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[He snorts a little at the robot baby. Yeah. Tell him about this. Stupid things would be the death of them all. So for now he'll focus on what's making Rean cheerful]

Really? Oh that's great! Are you gonna be in the dorms again or...?

[You sound too cheerful to be in the dorms, something is up.

He'll answer for himself in a bit okay. Rean first. ]

Aha... no.

[And now he's getting a little sheepish, turning his gaze to the floor and his cheeks picking up a twinge of pink.]

With Crow, actually. And I know, I know, it's really soon, but... as it is, I'm basically never spending any time in my own room, so...

[He doesn't actually feel badly about this for himself, but it's clear he kind of feels like he needs to justify himself to Elliot.]

[Elliot meanwhile is...actually not surprised. In fact he gives a light little laugh]

Ahaha, I should've guessed.

Well you are over there all the time. So you two talked it out?

[He's not judging. He lives with a couple right now man]

Well, I understand why you didn't. You know what they say about assuming, after all.

[Ahaha...]

Depends what you mean by "talked it out?" We decided this basically just before the whole robot baby text. I got back a memory and wound up at his place and waking him up at near 5am, so he wound up dragging me out once we woke up to get me a key and asked me to stay with him once the semester was up.

Couldn't really say no to that. Not that I'd want to, anyway.

Yeah, that's true enough.

[He nods without actually saying what the expression is. No swearing for him today!]

Oh wow...yeah, no way you can say no to something like that. [But man...] Must've been some memory to make you go to his place at 5am.

[He says it passively, allowing Rean to decide if he wants to talk about it or not]

[It's okay, Elliot. Rean knows you're a pure macaroni.]

Ah... yeah.

[He's quiet for a moment, as if considering. He does eventually speak up, although he's quiet with it. The whole bus doesn't need to overhear.]

...Remembered what happened after that red knight impaled him. It's... pretty much what we were expecting, but it didn't make it hurt any less.

[For a moment, he isn't sure if Rean is going to talk about it. He even starts to open his mouth to say he doesn't have to.

But then he speaks up. Its...it's pretty close to what he was afraid of]

Oh...

[He swallows. He reaches over to put his hand on Rean's to try to show support and comfort.]

Y-Yeah, I'd imagine not. Think anyone would run over at 5am after seeing that.

[...Aw. Rean seems to recognize the gesture as such, at least, and flips over his hand to grip Elliot's back loosely.]

Heh, yeah, that's about what he said. Meant I got off the hook for waking him up, at least.

[A little more lighthearted:]

It's kind of funny, actually. He told me later he thought it was Eren calling at first... be careful what you wish for?

[Aw yeah, friendship handholds. Just gonna let that linger there as people get the wrong impression. ]

Hehe, I'd say you did if he got you a key to his place!

[Just maybe Crow likes you honey. Just maybe]

Really? That is kinda funny, though it is pretty like Eren to contact in the middle of the night. [He has been on the other end of that more than a few times] I wonder how those two have been doing today.

Haha... maybe. I think he'd been planning it for a while, though. Meant he didn't need to keep leaving the door unlocked for me.

[Yes, Crow likes him, but Crow also probably likes not getting robbed! But aww, ye, friendship handholds. These sure are happening.]

Yeah, I know. Or, at least, he answers my middle of the night texts without a second thought. Does Eren ever, like... sleep? [And to the question, a sigh.] I don't know. Hopefully well... I haven't heard anything, and I'm hoping no news is good news. I'm planning to talk to Crow later either way.

Makes sense. I'll help you move when you do, okay?

[Maybe not the furniture, but he can help with the little boxes and the sorting!!]

Haha, he does. Though once or twice I've had to go over to make him go to sleep. [But that's not all the time!!!] No news meaning good news would be good if it's true.

Crow seemed to be doing okay when I talked to him last night though.

Thanks. Once the semester is over, I'll probably look to you.

[Rean can't help but smile at the talk of making Eren go to sleep. Ah, domestic bliss?]

Somehow, that doesn't surprise me.

Oh, you talked to Crow? Well, that's good. I guess he can't be that upset, then.

I'll be around!

[He nods]

Yeah, don't worry. We talked things out, he was just stressed out about the project.

[He glances, noticing the street signs]

Oh, I think our stop is next!

I mean, I had a feeling, but it's still good to get confirmation.

[Oh!]

Ah, yeah, you're right.

[Rean reaches up to tug the cord that requests the next stop before smiling at Elliot.]

Glad at least one of us is paying attention.

Haha, yeah sure is.

[He grins and gives a nod with a "yep!". He sure is paying attention. As the bus slows to a stop, he gets up and moves off the bus, waiting for Rean to do the same.

Sure enough, Elliot's done enough research to land them in a shopping district of Tisse. There's tons of different specialty shops along the street. Lots of window shopping to be had]

Think this will be good enough?

[Rean glances around as they step off the bus, then flashes Elliot a bright smile.]

More than good enough! I figure we'll just stroll by the shops along here, and if either of us are interested in heading in, we just speak up?

And don't be shy about doing that. We are here for you, and I do want you to have fun.

[He nods and gives a little double fist pump]

Haha, you got it!

And you don't be shy either okay? Maybe we can get ideas for your new place~ 🎵

[Aaaand that earns Elliot a blush and a slight pout.]

Oh, come on! It's not like we're going to change that much just because I'm moving in...!

[Fluster fluster.]

C'mon. Let's go.

[And they're off! Feel free to pick a store or just start a conversation, Elliot.]

[fufufu]

Haha, I know- but it'll be your place too! Just something to keep in mind~

[To the walk they go! Elliot will start walking alongside of Rean, glancing at the stores. So far it's pretty generic clothing shops for women and restaurants]

So how's studying for finals going?

[Yeah, Rean's not really interested in women's clothing. Well, he is, but not in this capacity, so onward.]

Yeah, yeah, I know... still, aside from moving in my display stuff, I don't think there's a lot—

[Ah. Finals. Well, there goes any joy he had in him.]

...They sure are going?

[Aha. Ha...]

[Oh wow that sure is a change in his mood right there]

Oh, that's...not reassuring.

[r u ok Rean.]

Everything okay?

...Mggggh.

[He slumps over a little as he walks, sighing.]

This entire semester has... really not been great, and that was before I missed a whole week because of the layer thing. I mostly caught up with assignments, but I'd be lying if I said I was keeping my head above water for any of them...

So I'm not imagining finals will go much better. It's not like it even matters in the long term, with what I'm taking, but...

Oh...that's not good.

[Elliot can relate a little, some of his grades have taken a hit from all the Retrospec stuff, but he's also been working hard to keep them up too.]

Is there anything I can do to help? Maybe we can study together! What're you taking?

I... really doubt we have any overlap.

[SIGH.]

Trust me, there's a reason I say it doesn't really matter. I'm just taking a bunch of random liberal arts electives right now. None of these are required for anything, no one will ever look at them past the hit they're going to have on my GPA.

But my parents were angry enough about that. Me doing poorly in all of them besides? I don't even want to think about the lecture I'm going to get...

[Just... dances around the fact that he has no direction in life a ha ha...]

Oh...

[Honestly, Elliot isn't blind to the fact that Rean hasn't settled on a passion. Eren's talked to him about it before]

So...I take it you're not really into any of them?

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