homo: haru

[damp]

itp: gay

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[squirt]

[ he probably has not, he watches vhs tapes of onsen documentaries ]

Sounds like a hassle.

[damp]

I'm not surprised you'd say that...

[squirt]

I didn't know it was something you're interested in.

[ romansu... ]

[damp]

[ dryly, ] Not everyone limits their crushes to bodies of water.

[squirt]

[ is this a challenge??? ]

I can like more than waterfalls and pools.

[damp]

Mackerel doesn't count either, Haru.

[ his image flickers a little, one of his hands taking a moment longer than the rest of him to reappear ]

[squirt]

Mackerel is food. That's different. It's like saying I'm in love with hay.

[ which is also food

anyway, he squints. is he holding something. ]

[damp]

[ he's just flickering... ]

Well, that's about what I expect from you.

[squirt]

[ he frowns. ]

You're breaking up, Rin. ...Something on your mind?

[ is he going to confess how in love he is with rang/hikari/amelia now ]

[damp]

[ why are you like this ]

There's nothing on my mind. [ annoyed at having to repeat himself, but otherwise he just seems nosy ] I'm just saying water and mackerel is where I expect your interest to end.

[ he thinks about it a little more ]

Unless... you're trying to tell me...

[squirt]

[ i'm right

anyway why else would he be flickering if not because he's thinking about his unconfessed crush. haru lofts up a brow lazily. ]

...Tell you what?

[damp]

[ disbelieving, ] You actually like someone?

[ waits to hear that haika is real ]

[squirt]

[ you are so stupid

eyebrow lowers ]

...Yes? I like people? [ not just fish? ]

[damp]

[ stares at him for a while

and then he sighs ]

I know that.

[squirt]

[ he considers asking if rin has someone he likes, but it's such a weird idea? and also this conversation reminds him of something else. ]

Why have you had nightmares of kissing mackerel?

[damp]

... What.

[squirt]

Someone told me you did.

[ looking at him funny because fish are friends and food not kiss material ]

[damp]

Oh. [ he looks vaguely guilty ] I wasn't.

[squirt]

[ guilty??? ]

What was it then?

[damp]

I did say that to Valerie, why would she tell you though, but I was just joking.

[ ... ]

I might've told her that kissing you was probably like kissing a mackerel.

[squirt]

[ just stares at him for a couple seconds. how does he even respond to this. ]

[damp]

[ stares back at him awkwardly ]

[squirt]

[ just. exasperated. ]

Gossip about Rang or something. Why were you even talking about me...?

[damp]

We were playing fuck- uh, kiss, marry, [ ... ] send to the ocean. You were one of the options.

[ he shrugs ]

[squirt]

Oh. That makes more sense.

[ just thinking about a message he got ]

How do you play?