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[beejfu]

He wordlessly points to Hange, and then himself. Then;

"But I'm used to it."

[14thcommander]

"If your living conditions are unsafe, you can actually, seriously hurt yourself, or make yourself sick, no matter how used to it you are. If you're going to get hurt, make it for a good reason."

[beejfu]

"My living conditions have been unsafe everywhere." He pouts, and drops to his side on the couch, watching Hange with a certain childish petulance he really should have outgrown by now.

"You came in here a bunch of times!"

[14thcommander]

"And you've been alone everywhere, so why not go back to that too, huh? You've done lots of it so that means it's good."

[beejfu]

Betelgeuse rubs his face but finally nods.

"Is that why you came? Do one last room sweep, like old times?" He doesn't sound upset about it; maybe a little nostalgic.

[14thcommander]

"No. I wanted to see how you're doing. Your temporary inmate just got a permanent warden."

... since she can just bet he doesn't know.

[beejfu]

"...What?" He croaks out, hurt.

BJ pulls open his communicator, scrolling until he gets to the Admiral's announcement and his expression falls.

"..Well. How do you like that."

[14thcommander]

"It was pretty unusual that we were temporarily paired, and then immediately permanently paired, y'know? It doesn't necessarily mean anything."

Hange lifts her arm though. She had a feeling he'd be hurt by this.

[beejfu]

BJ shuts off his communicator and drifts sadly under Hange's arm.

"This feels like a personal attack. Who DOES that? He doesn't think I can hack it."

[14thcommander]

She accepts him next to her, looping her arm around his shoulders loosely.

"Does that matter, Betelgeuse?"

[beejfu]

"ShYEAH. What if he sends me back? For good this time? What if I never get to see you or Bill again? Oh god."

[14thcommander]

"There's literally nothing you or anyone else can do about that, so you might as well not worry about it. D'you think you're the only warden who's gone through that kind of thing, anyway?"

[beejfu]

"Yeah, just tell my brain to get that memo." He rolls his eyes, tapping his knuckles gently against his skull.

"I KNOW that. I just. I'm ruled by my emotions, Hange!"

[14thcommander]

"And that's double why I'm not going to get excited when you do." Hange shrugs. She's not unsympathetic to his emotions, in spite of how it comes across, it's just that as far as she's concerned they don't reflect reality, and therefore she shouldn't feed into them.

[beejfu]

"Gee. Thanks."

He sounds put out that she won't feed into his manic mode, and slumps against the couch.

[14thcommander]

Time for a subject change!

"How did it go with your guy? Did you like him?"

[beejfu]

He nods, just a little.

"Care Bear was sweet. Didn't really learn much about him, we were only paired for like two weeks."

[14thcommander]

"Do you want to stay friends?"

[beejfu]

"We weren't really FRIENDS. I'd go to bat for him in a pinch, sure."

[14thcommander]

Hange approvingly ruffles his hair. Good, good, as it should be.

"D'you wanna be friends?"

[beejfu]

He gives a mischievous grin. If he were more demonically inclined, his hair would be radiant green. It stayed brown, but his smile beamed up at her.

"I always want more friends." BJ admits.

[14thcommander]

"Yeahhhh, that's what I thought."

Hange prods him in the side playfully.

"Well, if you got on, you should try and keep up a relationship with him."

[beejfu]

He inches away at the prod, looking down at the offending finger.

"Why do you do that?"

[14thcommander]

"Eh! It's just playing."

She prods at him again, lightly. Just for fun!

[beejfu]

He rubs the place again.

"It feels...different!"