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If you had asked Leona about what he thought love was when he was younger, he'd probably laugh, call it a joke. Love was reserved for kings! He is the second prince of the Sunset Savanna, and the only form of love he knew was distant and shattered, manifested in glances across the palace grounds or several dozen proposals that he had rejected again and again.
But now? Great seven, Leona certainly knew what he'd say now if he were asked that question. Love is beautiful and endless, like rain after a dry season. It felt as if he were wrapped in a warm blanket, counting the stars in his lover's eyes every time they met. Love is beautiful, and love is his, and today his love came in the form of his boyfriend's laughter as they ran through the empty halls of Ignihyde.
"Ok- Ok-" Idia couldn't stop laughing as he skidded to a halt at his bedroom door, his voice ringing beautifully like wind chimes on a spring day, "We're totally not doing that again, kitty-cat."
"Why not?" Leona wrapped an arm around Idia's waist, watching his boyfriend fumble with his keys, "We had fun. You, me, that abandoned ball we found in the woods…"
"We accidentally broke the Ramshackle window with it!"
"Very delightful, if you ask me. We should've broken another window if we were going to run like that."
"No way, little Grimmy would get a cold if we smashed that many windows, plus we only had enough money on us to pay for one window!" Idia successfully unlocked his door with a little 'aha', pulling away from Leona's embrace as he stepped into his room, "This was a wonderful date, by the way." Idia turned to look at him with a rather dazzling smile, "We should have another date sometime, preferably one with less window smashing."
"Sure." Leona leaned against the doorway, "I had a good time myself. Want to have another date next Friday? Same time?"
"Sounds delightful, count me in as your player two!"
They stood there after their little agreement, looking at one another quietly, making no move to declare their goodbyes and part for the night. Leona didn't quite want to leave Idia's side yet, and he had a feeling that Idia felt the same way. Should he… go? They had a long date, perhaps Idia would want to rest up now with a game-
Idia had grabbed his hand, the ends of his hair flickering with bits of pink, “Hey, uh… Would you… like to stay over tonight? You can say no of course, but maybe we can take a bath, get into some cozy pjs, and cuddle until we sleep..? We can do something else or-”
Leona kissed his silly boyfriend to silence him before pulling back slightly to speak, “Sleeping with you tonight would be lovely, Idia.”
"O-Oh! Ok! Yeah!" Idia brushed a few strands away from his face as more of his hair turned pink, "Lovely! Sleep date it is!" Idia tugged Leona's hand, leading him into his room, "I think I have a spare towel you can use in my closet. I also finally went out and got myself a hairdryer for my bathroom since you don’t like to go to bed with wet hair…"
The two of them got ready for bed together, and they managed to finish all of their tasks in time by ten, leaving them with the rest of the night to cuddle in bed until they eventually slept. Leona liked moments like this the best. They got to lay there, together, in each other’s arms as they talked about whatever they wanted. Sometimes, like tonight, he would get to lay his head on Idia’s chest, listening to his boyfriend’s steady heartbeat. He liked hearing that sound for some reason.
“What do you think the future will be like for us?” Questioned Idia idly as he scratched that perfect spot behind Leona’s ear, “Will we be happy? Happier than we are now?”
“Definitely” Leona couldn’t help but purr as he leaned into Idia’s touch, “We will be happy. So very happy?”
“How happy?”
“Happier than we’ll ever imagine, I bet.”
“That sounds nice.” Idia sounded quieter now, his voice no louder than a soft breeze, What do you think we’ll do?”
“Get married.” Leona wanted to state the obvious first, “But after that? Dunno. We can get a nice house by the beach, explore the world- do whatever we want.”
“That sounds nice…”
“Yeah. After all of that, we can just go to bed like this.” Leona propped himself up to look at Idia, “Snuggle up, sleep together every night. Doesn’t that sound nice?”
“It does.” Idia murmured, looking at him with a soft smile, “We can just grow old together and become a pair of gushy grandpas or something.”
Leona couldn’t help but scoff at the idea. Him? A gushy grandpa? No, he couldn’t imagine that. He always assumed he’d grow up to be some cranky old grandpa, but if he were with Idia… well. He might be really gushy for Idia, actually, so it’s more possible than he’d imagine…
“What?” Idia looked at him curiously, “Do you not like the idea of being gushy grandpas?”
“No,” He says quickly, “I like it. But why stop at being gushy grandpas when we can be gushy newlyweds and even gushier grandpas?”
Idia looked at him with surprise at first, then his smile widened, then the barest hints of a laugh could be heard slipping past his lips, “Oh my- great seven-” A cackle, the corner of his eyes crinkled delightfully, “Fuhihi! Sure, Leona, we can be even gushier grandpas together. That sounds like a wonderful plan.”
“Great, then let’s-” Before Leona could lay his head back down on Idia's chest, Idia swooped in to give him a quick kiss. That was-
"Aw. You look so cute right now." Idia snuggled back on his pillow, patting his chest, "C'mon, kitty-cat, let's get sleeping, I'm tired!"
Leona nodded, not quite sure to say as he laid back down. He relaxed easily upon hearing Idia's heartbeat once more, the calming sound easily lulling him to sleep. He swore, as he slowly slipped away into slumber, that he could hear Idia wishing him a good sleep. He didn't have the energy to say anything back, but he will in the morning… and at that time Leona will tell his boyfriend "good morning" as they wake up, together.