Some Legends Are Told, Some Turn To Dust Or To Gold [CEREALIA INBOX]

[zerotohiro]

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...oh, you've reached Hiro Hamada. Whatever. Still busy!'

Hamada art by D-Joel, found on tumblr

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[zerotohiro]

But since you have a heart now, you can. [Yeah, he's starting to see where this is going.] Does it all make a lot more sense now?

[He's trying not to outright ask if he has a crush on someone, but it's close enough.]

[coexistent]

[it's close enough, but it's not like roxas really seems to mind; he's not dumb enough to miss that kind of a baiting question.]

Yeah. I wasn't sure before, but... the more I think about it, the more I understand it.

[zerotohiro]

[He tilts his head back to stare at the ceiling in though. They're friends. This shouldn't be weird to talk about at all.]

...does it scare you at all?

[coexistent]

I dunno if it scares me...

[it's a feeling he's had for a while, he just never knew what it meant or what to do with it. now that he knows... well, he still doesn't know what he's supposed to do.]

Is it supposed to?

[zerotohiro]

I mean not always but I was pretty freaked out when I realized I liked Ruby, so...[Take that for whatever, Roxas.]

[coexistent]

You were?

[this really doesn't answer his question at all.]

I don't feel... scared. More like... it just makes sense now. I didn't know before what it meant, what I was feeling. But...

Now I just get it. [he doesn't know what he's supposed to do with it, but whatever. baby steps!]

[zerotohiro]

I don't think most people feel scared about it, but...I guess I was just really scared that she wouldn't like me back and I'd lose her. That's pretty much the last thing I ever want from Ruby. [He smiles faintly.]

I think you're on the right track at least. But what're you gonna do about it now that you know what it is?

[coexistent]

...Not really.

[well, at least he's honest, as ever.]

This... is the kind of thing I should tell her, right? Even if nothing happens, I... don't think I like the idea of keeping it from her.

[zerotohiro]

Yes! [Whoa, wait.] I mean yes and no...? It's definitely something you should probably tell her but I mean...when you're ready, you know? Ruby and I didn't tell each other for a month or something, it was pretty dumb. But you shouldn't feel like you have to immediately do it, you know?

...what do you think she's going to say?

[coexistent]

It's not that I'm ready or not ready... I didn't really think about it like that. I just, I don't like keeping secrets from my friends. Not ever.

[it was hard enough keeping the nobody thing to himself for so long, and it's probably been obvious enough how much more comfortable he is trying to figure himself out now that it's out in the open.]

I don't know what she'll say. Like... at all.

[zerotohiro]

You want my advice on what I think she'll say? [Since Hiro knows a lot more than he's sharing.] She's not gonna take it poorly or anything, dude. Mary's a good friend. I think...she'd be okay with it. Trust me.

[coexistent]

It's not that I don't trust you, but... How do you know?

[roxas scrunches his nose a little, because...] Axel always made it sound so complicated, dealing with girls...

[zerotohiro]

If she's put up with you being kind of a bonehead this long, I really think she'll be fine with it. [Maybe he shouldn't be tempting fate...oh look, a distraction!!] Who's Axel anyway?

[coexistent]

Oh yeah, like I'm the only bonehead here. [hiro gets a gentle ribbing here too, okay.]

Axel's... one of my best friends. [though maybe even that is debatable at this point. he's still not sure.] Another Nobody, like me.

[zerotohiro]

[All he can do is grin. Yes, he's aware he's a bonehead. Ignore him please.]

Another one huh? [He almost sounds fascinated even though he's received the impression that being a Nobody is kind of horrible.] ...you think he and Xion have hearts like you do, too?

[coexistent]

There were a bunch of us. [nobodies, he means. naturally.

but to his question, roxas will shrug.] Yeah. I mean, I dunno. Riku made it sound like that's what it was... that we all did. That we were all being lied to about what was happening...

But I guess there's no way to know for sure.

[zerotohiro]

...maybe it doesn't really matter until we figure out what's going on here. Who knows? We might find a real answer. [But they're getting a little off-topic.] Anyway focus on the thing with Mary, dude. That's way easier to solve than you think it is.

[coexistent]

I'm not that worried... I don't want things to go wrong, but I'm not going to keep it to myself for a long time, either. I think I did that enough with her.

[he hates lying and keeping secrets like that.]

[zerotohiro]

Probably. [Well it's true.] Just keep me posted okay? I've kinda got an investment in this sort of thing.

[coexistent]

...An investment?

[he will, but... what, hiro.]

[zerotohiro]

Man, never mind. Just trust me.

[coexistent]

Okay... I mean, yeah, I trust you...

[but now he's going to be thinking about that?]