notintehkitchen | I will save you from the horror of my fat and burn scars.

Right. I should've known.

Still, I don't see why a few more people runnin' around here makes you want to keep your suit on.

That's easy enough to figure out. How do we know there isn't others from our world here we haven't seen appear on the screen? I don't think it's a good idea to show my face to so many BLUs.

Fair enough, though how will they even know you're a Pyro if you're dressed like a civilian?

I don't know if you are stupid or playing oblivious.

With all the burns that cover my body, wouldn't it be obvious?

It wasn't to me.

You don't have to be nice. I know I look the part of the filthy arsonist.

Hn. I guess I'm just stupid, then.

I wouldn't change you, though. The scars or anything else.

Maybe a little, but at least it's cute stupid.

Engie said that too.

[There a soft, indistinct noise on his end.]

Still miss him, do you?

I will always miss him. Engineer used to be the most important person in the world to me.

Used to be?

[He likes the sound of that.]

...

I shouldn't put it that way. It's rude of me. It's difficult for someone to compare to Engineer in the ways he meant to me.

Hm. Right. [There's the slightest hint of disappointment in his voice.]

You sound a little off. Is there something the matter?

[... And to think she hadn't even mentioned the relationship of sorts she had with the Engineer.]

No. I'm fine.

[Not that he wasn't vaguely aware that she and Engineer had some kind of a relationship, but given how Pyro acted sometimes, it was hard to tell just what that entailed.

He pushes a breath through his nose, the air hitting the communicator. He still isn't sure what to think of that, but he knows he wants to be that most important person to her; however, when he's competing with Engineer, Medic, her pet, probably the dog, bacon, fire, and anyone she adopts as a child, he's fairly certain he's not even on the list.

There's a pause, then a second indistinct noise as another breath leaves him.]

Edited 2012-03-11 11:03 (UTC)

[She knows something is wrong with the way Sniper responds to her. The breathing pattern he had was rather peculiar.]

...

Can you come to my room? I think... there's something.. I... should tell you.

[Another sigh. He's really bad at hiding things from her, and knows it.]

Right. I'll be up in a minute.

[Click. And upstairs he goes, wondering what he did wrong this time.

He knocks on her door when he arrives out of habit, even though she asked him to come up.]

There's no need to knock, you can come in.

[Sitting in bed with the blanket sheet over her, Pyro is holding two large wads of it in her palms as she looks up at the ceiling. It's hard to think how she is supposed to go about admitting previous relationships, especially when that relationship wasn't exactly of a sexual nature despite them being ~together~ it seemed.]

Alan. I don't want you to be mad at me, but I had a boyfriend before, I think.

[He nudged the door closed with the crutch, making his way to the bedside. He remained standing, his brow furrowing.]

Why would I be mad about that? You know I had a girl before you.

Wouldn't you be angry if it was someone you know?

I'd be concerned if it turned out it was Spy or something, but frankly, I was under the impression you and Engineer were courting. Or had been at some time.

[Which made it all the more difficult for him when he couldn't win a battle for her affections with a guy who wasn't even there anymore.]

No, not Spy. But...yes, and--well... what if Sensei kissed me?

It's not like I've not been kissed before you. And he did seem pretty enamoured with you, from the one conversation I had with him. For a while, I thought that might just be how you showed affection.

[His brow furrowed further. While he was understanding of this, given she was mostly just confirming his suspicions, he still had his doubts of what she thought of him.]

Look, pumpkin. I don't care who ya've been with before or who they were or what you did. All that matters to me is... well, you're my girl now, aren't you?

Sensei always seemed to dislike me so I don't understand his actions. His favorite things to tell me where how fat and stupid I am.

[Scratching her cheek at his wording, she began to flush at the thought of how Sniper viewed her compared to someone like Medic.]

Of course I am!

[A look of relief crossed him instantly. There was still tension in his posture, a lingering fear of the possibilities in his mind, but her reassurance was more of a comfort than he could express.

Setting his crutches aside, he slid onto the bed next to her, setting a hand atop one of hers.]

Right, you are. But I think Doc should've had his eyes checked- ya aren't fat or stupid. You speak two languages, know how to cook. Got more education than I do.

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