"You've reached the comms device of Megaman.EXE. I'm not available at the moment, so please leave a message and I will respond as soon as I am able! Thank you!"
[Megaman just nods quietly. There's more to what he meant, but...he's not sure he can say it. There's so much emotional baggage there, and honestly he's still not entirely sure how he feels about it, let alone how to explain.]
Yeah. I was just a navi to him...but I was his navi. [He smiles.] The "best birthday present ever."
[There is so much fondness in his voice when he says it - he's genuinely happy that Lan thinks of him like that. Being Lan's navi means just as much to him as being his brother does, and Lan caring about him as a navi means even more.]
[ Hiro can't suppress a shudder of horror. He's picturing being presented to Tadashi like some thing, with him having no idea of Hiro's real identity ... ]
Kind of? I mean, things have kind of gone back to normal, but...it's been almost a year, and it still feels like everything's complicated now.
[That's right - Lan has known for less than a year, they've been together since they were five, and they're currently twelve. Have fun with that math, Hiro.]
[ That's a hell of a long time to just be a navi to your brother. Hiro opens his mouth to ask a question - and hesitates. He wants to know, but he doesn't want to push... He decides to set it aside for now. ]
Complicated could be better. IF you figure things out.
[He shrugs and looks away. He's not entirely sure he believes that. As nice as it is that he can actually be brothers with Lan now, it still feels like everything was easier when he didn't know. At least he'd never had to wonder if Lan was saying or doing something just because they're brothers; the ever present fear that he cared about him more now, that being "just" Megaman hadn't been good enough.]
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Do you want to talk about it?
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I...I really haven't told anyone else. Not ever.
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Just - just tell me if you want to.
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N-not...not even L-Lan.
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But - I thought you told him everything.
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I-I couldn't do it. I just...I was scared.
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[It meant that he knew that Lan cared about Megaman, not just Hub, and he didn't want to lose it.]
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[There is so much fondness in his voice when he says it - he's genuinely happy that Lan thinks of him like that. Being Lan's navi means just as much to him as being his brother does, and Lan caring about him as a navi means even more.]
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Was that ... good?
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No, not at all. He liked you without even knowing, right?
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I...I didn't want to ruin that.
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[Things were weird for a while. Still is, kind of; a lot of things are complicated now.]
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Was it ruined then?
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[That's right - Lan has known for less than a year, they've been together since they were five, and they're currently twelve. Have fun with that math, Hiro.]
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Complicated could be better. IF you figure things out.
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[He shrugs and looks away. He's not entirely sure he believes that. As nice as it is that he can actually be brothers with Lan now, it still feels like everything was easier when he didn't know. At least he'd never had to wonder if Lan was saying or doing something just because they're brothers; the ever present fear that he cared about him more now, that being "just" Megaman hadn't been good enough.]
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