[Even with his lop ears floating near the top of the water line, Ryou has a hard time hearing Atem. And, even if he had? It doesn't stop him from doing what he's doing.
He's gonna get up in some foliage, because Atem isn't pushing him off and he wants to--feels like he needs to, in fact--burn off some of this, ah...emotional investment.
So well out of sight, he goes about trying to be, shall one say, extra kind to Atem's darlingtonia. At least until he needs to surface for a breath, at which point he wades forward so that he can cuddle with Atem above water.
The thing is...he seems a little bit woozy, and instead throws himself rather weightlessly against the other monster.]
IN CASE ANYONE READS THIS AND THINKS IT'S NOT...cw "substances"
He's gonna get up in some foliage, because Atem isn't pushing him off and he wants to--feels like he needs to, in fact--burn off some of this, ah...emotional investment.
So well out of sight, he goes about trying to be, shall one say, extra kind to Atem's darlingtonia. At least until he needs to surface for a breath, at which point he wades forward so that he can cuddle with Atem above water.
The thing is...he seems a little bit woozy, and instead throws himself rather weightlessly against the other monster.]
Ha...
[A breathless, single little chuckle.]
I think I stayed down too long.