barry.

Barry was caught between trying to feel impressed that this had worked or to dig a hole, and throw himself in it. Honestly, he didn’t think anyone would call, it had been done as a joke, and maybe, just maybe– he’d been a little sad, and desperate. Jeez, that sounds pathetic, considering you’re suppose to be a hero– pft. At first, he had been worried that he’d might just fumble around with his words once he answered the phone. So far, so good, and hey-! Seems like he’s not the only one, judging from the other’s words, tone, and he’s pretty sure that the phone had fallen. He could feel his cheeks go on full red, clearing his throat a little. “Y-yeah,  I mean, yes, I’m serious,” you got this Barry. Oh god, he hoped this wasn’t being done as a prank. And that the other person on the line wasn’t some creeper. It would be just his luck.

–Don’t choke again.  You’re going to sound like a weirdo. Or an idiot making a prank that just had it blow up in his face.–  Whatever one of the two was worse?  Blaine wasn’t sure which. Though he did pull his phone away from his ear long enough to stare at and give the glowing screen a hard blink of disbelief.  Hey–it gave him a second to gather his thoughts and untie his tongue from the knots the barely there conversation tied it in.  He had half his apology on the ready by the time he opened his mouth to speak.  But?  Once he answered the poor man? Something else came out.  “You don’t sound so sure.  I mean.  If you are–? I–,” it finally caught up that his means of excusing himself from this call had taken a turn that he wasn’t expecting. Why? Loneliness?  Curiosity?  Or the fact that when he dialed the number there was a small sliver of–what if? in the back of his mind he quickly pushed off into ‘that is so something I’d never do and I’m NOT doing it now either–just being polite, considerate..nothing else’.  Certainly not feeling his stomach do a twirl and a rush of adrenaline make his veins feel cold and burn all at once.  Never.  “You know where I am..  You have my number.  It shouldn’t be too hard for you to find me.”  Oh God. Why was he dizzy?  It was just company.  Company.  That’s all.