Appointment Post

[neverplaysfair]

Post for one-off threads with Joshua. Please include the date in the subject line.

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[neverplaysfair]

[ Well Joshua will be tagging along. ]

Were you worried?

[cynicism]

No, Joshua. I was not worried.

[neverplaysfair]

Then why come looking for me?

[cynicism]

Just. Forget it.

[neverplaysfair]

Hmm, no. How about you tell me, and I'll stop asking.

[cynicism]

Maybe I was just curious.

[neverplaysfair]

You came this far into town for some reason.

[cynicism]

Why do you feel the need to torture out every mundane interaction?

[neverplaysfair]

Because you feel the need to not be upfront with things, of course.

... And maybe I want to hear you tell me that you do care.

[ Because he cares for Hisoka. But that's not one of those things he admits in a way that sounds like he's being serious, because he's Joshua. ]

[cynicism]

I'm not going to sleep with you, Joshua.

[neverplaysfair]

[ But you already did it once! ]

I wasn't asking you to.

[cynicism]

I... Haven't been well enough to make sure everyone is still where they shuold be. If I left, others might have gone as well.

[neverplaysfair]

But people leave all the time. Not to be cruel, but your departure is really no different from anyone else's.

[cynicism]

I didn't say it was. I just wanted to know what's been different in the meanwhile.

[neverplaysfair]

How long were you away for?

[cynicism]

Tsuzuki said it's been a month. [WHY WEREN'T YOU WATCHING HIM, JOSHUA??]

[neverplaysfair]

[ Because he doesn't actually trust Tsuzuki enough to go out of his way to look after him tyvm. Plus your little murderer acquaintance is still gone, as far as Josh knows. ]

And here I'd been thinking it was longer with how you'd been talking. That's not even long enough for another New Feather cycle.