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[ man, that's a serious look. he's thinking a lot harder.

and then looking through the text exchange.

then thinking ]

... I mentioned that Stiles said that I have to make sure the girls are in a parent slot before hitting on them. Was that it?

Maybe. 'Cause like, it'd be bad if you were seriously flirting with underage girls, right? But what about the part with the bath and the other stuff.

[ He lets out a huff of air. ]

Like, he totally thought you were talking about sex, y'know? [ Here he provides some utterly unhelpful hand motions. ]

[ he may be lost for a moment. so he simply smiles at hong kong as this fully registers ]

Ehe... Why would he think something like that though? He knows I'm still a virgin--and to do that with Rin... [ he thinks on this a moment before holding up a hand. and then lowering it. what is he even ]

... I don't think I understand. Why would he think I was having all that sex? And with Switzerland even?? Switzerland told me he likes Japa--aaah...

[ Hong Kong nods slowly at the end, mostly from reflex, because he's been waiting to have that confirmed for awhile, BUT this is about Italy's struggles, not Japan and Switzerland. ]

He totally wants to tango with you. Just not like, vertically. [ More unhelpful hand motions go here, though these are more obvious, actually. ] Or something. I mean, it's pretty obvious something's going on there, don't you think? You like him, right?

Also, you sorta made him think it. You never actually said you meant dancing and like, what's he supposed to think when you keep saying "do it" and stuff?

[ hey look, he's actually being awkward for once. kind of just shifting about and huffing as he thinks on this ]

Well--I thought he knew, like if Rin told him about the bath dare then he told him about the dancing lessons. And I did bring up dancing, like twice, see? [ he's holding up the phone and kind of just looks embarrassed ]

He wasn't being upfront either. [ the most mature of responses ]

But I don't think... Like I like being with him, but he's... him. [ this totally makes sense. totally. ]

[ Hong Kong nods again, like he understands. What does he understand? It is a mystery. ]

I think he might've been like, confused. Actually, yeah, he was pretty confused. [ He peers at the phone. ]

What d'you mean though? "He's him." What's that mean?

I don't think he really has those kinds of feelings... So we should be okay. Because there was that one time a long time ago where he might have thought--but then he got really strange--and then he broke. I thought he took me out for dinner because I was in trouble.

Whatever I did, it broke him.

I don't think you can break us like that. I mean, sure it's kinda weird if you're like, literally centuries old and you still haven't done it with anyone, but it's like personal preference and stuff, right? It's not like you have to have sex the first time you can or whatever. I guess.

Did you notice the part where he said he wanted to do it?

He totally said it.

Well yeah, he has all those videos where they do this and they do that and then there was that time that--I think he got mad last time I talked about this. Maybe... [ he's trying to recall ]

But no, Hong Kong. He literally broke. He presented me with a ring, and then started sputtering and mumbling and then went silent and just... there was smoke. Smoke coming out of his ears.

He broke.

[ Uh, okay. That's... hm. ]

He gave you a ring and then smoke came out of his ears. Wow.

Seriously, how much more obvious can he get? [ Back up though. ] You're saying he got mad when you talked about porn or something?

[ He whistles softly. ] I'm glad I'm only kinda European, you guys are sorta confusing. No offense.

He said it was a misunderstanding and to forget about it. [ ah, the porn. he's thinking on this now ]

I think we were taken captive by America and they wanted information--so I told them about the first thing that came to my mind. Because it was kind of scary stuff, so I think that means he normally has a strong mind...

[ something to that effect ]

Yeah... it gets kind of confusing the further south you go...

More like he chickened out or something. [ He crosses his arms. ] How long ago was this? Have you guys been like, flirting it out for hundreds of years or what?

[ Obviously you never had Hong Kong's nosy butt around to make things even more complicated. ]

[ try over a thousand hong kong. ]

Ve... I don't really think so...? Like that week was the only time he acted any differently. And that was it...

So I thought it was really a misunderstanding? I don't think I want to go through that again... the entire dinner was horrifying, especially when the waiter came in.

Waiter? [ Hold on a tic. ]

Italy, seriously. Like, I told you all about my embarrassing love stuff or whatever. Do you like him or not?

We were at a restaurant, it all happened so fast and we hadn't even ordered dinner yet... [ this was the true crime here ]

Mn... I think that's too much to ask all of a sudden, isn't it? I mean, Germany was the first real friend I had made after Poland. So he's like my best friend, after Poland. And I've just never thought of us like that, because I just always liked being with him.

Even if he was grumpy, or rough he was still nice and a good friend. He's still a good friend, I can't imagine being without him at all.

That's pretty much a yes, don't you think? I'm not talking about like, whatever, doing stuff together or anything. Just that like, he's someone important to you and so you should definitely talk to him about it. What if he really does feel that way, right?

... Do you really think he wants me to bring it up again? What if he breaks? Again? He's really heavy to drag into bed, have you seen how huge he is?

You guys already sleep together, right? So like, do it while you're in bed.

Talk, I mean. Not the other thing.

[ l o l ]

You mean sleep?

I would prefer to just sleep.

Maybe so, but I dunno if that's gonna solve anything. Like, think about it. You'd be less tired, but you'd still not really know what he's thinking.

Maybe. He hasn't really let me in the house since that night though, so... Maybe I should just text him?

I think you should like, ask him out.

[ Though not necessarily on a "date." ]

Like for beer? He'll know something's wrong, I never pay for him...

[ Okay, he changed his mind. ]

No, like, a date. Dinner or something. And you have to pay, yeah. Tell him you wanna talk. Or maybe don't. Tell him you wanna apologize or something. You do wanna do that, right?

Yeah... I don't want him to be mad or anything. [ he's deeply considering this ]

I guess I'll try that. But I'll be very upset if he rejects me.

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