[ oh.... that's nice. he relaxes a little bit, and leans a little bit more into the touch as he settles down some. some of that manic, performative energy leaves him ]
... You're right. I would hate it. Even when everyone knows you're not the culprit, what's the point of doing that? I already know how loyal you are. You don't have to show me such things.
To be honest, I just don't think you'd murder someone. [ so he's not super worried about this happening ] But... I don't know why Jing Yuan would anyway.
[ it's still confusing ]
But even if there's better ways... what other options are there in that moment?
yves watches for a moment, then pillowing his head on the table between them. he'll reach out to take adolphe's free hand, loosely letting his fingers catch his friend's ]
.... I know. But I can't lie to you and say I won't.
I lost you once already. I can't do it again. I won't.
[ His beer... it's fine. Don't worry about it. It's affection week, so he doesn't pull his hand away, but he also. Reciprocates?! Wow! The fingers intertwine. ]
Don't talk like that it's a given. It's alright. I'm not going anywhere.
[ INTERTWINED FINGERS? WOW! yves looks briefly surprised for a moment before he smiles brightly and automatically tightens the hold. ]
I’m just saying. [ so if anything stupid happens, adolphe can’t be surprised when yves does something reckless. but he seems to be reassured as he always is when adolphe tells him something ] But I believe you.
I won’t go anywhere either, but I don’t think you were too worried about that.
[ If he had his way, he wouldn't be dying. Alas. If affection week wasn't only a week, Adolphe could probably hug someone of his own accord. Amazing. The hand reciprocates the hold. Wow!!
Yes, he wouldn't be surprised about Yves being reckless (see chapel incident), but that doesn't mean he'll like it. Not at all. ]
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... yeah. We do.
[ glances over ]
You okay?
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I should be asking you that.
[ He seems fine, more or less. ]
You had a lot of things to say to them.
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Don't I always have a lot to say?
[ he's a yapper ]
... they're my friends. Felt a little like I was saying bye.
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[ His voice trails off at the mention of saying goodbye to friends. ]
Do you understand him better now?
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[ . . . ]
Jiao.... A little, yeah.
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It sounds like they knew each other from before.
[ General. ]
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[ another sip... more controlled this time ]
I don't know the details but...
I'd do similar to what he did, even if you hated it, so... yeah. I get it.
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[ Adolphe takes another swig of the alcohol. ]
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plainly: ]
Because I'd want to do everything to save you, even if I look stupid.
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[ Yves worries him sometimes............. ]
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[ it's still confusing ]
But even if there's better ways... what other options are there in that moment?
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[ Hm. ]
And Jiaoqiu wasn't really persuasive enough when he told us to vote for him.
[ He didn't feel moved at all.... ]
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Don't critique me the next time I try to attempt some moving sacrifice for you...
[ clearly joking ]
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I'll get mad if you make a sacrifice like that.
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yves watches for a moment, then pillowing his head on the table between them. he'll reach out to take adolphe's free hand, loosely letting his fingers catch his friend's ]
.... I know. But I can't lie to you and say I won't.
I lost you once already. I can't do it again. I won't.
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Don't talk like that it's a given. It's alright. I'm not going anywhere.
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I’m just saying. [ so if anything stupid happens, adolphe can’t be surprised when yves does something reckless. but he seems to be reassured as he always is when adolphe tells him something ] But I believe you.
I won’t go anywhere either, but I don’t think you were too worried about that.
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Yes, he wouldn't be surprised about Yves being reckless (see chapel incident), but that doesn't mean he'll like it. Not at all. ]
You're definitely not going anywhere.
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[ a very easy confirmation in contrast to everything else. he'll just keep holding adolphe's hand in his ]
Wherever you go, I go. Even if that's to a tent in the woods when there's the perfectly fine option to just stay with me and Laurence.
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[ The handholding continues... ]
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[ even yves can acknowledge brimstone can be difficult on purpose sometimes ]
But alright. Just let me know when you wanna go camping.