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Tighnari dragged Cyno back into his hut after a long evening at Lambad’s tavern with their friends.
The lively atmosphere, complete with delicious food and drinks, was enough to convince the General Mahamatra to let loose, and indulge himself in a few drinks.
Thus resulting in his drunken state.
Tighnari gently pushed Cyno back to sit on his bed and sighed. “You’ll regret this in the morning,” he chastised, sighing once more when he only received a chuckle and a tired “I know” from Cyno.
After quickly getting himself ready for bed, Tighnari turned back to Cyno. Tighnari wouldn’t have been able to tell that he was awake if Cyno hadn’t been humming an unknown tune to himself.
The sight, with all its domesticity, made Tighnari’s heart swell up in his chest with, what he has begun to identify as, love for Cyno.
He sighed again, shaking his head, before moving to take the extra armour platings off of Cyno’s body.
Cyno stared into Tighnari’s eyes and he continued to undress him. Once Tighnari finally removed the last plating and set it aside, he stared back at Cyno, as if daring him to say anything.
Cyno swallowed under Tighnari’s stare.
“I’m in love with you.”
Tighnari smiled, closed his eyes and shook his head, somewhat flustered at the bold declaration, but not too surprised either.
See, Tighnari knew of his feelings for Cyno already and could acknowledge that those feelings had most likely been there since they were students at the Akademiya. However, only recently did he realize that Cyno almost definitely felt the same way as well.
He just didn’t expect the confession to be like this.
Tighnari leaned in and kissed Cyno on the forehead. “I know,” he whispered.
Pulling back, Tighnari was met with Cyno slack-jawed, looking up at Tighnari as if he was a blessing from the Archons themselves.
He chuckled to himself and pushed Cyno back to lay on the bed. “Now go to bed. We can talk about this in the morning, yeah?”
Cyno nodded, eyes already beginning to close.
Tighnari smiled and got into bed himself. He laid next to Cyno, who was already sound asleep, breathing in deep, even breaths.
Into the silence of his hut, Tighnari whispered,
“I’m in love with you, too.”