When the money's gone, will you be my friend on a small rowboat till our ship comes in?

[thejewelergem]

Who: fierycourage and thejewelergem
When: 5-ish? The day the bank opens.
Where: Bank, Dismas
Format: [action]
What: Celebrating the opening of the new bank! But the siren song has a few things to say, too . . .
Warnings: Um, boys doing kissy things.

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[fierycourage]

[Juudai approaches the bank, ready to find out how its first day went. He waves when he sees Johan.] Hey! How'd it go today?

[thejewelergem]

I--[ . . . oh. And now he's blushing, too. Definitely not smiling, though.] I thought maybe . . .

. . . . you liked me back?

[fierycourage]

What do you mean by "like"?

[thejewelergem]

. . . . you know. Like. Like . . . like like. [Yeah, that's a lot of help.]

[fierycourage]

What do you mean by that?

[thejewelergem]

. . . . like. You know.

. . . . like to date.

[fierycourage]

[He's silent for a moment.] ... I didn't you know felt that way.

[thejewelergem]

. . . . . . . . oh.

Um, just . . . . forget it, okay? [Damn it, why didn't it work?]

[fierycourage]

How can you expect me to forget it?

[thejewelergem]

Look, I . . . .

Shit. [Aaaaaaaaaaand mental self-flagellation is GO.]

. . . let's just. Go home. Okay?

[fierycourage]

[He grabs Johan's shoulder.] I'm not going to forget about it, you know. I had no idea that you liked me... like that.

[thejewelergem]

[He flinches, looking down and sort of . . . not quite folding in on himself, but definitely looking like he wants to disappear. Not *quite* how he expected this to pan out.] I'm sorry.

[fierycourage]

[His grip loosens.] Hey, you don't need to be sorry. You can't control how you feel.

[thejewelergem]

No, but . . . I didn't have to tell you.

I should have known this would happen again.

Look, let's just . . . go, okay? Unless you want me stay somewhere else tonight. [Which is kind of the only offer he can make, given the whole only-having-one-bed thing.]

[fierycourage]

[He's silent for a moment.] You didn't, but I'm glad that you did end up telling me.

--happen again?

No. Why would I want you to stay somewhere else?

[thejewelergem]

. . . . . . you where I'm from is . . . later than you-you. I thought . . . okay, I didn't think I was . . . . I don't know what I was thinking.

[Mumble.] Because we only have one bed.

. . . unless you . . . ? [Hey, it could happen, right?]