We did it you sickos

[10:33] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] walks nervously into ryspor's room in the infirmary. It's obvious he doesn't quite know how to act around his friend. --

[10:33] GG: Um

[10:33] GG: Hey ryspor

[10:34] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] looks up from the book he was reading --

[10:34] GT: ~Oh! Hello Joʃʃik. It'ʃ good to ʃee yov in perʃon again.~

[10:34] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] offers a small smile --

[10:34] GG: look, - just wαnted to sαy

[10:34] GG: - αm so, so sorry

[10:35] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] looks around the room, trying tnot to meet the seatrolls eyes. --

[10:35] GT: ~Yov've told me that a million timeʃ, Joʃʃik. I think I know yov regret yovr actionʃ by now, haha.~

[10:36] GG: How cαn you do -t, ryspor?

[10:36] GT: ~Do what?~

[10:36] GG: How cαn you not hαte me αfter whαt - d-d?

[10:36] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] looks thoughtful for a while --

[10:37] GT: ~How do I pvt thiʃ?~

[10:37] GG: Put whαt?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:37] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] meets ryspors eyes for the first time since he entered the room, and finds he cannot look away. --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:38] GT: ~Maybe the reaʃon I don't hate yov iʃ becavʃe...I don't want to hate yov? Doeʃ that make any ʃenʃe?~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:38] GG: Why, though?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:38] GT: ~If I hated yov, that wovld mean giving vp on a lot of thingʃ for me.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:38] GG: Whαt

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:39] GG: Whαt do you meαn?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:39] GT: ~Ovr friendʃhip, for one, and maybe alʃo...~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:39] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] breaks eye contact for a moment --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:39] GT: ~...the chance for ʃomething more.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:39] GG: Ryspor, -

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:39] GG: αre you sαy-ng whαt - th-nk you're sαy-ng?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:39] GT: ~Thiʃ, ah, thiʃ iʃn't really the way I pictvred telling yov, haha, bvt...yeʃ.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:40] GG: You're

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:40] GG: Are you

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:40] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] gulps, unable to get the words out --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:40] GT: ~I think I might be flvʃhed for yov, Joʃʃik Katarn.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:40] GG: -

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:40] GG: - don't

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:40] GG: - don't know whαt to sαy

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:41] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] looks down, shoulders drooping a little --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:41] GT: ~Yov don't have to feel obligated to reciprocate.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:41] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] kneels by ryspors bed --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:41] GG: Ryspor, -

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:41] GG: - th-nk

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:41] GT: ~I know yov have feelingʃ for Nvllar, and I realize thiʃ iʃ all very ʃvdden, ʃo it'ʃ all right if yov leave.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:42] GT: ~I'd vnderʃtand.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:42] GG: Ryspor...

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:42] GG: - th-nk - mαy be

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:42] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] blushes a deep jade --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:42] GG: -- th-nk - mαy be flushed for you too

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:42] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] blinks, surprised --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:43] GT: ~...Are yov ʃeriovʃ? Yov're not jvʃt ʃaying that?~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:43] GG: No, -

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:43] GG: - αm completely flushed for you, ryspor

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:43] GG: - th-nk, deep down, - hαve been s-nce the dαy we met

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:44] GT: ~Yov have?~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:44] GG: Yes

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:44] GG: - just, you're

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:44] GG: You're wonderful

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:45] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] blushes a little --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:45] GG: You're smαrt, αnd k-nd, αnd you αlwαys try to help people

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:46] GG: Honestly, compαred to whαt - feel for you, whαt - felt for null -s nothg

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:46] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] smiles --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:47] GT: ~Yov're ʃo ʃweet, Joʃʃik.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:47] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] smiles back, his blush deepening --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:47] GG: -'m α b-t surpr-sed

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:47] GG: - never thought αnyone would be lfushed for me

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:48] GT: ~Perʃonally, I can't ʃee why they wovldn't be.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:48] GT: ~Yov care ʃo mvch abovt people, and abovt doing the right thing. I admire that ʃo mvch abovt yov.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:48] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] is blushing harder than it should be even possible to blush --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:48] GG: -

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:48] GG: ryspor, -

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:48] GG: - don't know whαt to sαy

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:49] GT: ~Then, to borrow the wordʃ of the great Bard, "Jvʃt ʃhvt vp and kiʃʃ me."~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:49] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] jossik leans in, giving ryspor a long, passionate kiss --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:50] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] finally pulls back, grinning stupidly --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:50] GT: ~Yet another thing to add to my liʃt of thingʃ to like abovt yov: yov're an excellent kiʃʃer.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:50] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] laughs --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:50] GG: you're pretty dαmn good yourself

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:51] GT: ~Hahaha.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:51] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] lies down and looks over at Jossik --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:51] GT: ~ʃo where do we go from here?~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:52] GG: scoot over

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:52] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] obliges --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:52] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] climbs into the bed with ryspor --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:52] GT: ~Yov're a natvral-born blanket hogger, yov.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:52] GG: Oh, pleαse, you know you love -t.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:52] GG: well, there αre α few th-ngs we could do

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:52] GG: we could tαlk for α wh-le αnd then mαke out

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:52] GG: or we could wαtch some tv αnd then mαke out

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:52] GT: ~...I'll take Option C.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:52] GG: wh-ch -s?

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:52] -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] smiles --

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:52] GT: ~All of the above.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;">[10:52] -- garrisonedGuardian [GG] grins --