i think i might like chapter 26 more than this one.
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"black is tradional, but if you'd prefer..." the other mother spoke, and venti's' eyes glittered. he'd liked this scene, just from the pure scare factor it had.
"so sharp you just..." the other father spoke, as coraline shrunk back, scared.
as the scene went on, venti found that xiao was leaning into him more, and at one point he'd lazily wrapped an arm around the other.
"tired?"
"hm? no..."
"if you are, that's fine! i can lea-"
"no. stay-"
"okay?"
the man sighed, as xiao seemingly moved to get more comfortable.
which meant that he was now curled up in venti's lap.
"go to sleep, go to sleep, go to sleep!" coraline shouted under her covers, catching venti's attention again.
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when the scene where the other mother turns into the beldam, and coraline runs into the three ghosts, venti glanced down to see that xiao was asleep.
"xiao?" he whispered, and after waiting for a moment, gained no response.
after a bit, he stopped paying attention to the movie, and nuzzled into the other, and before he noticed it, he'd murmured an "i love you, xiao."
"... i said that out loud didn't i-" he said aloud, to himself, although still quiet enough as to not wake xiao.
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modernity - xiaoven
Fanfictionfuck. this old description doesn't fit the book anymore- i'm too lazy to change it. (i have like 46 more chapters to write, so-) modernity - the quality or condition of being modern. venti felt he was modern. or well, close to being modern. he didn...
