forum "You DO like me!" "I don't think 'like' is the right word." "You tolerate me." "Maybe." one on one

Started January 29, 2021 by @cryptic-glitch

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"And you don't need to tell me not to worry. It won't work. So stop trying."

Lin sighed again, running his fingers through his hair. "You don't like it when I worry about you though."

"Because I take care of myself, you dolt."

He huffed a bit in protest. "I take care of myself!" He insisted.

"You were going to suffocate and die in that warehouse."

"I wouldn't have died. I would be fine." Lin crossed his arms and looked away. "We weren't there all that long anyway."

"Only because I dragged you out of there before you died. Jesus Christ."

Lin rolled his eyes a bit. "I wouldn't have died. It takes more than that to kill me."

"I don't believe that," Orion said. "And at least I saved you from more lung damage."

"Yeah, yeah. I'm not as fragile as you seem to think."

"You are. If not more."

"How so? I'm plenty strong."

"I meant mentally. You're very rash, you know."

Lin huffed again, obviously pouting. "I don't know how to test mind strength, but I'm sure I'm fine."

"Are you," Orion said blithely. "Don't be petulant. You can admit that you're reckless."

"I'm not reckless, I'm just… bad at saying no." Lin sighed softly. "I'll go along with pretty much anything, even if it might hurt me."

"Reckless," Orion said. "That is almost the textbook definition. And I'm here, in part, to save you from doing dumb shit that will get you killed."

Lin rolled his eyes a bit. "It's normally your dumb ideas that I'm going along with, you know."

"Really? Like what. When have I ever had a dumb idea."

"Going into the abandoned warehouse." Lin said simply.

"How was that a dumb idea? It was a cool one. You're the one who started suffocating."

"And there were spiders in there, and you hate spiders. It could've been dangerous in other non lung related ways as well."

"Spiders won't hurt you. They're just a thing. And maybe, but, look. I got out fine. You started coughing. Whatever."

"But it wasn't exactly the smartest thing to do, was it? I mean, trespassing on private property is illegal, right? Speaking of, you also had us go into a bar even though we're underage and could've been… I dunno, raped or drugged or killed or something."

"Alright. Fine. Maybe they weren't smart ideas, per se. But we had fun. They weren't dumb ideas either."