BERTOLT

[bloodread]

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[bloodread]

...what the hell are we doing? [ Soft and a bit incredulous, but not at all unhappy. ]

[perspire]

I don’t know, to be honest. [ being regular-ish teens?? ]

You… make me feel really comfortable. I like this. A lot.

[bloodread]

[ What a concept. ]

That's a first. Pretty sure I make most people uncomfortable in one way or another.

[perspire]

I’m not most people.

[bloodread]

Yeah, I know. That's why I...like you.

So tell me more.

[perspire]

—The graveyard all knew about my feelings for you.

[bloodread]

[ Why are we starting here!!! There goes nagako doing her best to hide under them both. ]

What.

[perspire]

They’re nosy and when I got your letters I’d just… react and they really had nothing better to do but just keep asking questions to get me to react.

And then there was the time we played Hot or Not…

[bloodread]

It's none of their business.

[ His penchant for privacy... ]

You played that stupid game too?

[perspire]

I didn’t have much else to do.

[bloodread]

[ He's squeezing Bertolt's hand, he is not judging you he is judging everyone else. ]

Flat was annoying during it, but at least no one tried to ask me to actually play.

[perspire]

[ squeezes back ]

Yeah, I remember watching that.

[bloodread]

[ Oh, he forgot they could see. A delayed moment later: ]

Sumeragi is cute. But I don't like girls.

[perspire]

[ a short huff of laughter ]

I... do. Not as much as I like guys.

[bloodread]

[ A small nod, he accepts that pretty easily. ]

I atttact a lot of girls. Haruki used me for a fake date once. [ Fake, he says ]

[perspire]

[ he's Realized things and he's just going to... not say anything ]

Well, you are a good looking guy.

[bloodread]

[ Fair.

He's grumbling, of course. ]

I'm tall, it's a thing in Japan. [ ... ]

Though not as tall as you.

[perspire]

Hm, it's more than just being tall?

[ a beat ]

You know when you were taking off your shirt when I visited?

[bloodread]

You—I—

[ Well now he feels dumb. And it's less that he doesn't perceive and more like this has literally never mattered before since he wasn't interested (or in denial). ]

Can I kick your ass yet?

[perspire]

If you want to fight, I'm ready.

[ he's just smiling so hard right now. wow?? imagine being happy??? ]

[bloodread]

[ He's too busy dying in tsun to realize he is just as happy too. ]

You're on. I've been doing more swordfighting than hand to hand but that [ Looks at them still holding hands are they doing it like this im crying. ] shouldn't matter.

[perspire]

Let's save the swordfighting for more angels in case we need it.

[ well. he's not letting go until akira does ]

[bloodread]

[ A nod, he would not want to swordfight anyway cause he is not yjh entirely. Also he's making a face cause how are they getting up like this? (No, he's not letting go either cause this is a matter of principle). Nagako at least unwinds herself since fighting is good, yes. ]

...we doing this here? [ Don't mind him buying time for this yakety sax. ]

[perspire]

Probably the best place for it?

[ and he's not ready to go anywhere else where there might be someone else.

...gonna. push up from the ground? i'd test it out but i have cat on me ]

[bloodread]

Right. [ same but cats > physics. they can do this it's probably just awkward as fuck but stubbornness wins the day. ]

Same rules as before? [ Minus the handholding. ]