[Oh, and Junpei isn't exactly prepared for Charles to have a whole answer - not that it's a bad thing at all, but he'd expected maybe a "hmm, yeah!" and to be able to keep stumbling his way through this. Leave it to Charles to unbalance him with sweet words right now. Junpei slows to a stop just to look at him, already abandoning the plan to investigate the city; that can wait. This, he thinks, has waited long enough.
He shakes his head. Charles blaming himself for going off to the terminals, again, still - much as he'd like to assure him that it's fine, it's already done and passed, well, they're literally talking about doing things differently, huh? He doesn't, like, begrudge Charles his choice to help out, he's pretty sure he said that days ago, but that is kind of the impetus for this conversation, now.]
It's not just that. But come on, of course I want us to stick together. You don't need to ask about that.
[He gives Charles' hand a squeeze and then looks aside, down the street, as talking about this is nerve-wracking enough without Charles' sad little smile kicking him in the chest a dozen times.]
But... I mean, I've gone to other timelines to try and fix things, but I don't think that's... It's stupid, I guess? I think we've got this one, right now, and there isn't a magical second chance swap option, so, uh, shit.
[Give him a second. Ignore the blush creeping its way up to his ears. That's normal, that's fine. Hold on.]
I just mean... You were out there, and I kept thinking about, you know, doing things another way, and I didn't want to mess up your whole mission thing. And now everything's just completely fine? Like, what the hell? And I can't stop thinking about it, so here we go: I'm in love with you.
[This he emphasizes with, of all things, a little jazz hand with his free one, like, tada! He's going to burst into flame at any moment, he feels like, but there it is.]
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He shakes his head. Charles blaming himself for going off to the terminals, again, still - much as he'd like to assure him that it's fine, it's already done and passed, well, they're literally talking about doing things differently, huh? He doesn't, like, begrudge Charles his choice to help out, he's pretty sure he said that days ago, but that is kind of the impetus for this conversation, now.]
It's not just that. But come on, of course I want us to stick together. You don't need to ask about that.
[He gives Charles' hand a squeeze and then looks aside, down the street, as talking about this is nerve-wracking enough without Charles' sad little smile kicking him in the chest a dozen times.]
But... I mean, I've gone to other timelines to try and fix things, but I don't think that's... It's stupid, I guess? I think we've got this one, right now, and there isn't a magical second chance swap option, so, uh, shit.
[Give him a second. Ignore the blush creeping its way up to his ears. That's normal, that's fine. Hold on.]
I just mean... You were out there, and I kept thinking about, you know, doing things another way, and I didn't want to mess up your whole mission thing. And now everything's just completely fine? Like, what the hell? And I can't stop thinking about it, so here we go: I'm in love with you.
[This he emphasizes with, of all things, a little jazz hand with his free one, like, tada! He's going to burst into flame at any moment, he feels like, but there it is.]
So, uh, is that—cool?