All's Fair in Love [Kodi]

[Gryphon Matsuoka]

Gryphon and Kodi had both kind of realized that things had become a little... dull, in a sense. Gryph, personally, felt a little uncomfortable, when he really didn't want to. And it wasn't like he didn't want Kodi's company, he just... he didn't really know. The idea of being more intimate than holding hands and hugging almost felt foreign as well, which was strange. So when Gryphon found out that there was a fair going on nearby... his inner child started giggling.

Well, he started giggling. Out loud. Nineteen year old, my ass.

The pair of them approached the fair. It was... colourful. And it wasn't raining or anything, which was always a plus... yeah, Gryph really didn't know what he was doing. At the same time as being excited. He hadn't been to a fair in... forever. He really needed to do more fun things. The avian boy looked over at Kodi and subtly threaded their hands together, "So... this looks like fun." That was an understatement, but he was trying not to act like an eight year old.

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Kodi was going to feel sick about what he'd done and almost done for a long, long time. Even though Gryph hadn't broken up with him, there was obviously still tension between them that Kodi really wanted to try to relieve. That was why he'd agreed to come to this silly fair - something he might not have agreed to otherwise, because fairs meant dumb rides and too-sweet or too-greasy foods and noisy children and ugh.

But... The fact that he was there with Gryph made it more bearable. And, if Kodi was honest with himself, he sort of felt like a little kid experiencing something he never had (his parents may have taken him to a fair before, but he didn't remember).

Kodi glanced down as he felt Gryph's fingers intertwine with his, and smiled faintly, squeezing back in response. "Yeah..." he replied with a slight uncertainty to his voice. He wasn't sure what to think. After they paid their tickets and went inside, Kodi looked around, feeling a little overwhelmed. There were all kinds of rides (no he didn't want to go on all of them!!) and booths to look at and things to eat. Kodi didn't even know where to begin. "Wh... Whadaya wanna do first?" he asked, looking up at his taller lover. "This was your idea." A faint smirk played about his lips.

[Gryphon Matsuoka]

Gryphon hadn't fully forgiven him yet. That wasn't something that he would say out loud, to his face, but it was the case, and he felt like it couldn't be helped. It also didn't help that because of the whole... thing, he felt more... possessive. Even if he couldn't bring himself to be too close to Kodi... it felt odd. Not really something he was used to, and not something he wanted to have to get used to.

This had been a more selfish choice over anything else, to come to the fair. He wasn't really certain of what Kodi would think of it, seeing as this was all bright and colourful and silly, and Kodi... wasn't. Well, not most of the time. To hell with it, this was gonna be fun. Hopefully.

Gryphon looked around as well once they were inside. Even if he wasn't exactly intimidated by the noise and all the different things, he still had no idea what to do. There was a ridiculous amount. "Mmm..." He hummed a little, trying to seem like he was considering him options, when in actual fact, he had no idea. "...stuff." Geez, that really wasn't helping. He didn't know if it was the large variety of options, or if it was more the awkwardness he was feeling about trying to build things up again with Kodi, but he really had gone into ditz mode. His eyes spied a coconut shy and he just went with it, dragging Kodi with him without saying a word. Gaah.

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Kodi wasn't going to bring up the incident again. If Gryph wanted to talk about it, he would have to say something first. As far as the dentokinetic was concerned, it was over and done with and yeah, he was suffering from the consequences of his actions, but not nearly as much as he could have (or should have) been. He had to be happy about that.

This would be fine. He was deal. As long as a little kid didn't beat him at a game, or something. Pshhh, what was he thinking, a little kid wouldn't beat him....

Kodi snorted and rolled his eyes at the older boy's answer, shaking his head. "Well, I sure as hell have no idea what t'do, 'cause I ain't been t'one of these things before. I don't even know what all this shit is." He smiled faintly, about to suggest maybe just wandering around or something first, when Gryph apparently spotted something he wanted to try. Kodi stumbled along after him until they reached the tent, and squinted a bit blindly at the targets they were... Supposed to hit, or something. "I shoulda brought my glasses," he mumbled, pouting. "What's the point of this... Game?" It kind of looked like a game. "Are you good at it? Are you gonna win me a giant stuffed animal?" That was the cliche thing that always happened in movies and stuff, right? Kodi chuckled and bumped his head into Gryphon's shoulder. "I'll prob'ly suck at it."

[Gryphon Matsuoka]

Gryphon was not bringing it up. End of discussion.

The winged boy could be stubborn at times, but that didn't make him decisive. And it had been quite a while since he'd been to anything like this - in a way, he had more experience than Kodi, but in another, he was just as clueless. He furrowed his brow at the fact that he'd never been to one of these before. They hadn't spoken much about their home lives, other than that one conversation about Kodi's parents, so Gryphon didn't really know if he should've expected that or not.

He tilted his head at the boy, "Yeah, maybe." He looked at the shy and then back at Kodi, "You try and knock off the coconuts." It probably wasn't the best choice if he actually wanted to try and win anything, because... "Probably not. My throwing ability is actually crap." He grinned down at Kodi, "No harm in trying." Unless he hit someone. Gryphon did not doubt Kodi's ability to hit the vendor with a ball. He paid for some balls and looked at Kodi, biting his lip to stop himself from smiling so much, "Ladies first." He said, signalling forwards, even though he wasn't sure how blind Kodi was at the moment.

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That was probably something they should do sometime. Sit down and just... Talk. Talk a bout their lives, their families, their goals and dreams. They'd spent a lot of time together, but a lot of it was just... Hanging out. Making out, when Kodi had his way. And, of course, sex sometimes. Kodi was just hesitant to break out more of his past, because it wasn't pretty, and he was afraid that something might come up that might completely change Gryph's view of him somehow. And not in a good way.

"Knock off the coconuts. Okay, sounds simple enough." Not. There was a reason Kodi didn't play sports (besides the fact that he hated anything team-related) - he couldn't throw a ball to save his life! "Well, that makes two of us, 'cause I'll prob'ly end up just knockin' someone's block of," he snorted with a toothy grin. So, yes, look out, vendor man. Kodi took the balls awkwardly in his hand (heh, balls in his hand), scowling at Gryph as he signaled him to go. "Why ain't you goin' first, then?" he shot back, and stuck out his tongue. Whatever, better to get this over with.

Kodi shifted a little, testing the weight of the ball in his hand, and eyed a coconut. It was blurry, but he thought he had a pretty good idea where it was (not that that would necessarily help). He arched his arm back and threw, shooting the ball forward with impressive strength but missing all of the coconuts entirely. The ball hit the back with a dull thud, and Kodi huffed, handing the next one to Gryphon. "I want that snake thing if you win," he said, pointing towards a stuffed animal nearby. "It looks like a dick." So of course that was what he wanted. Heh.

[Gryphon Matsuoka]

Gryphon himself wasn't sure how easy it would be to talk about himself all that much either. He didn't think about his future enough to really know what he wanted to do. And family life was difficult as it was. He knew a conversation like that would come up, at some point, a conversation of true learning about each other, because he was pretty sure he would be the one to start it, due to his curiosity, or nosiness, however you looked at it. Talking was good.

Fair games were those things that were harder than they first seemed, in general. If they were easy, the organizers would make less money, so of course, they were rigged, or made more difficult, on purpose. Gryph was concerned with the possibility of either of them screwing this up terribly somehow, because he personally knew he could be clumsy at the worst of times. "Try not to hospitalize anyone." He teased. At Kodi's protest, he stuck his own tongue out as well, "Because I'm terrible at this and I want to laugh at you." He joked, even though it was vaguely true.

Gryphon chuckled as the ball whizzed right past the targets, minorly surprised and worried by the power of it. When a ball was handed to him (so much talk of balls), he looked at Kodi with a face that said, 'Really?', although he should've expected that reasoning, coming from the younger boy. He shook his head a little and looked at the coconuts. He threw the ball and it came pretty close to one of the coconuts, but not close enough. The avian boy looked at Kodi, "I hope you can live without your penis snake."