[this is the terrible moment people make memes about, when someone you kind of know encounters you in the hallway and you're not sure how much eye-contact to make, how to do gestures and postures and tone that will telegraph that you don't want to make a thing of it. or does juno want to make a thing of it?
janus sways idiotically in place, managing somehow to stop their train of thought before they get to thinking about how hunting a sentient being through a densely populated urban setting would be easier. they start to walk toward juno, extending a hand. juno said he. maybe they had misunderstood.] It was a little flashy, [they agree,] but the lipstick seemed like it might be yours, and you-- knew what you were doing.
[they mean it as a compliment. but they are also awkwardly shaking his hand and trying to tell if he identifies as genderqueer just from looking at how fast he's blinking and how he's moving his mouth around, so. this is definitely going very smoothly.]
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janus sways idiotically in place, managing somehow to stop their train of thought before they get to thinking about how hunting a sentient being through a densely populated urban setting would be easier. they start to walk toward juno, extending a hand. juno said he. maybe they had misunderstood.] It was a little flashy, [they agree,] but the lipstick seemed like it might be yours, and you-- knew what you were doing.
[they mean it as a compliment. but they are also awkwardly shaking his hand and trying to tell if he identifies as genderqueer just from looking at how fast he's blinking and how he's moving his mouth around, so. this is definitely going very smoothly.]