Kaleva hugs him. "No. You've made me so happy. Getting to read books with you and talk with you and just be around you is the happiest I have been in my entire life."

Bruce hugs Kaleva back like he's afraid he's going to dissolve into mist at any moment. "I'm r-really glad to hear that. Because being with you is the happiest I've been too."

"...maybe you do love me and you are just confused."

Bruce is silent for a long moment.

"I think maybe the reason I don't believe that is because I can tell I really want it to be true."

Kaleva kisses him. 

This might or might not be evidence of anything, but it does feel nice. Bruce makes a tiny surprised noise and relaxes just a little.

"Now," Kaleva says, "in Auradon, if you love me, then when we kiss your heart will fill with song and you'll want to spend forever with me in bliss and-- if we're both men who rescues whom from the dragon?"

"I do want to spend forever with you but I think my heart is too full of anxiety that I'm doing something awful to you by being in the same room for it to fill with anything else. Also I have no idea how to rescue someone from a dragon; should I know that?"

"Well, I don't know how to rescue people from a dragon, I sort of hoped it wouldn't come up. Anyway, I think if I got kidnapped by a dragon you are supposed to want to rescue me."

"I think I would try but I am worried I would turn out to be a coward. Please try not to get kidnapped by any dragons and I will try to be the kind of person who would rescue you if you did."

"The same for you."

"...so what I think happened is that in Auradon men don't want to kiss other men because they can't fall in love with them, and in your world men want to kiss other men but don't fall in love with them, and then when the two worlds met it interacted weirdly and we fell in love."

"That sounds super fake and probably I'm just turning you to sin. But as far as I can tell it's a lot easier to get away with sin in this world and I don't think I'm going to figure out being good any time soon, so I kind of want to try being in love anyway. And maybe it'll turn out that you're right and everything will be fine."

Kaleva reaches out and runs his hands though Bruce's hair. "Well, I love you, so you probably love me?"

Mmm hairpets. "I want to love you. I hope I love you. I hope that's close enough. I hope I can be sure someday." He leans into Kaleva's hand.

Now that that's all settled Kaleva kisses him again.

Kisses! Being evil has never felt this good.

Kaleva thinks they should cuddle on the bed and kiss. Cuddles and kisses are even better than regular cuddles.

Kaleva is so right. Kaleva is usually right. Also Bruce should pet his hair right back.

Mmm that is such a good idea. Has Bruce considered that he is ALSO usually right.

(Kaleva's penis is doing things again.)

Bruce is trying to ignore Kaleva's penis, but his own is decidedly not cooperating with that plan.

Kaleva is vaguely aware that he wants Something, in addition to never leaving Bruce's arms and having Bruce tell him he loves him, but is totally baffled about what thing he could possibly want.

Whatever it is it seems to make him make odd whimpering noises into Bruce's mouth.

Bruce is aware that both of their bodies seem to think it's time to have marital relations with a woman, but there's no woman here and he doesn't want there to be and it doesn't make much sense. That's the sort of thing that happens when you decide to act against God and nature, but it's very frustrating. He makes little noises back at Kaleva and pulls him closer, their thighs almost brushing against each other.

Eventually Kaleva has kissed Bruce enough to pull away and smile at him and hold his hand and say "I love you."

He's not sure, but he's never been sure of anything and maybe he never will, and he wants so badly to just open up his mind and let Kaleva see everything in it--

"I love you too."