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SHHHHH YOURSELF

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[ a pause... ]

You want me to move in with you?

1/IDK BRO

[velveteened]

( WOW THAT GOT REALLY AWKWARD REALLY FAST )

No

[velveteened]

Not at all

[velveteened]

Well that's not what I meant

[velveteened]

( DOING A GREAT JOB AT COMMUNICATING RN )

[velveteened]

( he didn't mean anything untoward oh god

taking one more moment for victorian horror before composing himself )

[velveteened]

What I meant was that if you did want to leave your assignment and three new people seemed like too much to worry about, I could talk to my roommates about it.

OKAY DONE

[velveteened]

Assuming you'd be interested in something like that.

( just

going

to shut up now )

HER INBOX......

[heartsink]

[ he's so flustered oh no
flustering cute blonds
oh noooo ]

You're awfully sweet, you know.

rue the day you cr'd with me

[velveteened]

( nooo noooo noooooooo she's really not helping!!!!! )

That's nice of you to say.

it's a CRisis

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I don't say things for the sake of being nice.

omg

[velveteened]

You're right.

( that doesn't mean he has to take the compliment )

Have you been alright lately? It seems like we haven't talked very recently.

CRiminal even

[heartsink]

[ she didn't mean it as one
but she will let him reflect it. ]

I've been worse.

i am inCRedulous

[velveteened]

But you were safe with everything that was happening?

( benefits of being kidnapped himself: not having to worry about if she was! )

it is pretty inCRedible I'll give you that

[heartsink]

Of course. There was no reason for them to want someone like me.

your CReativity is stunning tbh

[velveteened]

That's what I thought! But it's still a relief to hear.

( GOOD FRIEND HARUKA DOESN'T HAVE ANY POWERS RIGHT and frankly even if she does, it isn't his business. )

who knows it might reach a CRescendo soon

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Mmm. Did they take you?

CRazy! 1/2

[velveteened]

( he








hadn't expected her to just up and ask, somehow. )

[velveteened]

( it's very tempting to lie, but the hesitation likely gave it anyway. )

Yes.

[heartsink]

Congratulations, then.

[............ this is sincere.... ]

[velveteened]

Congratulations?

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It wasn't random.

For whatever it's worth, they have fear of you.

Considering how many of us Transports there are, it's high praise.

[velveteened]

( that —

actually does make him feel better about it. )

I hadn't thought about it like that before.

[heartsink]

I don't know if many people have. I watched them, in that last attack. Their tactics would have been much different if they only cared about how many people they could capture.

I only know a few people who were taken, off the top of my head, and I can understand the reasons for all of them.

[ ruka this is why you scare people ]

[velveteened]

I noticed that too. Even there, what they were doing was ( pauses mid-sentence, and what's funny is that this is the first time he's volunteered information about it at all to anyone ) it was all very deliberate.

( he doesn't even think to be bothered, and this is probably why people call him creepy. )