[Akira gives his companion a curious look at the request, but otherwise obliges without complaint, eyes slipping shut as he shifts the coconuts underneath his arms. and then he feels. . . something warm brush across his dirty face, the pad of Minato's thumb unintentionally tracing the lines of his cheekbones]
[his eyes fly open then, brows raised, openly bewildered. and yet, despite his surprise. . . he doesn't move, his entire body completely and utterly still as he holds his breath in his lungs. as if breathing out would betray the way he suddenly feels his heart thrumming like a hummingbird in his chest]
[. . . what is this?? is this part of the bonding exercise they're supposed to be doing. . .? is Minato just being kind because Akira shook down a few coconuts from the tree for them? his mind is racing, because he genuinely has no idea what to make of this]
[. . .]
[it's not. . . bad, though. Akira is usually pretty twitchy when people step into his personal space-- it comes with being as guarded as he tends to be with strangers. but two months is more than enough time for those walls to have crumbled a bit. and. . . he has learned that physical affection like this is. . . kind of nice, actually]
2/3 actually so sorry jin so so sorry
[his eyes fly open then, brows raised, openly bewildered. and yet, despite his surprise. . . he doesn't move, his entire body completely and utterly still as he holds his breath in his lungs. as if breathing out would betray the way he suddenly feels his heart thrumming like a hummingbird in his chest]
[. . . what is this?? is this part of the bonding exercise they're supposed to be doing. . .? is Minato just being kind because Akira shook down a few coconuts from the tree for them? his mind is racing, because he genuinely has no idea what to make of this]
[. . .]
[it's not. . . bad, though. Akira is usually pretty twitchy when people step into his personal space-- it comes with being as guarded as he tends to be with strangers. but two months is more than enough time for those walls to have crumbled a bit. and. . . he has learned that physical affection like this is. . . kind of nice, actually]
[. . .]