goneawaycomms | Agent South Dakota

Mm. Well.

[ He stirs up his eggs while he considers exactly what to say, still smiling to himself. ]

I guess I will just say... Mm...

[ A slight glance back and forth here, just to make sure no tattletales are listening. He is technically breaking the rules, after all. ]

I was sort of...forced into confessing what you realized about me yesterday, and now we're, ah, you know...a thing.

[ The tips of his ears have gone red. He's not lying. ]

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[ South drops her fork. ]

What. Wait, wait, you—? What.

[ She's suddenly glad she wasn't drinking something or she's pretty sure she'd have just choked on it. She's looking at him with a frankly comical disbelief, her mouth opening and closing a couple of times like a fish before she finally says: ]

Okay, who the fuck are you, and what have you done with my brother? A day? A day?

Maybe the fuckin' babadon't did get you after all. I should be checking you for fuckin'— goop! Or— whatever. I don't know.

Fuck. Seriously?

[ He lowers his head, angling it toward her, signaling this way that she should quiet down. ]

Shh. I didn't get got.

[ He's blushing fully, now. ]

And yes, I'm serious.

[ She rolls her eyes and puts effort into quieting down a bit, but she still looks absolutely, comically surprised. ]

You tried to deny it literally when we were texting. Yesterday. How long—

Wait were you actually there with him when we were texting?

Yeah. See, I got bitten by those cupids while we were together and he thought it meant I'd fallen for Wrath immediately upon meeting her. And I don't... I didn't...

[ He sighs. ]

I mean, you know, I could have let him go on believing that but it wasn't true. And then...then...

[ He shrugs. ]

I basically had to tell him.

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You're fucking killing me here. You're killing your sister. What the fuck.

[ She laughs and covers her face, processing all of that. Okay, angry cupids who attack people in love, apparently, plus her prodding... ]

You hadn't even accepted you liked him when you signed off! What did you just turn around and look at him and—

[ A beat. Blink. ]

Oh my god that's exactly what fucking happened, isn't it?

Something like that.

[ The redness has spread from his ears to his cheeks to his neck. ]

I mean, okay—the way I explained it to him is like you fell into a place and didn't know it until someone turned the light on. You know? It was like that.

Okay, first of all—

[ She points at him with the fork she's finally picked back up so she can keep eating. ]

—that's sappy as shit.

But, yeah, okay, that kinda makes sense, but usually if I try turn the fucking light on and you just keep your damn eyes closed for fuck knows how long. Congrats on not fucking doing that for once?

Like. Holy shit. I expected you to stew on that for ages!

[ He muffles some laughter. ]

Thank the cupids, I guess?

I mean, I don't, because their bites fucking hurt and they're going to scar, but...

[ There's a flash of worry on her face before she rolls her eyes. ]

Nah, I'll take their half of the credit back for that.

I can't believe you went up against a fuckin' shapeshifter unarmed and come out with pissy little burns, then get bitten by some demon babies hard enough to scar. What the fuck, Drew. What. the. fuck.

[ This is ridiculous. She has to bite back another laugh with a forkful of food, but it's still there in her eyes. ]

Okay, we're fuckin' eating, then we're going somewhere I don't have to keep muffling my laughter at your dumb ass and you can actually tell me shit.

[ This brings his laughter out full force. The color is starting to leave his face now that he's told the news. ]

This place is ridiculous, I'll give you that.

And yeah. We'll go to that shitty lounge where we talked last time.

Absolutely fucking ridiculous.

[ She kicks his shin lightly under the table and digs back into her food, periodically glancing at him and having to stop herself laughing again, like she's got herself caught in a laughter loop.

Once they're done, they head back to the lounge. True to what South said last time they were here, no one is ever around and so there's no one to hear her laugh as she flops onto one of the couches. ]

I should have fucking known with that look on your face when you came over but the fuckin' idea you would figure out that you actually had those fucking feelings in less than a day just— nope. Fucking impossible. Didn't even cross my fucking mind.

[ That's his cue to actually eat, though he keeps smiling to himself while he's doing it. Yeah, he's got it bad, even worse than South had even realized.

Once they reach the lounge he picks a chair placed catty-corner to the couch, so they can look in each other's faces while they talk. ]

What can I say, this place does things to ya.

I didn't even notice the fuckin' usual signs you give off until recently. You wanna know when I started wondering? Right after the fuckin' babadon't shit. Literally, that night. When you were talking about him being a good nurse.

[ It's more of a snicker than an outright laugh, this time. ]

Yeah, that was...

[ He considers it for a moment, smiling gently. ]

...pretty fucking obvious, wasn't it.

God.

[ She rolls her eyes, affectionately for once, and lightly kicks him again. ]

Fuckin' hell you have it bad, don't you? Your face, Drew. Your face.

[ He tries to compose his face into something less lovey-dovey, a more plain smile. ]

We just...we're so close already, and we know so much about each other's habits and like, goals and shit...

He already said it, you know. I just told him how I felt and he said it.

[ He has his hand on his other forearm and he rubs it a little. He always considered saying 'I love you' to be a big deal and he hadn't felt able to say it to York when York said it. He feels slightly...something...about that. Guilty? ]

What, the big L? Y'know, off him, that doesn't fuckin' surprise me. He's a real heart on his sleeve kinda guy, even I know that and everything I know about the guy I know against my will.

[ She raises a brow slightly at him and sits up, gently punches his arm. ]

...is that a good thing? Or are you freaking out in there?

[ He rubs his chin with one hand. ]

Kind of both. I wanted to be able to say it back, but we just started it like ten minutes before that.

[ She lets out a low whistle. ]

Fuckin' hell, yeah that's quick. I mean, assuming he wasn't bothered you didn't... [ she shrugs ] You have it bad, Drew. Whether you're ready to say 'it' or not. You seem... really fuckin' happy.

[ Something pangs in her chest, and she ignores it. ]

[ That smile again. ]

Yeah...I am.

[ And then the smile goes a bit wry. ]

You think I should have, then?

[ She gives another affectionate eye-roll and kicks him lightly in the shin again, this time. ]

Oh no, you're not tricking me into giving that kind of advice. I just know what you're like, and look... [ she huffs, playfully ] of all the people, at least York's only annoying, not a fucking total asshole, so...

I'm happy for you. Fuckin', genuinely.

[ He laughs. ]

Glad you have such a high opinion of my boyfriend.

[ There's a twinkle in his eye as he uses that word—it feels good to say. He reaches to pat her on the hand. ]

It's good that you're happy for me, though. Thank you.

[ There's that stupid pang in her chest again. She ignores it more aggressively, focuses on North's stupid smiling face, because it is good to see him this happy. Whatever stupid emotions she's feeling don't matter right now. ]

[ She flashes him a grin and teases: ] Even I'm not such a bitch I can't be happy for my brother.

I called you on your shit for a reason. I wasn't just being a pain in the ass, even if I am that.

[ He snickers. ]

Both seems legit.

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