, and pressing more against him as he loosened his grip. "Me too." He muttered, though taking a deep breath in order to wake up.

2015-07-24 03:37:58

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Eridan stretched his arm briefly, yawning over the top of his head. He almost nuzzled his head as he relaxed again. He took a moment and froze, suddenly realising exactly how they were positioned. "Um." He didn't move though, merely still as he blinked in confusion. "You're a fucking koala, I swear it." He huffed a laugh, glad that Dave wasn't looking at him as his cheeks and fins were bright violet and wiggling.

2015-07-24 03:44:26

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He blinked once. It was all it took for him to realize. He blushed again as well, feeling his fins flutter, as they were fanning his cheeks. "Uh- yeah. Yeah..." he had to actually think of a come back. "You must really like Koalas to still be curled up with one." He said, peeking at his face, not too surprised to see his cheeks violet.

It was good while it lasted, he supposed. However long that was.

"I'll just- yeah." He moved himself off him, furrowing his brow, and looking up once more. He couldnt help but burst into laughter as he realized that Eridan was still a proud wearer of the Strider shades, and that red marks were on his collar bone, where the piercings were pressed against, though that thought mainly made him blush a bit more.

2015-07-24 03:48:42

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"That was a pathetic comeback." He didn't move much, trying to calm his fins and his blush. He was disappointed when he moved though, face falling before he fixed his expression back to something less disappointed. He liked it, how they'd been, and he felt much colder now that he'd moved off him.

He blinked in surprisedwhen he started laughing, wondering why and realised that he was still wearing his shades. He took them off with an embarrassed chuckle, looking away from Dave out over the ocean. He scratched the back of his neck, tucking his legs up closer to himself.

2015-07-24 03:59:31

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He noticed the way his expression fell, and that surprised him a little.

As he took the shades back, he smiles softly, stretching and deciding to ignore his first comment. Seems like he wasnt in that much trouble, to his surprise. "You're a fine cuddle buddy." He broke the few seconds of silence, sitting next to him. "No idea how i got like that though, slept through it all." Well not /all/, but as far as Dave knew, Eridan has been asleep at the time. "I'm cold now, damnit.."

2015-07-24 04:04:07

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"You parked your arse in my lap with out permission then decided a nap was in order to make up for whatever sleeping you lost this morning and promptly fell asleep on me?" He said, it sounding more like a question then he meant it to.

He glanced over at him as he mentioned he was cold. "You know where the blankets are. I'd offer to go back to how we just were because that was both comfortable an' warm but 1, I'm cold now too an' when I get cold again I get colder then my blood allows me to be, an' 2, its... it would be a bit awkward I think. You're not half asleep this time, or trying to stop me from tickling you." He looked out over the water again as he spoke, fins re-colouring with blush.

2015-07-24 04:11:47

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"Yeah, I wasn't really asking to, more like complaining." Though he wouldnt mind. "But I think I'm gonna grab a shirt and eat. C'mon." He motioned for him to follow, trying to forget how awkward that was. Erase it forever from his memory. Nothing happened, just two bros napping.

Well with each other

And maybe cuddling

....

Shit.

2015-07-24 04:14:44

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He shook his head, lifting one shoulder slightly in a shrug. "I'm fine like this. Not too hungry right now anyway." He motioned for Dave to head on down, running a hand through his hair. He'd let himself hope that maybe Dave would want to go back to how they were. He would've jumped at the chance, even if it would've been awkward at first.

He'd liked that probably more than he should have.

Fuck.

2015-07-24 04:24:09

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He nodded, though after he got a shirt for himself, he felt like he was leaving him hanging. He could tell that Eridan was probably regretting it, or so he thought, and he did not blame him for it, but that was no reason to deprive a man from a blanket.

Grabbing some AJ and the box with pizza slices, he headed back upstairs, and threw the blanket over his shoulders, then sitting back down and opening the bottle of AJ

2015-07-24 04:27:23

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He'd gone to go up to the bow of the boat, under the pretense of checking on the anchor if asked. He just liked to sit there. There was a metal frame there that could hold ropes and lines and lights if he wanted it to. It wasn't that big width wise, just big enough for him to sit on and lean back against the jibe. He did a lot of thinking when he sat there, and this was a very important thinking moment. He wondered if he'd made Dave uncomfortable with how he'd acted after they'd woken up. He'd acted desperate again, or at least he assumed he did. He felt like he did.

2015-07-24 04:34:28

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He sighed a bit when he left, munching on his pizza as he watched him walk off. Eridan surely must be creeped out, there was no other explanation, in his eyes. Maybe he should have stopped when he woke up, maybe that would have made no difference.

He let him be though, distracting himself by looking at the ocean, but the lack of people there only made him think further about what happened

2015-07-24 04:37:37

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He'd end up tugging at his hair in frustration, chewing on his bottom lip as he sternly told himself that no, he wasn't going to cuddle with Dave anymore. It was probably a one time thing, and that he doesn't want to do it again. He probably wants to forget it ever happened. Which is fine, he can respect that, he's used to being told that.

He realised he'd left Dave alone there and climbed back over the framework to head back to him. "There's kelp wrapped around the anchor. Something must've been eating in the grass beds somewhere an' dragged some leftovers this way." He said as he approached, managing a small smile as he sat next to him. Not close, but near enough to him. Like they'd always been sitting.

2015-07-24 04:52:29

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He smiled at him when he came back, not believing a word that came out if his mouth, but nodding nevertheless. He put the pizza between them so that he could it it if he so wished. "Hey, about what happened." He started, unsure of what to say, but his mouth was quicker than his brain. He just knew he could only speak now or let it go, and he could see Eridan was affected by it in some way too, though he started to doubt if it wad good or bad.

"Didn't mean to make you uncomfortable. Sorry. You probably could have shoved me off and id just complain a little." He offers him a smile

2015-07-24 04:56:53

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He glanced at him when he spoke, fins pressed against his head as he watched him carefully.

He was quite surprised when he said not wanting to make him uncomfortable. He just stared at him for a minute, eyebrows raised.

He shook his head quickly, looking down at the pizza briefly. "Oh, no. Dave no. I'm not uncomfortable with it, swear. It was... comfortable. I'm not uncomfortable with it. I thought you might've been. I understand if you are. Yeah I could'a pushed you off but you fell asleep first an' seeing as I was the reason you were awake so early this morning an' I thought you'd prefer to sleep. So... it's fine. I'm not uncomfortable."

He thought he sounded over eager to explain that he wasn't uncomfortable, and the slightest bit desperate.

2015-07-24 05:05:22

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Despite whatever he said sounding rushed, he could tell it was true. Shortly, red returned to his cheeks, and he tried not to smile a little, glad to have the shades on, though the corners of his lips curved upwards the slightest bit. "Sweet, thought I made it awkward. Im not uncomfortable, honestly. Sorry again. Guess I was into it and shit, and you know sleepy people, when they sleep they dont stop." What the fuck was the bullshit coming out if his mouth? Christ on a bike, it was evident he was flustered. "Anyway, pizza?" Smooth, Dave, so smooth

2015-07-24 05:09:40