DICK;

[crashout]

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I said I could, not that I would. Only beat up the bad guys.

[ anyway dick is tired of wearing garbage so he's just. while still leaning on junpei bringing one leg closer to take off a thigh high because god those get itchy after a while ]

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Carlos is a bad guy for a few reasons. [He's 100% joking but also damnit Carlos. But he'll watch him get rid of the thigh high. Farewell.]

But we could always use a few more good guys around anyway.

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[ junpei sadly watching his fetish say goodbye as dick brings up his other leg to roll it down that one, too ]

What're you mad at him for?

[ it's distracted, really ]

[crashout]

[Haha. He doesn't immediately reply.]

Doesn't matter, it's not exactly his fault anyway. It's mine. [He shakes his head.] Doesn't mean it isn't infuriating though.

[Emotions are like that sometimes.]

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[ dick's legs are FREE and the thigh-highs have been thrown far away. goodbye forever. or until they pick them up tomorrow, whatever. ]

Been there. [ he half-mindedly pats junpei's thigh in a kind of. "there there" motion. ] You gotta use your words.

[ dick has no actual idea what the fuck they're talking about. he is guessing. ]

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Uh, yeah, tried that. [Fuck off, Dick.] You've seen how fantastic I am with words, especially when they involve things about other people.

[Goodbye thigh highs. He stares at them on the floor for a moment.] ...what the hell do you think I'm talking about, exactly?

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Dunno. Guessed something to do with feelings and/or being honest about what you want. You pretty much confirmed it. [ dick flops back down fully, spreading his arms out ] You sure you weren't trained in the batcave?

[ dick has never even told junpei what a batcave is ]

[crashout]

...I'm pretty sure if I ever told him half the things on my mind, he'd either yell at me or ask me if I've lost my mind. Again. [Goodbye, Dick. He's sitting up here and looking down at him though.]

Don't know anything about a batcave, but it's like you said. I'm somehow always a little awkward. [He can make fun of himself...] But what's the batcave?

[Again, swerving from the fact Junpei should know DC.]

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If you say so.

[ huh. dick keeps that in mind, but doesn't press the subject of carlos. ]

Secret base. My... [ he gestures vaguely ] B's base of operations. It's where he trained us. Me, Batgirl, Robin...

[ dick is really not realizing that he's never told junpei SHIT about his mentor or that he, y'know, passed down his old name ]

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[Let's not talk about Carlos right now, yeah...instead he's listening for a minute because it's...weird to hear about but it makes sense.]

The superhero that found you when you were a kid, I'm guessing. [Whose name starts with a B. It's not. Hard. To guess it might be Batman if there's a Batgirl but it could be Birdman, who knows.] I thought you were Robin? How many of there were you...? Superheroes, I mean.

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Hmhmm. Gave Robin away when I became Nightwing. [ though the question about superheroes makes dick squint a bit ] Uh. What, like, on Earth total? A lot. With access to the batcave? Four.

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Didn't know heroes could pass titles like that. And yes, the batcave. The whole planet obviously has a lot if you had a team at one point.

[...what can he ask here? ] ...what're they like? Batgirl and Robin.

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S'pretty common. Flash, Black Canary are on their second. There's a few Green Lanterns running around at the same time. Blue Beetle's on his third. ... Wally's cousin took up his mantle already. Robin's--

[ hm. he stops there, shaking his head ]

They're great. Batgirl's... ha, she's better than me at nearly everything. I've known her since we were kids. [ it's fond. ] Robin's still finding his footing, but the kid's smart. Figured out my secret identity-- and B's-- back when I was still Robin. Just... kept it for himself the whole time. He's gonna be better than me. I know it.

[ and, oh. what would they think of him now. dick blinks ]

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When you say it like that maybe it does make more sense. But I guess I'm thinking of it in the way where I would never want someone to be me. [No one deserves that.

Those descriptions get a small grin though, more melancholy than anything. He doesn't have much to compare to, obviously, but he thinks he can understand enough. They're important to him. That's the main takeaway. ] They say that the best parts of us are what other people see. ...or maybe that's just something I read on a fortune cookie somewhere. Point is, maybe that's true but they probably think highly of you, too. [Its own double edged sword.] Weird, isn't it?

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Heroes are... symbols. It's different than just passing down a name. They're legacies.

[ it's why so many of them die without anyone ever knowing. dick does not want to say that, but at junpei's talk he just. hums, vaguely. ]

You're right. [ a beat ] You do sound like a fortune cookie.

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Well. No offense to your legacy but I think I still like Dick Grayson better.

[But at that he puts a hand over Dick's face] This is why I leave the speeches to Carlos and philosophy to Akane. You could at least pretend that wasn't lame.

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[ who the fuck is dick grayson, though.

but dick just. licks at whatever part of junpei's hand or wrist he can reach from where it's covering his face. ]

It's okay. I like fortune cookies.

[crashout]

[Someone lost to the void with Junpei Tenmyouji, maybe. ]

Guess I should consider myself lucky then?

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[ dick's just. grabbing the hand because it's there, tugging abruptly to try and make junpei fall ]

Yep.

[crashout]

[He can have Junpei's hand? Sure? But he also kind of just lets himself fall. Hello.]

I'm not really a guy who believes in luck anymore. But I think I could believe that.

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Good.

[ ha ha, dick's master plan has been fulfilled. now that he is down junpei is close enough to kiss.

which dick does, for some reason, soft and slow. he also may or may not be humming the "remember the name" song into it. ]

[crashout]

[He's into the idea of kissing? He's super here for it and he'll kiss back except he. Recognizes the song and he can't help but laugh into it so here they are.]

Dork... [Not that it stops him from bringing a hand up to cradle the back of Dick's head. Good job x2 idiots.]

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S'Dick, actually.

[ dick's grinning like he's proud to have made him laugh, or maybe he's just proud junpei got his stupid reference. either way, it's very smug, and does nothing at all to stop him from kissing him. he seems to be in a mood for soft make outs, since that's what he's going for ]

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Yeah, I remember. [He can't just leave it alone, and it's even more annoying that he kind of likes the smugness. But no more talking, maybe. Soft makeouts are acceptable and it's like he said to him earlier. It's not just about sex. Who the fuck knows what it's about? He's more than okay with keeping things slow even if laying like this isn't super comfortable and he's still shirtless. Great.]

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[ this is honestly not the most comfortable position for either of them, and since dick's already made one bad contortionist decision today, he's the one who stops the make outs so they can maybe like. fix that whole mess. and junpei's still wearing jeans even though they're still undone, and dick blinks slowly. he is still wearing lingerie.

they really are a mess. ]

Wanna go again?

[ it's casual, because he honestly-- just the making out is more than fine. dick isn't even turned on right now, really. just wants the touch and the closeness again. it's why he kissed him. ]