[ For a moment he wonders if Jonas will ask him to justify his question, and when he doesn't a modicum of tension evaporates. There's no legitimate reason for him to care at all, outside of feeling a strange sense of otherness, and that's hardly something he'd bring up. That? That's childish. ]
Okay
Do me a favor next time and let me handle my own stuff. I can dwi, so you don't have to ask him to talk to me a certain way
So why are you mad then? It's really, really obvious you're upset about something
PS no actually, line not drawn, and tbh I don't get it at all bc you're my friend and that's what friends are supposed to do? Defend each other? So I highly doubt I'll quit stepping in when someone's bothering you js lol
You think I'm just gonna sit around while you lamely bat him away? Lol Okay so if I get harassed by someone, you're gonna shut up, right? And let me deal with it all by myself?
Wtf are you talking about? Telling him to go fuck himself is lamely batting him away to you?
Pretty sure you weren't into how I was dealing with him before that, or did you forget? You're the one that wanted us to play nice, but at least when you asked that it was to both our faces
And I thought we were. Turns out you still had smth to do with it, so ig I should've figured I didn't actually get through to him
Lmao what? You two have been demurely talking to me about the other person like "okay Jonas I-I'll try my best to not stab him, b-but idk if I have the willpower" How is that not lamely batting him away?
You're discounting Cain's whole effort to get along with you just so you can act all broody about everything So yeah I absolutely had something to do with it, but I didn't stick my hand up his ass and puppeteer him into having fun with you That's such a stupid thing to say
Thx for the insight into how you're actually feeling about it
Anything else you wanna exaggerate so you can ignore why I'm pissed? I told you I want you to stop and you said no. Don't act like that's on me or I haven't done right by him lately, that's bullshit. You have no idea what we've talked about just like he's got no idea what I've talked about with you
( Jonas swears beneath his breath, angry. So angry he feels like crying, and at something so fucking stupid.
Why is he continuing to put up with this? This isn't his fault. They were acting immature, and Noctis—He wasn't communicating with Cain clearly enough. "Go fuck yourself" isn't a boundary. It isn't the drawn line. What Noctis is expressing to him now is, so why—
He leaves the conversation, suddenly and with few words. )
[ In one second, without realizing it, they agree.
This is fucking stupid. He shouldn't be reacting this much, not over a picture he was doing his best to ignore, not over Jonas digging in deeper and deeper while he tried to squash it, not over... any of it. He should be focusing on leaving. He should be thinking about doing what he can for these people – two in particular – while he can, while he's here, and then never seeing them ever again.
None of his duties leave room for whatever confused emotions are locked in his chest, imperceptible but stomach-churning. ]
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un: ward, post-nudes debacle
Like I get you dipping out and everything
Sorry, man
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Unintended but like his track record isn't the greatest
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[ straight up, suddenly ]
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Yeah
Like not the jokes part but yeah to the hitting on you part
It seemed like it was making you uncomfortable
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Cool
W/e you guys do has nothing to do with me. He'll remember which chat he's in next time, it happens
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Are we like
Good or?
You seem low-key mad
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Like you don't need to explain, I just want to know if you are
So maybe then I can do something about it
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[ Questions are neatly sidestepped in favor of what's more prominently on his mind, in contradiction to his assertion it's not his business. ]
1/2
2/2
This isn't what he wanted. He wanted stress-free. He wanted wild and uncaring.
He's silent for a minute, beginning to feel himself get angry. )
No
We're just having fun
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Okay
Do me a favor next time and let me handle my own stuff. I can dwi, so you don't have to ask him to talk to me a certain way
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Line drawn, I get it
Sorry
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I'll ttyl Jonas
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I'm not satisfied with this kinda
It's nobody's fault, you get that right?
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It was an accident
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It's really, really obvious you're upset about something
PS no actually, line not drawn, and tbh I don't get it at all
bc you're my friend and that's what friends are supposed to do?
Defend each other?
So I highly doubt I'll quit stepping in when someone's bothering you
js lol
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I said it wasn't a big deal. The only thing that matters to me is the thing you're going back on, so sure maybe I'm a little irritated now
That was my business, not yours
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Lol
Okay so if I get harassed by someone, you're gonna shut up, right?
And let me deal with it all by myself?
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Pretty sure you weren't into how I was dealing with him before that, or did you forget? You're the one that wanted us to play nice, but at least when you asked that it was to both our faces
And I thought we were. Turns out you still had smth to do with it, so ig I should've figured I didn't actually get through to him
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You two have been demurely talking to me about the other person like "okay Jonas I-I'll try my best to not stab him, b-but idk if I have the willpower"
How is that not lamely batting him away?
You're discounting Cain's whole effort to get along with you just so you can act all broody about everything
So yeah I absolutely had something to do with it, but I didn't stick my hand up his ass and puppeteer him into having fun with you
That's such a stupid thing to say
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Anything else you wanna exaggerate so you can ignore why I'm pissed? I told you I want you to stop and you said no. Don't act like that's on me or I haven't done right by him lately, that's bullshit. You have no idea what we've talked about just like he's got no idea what I've talked about with you
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Why is he continuing to put up with this? This isn't his fault. They were acting immature, and Noctis—He wasn't communicating with Cain clearly enough. "Go fuck yourself" isn't a boundary. It isn't the drawn line. What Noctis is expressing to him now is, so why—
He leaves the conversation, suddenly and with few words. )
I'll stop
✌🏻
Bye
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This is fucking stupid. He shouldn't be reacting this much, not over a picture he was doing his best to ignore, not over Jonas digging in deeper and deeper while he tried to squash it, not over... any of it. He should be focusing on leaving. He should be thinking about doing what he can for these people – two in particular – while he can, while he's here, and then never seeing them ever again.
None of his duties leave room for whatever confused emotions are locked in his chest, imperceptible but stomach-churning. ]
Bye