Kib wakes up first. This has always been the case. He kisses his sleeping husband and gets up, prompting Charp to start making breakfast and boiling a kettle so Aydanci can have tea whenever he's up. Kib finished a book yesterday, so he picks up a new one. He should make some more storks if he can't think of anything useful to do with the day; the world can always use more storks.
secondchance
"I'll be as happy as you were when I died. Until. You. Come. Back," hisses Kib.
secondchance
"Oh no honey no I wasn't ready I'm not ready, no no honey," whispers Kib, going from handholding to cradling his husband in his arms instead. "Honey, honey give me a few scares before the real thing, please, not like this, be alive, it's only fair - honey -"
do_over
"Not exactly hurt, I mean, a bit, but... like when your arm falls asleep. Except everywhere. And then it stopped."
if_at_first
"We'll just keep doing that until we figure out how to stop dying and we'll be fine."
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