open to anyone <3

[cookscleanskicksass]

[fast asleep head down on the table, cuddling a struggling Navi]

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[blueondeck]

Gai?

[Taking a stab in the dark, really.]

[cookscleanskicksass]

[nods mutely]

[well, him and you, but I know you're all starry-eyed over Marvelous]

[blueondeck]

[There is no such thing as "stary-eyed" here. and you're too adorable to ignore]

Gai will do the right thing.

[cookscleanskicksass]

[you take that back]

[miserably] Yes, he will.

[blueondeck]

[Never]

... You don't sound happy about that.

[cookscleanskicksass]

[well, dammit, you're far cuter]


I don't want him to go back to Earth and help people!

...um, I don't mind the helping people part, but the rest!

[blueondeck]

[Never, I'm not the chronic cuddler.]

If you tell him your feelings, you could change that.

[cookscleanskicksass]

[but you have that long flowy hair and major emo issues :(]

...I don't want to make him stay.

[blueondeck]

[You have domestic prowess, intelligence and fearlessness.]

If you're important to him, he'll choose to stay... or take you with him.

[cookscleanskicksass]

[nestles in against you again, cheek against your shoulder, arm across your stomach]

You're very smart, Joe.

[blueondeck]

[leans his head down on yours, moving an arm around your shoulder.]

It's not something like that. I'd stay, so I know he would too.

[cookscleanskicksass]

[swallows, uncomfortably close to crying]

[blueondeck]

... ? Are you upset?

[You have too many emotions. How do I deal?]

[cookscleanskicksass]

[basically all I want is to cook and clean for you guys, along with Gai, and fix stuff]

[I didn't mind fighting, but everything else sucks]

[thickly] I'm fine.

[blueondeck]

You're not fine.

[Not looking at you, but I can definitely tell by your body language that you are not fine at all.

[cookscleanskicksass]

[gives up]

It's just nice when you're nice to me.

Not that you're ever mean to me.

[blueondeck]

So what do you mean?

[Because that didn't make much sense to him.]

[cookscleanskicksass]

[it doesn't make that much sense to me either]
[so many feels :(]
[I love that you're still sitting here with me trying to understand]

Um. I suppose... if everyone just left, I'd be sad but I'd get over it, but when you're nice to me it makes me think about how much I'll miss you. You all.

[blueondeck]

If you keep thinking about what will happen when it all ends, you'll waste the time getting there.

[I have not much else to do but let you lean here and listen to what you're saying.]

[cookscleanskicksass]

[you're being very patient even for you]

You're saying take the short-term view?

[blueondeck]

I'm taking the pirate view. I'm not worrying about anything that's not in front of me.

[cookscleanskicksass]

...you can do that?

[blueondeck]

You can too.

[cookscleanskicksass]

I -- I don't know if I can.

[blueondeck]

You can.