Tweedledum thought it was time for a change.

[notawaxwork]

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[hookahed]

I believe I would've heard about it by now. And that your restaurant would have trapdoors all over it.

[Harrison]

Do you feel uncomfortable with that?

[notawaxwork]

Hahaha! Must you know me so well?

[Neil]

Well...yeah. A little. Not uncomfortable so much as... I'm just wondering why, really. I don't want to give anyone the wrong impressions.

Harrison

[hookahed]

Well... you do come off as a bit... fruity. Feminine, at times. You don't play by the same rules and roles as is accepted as masculine by this society's standards.

Neil

[notawaxwork]

[...]

Oh.

But I shouldn't change, right? Because... Well, Cassie obviously loves the way I am. And I wouldn't be being me if I wasn't... Am I really fruity? I can be masculine, though! I just am not often given the chance...

But maybe I wouldn't be the best father for a son...

Shit. :(

Harrison

[hookahed]

Harrison. Stop. Take a deep breath.

It's not an insult.

It's the way you are.

If people can't accept you for the way you are, then they are not really your friends - as simple as that.

Don't put on an act for anybody. Just be your lovable self.

Neil

[notawaxwork]

I'm lovable?

Harrison

[hookahed]

Duh.

Neil

[notawaxwork]

Awwwww. Gosh, I'm blushing again. Thanks, Neil.

I guess I'd rather be assumed gay than assumed an ass or something. Cassie still had a crush on me, despite her assumption. Which is a triumph for me, I s'pose.

Harrison

[hookahed]

Even if you did have homosexual leanings, there's still nothing wrong with liking both men and women.

Cassie loves you. That's what counts.

Neil

[notawaxwork]

Oh. I. Um. I finally told her that, too. That's how all this started. We opened up to each other about lots of things.

Yeah... :) And I love her. More than anything... more than poetry.

Harrison

[hookahed]

Good for you. It's best to be open like that in relationships.

I know. It shows.