[IC post-trauma post]

[playingdoctor]

[....from Umeda's office, where the door is closed for once, comes the sound of Blade Runner.]


((OOC: Everyone and their mother, including Akiha and Io, have dropped in this last little while; Umeda's indulging in his comfort movie. *g* Anyone can feel free to jump this post to catch the movie with him or harass him after it to cheer him up; this post isn't for anyone specific -- I just didn't think I could manage a main-comm post that might hit a few thousand again, but anyone's still free to come and bug Umeda. Got an appointment? Meant to return something to him? Heard about the drops? Come by and say hi.))

Comments

[playingdoctor]

Man, that'd be awesome.

Why don't you want people to find out?

[thebackburner.livejournal.com]

I don't wanna bother with it? It's not like it matters.

[playingdoctor]

That the truth?

[thebackburner.livejournal.com]

Why would I lie? You'd just PSYCHICALLY GET THE ANSWER.

[playingdoctor]

Okay, then psychically I think you're embarrassed and a bit scared, but saying that takes away your macho man points so you'd rather just act like you're TOTALLY COOL with it as long as NOBODY KNOWS despite the fact you're totally uncertain because you thought you were normal and then all these men were attractive at you and you sort of like that but at the same time holy shit that feels totally unnecessary, so you're gonna work hard to be a normal teammate and a normal thug and a normal teenage boy, where normal means "pretending to be straight" and as long as nobody notices your zen isn't harshed.

I forgot to ask if you like marshmallows in your hot chocolate.

[thebackburner.livejournal.com]

. . . . . . . . .

Wait - shit - wait! STOP GLEANING SHIT FROM ME, LISTEN!

[playingdoctor]

Uh-huh?

[thebackburner.livejournal.com]

I - it's not like I didn't freak out a little at first, okay? But I'm not worried about points or anything like that, and I don't care about pretending to be straight! It's not that complicated, all right? It'd just be a headache if someone found out.

[playingdoctor]

Someone in particular or people in general?

[thebackburner.livejournal.com]

Why would it be someone in particular?

[playingdoctor]

You said someone, not anyone. I wasn't sure if it was just random phrasing, or, you know, deep psychological freudian slip.

[thebackburner.livejournal.com]

I DON'T HAVE ANY DEEP PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS.

[playingdoctor]

[snorts] I'd believe that.

Okay, look, I'm not gonna force you to talk. That'd be weird. This isn't the gay inquisition. YOU WILL TALK ABOUT THE HOMOGAY OR YOU WILL DIE -- uh, no.

But if you wanna... well, think for a minute about the fact that I've been an openly gay school doctor at an all boys' school for quite a few years now. And, with some variation with students coming and going, every year there's been about a thousand students across all the grades, right. Boys going through teenage realizations, hormones, etc etc etc. Say ten percent of those students are gay or bisexual. Say half of those decide they want to talk to the gay school doctor and try to figure things out to make things easier and less weird. That's still fifty conversations I've had with random boys, and I'm slightly less likely to want to slap you upside the head for being retarded because you were smart about your medical care earlier. And also, you know, I've been gay for quite a few years myself.

So yeah. If you want to talk, I might have insights. If not, I hear I serve a mean hot chocolate, though I don't drink the stuff myself. Too sweet.

[thebackburner.livejournal.com]

[. . . . face kinda burns a little ugggh ok maybe the idea of being ONE OF THE GAY BOYS twitches at my macho points ._.]

Are you sure it's just fifty guys, cause this sounds like a really experienced talk here.

[playingdoctor]

You're blushing.

I am highly experienced with the menfolk, yes.

[thebackburner.livejournal.com]

I CAN FEEL THAT, THANKS. Uggh don't say it like a pervert I've already maxed out my quota for perverts.

[playingdoctor]

Why you blushing, huh?

Don't worry, don't worry. I'm not a pervert. I like my men of-age and consenting.

[thebackburner.livejournal.com]

That's a nice change of pace.

Gee I dunno, why do people normally blush. Just - having a talk about - I dunno.

[playingdoctor]

Uh-huuuuh?

[thebackburner.livejournal.com]

I DON'T KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ME AND MY FEELINGS AND THIS CONVERSATION IS REALLY GAY.

[playingdoctor]

MINUS TEN MACHO POINTS.

[thebackburner.livejournal.com]

YOU CAN'T DO THAT!

[playingdoctor]

You were feeling it in your soul, weren't you. "My manhood!" you thought, deep in the cockles of your heart. "So gay! Not manly at all!"

[thebackburner.livejournal.com]

YOU WANNA FIGHT?! I WON'T GO EASY ON YOU JUST CAUSE YOU'RE OLD

[playingdoctor]

Who's old?! Jeez. Anyway, it's a perfectly manly way to behave, it's your damn perceptions that're way off.