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[holyposition]

I could meet someone else you know

don't be busy I need help im serious

[kobes]

You could. But you wouldn't care if I eavesdropped on you, then.

Tim, if you truly needed me not all the pirates in all the seas in all the world would stop me. But I'm also extremely comfortable right now, so please let me know if it's a true emergency in 43 minutes.

[holyposition]

You're the best if you were here I'd kiss you

talk later

[kobes]

If I was there, you'd push me out of the room, Tim.

[42.5 minute later:] All good?

[holyposition]

No I'd go find my own

OK here's here later

[ later... ]

👍good

[kobes]

[Pfft. He almost teases more, but -- well. He's distracted too.

So, instead, later:] 👀 he's still there?

[holyposition]

[ He's gonna fall asleep. So later for Tim really is the next morning, ]

He is. Sorry. We'll be out in an hour, tops.

[kobes]

[Bemused, awake but somehow not out of bed:]

Don't be silly. You don't have to rush. I haven't even made it to the gym yet today.

There's more of those headache pills in the bathroom, if you're hungover.

[holyposition]

I do. You should have stopped me.

[kobes]

Ah.

Unlike some people, I'm not going to decide I know better than you, Tim. You get to make your own choices. I'm not going to drag Hawk out of there unless you ask me to.

ARE you asking me to?

[holyposition]

I understand your point. So consider this permission in advance to stop me from doing something stupid next time I'm drunk.

You don't need to now. We're headed down for breakfast soon.

[kobes]

How stupid is stupid?

Well, you didn't kick him out. Is it just
Seeing him again? That's hard?

[holyposition]

Meeting with Hawk is stupid!

Being around him is hard. He says he misses me, but he can't be with me right now. He's unreliable, because he always has a reaaon to leave. He doesn't even want me as a partner, he wants me as a ward. I need to move on, not spend the night with him.

[kobes]

It's not STUPID.
Mildly self-destructive, maybe, but that doesn't make it stupid.
Besides, if you hadn't pulled off the bandaid and seen him tonight, you'd still be wondering what it'd be like, right?



Do you WANT to move on?

[holyposition]

Yes, I do.

[kobes]

Then next time Hawk shows up, I promise to kick him out, by force if possible, no matter how drunk you are.

[holyposition]

Thank you.

I should probably move back to my own room soon, though. It isn't doing me any good to avoid it.

[kobes]

You know you're welcome as long as you want. But it might be nice to have your own space, too. Make it your own. Decorate it with posters, like in those movies.

[holyposition]

I know.

You think so? I didn't do a lot of decorating in my room back home. A few family photos, which I don't have here. Some plants. And the Virgin Mary. That was about it.

[kobes]

Mary, that a friend of yours? [He's teasing; he knows perfectly well who the Virgin Mary is. She comes up in countless books, he had to get some idea of what the significance was.]

You could do anything you wanted, really. Maybe move furniture in or out, add more bookshelves, more places for plants. New curtains, I don't know.

[holyposition]

ha ha. :p

I'll just throw random papers all over the floor so I'm always reminded of you :)

[kobes]

It's not RANDOM, I have a SYSTEM!

I can always come by and leave eyeballs in your fridge, too. I mean, if
You know
You want me to come by and uh
Hang out? That's what people do, right?

[holyposition]

Gross.

Yes, of course. That's what people do.