[KYRIAKOS][Day 113, late evening/night]

[trailofblood]

[after fluff bingo, he was heading back to his dorm with a new shard. . . before he remembers oh right I have a date??? and detours to catdorm instead. so he's still in full winter getup and somewhat soggy because snow]

[knock knock]

Comments

[trailofblood]

That's not what I mean. It's not about tellin' everyone all the bad shit ya remember.

[chestjab this time]

It's the same thing I'm always tellin' ya. Worry about yourself, too. An' accept that maybe you've got people who give a damn when shitty things happen to ya.

[featherduster]

I know I do.

[ To that last point ]

Look - the soup's gonna get cold. Can't we talk about something else?

[trailofblood]

[glares some]

[takes up his bowl and sits down next to him, aggressively slurps noodles]

Can't ya at least try?

[featherduster]

[ Now you take the bed ]

... Try what?

[trailofblood]

[god!!]

[more aggravated glaring]

Givin' a damn about yourself.

[mumblegrumbling something like 'this'd be easier if we could still feel each other's feelings']

[featherduster]

[ Looking taken aback ]

You actually miss that?

[ WHO ARE YOU...... ]

[trailofblood]

I didn't say that! An' quit tryin' to change the subject.

[back to aggressive noodle eating]

[or semi-aggressive, he's going with one or two noodles at a time]

[featherduster]

You implied it, though.

[ Far less aggressively digging into his own noddles, finally ]

[trailofblood]

I'm just sayin', it made some things easier at the time.

["""easier"""]

[featherduster]

...



Hypothetically, if we could do it again, would you want to?

[trailofblood]

[. . . pauses in noodle eating to be suddenly unsure]

Why do ya ask?

[featherduster]

[ Reasonably, ] It was a hypothetical question.

You didn't answer.

[trailofblood]

[but you're being suspicious now in a vash-y way]

I mean. . . I wasn't too fond of havin' that forced on us by Nyssa. But it wasn't all bad?

[featherduster]

[ You're just glad you got makeouts. Admit it. ]

Okay. But what if it hadn't been forced by Nyssa?

[trailofblood]

[peers at.]

Why does it matter?

[featherduster]

Because I wanna know.

[trailofblood]

Would you wanna do it again?

[featherduster]

[ A long moment of consideration... ]

Maybe. Yeah.

You still haven't actually answered, though.

[trailofblood]

[god you're aggravating!!]

What if I said yes?

[featherduster]

Then I'd keep that in mind.

[trailofblood]

[no fuck you]

You were askin' that for a reason, it's pretty damn obvious. You better not be thinkin' of doin' any weird quests while I'm not lookin'.

[because how else would that happen again, right]

[featherduster]

[ lol ]

I'm not planning on any mindreading quests, Wolfwood.

[trailofblood]

[ur face tho]

You're plottin' somethin'. . .

[trailofblood]

Y'know, you don't gotta keep callin' me by my last name.

[featherduster]

[ Whoa slow down there champ ]

Well I'm not gonna call you "Nicholas".

[ TOO WEIRD ]