retrospec | 2/6; 8AM

[Hey Retrospec, I hope you're having a good morning. And if you aren't, well...there's kitty posters that are designed to deal with just that. Hang in there, buckos. But for those of you that ARE, Crow's going to take to the network.

You know those traits that are all the craze and amplifying themselves? Well Crow's got em full swing, and his desire to help out his younger friends overpowers all else--in both everyday life and love lives. Unfortunately, it feeds right into his own self destructive behavior, so...

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In which case, I repeat my previous comment, but with your name in Elliot's place.

You'll have to forgive me. Hard not to be a little on edge with something like this, someone else already going after us earlier, and you starting off with something like that.

Okay.
Sorry we don’t know each other better. We should fix it.

It's fine.

We should.

Then let’s start now.

I’m dynamic with what I type out, Rean, but not. Like. Literal. When I say I’m going to break your rib or that someone (who I’ve known for years) is a dumbass, don’t look that deep into it. I wouldn’t care about them and believe in them like friends do if I thought that. I’d ignore them. Maybe a few years back I would’ve just walked right over and broken a rib without giving you a heads up.

I’m hard, but I’m not an asshole. Else Elliot wouldn’t be with me.

If there’s anything else I can straighten out for you, just let me know. You’ve got enough things in your head, but I don’t want having the wrong idea about me being one of them. I want to be someone you can count on when everything’s going to shit.

[It takes a while to get a response from Rean, because he overthinks everything he types.]

Thank you for being honest with me.

You should know this: I trust Elliot's choices, and I also like you as a person quite a bit. I do consider you a friend of mine, and I do trust you. With my life, even, although I think both of us would rather it never came to the point we'd actually have to put that to use.

You're right, I am on edge, and I'm sorry for taking it out on you. For the most part, I don't mind the teasing, and while I find this all horribly embarrassing it's not the worst thing that's ever happened to me. But... mm. How do I put this without sounding pathetic...

Malik just has this way of getting under my skin, no matter how much I want to just ignore it. So when he came in here earlier, he set me off, and it hasn't really gone away yet.

Probably still pathetic, but there it is. I may as well be honest, too.

I'll extend you the same offer. If you need me to explain anything, I'll at least try my best.

[ oh, rean bean.

and for a second— eren feels something, something good. perhaps a small ray of light for his efforts? he was usually brutally honest, but he’s . . . strayed some. maybe a week or so ago he would’ve kept hounding him regardless of his intentions.

it feels good. ]

Thanks, Rean.
Who’s this asshole?

Who, Malik?

Yeah.

Looks like he gets off on antagonizing people.

Yeah, seems to be the case. I don't know a whole ton about him... we haven't interacted a ton. Every time we have, he's done basically this.

And I know he's just trying to get to me. I know I shouldn't let him. And yet... here we are, I guess. It's stupid.

It’s not stupid. I knew someone like that.

I only didn’t strangle him because people kept us apart, I think. And when they didn’t, we’d literally have at each other.

I don't even know if he makes me angry. Being angry would feel better.

...Okay, that's a lie. I was angry when I felt like he was attacking Crow, but that's not usually the case. Normally I just start feeling terrible and self-conscious, moreso than usual.

That’s what made me angry. Jean would point out everything I hated about myself. We ended up being friends for a few years but we’d still fight a lot.

Not saying Malik could be your friend, though. That’s just someone I’d avoid for his face’s sake.

[ because eren

wants to punch him already ]

...It does feel a little better to know it's not just me that would react like this. Thanks.

Still... I wish I could stop him from bothering me as much as he does. I know I'm just letting him win when I do.

No problem.

Any way we could block users?

You'd know better than I would. If there is, though, I haven't found it.

I'm actually not that good at apps. Unless it's practical.

I only started using the internet more by the end of last year because I couldn't understand half the things people talk about now.

Huh. Really?

It's kind of hard for me to imagine. I don't know how I would have survived high school without it.

The first half of high school for me was turning campus into MMA.

The other half was waking up and only seeing the inside of books to get into college. I thought Vine was still alive last year.

...Yeah, we've lived pretty different lives.

Sorry, I hope that doesn't sound judgemental or anything, I promise I don't mean it that way. It's just kind of eye-opening. Goes to show how small my world really was.

Haha.

No, I get it. Good thing you're expanding now, at least.

[ ..... right, rean? ]

Yeah. I'm glad for it. The more my world grows, the better I can connect with people, after all.

I'm just glad you're all willing to put up with me in the early stages.

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