on each side of a drawn line
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the space between our lips (there's no name to call it) by unsealed
Fandoms: Virtual Streamer Animated Characters, Nijisanji (Virtual Streamers), First Stage Production (Virtual Streamers)
02 Apr 2026
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“You have such beautiful eyes. Have I ever told you that?” Kaelix grips Malim’s shoulders tighter. There’s his own voice at the back of his head yelling at him that his nails might tear through Malim’s leather jacket, but he’s stunned beyond belief at the compliment. He’s heard of it before, exact words from the same guy, but—”I probably have. I may be stupid, but I’m not dumb.”
Kaelix finds even swallowing nothing difficult. His left eye twitches, and he’s sure his smile is now closer to a grimace. “I, haha, well, um—yes! Yes, uh, you have—” He internally winces at the unintentional display of being a walking (standing?) embarrassment. “You have, before. But does that—does that mean you enjoy seeing me, uh, squint, huh? You do not want me to see properly, is what I’m hearing? Me—an, Malim!” He singsongs as he drags the first syllable. His hands have still yet to leave Malim’s shoulders. Not like Malim is addressing it.
(There are other things to address as well, but it’s three in the morning, and Kaelix knows his roommate enough that they shouldn’t. Maybe not right now. Maybe not ever.)
Kaelix knows there's no name for the space between him and Malim('s lips).
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- Part 1 of on each side of a drawn line
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the secret we keep (we're right where we want to be) by unsealed
Fandoms: Virtual Streamer Animated Characters, Nijisanji (Virtual Streamers), First Stage Production (Virtual Streamers)
27 May 2026
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“But really, I didn’t—” Kaelix stopped himself, visibly frozen in the middle of putting his eyeglasses case inside his bag. Malim only tilted his head as he leaned against the door. “I didn’t do it for, like, remuneration or anything. It’s just… what friends do.”
(There is one thing Malim barely keeps a secret. He hasn’t explicitly nor directly said it to Kaelix, despite being the object of the secret, but he knows that Kaelix knows, to an extent.
As a compromise, he promises himself to not make a mountain out of a molehill. He adds a clause to the promise by making another promise: He wouldn’t cross the line Kaelix drew for himself, not unless Kaelix steps out of the line first. So he waits.)
“... And as a friend, I’m saying I wouldn’t mind taking you out. For cheesecake, I mean. And nothing else. Unless you want something else…” When Malim saw Kaelix freeze again, Malim quickly followed up. “I mean, you know, something else with your cheesecake, like tea or something. Or yogurt.”
Malim knows that Kaelix knows. They know each other well enough, after all.
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- Part 2 of on each side of a drawn line