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i know you're gonna be komaeda about this but i don't know who else to ask and it's bothering me

why are guys so fucking weird about their dicks. explain

[It takes a moment to respond to this. Mostly cause he doesn't really speak for other guys when it comes to that stuff, but...]

Hm... I would assume it's to prove a guy's manliness? I don't really get it either. Some of my classmates were always okay with talking about that kind of stuff, but it's not really my thing.

Anyways, who was talking about their dick?

[Okay, he isn't going to be Komaeda about it. Thank god. This is way better.]

it's not my thing either. when girls want to prove their worth they just fight, and usually there's blood involved. so i'm just lost.

like ten people. wtf.htp ???

[There's a long pause before his reply comes...

...

and then...]

Lila-san, I hope this isn't a disappointment to you... but my penis isn't dexterous.

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[sIGHS,]

oh fuck i'm getting a divorce
this is the last straw
i'm taking my incorporeal body and its high dick standards and fleecing you for all you're worth how dare you

i don't care omg that's not why i sent you this

[Were they married???

Oh, she's joking. He feels stupid now.
IGNORING the shame that flutters through him:]

Even Steve-kun commented on this... maybe it's a pride thing? Perhaps the reason why I don't participate is simply because I know my place. There's no point in comparing myself to people who I know are better than me.

But it's probably harmless, right? I would rather something like this than a fistfight... though that doesn't stop guys from fistfighting, either.

[She is utterly ignorant of this angst. Komaeda's a dweeb.]

i guess? it's definitely harmless and stupid but steve seemed like he was mad. which is why i said something because he seemed upset? but then he was weird about it. so i'm like, is getting your dick degraded a thing guys like to do with each other? i don't know. it's ridiculous.

(also i'm not going to figuratively suck your dick if you talk down to yourself like that. literally sure but not over text)

[Well, now he's just plain EMBARRASSED, because his girlfriend is bringing up sex and they still have not breached that.

He's absolutely trying his best not to think about it too much. And also still keep his cool.]

Well... he's sort of a prideful guy, right? I can see why he'd involve himself. And sometimes people who already feel self conscious will degrade others simply to make themselves feel better. Such as how Dandy-san is self conscious about his unfortunate fish-face.

Also, Lila-san... I would appreciate it if you didn't tease me... I may be like this, but I'm still a guy, you know?

oh. it's a jock thing. got it. that kind of makes sense. i don't know anything about dandy but if you don't like him then i totally agree he's ugly.

i'm not teasing you.

I don't dislike Dandy-san... he's just the sort that takes time getting used to, with a fragile ego.

[Ah but, there it is. How does he even reply to that?]

Lila... do you want to sleep with me?

[Not a proposition but rather... clarification.]

[Lila unironically spends like 45 seconds leaned back staring at the ceiling trying to remember why she is into Komaeda again. Like she knows but holy shit. Good fucking god.]

yes holy shit duh i want to sleep with you

[Oh. Well. He really wasn’t expecting it but, he also can’t help himself from asking even if he’ll get in trouble for it:]

…Why? I mean… you’re so far above me… you wouldn’t be disgusted?

[She might be mad about it if things were different. If it was another time or Komaeda was another kind of person, or if she didn't feel so strangely protective of him. If she hadn't always felt that way.]

[But right here and right now, it's just them. So this time, she doesn't really mind.]

nah

you're a weirdo but i'm into the kind of weird you are

it's hard to figure out why you'd want me either sometimes. like, how does that work? it's hard to even touch me. i don't feel good enough. but i know you're not lying about that. i can tell. so you have to trust me too, okay?

i want you. i wanna climb you like a tree. a lot. as much as possible. it sounds fun. and warm, and safe, and like — you'll take care of me, right? and i'll take care of you. that's why.

Yeah, you're hard to touch... it's hard to want to, and not be able to. But then again, I can just kiss you whenever something happens here that gives you a body, right?

[The rest though... he doesn't doubt Lila's words, but they're hard to process. He doesn't see himself the way she sees him: attractive, desirable. His whole life has been spent taking up space that others didn't want him to. He doesn't know how to suddenly feel confident in that.

But he knows one thing for sure:]

I'll always take care of you, Lila. [And he knows she'll take care of him... so it's okay, right? To let go, to fall, to submit to the butterflies that rush anxiety through him so hard he might throw up.] I want to spoil you but... I don't know how. Because we can't touch each other like other couples can, do we have to wait for when you have a body then, too?

[Hm. So is now the time she admits the slightly embarrassing thing.]

i mean. kinda.....

i can make myself solid for a while if i concentrate hard. so i've been practicing and getting better at it. it's still not perfect but it's a lot better than when i started and i can concentrate through more stuff

["Stuff".]

[Translation: she's been thinking about this. And practicing. A lot. With all the frustrating dead ends it's a wonder there hasn't been an electrical fire.]

[Oh. Oh god. He... he isn't used to this.

And it's different from when Junko would talk about sex—because that never involved him. It was always Kamukura she had her gaze affixed to. But Lila is talking about... and with the intention of doing it with him? It's a lot. He feels like he's on fire.]

Lila... you can't put that image in my head... I'm still trying to figure out how my own penis works. It's not an arm but it... it's internal, if you haven't noticed.

[Considering it conveniently """hides""" when he has his full tail.]

But... you've been doing that while thinking of me?

it's so wild that you see so much stuff but you don't notice me throwing myself at you for months. i don't mind but i don't totally get it

yeah i've been touching myself thinking of you since i don't know. spring sometime. no offense but i have to put that image in your head or i think you'd find a way to convince yourself i was talking about somebody else

idc about your dick fwiw i wouldn't care if you didn't have one. i just want you

[It's a bit much but, as far as Komaeda remembers, Lila's never lied to him. She's never had a reason to.

So, yeah. Now he's thinking about that. It's exciting in a new and interesting way, but it also surfaces more questions than answers, too.]

Well, to be fair to me, most people my age thought I was disgusting or hated me... I never really thought someone would touch themselves to the thought of me.

[But she has been. How does she do it? What sort of face does she make when her facial features are little more than gashes of white on a black canvas?]

I... want you too, Lila, but I should probably tell you that I'm a virgin... I know how to do it, but it's different when we add in the monster stuff, too... Should we start practicing?

["Should we start practicing," he says, like a normal person. She grins, only kind of grateful he can't see it, because she can't think of a word for this other than the forbidden cute.]

i don't think anything about you is disgusting. you were hot before and you're hot now. everybody else can be wrong if they want to.

do you WANT to start practicing? you sound kind of stressed out. that's not really what i'm going for. like . . . remember when we kissed the first time? i know that was different because we were high but it still feels like that when i kiss you. like i'm falling into you but it's safe. that's all i want. there's not, like, a standard. i don't know how to do this shit either. not, you know, like this.

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If I'm speaking honestly, I'm always stressed out... except when I'm with you. When you live your entire life, always experiencing the best highs and the worst lows, the neutral ground feels uneasy.

But... I can't say I'm uninterested. I want to know you, Lila... all of you.

[This is so unbelievably awkward, yes—but also, his heart is beating so fast with excitement, it might just burst.]

So, if you want to try... then I'll do my best to not disappoint you, but I can't make any promises.

[That . . . actually makes a lot of sense. She hadn't thought of it like that, but those moments that aren't extreme, that's like waiting for the other shoe to drop, isn't it? She reads over this message a few times, trying to wrap her mind about how she feels about it.]

i've had sex before but it wasn't a lot of fun. mostly because i didn't like the guy. [And there was facsimile-Cassel but that's something she is going to put under a bushel for the moment, there's no easy way to talk about that.] so i don't know really but i feel like — it's probably the same as anything else about being with somebody. awkward and weird sometimes but it's not a big deal. i don't care about that. i might with somebody else, but i don't feel like i have to be perfect with you. so you don't have to promise.

it's probably
i mean
i should probably be saying that to you, about not disappointing you, it's kind of weird. like i said i'm getting better at how well i stay solid and for how long but it might be a little harder if it's you touching me instead of just me. kind of a learning curve there.

[That Lila has had sex already doesn’t surprise him, not really. Even if it had been enjoyable, he wouldn’t even feel the needling sensation of jealousy between his shoulder blades. He wonders for a moment if that would bother Lila, too—-that he isn’t jealous.

But instead, he focuses on her last few sentences entirely too much; and it pulls a grin across his face that’s at once embarrassed and coy.]

Are you saying I make you lose control?

[Its a question he feels is important, even with how playful it is. Lila doesn’t lose control, and to have that power over her, well… it feels good.]

[That's the funny thing. She'd done it that one time to make somebody jealous. Normally this would be the kind of thing she'd expect a reaction from, but . . . it's Komaeda. If anything, she's concerned he'll just feel like shit about it. So this — maybe if it was someone else she'd be bothered, but the fact that he doesn't turn it in on himself right away, or at least doesn't appear to, is a relief.]

[The question is a relief, too. This is easier, more familiar ground, even though it's also revealing in its own way. She fusses with her response a bit before sending it.]

yeah

that's kind of the point

the only reason i haven't been more in your face about it is because i was freaked out that i'd just embarrass myself. you make me feel as real as i ever do but part of that means letting go, and it's hard to let go and stay real at the same time.

it's worth it, though. to let myself just kind of. get carried away i guess. you're good at that. i would've fucked you on the beach that time if we could've gotten away with it, i was losing my mind.

[Oh apparently only so much tenderness is allowed during this conversation. Quota met.]

Even if you let go, or if you stop being solid, you're still real to me Lila. You'll always be real... and even if it doesn't go perfectly, I'm sure there are things we can do as monsters we can't do as humans, too.

[Because after body-sharing, he's had a few thoughts on the subject in the back of mind.]

Well, I was naked for the majority of that beach trip! That certainly would've made it easy. [He laughs, audibly, before he continues.] And you looked so nice in that swimsuit... I can't say the thought didn't cross my mind, when we kissed.

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I wish I could touch you right now.

i mean, yeah. like if you need help figuring out how your penis works or anything.

[Look, she's been thinking about that, it's fine.]

seriously thanks. i think i'll be okay but it helps that you're [nice to me] not uptight about it

i wish you could too. but i kind of always wish that. you're distracting. especially when you get carried away like that.

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we're definitely NSFW talking about monster anatomy here

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