forum Glitches // OxO // Closed

Started November 27, 2019 by @ElderGod-Icefire

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Nyx frowned. "Who's Alexa?" He asked curiously, glancing down at the ice cream, then at Jude. Is there someone else here?

Jude laughed at Nyx's reaction; curious and slightly confused, "Alexa is a virtual assistant AI," He smiled, nodding at the long cylindrical speaker with a glowing blue ring placed on a shelf of books, "She's hooked up to my lights and calendar and stuff like that."

"Ohh." Nyx replied slowly. He knew what an AI was, of course. Technically, he was half of one. Sort of. Kind of. He cautiously tried some of the ice cream.

Jude glanced at Nyx, waiting for his reaction as he took his own spoonful, "Well?" He smiled, prompting him to voice his thoughts as the movie properly began, "What are your first thoughts on the ice cream?"

Nyx blinked. "It's…cold." he said slowly, studying the ice cream, then Jude. He could taste it melting on his tongue, and swallowed, blinking at the strange feeling on his throat.

"Mhm," Jude agreed, sinking deeper into the blanket, "And sweet, too. There's this place in L.A. where you can make your own…" He smiled at the memory of the dark chocolate and wine-flavoured ice cream he'd made, "Yeah, that was fun."

Nyx took another bite, savoring the flavors this time. "Mm. It tastes good, too." he replied with a smile, leaning against Jude's side contentedly.

"Another true fact," Jude said with a nod, trying to recall the last time he'd watched this movie– he had to have been in high school, that was a messy time. "They got all types of other flavors, too." He smiled softly, having another spoonful, "But it's not too healthy, anyways."

He wrinkled his nose. "Who cares if it's healthy?" he asked, eating some more and savoring the taste as it started to melt inside his mouth. He watched the movie as he ate.

"Uhm, people who wanna stay healthy," Jude said with a playful smile, liking the fact that Nyx would bypass health concerns just because he liked it. Wow, just like this relationship. "But ice cream and Italian food are my only exceptions. Well…not my only exceptions but– God, I'm a whore for pasta." An alfredhoe, if you will.

Nyx scrunched up his nose. "I think my metabolism was designed to automatically compensate for eating too much." he said thoughtfully. "So it doesn't matter." at Jude's next words, he frowned, not quite understanding. "What's a whore mean?" he asked after a moment, eyebrows drawing together.

(Nyx, Nyx, baby… that's not a question you should be asking…)

Jude barely had time to process what Nyx had told him about his metabolism, already trying to suppress a grin at his question, "Um, a whore?" He said through a breathy chuckle, "Usually uh– someone who's willing to do anything to get a particular thing." Oh God, that was a bad definition. "Or– actually, just maybe someone who likes something.. a lot." He shook his head, smiling and trying to find the right words.

(hahaaa imagine Nyx at a restaurant just like 'I'm a whore for this appetizer' and aslkjnekrhkjfruhg)

Nyx frowned a little bit, cocking his head and studying Jude for a moment, working on making sense of that definition. "Hm." he finally said slowly. "I…don't quite understand. But alright." he replied, looking back at the TV again.

(hahahaa)

Jude softly shook his head in disbelief, to himself, wow. "I'll explain it better some other time," He said, hoping Nyx wouldn't pick up on any swears he'd slip out, though it would be very entertaining. "I love Studio Ghibli films," Jude sighed at the film playing, "They always have a way of romanticizing the littlest things, it's so sweet."

Nyx nodded a little. "Alright. And…" He shrugged. "I guess that makes sense." He ran his fingers through his hair with a faint smile on his face.

"It's a little like what you do," Jude said quietly, smiling as he tilted his head to the side, "I mean– You don't always voice it, but I see it in the way you look;" He kept his eyes of the movie as he spoke in his shyness, "…A lust for life. That's a phrase."

Nyx blinked a little bit, processing Jude's words. "I…I guess so." He replied slowly, smiling a bit. "I just…there's so much that I don't know about yet that I want to."

"Mhm," Jude nodded, idly playing with Nyx's hair in the soft darkness of the room, "And you will. You'll see all the things you wanna see, and do all the things you wanna do. I can't promise to show you all of it, but I can sure show you some."

Nyx nodded a little, leaning into Jude's hand with a soft sigh. "Mm. Alright. Thank you." He whispered, eyes flickering.

"You don't gotta thank me," Jude said under his breath, distracted by the coloured reflections of the movie onto Nyx's hair, "I'm just doing what feels right."

Nyx shrugged. "Yeah, but…if you'd never opened up that pod…none of this could be happening." He said softly, eating some more ice cream.

"…You're right," Jude said nonchalantly, "But I was just acting on impulse which…hasn't always been a good thing. I didn't exactly think about it beforehand and just…" He took a quiet breath, "First thought, best thought."

Nyx shrugged. "Still. I owe you a lot for that. And for… everything else." He shrugged his shoulders, kissing Jude's cheek with a faint, happy little smile.

"You don't owe me anything," Jude told him, turning to better face him and putting the ice cream onto the coffee table in front of them. "Being yourself is enough, for me." He said with a smile tugging at the corner of his lips.

Nyx nodded a little, snuggling close to Jude again. "Alright." He replied softly, turning his head to watch the movie. He ran a hand through his hair for a moment.