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Hey!

[coming into his room and laughing]

Don't you have your own sheets to mess up? [but he's flopping down next to you and scooping the puppy close, ignoring her nipping at his fingers]

She wanted to play with you.

[ rolling over and dropping the ball in front of your face ]

Besides, it's not like we can mess this place up much more than it already is.

[ griiiin ]

Yeah, yeah. [grumbles, but rolls the dog around with one hand, rubbing her belly as she squirms]

Comfort in chaos, huh?

[ poking some puppy belly here. and maybe some Chiaki side too ]

[pokes you right back!]

It's lived-in! And I know where my stuff is.

[ rolling onto you ]

I didn't say you didn't. Doesn't bother me if it doesn't bother you.

[ griiin and there's a puppy rolling over to lick your face ]

[laughs and tries to nudge her off of him, but not very strenuously]

[ this puppy is enjoying this and doing some bouncy happy barking

and this dude is now probably just squishing you ]

[leans back against you, wriggling comfortably as he rubs behind her ears]

[ just flopped and watching with amusement ]

Hey. In the realm of serious inquiries, can I ask you a question?

Eh? Yeah, sure, what's up?

[ actually not quite sure how to go about this ]

Takeru told you about us, right? He said you were okay with it.

Oh--yeah. ...eventually. [resisting the temptation to roll his eyes with an effort]

[ dropping his head on your shoulder ]

I'm sorry I didn't say anything about it before. I thought he had already told you. But are you really okay with it? I don't want to step on anyone's toes.

Hey--it was sort of not a whole lot of my business before. [reaching up and mussing your hair softly] He thought you'd told me, too, it was no big deal. If I had a problem I'd say something, okay? I trust you. ...both of you, y'know. S'okay.

Should we have a full disclosure agreement, now? [ grins, mostly likely just teasing ]

But for what it's worth, attractive as he is, I have no desire or intention to even attempt to pursue a romantic relationship with him. I do care a great deal about him, but he's pretty much firmly in big brother territory.

[ pause ]

The kissing and pretendy funtime dates aside.

Yeah--Jiu Wu, seriously, it's cool. ...you helped us out a lot when we weren't talking to each other, I don't think you're secretly plotting to break us up or anything. Okay? [rolls over and half-flops on you comfortably] Don't worry about it.

[ he's petting your hair and there's a pup nosing against your face ]

Thanks. I just didn't want to cause any misunderstandings; I care about both of you too much to want to do something that could have been avoided. But if anything, I think these dates are just as much training for him as they are for me. [ rolling slightly and knocking his head against yours ] You know how he is, with his stupid thinking he's not "good" enough for you and such.

It is stupid. [sounding deeply exasperated] As if I'd want him to be anybody or anything but his own self.

Well, this way he can get all his awkward bumbling out on me, and save all the good stuff for you. [ grins, poking at your side ] I promise I'll send him back in good condition.

Like I don't enjoy his awkward bumbling, too. [shakes his head, poking you back] He was so... I dunno. Formal, I guess. Stiff. For, like, ever, it was such a pain in the ass. It's sorta refreshing to see him like this. I won't keep it all to myself, though, don't worry.

I have to admit, it's kind of cute. He seems to like to say things that result in my asking questions he's too embarrassed to answer, for some reason. And then he gets grumpy at me for it.

He does tend to dig himself in like that. [grins and settles back, the puppy flopped out on his belly] Too bad for him.

And in the process of doing so, he lets things slip that are probably more legitimately embarrassing to admit than whatever it was he didn't talk to talk about. [ grins and rolls over to use your chest as a pillow, poking at his puppy ] I swear I'm going to get him to one of these days, though.

He's. Y'know. Relaxing a little, too, which is good.

[not blushing not blushing not]