homo: haru

[damp]

itp: gay

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[squirt]

[ that's very sweet, but, ]

No, about when you thought I was a mermaid.

[damp]

[ oh

he looks a little embarrassed ]

What, are you a mermaid right now?

[squirt]

...Yes. I'm the mermaid right now.

[damp]

[ ... ]

Haru.

[squirt]

[ he like... flops his legs where they're sitting. like a fish. ]

[damp]

[ shoves him ]

You're so dumb.

[squirt]

[ he's shoved, bouncing back into place. he watches rin's mermaid illusion fizzle a bit. ]

I told you not to move too much.

[damp]

Tell me why and then I won't!

[ hmph ]

[squirt]

[ points at his tail that he can't see. it's pink! ]

It starts to mess up the hallucination.

[damp]

[ flops his legs like haru did earlier ]

[squirt]

[ he is watching, fascinated.

it's touch week but whether or not it's relevant is unclear. he might just do this anyway, because fish: he'll touch rin's tail. which to him is just like, his knee. ]

[damp]

[ you really made this so suddenly gay

rin just stares at haru's hand, internally dying a little bit, and wonders what exactly he looks like. ]

This is what you wanted to see?

[squirt]

[ the game is over i can do whatever i want ]

It's your dream, not mine. I was curious.

[ he thought it was insanely stupid when they were twelve and it's still pretty stupid. but also cool? but also stupid?

he pokes at a scale. ]

[damp]

[ flops his legs again before, ] Why am I doing this...

[squirt]

[ thanks for larping a mermaid for him... ]

I don't know.

[ he didn't expect rin to play along. he bumps their shoulders and just lazily leans on him. do you think about how of the weeks that rin has been alive it's been touch week for like all of our pcs. ]

Thanks. Another sight I haven't seen before.

[damp]

[ THIS PUNK! leans his head against haru's ]

You made this yourself, what're you thanking me for?

[squirt]

[ their keshiki... they can just chill like this. ]

Because you could've just moved and gotten rid of it.

[damp]

I'm not going to ruin something that makes you happy.

[ except swimming. sorry bro. ]

[squirt]

[ EXCEPT SWIMMING

he hums, idly touching another scale. his voice gives nothing away as to whether this is true or not: ]

Okay. The curse lasts ten hours. You'll have to just sit here.

[damp]

[ thinking about how i just decided rin can't see this for no reason apparently

he's getting a little flustered, but haru can't see his face thankfully. ]

You want to sit here with me for the full ten hours?

[squirt]

[ you really did this

anyway, his thoughts are like, why not?, but he just stays leaning leisurely against him. ]

I could sleep.

[damp]

Sleep in a bed.

[ anyway, rin flickers a little, just briefly, and when he settles again... he can see the hallucination too! the little fishies around them, and his... tail.

hold on a sec. ]

Why didn't you make yourself a mermaid too??

[squirt]

[ oh! it worked... belatedly. he is waiting for rin to do something cool with his tail now that he can see it. ]

Why would I do that?

[damp]

[ STOP he just swishes it... whoa.... ]

You seem to like the tail enough. You could have your own.

[squirt]

I told you it was your dream, not mine.

[ he just thought it was kind of funny. but he's enjoying the occasional fish that flutters by them, even if it makes him hungry. ]

I'm having fun. It's fine.