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[crownless]

"Yo, it's Travis. You know the drill..."

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[crownless]

[you don't love someone because you want something, right?

travis doesn't expect that little line of text to sting. he shoves it out of his mind: don't think about it right now, deal with it later.]

see? that right there is real love.
dont get down on yourself. now quit texting me and tell mashita all this, yashiki
he'll be glad to hear it in your voice. i know it.

1/3

[reimaginedself]

um

ok

i'll try it

[reimaginedself]

[ ? ]

[reimaginedself]

after i answer this other text

[ and yashiki is off on more texting adventures ]

[crownless]

[YASHIKI OH MY GODDDDDD????]

after the messiest confession...

[reimaginedself]

I really wanted to thank you for talking to me through this, too.

And I mean, I know you were being nice before.

[ Like he realizes Travis is too nice to say on a network in front of God and everyone that he helped him out with his romantic advice and reiterating that the two of them don't know each other... it'd be embarrassing for Travis to have to go through all that even though, he thinks he is the coolest person... ]

But the two of us aren't friends or really even know each other. I mean, I don't know you at all, and shouldn't act like I do.

I really do understand that and don't want you to think that I forgot. I just acted impulsively and you helped me out, again, so thank you so much.

[crownless]

yashiki i AM your friend what the f

[SCREW THIS HE’S CALLING!

IT’S RINGING AGAIN!!!! ]

Finally able to use this icon!!!

[reimaginedself]

[ Ahh?!!! !!!

At least, he is able to answer now??? ]

He, hello? Yashiki speaking?

[ He is good at the phone. Moshi moshi??? ]

[crownless]

Yashiki, I told you on the network the other day that you weren’t talking to me before. Unless I’m forgetting something real big, I haven’t done you any other big favors.

[...]

And we’ve been friends from the start, all right? I wouldn’t have kept texting you earlier if we weren’t.

[reimaginedself]

What? Really? I thought that you were just being polite... you know, not "roasting" me on the network for getting so ahead of myself.

[ wow! ]

I'm ... I'm really glad to hear that! That we're friends, I mean! [ A beat. ] Because it honestly made me very sad to think that we weren't... but I wouldn't want that to be the reason why we're friends.

Being friends with you is ... it means a lot. [ that's what he wanted to say before to not!travis! it means a lot that they have a connection in another world. especially with someone as cool and put together as travis is. but saying that is the reason why he's happy -- like because being friends with someone who is so much cooler than them -- that isn't right, either. ]

Because it makes me happy to talk to you. And it isn't just because you're very cool or any benefit like that, but because you're you... okay? That's okay, right?

[crownless]

Yeah. That's more than okay. [Yashiki, you're such a sap. But it's enough to warm even Travis' heart.] It's the same on my end. I like talking to you 'cause you're you-- not a lot of people wear their hearts on their sleeves the way you do. The world makes you think you can't. But you're yourself all the time, Yashiki... I'm glad we got to meet here.

[AND THE MOST IMPORTANT SEGUE:]

Did you kiss him, though?

1/3

[reimaginedself]

Me too.

Ah, I guess I already said that, though --

[reimaginedself]

[ Ah.

Yes.

Yes, he did.

He did more than that, too.

But, that's... that's not polite conversation??? Is it???

The kissing is, though, probably.

Otherwise, is it bragging? Is it oversharing? Yes, yes it is. Probably not bragging since he's like 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN NO LONGER but?! ]

[reimaginedself]

Yes, we kissed.

i am SO sorry 1/2

[crownless]

See, I told you! Aren't you glad you listened to me?

[TRAVIS IS ALWAYS RIGHT. maybe.]

What's with the hesitation though? Nothin' wrong with having kissed the guy, even over text you kept goin' on about Ma--

just kidding 2/3

[crownless]

[........................................

...

... YASHIKI DIDN'T TEXT HIM BACK...... FOR A WHILE HUH....

....]

[crownless]

Ah. I get it.

[at least somebody's getting some around here

]

Yashiki, you sly fuckin' dog...

1/3

[reimaginedself]

[ He, at first, breathes out a sigh of relief -- ]

[reimaginedself]

[ Travis stopped talking?? Why?? Silence??

Hello????? ]

[reimaginedself]

[ He panics. ]

Nope, no.

I'm not sly at all.

[crownless]

[so coolly and casually:]

He was your first guy, wasn't he.

1/3

[reimaginedself]

[ He could hang up. He could hang up at any time and pretend he never had this conversation! ]

[reimaginedself]

[ But without talking to Travis, without talking to Kirk, he wouldn't have been able to figure out how to discuss things properly with Mashita.

Even if Kirk says it is his own bravery, he really owes them a lot for figuratively holding his hand while he panicked on what to do.

Usually, he does the impulsive thing, but when it comes to matters of the heart, he hems and haws. He's certain that he'd convince himself to give up completely... ]

3/4

[reimaginedself]

[ Still a question like that is still such a huge goddamn hurdle to answer?! ]

4/5

[reimaginedself]

[ Actually, how should he answer that? ]