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Friday, 8:32 p.m.
Joly: shit fuck grantiare im so fucking sorry
Grantaire: what??
Joly: um i kind of just accidentaly told e that you love him. like idk we were all talking @ the meeting and ferre said something, i dont even remember what, and i made a stupid joke without thinking and e was like wait what—like apparently he didnt even know. did you know he didnt even know??? anyway i tried to backtrack but it was too fucking late, im so sorry R really i suck i know i messed everything up it was an accident i swear im so sorry
13 minutes later
Grantaire: haha wow joly i think you broke texting, your msg came to me broken up into like 5 separate texts
its ok
i mean he had to find out eventually right haha
Joly: ???
are you sure youre okay? im seriously so sorry, ask bossuet how sorry i am
Friday, 8:52 p.m.
Bossuet: it’s true he’s really sorry
Friday, 8:52 p.m.
Joly: were still @ the meeting ugh or else id call you
enjolras is giving one of his speeches
Grantaire: yeah he tends to do that haha
its seriously totally okay, like it doesnt even matter
don’t worry about it
2 minutes later
i mean are you sure he even believed you or
Joly: um yeah, yeah he did i think. idk, i really don’t think he knew before (sorry—sorry sorry SORRY, really, i really am), like i said i tried to backtrack but what w/everyone’s various reactions etc it didn’t really work
Grantaire: oh ok
well seriously that’s fine, i mean
what’s done is done, right?
like it doesn’t even matter
Joly: you sure?
Grantaire: yes its fine :)
Joly: okay good :) (sorry)
7 minutes later
Grantaire: haha just out of curiosity or whatever like how did he react
not that it matters haha
Joly: just—surprised, really. idk i don’t know how else 2 put it
Grantaire: like bad surprised or
Joly: umm just kind of caught off guard, i think? ferre stepped in pretty quickly & said something about the protest which got e back on topic again so
Grantaire: oh ok
not that it would have made a difference either way haha
i was just curious
Joly: hey i’m gonna try talking to him after the meeting ok? just to apologize & make sure he doesn’t do anything weird about it or w/e
Grantaire: no!
no that’s totally fine you don’t have to do that
Joly: are you sure i could get bossuet or courf or someone to do it instead
Grantaire: no its fine i swear, don’t need to make things any MORE awkward than they already are, haha
Joly: okay
(sorry)
Friday, 10:10 p.m.
Bossuet: hey you okay? joly has been going crazy all evening, thinks he’s ruined your life or something
if so please just say & we will do everything we can to make it better
we will try
1 hour later
Grantaire: I’m fine! don’t worry :)
Friday, 10:12 p.m.
Marius: hey uh just a heads up enjolras might be trying to get ahold of you soon
to talk about some stuff
idk how much i should say can you call me??
1 hour later
Grantaire: I’m fine! don’t worry :)
Friday, 10:12 p.m.
Courfeyrac: shit fuck R, im so sorry this happened
i tried to talk to e after the meeting (WHY WERENT YOU THERE) & uh i think he wants to talk to you
i warned him to be nice ok i lectured him for like 10 fucking minutes on how not to be an asshole just this once
he got really annoyed @ me but i think he got the message
GOOD LUCK
1 hour later
Grantaire: I’m fine! don’t worry :)
Friday, 10:13 p.m.
Bahorel: bro if u wanna go out 2nite or w/e hit me up
1 hour later
Grantaire: I’m fine! don’t worry :)
Friday, 10:14 p.m.
Combeferre: I’m sure everyone’s warned you already about what happened.
I just want to let you know that it was definitely an accident—I’m sure Joly has told you this already.
I know it can’t be fun to feel like your private life is being discussed like this in ways beyond your control.
If you need someone to talk to, I’m here.
1 hour later
Grantaire: I’m fine! don’t worry :)
Friday, 10:16 p.m.
Jehan: sending you happy thoughts <3 <3 <3
1 hour later
Grantaire: I’m fine! don’t worry :)
Friday, 10:16 p.m.
Feuilly: hey, hope things are going well. missed you at the meeting today. txt me if you wanna hang out?
1 hour later
Grantaire: I’m fine! don’t worry :)
Friday, 10:19 p.m.
Eponine: OMG THAT IDIOT
I COULD PUNCH HIS HYPOCHONDRIAC (SP???) LITTLE FACE
(I MEAN I WONT B/C HES JOLY & IM SURE HE FEELS AWFUL BUT WHATEVER)
also—srsly enjolras never knew???
he fucking DIDNT KNOW????
ugh what an idiot
i have ice cream + dvds if you need any
1 hour later
Grantaire: I’m fine! don’t worry :)
Friday, 10:26 p.m.
Cosette: crossing my fingers for you & E!
1 hour later
Grantaire: I’m fine! don’t worry :)
Friday, 10:34 p.m.
Enjolras: can we talk?
15 hours later
Grantaire: sorry i lost my phone
Enjolras: that literally makes no sense.
Grantaire: no i mean earlier. aka why i didn’t respond do your text sooner.
Enjolras: oh. well, all right. again: can we talk?
Grantaire: haha what about?
Enjolras: I’d prefer to discuss it in person if that’s all right with you.
Grantaire: umm ok haha
oh wait is this about that dumb joke that joly made last night?
he told me about it i’m just now remembering haha
just to let you know i’m not actually in love with you lol
if that’s what you were worried about
it was just a stupid joke. not very funny but oh well!
5 minutes later
Enjolras: are you sure?
Grantaire: of course i’m sure haha i think i would know if i was in love with you
i mean sorry bro but you gotta stop thinking so highly of yourself, not everyone wants a piece of that. not everyone thinks you’re ~omg the gr8st~ like most of our friends seem to
sorry 2 disappoint
Enjolras: I see. sorry for the misunderstanding.
Grantaire: don’t worry about it haha
Saturday, 2:05 p.m.
Grantaire: well good news e doesn’t think i’m in love w/him anymore. bad news is i’m pretty sure he hates me more than ever now haha
oh well cant win em all
Joly: …what did you DO
Grantaire: nothing i just reassured him that i’m definitely not in love with him
Joly: but you ARE
Grantaire: i KNOW
i fucking KNOW okay??
but he doesn’t. didn’t. and i like it that way & i’m not the one who changed that. so i fixed it.
Joly: …i’m sorry. i’m so fucking sorry, R, fuck
Grantaire: its okay. honestly.
seriously stop beating yourself up about this its disturbing
i have never heard (read?) you swear this much in all the years i’ve known you
Joly: sorry. SORRY
seriously what can i do
Grantaire: its fine everythings all fixed now, so it doesn’t even matter
i mean, who cares, right?
Saturday, 2:25 p.m.
Bossuet: way to pull through, man
Grantaire: coming from you that sounds like i survived the fucking apocalypse haha
Bossuet: maybe you did?
Grantaire: its not a big deal
Saturday, 2:27 p.m.
Joly: SGTOP HAHAING SO MUCH ITS WEIRD
sorry
Saturday, 3:13 p.m.
Courfeyrac: ???
WHAT DID YOU SAY TO HIM
R ANSWER ME
OMFG THIS IS SUCH BULLSHIT
WHY IS EVERYONE AN IDIOT UGH
you coming to the meeting tonight???
2 hours later
youd better be there i s2g
Saturday, 4:45 p.m.
Combeferre: Hey, are you planning on coming to the meeting tonight? We’d love to have you.
Saturday, 4:59 p.m.
Marius: meeting @ 6! try to come :)
Saturday, 5:38 p.m.
Bahorel: you coming??
Saturday, 5:39 p.m.
Grantaire: what sort of fucking student organization has meetings this often anyway
Eponine: omg i know right
Saturday, 6:18 p.m.
Joly: WHY ARENT YOU HERE is it me was it something i did
Grantaire: jesus no! i’m just busy
Joly: okay if you’re sure
:) :) :) feel better!
Saturday, 6:22 p.m.
Jehan: i love you <3 <3 <3
Saturday, 6:25 p.m.
Courfeyrac: ughhhh where are you stop being such a fucking DOUCHE
Saturday, 6:48 p.m.
Enjolras: I hope my presence doesn’t make you feel uncomfortable. Please don’t stop coming to meetings on my account.
10 minutes later
Never mind. I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to make everything about me again.
Sorry for bringing it up.
Saturday, 8:07 p.m.
Courfeyrac: okay you know what this srsly needs to sTOP
im talking to him
right now im totally going to talk to him
Grantaire: wait WHAT
what are you going to SAY
& WHY
Courfeyrac: oh sure now you respond
basically i am going to tell him to stop being an idiot
(since you dont seem to be getting the message)
i anticipate he will take it about as well as yesterdays dont-be-an-asshole speech
(which apparently is the one i should have given YOU)
Grantaire: courf. wait. please. just. no. stop. why.
Courfeyrac: careful, you dont want to start a punctuation shortage
okay im gOING
Grantaire: courf WHY
5 minutes later
ARE YOU SERIOUSLY TALKING TO HIM
5 minutes later
IM FUCKING CALLING YOU PICK UP
ARGHHHHHH
Saturday, 8:26 p.m.
Grantaire: i’m blaming you for all of this
Marius: wait, why me? :(
Grantaire: i dont even know, just because. deal with it.
Saturday, 8:34 p.m.
Enjolras: we need to talk. I mean it.
not in a threatening way, of course.
if that’s how it came off.
please, can we just talk?
Grantaire: haven’t you ever heard of a non-texting method of communication
Enjolras: I just tried calling you three times.
Grantaire: i know, and i didn’t answer. the beauty of technology!
Enjolras: I guess sometimes I just honestly don’t understand you, Grantaire.
Grantaire: good. don’t bother.
Sunday, 9:32 a.m.
Grantaire: LISTEN UP you bunch of fucking bastards. i want you to all henceforth forget these last two days ever happened, all right? zero. zada. zilch. you will stop texting me constantly & generally treating me like some delicate alcoholic flower, you will all once again pretend like you dont notice my overwhelmingly pathetic pining for enjolras and you will NOT BRING IT UP TO HIM. got it? i’ll get over it, okay? i’m working on it. its a process.
lets just forget this ever happened, alright?
Courfeyrac: this is a terrible idea.
but fine whatever (FOR NOW)
Combeferre: Of course.
Bahorel: sure bro i got ur back
Feuilly: got it.
Jehan: check your email; i sent you some keats.
Marius: cosette read your text over my shoulder, she said to send you hugs.
Eponine: whatever, bitch. still come over if you want ice cream.
Joly: YES OKAY WHATEVER MAKES YOU HAPPY :) :) :)
(sorry)
Bossuet: the choice is yours, my friend
Enjolras: I’m going to assume you didn’t mean to send this text to me as well.
Grantaire: FUCK
Courfeyrac: who was supposed to get THAT???
Sunday, 9:59 a.m.
Enjolras: I’m going to try this one more time, in a slightly different manner: would you like to go out with me.
Grantaire: what
Enjolras: *?
Grantaire: correcting your punctuation isn’t going to help me understand what is going on here
Enjolras: I am asking you on a date.
5 minutes later
hello?
you can say no if you want to. I just thought I’d ask.
Grantaire: jesus enjolras its fine, you don’t have to do this, sorry i made you feel like you had to resort to prostitution to get me to talk to you
we can talk whenever, it doesn’t matter, it doesn’t have to be a big thing
Enjolras: ?
I really meant it when I said I don’t understand you sometimes. how am I “resorting to prostitution” by asking you on a date?
Grantaire: look, i don’t know what courfeyrac said to you, earlier, but you don’t have to pretend to want to date me because of things that may or may not have been said (or texted) or feelings i may or may not have
let’s just forget it, okay?
Enjolras: I honestly have no idea what you’re saying right now.
Will. you. go. on. a. date. with. me.
I mean it.
(again, fully non-threatening)
5 minutes later
why won’t you pick up your phone now?
Grantaire: i’m in the library!
Enjolras: what are you doing in the library?
Grantaire: STUDYING. jesus. i’m a student too you know
Enjolras: okay.
you still haven’t answered my question.
Grantaire: fine, i’m not really studying. happy?
Enjolras: Grantaire.
Grantaire: why would you want to go on a date with me?
Enjolras: you’re not really going to make me spell out traditional motivations for modern courting rituals, are you?
Grantaire: jesus
no
i mean i guess
yes?
Enjolras: yes, you will go on a date with me?
Grantaire: um. sure. if you want.
Enjolras: of course I want. that’s why I asked you.
Grantaire: okay
i’m leaving the library now btw
Enjolras: call me when you get out
Grantaire: alright
1 week later
Grantaire: i love you joly
Joly: i swear to god i won’t tell enjolras you said that.
:)
4 months later
Grantaire: i love you
Enjolras: I know.
(you too)