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So the Heart thing happened.

And when I woke up, it was...it was a lot. Of course I had to process it, but once I did?

It finally clicked into place what I was feeling for Eve and Korone and- [He pokes Leo hard in the side.] Don't be smug, I know this sort of thing was probably obvious for you, but I needed to figure it out.

But after I processed it all, there was...clarity with them. The pieces were finally in place.

I wanted to keep them.

Not in a bunker way.

Just.

Like in an April way. Except less platonic impulses mixed in.

[Leo instinctively curls at the poke to his side, but he smiles.]

Good. Glad you were able to figure it out.

[Only like. 5% smug. He tried to give Don all the tools and info he could, but he still had to let Donnie figure it out himself.]

Seriously. Good.

I am too.

Of course, I panicked at first because it was both of them, and it is a very different thing, being in a non-committed relationship to date around and being in a committed one.

The whole thought would be I would make a choice and I cannot believe you called me being polyamorous and now I really have to wonder if you're right about dad too and that thought is now just in my head about Big Mama and Draxum.

Okay well first of all, stop thinking about that part.

Second of all, I'm allowed one legal brother I told you so.

I told you so.

[He opens his mouth.]

[Closes it.]

[Grumbles, yeah, okay, HE IS ALLOWED ONE I TOLD YOU SO.]

How did you even call that, I wasn't even sure I would like dating for real instead of just the vague concept of it?

Does it really surprise you I know you guys? You're my brothers, it's my job to know things about you.

[He huffs.]

Its not a surprise you know things about us.

Its the fact you know things even we don't know. Its...

[He waves a hand in the air, thinking.]

Impressive?

I can't even conceive how you do it.

I just listen and pay attention to what the spirits tell me.

Its admirable.

Thank you, dear brother, I'm glad you understand.

For the record, I caught the joke. I meant your skill.

Anyway, I did manage to talk to Korone and Eve to apologize and-

Oh.

I'm sorry if Korone ever yelled at you for portaling into her room.

She has informed me renovations should receive approval first.

...I thought you'd gotten it already, yeesh.

All right, well, you got it all worked out so congrats.

I did not. Its not like I get permission from you guys when I make upgrades.

[...how many of those upgrades are obvious is Debatable.]

I have been informed I should not apply that to others.

Yeah, usually.

Now you know.

Yes.

She chased me through the woods and gave me a few bonks.

Kind of reminded me of April. [Said with a sad fondness. He misses adoptive sis.]

[He also misses their adoptive sis.]

Yeah, she does remind me of April some.

[Sighs. He can't avoid this forever. He digs for his phone, flipping through a screenshot he took and hands it to Donnie.

It's a screenshot of a list of items.

3 vials of blood
2 Fingers
1 Toe

But he isn't looking at Donnie.]

Edited (had to recheck my list woops) 2023-04-24 12:21 (UTC)

[He takes his phone, expecting some weird picture or something.]

[And instead its a list and he frowns at it.]

[It takes a moment.]

....the game.

A lot of the other lists were worse.

[He fidgets with the phone. Looking at the list, twisting the phone away, looking at it again.]

[It really doesn't seem like a lot, overall. Especially if it could be worse. Heck, even if healing was turned off, these are parts people could function perfectly well without.]

[But Leo isn't him.]

[Leo who was their medic and chose healing power and barring certain worms, was usually so careful with his blades.]

[It takes a minute, parsing out how to approach.] Did you finish your list?

[Gojo had a head under one arm. And Aloy did that to Hunter. There were so much worse things.]

...Yeah.

Willing volunteers or did you have to take them?

[One hand will let go of the phone and reach for one of Leo's.]

...We certainly didn't win for most brutal acquisition.

A lot of teams were doing trades just to get enough for their antidotes.

[Taking his hand and squeezing it.]

That does tend to happen, when there's an option.

But what about you? This-

[Hesitation, what is it, how to word it. Leo avoided this, then admitted it. That means-]

This is bothering you.

...All the other teams had eight and nine people participating.

Snail had four. And one of 'em was Nanako and he was too sick to move. Mochi kept - being weird about not taking anything from a bunch of people, so it was me and Gojo getting most of it. I had to do something.

[....ah.]

[Another hand squeeze.] That is a lot of pressure to be under.

...did you do something you regret?

Edited 2023-04-24 13:30 (UTC)

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