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[allstarchuck]

{OOM: Rule of Milliways # Five: ask to see credentials of prospective sexual partner BEFORE sleeping with them.}

There are a few subtle signs from which you may deduct what Chuck was doing last night.

1) the slightly wrinkled work uniform,
2) the Raktajino
3) the head down in his arms trying v. hard not to hyperventilate.

It's working. Ish.

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[twopointohbaby]

Jake's still hanging out with his junk from last night (preferring not to dispose of it), and thus he ends up wandering to the bar with the C++ book in his hands.

And sees that guy that he knows. Freaking out.

Cue concerned!face!

"...are you okay?"

[allstarchuck]

NOT FREAKING OUT, DAMMIT.

VERY CALMLY CONTEMPLATING THE FACT THAT HE SLEPT WITH DEMETER.

Slightly muffled: "I'm fine."

[twopointohbaby]

"Um."

Jake bites his lip before he says, 'you don't look fine.'

"Sure?"

[allstarchuck]

"Yeah, I'm sure."

:|

JAKE DOES NOT DESERVE A DUMP OF 'OH MY GOD I SLEPT WITH A GODDESS'.

Because he is nice, and Chuck only just met him, really.

[twopointohbaby]

Humph.

"Well, I don't believe you." But Jake doesn't want to bother him overlymuch.

HE IS BAD WITH THESE SORTS OF SOCIAL SITUATIONS. AWKWARDTURTLE TIME.

[allstarchuck]

D:

"Sorry, I just figured I didn't know you that well," EXCEPT FOR THE WHOLE FLASHING THING "and didn't want to scare you away with any of my problems."

:/?

[twopointohbaby]

"Oh, well, um. You won't scare me away, really. But if you don't want to talk, then... I'll respect that?"

[allstarchuck]

"I just did something without thinking that I'm not sure I should have done."

...Not to mention he has no idea of the consequences.

[twopointohbaby]

Okay, that's enough to make Jake know that he should sit down. The coding manual is set aside in favor of helping out; bros before object-oriented hos, so to speak.

"And... you feel guilty?"

[allstarchuck]

"A little, maybe. Panicked and confused are also good adjectives."

[twopointohbaby]

D:

"Well... did you want to do said thing? Do you still want to? Or is it more of the... 'brain does not like this' variety?"

[allstarchuck]

"Culture shock?" he ventures.

[twopointohbaby]

"...yeah, not seeing what you're getting at, sorry," Jake says, shaking his head. "I'm kind of... dumb, sometimes."

[allstarchuck]

D:

"No, it's fine, I'm not being clear."

[twopointohbaby]

"Did you... and someone else disagree about something in the bar or something? Like a belief?"

[allstarchuck]

"...Uh, no, not a belief."