{"id":7596,"date":"2013-07-07T19:40:35","date_gmt":"2013-07-07T19:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/2013\/07\/07\/moonlight-visitor-8\/"},"modified":"2013-07-07T19:40:35","modified_gmt":"2013-07-07T19:40:35","slug":"moonlight-visitor-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/2013\/07\/07\/moonlight-visitor-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Moonlight Visitor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/themoonlightthief.tumblr.com\/post\/54848665546\/moonlight-visitor\">themoonlightthief<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/media.tumblr.com\/8109f85fb6f13954f2ca97e19bc64f39\/tumblr_inline_mpkyk3Tr2e1qz4rgp.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>His fingers carefully and gently unfolded from the collar of Hakuba\u2019s shirt, hand pulling back and away with a slowness that easily conveyed the uncertainty he refused to let show on his face &#8211; not that he could do the same for the faint hotness on his cheeks, but the shadow cast by his hat, along with the darkness of the room served to hide it well enough. He hoped.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps\u2026this had been a bad idea after all.<\/p>\n<p>The detective still hadn\u2019t spoken and indigo eyes scanned his face swiftly and carefully for any sign of what he might be thinking. And, upon noticing the faint flush on his cheeks, the thief\u2019s lips quirked into the hint of a grin. Well. That was <em>something,<\/em> at least. But not quite what he had expected.<\/p>\n<p>A push, cursing, hell, even a <em>punch\u2014<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Something more.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Instead of this\u2026<em>silence.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Kid tried hard to keep himself from fidgeting, the way Hakuba was simply <em>staring<\/em> starting to get to him. He wasn\u2019t sure what to say and silence reigned for a few minutes more, before he finally got his mouth to work again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Well.<\/em> It seems the delivery was a success.&ldquo; The lightness in which he spoke covered the nervousness, hesitancy and embarrassment well and he shifted away, tipping his hat forward slightly as he made the grin on his lips widen. \u201cIf the way it seems to have struck you speechless is any indication. That is all I came here to do, so if you\u2019ll be so kind as to excuse me\u2026&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media.tumblr.com\/7918a431dcd5967bf141562c9f01fc2a\/tumblr_inline_mpkzzeaPNW1qz4rgp.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kaitou&rsquo;s movement and the stated intention to leave, to take that warmth and wonder away, spurred Hakuba to act. He took a step forward, \u00a0reaching a hand for the thief&rsquo;s arm, to stop him- but gently.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Ah- no, wait&hellip; Please.&rdquo; \u00a0Hakuba&rsquo;s cheeks turned redder still, feeling somewhat like a shy mouse suddenly thrust out into center stage. &ldquo;I-is that&hellip; really&hellip;?&rdquo; \u00a0So much for eloquence. The detective gulped. &ldquo;Wh-why did you-?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He had to know. The intentions and motivations of others had always been a driving force in everything he did, but this question, this action, was something he had a desperate need to understand.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>themoonlightthief: His fingers carefully and gently unfolded from the collar of Hakuba\u2019s shirt, hand pulling back and away with a slowness that easily conveyed the uncertainty he refused to let show on his face &#8211; not that he could do the same for the faint hotness on his cheeks, but the shadow cast by his [&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":[76,75,90],"class_list":["post-7596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-ic","tag-rp","tag-themoonlightthief"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7596","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=7596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7596\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}