werites | bursts into tears

… You haven't been looking out for shooting stars with me?

[ there's the sound of a huff. ]

Just for that, I'm gonna wish for your downfall.

[ HELP

sadly, thorns finds this endearing more than anything. ]

That's fine. I'm already getting what I would have wished for anyway.

[ thorns needs help. ]

The part where it's not a week and only just the two days?

[ .... ]

But it is a week...

[ you can hear the fear in his voice... ]

I lied. I'm only making it in time for the one day.

[ elysium would do this to christmas? ]

[ ......

the way elysium's schedule as been so insanely strict that this is actually possible so thorns can't call bullshit on it. ]

Okay...

…

Just okay?

[ what does he expect thorns to do? kidnap him?? from this undisclosed location he does not know anything about? okay. ]

Didn't you just tell me if I did anything I'd never see you again?

[ his threats against the company... ]

[ the guilt he feels is immeasurable…

… ]

How can I keep going with the bit when you're being this cute? It's a week, a week… I didn't want to say anything until I was actually with you, though.

[ it feels like anything can happen after he'd gotten kidnapped in broad daylight… ]

[ HE REALLY DID JUST GET KIDNAPPED IN THEIR PARKING LOT his neighbors probably asked him about it later and thorns had to awkwardly avoid talking about it. ]

I pulled up airline tickets. I don't even know where I'd be flying to.

You can't come here because I don't know what they'd rope you into if you did. Maybe use you as a hostage.

[ ??? ]

Are you done your game yet?

[ DON'T JUST MOVE ON FROM THAT ]

Hostage?

[ HE'S NOT MOVING ON FROM THAT HELLO ]

Are you sure they're not mafia?

Which big business isn't involved with shady practices here and there?

…

Just kidding. Go to sleep, Thorns.

[ ......

this just convinces him more this place is secretly evil. ]

You're going to sleep too, right?

[ is it even a secret when he's been working so much overtime and has been kidnapped ]

Mm. I want the 25th to come, too.

Do you want to fall asleep together again?

Yeah.

[ ... ]

I lost my game.

[ unsurprising, since he spent the entire time chatting. but he'll get up and move to the bed. ]

That's a bad omen. You were supposed to win…

[ …

a sigh, and the sound of a balcony door sliding shut. ]

I didn't find my shooting star, either.

I guess we'll have to find it together then.

[ see? it can still be romantic.

and that one seems more depressing than losing a chess match. ]

[ tags you back in the middle of a cutscene ]

… I just wanted whatever you'd want to come true, but if you weren't looking, I guess it doesn't matter that much.

[ he plops onto bed. ]

Have you ever sang a lullaby in your life?

I told you, I'm already getting it.

[ there's no point to wish...

but hm. ]

No. Do you want me to?

[ elysium wonders if he's about to go deaf ]

… Kind of. I don't think I've ever heard you sing before, even though you're a remarkable dancer. [ these two things do not exactly correlate, but it should mean at least mean he has a sense of rhythm…? ] Can you?

I don't know. I never really tried.

[ ...

this is kind of embarrassing, so he'll just start by humming instead of actually singing anything... ]

[ oh… this is cute? this is so cute his heart nearly explodes. ]

I didn't think you'd actually do it. Did Christmas come early?

[ then a little more softly— ]

Keep going.

[ they're both exploding. if elysium didn't ask him to keep doing it, thorns probably would have just stopped.

but this guy nearly killed himself to get days off so the least thorns can do is this as he gets ready for sleep. ]

[ there are still so many opportunities to die don't speak so soon

as much as he wants to keep listening, he does eventually doze… and by eventually, he falls asleep pathetically fast—a little over a minute after his last word. his sleepy mumble is something about being the luckiest guy in the world.

zzzz ]

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