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[oversea]

Are you criticizing when I had an epiphany?

[ he's going to kill him.

but thorns has always known elysium is attractive, that's not really the problem. but the modeling job had happened right after elysium revealed his old (or not old?) feelings, and thorns was struggling to come to terms with that. the last thing he was going to do was focus on his own emotions when he was coming to terms with that he hurt his best friend. ]

[transmit]

[ this is about to be so disastrous as elysium has reached the threshold where he believes he needs to fill in the dead air or he will die. ]

… Yeah. You could've pulled a dramatic reversal. 'I was into you this entire time, too.' … something like that.

But maybe that would've just raised its own problems. Like, did you only figure it out because you finally hit puberty…?

[ instead, they can both die when thorns inevitably wants to end him then himself. he really needs to stop running his mouth. ]

Wait. That can still be it. [ … ] Is that how it is? I'd be fine with it.

[ he doesn't know in another universe it was the other way around ]

[oversea]

[ this may be the worst confession of all time, lads.

this is thorns' first one and he does not know how to react to this reaction, even though elysium is clearly doing the thing where he rambles because he's nervous. but thorns has no idea what he should be responding to here. so much is happening. ]

Feel free to crash the car.

[ put him out of his misery.... ]

[transmit]

—Physical attraction is a normal thing, is what I wanted to say!!!! Let's not get drastic…

[ he has lived the entire last few weeks thinking thorns doesn't have eyes? he has eyes but not like that. ]

Love can come after. You don't need to feel guilty about it. My——parents. My parents didn't raise a quitter. You already know, don't you?

[oversea]

[ thorns continues to just look at elysium, thinking once again of how unfortunate this is going. elysium literally just left the hospital after a deeply unflattering procedure and this is where they are now.

he turns to stare out the window instead. ]

Love can come after?

[transmit]

[ they're really having this conversation while thorns is feverish. it must feel like a fever dream. ]

Is there something wrong with what I said?

[oversea]

No...

[ this feels like the longest car ride of his life.

granted, he is realizing that he failed to actually say something outright. ]

I like you.

1/2

[transmit]

Yeah? I like you too!

[ this sounds almost instinctive. ]

[transmit]

I… like you too…

[ he seems to have come to a belated realisation. he is also so close to hitting the car in front of them trying to turn in the middle of nowhere he has to slam on his breaks.



if his stomach was not pumped he may have just thrown up here and now. this is the best confession of all time, why did thorns allow this. ]

[oversea]

[ OKAY. DIES.

this is such whiplash. thorns is too surprised by the sudden stop that it takes an extra ten seconds for him to decipher what elysium had just said. ]

No you don't.

[ counters his confession ]

[transmit]

[ elysium's nearly killed them twice in the last few minutes, all because he's flustered. and thorns still wants to pvp? guess he really does want to die.

it is also beyond five minutes and that's solely because he's driven past their stop. is he aware of this? not at all. does he know where they're going now? nope!! ]

What? I do. I always have. I should be saying that to you. You're the one who rejected me?

[ this just makes it sound like he got rejected a second time over this is so pathetic ]

[oversea]

[ they are going to end up in another city at this rate. they really need to stop this car because they are going to get into an accident and explode. ]

You told me you got over me. Why do you think I never said anything?

[ to save them from a horribly awkward conversation!!!!!!

except they're still having one anyway. ]

[transmit]

[ both are things they deserve. if they happen they happen. ]

What did you want me to say? It's been over two years and I still haven't gotten over you? Like hell I would! You'd just feel bad if you didn't feel the same!

[ PROVE HIM WRONG!!! ]

Do you even feel the same? You didn't guilt yourself into it anyway, did you? I wouldn't put it past you.

[ this is very telling of how he sees thorns. that's a saint. ]

[oversea]

[ this is such a mess, yet it's still somehow better than what happened in the other thread when a confession happened. the bar is on the floor.

thorns does not immediately respond. ]

Stop the car.

[transmit]

[ third time's the charm. tears up

predictably, he does not stop the car. ]

You don't have to feed bad… seriously…

[ thorns is in a hostage situation. condition for freedom is the truth… ]

[oversea]

[ thorns reaches over to put a hand on elysium's shoulder. he squeezes. ]

Stop the car.

[ he is giving off the aura of someone who is prepared to grab the wheel and force them to a stop if he has to. ]

[transmit]

[ why does it feel like his life is over the second he stops the car.

he gulps. ]

We're almost to where I wanted to go…

[ no they're further away from it now than where they started ]

[oversea]

[ that's fine.

thorns is now attempting to climb into the passenger seat from the back while the car is still moving. ]

[transmit]

[ well

that's one way to get him to stop. he slams to the curb, gaze snapping towards thorns with an intensity that's half-crazed with worry. ]

Are you out of your mind?! You're sick! You could've gotten hurt! Did you get hurt?!

[ like if there's any of thorns he can steady from the distance of the front seat he will, ]

[oversea]

[ this, too, is fine.

thorns allows elysium to freak out, and it's only when he stops talking long enough to breathe normally that thorns just leans over to kiss him on the cheek. yes, he almost killed himself for this. ]

You think this is guilt?

[ thorns may not have the best grasp of his feelings but he does think he'd know the difference between pity and this. ]

[transmit]

[ he is so scandalised a hand goes up to his cheek. what. only he's allowed to do that.

… ]

Do you think, maybe, we should go to relationship counselling.

[ fucking help. this is a terrible joke.

but where do they even begin. explodes. the way they aren't even in a relationship just like how they aren't married. how can elysium navigate every other relationship in his life and those of others but not the one with thorns????? ]

[oversea]

We're not even in a relationship...

[ he will just say it.

thorns settles back into the seat, pulling his feet onto it so he can peer at elysium. he is not sure where to go from here. they're both still sick and they're on the side of some random street, and it's some ungodly hour at night. what are they doing. ]

So.

[transmit]

A friendship is a relationship, too…

[ ha

haha.



this, too, is sc*en's fault. he would go back to plotting his demise as a means of stabilisation, but there's something more important than that for once. he laughs, a little shrill. ]

But we can always be in one. If you want. That kind of so?

[oversea]

[ this is so deeply embarrassing he's going to die.

thorns tries to think of a response that is intelligent? and makes sense? but instead he just manages to spit out, ]

You don't want to keep dating other people?

[ wasn't the last two attempts so much fun...,,,, ]

[transmit]

[ the forced distance of the car is honestly doing wonders for them. on one hand, thorns feels frustratingly far away; on the other, what would he even do with himself if he were closer? the answer is obvious! nothing good.

here's where he'd admit the reasons for his serial dating if it weren't so goddamn embarrassing. time to gloss over it. ]

Not really…

[ alhaitham has been taken care of… the other guy, meanwhile… ]

We don't have to date right now if you aren't ready. But I'm still taking this as permission going forward. Are you fine with that?

[ what permission. ]