Drift Fleet: IC Inbox

[everydayhero]

[A catch-all for privately contacting Hiro outside of posts on the network.]

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[ino]

Yeah, well ... we'll see. It's complicated.

But I'm glad you feel that way. :)

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[everydayhero]

it's always complicated. at least be happy while you're confused.

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[ino]

[ Laughs ... ]

What are you, some kind of love guru?

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[everydayhero]

someone has to get tadashi to date people. he's so busy being a nerd and a parental figure he forgets to be a person.

which he's not allowed to do anymore, because every time i used to get too into a project, he'd force me to get fresh air for the same reason.

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[ino]

I get that impression. He said his first girlfriend broke up with him because your cat started shedding.

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[everydayhero]

cats shed all year. tadashi is a liar.

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[ino]

[ LAUGHS .... ]

Well, I'll do my best to keep reminding him he is in fact a person.

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[everydayhero]

good. i'm trusting his awkward nerdy heart to you.

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[ino]

That's a hefty responsibility.

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[everydayhero]

it's mostly a joke. he's responsible for himself.

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[ino]

Right.

Well, sorry for the awkward heart-to-heart. Just wanted to be sure.

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[everydayhero]

it's fine. he'll probably be asking me the same things soon.

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[ino]

You think so?

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[everydayhero]

yeah. i mean it, he doesn't let himself relax because he spends too much time worrying about me.

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[ino]

I've noticed that ...

[ How can a text sound so exasperated ]

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[everydayhero]

it's annoying. i can handle myself, and he knows it now. so... i don't know. maybe knowing i'm fighting crime back home will help him chill out and start doing things for himself.

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[ino]

Oh? So you guys did talk about it?

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[everydayhero]

he brought it up on the ride home. he seemed... okay with it.

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[ino]

Only "okay"?

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[everydayhero]

he said i was a hero.

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[ino]

[ Awwwwww .... ]

I'd say that's more than being okay with it.

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[everydayhero]

it was a little harder to take the compliment knowing what he still hasn't been told about, but it still felt pretty good.

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[ino]

For what it's worth, I don't think knowing all of that would change his mind about what you're doing.

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[everydayhero]

it's not really the being-good-with-the-superhero-stuff i'm worried about him rethinking. more the "hero" thing.

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[ino]

[ Baby ... :( ]

I know. I meant what I said.

Being a hero doesn't mean being perfect, Hiro.