✧ — peach iced tea.

[boba]

this post is so clean

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[oversea]

[ oh



he eats more slowly.... ]

I don't want to waste it.

[transmit]

[ elysium is just

🥰


he will quietly watch thorns eat… ]

[oversea]

[ that is so gay

thorns tries to act like he is not noticing this. ]

... What are you doing after this?

[transmit]

[ he is contacting a lawyer over sc*en's potential crimes then going back to work



he is saying none of this ]

… Maybe rest a bit since I haven't had the chance to. If I come back sick, I'll never hear the end of it from you.

[oversea]

I'd kick your ass.

[ elysium is never allowed to get sick ever again actually.

... ]

It's quiet without you.

[transmit]

[ thorns is always so aggressive for no reason!!!!!! more importantly, elysium can't ever get sick again because it means thorns will likely get sick, too. their logic is so skewed.

…

he takes a deep breath.

Don't you mean you miss me?

[oversea]

[ elysium, this is so bold? is this flirting? ]

I do miss you.

[ he will admit to it, since there's not much of a point to avoid saying it. ]

[transmit]

[ explodes

and by explodes he just ducks his head away from the screen so thorns doesn't see him blushing profusely.

breathe…



he forgets to say anything for a long while so thorns can mistake him as dead or something. ]

[oversea]

[ the silence has thorns wondering if he gave the wrong response as he tries to understand how relationships work.

after a while, thorns eventually clears his throat. ]

... Anyway.

[transmit]

[ NO!!!

it takes a few seconds but he can do this… he can psyche himself up… his face will reappear in the frame of the camera but, like.

you can only see the top of his head and half of his eyes. ]





I missed you too.

[ this is even more pathetic than the lawyer deliberating ]

[oversea]

[ this is so pathetic.

thorns actually leans in towards his phone in an attempt to hear what elysium is saying better, if the sentence was any longer he'd have held it against his ear. ]

Did you say something?

[transmit]

Is the reception bad? Or is it your hearing?

[ no, he sounds perfectly fine.

don't just try to gaslight your bestie slash boyfriend like this!!!!! ]

[oversea]

[ annoying!!!!

thorns can't see his mouth so he can't even say he saw his lips move... ]

I guess I imagined it.

[ so elysium doesn't miss him... ]

[transmit]

[ he asked thorns to get on call with him this is fucked up.

… ]

I said I missed you too.

[ WHY DOES HE SOUND ANGRY NOW ]

[oversea]

[ they are so dumb. k*ll them.

thorns ignores that elysium is mad. it's not relevant. ]

... You still don't know when you'll be back?

[transmit]

[ DON'T JUST IGNORE AN ENTIRE PREVAILING EMOTION

why didn't thorns get all emotional when he said it back. huh. ]

I'm still doing and handing in my assignments. [ grumpily… ] But I told you I wanted to make it back to take you out.

[ thursday is so far away… ]

[oversea]

[ that is not the same as saying he will definitely make it back in time for that, but thorns won't point it out. it sounds like whatever elysium is occupied with is serious, so it seems childish to complain in comparison to that. ]

We can always reschedule.

[ he does not sound happy suggesting this because he does not want to do this. ]

[transmit]

We aren't.

[ if elysium passes out and dies from overwork this is now on thorns. but this is getting ridiculous; they can't just keep rescheduling a first date? at what point does it become unsalvageable.

he huffs. ]

You need to hold me more accountable.

[oversea]

[ their relationship is still young enough that thorns isn't quite sure what is the 'correct' way to approach things, and the general lack of experience is making him second guess some things.

maybe he's approaching this wrong. ]

... okay. [ ... ] Don't miss our date again.

[transmit]

[ explodes from the pressure

but no, it does make him feel better if he's not the only one looking forward to it…? he thinks? he just stares blankly into the camera again before he nods aggressively to make up for those awkward few seconds. ]

I won't. Not for the world.

[oversea]

[ the pressure that he put on himself!!!! this is why thorns is trying to not be annoying about this. ]

Good.

[ this is so awkward. will they ever get to become used to dating or is everything going to keep exploding on them forever. ]

How much longer can you be on the phone for?

[transmit]

[ he needs the pressure to function it's fine he's fine.

well, he's fine until thorns reminds him that time does not stop when you are on the phone with your boyfriend and you have so much work to get back to and—

a date to go on!!!!!!!!

his face falls real-time. ]

Oh. [ … ] I should probably get going.

[ is his disappointment too obvious? this is embarrassing. ]

Pantry and fridge. Don't forget.

[ when was the pantry included in this. ]

[oversea]

Why are you adding the pantry now...

[ he sighs, despite having no plans to actually take any of these pictures, but he will just count on elysium being so busy that he forgets about that. ]

Let me know how things are going.

[ his text updates... ]

[transmit]

You have to let me know, too.

[ and then his phone dies and thorns doesn't hear from him for another few days but okay ]

… Thanks for being patient with me. Sleep well, Thorns. I—

[ … it is too soon!! for this!!!!! ]

I'm going. Bye.

[ HANGS UP ]

[oversea]

[ they are literally never going to kiss at this rate.

he stares at his phone after the call disconnects. it's funny, because thorns is more of a solitary person than a social one, so he normally would not mind just sitting in an apartment by himself all the time. but now it feels... wrong.

hmmmm.

strangles elysium with his mind ]