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[crownless]

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

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[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? ]

[reimaginedself]

[ Uh. ]

Yes, but it went fine.

[ NAILED IT. ]

[crownless]

Sorry. Congrats for getting some, but that's kinda personal, huh...

[YEAH IT SURE IS TRAVIS??? But since Yashiki's been willing to be vulnerable with him, it's Travis' turn to get a little awkward about it in return.]

I, uh, never really got that sorta vibe from you, so I assumed you were like me, with... [He trails off.] Never mind, forget it. Good for you, dude.

1/?

[reimaginedself]

[ He just weakly laughs at first.

Yashiki blinks a little at what Travis said. Vibe? What vibe? ]

[reimaginedself]

[ Like him?

Yashiki feels more question marks start to erupt over his head. With?

He tries to piece together what it is that Travis is trying to tell him. ]

[reimaginedself]

[ Did he like me and want to confess to me?! ]

[reimaginedself]

[ No, no. Not at all. That's definitely something in an anime and wouldn't happen. ]

[reimaginedself]

[ Score one for still having a low self esteem. ]

[reimaginedself]

[ Then, what? ]

[reimaginedself]

[ I haven't said anything for a really long time. ]

[reimaginedself]

I'm sorry!

I'm still here!