For Baren to fall asleep somewhere, he needs to feel - a certain type of secure. As if he won't be stabbed in his sleep, the most basic, sure. But more than that, his mind races when he's somewhere unfamiliar. Chuuya's place is somewhere that's been marked as a safe space to him - sometimes just next to Chuuya good enough for the purpose of a nap. When he falls asleep after their adventure, he intends to just take a nap. Be gone by morning. Collect his things from the bedside table - his feathers, his bells, his eyepatch - and leave.
There's the shaking and Baren knows something is wrong when he opens his eyes and is able to see clearly out of both of them.
Immediately he puts distance between them, reaching up to brush his bangs back into place to cover his left eye and - ]
Chuuya.
[A full first name that Baren hasn't said in years - but he can't manage more than that for the moment, his jolted awake, panicked mind racing. God, what does he say to get himself out of this one.]
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For Baren to fall asleep somewhere, he needs to feel - a certain type of secure. As if he won't be stabbed in his sleep, the most basic, sure. But more than that, his mind races when he's somewhere unfamiliar. Chuuya's place is somewhere that's been marked as a safe space to him - sometimes just next to Chuuya good enough for the purpose of a nap. When he falls asleep after their adventure, he intends to just take a nap. Be gone by morning. Collect his things from the bedside table - his feathers, his bells, his eyepatch - and leave.
There's the shaking and Baren knows something is wrong when he opens his eyes and is able to see clearly out of both of them.
Immediately he puts distance between them, reaching up to brush his bangs back into place to cover his left eye and - ]
Chuuya.
[A full first name that Baren hasn't said in years - but he can't manage more than that for the moment, his jolted awake, panicked mind racing. God, what does he say to get himself out of this one.]