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How was your life as a dragon?
Neuvilette never got tired of Wriothesley asking him the same question everytime they met, he always had a different answer for him.
“Different from this one, in many ways, things you couldn’t even imagine were considered normal for me. Like immortality.”
Wriothesley stayed quiet, wanting for Neuvilette to keep talking, as he circled with his finger the rim of his tea cup.
“But, may I ask, is there a reason for why you keep asking me this? Is there something you want to know?”
He took a pause to move his hands closer to his face awkwardly
“You shouldn’t feel shame, you can ask me anything Wriothesley.”
He ended the phrase with a reassuring smile
Wriothesley avoided eye contact for a while. Still playing with his cup, maybe forming a thought.
“Did you have a partner?”
Neuvilette raised an eyebrow
“What? No… I honestly didn’t care about finding a “mate”
He said imitating quotes with his fingers
“So what did you care about?”
He waited.
“I thought about my people. And… exploring Teyvat.”
Wriothesley looked up at Neuvilette, at this point so emerged in Neuvilette’s words that questions just came flowing thru his head to his mouth directly
“So you don’t have any experience?”
“Uh-“
A sound almost like a cough came from Neuvilette’s mouth as he grew more embarrassed.
His ears flushed as he couldn’t make eye contact with Wriothesley
*Shit*
Wriothesley forgot how private Neuvilette can be, asking these type of questions usually send him into panic mode.
“I-i’m sorry ! Forget about it.”
Wriothesley smiled at him.
“I don’t”
Neuvilette smiled awkwardly.
“I know. It sad.”
Wriothesley’s eyes widened, he expected that answer, but having it confirmed was definetly weird. Neuvilette, a virgin? That sure wasn’t the kind of thing he imagined.
“It’s not sad..”
He felt uncomfortable, after all talking about these type of things was new for both of them.
Wriothesley and Neuvilette never had anything of course, but all the night talks and adventures they had together brought both of them to start cathing some kind of feelings, and even thought Neuvilette was the one with the less experience in these things, he was the only one who realised his feelings for the other, Wriothesley on the other hand was still… in deep denial.
“I’m sorry, are you uncomfortable? Shall we talk about something else?”
Wriothesley said, knowing Neuvilette wasn’t uncomfortable, he was.
“I’m not, do not worry.”
Then silence fell upon the room.
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“How is it?”
The question almost made Wriothesley’s stomach do a double flip.
“How is what?”
He maneged to blurt out
Neuvilette stopped to think of how to rephrase the question.
“How is… uh… having… someone?”
Wriothesley looked up from his cup, finally.
“Like, kissing someone?”
Wriothesley was embarrassed by the conversation he was having with Neuvilette, he felt like a little child again.
“I guess you could say. How is it?”
Neuvilette on the other side now just seemed truly intrested in the matter.
“Well it’s something not easy to describe, it involves… lots of emotions. Wait”
He stopped mid sentence
“You didn’t even have a first kiss?”
He paused.
“Well it’s nice having someone to kiss. You should try it.”
Neuvilette hummed in response.
“Mhm..”
He knew nothing about relationship, imagine if he knew anything about flirting, he found himself in a rather complicated situation, should he just say bye and leave the prison? Only to have to wait another month or so for another free night? Or should he just say something to Wriotheseley ?
But what would he even say to him?
“What are you thinking about?”
Almost like he fell from the clouds he heard his voice
“Is it really that nice?”
Neuvilette had a different tone from usual, he had a deeper voice; Wriotheseley swore he saw his eyes shine.
“I guess so…”
“Then do it.”
Neuvilette tried to mask his fear and succeeded, he acted so cold and persuasive when really his stomach was rolling around and his eyes couldn’t stop watching every Wriotheseley’s movement, from his mouth to his eyes. He felt the need to know his “next move” was he going to kiss him? Or was he just going to ignore completely the words that came out of his mouth.
Wriotheseley on his side couldn’t hide in any way the surprise, his cheeks quickly lit up
“What?”
He murmured under his breath
“Since you talk about it like it’s the best thing in the world just show me how it is.”
Wriotheseley smiled, almost as a challenge, seeing how calm Neuvilette seemed.
“Out of all the ladies that fancy you in Fontaine you choose me as your first kiss?”
“You’re the only who showed any kind of interest in me for my being and not for my… looks…”
He felt ashamed by saying those words, he felt like he was complimenting himself, and making it sound like he thought he was the prettiest of all Fontaine, even thought he probably was.
“I mean I don’t mind, but… are you willing to waste your first kiss on me?”
Neuvilette just nodded. It wouldn’t be a waste of course, he was hoping for this moment to come for a while now. Was it going to be awkward? What if Wriotheseley denied the offer?
Wriotheseley never acted so gentle in his entire life, maybe it was the tiredness from work or maybe the panic from before that just couldn’t make him think straight. But he had a different expression, one that Neuvilette never saw in his eyes.
He picked Neuvilette’s face with both of his hands, being so careful like his head would just scatter into pieces if he didn’t hold it right. He took a brief moment to look at the dragon so up close, Neuvilette on the other side wasn’t reciprocating the eye contact, he was immersed in the duke’s lips.
He didn’t waste any time bringing Neuvilette’s closer to him and finally pressing their lips together. Feeling Neuvilette so close to him made the Duke put more pressure on the other’s lips, without any shame Wriotheseley creeped into the dragons mouth, which made the older man open his eyes to find out what he was doing. He thought a kiss would be… external? But Wriotheseley looked like he was really enjoying it.
His hands moved to his hair and his hrip grew stronger.
The duke knew Neuvilette had no experience, so he was fine with being the lead. On the other side the dragon was frozen, he wanted but couldn’t bring himself to do anything more rather than just accept the kiss. His hands couldn’t move. He could just bring himself to look down at Wriotheseley.
He probably should’ve told the dragon before the kiss, that one if the most important rules is not opening your eyes, so they both made a very awkward eye contact.
They’re eyes met like Wriotheseley didn’t have his tounge in Neuvilette’s throat. He quickly pulled away, wiping his mouth and turning his head
Neuvilette on the other side was clueless
“Are you okay?”
He asked sounding actually worried
“Yeah… yeah I-i’m fine.”
He just kissed… fucking Monsieur Neuvilette?
“Listen I’ll be on my way now. Sorry.”
Neuvilette frowned
“What? Did I do something? I apologise.”
Wriotheseley glanced over him again
“You didn’t!”
He said shyly trying to smile normally
“I-i just have… some matters to take care of.”
Neuvilette was confused
“Oh sure, I get it… thank you Wriotheseley.”
Neuvilette couldn’t even finish that phrase without being left alone in the Duke’s office.
Wriotheseley on the other hand was sprinting down the stairs with his hand still covering his mouth
“What has gotten into me?”
He thought, not being able to hide his red cheeks anymore.