✧ — peach iced tea.

[boba]

this post is so clean

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[oversea]

Thought you would like them.
Sleep well.

[ BECAUSE ELYSIUM IS GOING TO BED RIGHT???? ]

[transmit]

I haven't had fries in ages… it's all health conscious food over here. Gross. Isn't this what I work out for? To cheat?
Have some with me when I'm back.

That aside, are you too busy to call tonight?

[ in their time away, elysium has realised one thing: they more or less guarantee thorns actually sleeping like a normal person… they have to keep going… ]

[oversea]

We can get some.

Give me ten minutes and I can call.

[ unless elysium needs more time than that... ]

[transmit]

That's fine.
Just call when you're ready

[ it feels weird to just end it like that, so hmmm. he also has no food laying around to snap a shot of?

…

thorns gets a selfie. yay! he's cozy in his pjs. ]

[oversea]

[ this is cute...

thorns was not going to bed and was doing work at his desk. so the ten minutes is him putting things away so that he can crawl into bed in a believable manner.

somehow the calls does work for going to bed because neither of them want to be lectured. ]

👍

[transmit]

[ not the both of them being fakers…

but, well. it gets them in bed and sleeping(?) so that's probably all that matters in the end. and while continuing to wait, thorns will get another picture!

they're silly lil duck slippers… next to a pair of crow ones, noticeably still in wrapping. ]

[oversea]

[



this is kind of cute. ugh. he will have to later think about the fact that he's at a stage of his life where he considers things like this cute. ]

Thank you.
I can call now.

[transmit]

[ they are not quite grown men, but they are old enough that there are people who would judge them for it. elysium couldn't care less, though. his whimsy… his impulse purchases… the real danger is thorns not saying it was a waste of money so

he feels encouraged. oh my god. they're about to end up with so many knickknacks. but thorns gets a lil wave when he picks up. ]

It's getting chilly and you get cold easily. [ immediately explains himself next. he sounds so proud of himself. ] Have you been dressing warm?

[oversea]

Yeah...

[ his definition of dressing warm and elysium's are likely not the same however. but he nods his head anyway. ]

What about you? Did you even pack jackets?

[transmit]

That yeah didn't sound very confident.

[ he stares into thorns' soul. ]

What if you get sick again and explode? You gotta take care of yourself better…

[oversea]

Why am I exploding...?

[ how sick is elysium imagining him? ]

I'll be fine. You can't get sick twice.

[transmit]

You make things explode all the time. Isn't the natural progression you exploding next?

[ what is the logic in this ]

And… shouldn't it be 'we'?

[oversea]

Why would you get sick? Aren't you dressing warmly?

[ he just turns this on elysium completely so that they do not have to talk about the possibility of thorns getting sick again.

elysium's condition is more important anyway, if he is so busy... ]

[transmit]

[ does thorns think he'll just keep the hot potato like this. thorns. hello? ]

I'm just saying. If you get sick, I'll get sick.

[ and in case he needs a reminder: ]

You started this! I'm dressing plenty warm. The question's you.

[oversea]

[ elysium needs to come home for him to get sick... but thorns does not say this. in theory he will be here for their date.

imagine if they miss two dates because of illness. ]

So you're taking care of yourself?

[transmit]

[ he will be there for their date even if he has to drag himself feverish and snotty.

is this where a kdrama terminal illness plot happens. ]

I'm always taking care of myself. I've got plenty of people keeping an eye on me here, so don't worry about it.

[ well. only in the sense that he's there and present for meetings. but, anyway.

if there's anything else that's carried over from their childhood, it's that his parents aren't any less distant than they were before, a sharp contrast to thorns' gentler, even if not blood-related, family. thank you, thorns and family, for helping to cover up their chaebol son. no one would ever guess otherwise. ]

[oversea]

Mm...

[ he does not sound like he entirely believes it, but he knows that elysium won't exactly allow for thorns to openly worry about him.

he tries to think of something elysium might answer. ]

What did you do today?

[transmit]

[ what did he do besides work. nothing.

obviously, he cannot say this. ]

Errands, mostly. [ this is not entirely a lie… ] That's how I found those slippers earlier.

[ … ]

You know what else I saw?

[ he pulls away from his phone to link this. ]

Doesn't it look comfortable?

[oversea]

[ thorns looks at this image.

...

unfortunately, his brain just leaps to the idea that yeah this seems like something that would be good for elysium. ]

It does.

[ for his bf... ]

[transmit]

[ couple kigus…


he looks really happy as he adds to cart. thorns doesn't know what he just did to future him. ]

[oversea]

[ he does not, he truly just thinks elysium wanted a compliment for something he was going to buy. wow, being a boyfriend is so easy? ]

Are you keeping up with school, by the way?

[transmit]

[ no, it's true. validating everything he says and does is a pretty great start at being a boyfriend except for when it isn't.

a little more quietly: ]

I have a special exemption if I manage to get higher than a certain scord on my exams.

[ so

he is expected not to be on campus anymore? ]

[oversea]

Oh.

[ he is not sure how he feels about that. ]

Do you know how long you're going to be away for then?

[transmit]

[ … ]

Can we talk about this on our date? I wanted to tell you in person.

[oversea]

[ ... okay.

thorns realizes this likely means it is not good news. ]

... Sure. [ sure! ] Close your eyes.