unrecked | cloud ☁️

... Honestly, if it was up to me, I'd be avoiding everyone here all week. But we both know it's not that easy. We're all going to be stuck somewhere for nine hours this weekend. Might get an entire dust storm the whole time if we avoided it too much and ruined the entertainment.

[ he shakes his head ]

I'm not about to seek you out to share more, but... There's no point dodging. This'll happen no matter what we try. Might as well hope it happens in private instead.

Don't remind me.

[About being stuck in a nine hour trial with, like, thirty-something other people with this fucking stardust going off and on all the time.]

That's fine and all with me, but what do you plan to do if Lup tries to make us cuddle again? [It's mostly a joke, just with the honesty of them in a shitty feedback loop of trauma.] Not sure if she'd be up to it, though, if today was anything to go by.

[ they WILL cuddle in a feedback loop of trauma and i will make sure flurry accepts that. this is my goal for the week ]

... You ran into her with one of these today already, too?

[ well, too isn't that surprising for cloud. they share a bathroom. ]

[RIP to Flurry who is just going to accept this because she's the biggest sucker for h/c shit.]

...Yeah.

[He glances away, then reaches up to rub his forehead with the tips of a few fingers.]

Got one about the horror station she was in. Not a good one.

... She's got a lot of those.

[ he's looking away with a frown. the karaoke machine is also to blame for that, he's decided by the glare. ]

Guess we're not the only two haunted by assholes. Hers is just... a lot weirder looking.

You didn't have to say it.

[She has a lot of those. He doesn't know this, but he can very accurately assume she does based on... literally everything heard about the station, and also the last memory? Yeah, bad.

He frowns and also blames the karaoke machine for this. Lup's men are stupid.]

A hell of a lot weirder. And has tentacles.

I've seen some weird shit with tentacles, but that one really takes the cake. [ cloud: jenova? fine. a furby? FUCKING weird. ] ... I don't know if the stupid dust things still affect us when we're on our own. But in her case, she'd probably rather not be if it does.

[ this is cloud saying they will end up cuddling again he can feel it ]

[Cloud, please, don’t just accept Jenova as an okay for tentacle standard.]

I know. She does always make sure to tell us not to leave her alone.

[This is joking, but it’s clear he has a sliver of seriousness to it. Like… he understands maybe a tiny, tiny portion of why Lup may be this way.

Also, yeah, they are going to end up cuddling again because Lup is here.]

Wanna tell me how she decided some of the best people to ask that of was us?

[ it's a fake gripe. but also, a real question. lup, your taste. they are completely owned and will just. go with it but STILL ]

Shouldn’t I be asking you that? You’re the one who knew another version of her, right?

[The length of time is more for Cloud is what point he is trying to make here.]

I guess we’re just her type. Not sure what that says about the two of us actually.

I was her Leader then. She had to talk to me.

[ you cannot blame him for that, because jason doesn't icly know they sort of dated in redacted. but he pauses, because. actually: ]

She called me an "awkward nerd" and said she liked those.

[ HE SOUNDS SO OFFENDED ]

[…

He suddenly bursts into laughter, but it’s, like, when you snort through your tongue and teeth because you are trying real hard NOT to laugh so obviously.

But then it rolls into a full, gentle cackle, and he covers his mouth with his fist.]

[ he looks so offended still, crossing his arms and letting jason laugh ]

Shut up. [ more wry than flustered, because. y'know. he knew this would happen when he said it. he is not stupid ] The hell do you think it says about you, huh?

[Stop, don't just accept Jason will laugh at you.] Hey, I'm not awkward. [Oh--]

--Wait. Does she think I'm a nerd?

[HOLD ON A MINUTE HERE]

[ all he gets is a pointed look. WHAT DO YOU THINK, JASON, ]

[DON'T LOOK AT HIM LIKE THAT. It's his turn to be offended.]

Oh, come on, I'm not a nerd! [He is a nerd. He also reads.] Tim is the nerd. I'm...

[Struggling to find something to describe himself with that's a dunk but also not a lie but also not terrible.]

...The meat.

[The muscle. But phrasing.]

[ their meat. ]

You think she likes you because you're "the meat"? [ he's clearly. amused here. ] You sure you're not awkward?

Shut up.

[This is said in the exact same wry way Cloud delivered his a few minutes ago.]

She probably likes me because she can get me to carry her wherever she wants to go like a horse and buggy.

[It's funny that they can have a little trauma moment and then immediately go right back to complaining about Lup.]

[ is this not the regular way these things go. you get a trauma and then you push that away forever ]

Most people can do that. She weighs about as much as a paperweight.

[This is what Lup has to deal with as if she also is not bad about doing this actually. Sometimes.]

Who's side are you on here? Jeez. You want me to be an awkward nerd with you so bad. She said that was her type. She hasn't tried to kiss you yet?

[He's teasing so they don't have to think about their depression.]

[ a very quiet sudden pause before he scoffs ]

What, you're still obsessed with people kissing me? Get a hobby.

[Gives him a little jab with his elbow.]

Please. You dodging because she has? Not a fan of kissing? It wouldn't really hurt anything, I don't think.

[He's bullying. This is what Cloud gets for him not knowing anything about his relationship with the other Lup.]

[ he rolls his eyes and moves away after the elbow jab. ]

Would you stop already?

[ but moving away was a mistake because oh no the floor is star dust because i think it's funny to give jason the context now after the bullying ]

[HELPPP cloud is truly suffering in this moment because as soon as Jason is coherent again, he blinks a few times in bewilderment,

and then a really sly, lopsided grin comes to his face. This is why he was a fox furry week.]

Holy shit.

You know, I've changed my mind. We should avoid each other the rest of the week.

[ IMMEDIATELY TRYING TO LEAVE BYE ]

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