Riley is out goofing off (rye_toast) wrote in kaleido_threads, @ 2021-07-23 11:49:00 |
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Entry tags: | !post: narrative, riley xu |
Who: Riley
What: A... crush?
When: July 23rd moments before this
Where: His room in the Compassion Guild
Status: Narrative, Finished
Warnings: Fluff, Riley has maaaaagic, mentions of an ex, that's about it!
Riley was picking up in his room. It had been almost a month since he first arrived and it never surprised him how easy it was to get a messy room. It almost seemed to happen on it its own it was so easy. Despite this, Riley like to keep a clean house and space. There was just something relaxing about it, he couldn't really explain why, just something about a clear space meant a clear mind. He put away his clothes and wiped down the bathroom. All the while his seal skin was wrapped around his shoulders. It was comforting to know that it was there.
I'm going to have to find a good place to hide it. I can't really just keep it on my person all the time... A seal skin is kind of... weird? Riley thought to himself as he made his bed. So far he'd been keeping it tucked away under his pillow. Riley paused before he put his pillow down again, I can't believe I told Tendou... His cheeks got warm and he buried his face in his pillow. That whole exchange went well. Tendou said he'd keep the secret and as far as Riley's knowledge went he had. I'm so thankful I can trust him. Riley stepped forward to put the pillow down and his toe caught piece of fabric under the bed. "Huh?" He reached down and fished out Tendou's jacket.
Riley's heart skipped a couple beats, "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" He droned and hid his face in his free hand. I totally buried my face into his chest! What the heck Rye! Riley turned on his heel and fell back on his bed. He looked up at the ceiling, his cheeks pink. It felt rather obvious he had a crush on Tendou. It was hard not to when he was so nice and so excited about everything just like he was. Riley sat up and looked at the jacket in his hands. He must have left it when he was over a couple days ago He thought to himself as he turned the black fabric over in his hands. It was really soft. Or maybe it just felt really soft cause he knew who it belonged to. I'm so useless about this! Riley pulled his knees to his chest, squishing the jacket in his lap, as the instinctive need to cover his face came back. His heart was fluttering in his chest, he couldn't help it.
The promposal Tendou had done back in Eerie Harbor, that was just about the sweetest thing anyone had ever done for him. Riley was usually the one orchestrating everything. He'd helped friends with their promposals and Valentine's day surprises all the time. So getting one made him speechless. Even Grey didn't ever do that. But Grey didn't do a lot of things, he just wasn't the romantic type. Thinking about his ex made Riley slowly uncurl. He ran his hand on the jacket again and sighed. All that's in the past Rye. It doesn't matter anymore. Besides Grey got what was coming to him. Riley leaned over his bed to his night stand to grab his phone. His phone was resting between a pile of origami butterflies he'd made from the first few nights here when he couldn't sleep. He sat back kicking his foot of the edge of the bed as he sent Tendou a message.
He smiled softly as looked over Tendou's icon from a previous post. He's really pretty... Riley lowered his phone to his lap, from the nightstand all the paper butterflies came to life, fluttering around Riley like real ones. They landed on his hair and shoulders as he buried his face in his hands again. What a time for his magic to quiet literally give him butterflies.