“Hello there, Mr. Superstar. Your most loyal groupie has arrived, and I got VIP tickets for your bedroom.”
“Sorry, did we wake you up?”
“No, no. This place is surprisingly well sound-proofed. But you know I love waking up to you playing.”
(I hope he didn’t get too worried… It’s going to give him early white hair)
“Did you hear everything?”
“From the song and on. Why? Were you talking about me?”
“Yes, yes, I was informing him how great and handsome my boyfriend was, 100 times.”
“Good. While it’s nice to see others acknowledge your unmeasurable, ehem, autistic rizz-“
“My what. Have you been hanging with Simon again.”
“-It is good for him to be aware that certain jewels are out of range.”
“I mean. He hasn’t even been to the timeloop”
“Ah yes, to date me you must defeat my 5 evil timeloops”
“And me!”
“And you”
“And Dominion”
“And your alter ego, of course”
“And Vivi!”
“Now that’s a real challenge”
“Hahaha”
(He must have some sort of supernatural aura, to make me comfortable even after high pressure situations)
“By the way, why are you up?”
(Uh oh. I rather not worry him with the Mozilla situation.
He already feels bad about the whole… haunted thing.
And the… grandma thing.
And probably a bunch of other things)
“Needed a drink, found Seba on the way”
“I think I’ll walk around, just to get a bit tired for bed”
“Doesn’t exercise give you energy?”
“I’ll do it in a tired way”
“Oliver.”
“You don’t have to lie to me. If you don’t want to talk about something, it’s fine. I won’t pressure you.”
(Am I really this bad at lying or is Ángel really good at figuring it out???)
“…I don’t want to worry you. Really, it’s an easy fix, I just-“
“You’ll call if you need me?”
“I will. At the top of my lungs”
“Then that’s good enough.”
“…How have you been doing?”
“I am itching for a cigarette right now. You have no idea how much I crave it”
“I have gum! Ah, I left it in my other pants…”
“It’s fine, I have to get used to it.”
“I have to get used to a lot of things”
“To not solve my worries with smoke. To not follow you around everywhere. To not know where my friends are at every moment. To… eat better, I guess.”
“Is it that tummy ache again?”
“I doubt smoking will make it go away”
“I’ll open the window to get fresh air. With all the smog of the city, this should be enough of a hit, right?”
“You can go do your thing. I’ll probably go back to bed after this.”
“I hope you’ll be there, but… It’s fine if you aren’t”
“I love you”
“You are the sweetest man I’ve ever met. Go now, I’ll be here.”
“…I don’t regret it.”
“Huh?”
“You heard it, right? The question about Mr- about Eugene.”
“While I do believe that there could be scenarios where he could’ve changed
I don’t believe those would’ve come without a price
A price I am not willing to pay.”
“Even if the thought of ending someone’s life haunts me, it was the best thing to do. It was just.”
“And no amount of what-ifs will change that”
“…Glad we agree”
“You must’ve been waiting a long time to hear that, huh?”
“Ah, well, you’re a man of the law, so it’s understandable. If it were me, I’d kill him a few more times”
“I don’t doubt it.”
“But I’m glad you didn’t have to. I’m glad you never killed anyone.”
“Directly, that is”
“What”
“Didn’t you have something that needed utmost urgency?”
“Ah! Yes! But we will go back to this. That is a threat”
“Scary!”
They part ways, knowing they’ll somehow still be together.