It is intimate, but he's your boyfriend, you'll be okay!!!! It's really nice, and it feels really nice, and it's a way that you can take care of him. And, honestly, he needs it. He didn't sound great when he was texting me.
You got this!!!!! It'll be really nice for both of you!!!!!
That's so exciting!!!! I'm sure it's going to be great for both of you!
[ Very different approaches to relationships here. Once Wu had permission, he dove straight in, taking everything Mako would give him. ]
It was so nice. Mako gave me a massage for my birthday in Deerington. It was very intimate, and it felt so good. He has very strong hands.
[ Is that... what you wanted, Fern? Did you want to know that? ]
But you have to remember that we lived together for three years back home! Just as buds. Or, you know, he was my bodyguard. The point is, there isn't much modesty left between us.
You two live together, don't you?? You must have seen each other without clothes on before, just walking around!!!
[ Not everyone walks around naked all the time, Wu. ]
thanks, i hope it is he really deserves to have something nice after everything that's happened
yeah, Mako told me you guys didn't start dating until recently which is kind of crazy i thought you two had been together for like years??? but it's cool you two are that close
[He's pretty chill about getting that much information, though it's making him a little nervous that he and Varian aren't like that. Are they doing something wrong???]
oh um nope he almost never takes off all the layers of clothes he wears including his gloves and goggles, and i can grow my own clothes, there is pretty much no chance of that kind of thing happening but he's seen what i actually look like so that might count? when i don't look like Finn
No, not at all! We started going steady back in February. But we did live together for three years, but Mako was working for me, then! That would have been pretty inappropriate! And I definitely thought he only liked girls, which would have been a shame. But I can admit I still liked him. I mean, look at the guy! He's dreamy.
Spending three years together will do that! But I like to think it's something special. I don't feel that way about my new bodyguards back home!
[ Nothing wrong at all, Fern! Not that Wu's going to make him feel much better about that. He's pretty thrilled to be able to gush about Mako to someone ]
You can grow your own clothes?!????????? That's so cool! Can you grow anything? Can you show me???
That totally counts! It's important to be honest with each other!!!
it is, thanks for suggesting it i would've never thought of it myself
wow only February
[That's practically as long as he and Varian have been together. He never would've guessed.]
you guys have been through a lot huh? when did you realize you liked him? and when did you realize he didn't just like girls? he's really handsome i mean both of you are you make a really hot couple
uh sure dude i can do that i could even make you a hat or something it's no big deal
it is the two of us try really hard to be honest with each other all the time
Anytime!!! I would kill for a spa day But not actually kill In case you took that seriously
When? Oh boy... I think I liked him for ages! But I didn't really think about it, there was a lot going on. A war, I was going to be king, it was a lot! But I really realized it at a wedding we went to back home. He just looked so handsome in a suit! And then when I came to Deerington, he'd just died and needed someone to take care of him, and he'd always taken care of me so I thought I could really help, and we spent a lot of time together, and my crush got really really bad. Like really bad!
He went on one date with David, last year. I learned about that at the hotel last January, but it didn't go very well so I didn't know if he actually liked guys at all.
But then I lost my heart??? And he found it, and he gave it back to me and I just kissed him!!!!! It was so scary, Fern. So so scary and then he didn't talk to me for a week and I thought I'd lost him completely. I was so stupidly in love with him, I was devastated.
But that's all in the past now!!!!
Thank you!!!!!
[ Did you want the whole story, Fern? Because you go it.
No one's ever called him hot before, and Wu is beyond flattered ]
You two are pretty darn handsome too!!!! And honesty is super key you two are so smart!
i don't now that you've said that! are there even any spas here? this doesn't seem like a very relaxing place
[Wow, as Fern reads this he's realizing there's a whole lot here he understands on a deeply personal level. Getting together with Varian hadn't been straightforward either, there had been a lot uncertainty and crushing and feelings to figure out. It hadn't been easy.]
i know what some of that's like i liked Varian for a long time, and he didn't even know guys could like other guys so when i told him it was a huge mess i was really scared too, he needed a lot of time to figure out his feelings i remember sometimes thinking i had lost him
so i guess i'm glad it worked out for both of us? geez to think we both went through so much it's kind of amazing it actually did all work out
um tooootally only half agree with you but yeah we're trying our best here
No :( I haven't found a spa yet :( There is a hot spring! Mako and I are going to go!
I'm sorry you felt like that too. It is scary! I don't think I would have survived Deerington without Mako, and I think that's why my feelings became so strong. I always liked him, but I knew I loved him after we survived so much together. Every month, something new would hit us, and he was by my side, protecting me at every turn.
I'm glad Varian figured it out. I suppose Mako had a leg up, because Korra and Asami are dating, and if girls can date, boys can too. And, well, Republic City is a bit more progressive than the Earth Kingdom!
We have them now, and that's what's important. I know I'm going to do everything I can to keep Mako around. Even if we're not in Deerington anymore, I still need him and I love him and I want to protect him as much as he wants to protect me. I know you feel similarly about Varian, you two have each other and you're going to be there for each other no matter what. Right?
Don't be like that, Fern! You're very handsome. You know green is my favorite color.
Oh! A top hat! With a flower in it? You can do flowers, right?
really? you gotta tell me if it's any good if it is maybe Varian and i can go someday when he's more comfortable with himself and when we know if that kind of thing won't kill plants
i know what that's like i'm really glad you have him getting through Deerington's everything is really hard, and having someone you care about makes it not easier but it makes you feel a little less alone i bet he feels the same way about you
ha ha yeah it was kind of a mess his world apparently doesn't deal with that stuff at all?? so when i was like 'i really care about you' he was like 'me too bro' and thought i was talking about just being friends we weren't on the same page at all
heck yeah that's right we almost broke Deerington just so i could go home with him there's no way we're letting each other go
sure can any specific kind you like? a top hat is pretty fancy, i might have to text Usagi and see if she wants to get in on this
[She's a lot better at designing than he is, after all.]
I will!!!!! Probably not bad for plants? Unless you can't go in hot water
I hope he does. The most important thing is having people around who you care about and can trust. I have a feeling it'll be the same way here.
Oh Varian.... at least he figured it out eventually......? I had a boy I had a crush on when I was a teenager and it was kind of the same thing! I told him I liked him and he had no idea what I meant. So embarrassing!!!!!
Good. Good! You have each other. You're going to do everything you can to stay together. That's really wonderful.
Ohhhh I have some ideas I can send you some sketches!!!!!!
maybe not for very long? i might have to go look this up at the library they have here to be sure
[Ugh, he hates doing research. He'll have to drag Varian along to make it more tolerable. Maybe Luz and Luca too, they'd probably be into a trip to the library.]
you're right i do too
oh no, how did you handle it? did you play it off as just friendship or did he figure out what you meant?
thanks i'm glad we've both got someone important here
I learned here that it's something called "homophobia". Some people thinks that boys liking boys or girls liking girls is wrong! And the Earth Kingdom was like that, it was very traditional where boys had to be with girls. Probably like where Varian's from, too. It's getting better! Slowly. But, well. I didn't really have the guts to risk it, back then.
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You're going to be great!!!!!!!
Just go slowly, find the muscles that are tense and work on those!!!! If he tells you to press harder or softer, listen to him!
Oh and use oil! It really doesn't feel great on dry skin!
[ Okay the problem is that Wu has never actually given a massage. He's only ever gotten massages. But he thinks he's helping? ]
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OK
ok
that doesn't sound so hard
i think
maybe?
wait oil?
Grob Gob Glob Grod this sounds really intimate
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You got this!!!!! It'll be really nice for both of you!!!!!
He seems really modest so be extra nice to him!
[ You know, when he has his shirt off. ]
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i really want to help him but you're right, he's uh
modest
really really modest
so it'll be a big step for both of us
[A big, terrifying step in relationshipping, something neither of them are particularly good at.]
how'd it go with Mako the first time you guys did this?
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[ Very different approaches to relationships here. Once Wu had permission, he dove straight in, taking everything Mako would give him. ]
It was so nice. Mako gave me a massage for my birthday in Deerington. It was very intimate, and it felt so good. He has very strong hands.
[ Is that... what you wanted, Fern? Did you want to know that? ]
But you have to remember that we lived together for three years back home! Just as buds. Or, you know, he was my bodyguard. The point is, there isn't much modesty left between us.
You two live together, don't you?? You must have seen each other without clothes on before, just walking around!!!
[ Not everyone walks around naked all the time, Wu. ]
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he really deserves to have something nice after everything that's happened
yeah, Mako told me you guys didn't start dating until recently
which is kind of crazy i thought you two had been together for like years???
but it's cool you two are that close
[He's pretty chill about getting that much information, though it's making him a little nervous that he and Varian aren't like that. Are they doing something wrong???]
oh um nope
he almost never takes off all the layers of clothes he wears including his gloves and goggles, and i can grow my own clothes, there is pretty much no chance of that kind of thing happening
but he's seen what i actually look like so that might count?
when i don't look like Finn
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No, not at all! We started going steady back in February. But we did live together for three years, but Mako was working for me, then! That would have been pretty inappropriate! And I definitely thought he only liked girls, which would have been a shame. But I can admit I still liked him. I mean, look at the guy! He's dreamy.
Spending three years together will do that! But I like to think it's something special. I don't feel that way about my new bodyguards back home!
[ Nothing wrong at all, Fern! Not that Wu's going to make him feel much better about that. He's pretty thrilled to be able to gush about Mako to someone ]
You can grow your own clothes?!????????? That's so cool! Can you grow anything? Can you show me???
That totally counts! It's important to be honest with each other!!!
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i would've never thought of it myself
wow only February
[That's practically as long as he and Varian have been together. He never would've guessed.]
you guys have been through a lot huh?
when did you realize you liked him? and when did you realize he didn't just like girls?
he's really handsome
i mean both of you are
you make a really hot couple
uh sure dude i can do that
i could even make you a hat or something
it's no big deal
it is
the two of us try really hard to be honest with each other all the time
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I would kill for a spa day
But not actually kill
In case you took that seriously
When? Oh boy... I think I liked him for ages! But I didn't really think about it, there was a lot going on. A war, I was going to be king, it was a lot! But I really realized it at a wedding we went to back home. He just looked so handsome in a suit! And then when I came to Deerington, he'd just died and needed someone to take care of him, and he'd always taken care of me so I thought I could really help, and we spent a lot of time together, and my crush got really really bad. Like really bad!
He went on one date with David, last year. I learned about that at the hotel last January, but it didn't go very well so I didn't know if he actually liked guys at all.
But then I lost my heart??? And he found it, and he gave it back to me and I just kissed him!!!!! It was so scary, Fern. So so scary and then he didn't talk to me for a week and I thought I'd lost him completely. I was so stupidly in love with him, I was devastated.
But that's all in the past now!!!!
Thank you!!!!!
[ Did you want the whole story, Fern? Because you go it.
No one's ever called him hot before, and Wu is beyond flattered ]
You two are pretty darn handsome too!!!! And honesty is super key you two are so smart!
YES
PLEASE
I WANT A GRASS HAT
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are there even any spas here? this doesn't seem like a very relaxing place
[Wow, as Fern reads this he's realizing there's a whole lot here he understands on a deeply personal level. Getting together with Varian hadn't been straightforward either, there had been a lot uncertainty and crushing and feelings to figure out. It hadn't been easy.]
i know what some of that's like
i liked Varian for a long time, and he didn't even know guys could like other guys
so when i told him it was a huge mess
i was really scared too, he needed a lot of time to figure out his feelings
i remember sometimes thinking i had lost him
so i guess
i'm glad it worked out for both of us?
geez to think we both went through so much
it's kind of amazing it actually did all work out
um tooootally only half agree with you but yeah
we're trying our best here
ok sure mangot any hat preferences?
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There is a hot spring! Mako and I are going to go!
I'm sorry you felt like that too. It is scary! I don't think I would have survived Deerington without Mako, and I think that's why my feelings became so strong. I always liked him, but I knew I loved him after we survived so much together. Every month, something new would hit us, and he was by my side, protecting me at every turn.
I'm glad Varian figured it out. I suppose Mako had a leg up, because Korra and Asami are dating, and if girls can date, boys can too. And, well, Republic City is a bit more progressive than the Earth Kingdom!
We have them now, and that's what's important. I know I'm going to do everything I can to keep Mako around. Even if we're not in Deerington anymore, I still need him and I love him and I want to protect him as much as he wants to protect me. I know you feel similarly about Varian, you two have each other and you're going to be there for each other no matter what. Right?
Don't be like that, Fern! You're very handsome. You know green is my favorite color.
Oh! A top hat! With a flower in it? You can do flowers, right?
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if it is maybe Varian and i can go someday
when he's more comfortable with himself and when we know if that kind of thing won't kill plants
i know what that's like
i'm really glad you have him
getting through Deerington's everything is really hard, and having someone you care about makes it
not easier
but it makes you feel a little less alone
i bet he feels the same way about you
ha ha yeah it was kind of a mess
his world apparently doesn't deal with that stuff at all?? so when i was like 'i really care about you' he was like 'me too bro' and thought i was talking about just being friends
we weren't on the same page at all
heck yeah that's right
we almost broke Deerington just so i could go home with him
there's no way we're letting each other go
sure can
any specific kind you like?
a top hat is pretty fancy, i might have to text Usagi and see if she wants to get in on this
[She's a lot better at designing than he is, after all.]
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Probably not bad for plants? Unless you can't go in hot water
I hope he does. The most important thing is having people around who you care about and can trust. I have a feeling it'll be the same way here.
Oh Varian.... at least he figured it out eventually......?
I had a boy I had a crush on when I was a teenager and it was kind of the same thing! I told him I liked him and he had no idea what I meant. So embarrassing!!!!!
Good. Good! You have each other. You're going to do everything you can to stay together. That's really wonderful.
Ohhhh I have some ideas I can send you some sketches!!!!!!
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[Ugh, he hates doing research. He'll have to drag Varian along to make it more tolerable. Maybe Luz and Luca too, they'd probably be into a trip to the library.]
you're right
i do too
oh no, how did you handle it? did you play it off as just friendship or did he figure out what you meant?
thanks
i'm glad we've both got someone important here
go for it man
sketches would help a lot
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[ Researching your own body seems weird until he remembers like... medicine and stuff... ]
Just friendship. I was a kid! And it's not super okay in the Earth Kingdom to be a boy who likes boys :(
I will get you some sketches! I'm so excited, Fern! A top hat will finish the look I'm going for!!!!!
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[No, it's totally weird for something so basic.]
that sucks, man
why isn't it ok?
cool i'll do my best here
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It's getting better! Slowly. But, well. I didn't really have the guts to risk it, back then.
Thank you!!!!
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i guess it's like townies back in Deerington, huh?
i'm glad people seem better about it here
i get why you wouldn't want to risk it, it could've been huge trouble for you back home