[ Please hold, he has to cut himself off before he wheezes because that'd definitely give the wrong impression. It takes him a moment to recompose himself. ]
Sorry, first time anyone's told me that. [ Friendly, yeah, but apparently he didn't seem particularly cheerful to most people. ]
[ Nico may have a biased view: he hangs out with the dead more than he should, and kids with lives that are basically one long line of ptsd otherwise, and, like...
Maybe it's how he feels like Lark feels. Bubbly might not be the word, but it's less sickly sweet than anything else that comes to mind. ]
Shut up, it's just - I figured you'd have a ton of people to ask.
It's cute. [ Just a quick observation. ] But...well, even if I do know a bunch of people, that doesn't mean I'd be okay just asking them for help with this. [ And in any case, it feels kind of embarrassing and like he's putting too much of an onus on someone else over his well-being. ]
Before this, I got by 'cause my roommate would hug me and stuff even if I didn't ask, but... [ Hm. There's no way for him to say this without it sounding kind of alarming, huh. ] He's gone now, so...
[ Were they close? Lark isn't sure how to place it, because it's not like he told Nazuna a lot of things about himself. But it had been easy to be comfortable with him, like how he was with his sisters back home. ]
How do I put it... He was like an older brother, I guess. But you don't have to worry.
[ Okay, despite where the conversation was going...Nico somehow wasn't expecting that offer? He blinks, eyes widening for just a second. He's been offered a room before, off and on, back home. But he always ends up in Cabin 13 alone somehow. ]
Not a thing where I'm from. And I wouldn't be offering if I wasn't sure. [ And unlike some of the other things he's had to say before, he isn't bluffing this time. ]
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Pfft...
[ Please hold, he has to cut himself off before he wheezes because that'd definitely give the wrong impression. It takes him a moment to recompose himself. ]
Sorry, first time anyone's told me that. [ Friendly, yeah, but apparently he didn't seem particularly cheerful to most people. ]
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Maybe it's how he feels like Lark feels. Bubbly might not be the word, but it's less sickly sweet than anything else that comes to mind. ]
Shut up, it's just - I figured you'd have a ton of people to ask.
[ Like Percy, like Jason. Sunshine sons. ]
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It's cute. [ Just a quick observation. ] But...well, even if I do know a bunch of people, that doesn't mean I'd be okay just asking them for help with this. [ And in any case, it feels kind of embarrassing and like he's putting too much of an onus on someone else over his well-being. ]
Before this, I got by 'cause my roommate would hug me and stuff even if I didn't ask, but... [ Hm. There's no way for him to say this without it sounding kind of alarming, huh. ] He's gone now, so...
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[ If he looks wide eyed and unsure it's because Nico has No clue how to comfort people.
And also because he has no idea how to handle the "cute" thing. ]
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How do I put it... He was like an older brother, I guess. But you don't have to worry.
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Sounds like it was a decent set up, anyway.
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It was. Now the apartment feels kinda empty.
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[ Gestures, vaguely. Like a vague cat. ]
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Well...you don't have to live here if you don't want to, but I have a free room here.
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Wouldn't that - I don't know, cramp your style?
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Tell me what style would you be "cramping", so to speak.
[ Spoken like someone who can only guess what that's supposed to mean, because he wouldn't have thought to use that phrasing himself. ]
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[ Spoken like a bewildered boy who hasn't lived with anyone in Years, yes. ]
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[ Why does Lark sound like he knows what he's talking about... ]
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[ NOT THE BED!! Although presumably he ends up with his own room so ]
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Oh, right, uhm... I guess this also means we can help each other out with the regular...hand holding...
[ ...This sounded a little less awkward in his head, he swears. ]
If you want to try it out, I mean.
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...As long as you're sure you don't mind...?
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[ All...of it? ]
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[ Ohhhh why does this feel embarrassing... ]
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Nico hesitantly takes said hand. ]
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