She met Piers.

[notintehkitchen]

Mun, my new friend is so cute! Can I please take him home with me? I want to snuggle between him and Jell-O!

Huh? What do you mean Mr. Hawk would get mad? He gets to spend so much time with Mr. Hawk No. 2. Shouldn't I get to spend time with my friends too?

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[hasstandards]

Hn. Made a friend while I've been away, did you?

[He's not mad. What reason would he have to be mad? No reason. Not mad. Nope.]

[notintehkitchen]

Yes! A really handsome friend!

[hasstandards]

... Is he.

[notintehkitchen]

He is, but I don't know if he really thinks so! It makes him extra cute, I want to take him home with me.

[hasstandards]

To RED base in Paradise?

[You mean the home she shares with Sniper? That home? The home where they live and no one else? The home where he doesn't want anyone else but the two of them to be? That home?]

[notintehkitchen]

Of course. Where else would I take him? He's obviously coming to bed with me after I feed him a giant meal of bacon!

[There is nothing wrong with this in Pyro's mind at all.]

[hasstandards]

[Snort.]

And you don't see nothin' wrong with that?

[notintehkitchen]

No. Why? He's a friend. Friends sleep together.

[hasstandards]

[A part of him knows Pyro is friendly and childish and that this is just kind of how she is with her friends, something that is pretty much foreign to him.

The other part of him is fuming behind that lineface of his.]

In the same bed. Your bed.

[notintehkitchen]

Yes, do you want to sleep with us, too?

[This will be the weirdest foursome ever.]

[hasstandards]

A bit hard to do that when I'm out in the woods, isn't it?

[notintehkitchen]

You just have to come back.

[See, this is what you get when you leave her alone for too long.]

[hasstandards]

[Reasons Sniper Doesn't Like to Leave Pyro Alone: A Novella.]

I'd rather not.

[And then there's some mumbling after that about how he'd rather she not, either.]

[notintehkitchen]

[That would be a pretty long novel.]

Why not? I don't understand.

[hasstandards]

Because—

[He grunts.]

It's none of my business what you do. You're there, and I'm not, and it's not as though I expect you to be cooped up inside the base all the time.

[Though the huffy way he says all that might indicate otherwise.]

[notintehkitchen]

...

But you sound cranky.

[Tilting her head, she blinks a couple times.]

So, I take it you don't want me to?

[hasstandards]

[He hisses through his teeth, lowering his voice.]

Of course I bloody don't want you to.

[notintehkitchen]

[And then, something about Pyro seems to change. The cuteness and perkiness of her voice exits and her tone becomes much deeper and mature.]

I'm not going to have sex with him.

[hasstandards]

[Resisting the urge to fumble with his hat because he knows she knows what that means.]

I didn't say you were. Not that I want to talk about this, mind you.

[notintehkitchen]

Well, I know what you were thinking I was going to do. You must not think I'm very loyal.

[hasstandards]

[He casts his eyes from her.]

I don't want... I don't want them in your bed. Our bed.

[notintehkitchen]

[She looks hurt.]

It's Jell-O's bed, too...

[hasstandards]

[He sighs.]

Look, luv. I wouldn't've gone on this trip if I didn't trust you. I know you can take care of yourself.

I just... hn.

[Not jealous at allllllllllll.]

[notintehkitchen]

You left me alone for a long time, I get lonely and want some attention.

[NOT A SAD PUPPY AT ALL.]

[hasstandards]

I'll give you all the attention you want when I get home.