Ventus is so happy about sitting that Vanitas can feel it, and it's actually like it's happening inside his heart instead of something that throws the usual state of it into painful relief like normal. It's weird. Not unpleasant, by definition, but weird. It's like he's been staring into a window this whole time and he's gotten close enough to wipe away some of the dust enough to see a little inside.
Advanced training... Vanitas almost laughs again but manages to think better of it in time. The answer to breathing is 'with some difficulty'. "Aqua already heals me." He doesn't even ask and she does it and it's likewise weird. A not insignificant part of Vanitas is waiting for the other shoe to drop, with Aqua. The rest of him has been editing her most recent book to have a much better plot, in his opinion. "Sometimes. She doesn't visit every night."
Vanitas looks at Ventus and then reburies his face in the mattress. "No, coco is dumb and only dumb babies like you like it." Eraqus taints everything he touches, like light that bleaches. If there was any intrigue in the sheer defiance of getting something that Ventus also has, it's been pre-emptively snuffed. The same confliction that usually arises when he thinks about Aqua intensifies a little. Selfishly, Vanitas has been unconsciously thinking of her friendship as something he has that Ventus doesn't. "What, does he go into your room at night?" The moment Vanitas says it, the idea fills him with revulsion. He thinks Eraqus doesn't unlock the door during the day, because the day's when he's busy with everything else, isn't it?
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Advanced training... Vanitas almost laughs again but manages to think better of it in time. The answer to breathing is 'with some difficulty'. "Aqua already heals me." He doesn't even ask and she does it and it's likewise weird. A not insignificant part of Vanitas is waiting for the other shoe to drop, with Aqua. The rest of him has been editing her most recent book to have a much better plot, in his opinion. "Sometimes. She doesn't visit every night."
Vanitas looks at Ventus and then reburies his face in the mattress. "No, coco is dumb and only dumb babies like you like it." Eraqus taints everything he touches, like light that bleaches. If there was any intrigue in the sheer defiance of getting something that Ventus also has, it's been pre-emptively snuffed. The same confliction that usually arises when he thinks about Aqua intensifies a little. Selfishly, Vanitas has been unconsciously thinking of her friendship as something he has that Ventus doesn't. "What, does he go into your room at night?" The moment Vanitas says it, the idea fills him with revulsion. He thinks Eraqus doesn't unlock the door during the day, because the day's when he's busy with everything else, isn't it?