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[aurabble]

"Hi,  Jaune Arc here!  ...Except that, I'm actually not here right now.  Or  maybe I am and I just re-discovered decent comic books but I mean, I'm  probably not ignoring you.  So leave me a message.  Unless you were  trying to call someone else.  Then you should call them.  Smiley face."

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[stairsbro]

me?
god damn
so demanding
you must be desperate for my attention
i dont really blame you
everyone is
its pretty much the pinnacle of attention you can get around here
like quality attention
all time spent with dave is quality
anyway
yeah ok

[ just going to head over to jaune and pretend he did nothing to get any sort of reaction out of jaune about anything at all. ]

[aurabble]

yeah yeah just
hurry up ok?

[stairsbro]

ok ok
im getting past your robots
ding dong answer the door

[ hellllo ]

[aurabble]

don't worry i gave you clear bits

clearance*

[Jaune answers the door and puts a hand on Dave's shoulder to draw him in.]

You're a little late.

[stairsbro]

[ he glances at the hand on his shoulder then looks up. is this hug time. is it. ]

No, I'm not.

[aurabble]

Yeah you are.

[his expression is hard to read. like he's trying very hard not to be overwhelming. but there are tears in the corners of his eyes and he tries to pull him into a hug. hug time.

when jaune feels strongly enough, which he does right now, he tends to forget his own strength. so enjoy your rib-crushing hug dave while his face is on your shoulder, voice cracking.]

Thank you.

[stairsbro]

[ dave's hard to read, well-practiced in the art of keeping his mouth in a straight line. he frowns a little at jaune because he looks like he's about to break down into some serious tears.

and then he's being crushed to death. holy shit. dave actually makes a little squeaky sound and squirms somewhat before trying to get his arms around jaune and hug him back. must return hug.

ow. ]

Okay. You're welcome.

[aurabble]

[he doesn't deserve dave. he doesn't deserve family who would put the amount of thought and effort into such a gift. he has a hard time pinpointing what he's feeling because he has so many contradicting emotions at once.

mostly though he just feels hopeful and loved.

he remains in the hug, but he catches that squeak and eases a little, looking apologetic.]

I can't believe you... [how did he end up with such an amazing family?]

[stairsbro]

I can hardly believe myself either. It's like how does something so wickedly awesome even exist, right? How did such a perfect being come out of such weird DNA. Like, god damn. What are we hugging about?

[ he doesn't even know. no, he doesn't want to assume his own gift brought about this, even if he put a lot of thought and time and he hopes he likes it.

but he can't assume. because maybe not. maybe he didn't even like it. he should've went with different tempos or this or that. he's just standing on his toes now to try and get a better hugging position now that jaune's eased up on the tightness of it. cling to him and press his face against him and pretend like he's not completely melting into this affection right now. ]

[aurabble]

We're hugging...because...you're the best brother anyone could ask for and your gift was so cool and I really like it.

[he can't imagine the amount of time dave had to spend on this. days, at least. it had honestly caught him off guard and he had listened to it multiple times, finding a new meaning whenever he did before he finally caved and "asked" dave to visit.

he ruffles his hair a bit.]

[stairsbro]

Oh. Okay. [ mutters into jaune's shirt after adjusting his hugging position so he can latch on to him. if jaune moves, he'll likely just end up carrying dave. ] It's a cool gift. I'm good at gifts. Are you just saying I'm the best brother because you only have sisters back home? I have brother notes but they probably don't count and literally anyone could be the best in comparison probably. Unless we compare to Dirk, which now that I'm thinking on it it's a little depressing because I've known you a lot longer than him now in a weird sort of way so maybe it's also a shit comparison and he's the best too I guess. Let's not invalidate the potential. You can both be the best. I probably kind of blow at it but okay.

[ there's a lot of meaning being put on 'best brother' and he's getting a little overwhelmed about it. ]

[aurabble]

Hey. [he can tell dave is nervous rambling now and he doesn't know if he needs to or if he's just getting anxious. anyway, he's carrying dave now. similar to how his sisters would pick him up and spin him when he was small enough. minus the spinning. it's not like it's difficult for him to.] I'm saying it because it's you.

Sorry. I think I said the wrong thing.

[stairsbro]

[ anxiousness and nervous and it results in so many words. he pulls his head back a little to glance at the floor and then look up at him. ] Wow. That's fucking sappy, dude.

[ IT MEANS SO FUCKING MUCH TO HIM. how does he say nice things back without having a meltdown. he's cried in front of jefferson way too many times now. really embarrassing. jaune's the bro so he feels like he has to suck it up. jaune actually thinks he's cool and jaune hasn't cried in front of him over things like this, right? keep your shit in check, dave. ]

No. It wasn't wrong.

[aurabble]

I don't know if you noticed, but I can be pretty sappy. [his eyes are bright. like when he's holding back tears but he's also deeply moved about something. it feels good to be able to show emotion. for too long, he's just felt numb. he's not uncomfortable with it, but he feels like dave might be, so he tries to tone it down. dave knows. he knows how important it is to dave.]

Right. [he'll just hug-cling to dave for a moment until dave is ready to move. then he'll go grab his christmas present.]

[stairsbro]

Yeah, you can. [ and it's so important. showing emotions is important and he still struggles thinking it's okay sometimes. jaune is usually really expressive, which is the complete opposite of the last "brother" he had. some part of his head needs to see jaune show something all over his face first to be comfortable doing it himself. like gaining permission. how stupid.

he is not ready to move. he wants to stay there and be held. he has all the time in the world. but after enough time for it to become somewhat awkward, he removes himself.

kind of. he's clinging to his arm now and he only removed himself enough for maneuverability. yeah. someone will have to tell him to stop. ]