Yondu shrugs ears giving a little twitch wiggle. “I don’t much care about that to be honest.”
“No?” Carlos asked. “Well… nice to know that…
I mean… Um, that’s nice. Thank you.” He laughed slightly. God, he was probably
sounding terrible. He cleared his throat. “Um, so… I dunno. What’s first, then?”Yondu blinks at him. “Ummm… well…” pulls out the holo pad on human mating rituals. “Let me Check here…. uhhhhh something about… confectionary… in a heart box… and roses…. uhh…”
Carlos chuckled. “That’s… well, that’s not
necessary. The important part is spending time to get to know each other, and
doing fun things together. The gifts… well, they’re optional. Mostly those are
just to show that you’re like… I mean, it’s just a way to say ‘I’ve been
thinking about you’ or something, you know?”“Oh….. well ummm.”throws the holo pad to the side snacking a crew member in the head. “Well one thing I know from my Umm species…. is ummm… can I show you?”
Carlos lifted an eyebrow curiously, but then
nodded. “Um, sure,” he said. He glanced over at the crewmember who was hit,
wondering if he was okay.Yondu looks at him then leans in and rubs there heads together and if they both had fins they too would connect.
Carlos was surprised at first, but he didn’t
move. He just closed his eyes and let Yondu rub their foreheads together. This
was… it felt strangely intimate. Very intimate,
actually. Carlos felt a little like he was made privy to something he wasn’t
supposed to be… even though he and Yondu were the two doing it. He was a little
nervous, but… he supposed he could see how this would be nice. Yeah, it’d take
some getting used to, but… he didn’t mind it too much.Yondu then pulls back after a bit and smiles. “Last time I did that was…. when I was just a cub….”
Carlos opened his eyes and smiled shyly at
Yondu. “Um, what… what was that? Like… like a kiss or something?”
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