Patience Thottery #1

[divus]

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WEEK 5

[divus]

[So, arm in arm, Patience walks with Chuuya to one of the newly-created lockable rooms. Once they're in it, she locks the door and leans against it.]

Finally, we have each other alone. What do you do now, great poet?

[goatsongs]

Well, what I'd like to do is ask the beautiful goddess for a kiss, but...

[Instead, he lifts one of her hands to kiss the air above it. Maybe it'd seem more gentlemanly if he wasn't grinning.]

[divus]

[Giggling, she pretends to swat him away.]

You're such a tease. Tell me, what do you think I look like? If you had to imagine anything.

[goatsongs]

Mm... Blue-eyed brunette, maybe? And you're still super fashionable under the robes,

[Even if no one can see it.]

[divus]

[She skips airily over to the bed and sits daintily on the edge, leaning forward so her elbows rest on her knees, masked face cradled in her hands.]

Would you say that that's your ideal type?

[goatsongs]

Isn't it conceited to try to make people into your ideal?

[Chuuya sits down next to her, leaning against her side.]

Besides, obviously you never tell a woman she'd me more attractive if she changed this or that.

[divus]

I just wanna know if how you imagine me is what you want.

[Her laugh is a bit more sultry this time as she brushes one of her legs against his.]

Hey, before we get too carried away...can I ask you a question? This is just something I'm wondering, and I don't want anyone else to get the wrong idea...they might think I sound insecure.

[goatsongs]

I'll want you even if you're covered in warts under there.

[The question gets Chuuya to pause.]

Sure, what is it?

[divus]

Really, you mean that? Oh, Chuuya, you're such a gentleman!

[Even if he phrased it kind of crudely, she gets the sentiment.]

Just, what you said about the tokens and how you'd be mad--you'd be mad because I'd have been lying, not because of me, right? I guess what I'm asking is...if, from the very beginning, I was ever in the lineup with everyone else, would you ever have thought to choose me? Or...would it have always been Sincerity?

[goatsongs]

I'd be mad because of the lying.

[Chuuya has to think about it, and maybe that's not a good sign, but.]

I'm not a patient person. So there's no way I could be a good follower for you. I don't know how other people decided, but I couldn't choose you for pretty much the same reason I couldn't choose, say, Piety.

But I'm pretty sure there's others who'd be on your team. You're just as good as any other god.

[divus]

Thanks, Chuuya. That makes me feel a bit better.

[It's a little hard being so under suspicion for so long. Patience pulls off her mask, shaking her long hair out of her hood, and gives him a smile.]

It's nice to finally trust someone enough to take this off. You can imagine how uncomfortable it is to wear glasses underneath a mask.

screams in smt

[goatsongs]

[Patience is pretty as fuck... but it's her saying that she trusts him that has him blushing.]

I'd have switched to contacts, personally. But they do look great on you.

[zero disappointment here]

[divus]

I guess you could say I lacked the foresight. In any case, I won't be needing them now. From this distance, I can see you just fine.

[Patience takes off her glasses, and putting them off to the side of the bed, skips the preamble. One of her hands cups his cheek, and she leans in to give him a kiss that doesn't lack an ounce of warmth.]

[goatsongs]

[Sometime on Sunday morning, after Chuuya is made to actually leave his room, he tracks down Patience.

And just hugs her from behind, hiding his face against her back.]

[divus]

[Patience startles, but only slightly before she turns and wraps her arms around him, soothingly running her palm in circles over his back.]

Oh, babe...do you wanna go talk about it?

[goatsongs]

Talking is hard.

[Even if it was probably necessary, it still was exhausting.]

Can I just hold you for a while?

[divus]

Of course you can.

[She gives him a tight squeeze, but then pulls away just so she can take him by the hands and steer him back toward his room.]

C'mon. I know the mask isn't very comforting.

[goatsongs]

You're comforting all the time.

[But he'll still follow wherever she leads.]

[divus]

You're too sweet.

[Once they have their privacy, Patience shakes her hair out of her robes once again, pulling off her mask and adjusting her glasses.]

Come over here.

[Sitting down on his bed, she raises her arms for him to come get himself comfortable. Her bosom is all yours, Chuuya.]

[goatsongs]

[No need to tell him twice. Chuuya sits beside her, wrapping his arms around her gently.]

...Thanks.

[Mumbled against her shoulder.]

[divus]

[Patience puts her hand on his cheek, cupping his face softly as she leans down to kiss his temple. If he doesn't want to talk, that's fine; she'll stay right where he needs her, as long as that may be.]

[goatsongs]

[He doesn't want to talk about that, but after a minute of just hugging her, he speaks up.]

...hey. Do you want me to call you by your real name?

[divus]

Sure--it's Katherine. A little...old fashioned, I know.

[goatsongs]

It's beautiful. Like you.

[So it suits her.]

[divus]

Flatterer.

[She gives him a wry smile.]