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[thinkoutsidethebox]

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[thinkoutsidethebox]

[she's a little surprised despite herself, and it actually takes her a moment to respond, and she just says]

...If you yell like that, you're going to attract attention...

[heirbrained]

Do you think I tried to do that?!

[the pause is the only thing that makes his voice even slightly quieter this time, but his volume is still pretty out of control

COVERING FACE AND MIRROR AT THE SAME TIME IS A TOUGH CHALLENGE BUT ONE I AM WILLING TO ACCEPT DUE TO THE IMPORTANCE OF BOTH THINGS]

[thinkoutsidethebox]

[recovering and starting to smile a little]

...No, I'm sure you didn't. There's no point in trying to hide it now, you know.

[heirbrained]

[slides down to the floor without removing his hands from his face

THIS IS EXACTLY AS AWFUL AS I THOUGHT IT WOULD BEEEEEEEE

MAYBE IT'S EVEN MORE AWFUL!!!!

MAYBE I WAS AVOIDING THINKING ABOUT HOW AWFUL IT MIGHT BE]

[thinkoutsidethebox]

[giggles]

It's not all that embarrassing, you know... The only person who's seen it is me. Or, is it that I'm the worst person to see it?

[heirbrained]

[MUFFLED]

What do you think...

[thinkoutsidethebox]

Well, in a sense it proves me right. You do enjoy and desire things like that. So, I can see why you'd be embarrassed to acknowledge it... But, on the other hand, it's not terribly different from anything I'd do with you normally, so in that sense it's simply affirming. We could go try it right now...

[heirbrained]

[you're not very accommodating about my crisis here. I am incapable of responding thoughtfully to so many words right now

MAKES SOME FRUSTRATED NONCOMMITTAL NOISE FROM BEHIND HIS HANDS]

[thinkoutsidethebox]

In any case, are you really going to just sit there so pathetically? It's not as if you've even lost anything...

[heirbrained]

[he doesn't get up yet, but he abruptly uncovers his face to retort]

Plausible deniability!!

[thinkoutsidethebox]

[giggles again]

No great loss.

[heirbrained]

[making another incomprehensible frustrated noise!!1 trying to pull himself together, but that is exceedingly difficult]

It is very easy for you to take in stride...

[thinkoutsidethebox]

[she walks over and kneels down in front of him]

I'm not taking it entirely in stride... I'm very happy about it.

[heirbrained]

[well that's nice, though it's also hideously embarrassing, so it doesn't actually calm him down much]

Congratulations...

[thinkoutsidethebox]

[MORE GIGGLING]

I should be congratulating you.

[heirbrained]

For what?!

[thinkoutsidethebox]

For confronting your fear... You may be humiliated now, but now that it's revealed, from this point on you no longer need to worry about hiding it.

[heirbrained]

[...putting his head in his hands again before he can stop himself]

I do not require congratulations.

[thinkoutsidethebox]

Then what do you require?

[heirbrained]

...There's nothing really to be done...

[thinkoutsidethebox]

Then what are you going to do about it?

[heirbrained]

[cry

anything other than cry

neither of those are good answers. it's not supposed to be so difficult to figure out how to get it together!!]

...Setting it aside for the moment seems to be the best idea...

[thinkoutsidethebox]

Do you need some time to recover?

[heirbrained]

I do not need time.

[time would just be NICE.]

[thinkoutsidethebox]

You've taken quite a bit of time there already.