Ω┊ texting.

@⤫ b. chan [ text to: chris ]
- im really, really thankful for you
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- i love you too

@⤫ l. minho [ text to: minho ]
- i will
- let me just finish up then i'll be there
- promise
- ( t y p i n g . . . )
- i love you

@⤫ b. chan [ text to: chris ]
- i mean, its okay if you cant or anything
- talking to you is enough
- but if you do come, i can make your favorite drink?
- i dont know

@⤫ l. minho [ text to: minho ]
- hey...
- listen my shift finishes in like fifteen so i'll be there asap okay?
- i'm sorry today isn't being kind to you
- but we'll see what we can do about that together when i'm there, yeah?

@⤫ b. chan [ text to: chris ]
- just need to know im not as awful as i feel
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- some days are harder than others

@⤫ l. minho [ text to: minho ]
- is something wrong?
- are you alright?

@⤫ b. chan [ text to: chris ]
- come by tonight?
- either here or my place

@⤫ l. minho [ text to: minho ]
- oh
- that must have been something to see
- i'm fine
- just... tired

@⤫ b. chan [ text to: chris ]
- boring
- though one of the guys recently shot a pool ball off the table and broke some glasses
- how are you?

@⤫ l. minho [ text to: minho ]
- hey
- how's the bar?

@⤫ b. chan [ text to: chris ]
- and i try to do the same for you
- wine?
- yeah, i can pick some up

@⤫ l. minho [ text to: minho ]
- we do
- but it's okay, i'm here to remind you of the side i see
- yeah
- oh wait
- can i ask you to pick up some wine?
- just a little

@⤫ b. chan [ text to: chris ]
- we have entirely different views of who i am
- but if i balance you out there's gotta be some good in ir
- okay, good
- i'll see you soon, then?

@⤫ l. minho [ text to: minho ]
- maybe...
- just, it's not your default personality either
- and no
- i don't think you're very patient
- you balance me out like that though
- you can head over now if you want
- i'll meet you there

@⤫ b. chan [ text to: chris ]
- i think i can be
- they're not entirely wrong
- am i really not patient?
- okay
- just let me know when i can head over

@⤫ l. minho [ text to: minho ]
- i mean you're not a cold person
- what's... not to get?
- do you think you're cold?
- patient isn't a word i'd describe you as normally
- but i guess you've got me beat
- listen i'm closing up for the night and then i need to run from my usual sunrises
- you can meet me at my place if you want
- my roommate isn't going to be home, probably

@⤫ b. chan [ text to: chris ]
- see? nothing to worry about
- thought so
- wait, what do you mean by "not really"
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- i dont know
- but its okay
- we'll work on it. im patient.

@⤫ l. minho [ text to: minho ]
- are there?
- i don't notice much else when i'm around you, you know
- no!
- no...
- no i wouldn't like it one bit
- you're not a cold person anyway
- not really
[ t y p i n g . . . ]
[ t y p i n g . . . ]
- why is it so hard for me to let you love me?

@⤫ b. chan [ text to: chris ]
- should we?
- there are other bar tenders, you know
- not just me
- unless you havent been paying attention to that little bit
- would you prefer if i was cold to you, then?
- i wouldnt, but if it's what you'd like...
- then let me love and care for you tonight, too
- i know its hard, i know
- i just want to be there for you

@⤫ l. minho [ text to: minho ]
- ...that's very bad ownership etiquette
- we should talk about that instead of me
- this would be easier if you were actually the person other people think you are
- i think i've gotten so used to coldness and all that that i'm now panicking when you're the opposite
- i don't like needing people
- but tonight i feel like i'm falling apart
- and i think it's because i let myself feel loved and cared for by you
- so all the other stuff... feels so much worse tonight

@⤫ b. chan [ text to: chris ]
- my bar, my rules, my schedule
- okay
- then know im not leaving

@⤫ l. minho [ text to: minho ]
- you say that but i think you'd just leave the bar sometimes when you shouldn't
- that's...
- easier said than done
- no matter what i do, just know i don't want to turn you away okay?

@⤫ b. chan [ text to: chris ]
- no, not busy for you
- you wont have to do anything
- just dont turn me away, yeah?

@⤫ l. minho [ text to: minho ]
- come to me?
- i don't know
- i shouldn't
[ t y p i n g . . . ]
- i guess that would be okay?
- i don't know
- aren't you busy?

@⤫ b. chan [ text to: chris ]
- how about this
- instead of you coming to me
- what if i come to you?

@⤫ l. minho [ text to: minho ]
- i think i'm saying it to try and run away
- maybe i'm having a panic attack
- but just a mild one!
- i'll be fine in a bit
- but i really am sorry, minho

@⤫ b. chan [ text to: chris ]
- dont apologize
- if you're busy, i'll let you go
- but if you're just saying that because you think you're bothering me, you dont have to
- you're far more important than anything else
- i want to be here, with and for you
- i care about you way too much to let you go

@⤫ l. minho [ text to: minho ]
- maybe i am
- though i don't think i'm afraid of that per say
- it's just difficult
- i don't know what else it is
- i'm sorry
- i should let you get back to your night

@⤫ b. chan [ text to: chris ]
- are you afraid of relying on someone else?
- i've noticed that about you
- its not a bad thing, but...
- it's okay, to need someone to lean on

@⤫ l. minho [ text to: minho ]
- i know you're here
- and i want to go to you
- i really do
- i just... i don't know
- i don't know, minho
- why can't i come to you when i know you'll make things better?
- why am i so afraid?