Macaque takes the box and spends a moment examining the scenes, smiling softly. Wukong put a lot of thought into this, which is touching. He gets that same warm feeling that he had when Lucifer proposed to him.
When he opens the box, Macaque inhales just a touch sharply. It's...
"It's really beautiful." And the meaning says a lot. The peach and the shadow are always together.
Concerns? What concerns?
Macaque finds a place to set the box and the orb down so that he can step over and hug Wukong.
Wukong relaxes noticeably, wrapping his arms around Macaque and smiling. "I'm glad. It also only responds to you."
This was a big project, even for someone who can basically do whatever he wants now skill-wise. But it needed to be perfect. Do exactly what he wanted it to. The crafting was easy. The painting too. But it's the first time he's used magic this precisely and sustained.
"I love you too. Even if I don't also say it out loud. I'll try to more often."
"I know just where to put it in my room." He's going to get a decorative table and put it right next to his nest, where he can see and touch it all the time.
This means a lot, both because he can tell the work that went into this and because Wukong is doing this for Macaque, to make sure that he knows where he stands. It's not easy for Wukong to express himself like this, Macaque knows that all too well.
He shakes his head against Wukong's shoulder. "There's nothing that I'd ever want to change about you. If you can't find the words sometimes, it's okay. I'll find my reassurance in the way you hold me. And in this gift."
It's not something he can wear like the ring Lucifer gave him, but unless his powers are being fucked with, he'll be able to touch that orb from anywhere. Open a portal and see both it and the lovely box, and know that everything will be fine.
Wukong has, and always will be a doing. He's a monkey, so words don't speak as loud as doing. So he chose to do this for Macaque, as a way to express himself. Something he'll never be able to do for someone else in the same way if at all.
He starts to purr. "It's not a big change to make. I just have to remind myself that you don't really think like a monkey. But I'll hold you whenever you need." And even when he doesn't.
"I'm too verbose for a normal monkey," he says with a soft laugh that he breathes against Wukong's neck. "But you've never made me feel like I wasn't one. And that means a great deal, believe it or not."
It can't erase his past, but it helps him heal, little by little.
Macaque peels back to give Wukong a lidded look. "Will you kiss me whenever I need, too?"
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Re: New Year's Eve - Video
When he opens the box, Macaque inhales just a touch sharply. It's...
"It's really beautiful." And the meaning says a lot. The peach and the shadow are always together.
Concerns? What concerns?
Macaque finds a place to set the box and the orb down so that he can step over and hug Wukong.
"Thank you. I love it. And I love you."
Re: New Year's Eve - Video
This was a big project, even for someone who can basically do whatever he wants now skill-wise. But it needed to be perfect. Do exactly what he wanted it to. The crafting was easy. The painting too. But it's the first time he's used magic this precisely and sustained.
"I love you too. Even if I don't also say it out loud. I'll try to more often."
Re: New Year's Eve - Video
This means a lot, both because he can tell the work that went into this and because Wukong is doing this for Macaque, to make sure that he knows where he stands. It's not easy for Wukong to express himself like this, Macaque knows that all too well.
He shakes his head against Wukong's shoulder. "There's nothing that I'd ever want to change about you. If you can't find the words sometimes, it's okay. I'll find my reassurance in the way you hold me. And in this gift."
It's not something he can wear like the ring Lucifer gave him, but unless his powers are being fucked with, he'll be able to touch that orb from anywhere. Open a portal and see both it and the lovely box, and know that everything will be fine.
Re: New Year's Eve - Video
He starts to purr. "It's not a big change to make. I just have to remind myself that you don't really think like a monkey. But I'll hold you whenever you need." And even when he doesn't.
Re: New Year's Eve - Video
It can't erase his past, but it helps him heal, little by little.
Macaque peels back to give Wukong a lidded look. "Will you kiss me whenever I need, too?"