plot twist: teenagers are bad at feelings

[prethief]

[So. He said a lot of things he'd never planned to say at all ever. That's fine. Eames can live with that. He's said a lot of dumb shit in his life so far and he hasn't died yet.]

[Of course, previous instances of 'dumb shit' weren't an incomplete baring of his surprisingly complicated feelings surrounding anal sex. Which, well. He's never thought about it at any great length, so it leaves him feeling deeply embarrassed and angry about being embarrassed in the first place. Eames elects to spend the weekend with some other friends to blow off steam, any texts from Arthur getting a quick "sorry, busy" in response so he doesn't have to think about what a fucking moron he is.]

[It's harder to ignore him come Monday, but Eames thinks the fact that he's turned up hungover as fuck and mainlining energy drinks to get through the day does a lot to stop anyone from talking to him. And the one class he has with Arthur that day, he spends the time sleeping in his car instead. And the one after that. And basically the rest of the school day. Still there once people start filtering out for the end of the day.]

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[interpunct]

[Arthur feels pretty embarrassed himself, having revealed that he's thought about being fucked, specifically by Eames, so he's almost a bit relieved when Eames isn't in class on Monday. He has tried texting him to try and somehow get them into a situation where they can talk, but he's been blown off so much that he's almost given up.]

[But he sees Eames' car outside after school, and he knows he has to deal with this. Eames skipped school which is not unprecedented but it could be indicative of Eames trying to avoid him which is not good. He wrestles with himself a little bit before he goes up to Eames' car, peers in to see he's sleeping in there, and then he knocks on the window loudly to try and wake him up.]