...Look. I've been in that situation, before. Even - even when I did it, it didn't work out right away. [ but it did, eventually, is the obvious implication there. ] Even if she didn't return the feeling, I knew - if I was going to fucking die, if we were going to fucking die, I couldn't go without letting her know. Even if we lived, and she didn't return the feeling, that didn't matter. None of it changed the fact that I loved the person I told.
[ his emotions are - complicated. warm, but there's grief, too. worry, for atsushi. a little frustration and irritation, but it's mostly muffled under that melancholy tired.
he reaches up and scrubs his hand over his face. ]
... Not that it fucking matters, I think you could see that she's into you from space. [ the emotion is jesus fucking christ i can't believe i'm having this conversation with you right now ] Get out of your own head and have a little confidence, Soosh! Fuck.
[The hilarious thing is that this is like the third time he's had this conversation in some form, but nobody has said the magic words to kick Atsushi out of his anxiety spiral when it comes to 'Vin' and 'feelings'.]
...she is? You're sure?
[Atsushi is a idiot who wears his heart on his sleeve and can't even hide the flip-flop of hope in his stomach there. He gains crushes so easily but he shoves them all away because he just assumes that everybody is interested in someone else and couldn't possibly like him. He's too pessimistic and thinks that anything that might be a 'maybe she likes me' is actually just in his head and he'll be rejected and look like and idiot and feel like an idiot for ever thinking he could be more than just friends with someone.
But all it takes is someone confirming that yes, those feelings are mutual, and suddenly those doubts are (mostly) cleared away.]
he just reaches out and swats him in the back of the head, though it's not very hard at all. ]
Yes, you fucking doofus.
[ this is so hypocritical because vax is just as stupid about this ] So, say something about it while you still can. And talk to Ruby, while you're at it! Fuck.
[ at the bottom of the page, in his neat, slanted handwriting, smaller than atsushi's but still there, he adds: ]
No matter what happens, don't forget that you're loved. - Sly
[ for as much as he's a joker and a gremlin, vax is a big, soft baby on the inside. this little gesture means a lot to him, for vin, because he knows how hard this all is for her.
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Date: 2022-03-20 04:56 pm (UTC)I...don't even know if she likes me back.
[He says, even though they've spent the entire week being warm and bubbly around each other.]
Isn't it selfish to just dump my feelings on her like that?
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Date: 2022-03-20 05:01 pm (UTC)mid battle confession to keyleth
frowns. ]
...Look. I've been in that situation, before. Even - even when I did it, it didn't work out right away. [ but it did, eventually, is the obvious implication there. ] Even if she didn't return the feeling, I knew - if I was going to fucking die, if we were going to fucking die, I couldn't go without letting her know. Even if we lived, and she didn't return the feeling, that didn't matter. None of it changed the fact that I loved the person I told.
[ his emotions are - complicated. warm, but there's grief, too. worry, for atsushi. a little frustration and irritation, but it's mostly muffled under that melancholy tired.
he reaches up and scrubs his hand over his face. ]
... Not that it fucking matters, I think you could see that she's into you from space. [ the emotion is jesus fucking christ i can't believe i'm having this conversation with you right now ] Get out of your own head and have a little confidence, Soosh! Fuck.
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Date: 2022-03-20 05:23 pm (UTC)...she is? You're sure?
[Atsushi is a idiot who wears his heart on his sleeve and can't even hide the flip-flop of hope in his stomach there. He gains crushes so easily but he shoves them all away because he just assumes that everybody is interested in someone else and couldn't possibly like him. He's too pessimistic and thinks that anything that might be a 'maybe she likes me' is actually just in his head and he'll be rejected and look like and idiot and feel like an idiot for ever thinking he could be more than just friends with someone.
But all it takes is someone confirming that yes, those feelings are mutual, and suddenly those doubts are (mostly) cleared away.]
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Date: 2022-03-20 05:53 pm (UTC)he just reaches out and swats him in the back of the head, though it's not very hard at all. ]
Yes, you fucking doofus.
[ this is so hypocritical because vax is just as stupid about this ] So, say something about it while you still can. And talk to Ruby, while you're at it! Fuck.
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Date: 2022-03-20 05:55 pm (UTC)Ruby likes Vin too?! I-I can't say anything, they should have each other then!
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Date: 2022-03-20 06:05 pm (UTC)And you. You all like each other. It's not hard.
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Date: 2022-03-20 06:20 pm (UTC)We're all idiots.
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Date: 2022-03-20 06:26 pm (UTC)he claps him on the shoulder ]
Sure are.
[ very, very affectionate ]
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Date: 2022-03-20 06:29 pm (UTC)Immediately flipping to the next page in the book and scribbling the following down:]
TALK TO RUBY!
SHE LIKES YOU!
AND ME TOO I GUESS BUT TALK TO HER!
[Maybe that will make Vruby real too.]
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Date: 2022-03-20 06:32 pm (UTC)he reaches out, like - snickering, a little, laughing as he comes to sit next to him. ]
Can I see?
[ gesturing for the pen. ]
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Date: 2022-03-20 06:38 pm (UTC)Don't write anything rude okay?
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Date: 2022-03-20 07:04 pm (UTC)No matter what happens, don't forget that you're loved. - Sly
[ for as much as he's a joker and a gremlin, vax is a big, soft baby on the inside. this little gesture means a lot to him, for vin, because he knows how hard this all is for her.
he hands the pen back and book back. ]
There.
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Date: 2022-03-20 07:09 pm (UTC)She might need a nudge later, think you can do that?
[Since they're all idiots and all.]