eight paintings burned (and many kisses received)

[thehangedrose]

[This is already starting to be one of the worst weeks in his life, in Garry's opinion.]

[He's been warned about what would happen by Ino, but it seems that avoiding the kissing going around is easier said than done. So many kisses he hadn't even meant to instigate...darn it, most of those people were his friends, he didn't feel that way towards them at all!]

[He opens the journal, and he can't really hide the uneasiness in his voice.]

If someone has a cure for sheer embarrassment...I think I would like to take it off your hands, if I could.

[And he shuts the journal, trying his best to keep his composure. He's trying his best to avoid people as much as he can, and is hanging out in the library, somehow stupidly sure that whatever magic is making him do this to people won't happen in a place like this. He's been noticing the nutcrackers around, but he's too frazzled to make the connection at all between his impromptu smooching and their appearance.]

[Too bad there's a nutcracker on the shelf above him where he can't see...]


[ooc: OPEN TO PLANNED AND UNPLANNED KISSES OF ALL KINDS! Make Garry's life even worse, you know you want to.]

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[thehangedrose]

[He smiles when he sees her. Thank god- she's like the only person he feels comfortable around.]

Hello, Rapunzel. It's good to see you, hehe.

[ftssusstgsetfwe]

You, too, Garry.

[A beat. She does kind of want to know...........]

So... Who was it?

[thehangedrose]

[The question makes him flustered, and his cheeks flush a bright healthy red as he glances away.]

W-what do you mean??

[ftssusstgsetfwe]

...Garry, come on.

[thehangedrose]

...

Sheena, and Alice, and Once-ler.

[ftssusstgsetfwe]

[Three people already? Gosh.]

Hey, it's okay. [She puts an arm around him.] It's not like anybody can help it.

I don't know Sheena or Alice.

[A beat.]

Once-ler, huh? [...That's not the worst image to ever enter her mind.]

You don't have to be embarrassed.

[thehangedrose]

Yeah, true...and Sheena is nice, Alice is a little bit weird, but they're friends! It feels so weird to kiss them...

[DON'T REMIND HIM OF THE ONCE-LER. He leans in to rest his head on her shoulder.]

B-but I am! I never wanted to kiss those people!

...

I guess you've had a few kisses too?

[ftssusstgsetfwe]

It's weird, yes, I know. But... [She places a kiss on his forehead. Was it the nutcracker? Who can say. She always wants to kiss him.] ...You're fine, okay? Nobody's going to hold it against you.

[Oh but she wasn't looking forward to telling him this.] Just one.

[thehangedrose]

If you say so... [He smiles sweetly at the kiss, but that expression changes into something more curious when she says that. He doesn't mean to pry, but he's told her who he's kissed, it's only fair she told him who she kissed, right?]

Oh? Who?

[ftssusstgsetfwe]

Um... Once-ler.

[thehangedrose]

[Oh god, not him again.]

[He can't help but hide his slight frown at that.]

But it was because of the castle, right?

[ftssusstgsetfwe]

Yes, Garry. I promised you that wouldn't happen again, didn't I?

[thehangedrose]

[A pause, and then a nod.]

R-right. And to be fair, I kissed him too, so I guess I shouldn't judge. I'm sorry.

/sneaks in one last tag

[ftssusstgsetfwe]

[She sighs.]

I'm sorry, too. I shouldn't have gotten annoyed. I just want you to feel comfortable knowing that I love you, you know?

hehehe

[thehangedrose]

And I want you to feel comfortable, because I love you too. No matter what.

[And he turns his head to lean in, not at all noticing how close he is getting to the nutcracker on the shelf above his head. He's feeling rather warm, he must say...but when was that feeling ever new, when he was around her?]

[ftssusstgsetfwe]

You're the very best, Garry. The very best.

[And with that, she'll lean in an kiss him, because gosh does she want to.... But that's pretty much the usual with him.]

[thehangedrose]

I think you're the best, Rapunzel.

[He'll smile into the kiss, leaning in. He loves her so much, that wanting to kiss her is not even a new feeling for him- however, as if spurred on, he deepens it a bit, putting a hand on her waist to steady himself as he does so.]

[ftssusstgsetfwe]

[Oooh, well she likes that, and she puts her arms around his neck in a tender embrace. (She was already about halfway there, anyway.) There does seem to be something extra-nice about kissing him just then.]

[thehangedrose]

[It does seem even more special than usual, and he lets out a pleased noise as he deepens it, that hand on her waist moving to her back to pull her closer. She's his and they're together, and nothing could be more perfect.]

[ftssusstgsetfwe]

[Rapunzel is quite sure by this point that kissing Garry is the very best thing in the world. She loves him so much. Her hands go up to cup his cheeks as the kiss continues.]

[thehangedrose]

[He finally breaks the kiss, but unlike his previous kisses with others, he's...completely happy with it. It doesn't even seem all that strange to him. He strokes her cheek with his finger, smiling sweetly over at her.]

I love you so much, Rapunzel.

[ftssusstgsetfwe]

And I love you so much, Garry.

[thehangedrose]

Hehe, how it makes me happy to hear that...

[He kisses her nose and sits back with a content smile, before:]

Say...while we're here, want to go check out what kinds of books they have? Maybe we can even read some together...it's always fun when you share a story with someone else, you know?

[ftssusstgsetfwe]

Oh! Garry, that sounds perfect! I love reading, I really do... What kind of books should we look at?

[thehangedrose]

Whatever you like! I love sewing books myself, and fairytales, but I'm sure you must have you favorites too!