[His voice is incredulous. Now he's not just staying with his arms around Noh-Varr for the comfort of it, it's pure defiance. It's one thing for him to question being wanted. It's quite another thing for someone else to do so.
Garrus is stiff, his eyes narrowed a bit.]
If this is something you don't understand, maybe you shouldn't comment on it.
He feels Garrus stiffen, even while Hibari's comment makes him laugh. Garrus obviously hasn't lived with this insufferably little twit for the last seven months. Noh-Varr knows Hibari will get over his initial tantrums....eventually. He turns his face up to Garrus'. ]
Having a rude nickname means Hibari likes you. I'm 'cockroach', you see?
[ Vriska snorts indelicately, leaning over to only briefly nuzzle at Hibari's hair before planting her elbow on his shoulder and her chin on the palm of her hand. Casually using him as an arm rest will work out for her, right? ]
You know he called me an animal earlier? Little animal. Talk about rude.
[ Garrus's bristling makes her uncomfortable, and she's glad to have the cue from Noh to keep things light and casual. ]
Anyway! Couldn't you two think of a better spot? There are impressionable children here! You know, minors? Malleable young minds? It's completely indecent and offends my alien customs or something to make out where we can see you!
[Garrus looks down at Noh, catching what he and Vriska are doing. He takes a breath and works to relax some. Hibari likes pushing buttons. Garrus knows this by now. The look Noh is getting turns gentle as he nods. Then he's glancing back over at Hibari, unimpressed but no longer on edge. Let the kid judge. Noh-Varr is the one who matters here.]
Wouldn't want to use someone else's bed. And hanging out or saying you're warm is less offensive than blurting out actual details.
[He brushes his talons through Noh's hair, gaze going back to the kree.]
Gonna trust this isn't going to cause other issues.
Noh-Varr ignores the queasy way his stomach feels just thinking about the implication--ew, ew, ew, ew, gross, nasty, etc etc--and also the way Vriska is cracking up over it, which makes him smile involuntarily. He's glad for the way Garrus' talons brush his hair; it makes him lean in. ]
This is a detail-free zone, I'll have you all know. [ Glancing back at the turian, dryly: ] There weren't any of that particular call, anyway. [ Just. You know. Making sure that's clear. He snorts at Vriska, head tilting in clear disbelief. ]
Have you met yourselves? There's nothing malleable about people as stubborn as the both of you.
[ Let it be said that she lost her shit completely at Hibari's last comment. She's curled up in mid air, hugging her stomach as she gives herself over to heady cackles.
It feels good to laugh.
Vriska only finally uncurls again at Noh's question, at which point she just sticks her tongue out at him. Mature. ]
Whatever! Be cavalier about damaging our innocence, see if I care! Go back to being cuddly love chirpbeasts. [ Lovebirds. ] But next time, Garrus, you take him to your place and scar your roommates instead. Noh-Varr has traumatized me enough for one deathtime!
[ A thought seems to occur to her, and she floats behind Hibari, wrapping both arms around his neck and resting her chin on his shoulder. There's a wicked glint in her eye even as the smile on her face remains perfectly mild. ]
Come on, let's go break into Garrus's room and make out on his bed.
[ Who is she trolling here? Garrus? Hibari? Noh? All three? Who knows.
[His aim. Like he even knows. It's certainly not the intention he'd started with. Garrus glances down before shaking his head.]
Did you start whatever you've got with Vriska with clear aim? Some sort of angle?
[Now he looks back up, over at Hibari, to meet the kid's eyes.]
Gonna bet no.
[This is not easy. Battle tactics, weapons schematics, they're things he can sort out in his head and talk his way through. This is uncharted territory.]
I'm planning on seeing where this goes. I like this. I like Noh. And if you've got a problem with that, then you can keep it to yourself. Because I don't give a damn.
[ Oh goodness, Garrus is being awfully cute. A bit bullheaded in the face of teenage stupidity, but Noh-Varr can imagine that whatever Turian teenagers are like, Hibari's temperament is foreign. (He suspects that no matter the species, Hibari's temperament is its own animal.)
He exchanges a long-suffering look with Vriska. ]
Tell your boyfriend to lay off, or I'm going to sit him down and have a long and difficult talk about intentions. And shotguns. That's what they do on Earth, isn't it?
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He's gathered himself, just enough to respond.]
Isn't this something...
[He practically sneers it, the words, eyes overbright with a furious look.]
Noh, and the can-opener, here.
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[His voice is incredulous. Now he's not just staying with his arms around Noh-Varr for the comfort of it, it's pure defiance. It's one thing for him to question being wanted. It's quite another thing for someone else to do so.
Garrus is stiff, his eyes narrowed a bit.]
If this is something you don't understand, maybe you shouldn't comment on it.
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[ Loop. Fucking. Hole.
He feels Garrus stiffen, even while Hibari's comment makes him laugh. Garrus obviously hasn't lived with this insufferably little twit for the last seven months. Noh-Varr knows Hibari will get over his initial tantrums....eventually. He turns his face up to Garrus'. ]
Having a rude nickname means Hibari likes you. I'm 'cockroach', you see?
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You know he called me an animal earlier? Little animal. Talk about rude.
[ Garrus's bristling makes her uncomfortable, and she's glad to have the cue from Noh to keep things light and casual. ]
Anyway! Couldn't you two think of a better spot? There are impressionable children here! You know, minors? Malleable young minds? It's completely indecent and offends my alien customs or something to make out where we can see you!
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Just "hanging out", was it?
[Garrus gets a pointed look; steeled as knives, and twice as sharp. It's not so much the what, but who, and Noh was guarded goods, he felt.]
Listen, the both of you.
[He gestures with his arm, a sweep.]
Don't even think of using my bed.
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Wouldn't want to use someone else's bed. And hanging out or saying you're warm is less offensive than blurting out actual details.
[He brushes his talons through Noh's hair, gaze going back to the kree.]
Gonna trust this isn't going to cause other issues.
[Leapfrog issues, to be precise.]
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Please.
Noh-Varr ignores the queasy way his stomach feels just thinking about the implication--ew, ew, ew, ew, gross, nasty, etc etc--and also the way Vriska is cracking up over it, which makes him smile involuntarily. He's glad for the way Garrus' talons brush his hair; it makes him lean in. ]
This is a detail-free zone, I'll have you all know. [ Glancing back at the turian, dryly: ] There weren't any of that particular call, anyway. [ Just. You know. Making sure that's clear. He snorts at Vriska, head tilting in clear disbelief. ]
Have you met yourselves? There's nothing malleable about people as stubborn as the both of you.
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It feels good to laugh.
Vriska only finally uncurls again at Noh's question, at which point she just sticks her tongue out at him. Mature. ]
Whatever! Be cavalier about damaging our innocence, see if I care! Go back to being cuddly love chirpbeasts. [ Lovebirds. ] But next time, Garrus, you take him to your place and scar your roommates instead. Noh-Varr has traumatized me enough for one deathtime!
[ A thought seems to occur to her, and she floats behind Hibari, wrapping both arms around his neck and resting her chin on his shoulder. There's a wicked glint in her eye even as the smile on her face remains perfectly mild. ]
Come on, let's go break into Garrus's room and make out on his bed.
[ Who is she trolling here? Garrus? Hibari? Noh? All three? Who knows.
(It's all three.) ]
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Little animal. Don't get bitten.
[Hibari's turned his head, all frowns, but stops his useless movements then.]
Garrus.
[He's quiet in his speaking now, shamed from Vriska's teasing, still.]
What's your aim, old man?
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Did you start whatever you've got with Vriska with clear aim? Some sort of angle?
[Now he looks back up, over at Hibari, to meet the kid's eyes.]
Gonna bet no.
[This is not easy. Battle tactics, weapons schematics, they're things he can sort out in his head and talk his way through. This is uncharted territory.]
I'm planning on seeing where this goes. I like this. I like Noh. And if you've got a problem with that, then you can keep it to yourself. Because I don't give a damn.
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He exchanges a long-suffering look with Vriska. ]
Tell your boyfriend to lay off, or I'm going to sit him down and have a long and difficult talk about intentions. And shotguns. That's what they do on Earth, isn't it?