fierybluebird | [voice]

[Marco just realizes for once he can apply exactly how his brain works.]

I'll tell you exactly when I first started falling for Japan. [Completely banking on his curiosity. Shamelessly.]

[ Kind of a frightening revelation, eh? ]

Gonna go into detail? [ Shamelessly banking on Marco's curiosity too, it seems. ]

[In his mind; more like the best ever.]

If you do.

You're pretty good at bargaining. [ He pauses, like he's thinking about it. ] Okay, works for me.

We were infiltrating a marine encampment in another version of this world. The plan was steal weapons and break out the trolls and non-humans. He did it while wearing a maid uniform, and kept doing kicks over my head and flashing panty shots. I don't think I've ever been so distracted like that in the middle of the battle.

[Don't they have the best relationship.]

I'm genuinely sorry I missed that. [ So he says with a completely placid look on his face. He can always use his generous artistic license. ]

It was the most fun I've ever had outside of sex.

[This is why Marco should be banned from telling people things. Seriously.]

Yeah, I wouldn't know about that, but I'll take your word for it.

[ Oh, no, never. Hong Kong would be so sad if people stopped telling him things. ]

Your turn matey.

I guess it's cheating if I use this conversation as an example, isn't it?

I surprise you with regards to Japan? Ah, but I wasn't the one wearing the maid uniform that time.

[:| That time. :| That says it all, doesn't it?]

Unless you think it's surprising I'd find that attractive? [In which case Marco says fuck off man. He likes what he likes~ And maid uniform fighting is hot.]

Well, yeah, no matter how "shocking" I find it, I still wasn't expecting maid outfits.

[ It's like the Spanish Inquisition. NO ONE EXPECTS MAID OUTFITS. Oh, Clara, that was so lame.... ]

Finding it attractive isn't shocking. And it's definitely not shocking he was wearing it.

So just Japan and me in general then?

Yeah, a little. But it's more than that. I mean, unless I'm wrong, you didn't go outta your way to like him, did you?

No, I find him very likable. If anything I think it was a little harder for me not to fall for him, eh.

How about for him? [ Technically he's asking for more information, but it is kinda to prove his point? ]

You'd have to ask him. For all he said "such things are not meant for" him though, when I pressed him on it, he said it wasn't that he wanted to be alone just believed it was in his fate or something. So I promised to prove him wrong. I just hadn't meant it to be using myself, but I'm much happier like this.

Anyone who's happy with him and who he's happy with... has to be a pretty surprising person.

You think he's happy?

Kinda hard to tell, with him. What do you think?

I can only hope. But this is something where he's a bit more like Ace.

In what way?

Even when he's happy, seemingly little things throw it off-kilter, and he's good at acting content even if he's upset.

That goes both ways, you know. Sometimes he acts angry even when he isn't. [ Ha...haha... he could get in so much trouble for that one. ]

[Laughs.] Tell me about it.

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