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[songwrite]

[He also trusts Betty and Jughead and look at how well it turned out last time he opened his big mouth, so like........]

yea of course

[fehus]

so what makes you think it's not the same?

[songwrite]

idk
i dont think that
it's just
not what ur thinking

[fehus]

[long, long minutes stretch between that text and Magnus' -- it's clearly not one he sends lightly, despite the simplicity of the question]

you're not into guys?

[songwrite]

[oh

wait that's different is that what they were talking about this whole time,,,,]

oh
well i guess
sorta? i never really thought about it

[He just kissed... like a lot of guys...... absolutely without thinking about it. It's Archie,]

i mean, yeah

[fehus]

ok. me too, i guess, obviously. which i wasn't thinking a lot about and now think a shit ton about because i have a boyfriend sometimes? so.

[it's almost like communication is bad if communication is bad or something]

[and speaking of boyfriends...]

is that what reggie is?

[he knows you make out a lot at parties, and flirt with everything that moves, but -- Reggie aggressively denying they were a Thing, while Archie didn't seem so convinced, is something he's been thinking about for a while now. Reggie certainly seemed... irritatingly testosterone-driven enough to want to deny something like a relationship with a dude]

[songwrite]

no

[Turns out that dealing with the idea that he might like guys was a lot easier than dealing with the idea that a guy he liked didn't actually Want To Be With Him? Archie..... doesn't have a lot of experience with rejection, it turns out... Perceived rejection, in any case.]

i mean he doesn't want
that

[Oh shit, he meant to like, never admit that to anyone, and yet,,,]

[fehus]

did you guys talk about it? not over the dumb network.

[songwrite]

yeah

[As Usual archie wanted too much and ruined everything]

[fehus]

[...]

no offense to reggie or your taste in dudes but he kind of reminds me of me.

[fehus]

stupid

[songwrite]

its not stupid

[how had Val put it... rip]

im a hot mess

[fehus]

what? dude, no? i'm/he's stupid. i'm/he's the hot mess.

you're a total catch.

[songwrite]

[It seems he has shamefully deceived Magnus into thinking he's not a terrible fuck-up... but also, while he wasn't fishing for compliments, they feel super nice and he's just going to lay here staring at his phone a minute? Thanks,]

what do u mean u are

[He was still dating Alex wasn't he... even if it was Secretly]

[fehus]

reggie's doing the same thing to you i was doing to alex by not wanting to be open. not getting his shit straight and making you feel unwanted or like something he's embarrassed of. like i said: we're alike, me and mantle, b/c we're stupid.

i don't think he has a clue what he's doing with you. if your conversations are anything like what they were on the network.

[songwrite]

its not like that
he just doesn't want to date
we're still friends

[fehus]

does he know you want to date?

[songwrite]

[oh good... digging even deeper into how he was rejected]

yeah
its not his fault
i always want too much

[you know, like strings attached to all the sex]

[fehus]

wanting someone to be with isn't too much, archie. it's normal. especially when you throw the other stuff you guys are doing into it.

[it's almost like messing around complicates shit]

[which he realises now, Archie might still be doing? and that's definitely not healthy?]

[songwrite]

[Magnus didn't even know like what a date Was?? So Archie is taking this with more of a grain of salt than he should, given that it's actual good advice for once in his life.]

im dealing with it
im glad u and alex are working things out though

[fehus]

[dating is weird and new to him; caring for people isn't, wanting to care for them definitely isn't. he fell in love with Alex basically at first sight, after all]

i'm sorry. but i still think he doesn't know what he wants. and he might be as dumb and clueless as me about real dating for like, mega different reasons.

[he's not sure he trusts Archie to be Dealing With It, on his own]

let's go out tomorrow instead of bumming around the apartment.

[songwrite]

[Impossible. Reggie is actually cool and popular and he has dated his true love Football for many years so he obviously can't be dumb or clueless! But Archie can't come up with anything to say to that that doesn't feel Weird about putting into actual words and sending off so he just doesn't.]

ok
what do u want to do?

[fehus]

i dunno. is there anywhere to ice skate around here?

[songwrite]

[a few google maps addresses to indoor rinks in porter cities]

i hope u know how though because ull have to teach me

[fehus]

i lived in boston, of course i know how to ice skate. it'll be fun and i won't laugh too hard when you fall on your ass.

you're a really special guy, archie.