[ makes him a business administration student not out of choice… but he's writing up a forecast. when thorns looks he will explain all the technical jargon then quietly look at thorns if he has any questions?
[ it is a paper about the effects of some toxic plant that is found in some remote area of the world. he is writing it as if he has access to said plant somehow. which he does. but that's not the point so don't ask.
i'm sorry for elysium being a business major. ]
... Are your professors fine with you missing so much?
[ he doesn't want to be here either he wants to be in tourism!! or meteorology!! his report is so lifeless.
are undergraduates supposed to have access to this kind of subject material…? elysium decides it's better not to ask and just nods along. thorns as the people who synthesise antidotes to snake venom ig. ]
As fine as yours are. Better that I stayed back than infect half my class with whatever we had, right? Must've been somewhat contagious…
[ elysium did say he didn't hang out with people as much as thorns thought he did, but that does not change the fact he has a lot more friends than thorns does... like albert or whatever his name was (thorns you can at least remember the name of the person who stayed in your apartment). ]
[ except, they are kind of missing an important detail here. elysium tilts his head from side to side, as if deliberating if it's something he should say.
but then sticking his foot in his mouth always wins, so— ]
… Though, I guess in that scenario we might not even be talking?
[ he can admit that much, at least. even though they could occasionally cross paths at school if they happen to take the same gen ed classes or electives, that would only have lasted until they started focusing only on the classes for their different majors. ]
[ this is one of the saddest conversations two people who'd just gotten in a relationship can have. elysium wants to both crawl into a hole and never emerge and die. ]
Something like that. Really goes to show things happen for a reason though, don't you think?
goes back to typing. he has no idea how to continue this conversation considering thorns just agreed after he was told about the idea. he knew it may be weird but worst case scenario if it didn't work out they could just move out when the lease ran out... ]
and goes back to just typing. thorns is realizing that elysium is going to breakup with him because absolutely nothing romantic has even slightly happened and in fact they seem to be drifting further away from it. he is going to rebound back to kitten. ]
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You're using brain power. That energy could be going into recovering.
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[ that is obviously not true. ]
Go to sleep.
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this is how thorns incites him into working. he straightens up and starts typing away at a report. die. ]
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thorns scowls and also goes back to working. he will also glance at elysium's screen to look at what he's doing... ]
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he then looks at thorns' screen… reciprocate… ]
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i'm sorry for elysium being a business major. ]
... Are your professors fine with you missing so much?
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are undergraduates supposed to have access to this kind of subject material…? elysium decides it's better not to ask and just nods along. thorns as the people who synthesise antidotes to snake venom ig. ]
As fine as yours are. Better that I stayed back than infect half my class with whatever we had, right? Must've been somewhat contagious…
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[ elysium did say he didn't hang out with people as much as thorns thought he did, but that does not change the fact he has a lot more friends than thorns does... like albert or whatever his name was (thorns you can at least remember the name of the person who stayed in your apartment). ]
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elysium stops typing long enough to think about his answer. which is, at most, two seconds. ]
Would you have asked about me?
[ that's not answering the question. ]
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[ thorns can tell if elysium is sick or not while living with him... ]
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[ except, they are kind of missing an important detail here. elysium tilts his head from side to side, as if deliberating if it's something he should say.
but then sticking his foot in his mouth always wins, so— ]
… Though, I guess in that scenario we might not even be talking?
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[ he can admit that much, at least. even though they could occasionally cross paths at school if they happen to take the same gen ed classes or electives, that would only have lasted until they started focusing only on the classes for their different majors. ]
Were you nervous? Agreeing to live with me?
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What do you think? We went from no contact to full contact after years of avoiding each other.
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he finishes typing his paragraph, before turning in his seat so he can face elysium a little more. this might also be a worse move but here we are. ]
You could have said no:
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You say that, but. Uh. I might've tried…
[ help
they are this close to speed running a break up ]
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on one hand, thorns can't blame him, but this is now so awkward. ]
... Your mom forced you?
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Something like that. Really goes to show things happen for a reason though, don't you think?
[ attempts to salvage this ]
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[ he just
goes back to typing. he has no idea how to continue this conversation considering thorns just agreed after he was told about the idea. he knew it may be weird but worst case scenario if it didn't work out they could just move out when the lease ran out... ]
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he gets up like he's ready to leave again. ]
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he just reaches out and grabs elysium by the wrist. ]
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[ his need to skedaddle whenever things are mildly inconvenient for him could be one, but surely it isn't that.
he tries to gently tug his hand back… ]
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and goes back to just typing. thorns is realizing that elysium is going to breakup with him because absolutely nothing romantic has even slightly happened and in fact they seem to be drifting further away from it. he is going to rebound back to kitten. ]
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he thinks thorns will break up with him as literally nothing had gone right for the past week and he'd seemed superstitious. this is an actual hell. ]
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after a while though, he pauses again. ]
You should go to bed.
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elysium just powers off his laptop he can't do this anymore ]
I'll go to bed when you do.
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