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First off, I'm sorry for avoiding everyone. I kinda socialed myself out with the masquerade and I'm not used to it, so I hid for awhile. [ Soul looks apologetic as he appears on the network with this statement, running his hand through his bangs and trying to smile. Mostly he just looks supremely embarrassed. Not by what he's said but what he's about to say. ]

So uh, I have to ask for some advice.

[ He pauses and takes a deep breath as his cheeks flush. ]

What do you do when you have a big old crush on someone? Do you tell them your real feelings or only spill it a little? Do you do it at all if you've been avoiding them and they're kind of upset about it? I'm sort of tired of avoiding them more than anyone, and feel like the only answer is to say something so I can't anymore.

But I really don't want to. Is there any way I can avoid this? I'm really not sure about it because I've never... liked another guy before, and I don't know how to handle it with a guy. I barely know how to handle it with a chick.

I don't want to lose this friend if they get pissed off about it. Things could stay the same and I'd be okay. I'm used to not getting what I want.

[ He pauses. That's kind of a shitty thing to say and he didn't mean to. ]

Uh, forget that last statement, please.

Help?

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[ Ah, young love (or LOVE) blossoms on the battlefield. This use of the network isn't exactly his Big Favorite or anything, but it's never failed to make him chuckle.

Besides. Maybe it'll mean people stop shipping him with everyone he talks to for more than five minutes. ]

oh boy.
howzabout we look at it from a different perspective?
you're rollin' along mindin' your own business...
and you see this post by one of your buddies, right?
tellin' a bunch'a strangers on the internet all this stuff.

[ That he's got a crush. That he doesn't know what to do about it, that he's willing to advertise to a 'bunch of strangers' what he can't bring himself to say to this other guy, that he anticipates not getting what he wants.

Sans's choice of words are pretty deliberate. ]

seems to me you've done a lotta thinkin' about YOUR feelings, and not too much about his.

Edited 2016-11-13 11:19 (UTC)

[ Soul is shocked and startled by this response. He hadn't expected this from anyone but he really should have, he thinks. His cheeks flush again from anger. ]

You know what? [ His voice is shaking a bit. ] You don't know anything about me so you should kind of shut up.

Besides, how would he even know it was about him?

you're old enough that i ain't givin' you a pass on the lack of self awareness.
not many of us here, y'know? and not all'a them are your age, male, and someone you associate with.
at best, you make a couple of your friends feel awkward.

....crap. Well, this was stupid.

you said it, not me.

see ya around, kid.

Thanks for pointing that out. Great help.

Bye.