Alex sighed through his nose, refusing to look Adrien in the eyes, "Too many… I can't even remember… comes with the job I guess. The training, the missions, the fights," He shook his head, "Doesn't matter. I'm used to it, been doing it since I was six or something." He'd lost track of time, so caught up in the task at hand he hadn't realised how much time had actually passed, how long he'd been doing it for.
Adrien's frown got a little sharper and he yanked Alex down onto the couch. He didn't really know what he was doing as he stood, yanking a throw blanket off one of the chairs and tucking it around Alex securely, but he knew it was important to him. "Sounds like a shitty fucking job. Stay here, I'll be right back." Adrien leaned over to kiss the top of his head, and then he was flitting off into the kitchen.
Alex was a little taken aback, especially by the kiss but he let it happen, leaning back into the couch and doing as Adrien said, staying put. When did they become so comfortable with each other? When did it progress to… kisses? Alex didn't know, and he tried to make himself hate it but… he couldn't for some reason.
Adrien didn't even seem to realize he'd done it, messing around in the kitchen for a few minutes before he returned a few minutes later with a mug of hot chocolate, and a little orange bottle of pills. "Here." He pushed them into Alex's hands and then plopped down on the couch next to him. His shoulder brushed up against Alex's as he leaned over to grab the remote. "Get comfortable, I'm introducing you to the joys of TV."
Alex looked down at the pills and the mug in his hand with a small frown, though it was boarding on a pout, "What are these?" He asked, looking up to Adrien and then back down to the drink. He was assuming the pills were painkillers but the drink? He had no clue.
Adrien laughed, turning on the TV and flipping over to Netflix so he could scroll through his recent watches. Star Trek was the first tile that popped up, and he clicked it happily. "Stop pouting at it, twat. It's just hot cocoa, it's not gonna hurt you."
"I am not pouting," Alex mumbled, leaning back into the pillows of the couch, "I don't pout." He huffed a sigh, setting the pills in his lap and taking a sip of the cocoa. He wasn't expecting to enjoy it but he did, and he took a few more sips.
"Alex, when your face goes like this," he gave the world walker an exaggerated pout, ruining the expression when his lips curled up into a smirk, "you're officially pouting. So yes, you do, and you definitely were when I handed you your cocoa." He paused, watching Alex sip down his drink. "Just smack me if you want a refill, I guess."
Alex narrowed his eyes at Adrien, sticking his tongue out at him a moment later before tightening the blanket around himself, "You're seeing things. I think you might need glasses because I was not pouting." He looked towards the TV, slightly confused as to what exactly was going on but he didn't comment on it.
Adrien stuck his tongue out right back, rewinding the episode with a muffled snicker as he noticed Alex's confusion. "Whatever you say, Mr. liar liar pants on fire. Do you need me to explain the show to you, or am I hallucinating your confusion too?"
Alex bit his lip, glaring at the tv screen as if it had wronged him in some way. Electronics weren't something he was very knowledgeable in and right now he wished he was, "No, no you don't… I've got it… I think…"
Adrien only had to glance back at him for a second to know he was lying. "Sure you do genius. You know I don't care that you don't know what's happening, right?" He scooted a little closer to Alex, grinning at the TV. "I'm always happy to talk about this dumbass show, I was practically raised on it."
"I didn't even know what a TV was until my first trip to Earth, and that was years ago," Alex admitted, rubbing at the back of his neck, "Most places I go to don't even have technology like this, they're all in what you would call The Dark Ages. Most have some from of magic, though, just nothing like… your TV."
"Alright, so you're no tech wiz. Who gives a shit?" He grinned at Alex, pressing play to start the show. "I can tell you everything you need to know. This is a show– do you know what a show is?– and it's about what people back in the 50's thought earth would be like. It's about the explorers of the star ship Enterprise as they explore the galaxy, boldly going where no man has gone before."
Alex nodded a little, trying to wrap his head around the whole concept, "Right. So they're trying to explore space, okay, I think I've got it it." He took another sip of his drink, eyes darting around the screen, "How do they do it? Like… explore space?"
Adrien nodded. "Yep! They're intrepid space explorers intrepidly exploring space!" He was grinning, big and bright and completely genuine. "They do it by making a space ship. It's like… have you ever seen a plane?"
Adrien's smile made Alex's appear, smaller then the other's but still there, "I've heard of them, but I've never actually seen one… and I don't understand how they work either." He chuckled lightly.
"Oh! It's actually really cool! See, planes have these huge engines that shoot them forward really really fast ad hen while they're shooting forward air begins to be pushed under the wings which means they can lift off and– as long as they have forward momentum– fly basically wherever they want!" He smiled at Alex and then turned to the TV with starry eyes. "But in a space ship, you don't just have to fly, you have to break free of the earth's atmosphere and gravitational pull, and that normally means you need lots of fuel so you can boost yourself up into space, but in Star Trek, since it's set in the future, you…" He bit his lip, cutting himself off.
"Sorry!" A slight blush had started to creep across his face, mostly hidden by his brown skin. "I'm babbling, you probably didn't wanna know all that nerd shit. I'll just shut up and let you enjoy the show."
Alex's grin grew a fraction and he nudged Adrien lightly, "I don't mind if you babble. It's interesting to listen to. Honestly, Walker's honor." He tapped his forehead with two fingers and then his heart with three. Not that Adrien would know the meaning behind the gesture, but he had to do it anyway, knowing he'd feel bad if he didn't.
Adrien laughed and tried to keep the blush from getting darker. He failed, and then distracted himself with Alex's gesture. "Alright, alright, what's that thing you did? The…" He mimicked it clumsily, tapping his forehead with three and his heart with two. "Is it part of your World Walker club?"
Alex rolled his eyes but was still smiling, "It is not a club thank you very much. And the gesture?" He gently took Adrien's hand, "Two fingers on the head for the two founders of the Academy," He moved Adrien's hand to the position, "And three on the heart for the gods that we worship." Again, he moved the other's hand to his heart, "When we make promises we make the gesture, you can't go back on your word if you swear on the founders and the gods."
Adrien rolled his eyes at the correction, watching carefully as Alex moved his hand around. His fingers felt freezing beneath the World Walker's. He wondered, distantly, how Alex could have such warm hands. "Two for the founders," he echoed. "Three for the gods." His heart beat hummingbird fast beneath his fingers, so he laced them with Alex's. "You must be real happy with my rambling. You know I know it's annoying, right?"
Alex snorted, "Do you really think I'm the type of person who wouldn't tell someone when they're being annoying, Adrien?" He raised a brow, holding Adrien's hand a little tighter, "Besides, I swore on the founders, you saw me, I can't lie on that gesture."
Adrien did the whole production– sighing, snorting, rolling his eyes– but he seemed more relaxed as he settled against Alex's side. "Fine, maybe you're in the .01% of people who can stand to hear me babble, whatever. let's just watch the show, okay? Captain Kirk's awesome, I don't wanna miss a single second of him."
Alex sighed, wrapping his other arm around Adrien to tuck him into his side a little more, "Okay okay, we'll watch the show." Alex knew he still wasn't going to understand a single thing that was going on but he didn't really care. He was more focusing on not passing out on Adrien at this point.