✧ — passionfruit green tea.

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[oversea]

[ OKAY.

well, it is just thorns... and nene, who scampers in and runs over to settle at elysium's feet. ]

How long have you been in here?

[transmit]

Just a few minutes. I checked up on what you were up to before I made my way here.

[ bends down to pick up nene and spins!!!!!!! that's his new favourite. ]

Are you going to complain about me being here now?

[oversea]

No. We just haven't had much time to talk.

[ thorns is always running around, and since elysium has been in hiding this whole time, it makes it difficult to actually have a conversation that lasts longer than a few minutes. ]

[transmit]

[ oh.

there's a part of him that pauses at this. them spending time together is nothing new, but they never really talked, did they? explode things together, play chess, and menace the other iberians amongst others—but never just

talk… ]

Yeah? What's new for our good captain?

[ elysium is so awkward about this but in a different way than thorns is. he still does not know how to deal with this but he wants to be close regardless…

life is hard. ]

[oversea]

I was wondering what made you decide to come with us.

[ there was no actual reason to keep it a secret, since weedy so easily tagged along. and while thorns can have a few guesses as to why, he isn't going to try to assume anything. ]

Needed a break?

[transmit]

[ he wonders if their promise to be more honest with each other applies here. would thorns be honest with the other elysium? he has to think about it. ]

Close. I wanted to try journeying with a friend for a bit.

[ what he really wants to say is you——but

that might be too much. 'with' is also a stretch when he's missing more than half the time, but whenever he isn't actively helping around, he may or may not be watching like a stalker.

…

he is so lame. ]

[oversea]

[ not the tragic watching from a distance...

thorns will go and lean against his desk. ]

Weedy?

[transmit]

[ stay with me by chanyeol and punch intensifies in the background ]

You really want me to answer that?

[oversea]

I do.

[ elysium may have a reputation as a silly guy who follows his whims, but what he's doing here is just strange enough that thorns can't help but wonder about it. ]

[transmit]

… I wasn't sure if you'd be willing to invite me along.

[ he knows the answer is both yes and no, so. here he is. ]

[oversea]

[ it is complicated.

because he would love for elysium to join him, but there is guilt at the idea of doing so; rhodes island needs elysium much more than it needs thorns.

... but it seems like elysium might be aware that's what thorns is thinking. ]

So you snuck on?

[transmit]

[ well. that's because it's exactly what elysium had been thinking, too. and never stopped doing so. ]

Yeah. And now I'm a potentially malevolent spirit that you'll have to go out of your way to exorcise if you want to get rid of me.

That's too much effort, right?

[ he leans forward, propping his cheeks with his hands. look how cute and innocent he is. ]

[oversea]

It is. And I'm not sure if I want to exorcise you.

[ ...

he watches nene snooze. ]

Do you want a room yet?

[transmit]

You're surprisingly stubborn about this. You don't think I've already made myself an ultra comfortable pad?

[ having a room is like… commitment… damn. ]

[oversea]

I won't believe it until you show me it.

[ he needs to approve. ]

[transmit]

[ tch. ]

Is it the same room you were talking about before?

[oversea]

You can always stay with me if you don't want others to see you.

[ he looks at him expectantly. ]

[transmit]

[ this is potentially terrible for so many reasons. he stares back. ]

You aren't trying to get a convenient heater out of this, are you?

[oversea]

I don't see what the convenient part is.

[ but that's not an answer to his suggestion. ]

[transmit]

[ elysium looks at thorns as if he's going through the entire spectrum of human emotion. does thorns know… he's killing him right now? because he's killing him. he's being seduced……

… ]

I can take the floor.

[oversea]

If you're sure...

[ thorns could press about this, but. getting elysium to agree to even sleep in here feels like an accomplishment, so they can work their way up on debating the sleeping arrangements. ]

You can bring your stuff in here.

[transmit]

[ is there anything more tragic than your boyfriend not knowing he's your boyfriend

HE ALSO NEVER GOT TO MOVE IN WITH HIS BOYRFIEND OFFICIALLY!!!!!!!!! they had a roommate by the time they got together…



he looks as though he's crashed. ]

Huh? Isn't that too soon…

[oversea]

Is it? But if you're sleeping here, it makes more sense to.

[ he squints at elysium.

they have been avoiding talking about purgatory... admittedly thorns has because he is half convinced that he just imagined waking up there and then immediately going home. and elysium not bringing it up is just convincing him more it was a hallucination. but every now and then something happens that makes him go ? ]

[transmit]

[ elysium is very normal there is no reason at all for thorns to be ? ]

I guess you're right…

[ …

he gets up




trips over his own feet ]

[oversea]

[ OKAY

thorns watches this and wonders if elysium got drunk in the short period of time they were apart. he gets up to help him up...? ]