If you're coming home in the next hour do me a solid and bypass the living room
[The text comes late one night, and won't get any responses because Taako turns his phone on silent and sets it aside. This isn't the first netflix and chill kind of evening that he's had with Rin, but it's the first one with kissing, and that's kind of awesome, so as soon as Rin departs, Taako flops dramatically on the couch with a pleased little hum.
He could go find Lup, but he figures if she's home, she'll have taken the sound of the door closing as signal that Taako's guest has gone.]
[You better love your sister, Taako, because she fucking teleported into her room to avoid disturbing you two. Which is a treat, because she was still a little awkward with the body stuff.
She can definitely hear Rin leave, though, and sticks her head out the door almost immediately.]
[The problem here is that Rin still lives in the stupid communal housing, so if they want any kind of privacy, it's gotta be at Taako's and he knows Lup isn't above making good on threats.]
Like you don't already know the answer.
[He drops an arm across her stomach in a lazy sort of hug, grateful that Lup's solid again.]
[That's a yes on that front, though he's not gonna get too sappy about it, if only because he knows Lup will Remember]
Apparently we're gonna do it again sometime, so I guess this is like, a thing now? I don't think Rin's into fucking around.
[Which is a new sort of perception; Rin had seemed kind of chill and casual, but it would've been easy for him to turn the evening into a one night stand sort of thing. The fact he didn't has made Taako reassess his initial opinion.]
[The automatic response would be an of course, but Lup gets something a little more thought out.]
Yeah, I mean - it's not like Eddie? Rin's got a world to go back to and I think he gets it, you know? That there's shit more important than a boyfriend.
[Lup, the IPRE, the world they've gotta save. He's pretty sure Rin understands that nothing will ever get between him and Lup.]
I know I said I wasn't gonna do this shit again, but I'm into him.
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[The text comes late one night, and won't get any responses because Taako turns his phone on silent and sets it aside. This isn't the first netflix and chill kind of evening that he's had with Rin, but it's the first one with kissing, and that's kind of awesome, so as soon as Rin departs, Taako flops dramatically on the couch with a pleased little hum.
He could go find Lup, but he figures if she's home, she'll have taken the sound of the door closing as signal that Taako's guest has gone.]
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She can definitely hear Rin leave, though, and sticks her head out the door almost immediately.]
Heeeeeeeeeeeey. Did you get some?
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[He can't even pretend to sound annoyed, the grin he's wearing is audible in his voice.]
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[She's definitely gonna hurry up to him, though.]
Give me the goss, I knew it was Rin you had there! Did you kiss?
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Maybe, maybe not, what's it worth to you?
[Is he trying to trade information with his own sister? About the boy he kissed?
Absolutely.]
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I dunno, how much is it worth to you to not have your sister crash the next one?
[DENIED.]
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Like you don't already know the answer.
[He drops an arm across her stomach in a lazy sort of hug, grateful that Lup's solid again.]
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Heeeeey, that's my bro!
[It feels so nice to be touched again, to feel the weight of Taako's arm and the warmth. Little things that made her feel so alive.]
Is he a good kisser?
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[That's a yes on that front, though he's not gonna get too sappy about it, if only because he knows Lup will Remember]
Apparently we're gonna do it again sometime, so I guess this is like, a thing now? I don't think Rin's into fucking around.
[Which is a new sort of perception; Rin had seemed kind of chill and casual, but it would've been easy for him to turn the evening into a one night stand sort of thing. The fact he didn't has made Taako reassess his initial opinion.]
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Hey, are you okay with that?
[Considering the thing with Eddie, and then him and Magnus.]
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Yeah, I mean - it's not like Eddie? Rin's got a world to go back to and I think he gets it, you know? That there's shit more important than a boyfriend.
[Lup, the IPRE, the world they've gotta save. He's pretty sure Rin understands that nothing will ever get between him and Lup.]
I know I said I wasn't gonna do this shit again, but I'm into him.
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Well, at least he seems like the guy that would stick to the Taako experience without changing his mind about the fine print.
[And honestly, her brother definitely deserved something beyond all the IPRE crap.
One issue, though?]
So what about Maggie?
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The question makes him sigh, though.]
I know, I know, I gotta talk to him. I'm not fucking around on either of them.
[He's selfish and he's an asshole, but that's a line he won't cross.]
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Magnus tended to get involved, though, and she would hate for him to mope again.]
Do you think he's going to deal well with it this time?
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I don't fucking know, I mean - he knows I don't, uh, that I don't feel that way about him.
[Taako loves Magnus and always will, but only ever as a friend.]
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[Obviously it would be fairer to Magnus is Taako did it, but she has to offer. It's a sister thing.]
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[Can he though???]
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[Maggie deserved to hear it from Taako.]
Just give me a heads-up if we need more wine and ice-cream.
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[Which is to say: he's probably going to be fine either way, it's likely going to be Magnus who doesn't fare as well on this one.]
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[...she'll get Mangus something nice later to cheer him up.]