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[criminaljustice]

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[rollplayinghouse]

He and A are similar in a lot of ways. When they feel vulnerable, which includes having any kind of feeling they don't understand, they lash out with whatever they've got. You can't just take them at their word in those situations, because they're not trying to express their real feelings, they're trying to hide them.

[criminaljustice]

Don't worry. A made that very clear recently.

[cold as ice.]

[rollplayinghouse]

[mmmm]

Yeah, I talked to A about it a bit.

[criminaljustice]

[lifts his hands]

Same MO, same situation you described, but what you're getting at with that is I'm supposed to... what? Just accept what they say and do? Not get angry? Be the bigger man since I have emotional competence advantage and just shrug it off and call their bluff?

I can't always be the emotionally competent one, Maki. Sometimes I'm the one who's wanting to bust people's faces in to get back even an ounce of control.

[rollplayinghouse]

No, that's not the only problem there. He's doing it in reverse, too. It's like he won't believe anything you say about your feelings is true no matter what. He was sure you're just trying to trick him or something. Even showing it with your actions hasn't helped, he acts like you're just waiting for your chance to abandon him.

I don't... know how to fix that.

[criminaljustice]

... and that's not so different from my situation with Intensity, either.

[but also it... actually really hurts to have that all confirmed.

time to pull up his knees and just curl up a bit.]

[rollplayinghouse]

...

[she wraps an arm around him and leans into him quietly]

[criminaljustice]

... all that is probably why I wasn't as clued in with your relationship with Intensity before. Just doesn't process for me the same way if they're not showing the same sides.

I'll figure it out somehow.

[rollplayinghouse]

...I wish I could help. I don't know why I... maybe it's just that I understand where they're coming from better?

[criminaljustice]

Well... you are amazing. So if they didn't like you, I'd have to be judging them unfit to date you in the first place.

[rollplayinghouse]

Wha...

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Wh-Why would they even want to date me if they didn't like me?

[criminaljustice]

Doesn't matter. They do and thus I can say nothing and can't keep you to myself.

[it's funny because like. lol.]

[rollplayinghouse]

[huff!!]

...People keep making fun of me for having three boyfriends. I feel like it really gives the wrong impression...

[criminaljustice]

They're probably just teasing you because you're especially cute when you fluster.

It's not like half the people here can judge anyway. Everyone's got crushes on everyone.

[rollplayinghouse]

Not everyone has a crush on everyone, and not everyone thinks I'm cute.

[criminaljustice]

... do I need to rope a Peppep into doing a poll? I bet Sunshine would.

[rollplayinghouse]

Sunshine definitely thinks everyone is cute.

[criminaljustice]

Yeah, he's real easy-going like that.

[rollplayinghouse]

That's one way to put it.

[criminaljustice]

Guessing he didn't figure out quick enough about your opinions on being called cute.

[rollplayinghouse]

Oh, I let him know that immediately. But he also wasn't very receptive to my argument that being attracted to basically everyone without knowing anything specific about them made it a bit less meaningful.

[criminaljustice]

Well, I didn't say he was smart about things.

[snerks a bit.]

He's just been good to Bad End, checking in on Thorn and stuff. So I'm probably a little forgiving because of that. Definitely cheering you on, though.

[rollplayinghouse]

...Anyway, you do not need to poll everyone on whether I'm cute or not.

[criminaljustice]

[straightening out legs a bit so he can pull Maki into his lap.]

That was a joke.

I promise. No polls on cuteness.

... polls on hotness won't be my doing. Blame all sexy polls on Sunshine.

[rollplayinghouse]

[lets out a small squeak of surprise]

...W-Well, there's only a few people whose opinions I care about on hotness, anyway.