I'm not sure if I can wait. But I will let you know. Very soon. I would like to make it special.
I think I can deal with that. For a while. A long as we are all up front, about everything. Any hiding, any sneaking about...it will make thinks more difficult for all three of us.
It was kind of an awkward talk to have. There wasn't a good time to say your name, so I was going to tell him later. I didn't want him to be thinking about you for the rest of the date.
I mean, you could have told me that it happened before I ran into it, but other than that... there's not a lot you can really say, besides that you got attacked.
[ Which, in fairness, he had said eventually. It just took a little coaxing, just like talking to anyone in this house does. ]
He agrees, I think, with reservations. I am not sure we are communicating effectively. He has agreed to meet with me later today, but the conversation was predictably awkward.
You should've been able to slam the door in her face without her attacking you, [ Jaime says, but he's got a very particular perspective on the matter; you don't do all of this crime fighting without hearing every excuse in the book for why someone did something, and why it's okay. No matter how fierce the rejection, there's no excuse for it.
Unless Yusuke did something shittier than say no to designing her crap, but Jaime doesn't think the guy has it in him. ]
[ Yusuke had dreamt up every excuse he could when Madarame was concerned, and he knew now that they were all wrong, but he was trying to downplay it, make sure Jaime didn't worry. Obviously that didn't work. ]
I was upset, about something unrelated. I told her I was not able to work, that's it.
Yeah, seeing as you didn't tell her to just screw off - not that what she did woulda been justified even if you did, 'cause you don't retaliate by attacking someone - then this sounds like something that's one-hundred percent her problem. [ He rubs at his forehead a little, considering the erraticness of half of of the imPorts here. ]
Artists gotta have lives too. If I can get a day off at the garage when I need it, then you gotta have the same.
I think it's complicated as it is. I've thought about it, Yusuke. Yuri likes us both. We both like him. The only thing that is missing is the two of us liking each other. If we end up as only friends or nothing, then at least we'll know.
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