bursts into tears

[oversea]

Comments

[transmit]

Maybe? [ why the pause… ] What do you mean by that?

[oversea]

I can't tell you.

[ if elysium can keep his secrets he wants to keep his too... ]

[transmit]

You're just saying that to get back to me.

[ fine… he gets it… ]

… Did you still want to try going to a shelter when I'm back?

[ hesitantly, as he is going to be the most absentee father alive. but he still thinks thorns having something to care for other than himself would do him good and get him out. ]

[oversea]

... Yeah.

[ elysium really is going to be a deadbeat dad huh. it's fine. ]

It'll be nice to at least look.

[transmit]

[ they can get a chihuahua so you can get even more mileage out of your moodhuahuas ]

A week really isn't anything, is it…

[oversea]

Not really.

[ but trying to get more time would probably just lead to elysium being dead at this rate, so thorns will be content with it. ]

But we'll make it count. I'm glad to have any time at all.

[transmit]

[ …

comes to a belated realisation. ]

Oops.

[ before he can think about whether he'd just streisand'd himself— ]

How about your parents? Should we drive out to visit them?

[oversea]

[ OOPS?

but then the topic changes... ]

I don't know. I might see them after the new year.

[ thorns

does not sound excited about this. ]

[transmit]

Why's that a might?

[ i can't believe i forgot about the thorns support group gc

they probably still talk regularly while gossiping about thorns' love life with him right there. he will have to face their wrath if he ever goes back… ]

[oversea]

[ yeah thorns 100% has not told his family he's dating elysium. he is not keeping it a secret it just has note remotely crossed his mind that this is a thing to share with them. ]

I don't know if I feel like it.

[transmit]

[ they haven't gone on a date or kissed in the one? two?? months they've technically been together he would be justified in this one case for wondering whether or not they're really dating

is elysium even real… ]

Even if you don't feel like it, you could at least video call them on the day of. It'll make them happy.

[oversea]

[ ... he thinks about it. ]

Okay, I can do that. You can call them with me, my mom would like to say hi to you.

[ elysium is her favorite child because he actually converses with her. ]

[transmit]

[ he actually converses with her and tells her what's going on with her son

(he's selling himself out to the yumes…) ]

… Sure.

[ calling her together on a holiday… woah… does this mean he wants to tell her about them? can they? he turns it over in his head for the next few minutes, audibly muttering to himself before— ]

Do you want to keep our relationship secret? I never asked.

[oversea]

Oh.

[ there is a moment of silence as he tires to figure out how annoying his family would be if they found out, considering how annoying they are already. hm... ]

We can tell them. Unless you don't want to.

[transmit]

[ THORNS ALREADY IGNORES THEM ENTIRELY WHAT DOES HE MEAN BY THIS

somewhat quietly… ]

I want people to know.

[ by people what he really means is thorns' fans ]

[oversea]

[ HE WANTS TO DASH THEIR YUME DREAMS

but thorns just thinks elysium is being shy and cute and not jealous... ]

Then we'll tell them.

[transmit]

[ HE CAN'T BE THE NATION'S BOYFRIEND WHEN HE'S ALREADY ELYSIUM'S BOYFRIEND

literally nothing about him is yume besides how hot he is he needs to stop looking at people. ]

We can start an Instagram together…

[ sounds awed by the prospect ]

[oversea]

Do people do that?

[ this is a man who does not use social media other than to check if people are dead or not... ]

[transmit]

Sometimes. But we can make it private. [ … ] Your picture just has to show you're in a relationship.

And—! And! You have to have my username in there somewhere. In the profile.

[ he sounds very excited about this ]

[oversea]

[



this is cute. it's such a thing that thorns doesn't care about, but elysium is cute. ]

You can help me when you're here.

[transmit]

Of course. You know about internet safety, right? No accepting requests from people you don't know either.

[ this is even more embarrassing than the timeline where they're completely bonkers ]

[oversea]

[ WHY IS HE BEING TALKED TO LIKE HE'S A GRADE SCHOOLER ]

Didn't you used to do that?

[transmit]

[ one can never be too sure with thorns ]

No. Never. [ yes… ] We have to keep in mind that strangers are danger.

[oversea]

I'm not going to get catfished...

[ thorns gives all his money to a fake e-girl... (no) ]

[transmit]

It was hard enough getting you to respond to my messages. How can you be this easy with other people? They have to know you for ten years first. At least.

[ this is not remotely close to what thorns had said. ]