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[gunhearted]

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audio;

[bombgasmic]

Great. There's something I want to show you. Can you meet me at the coffee shop by campus in an hour?

audio;

[gunhearted]

The small one with the blue sign? Y-yeah, if you need me too. Do you need me to bring anything?

audio;

[bombgasmic]

... No? No, I don't think so. I just want to talk.

I'm sorry I'm springing it up on you, but it's kind of important!

Re: audio;

[gunhearted]

I'll be there! [Fffff don't be sorry. If it's important, he will be there!!!]

[bombgasmic]

Okay. Then the cafe, in an hour. I'll see you?

[gunhearted]

I'll be there.

[And he is. Waiting outside. About 15 minutes early.]

[bombgasmic]

[And she gets there a little over five minutes early! She's got a bag with her and she waves when she sees him, running up to him with a big smile on her face.]

Hey! Did you wait?

[gunhearted]

Not really long. Is everything okay?

[bombgasmic]

Mostly.

[She stops only when she's standing next to him.]

You know how we talked about moving out? Since my family is so big, and the fighting is stressing you out.

[gunhearted]

[TBF on Jacuzzi's end it was more "maybe it would be better if I left" but--]

Y-yeah. I mean... I don't think I could do it or anything, but I don't know how much longer I can stay there...

[bombgasmic]

[She figured it was stressing him out.]

Well, I can't say immediately, either, but here'd the thing. I've been saving up for it for a while so I could do it on my own if I needed to. You and I could find more jobs over this summer... and if you wanna do it, we can manage it.

I think.

[gunhearted]

[Wait. Wait, what? Nice, what? He doesn't understand.]

... I-I don't think I get what you're saying...

[bombgasmic]

I'm asking if you wanna move in with me.

[gunhearted]

[Nope. Nope Nice what are you even saying.]

B-but Nice, you're a girl and I'm a guy and--and I don't even have a job and you do so much stuff for your family and I'm not easy to live with you shouldn't have to deal with that--

[bombgasmic]

I'm not doing it out of charity. [She relaxes her stance, expression falling into a smile again as she answers.]

I don't mind if you're a guy, Jacuzzi. I mean, I already know! I'm asking you fully aware of that, because I've been lookin' for a roommate for a while, and... if you want, I think we could work this out.

[gunhearted]

[Oh man. He wants to say yes. A lot? Very badly. But...]

Nice, I could be turning into somebody terrible. I remember killing a lot of people. I could get dangerous...

[bombgasmic]

Our past lives were always together anyway, weren't they? Chances are, if you turn into some super villain, so will I. I'm the one with the obsession with bombs, y'know?

[gunhearted]

Yeah, I know but--I really like you. A-and not just because of all the echo stuff!

I don't want you to get hurt.

[bombgasmic]

And I want you to have somewhere to live where you feel comfortable.

[gunhearted]

It isn't so bad. I just... I know I'm a burden on them. It's a lot to have to give me a place to stay, and with them fighting...

It's better than home.

[bombgasmic]

... I'm asking you, Jacuzzi. Are you happy there right now?

[gunhearted]

[There is a long heavy moment, where Jacuzzi has to evaluate "happy" and what happy means.

And he remembers those first few weeks with Isaac and Miria and he realizes it was the first time in his life he was really happy. And how much worse it is to be there when he realizes how happy he was.

And he thinks about how happy he is when Nice is around. He's nervous, he's shy, he's honestly scared of hurting her. But she, like Isaac and Miria, sees him as a person, as someone who has feelings outside of his anxiety. As someone who can be something. And his heart thuds in his chest, because he realizes how different it is to feel that way around Nice, as opposed to the parental approval he gained from even a short time around Isaac and Miria.

Jacuzzi completely deflates. His heart's still beating in his throat, and there's a thousand ways he can lie or derail the conversation.

But he won't this time. Because it's Nice, who thinks he listens to her, and who he never wants to have to lie to or hide from.]

I'm not.

[bombgasmic]

[She doesn't smile this time, but it's not a frown either. She just watches him with a steady gaze, and speaks quietly.]

We still got time to figure this out. I got some money saved up, and I can work more hours next semester because of my schedule.

Do you want to try this with me?

[gunhearted]

... Are you really okay with me?

[He just. One more time. He just wants to make sure.]

[bombgasmic]

I'm more than certain. Just you and me, so you don't have to worry about meeting any more strangers either.