"...You haven't?" That brings Devero's eyes back to Koumyou's face, his expression startled. His needy heart lurches in his chest and he tries to set the iron bands of his control around it, but they've been warped and weak since he first met Koumyou. His effort doesn't do very much.
That word considerations makes him withdraw a little. Considerations. The priest may answer to no one but Devero doesn't even know what vows he's taken, or how closely he holds to them. Just because no one else could enforce his rules doesn't mean he won't enforce them for himself.
He nods, to show he's listening and understanding, and tries to brace himself for the demurral he knows is going to follow that statement--
But Koumyou startles him again. Devero had drawn up in his head a list of all the reasons Koumyou might refuse him-- religious commitment, heterosexuality, asexuality, plain disinterest, and more-- and 'inexperience' hadn't even made the bottom of it. Sexual activity is so normalized where he comes from that he'd just assumed-- surely Koumyou hadn't been born a priest--
He takes a moment to process that, and then slowly lowers himself to sit seiza on the floor in front of him. "If you're worried that would matter to me, it doesn't," he says. If he sounds a little uncertain himself, it's only because he's not 100% positive that Koumyou just admitting to being a virgin. "No one knows what they're doing their f... first time?"
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That word considerations makes him withdraw a little. Considerations. The priest may answer to no one but Devero doesn't even know what vows he's taken, or how closely he holds to them. Just because no one else could enforce his rules doesn't mean he won't enforce them for himself.
He nods, to show he's listening and understanding, and tries to brace himself for the demurral he knows is going to follow that statement--
But Koumyou startles him again. Devero had drawn up in his head a list of all the reasons Koumyou might refuse him-- religious commitment, heterosexuality, asexuality, plain disinterest, and more-- and 'inexperience' hadn't even made the bottom of it. Sexual activity is so normalized where he comes from that he'd just assumed-- surely Koumyou hadn't been born a priest--
He takes a moment to process that, and then slowly lowers himself to sit seiza on the floor in front of him. "If you're worried that would matter to me, it doesn't," he says. If he sounds a little uncertain himself, it's only because he's not 100% positive that Koumyou just admitting to being a virgin. "No one knows what they're doing their f... first time?"