nebulochaotic

Dude.

What?

Come on, man, that's my sister. Can't you guys flirt in private where I don't have to see it? You'd lose your shit if I talked like that with Vanya where you could see it.

[ Which unwittingly and falsely implies that he talks like that with Vanya in the first place, which...well. That's not a thing they do and, worse, dropping the "or Allison" from that sentence puts a spotlight on a thing Derek hasn't quite realized on his own, yet, so all in all, this is a regrettable response and this is what happens when Derek Hale gets a little flustered. ]

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You're talking to my sister like that somewhere privately?

What?

[ He has to read back his last response to figure out where the hell Diego came up with that response. ...oh. Oh. ]

No. I'm not, I meant that hypothetically.

[what did she stumble into]

[Oh. That's........ awkward.]

....hi, Vee.

I - hi. I didn't mean to - that was an accident.

[please can she transport to a third universe now]

It's okay... it happens. Um--

[A-wk-ward. What is he even supposed to say now?]

You good?

[Nailed it.]

[She opens her mouth, because she came here to say something nice about Derek, and then got distracted by this, and now, welp.

Oh god. What does she say? Nothing. Probably better to say nothing. V closes her mouth and nods. someone help. Why couldn't Allison come through, too?

Wait, maybe that's a good thing. Would Allison tease her? Shit, she doesn't know, now she feels guilty.]

[And she said.......

Nothing.

Cool. That....helps. A lot. Except not at all.

Now he's really floundering, here.]

Okay. That's fine- it's- this... sort of...got really out of hand. [Pause.] Yeah. So. [Vague motions with his hands that actually amount to no meaning!!!] We could probably.... stop that...now?

[Why is he gesturing with his hands like that? What is that supposed to mean? IS there a meaning? Maybe she's just not getting it. Shit!!]

Yeah, this is - this is just really weird, so I'm gonna - just--

[And she kills her feed because ??????????????]

[Thank God, tbh. They were both really dying, there...]

[ Oh, shit...now it's weird... ]

I like you, Derek. But I am not above hurting you if you hurt my sister, in any way.

[He doesn't care that he knows Derek is absolutely nothing like the last guy Vanya was with. There is a lot in even this implication, whether it's true or not-- and Diego isn't sure if it is or not, honestly.]

[ So...not a good time to mention that there might've been a hypothetical kiss under a sprig of hypothetical mistletoe and there's a not-so-hypothetical date that he still technically owes Vanya after the auction at the Gala? No, yeah, he didn't think so. ]

Diego, seriously? You think I don't know that? I'd say the same thing to you except that I know my sister could do a lot more damage than I can, if it came down to it, but more importantly? I don't expect to need to say it to you. I kind of wish you didn't feel like you needed to say it to me, either... Especially since it's not even relevant. I hang out with Vanya like I hang out with you.

[ ...not exactly? He hangs out with Vanya more and they talk about deeper sorts of things, but that's for sure the wrong thing to say. ]

Are you seriously gonna get all indignant about this? It's not like it's personal. I'd say the same thing to anybody trying to get with my sister.

["She's been through enough," kept trying to come out of his mouth, but he bit it back because that feels like airing too much to the general public, even if there are absolutely no details in such a statement.

Plus, how does the best friend not get the harsher shovel talk than a stranger? They ought to know better than anybody the way that would go, and tread extra careful because of it.]

You're the one that made it sound that way.

All right, I honestly don't want to argue about this since I'm not, anyway.

[ He's not a fan of what it feels like to be fighting with his best friend, so he's not eager to push the issue enough to get them there over some stupid anonymous meme and Derek's failure at wording. ]

Not intentionally. So don't worry.

Who's arguing?

[Was he being intentionally obtuse, or just moving on? No one may ever know, but at least it seems to be dropped.]

Good.

[did someone ask for arguing]

Seriously, this is what you decide to get bent out of shape over?

[She doesn't know why she comes back, she wasn't going to because the whole thing was just vaguely to very awkward. She has literally no idea what to say to Derek about it. But does she rankle at the way Diego responds? Absolutely. Is she vaguely touched that he feels the need to defend her? Yep. Is she going to snap at him anyway? Duh. Get out of her life but also please be in it.]

I'm sorry, I don't...I didn't mean to make things all weird with everyone. I didn't mean anything by it.

[ And he's pretty sure this, like so many other things, is somehow his fault. ]

[Oh no oh no she still hasn't figured out what to say to him. Is this panic? It feels like panic.]

You didn't even - say anything really, Diego's the one making it weird.

[Which is not entirely truth, but she is much more inclined to shift the blame to her brother.]

I kinda did, I get why he read into it what he did, but I just, you know. Didn't mean anything by it.

[ There's so much weird about this because they never actually got the chance to talk after the Gala. About the date Klaus bought her; about the mistletoe thing. ]

Not, you know, that it's impossible that I ever would, I just didn't mean it just then.

[ Long pause. God, he's horrible at this. This is why he ends up with such shitty women; they're the only ones who'll just take charge of the conversation and not give him a chance to sound like a fucking idiot. ]

...I am making this worse, aren't I...?

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Private - Vanya | Derek;

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