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[Elsword had his first therapy session a week or so ago and man, he's really feeling it. He's really feeling it which is so weird because usually his "feeling it" is very dull and diluted. It's still kind of that, but it's like when you put too much koolaid mix into a glass of water. This metaphor made more sense when I wrote it the first time whatever we're moving on,

He does that thing white moms do where they knock on your door and enter your room, hi Chung—]

Hey. [If Chung is busy no he's not.] I've been sitting on this for a bit, but...

...is it... that obvious that I might... kind of, a little bit, have feelings for Add?

( he'd been content to spend the day reading- a bit of rest and recovery after everything that's happened. but the moment there's a knock, he sits up properly in his bed, setting the book aside.

and then he pauses.

was

was it supposed to be a secret?

chung sits there for a moment, hands pressed together as he thinks.

is it obvious? yes, incredibly. there's allowances on both their parts that they wouldn't permit literally anyone else. elsword looks at add as if the man hung the stars, the moon and the el itself. how was it supposed to be anything BUT obvious?

but he needs to handle this delicately.

gods he wishes rena was here for once- )

Well... yes. But... that isn't a bad thing.

[Elsword just sort of sighs. Chung was there in the meeting when Mizuki asked him directly why he hasn't said anything, when he came to awareness of the whole thing, but the awareness at the time was dampened by all the other things happening. Then he came to a second awareness when they were cuddling in the grass, and a third when he spoke to Mizuki about it. ~~And he's about to come to a fourth after he and Add start getting frisky at 3am but that's fine.~~

Clearly everyone else has known longer than they have, though. He comes to sit down next to his friend, staring at the wall.]

Everyone says it's obvious, and I guess that makes sense, but I still don't know how I can have feelings for someone when I don't... feel things good.

["I don't feel things good" great job.]

Well, that's just because you need practice... not everyone has to deal with the Illuminous Phenomenon, after all. I think you're doing great for how much you've gotten back.

( he sounds so proud when he says it... and he is! chung pats the spot beside him for elsword to sit, shifting so he can look better at him once he does- if he does. )

The nice thing about love is, even though it's such an important emotion, many things are capable of it. Even plants. Why do you think they grow better when you sing to them?

[Elsword plonks down. Hi Chung. :)]

Plants can love? But they don't have brains...

[dude]

( hi elsword!!! :) )

They don't, not the way we do. And yet, they know how to seek each other out, how to draw in what it needs to get food and pollination, and how to avoid danger. They grow best when they're treated with love- and that too is love. ... That's what I like to think, anyways.

Oh, I get it.

[He doesn't get it at all.]

If you love something and treat it right, it grows. That makes sense. [That explains why Chung is so nice, it's because his dad loved him :)] You know a lot about this. ...is that true for me, too? Am I supposed to get better at... [waves his hand,] feeling things like that?

[is the cure to the illuminous phenomenon friendship and support and love???]

Mhm! And that love is returned.

( though- that question stings more than he anticipated... )

I'd like to think so. With that mirror Miss Ydalir gave you... I want to believe you can overcome the illuminous phenomenon, with us by your side to help. ... No, I do believe. And you know that we'll give it our everything to make it happen.

... That too is love.

No wonder everyone in Hamel looks up to you so much. [Elsword completely flips the topic around. Get complimented bitch.] You know a lot about stuff like this, and you're good at leading, and you're just nice. I'm really glad we met... and I'm glad we're friends, too.

...and maybe it's greedy, but I'm glad you eventually joined us again in Elrianode, too. It would've sucked going on adventures without you.

( something in chung's breath hitches- guilt? anxiety? he had solidified his resolve, and yet...

had he made the right choice? he doesn't know anymore. )

... I missed you all terribly. I just wish that I'd gotten there sooner. Perhaps- perhaps I could have done more to help, then.

Don't worry about it. I know you don't remember it, and it's kinda funny that I do, but you helped us a lot in the Demon Realm.

We sorta switched roles, didn't we? Heh.

Did we? I'll have to see it through,then. ... I wonder why I don't remember, though...

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this thread is INFINITELY funnier now in hindsight-

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