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...wait are you serious?

Yeah. It's like you said- I don't hang around many high school locker rooms.

[And seriously, wtf is wrong with pink you heathens]

...let me ask you something. And this has to stay between you and me, okay?

Okay...?

[Is this locker room thing supposed to be some kind of cult? Should he be concerned?]

If you saw a guy kissing another guy where you're from, what would you do?

[....]

Well, I'm more into women so...probably nothing?

Okay...well, where I'm from it's not exactly...people don't...[Words, Ryan.]

There are a lot of people who aren't okay with it, basically. Including a lot of guys in locker rooms.

[Luckily, while Zelos isn't used to Earth culture- he's by no means naive. So it's not hard for him to put the pieces together]

You mean...people in your world discriminate against guys who are into guys- and somehow that has to do with the color pink?

Yup! [The shrug's, again, audible.] Not all people...some people are really cool about it but for the most part? There's a reason I really, really wanted to move to New York and get out of New Mexico.

Basically people function under the idea that if a guy wears a lot of pink, it makes them less "masculine" or something. Queer. Whatever word you want to use. And I guess that just scares them. Or something.

Because you're into guys...?

[He just gives a little sigh; because seriously humanity way to find another nonsensical way to discriminate against people] Lovely.

I never said I was. [It's a short, cut-off answer.] But some people don't like things that are different.

Really? You're seriously trying to convince me you wanted to leave your hometown and family over a color...?

[If it sounds like he doesn't believe you, it's because he doesn't believe you]

No, I wanted to leave my hometown to go to school for dance. [That is to say he's going to try to argue a little anyway.]

[Even if it's audio, Ryan can probably tell in the silence that Zelos is just giving this face at the locket]

...remember how you were saying the angel thing isn't relevant? This isn't relevant. [Other than wanting to resist kissing Mako-cats, but details.]

Well no, it's not- I don't really care who you're into.

It's just...you're acting really weird about it.

Well sorry, I don't usually go around announcing it. [If only because the Wildcats seemed to have either figured it out or not cared either way.] You're literally the second person here that knows.

[A sigh.] Never mind, the point of that whole thing is that I get it. I get what you're trying to say and I get why you shut me down out in the woods. I got it.

[Ha. So it is true] The other being Kelsi, I take it?

But...alright. Nice to hear you got it. [Better late than never he guesses]

...yeah. Kelsi knows because Kelsi understands a little too well.

But yeah. I apologized to Kelsi, figured you were next. Anything else you feel like embedding into my brain while I'm listening?

[Kelsi too? Man, that's disappointing. Lesbians are no fun to flirt with]

[But oh right, anything else? There's a pause before he speaks]

Well, I guess I could impart some...Chosen wisdom before you go.

[Hey hey hey he loves his lesbian just the way she is thank you.]

Chosen wisdom, huh? Okay, sure. Go for it.

[Right, here goes. His tone is a serious, but reassuring one. Almost like one you'd expect out of a religious figure]

There's nothing wrong with who you are.

[If he wasn't so serious, Ryan would probably laugh. It's true, he knows it's true, but it doesn't stop him from mumbling quietly.] Yeah, I know. But I still can be better than that. [But no, let's just...

...see, this is why Sharpay doesn't let you talk, Ryan. You're kind of a huge embarrassment and you're making big overdramatic deals out of nothing so just wrap it up and leave Zelos alone. He doesn't need you wasting time.]

Yeah...you're right. You're definitely right, I just have to remember that. Thank you. Really.

[Zelos meanwhile isn't so sure Ryan knows it. The mumbling, Trying so hard to prove himself here (when frankly, he doesn't seem suited at all in this kind of life), all while trying so hard to hide stuff about himself....the details were different, but it's a story he's seen all the same]

[But. That's for Ryan to work out. If he made a big deal about angels, maybe he'll take it to heart. Or maybe he won't. There's not much Zelos can do about that. Only hope that the kid will work it out.]

Yeah, sure.

I'll let you go now. But...thanks for talking to me. I mean it.

[Someday he'll probably figure it out, but that won't be today. Normally Ryan's 100% comfortable with who he is and will be more than happy to tell people to go screw themselves if they have a problem now that he's settled...but that's back home. That's not here. That's not here where he's so out of his element he doesn't even know what to do or what's okay to say or think or be.

But that's for him to figure out later.]

Sure. Just remember that it's a pretty monumental occasion. I don't apologize that often. [The tone's light and joking...but he's kind of serious. And with that he disconnects the feed ~~probably to go obsess about stuff somewhere.~~]

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