outdistanced | turbo heaven 🌼 chrono

[ it's awkward to just card loredump!!!!! ]

Havin' you around wouldn't make it any worse.

[ snorts. ]

Thanks. You really know how to make a guy feel appreciated, huh.

[ just leans on him. ]

I did literally just tell you that I appreciated it. What, expectin' something more?

S-Shut up.

[ stupid!! ]

I doubt you'd want to put up with me for that long, anyway. I'm still figuring out how to deal with things outside the Tower...

[ wow got THE tsundere line. incredible

the snickers die off pretty quick at that, though, expression turning puzzled. ]

Huh? No way. Isn't it the perfect opportunity to learn other stuff, when you're with a friend who knows it?

[ NYEH. ]

...I guess? It's just kind of annoying when there's so much I don't know.

[ aka he's learned how sheltered and ignorant he is and it's incredibly humiliating to feel so lost all the time. ]

...you're worried about that? It's not annoying to me. We're all learning, Laurence.

It's not really the same, though...

Maybe not, but it's not so different that it's bad or anythin'. You really think I'm just puttin' up with you?

[ maybe he HAS been shit about making people feel appreciated... ]

[ ugh. ]

That's not what I meant. I just have to keep asking a ton of questions about things I should probably already know. It's frustrating enough for me, so it has to be a pain for everyone else, too.

[ ...shoulderpat. ]

Sure, I get that it's gotta be frustrating. But if anyone gets annoyed about it, that's just them being an asshole. It's not on you.

[ stop now he's starting to feel even more self-conscious. what if he pretends this conversation didn't happen. ]

...Your movie's still going.

[ sure, we can do that. chrono's still leaning on him though. ]

...ah. Man, I really thought this one would be good for this. Maybe it needed to be somethin' I haven't seen, too.

[ so he can shut up during it. ]

[ that's fine he's not pushing chrono off yet ]

Giant monsters, giant monsters, punching things. I think I got the gist.

Yeah, but... there's somethin' passionate in it. Gets your blood movin'.

[ sighs. ]

Or, there should be. It's not really hittin' right now.

[ shit my typo one of those was supposed to be giant robots. anyway he raises an eyebrow but. sure. passionate. ]

You brought all those other ones, too. We could try one of those, if you want.

[ don't harsh his currently nonexistent vibe, dude. ]

...mm. [ he's comfy... but leans over to inspect the dvd pile anyway. ] There's like, a couple of historical ones I got for Taair, but they make me fall asleep.

[ they can just get comfortable again it's fine. ]

Yeah, let's not do those. I think I'd fall asleep, too. I don't know how he gets so into that stuff.

[ laughs lightly. ]

Right? It's different when he's explaining stuff, because he's so excited it's easy to listen. The books and these though... yawn.

[ hmm. ]

There's like, a fantasy romance thing. With vampires? [ stares at it. ] Why did I grab this.

I mean, I did read his book, but it was hard to get into when you don't really understand what he's talking about... He had to explain a lot of it.

[ squints. ]

Vampires?

[ what... are vampires... ]

I tried, but ended up just askin' him to tell me about the stories instead. Way better that way, like a super enthusiastic audiobook.

[ nods ]

You had fantasy stories but no vampires, huh. They're like, undead humans who drink blood to survive. Got fangs [ taps a tooth ] and sometimes wings or pointy ears. Or. Sparkly skin.

I don't think he'd mind, either way. Having a reason to talk about Iria is plenty for him.

...Sorry, they drink blood?

[ gross?? ]

Oh, yeah, didn't mind at all. It's really interesting, how different places can be.

[ heh(???). amused by this reaction in any case. ]

They're supposed to be horror genre creatures, but at some point people started makin' em sexy instead. Which is why we've got this. [ taps the dvd. ] Guess it's the biting.

...No wonder you two get along. You're birds of a feather.

[ pun intended. ya nerds.

he was about to comment on them being horror movie creatures, but. falters. takes another look at the movie cover, incredulous. ]

Sexy. [ why. also why do you have something like this, chrono. ] I really don't see the appeal of something that wants to drink your blood.

[ shrugs!!! but looks oddly pleased by that assessment.

also look at the dvd and suddenly feels self-conscious about it. so he half-frisbee tosses it off to the side somewhere. ]

Yeah, well, me neither. But it's really popular with girls, so I probably picked it up for the... range?

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