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text; un: czerny (backdated to the day of the horny groupchat)

[deadthing]

[Maybe it's going to be awkward so soon after Camp Harmony, but Noah has wanted to... revisit the dating conversation with Blue for a while. This is as good an opening as any.]

When you were joking with Ronan you said boyfriends
With an S
Like, more than one

[louds]

Oh! I mean it's mostly a joke. I don't think I'm really dating Ronan much. ( sort of. not really. it's all a funny joke except for the part where it's actually very accurate. about ronan, about...the rest of them, too. )

But you know, I talked to Henry about that stuff. So, the S was them.

[deadthing]

Right
I got that
But, you know...

What if we made it not a joke?

[louds]

Me and Ronan?

[deadthing]

No

You and me

[louds]

Oh.

( it's not like she hasn't thought about it, is the thing. back home as part of a quiet little conversation meant just for them, but also here.

more, since that stupid conversation with ronan. they are kind of all dating a little bit — but it's different, putting words to it. )

Is that you asking me out?
Because my answer hasn't changed.

[deadthing]

[Waiting for something to follow that oh. is excruciating. Noah suddenly regrets not doing this in person so he could get some sense of what Blue is going to say before she says it. And then she does and it's what he was hoping for and he's just grinning at his screen.]

Yeah
I know I said "if I was alive" before and I'm not but I don't care anymore as long as you don't
I want to date you

[louds]

I want that too. I think I have for a while.

Being dead or alive doesn't change anything for me. I don't care about that. I just, you know.
Care about you.

[deadthing]

Good!
Great!
Because I really care about you too

[Also a different 4-letter word that begins with L, but he doesn't want to use it for the first time over text.]

[louds]

I feel like we should have planned this better. I'd kiss you right now if you were here.
This will have to do 💗

[deadthing]

🥰
I can come over in a while if you want

[louds]

You should. I always like seeing you, but you know, especially today.

[deadthing]

I have to finish this one thing but then I'll be right there

[Tomorrow he's having a picnic with Magnus and there's stuff he needs to get ready. As soon as he's done with that, Noah slips away to Blue's bedroom.]

[louds]

( she's not entirely waiting for him — but she sort of is, because as casually as it all happened, it's no less big of a moment. blue is flicking through some random duplicity magazine, a habit that annoys her as much as it entertains, but she quickly abandons it when noah shows up. she's not shy

Hey, come here.

( she wasn't joking when she said she wanted to kiss him. )

[deadthing]

Hi.

[He can't help but grin as he ducks down to kiss her. All joyful affection and tenderness. Nothing's changing all that much between them, not really, but he asked (again) and she said yes (again) and Noah feels a bit like his heart could burst. In a good way. Not a gross way.]

[louds]

( it shouldn't make a difference, really. it's just a name for a thing that's existed for a while, really, but it does. blue just about always smiles when noah kisses her, but she's beaming right about now, leaning up to meet him halfway. )

So. Boyfriend. ( something about it is very--silly. blue doesn't care one bit. )

[deadthing]

[He doesn't pull away much, resting his forehead against Blue's. His hands find both of hers and clasp them together.]

Mmhmm. You officially have two.

[And Blue is his girlfriend—which feels like an exciting revelation each time he thinks the words.]