oldass forever muse, recently kickstarted again...

[epicfailure]

Okay, let's just back this up. How long, exactly, have you been into me and my friends? Five years!? Even by creepy weirdo standards, that's kiiinda obsessive, don't you think?

Like, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying you're a complete loser. Just, maybe reconsider your priorities? Get a hobby? Buy some CDs? Learn to make those little cutesy dolls Kanji's so into? Actually, that's probably what you should do. Seems like it's up your alley.

... Y'know, not that there's anything wrong with that!

((ooc: i've got yosuke or shadow yosuke, whichever suits your fancy...))

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[willedtoexist]

Five years?

[Holy shit. Not the kind of thing the new guy wants to hear.]

They can hold their fuckin' interest in you for that long?

[epicfailure]

I didn't believe it either, man. I thought our generation had, like, seriously reduced attention spans or something!

[Heavy goddamn sigh. Such suffer.] Figures I get saddled to one of the creepy-invested nerdy types.

[willedtoexist]

[He will accompany that sigh with one of his own. One of those, "I've got a long road ahead of me and no booze" kind of sighs.]

So our only hope is that they get even more creepily invested in someone else, is that it?

[epicfailure]

Basically. [He's right there with you, man. Well. If he drank. Though the fact that you apparently do wins you serious Cool Points.] Y'know, I thought having a girl totally into me would be pretty great. In practice? Not so much.

[willedtoexist]

[Luke snorts.]

Yeah, sorry you had to find out the hard way, kiddo.

[Life sucks, the end.]

APOLOGIES, I had to catch a plane...!

[epicfailure]

[Yosuke felt pretty confident that this guy fell into the realm of Cooler-Than-Him, for all he wouldn't admit it openly. Still, the desire to impress was difficult to ignore.]

So what about yours? I-I mean, she's gotta be better than mine, at least.

SHH SHH dont even worry about it

[willedtoexist]

[If a news reporter is cooler than you then you got problems, bro.]

Mine? [He folds his arms as if in thought.] Well, she picked me up like three or four fucking days ago and already has "plans", so no, don't think she's much better.

[foolonstrings]

If you ask me, I'd say at five years they've kind of crossed the "loser" line into "stalker" territory. [...Ironic, coming from him.]

I mean, nothing against your mun or anything like that, it's just an observation.

[epicfailure]

[Much as he is loathe to agree with you, and trust me, this is a painful one...]

Yeah, well... I guess of all people, you'd be the guy to know, right?

[1/2] - COMMENT FAIL sdkfj

[foolonstrings]

[Oh he's very aware.]

Hm. Well, I guess I can see what you're getting at, but--

[2/2]

[foolonstrings]

[Fronts are only really useful to the people who don't know they're there. So that's where his drops.] ...there's a big difference between stalking and being genuinely interested in spending time with someone.

Of all people, you'd be the guy to know, right?

SORRY FOR LATENESS, I had to catch a plane...

[epicfailure]

[Yosuke reared back internally, doing the best he could to bite back actually snarling at the guy.]

What the hell's that supposed to mean? [Of course, he had some idea, but that didn't go one inch in making him feel better about this.] We're not like you.

NO WORRIES, I had guests this weekend~

[foolonstrings]

"We"? [He scoffs.] Let's not lose focus here. [He slips his hands into his pockets, a knowing gaze settling squarely on Yosuke.]

You know what it's like, right? To be genuinely invested in someone's life, only to find out they're nothing but a dirty little slut who cared nothing about you anyway. Hurts, doesn't it...?

[His eyes close as he gives a casual shrug.] On the bright side, I suppose you can be grateful that you didn't end up stuck with such a frigid bitch.

[socializes]

That's dedication, wouldn't you say?

no

[epicfailure]

Helping somebody move is dedication, partner. Drawing pictures of... totally, ridiculously, not-okay shit? That's just not cool!

nyao

[socializes]

Couldn't you say she's just dedicated to her craft, like Kanji?

plaaane trip, APOLOGIES <3

[epicfailure]

The craft of making my life miserable!? [He's brewing up an epic pout, jerkji.] Who's side are you on here, partner?

[diotima_of_mantinea]

[Beat.]

Wow. Impressive, creepy and admirable at the same time.

I just hope my mun gets new things to do with her life before.. hm.. five years.

[epicfailure]

Tell me about it. There's normal, and then there's... w-well, abnormal. I mean, I get that I'm, y'know, kinda handsome. I guess. Like, if I try.

[Cue some preening, because he just can't help himself. Also: girl.]

[diotima_of_mantinea]

[Joan smiles, shyly, and blinks.]

You're not so bad.

[She is just joking. He is handsome.]

[epicfailure]

[Well hell! It wasn't exactly the most vehement of endorsements, but Yosuke is a teenage boy rife with hormones, and will absolutely take it.]

A-Ah, well... thanks! You... too? [Wait, he didn't mean for that to sound like a question, she was totally objectively attractive, and the longer his brain built explanations on top of anxieties, the redder Yosuke's face became.] I-I mean--! Uh. What's your name?

[diotima_of_mantinea]

[She smiles at his reaction. She is used to teenagers and their juvenile anxieties thanks to her ER rotations back in the day.]

My name is Joan Watson, but you can call me Joan.

[epicfailure]

[Maybe it was sort of roundaboutly racist on his own part, but the English name threw him a little.]

Oh, uh--Yosuke! [He rallied a little.] Hanamura. I mean, that's my name.