pc catchall for junpei (crashout)

[uncurtained]

IM PUTTING THE TIMON GIF IN HERE LATER YOU CANT BEAT ME

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[uncurtained]

I don’t blame him. Costco is pretty great.

[Don’t @ her. Anyways! She pauses for a moment, before she sighs.]

Okay, but - if I tell you, you can’t tell anybody else. Especially not the person it... might be about.

[crashout]

I told him about the wonders of online shopping. We may have created a monster.

[...but he raises his eyebrows with interest.] I have zero interest in telling anyone anything anymore. [He might still be a little peeved about the Haymitch thing.] There's a maybe-person?

[uncurtained]

[She shakes her head.]

That might be an overstatement. I don’t think it’s going to go anywhere.

[crashout]

Why not? [On the other hand it's cute that she apparently has a crush.]

[uncurtained]

[She hesitates.]

I know how this is going to sound, but.. People like the person I’m thinking of don’t end up with people like me.

[crashout]

Smart, attractive, and brave girls? Yeah. Wow. Why would anyone ever want to be with you? [Flatly. Oh so flatly. But he can't help but give her a curious look.] But I get the feeling that's not what you mean.

[uncurtained]

I told you it would sound stupid.

[But...]

I just... He’s going through a lot, and I think I just make it worse every time I try to help.

[crashout]

...yeah. I think I get the feeling. [Haha.] What makes you say that though?

[uncurtained]

The part where I might have contributed to him having, like, a meltdown right in front of me.

[She sighs.]

Seriously, he sank down onto the floor in the middle of talking to me, it was... bad.

[crashout]

...I doubt that was really your fault, you know? It's been a rough couple of weeks for a lot of us.

[uncurtained]

No... I should have backed off. We were talking about some pretty heavy stuff.

[crashout]

[Hm.]

...but it was fine up until a point, wasn't it? I know it's not my place to ask what you guys were talking about but I'm still not really sure I see how it was something you could've known would happen.

[uncurtained]

...I wouldn’t be surprised if he was still upset. That’s all.

[crashout]

Probably the best thing you can do is apologize when you think he's in a good place to listen. Can't guarantee it'll go well, and if he was that upset it probably won't go anywhere nearly as well as you hope, but worth a try.

[That's encouraging, but he's being realistic.]

[uncurtained]

[...]

I mean... We've talked since then, and he hasn't brought it up. I don't really want to rock the boat, you know? I care about his friendship a lot.

[crashout]

Yeah...and in a place like this friendship's a hot commodity. [So he gets it.] What do you like about this guy anyway?

[uncurtained]

He's smart, he's kind... He always does his best, even though things here are hurting him a lot, too. And - he's funny, too. Just - everything, I guess?

[crashout]

[...all good qualities, and he just kind of nods slowly.]

I get it. It's not really hard to see why you'd like someone like that. [...he just kind of stares at the ceiling.] Maybe when this is all over, something can work out. Who knows?

[uncurtained]

I don't know.

[She pauses, though.]

You sure there wasn't another reason you brought that up?

[crashout]

[...he looks at her from the corner of his eye.]

...I don't know. I'm pretty sure I'm losing my mind but what else is new?

[uncurtained]

You aren't.

[But, all the same:]

Why would you think that?

[crashout]

...am I a bad person for maybe having feelings for someone that isn't my fiancée?

[uncurtained]

[It isn't what she was expecting, and she pauses, before:]

I think it matters more what you do with those feelings. [...] Who?

[crashout]

Let's keep working with a no-names policy. Anyway I don't...know. It's not like I'm not hooking up with a bunch of people here which doesn't help, but...I don't know. I still love Akane and I always will in spite of everything, but with all of the different versions of myself that I remember and the fact that she's not here I'm starting to wonder if it's this place or if it was inevitable.

[He looks at the ceiling again.] I also think Akane would get it which is maybe the stupidest part.

[uncurtained]

You think it would have happened even if you didn't come here?

[She pauses for a moment, thinking of the best way to respond as she chews on her lip.]

Are you having second thoughts about the engagement, or...?