--Marriage--

[takesitall]

Oh, doctor~

[Aventurine enters Ratio's apartment with a cheerful little whistle, looking around for the doctor. They had plans for dinner tonight, just to relax after the week, and the door was unlocked but there is not Ratio.]

Doctor?

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[ignoranceisblight]

I can--it's rather limited, but I've been capable of it since I was a teenager.

[takesitall]

So you've never had a cat. It's just always been you?

[ignoranceisblight]

It's always just been me. Again, I am deeply sorry for the deception, I--

[... Fuck.]

Go take a seat, I should... explain. Wine?

[takesitall]

Yes, please.

[Dazed, Aventurine goes to sit on the sofa. What the hell?]

[ignoranceisblight]

[He'll bring the wine, as well as a light snack and sit down to explain.

How his family had been bothering him about getting married (which had been a little worse than he'd let on to Aventurine before this whole mess), how this whole thing with the key on the collar was Stelle's idea, and how he'd decided to go along with it with Caelus's encouragement.]

At first, it was going to be a way to stop my family from their incessant bothering me about the matter, one way or another. Anyone trying to take the key by force wasn't going to be worth my time.

[takesitall]

Understandable. Honestly I never questioned why you had a key around a cat's neck--it made sense to me. Anyone who Chertan likes--liked would be a good person.

[ignoranceisblight]

[He nods.]

... In the end, I realized there was only one person I wanted to take the key.

[takesitall]

...me?

[He sounds so confused and looks a little lost.]

[ignoranceisblight]

[Another nod.]

I want to be yours, if you'll have me.

[takesitall]

...was I that obvious?

[In his affection for Ratio.]

[ignoranceisblight]

Only after we started spending more time together, to tell you the truth.

[As he hesitantly reaches for Aventurine's hands.]

[takesitall]

[He lets him, still stunned.]

Why not just tell me and give me the key that way? Or was it just too awkward by that point?

[ignoranceisblight]

I wanted to, but I kept talking myself out of it... and then it ended up long enough that it was just too awkward.

[takesitall]

I see.

[A beat.]

So does this mean I can get you a proper cat?

[ignoranceisblight]

[He laughs a little.]

Yes, it does.

[takesitall]

Good. That will be my first official gift as your partner~

[ignoranceisblight]

[He smiles, letting go of one of Aventurine's hands in order to reach up and cup his cheek.]

[takesitall]

[Aventurine leans in with a smile.]

Kakavasha. Which I know you knew, but...

[ignoranceisblight]

Kakavasha. Please call me Veritas.

[He leans in as well, pressing a gentle (and somewhat shy) kiss to Kakavasha's lips.]

[takesitall]

[A kiss that is happily returned.]

Veritas~ My Veritas.

[ignoranceisblight]

Yours. [Another kiss.] Always.