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"Dude, what is going on with you and Pete?" Asks D4 the second Pete walks out of earshot.
Now, there's something Speedy really hadn't expected to come out of D4's mouth. "What are you going on about now?"
"Don't give me that shit, you know what I mean."
"I can assure you that I don't."
"You're acting like I wasn't also here for that conversation."
"What conversation?" Speedy replies, unable to keep the smirk from being audible; he may have genuinely no clue as to what implication D4 is trying to make but he would never turn away an opportunity to mess with him.
"Stop fucking with me; I know you have always had your weird little hero worship crush on him but that was a whole different level, is there something actually going on with you and Pete?"
And that takes Speedy off guard; Deluxe thinks he has a crush on Pete? Of all people, Pete? He guesses it makes a little bit of sense, Speedy does think he's very cool and really likes when they find themselves in the same world, but a crush? Fyuck no.
Speedy thinks his face must show even a small amount of the confusion that's in his brain but Deluxe readily ignores it and continues with his theorising, "It's actually really nice to see that you have found someone again, after Shubble I was getting a little worried that you had given up on relationships altogether. I mean I thought maybe something might have been going on with you and Slack; he was looking at you with those puppy-dog eyes but I feel like you two would not be able to hide a relationship from me if it had happened by now— "
Speedy just has to interrupt him, he doesn't want to but he's feeling a little like his head might explode if he hears Deluxe talk so confidently about Speedy’s supposed relationship history for one more second, "Who or what is prompting all this shit?"
"Hmm?"
"I have the earpiece turned off right now so I have to assume G or someone is in your ear making you talk about this because literally why would this be happening otherwise."
"Nah man, I’m just excited for you! Apparently even more so than you are for yourself.”
And D4 does sound excited for him – which is the worst part of it. And he almost lets it go, lets D4 assume that maybe he and Pete are starting something up, or at least that Speedy has a bit of a crush; like he’s done too many times in the past.
“I need you to understand that I am not in any way dating Pete and don’t want to be, I really need you to get it through your head.”
The tone shift very visibly registers with Deluxe and he takes a second before replying, “And does this just apply to Pete or…”
“Very much not; there’s a fucking reason I dodge any kind of conversation like this and have for years.”
“Well fuck me for assuming you just didn’t like talking all personal.”
“That’s not untrue but I think we can all use our thinking caps and assume that if I was going to tell anyone it would be you guys.”
“Our thinking caps? Bro… Shut the fuck up.”
Speedy lets out a giggle at that, “Well I wouldn’t bring out such childish ideas if you actually thought like a grown up and used your head for once.”
“Excuse you, I am the most grown up one out of all of us.”
“If that’s what you have to tell yourself man, then yeah sure you are.”
D4 shoots him a dirty look and the conversation changes to a build he had been planning with the D20 – but Speedy knows this isn’t the last they will speak of this; and for once he isn’t actually scared shitless about it.