{"id":2520,"date":"2014-10-15T01:14:49","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T01:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/2014\/10\/15\/the-meaning-of-the-monocle-8\/"},"modified":"2014-10-15T01:14:49","modified_gmt":"2014-10-15T01:14:49","slug":"the-meaning-of-the-monocle-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/2014\/10\/15\/the-meaning-of-the-monocle-8\/","title":{"rendered":"The Meaning of the Monocle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/smokebombsandmirrors.tumblr.com\/post\/100037165850\/the-meaning-of-the-monocle\">smokebombsandmirrors<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>He lifted his head to look at him. \u201cThe monocle I gave you represents everything I\u2019m giving you. The trust I\u2019m putting into you \u2026 to give it back \u2026 it felt as if it meant nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He shifted and buried his face again. \u201cI over reacted I know.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/31.media.tumblr.com\/02098b86af602f6d026009864f0f4d7b\/tumblr_inline_ndgorzs0dM1rms2iz.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There was silence for several seconds as Hakuba thought about that, struck by the simple significance. Suddenly, it all made sense. He looked down at him, all conflicted and bruised thoughts on the subject ebbing away. It might have been the wine, it might have been the honeyglow, but there was a feeling of resolution resonating in him that made everything just so\u00a0<em>comfortable.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He moved a hand to Kaito&rsquo;s cheek, slipping it under to his chin to guide him to look up, giving an affectionate smile. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s all right. I&rsquo;m sorry, I didn&rsquo;t realize. Thank you.&rdquo; Then he moved to kiss him, warm and full on the lips, no longer held back by his usual inhibitions.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>smokebombsandmirrors: He lifted his head to look at him. \u201cThe monocle I gave you represents everything I\u2019m giving you. The trust I\u2019m putting into you \u2026 to give it back \u2026 it felt as if it meant nothing.\u201d He shifted and buried his face again. \u201cI over reacted I know.\u201d There was silence for several [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[76,75,234,1933,77],"class_list":["post-2520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-ic","tag-rp","tag-smokebombsandmirrors","tag-the-meaning-of-the-monocle","tag-thread"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2520\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}