[This is genuine. Chunky friend group or not, he trusts this about Lup even if he sometimes wonders what she'd do if this place took advantage of that. Choose between one of your boyfriends and your found family immediately.
He bumps his elbow back at Cloud some, glancing from him to the portrait. Ughhh, don't look AT HIM. He looks at Lup instead.]
He was, but I guess... he never pretended he wasn't to me, so... [He should have expected it.] Can't blame him for trying what he could. Even if it was a dick move against me.
[she says, flatly. don't even ask about the boyfriends versus found family she'd just shoot herself. anyway, she looks at a couple more portraits, letting cloud take care of the comfort for a second.]
You can always blame assholes for being assholes. [ he's agreeing with lup. also lup left him with the comfort part but cloud is terrible and he lifts up the baby jason portrait; ] If I drag this back, it'll be a picture of a picture, right?
[He snorts, wry and resigned.] It's alright. I punched him in the face at the end. [He will accept that in lieu of not being able to shoot and skin the cat.
His attention returns to Cloud when the portrait is taken up. He's so instantly embarrassed by this. Reaching out, he covers the front of it with his hand. HE WASN'T EVEN THAT MUCH YOUNGER THAN HE IS NOW.]
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[This is genuine. Chunky friend group or not, he trusts this about Lup even if he sometimes wonders what she'd do if this place took advantage of that. Choose between one of your boyfriends and your found family immediately.
He bumps his elbow back at Cloud some, glancing from him to the portrait. Ughhh, don't look AT HIM. He looks at Lup instead.]
He was, but I guess... he never pretended he wasn't to me, so... [He should have expected it.] Can't blame him for trying what he could. Even if it was a dick move against me.
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[she says, flatly. don't even ask about the boyfriends versus found family she'd just shoot herself. anyway, she looks at a couple more portraits, letting cloud take care of the comfort for a second.]
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[ don't do jason like this cloud ]
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His attention returns to Cloud when the portrait is taken up. He's so instantly embarrassed by this. Reaching out, he covers the front of it with his hand. HE WASN'T EVEN THAT MUCH YOUNGER THAN HE IS NOW.]
Why the hell do you want to take that thing back?
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lup snortlaughs though, at cloud's question]
You should absolutely bring it back to check!
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Maybe I really want a picture of you and this is the closest we'll get.
[ THIS BLATANT LIE ABOUT SENTIMENT ]
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Why do you even…
[Want a picture of him??? UGH. He takes his hand away, but won’t look at Cloud and the picture. Embarrassing.]
I’m right here.
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[puts hand to her forehead]
I'm going to have to pop in to grab one later.
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It's not hero business. [ first of all. also now he is leaving the portrait there and walking away ] And I'm not going to pine.
[ we can't let the people know we yearn ]