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[foolmetwice]

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[HIT HIM UP WITH SOME MESSAGES SHOULD YOU CHOOSE]

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[criminaljustice]

Okay?

[aren't you so lucky that the dating protag is not used to being on the other side of this set up, so he's just kind of vaguely amused and charmed?]

1/3

[foolmetwice]

[yes :( don't tease him. this is taking a lot!! A said it so easily but he's not A, he's Mars, and Mars sucks so badly]

[this time he is determined not to use buddy bond to get his feelings across!!]

[this time]

[he will use]

[his words]

I--

[foolmetwice]

L. . . l.

L.






L.

[foolmetwice]

I like pancakes.

[no]

[criminaljustice]

Ren.

[that is not what you're trying to say.]

[foolmetwice]

What? I like pancakes.

[he is actually neutral on pancakes. they're too sweet for him]








Just kidding I love you now let's go eat pancakes OKAY LET'S GO.

[yanking Joker into the diner like HAHAHA HE DIDN'T JUST SAY THAT]

[criminaljustice]

[OH MY GOD

no, he's digging his heels in to keep from being dragged.]

Ren?

[WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY, MISTER]

[foolmetwice]

-- what!!

[turning to face him again, his cheeks painted a nice, deep scarlet]

What? What'd I do?

[criminaljustice]

You didn't do anything wrong, just... slow down a second.

[he is also flustered but not sure if he heard things right or if he just heard something he wanted to hear or--look, reality hard???]

[foolmetwice]

[. . . slumps a little, gaze flickering away, but. he calms down as he shoves his fluster down]

. . .

[a deep breath, and. . . more earnestly:]

I love. . . you.

1/?

[criminaljustice]

[... hold up.]

[criminaljustice]

[Joker looks behind him, almost like he expects someone else to be there--Lily, maybe?]

[criminaljustice]

[nope.

it's just him.

which means...]

done

[criminaljustice]

[well, now he's the flustered one.]

S-since when?

[wait shit that's not what he wanted to say! but also Mars has been transferred for a while and then Joker was and since when?!]

Re: done

[foolmetwice]

[okay back to being flustered, face beet red]

I don't know! I just-- I do, okay?! Does it matter since when???

[criminaljustice]

No, just--

[helpless gesturing?!]

I wasn't expecting it???

[he was pretty sure Mars was going to stick to his guns with some things???]

[foolmetwice]

[JUST]

[sucks in a deep breath and lets it out slowly]

Look, I-- [hrrrrgh]

Someone told me they loved me recently, and it kind of freaked me out 'cause nobody's ever said that to me, that I remember. And it got me thinking about how I never said it to Lily, and then I was gone, and then you were gone, and who the hell knows when one of us might leave again, and--

[GESTURES]

[VAGUELY???]

Look just accept it, all right? It's fine, it's not a big deal!

[criminaljustice]

... I know I'm not exclusive and pretty open in my relationships so it might seem like it's not a big deal to me, but... it kind of is?

[foolmetwice]

[oh]

[. . . oh]

I-- [sweats. is that good or bad??? did he fuck up?? aaaaaah??]

Uh.

Is that good or bad?

[help]

[criminaljustice]

[you're so helpless.

so Joker's gonna take Mars's hand.]

Maaaaybe just don't lead with "It's no big deal!" to explain where an "I love you" is coming from. I get you just want to be chill about it, so I'm not upset. But I do want you to try not to backpedal instead of going forward, you know?

[foolmetwice]

[. . . good thing??? he looks down at their hands, then back up again, fingers curling around Joker's]

[and then he nods. quietly, a bit tentatively, like he's still super gun shy. but. he is acknowledging that]

[criminaljustice]

[yes, good. squeezes his hand.]

So... someone confessing to you made you think about it more seriously like that?

I'm a bit jealous you got to say it first.

[foolmetwice]

[clings to Joker's hand as tightly as he can, carefully searching his mirror's expression]

. . . ha.

[grins a little bit, some of the shyness fading]

It's not my fault you're too slow.

[criminaljustice]

And here I thought I was getting better about that.

But in case it wasn't already obvious: I love you, too.

1/2

[foolmetwice]

[wow that's just as super effective as he thought it'd be DESPITE EXPECTING IT]

[flushes another deem crimson, ducking his head a li'l bit as he tugs at his bangs with his free hand]

[aaaaaaaah]