Solar Eclipse - the groomerrr

bun 3/17/2025 11:57 AM

"i know it's dangerous. but i won't tell anyone if you text!!"

"...alright, maybe i'll text you. Just remember, were secrets."

"!!! please!! i can show you what i look like if it helps!"

..... Maybe it wouldn't be too bad... right? "I'll show you myself as well, then."

"finally :o i've been waiting for years!!" He waited anxiously for a text, staring at his little phone.

He was slow to finally text, but soon sent a small message "Hello, Vasha? Its Veri."

Vasha lit up at the text, immediately grabbing at his phone to send a text. veri!! hi!! it's vasha obviously lol. hi! it's good to text normally and not have to scribble on my arm.

Oh, oh that was quick. It is quite nice, yes I hope this is ok? I don't have many people i speak to.

i don't either! i can be your friend, then. i guess we have to. He attached a quick selfie, keeping to his promise from earlier. A small kid in a too-big hoodie, very obvious eyes caught in the camera as he gave a lopsided grin. here's me :)

I would like to be your friend. Oh. Oh. Oh he was so cute but. Those eyes. Suddenly Ratio understood what was going on. Here. a photo. Veritas sent an awkward looking selfie, his cheeks stained red under his glasses. He looked almost embarassed to be showing his face to this kid. I don't. take pictures often

Wow, not even a compliment -- but it wasn't an insult, and that was the most important thing. He lit up upon seeing Ratio's image, giggling a bit to himself. Oh, he was embarrassed? He didn't expect the man to show that so easily. It was endearing, in a strange way. i don't either! you look nice. is your hair blue naturally?

It is, thank you. You look very cute in your photo. Ratio sat there with his head in his hands. You stupid fool, you couldn't even bother to edit out the blush?

you're blushing. what, embarrassed to find a thirteen year old cute~? i told you i was old enough! you should have believed me! The compliment made him go bright red, and he did pause for a bit, hiding in his hand.

He nearly moaned into his hands reading the comments. god dammit kid, he wasnt hiding it very well, was he? well, he was texting a preteen at the ripe age of almost thirty. I don't like my face a lot. I get embarassed sending pictures. I should have, you're right.

i like your face! it's really nice. i didn't realize how much older than me you'd look. Woops, no filter on this kid. Happens when you grow up with the upbringing he did. He snapped another picture, smile a little more meek as he was obviously flustered. now we're even! two blushing pics.

I hope i don't look /too/ old Oh he's blushing too?... Ugh, the kid was into him. Of course he was, they were soulmates. Still, he didn't expect it to be so obvious. You're even cuter than in the last one VERI.

oh! thank you? i'm not used to being complimented.. sorry if i'm awkward. it makes me embarrassed. He shifted a bit, curling into his comfortable little corner of his bed. This was nice -- actually feeling cared for. He was surprised Veri said yes to texting. His finger hovered over the call button, debating it. you look like your age! i think. what are you doing right now? i thought you'd be too busy for pics.

That's okay. I can tone it down? Veritas set his pen aside, holding his phone carefully. He was just grading papers, after all. It can wait a minute. Grading papers for my professor's class. Tedious, but not too bad.

no! it's okay. i just have to get used to it. :) i'll just be a little embarrassed if that's okay? He stared at the call button, toying with the idea in his mind, was it worth it? would you. want to call? i want to know you better. i feel like i know nothing.

That's perfectly fine, I won't judge. He stared at the message Vasha had just sent, a shiver rolling down his spine. I. Sure, why not.

!!! okay! give me a sec He took that second to readjust in bed, hair fluffed around his face, almost a fluffier version of his older hairstyle as he grew into it. He pressed video call (oops), waiting patiently as he stared at the calling screen.

Veritas nearly jumped out of his skin seeing the video call incoming, but he didn't. He looked tired, but opened the call anyway, smiling a little the moment he saw Vasha on the screen. "Vasha?"

Kakavasha lit up, nodding quickly as he saw him. He looked nice! Why had no one let them talk before? He was really lucky. "Veri! Hi." He raised his arm, as if to show off the writing littered on it. "You look tired. Are you sleepy?"

Oh he was doomed. This kid was just too cute and had no sense of safety. "It's been a long day. I'm just a little tired." He raised his arm to show off the doodles, a crooked little smile on his face. "Someone seems excited to see me though."

"mhm! I'm not used to making friends, so it's a little awkward. But it's okay! You don't seem like you have a ton of friends either!" He paused, confusion spreading over his face, followed quickly by realization. "That was mean -- wasn't it? I'm sorry!" Rushed words spilled from his lips, trying to mend what he perceived to be broken. Despite the fact that it would likely have little effect on Ratio in the first place.

Oh, this kid was worried about what I thought of him. "No, It's alright. I wasn't bothered. It's also very true?" He laughed a little weakly, scrunching his nose as he pursed his lips to take a moment. "I promise it didn't bother me."

Of course he was worried, meeting your soulmate for the first time didn't happen every day, and he was trying to make a good impression. After all, they'd be stuck together for life. Right? Not to mention, Kakavasha didn't have many friends, so this was his chance to properly meet someone! Someone who didn't seem to hate him for the crime of existing. "If you're sure..! I think you're really nice! Is it true? That's sad..." He pouted a bit, kind of rambly as he tried to soothe his own anxieties. "Why, though? I can't imagine who wouldn't want to be friends!"

Listening to him ramble only made Veri soften. "Most people consider me vaguely offputting...." He set aside his grading, grabbing his phone and deciding that perhaps curling up in bed with his soulmate couldn't be that bad. "I'm glad you enjoy my company at least."

"Off putting? How?" He tilted his head as he asked the question, trying to pinpoint why anyone would feel like that about him. He'd never been mean, he was smart, he was really sweet... What was there to dislike? Oh... Was it the autism? It was probably the autism. "Do people not like you because you're autistic?" Nice lack of filter, Vasha.

Veri nearly choked on his own spit as Vasha blatantly called him out for being blunt and autistic. "I assume that's it, frankly. I cannot believe that there's any other reason" aside from being kind of an asshole?????

Kakavasha nodded, moving past that relatively quickly. It didn't really even register past a blip on his radar. "It's okay! People don't like me either."

"Well, that isn't very fair to you. You're incredibly sweet." Ratio didn't want to think too hard on why people didn't really like his Vasha.

"It's cause I'm an Avgin. But you know that, right?" He turned to look at the camera, dual colored eyes bright as he tilted his head. As if to confirm what he knew already. "They don't care if I'm sweet."

"But you're beautiful-" It was out of his mouth before he could stop it. "It is, and i do know that. but that's not fair to hold against you."

Oh. He. Didn't care? That thought was comforting to him, that for once someone didn't place his entire value on his heritage. His eyes widened a bit, cheeks burning with color as he tried to sink into his pillows. "Thank.. you?" He giggled nervously, "You're the only one who's ever said that. Most people get angry when they see my eyes if I hid them..."

Oh, flirting back with the kid was a great decision. He was so cute when he was flustered. Veri didn't notice how much redder his cheeks got "Of course, they're gorgeous. You're a cute kid."

Kakavasha chewed on the inside of his cheek, nodding a little dumbly at the compliment. He never really knew what the best way to respond was. "Thanks!" He smiled at him, trying to sit up a bit more so he was comfortable. It was a little easier to see now, he was drowning in his hoodie, looking far too comfortable in his bed. "You don't hate me for it, right?" Awee he looks hopeful.

Veri sputtered a little bit at that question. Ugh, he was so cute. If only he was there right now. "No, of course I don't hate you. You're my soulmate." keep those nasty thoughts out of your brain, Ratio. you don't need to have fantasies about him stripping for you when hes 13.

~~ooooh haunting you with fantasies of him in little shorts and stripping and tugging the big hoodie up to show everything off~~ Kakavasha lit up at that, giving the man a grin that looked almost too big for his little face. He giggled, nodding happily. "Thank you... You're really nice!! Can we talk like this more? I won't tell anyone!" He held up a pinky, as if offering to make this a pinky promise.

Veri holds up a pinky finger, a smile on his face. "Promise not to tell anyone?" He would speak to Vasha every single day if it meant seeing that little smile on his face. ~~DONT TEMPT ME WITH THAT~~

"Promise!" He said, realizing that it was a little loud and shrinking back in response. He nodded, pretending to lock and shake pinkies with him. "Our secret!" ~~HAUNTING YOU HAUNTING YOU. big hoodie and vasha learning how to masturbate with you teaching~~

Veri couldn't help but laugh at the excited shout, touching his pinky to the screen to pinky promise. "Good boy." ~~Hhhhhhhhhhhh~~

Vasha's cheeks flushed with color, and he leaned forward to set his phone down somewhere on the bed. He seemed to be propping it up against something, pulling a little folder with paper and a pen onto his lap. He was sitting cross legged in front of the camera, in shorts and that too-big hoodie that covered more of the shorts than it should. "We can work together -- see?" He held up his little worksheet, some math worksheet -- very early Algebra concepts.

As Vasha set up his phone, Veri's heart melted. He rushed back to his little desk across the room and sat his phone up so that Vasha could see him. ~~Fuck, I want to peel those off of him~~ "I would love to work together. If you need any help, I'm happy to teach you."

He shifted a bit, shorts riding up just a bit to expose more of his thighs. Pale, smooth skin. He really looked like a little doll, likely only accentuated by his odd-color eyes and the way his hair framed his face. His mother had always said that he was destined to be a heartbreaker. "Mm.. I wish they didn't add letters to it all..." He trailed off, puffing one cheek out while he considered a question before scribbling an answer. "Can you check my answers when I'm done?"

Veri found his eyes drifting to watch the child on his camera frequently. It really was difficult to get work done with such a pretty distraction. "Of course, Vasha. I'm happy to help." Papers. papers Veri.

Kakavasha was very invested in his work. His gaze was focused on the paper in front of him, hardly even noticing Veri unless he said something or he needed to say something to him. "Hmm... I don't remember. What's 8 times 9 again?" He looked up, "M almost done with the first few! Do you wanna help me look over the first half?"

"72, Vasha." He looked over, resting his head in his hand as he watched Vasha, the way he bent over to write on his paper, the shorts tugging a little higher every time before falling back over his skin. "Of course, let me see, I'll help."

He scribbled something down on his paper. He leaned forward onto his knees, shorts tugging up a bit at the ends as the hoodie fell over the hems. He looked almost like he wasn't wearing any shorts, but he leaned forward and showed off his paper. All the answers seemed to be right, but he had one that was wrong -- just a simple multiplication error, as the rest of the steps looked fine. "Did I do okay...?"

Ratio peered at the paper, trying to ignore just how close his soulmate was to the camera ~~and just how much of him he could see~~. "Looks like you only missed one step, everything else looks good." "Do you... struggle? with multiplication? I'd be happy to help you with ways to remember it easier,"

Kakavasha grinned at the camera, bouncing a little in excitement as he sat back on the bed. Well, more like threw himself back. The force was enough to keep those shorts ridden up, and he didn't even seem to mind. "...Yeah. I didn't learn my times tables right, and now I struggle... Things are getting harder here, so I have less time to study..." He trailed off, looking back down at his paper. He was back to writing soon enough. "It's always confusing to me.. Makes me feel dumb."

~~I need him to be on my lap NOW~~ His eyes widened slightly at how exposed his thighs were, but he didn't really think it was important to fuss. the more Vasha trusted him the better. "I'm always happy to help, Vasha. what's so confusing about it to you?"

Kakavasha didn't seem to notice, honestly. The shorts were pushed up, yeah, but he was still covered and it didn't even register as an issue. No one's exactly looked down there, you know. "I. Don't know? I missed a lot of time... Life here's hard, and so I didn't get a lot of time with it, and it's hard to remember the numbers.." He shook his head, setting his paper aside. "I know the ones up to 5, but after 5 it's hard and I have to sit and do it by hand."

"Up to 5 is a lot! doing it by hand isn't anything to be embarassed over either." "Do you want to know an easy trick for the 9s 10s and 11s? It might help you learn the others if you know some of the higher ones" He knew it must be rough there, especially for his Vasha. he would help where he could.

Oh! He hadn't expected Veri to offer something to help so fast. He nodded quickly, leaning forward just a little bit as if he were listening intently to what he had to say. "Please! We're getting into bigger numbers and I don't wanna be stuck forever trying to remember multiplying.. So, how do I do it?"

Veri smiled as the child looked up at him, expectant. waiting. "Can you hold your hands up like you're counting 10 for me? I promise, this is a simple trick." ~~Obedient kid for me, at least. not so much for others, if him texting me says anything~~

Vasha nodded, holding up his hands with his fingers splayed out so Veri could see all of them. He looked at his hands, before looking up at Veri to make sure he was doing it right. "Okay! What's next? Do I need a pen or anything?"

"Nope, you're going to pick a finger and put it down." He smiled, watching his soulmate splay his fingers out like that.

He nodded, putting down the index finger on his right hand. He looked at his hand, and then back at Ratio. "This one! It's down. What now?"

"Ok, so this is going to be 9 times 7, since you put the 7th finger down." He mirrors the hand, making sure Vasha was paying attention. "So now you count up until that finger is down, and thats the tens. whats that number?"

"Six!" He answered quickly, double checking his counting to ensure he wasn't getting it wrong on accident. He nodded once he was certain that was it, "So, sixty..."

"Good job, it is six!" He smiled and nodded, so glad that his vasha was picking up on the trick. "And now, the fingers on the right side, thats the ones! remember that the two numbers should add up to nine!" Oh, he looked so excited to teach.

"They add up to nine...?" He quickly glanced at the other fingers, nodding at his guidance as he put it together. "Sixty-three? Six and three make nine, so..."

Veri nods, beaming as he claps his hands together in excitement. "You got it, congratulations! You can use that for any multiple of 9 now.!" Veritas, how are you going to live with yourself when youll see him as this cute kid forever?

Vasha lowered another finger, trying the trick a few different ways. He nodded slowly, mouthing words to himself. "Okay- Okay! So..." He held his hands out, going through them one by one. "18... 27... 36... 45... 54... 63! 72.. 81... 90... 100!" He beamed at the camera, "Did I do it right?"

Veritas was about to explode. This kid was just too cute. "Well, theres no 100 at the end, but aside from that you did wonserfully!" It was a good thing Vasha couldn't see below his waist. It was embarassing how hard he was just watching his soulmate.

He grinned, bright as he was praised for his little counting. It felt a little silly, to be praised for something he should know already, but it was hard to complain when it was Veri. The man was safe and comfortable to him! So, of course, he wouldn't do anything wrong. He knew he'd be safe with his soulmate. "Okay! Aand.. you said you had other tricks, right?" He rested his hands on his knees, leaning forward towards the camera just a bit.

Veri's papers had long been forgotten, completely focused on the little angel in front of him. "Yes, so with 10s, you just add an extra zero to the end of the number being multiplied by 10!" Vasha was too cute. How hard would it be to get him to do... worse things if he does this so easily?~

Kakavasha nodded, internalizing that. That was a pretty simple one, and that sounded right to his brain, but he was a little fuzzy on anything to do with multiplication. ...Must have been something going on then. "Okay, so 10, 20, 30, 40, all the way up. That's easy.. Okay! What next, teach?"

He watched Vasha sit there and think about it for a moment before trying it. Teach. "Alright, last one for now, i dont want to overwhelm you." He grabbed a scrap paper and started to scribble on it.

"Sorry! Was teach too casual? What should I call you other than Veri? Doctor? Doc?" He tilted his head innocently, waiting for him to finish his scribbling. He was interested, observing him cautiously, trying to catch what he was doing. "Hm..." He had to stop and think about what he could call him, his name worked, but this felt like it called for something else. Or maybe it didn't and he was just overthinking it.

Veri paused his writing for a moment, glancing up at him over his glasses. "I don't have my doctorate yet. Unfortunately. But. Doc is nice." Back to writing, the visual explanation can be... nice. "You can always call me Veri, though."

"I know I can! I call you Veri all the time though-" He held up his arm, rolling the sleeve up a bit as if to demonstrate that he did, in fact, call him Veri more often than not. "Doctor Veri!" He said, a little too excitedly, before quickly hushing himself. "How much longer?"

Doctor Veri.... That sent a shiver down his spine, ~~and a throb to the bulge hidden under the desk~~. "There. So all you do for 11s, and this works for anything with two digits, is add the two numbers together, and then put that number between the number you're multiplying." He held up a paper, showing off 32 x 11 = 352 "Does that make sense?"

Kakavasha looked a little puzzled, scribbling it onto his own paper and staring at the numbers. It took a bit to decode, but he eventually nodded. "No, I have no idea why that works. But I think I get it?" He leaned forward to show off his own page, a few examples scribbled out. Yeah, he followed the principal pretty well. "You have pretty handwriting... Mine look like scribbles in comparison." Well, not exactly his fault. His schooling was a bit lacking, after all.

"You did good, even if you don't get it just yet. It'll make sense eventually, wont it?" ~~God, he couldn't stop himself from trying to look down Vasha's big, comfy hoodie. He just wanted to see all of him so badly.~~ "Your scribbles are good enough to read. Not everyone has nice handwriting like me."