[ dick ruins all eating etiquette and leans an elbow on the table so he can lean his face on it, grinning back at junpei's beam. and then lightly kicking him at the pun ]
Ha, ha. You're cracking me up.
[ Egg Puns. anyway; ]
You're not wrong about that. As for clones... well-- I guess technically there's two, but we popped SB out of his pod ourselves. He knew, we knew, not a big secret there. [ he waves his fork around a bit as if to yada yada superboy ] I was the first superhero partner. [ sidekick, dick. ] About a year after, another superhero took on a kid partner. I kind of started a trend. Six months later, Roy was kidnapped. It took three months for him to be located again. Three years after that... Roy learned he was a clone. That they'd taken the original, cloned him, and replaced him with a sleeper agent unbeknownst to the clone, or anyone else.
[ these are a lot of horrible events to just breeze through? ha ha ]
Once everything was settled, our Roy was... determined to find his original. The "real" Roy, as he called him. [ dick runs a hand through his hair ] It... consumed him for five years. He was in a pretty dark place. Did some stuff he's not proud of. You get the idea.
[ anyway doxxing roy harper aside, dick takes a sip of coffee ]
I don't know what you went through firsthand. But... I guess what I'm saying is, I'm glad you'd rather be sleeping in a bed with me than drunk in a bath tub.
[ COULD'VE JUST SAID THAT LAST PART ON ITS OWN? but the point was. dick may not Get It, but he. lowkey gets it and isn't judging junpei for it. ]
[He rolls his eyes at the return pun, but he doesn't respond beyond that because Dick continues. As he's talking, he's busying himself with cutting off a piece of egg to eat even while he continues to watch him as if he's dissecting the words bit by bit. At first he really has no idea why Dick is telling him any of this and the confusion on his face is clear. It's about the time Dick talks about Roy going to find someone that he fully understands the correlation here.
It doesn't surprise him. Junpei himself knows that he ended up in a really dark place after the Nonary Game and how bad obsession and desperation can make a person, so he nods. Yeah, he gets the idea.
But...there's a faint smile.]
Hope it worked out for him as well as it's worked out for me. [That is to say:] When I first met you I wasn't really sure what to think of you, but...you've definitely made things better. And you're comfier to sleep on than the tub anyway. [Thanks Junpei.]
[ dick does not say anything about finding his original or not, because that's Not Important. somehow. he's looking very wry (yet fond, it's bad) at junpei's comment, though ]
Anything is comfier to sleep on than a tub, dork. [ dick eats some eggs ] But thanks, I guess.
[Kids are cute, he guesses. This Junpei does not know jack shit about adopting a child in his future so he nods to show he's listening before he makes a face.]
It's not that the tub is uncomfortable. [...] Like I said, sleeping alone is weird now. I've crashed for naps a couple of times in the last few weeks and woke up really confused.
For reasons unknown to me. [Dryly. But he doesn't really mean it. Mostly. Instead he's looking at his eggs when he continues.] I like you more than I probably know how to explain without sounding like a jackass so...[A shrug.] Do you need a list or do you actually believe you deserve this today?
[ stop don't make his assholery into a sappy thing? you're ruining the banter. this time instead of a kick dick nudges junpei's leg with his own gently to make him look up from his eggs. ]
Think I should be the one asking you that. [ but it's light in tone. he still won't push... at least right now. instead, he teases: ] Are you trying to pamper away my self-flagellation this morning? I knew you had an ulterior motive for being this nice to me.
[He's allowed!! But he doesn't immediately look up from his eggs either just to be difficult. When he does though, he lifts his eyebrows.
"We only have until Saturday." "I know how to prepare knowing we're leaving each other." "You could use the break." "I want to have something good to hold onto while everything else is bad." "You deserve someone doing something for you instead of you trying to do stuff for everyone else." "I have no idea what I'm doing."
They're all things he could say, but instead he shrugs.]
Like I'd ever be that nice to you. Maybe I just wanted breakfast and you happened to be there, ever think of that? Don't let it go to your head, man.
[Junpei, a dumb bitch who asked Dick on a date. He knows that excuse isn't remotely believable but he's smirking anyway. That's definitely part of it, and maybe he just felt like spoiling him a bit for a sense of stability while demons tear the ship apart. It's fine.]
I was enjoying it until I learned I'm just a prop so you don't eat breakfast alone. [ he shakes his head and punctuates this by, y'know, gently nudging junpei's foot with his. this is obvious bar footsies ] At least breakfast was good even if the company's being rude.
[Can't believe they're busy with bar footsie and domestic breakfast-eating while later today Zero's going to fucking die. He's unfortunately here for it though even while he keeps his gaze on Dick's face.]
You already knew what kind of company you were keeping when you agreed to come with me, so this is your own fault. [But he leans in a little closer.] You're on your own for food for the rest of the week though.
[ sometimes you go on a date on a murder sex demon ship and this is what happens? speaking of, since junpei's leaning closer, dick kisses... his cheek!!! cucked. ]
Guess I'll suffer your personality without any buffer for the rest of the week. [ :3? ] Then again, I don't think I could've handled eggs for a week straight anyway, no matter how good they were. [ a challenge is it?? no. it isn't. it's a Fact ]
[EVERYONE HE LIKES KEEPS CUCKING HIM!! But it's fine because he still grins about it before narrowing his eyes a bit.]
Taking the full weight of my personality's a pretty big thing. What a noble sacrifice. [Deadpanned.] Anyway eggs are easy and they're cheap and sometimes you can break up monotony with ramen...and put an egg in it.
[Sometimes you're just poor and this is how you exist as a human.] Can't say I don't appreciate having easy access to stuff here though.
Thank you for your service. [There's a pleased sound with the peck.]
So what I'm hearing is we're both really bad at eating real meals. [He doesn't care, but he's eating his eggs with a little more ease now.] Kinda feel weird thinking about how this place changed a lot of how I spend my days.
My schedule's normally a little too packed for meal planning. [ he looks amused, finishing up his eggs ] But here... well, we've got time and resources.
[ and so much nothing to do. god. is this how vacations are minus the death. it's wild ]
Yours and mine both. Even without the superhero thing most of my cases eat up my time between traveling and research. Here...I like having a choice who and what I spend my time on.
Maybe someday I'll actually take a cruise on a ship for my own enjoyment. [i.e. NOT A FUCKING MURDERGAME.]
I said someday! Like when I'm in my late sixties and considering a life of retirement before realizing that's not happening.
...but I could be convinced in maybe three years anyway. [It's a joke, but the idea is there. He plans on finding Dick again someday after this is over.]
Whatever. [He's rolling his eyes but in a way that suggests he knows he'd literally just be an annoying grouchy old man. Gestures lightly to VLR. But alas. Instead...he hums in thought.]
Can't really remember the last time I've had a vacation. Maybe I'm out of practice. I'm not even sure where I'd want to go...but I'm open to suggestions.
[There are things they both have to do when they get home, but planning for a potential future is something he finds himself doing with other people anyway. So why not?]
I ... don't know that I've ever taken a vacation. [ hm. ] Was planning to, but I wound up here instead, so... I'd say anything we do has to be better than this one.
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Ha, ha. You're cracking me up.
[ Egg Puns. anyway; ]
You're not wrong about that. As for clones... well-- I guess technically there's two, but we popped SB out of his pod ourselves. He knew, we knew, not a big secret there. [ he waves his fork around a bit as if to yada yada superboy ] I was the first superhero partner. [ sidekick, dick. ] About a year after, another superhero took on a kid partner. I kind of started a trend. Six months later, Roy was kidnapped. It took three months for him to be located again. Three years after that... Roy learned he was a clone. That they'd taken the original, cloned him, and replaced him with a sleeper agent unbeknownst to the clone, or anyone else.
[ these are a lot of horrible events to just breeze through? ha ha ]
Once everything was settled, our Roy was... determined to find his original. The "real" Roy, as he called him. [ dick runs a hand through his hair ] It... consumed him for five years. He was in a pretty dark place. Did some stuff he's not proud of. You get the idea.
[ anyway doxxing roy harper aside, dick takes a sip of coffee ]
I don't know what you went through firsthand. But... I guess what I'm saying is, I'm glad you'd rather be sleeping in a bed with me than drunk in a bath tub.
[ COULD'VE JUST SAID THAT LAST PART ON ITS OWN? but the point was. dick may not Get It, but he. lowkey gets it and isn't judging junpei for it. ]
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It doesn't surprise him. Junpei himself knows that he ended up in a really dark place after the Nonary Game and how bad obsession and desperation can make a person, so he nods. Yeah, he gets the idea.
But...there's a faint smile.]
Hope it worked out for him as well as it's worked out for me. [That is to say:] When I first met you I wasn't really sure what to think of you, but...you've definitely made things better. And you're comfier to sleep on than the tub anyway. [Thanks Junpei.]
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[ dick does not say anything about finding his original or not, because that's Not Important. somehow. he's looking very wry (yet fond, it's bad) at junpei's comment, though ]
Anything is comfier to sleep on than a tub, dork. [ dick eats some eggs ] But thanks, I guess.
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It's not that the tub is uncomfortable. [...] Like I said, sleeping alone is weird now. I've crashed for naps a couple of times in the last few weeks and woke up really confused.
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I'm not seeing a downside there. [ dick sounds smug? dick. why. ]
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[Why are you like this, Dick Grayson.]
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Ha ha, you like me.
[ dick. ]
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For reasons unknown to me. [Dryly. But he doesn't really mean it. Mostly. Instead he's looking at his eggs when he continues.] I like you more than I probably know how to explain without sounding like a jackass so...[A shrug.] Do you need a list or do you actually believe you deserve this today?
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Think I should be the one asking you that. [ but it's light in tone. he still won't push... at least right now. instead, he teases: ] Are you trying to pamper away my self-flagellation this morning? I knew you had an ulterior motive for being this nice to me.
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"We only have until Saturday." "I know how to prepare knowing we're leaving each other." "You could use the break." "I want to have something good to hold onto while everything else is bad." "You deserve someone doing something for you instead of you trying to do stuff for everyone else." "I have no idea what I'm doing."
They're all things he could say, but instead he shrugs.]
Like I'd ever be that nice to you. Maybe I just wanted breakfast and you happened to be there, ever think of that? Don't let it go to your head, man.
[Junpei, a dumb bitch who asked Dick on a date. He knows that excuse isn't remotely believable but he's smirking anyway. That's definitely part of it, and maybe he just felt like spoiling him a bit for a sense of stability while demons tear the ship apart. It's fine.]
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Oh, so you'd have asked absolutely anyone else on the ship to a date if they happened to be around? Sorry you had to settle.
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[...tell him he did good.]
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You already knew what kind of company you were keeping when you agreed to come with me, so this is your own fault. [But he leans in a little closer.] You're on your own for food for the rest of the week though.
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Guess I'll suffer your personality without any buffer for the rest of the week. [ :3? ] Then again, I don't think I could've handled eggs for a week straight anyway, no matter how good they were. [ a challenge is it?? no. it isn't. it's a Fact ]
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Taking the full weight of my personality's a pretty big thing. What a noble sacrifice. [Deadpanned.] Anyway eggs are easy and they're cheap and sometimes you can break up monotony with ramen...and put an egg in it.
[Sometimes you're just poor and this is how you exist as a human.] Can't say I don't appreciate having easy access to stuff here though.
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[ this time he gives junpei a real peck!!! there. less cuck. ]
Well, I can't judge, I eat mostly cereal and take-out when I make it to my apartment. [ he'll give junpei that much? dick is just a mess of a human ]
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So what I'm hearing is we're both really bad at eating real meals. [He doesn't care, but he's eating his eggs with a little more ease now.] Kinda feel weird thinking about how this place changed a lot of how I spend my days.
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[ and so much nothing to do. god. is this how vacations are minus the death. it's wild ]
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Maybe someday I'll actually take a cruise on a ship for my own enjoyment. [i.e. NOT A FUCKING MURDERGAME.]
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Really? I'm planning to stay off boats for at least three years after all this.
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...but I could be convinced in maybe three years anyway. [It's a joke, but the idea is there. He plans on finding Dick again someday after this is over.]
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You'd make the worst old man. [ but.. ] It doesn't have to be a boat. Pretty sure I heard people can have vacations anywhere.
[ it doesn't have to be three years either, maybe. ]
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Can't really remember the last time I've had a vacation. Maybe I'm out of practice. I'm not even sure where I'd want to go...but I'm open to suggestions.
[There are things they both have to do when they get home, but planning for a potential future is something he finds himself doing with other people anyway. So why not?]
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[ who's this we, ]
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