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Juniper made a face. Yeah, okay. Teleporting didn't get any better apparently. He sighed, only to suck the breathe back. "Ow." He hissed, as a shiver ran down his back. Never mind. He hated this feeling more. The smaller man had hoped he'd never have to experience that again after the first time with Bell.

So much for that, he guessed.

Juniper pulled his henshin pen from his pocket, offering it to the General. "It's me. I'm him. He's me, whatever." He muttered. "You didn't make a mistake." If anything, he did. Juniper hadn't been so casual with the names. "Let go Gismondine. Please."

Juniper rubbed at his chest... Ugh, he'd be feeling that one for a while...

"You don't have to apologize for the other night Nelson. I told you it was fine." It had been an honest mistake. Anyone could have done it. Hell, Juniper was sure he would have too. "And... this.." Juni waved a hand between them. "This wasn't your fault. I got careless." He shouldn't have said what he did. "It's like you said, you had to make sure."

Nelson was doing his job. Juniper had put himself in this position. He couldn't blame Nelson for what happened.

"I don't blame you. I'm mad at myself... Not you." He sighed, taking the others hand slowly. "I would like that though, as long as you don't mind having me."

"Had my fuku been white... It could have been wrong." Juniper stomach dropped and whether or not he noticed that he squeezed Nelson's hand just a bit tighter was anyone's guess. "I mean... You weren't wrong. There was no telling how long we could have been there otherwise. Teleporting might have very well been the only way out." The front door had been coated in ice. Whose to say that other exits also weren't covered.

"It's okay, Nelson. Really. Old habits and all that." Juniper laughed lightly, but took his hand back none the less. "If anything, I should say sorry. Sorry for earlier, sorry for.. now? I don't want to do anything that might make you uncomfortable."

"Mmm... I'm good with both so... Surprise me? What do you do?"

"I meant, what do you do with your hot chocolate." Juniper laughed. "But that's good to know too. I hope your medical school stuff is going well. That's pretty cool."

Juniper tilted his head at the mention of a sister. He couldn't really imagine what it would be like, if he had lost Thorn. She'd always been there. "I'm sorry about your sister." He said softly. "But... You're not alone." Sure, Juniper might not know a lot about Nelson but.... He glanced at the pictures, at the people in them. "You guys are cute." Juni mumbled softly. "...I can definitely see the attraction."

Was that weird? Probably. Whoops.

"Uhm... I'm not in med school, and I don't understand any of it. But if you ever need a study buddy.. We can always meet up? I can just... read my books."

"No, no. It's fine, really. I don't mind hearing peoples life stories. I like stories."

Juniper nodded with a light hum. "Like I said, I won't understand a bit of your studies but I don't mind just hanging out while you go over it. You can like... use me to make sure your papers sound right when you right them out or whatever. Practice for tests or whatever, and then you can judge me internally over my botched pronunciations of things." He laughed.

"You're not cursed." Juni said softly. "Dealt a crappy hand, yeah, unfortunately there's no denying that. But... definitely don't think you're cursed. Besides, technically I haven't left yet. You left the first time, I followed this time." He trailed after Nelson as he pulled things out. "Both is good. That's more then okay."