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Because I worry that if I tell him, he's going to leave me.

[ again, KIND OF KILLED TOBY and it also is 10x more worse than Dorian's putting it because Satan's involved. ]

[ He can at least appreciate that Dorian's essentially just being selfish.

Not that he'll say it. ]

I see. [ But the way he says that comes close. ]

Do you think he'll leave because of the way you reacted to his proposal?

[ this is Dorian, he is Captain Selfish ]

He certainly has been miserable and distant ever since I rejected his proposal. I hope that's not enough for him to leave me.

What will you do, if it is? He could forgive you, you know.

Or is Toby not that sort?

I'd wager he is. Eventually, he would forgive me. But I...I don't want to even spend a minute without him. He's dead back home. I don't want to bear even a minute where I know he's alive but I doubt he loves me.

Mm, and you are certain that it will continue while he's mad at you now?

[ he sounds so human right now, Shade doesn't know what to make of it. ]

You must have concocted some excuse by now.

Excuse for what? [ and here, Dorian just sounds all the more human and all the more confused. Feelings are hard, yo. ]

For why you don't want to get married.

He must be suspicious.

I just don't like commitment! I know that and Toby knows that and what is marriage if not the ultimate commitment?

Besides, this place...this place is so impermanent.

Perhaps.

So is loving a mortal, and I've done that before. Nothing is permanent, with lives as long as ours, is it?

Well I've done that before too, but I didn't marry her. [ again, commitment issues! ] She asked, I emphatically refused, we got attacked by a kraken for our efforts.

Ah. Of course.

But you must see the connection, yes? We are... used to a lack of it. At least in the grand scheme of our long, long lives.

What happens when someone used to impermanence suddenly has to deal with permanence... [ he can't help but muse. ]

I suppose the main question now is how on Earth am I going to make this up to him.

Mmm.

[ It's a philisophical question, and one Shade would prefer to muse over with drinks and a good meal, more than on the phone. ]

It will likely need to be rather extravagant, wouldn't you say? Any ideas? Dinner not going to cut it this time?

Dinner's right out. [ what with the whole vampirism thing ] And I'm not so sure about the extravagance. After all, he made an extravagant proposal, if I respond in kind, Toby might worry that I was showing him up.

[ which....is 100% something Dorian would do. ]

Quiet night in?

Maybe a dog's rig?

[ Just go fuck your boyfriend Dorian. That's what he's really suggesting. ]

[ THANKS CAPTAIN USEFUL. ]

It'd be a lot easier to have a quiet night in if he stayed at the apartment for a while. He's been annoyingly distant!

Maybe you could apologize?

Obviously I'm going to do that.

[ he just...doesn't know where the best place to start would be. ]

Sometimes, it's best to just come out with it. The longer you wait, the more...irritated they get.

[ If he's being called up for advice, he's damn well going to offer it. ]

I suppose that's a polite way of saying 'get on with it?'

I certainly can't make Toby stop being mad, you know.

Although if you two wish to go somewhere for dinner...

Let me think on that. If I manage to salvage this, I'll give you a call.

Good, good, see that you do.

And if you can't, we'll get drinks, yes?

If I can't, we'll definitely get drinks.

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