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titan was going to let it drop and change the subject, but didn’t get the chance to before orion walked out to the crosswalk without checking. “ ah, wait, orion- ” he started, but it was too late. a car was about to hit them both. titan acted on instinct, grabbing orion’s middle and pushing him back to the sidewalk.
“ orion-!! are you alright?! ” his hand was gripped tightly to orion’s and he was still holding onto him. he wasn’t aware of it, but he didn’t want to let go. orion had almost gotten hit by a car … if titan had been a few seconds slower … “ orion … ” he breathed out his name again. that was terrifying. it was the same fear he had when balt and nickel ran out into the road. “ i’m always going to look out for you, but, please watch where you’re going … ” he was nagging orion a lot, but, he couldn’t help repeating, “ are you absolutely sure you’re okay? you’ve been out of it since we left … ”
orion really needed to get it together. he had nearly gotten hit by a car. he was lucky he stopped, and that titan pulled him back. “ah...yeah, thanks. sorry.” he was worrying titan so much, he felt bad. at the same time though, he couldn’t just tell titan what was wrong. it was far too embarrassing, and would be confessing out of nowhere. he didn’t want to make things complicated between them. he didn’t want to ruin their relationship.
“i’ll try to be more careful...sorry.” he didn’t talk back at all. he had no room to do so. “i...do feel a bit out of it. but can we not talk about it?” he hoped titan wouldn’t press him on this. “i still want to go though...we never get to spend time like this. i want to do this...” he was being insistent on this, but he truly did want to be with titan. with how busy he could be, he wasn’t sure when an opportunity like this would arise again. he wanted to take advantage of this.














