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Quentin Smith, 23

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— feb 2 . network cont'd

[pharmacy]

[ cont. ]

So not the point, Junpei.

[moondregs]

You are! Quentin!

[pharmacy]

We only just started hooking up again! Look, he's just a guy, I know he's an asshole, and I didn't want him dating Gilia--but he--look, he really loved her! Loves her! He's just--

Junpei, he's just an asshole. He's not some kind of villain. Just lay off him.

[moondregs]

You didn’t want him dating Gilia, but it’s fine for you to be naked and vulnerable around him? Explain to me how that makes sense.

[pharmacy]

It's not--it isn't the same. And look, she fixed it herself, she was always going to.

[moondregs]

How isn’t it the same, Quentin?

With Danny I could understand … at least Danny didn’t just loudly brag out in the open about how dangerous he was.

[ Uh. Well. Mostly. ]

At least Danny seems to have more than two brain cells to rub together.

[pharmacy]

[ Yeah, he pretends he forgot about Danny already, but immediately: ] Don't.

[moondregs]

Do you think I’m saying all of this for fun?

I … I already broke my promise to you once. If I just sat back and said nothing …

[pharmacy]

Junpei, don't! Cesare has never lied to me about what the fuck he is. This is nothing like him.

[moondregs]

A wolf in the daylight is just as dangerous as a wolf in the dark if you’re unarmed, Quentin! Especially if you’re offering them your throat!

[pharmacy]

And what are you doing?! You haven't seen what he becomes either, you don't have the slightest idea of what you're calling down on yourself!

[moondregs]

I’ve got Moon Dregs. I don’t have to be transformed to be dangerous.

I feel like everyone forgets that. I’m not some helpless kid.

[pharmacy]

That's--

[ --actually, that's not nothing. There's a significant pause, a count-to-ten to cool off his worry right alongside the indignant, embarrassed hurt of his Sorest Topic coming to the top of the conversation. The latter is harder to quell. ]

I just--I don't want--christ, I'm tired of being at each other's throats. I don't want either of you to get hurt.

[moondregs]

I wish you’d stop talking about us like we’re equals. It makes my skin crawl.

[pharmacy]

I care about him. The fuck am I supposed to do with that, Junpei? I can't turn it off.

Like you can't relate? Come on.

[moondregs]

[ dirty pool, old sport!! ]

… that’s not … !

[ Hmph. ]

Fine.

[pharmacy]

Fine. [ Maybe a little dirty, but it's even stevens. Except: ] Hey, don't--

It's nothing like him. I don't wanna talk about him. I don't--wanna--I don't.

[moondregs]

It is. But you’re not going to listen to me, so I won’t bother.

[pharmacy]

[ ✅ read, don't make him cry ]