JASON TODD, new thorn in his side

[malewife]

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[unrecked]

[Niah... He pats Niah on the side of the neck and already starts off together with him. They are being little brats to Joonghyuk who is just trying to pretend like he doesn't give a big shit.]

What face? Don't know what you're talking about.

[Going to try to take the book back from Joonghyuk as he passes, but who knows if he succeeds.]

[malewife]

[ He isn’t even trying to Hide it?? He just unfortunately talks like this. Jason really is a shit.

Also, he allows Jason to take the book back as they go to his room. Niah doesn’t go ahead but stays between them. ]

I know you are aware.

[unrecked]

What, I can't ever smile? I should walk around looking like you all the time then.

[He gesticulates with the book a little bit before hanging it down by his side.]

Maybe I'm just glad to be back in a less shittier shithole.

[malewife]

There's smiling and then there's smirking.

[ He huffs... And then Niah seems to copy him in huffing, too. ]

You had a number of people look at your injuries?

[unrecked]

I was definitely smiling.

[Let him smile, Dad. He glances at Joongyuk.]

Cloud and Lup. I tried to show Rupert my sweet shark bite, but he thought that was gross, so.

[malewife]

Shark bite.

[ This just gives Jason less rights to smile? what the fuck ]

They will cover for you, then... I want to see, anyway.

[unrecked]

"Cover"? Why do you say it like I'm going to murder someone?

[He knows what Joonghyuk means, but he's being fussy for the sake of it. Shifting the book to his other hand, he pulls up his shirt on one side to let Joonghyuk see the partially healed crescent puncture wounds on his front and back.

Well, it's harder to see on his back because the flesh that sweeps away under the rest of the shirt is fried pink, like a burn.

This is also not what Joonghyuk meant probably to do in the hallway while walking, but he's being a brat.]

[malewife]

[ Takes Jason's hand to pull his shirt down like a dad would when their daughter is purposely hiking her skirt around cute boys. ]

[unrecked]

[Peers at Joonghyuk like he wants to snicker, but he doesn't.]

I was showing you? You said...

[malewife]

Not in the hallway.

[ He knows that Jason is doing this ON PURPOSE. Unfortunately, it's still affection week so he's holding onto Jason's hand. ]

[unrecked]

It’s not like everyone hasn’t seen more than that at our little trials when they demand we strip anyway.

[He will hold Dad’s hand because it is affection week. Is this therapy?]

[malewife]

[ is it therapy... it is just nice to touch skin. The hold isn't aggressive, either. Decisively: ]

I'll have a look when we get to your room.

[unrecked]

[Don’t make it weird!!! He isn’t like not holding the hand though. He motions to the door ahead with the book.]

We were entertainment.

[He will let Joonghyuk and Niah in.]

[malewife]

[ Niah pads in and finds a nice spot to lounge, but more likely near a place where Jason can sit. He is anticipating, yes.

Joonghyuk can’t go in that far since… Holding Jason’s hand. ]

That is the premise of your trip?

[unrecked]

Pretty much.

[Niah may lounge on the bed, or on the floor by the bed since Jason goes to sit on it. He sort of tries to get his hand back, but he doesn't try very hard, so maybe Joonghyuk is just coming with him.]

We had a nice skeleton audience for some of it. I assume all of it, but... I wasn't aware of what the hell was going on in the first half.

[malewife]

[ Niah will take the bed because despite being a good boy he is like Joonghyuk, one to lord over everything. Greedy, too.

Wow. Shaking him off? He will retract his hand and follow. ]

Why is that?

[ He will check his injuries while he tells the story. ]

[unrecked]

Because I was too busy thinking I was a lifeguard with Royce.

[Luckily, Joonghyuk only has to look under his shirt. The crescent punctures are still there...yay. He isn't crackling anymore, so the ribs must be better, though he does move sometimes like they're tender. The back is blistered from top to bottom, and if this burn is first degree, the one before must have been kind of terrible.

Under the burn on the back of the left shoulder is what looks like claw marks. Oh, he has the remnants of two puncture wounds on his bottom lip?]

[malewife]

[ … ]

What?

[unrecked]

[Dryly:]

I thought I was a lifeguard. Had the red shorts and everything.

[malewife]

[ ......... he's like this, but the expressions are more mild. ]

So you were a lifeguard. With Royce.

[ This is a gesture to continue. After he makes sure that the wounds are healing fine after an NPC heal, Jason can return to be fully clothed. Quickly, he crosses his arms to stop himself from... You know. More touch. Hand hold. Etc. ]

[unrecked]

[Mood. Double mood. Jason will pet Niah instead…]

I woke up in the beach tower and went outside because I was supposed to be on duty. Someone was drowning so I went to save them.

…It was Lup. She acted weird to me at the time because she kept mentioning the hotel and wondering why we were there.

A shark attacked us and grabbed her. I decided to toss her back to shore, but it meant the shark got me instead. I drowned.

[malewife]

[ Wow. Jason's job as a lifeguard ended so fast. Niah's ears pin back as he receives pets, nosing closer before resting his head on Jason's thigh. ]

... It doesn't end there, does it?

[unrecked]

[Sweet Niah. He slowly and idly strokes Niah’s head and neck.]

No. I woke up somewhere else. On a dating game show with three bachelor contestants. People I knew. Cloud, Yuri, Sylvain. I remembered who I was. And the hotel. I had three questions to figure out which contestant was fake and which just had a scrambled egg brain.

[malewife]

[ he continues to be the winnie the pooh squint meme

Niah is just having a good time because he doesn't understand anything either of them is saying. ]

Did you win?

[unrecked]

Barely.

[I wish to be Niah. Niah is valid.]

They beheaded the fakes.